The 2024–25 Handball-Bundesliga is the 60th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 47th season consisting of only one league. It runs from 5 September 2024 to 8 June 2025.[1] The naming rights moved from Liqui Moly to Daikin.[2]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2023–24 2. Handball-Bundesliga
Relegated from
2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga
1. VfL Potsdam[3]
SG BBM Bietigheim[4]
Bergischer HC
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten

Stadiums

Team Location Arena Capacity
Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9,000
SG BBM Bietigheim Bietigheim-Bissingen EgeTrans Arena 4,583
ThSV Eisenach Eisenach Werner-Aßmann-Halle 3,100
HC Erlangen Nuremberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung 8,308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Flensburg Flens-Arena 6,300
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5,600
VfL Gummersbach Gummersbach Schwalbe-Arena 4,132
HSV Hamburg Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 7,000
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hanover ZAG-Arena
Swiss Life Hall
9,850
4,460
THW Kiel Kiel Wunderino Arena 10,285
SC DHfK Leipzig Leipzig Arena Leipzig 6,327
TBV Lemgo Lemgo Phoenix-Contact-Arena 4,520
SC Magdeburg Magdeburg GETEC Arena 6,600
MT Melsungen Melsungen Rothenbach-Halle 4,500
1. VfL Potsdam Potsdam MBS Arena Potsdam 2,050
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 13,200
TVB Stuttgart Stuttgart Porsche-Arena 6,211
HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar Buderus Arena Wetzlar 4,421

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 MT Melsungen 21 17 0 4 639 553 +86 34 Champions League
2 Füchse Berlin 21 15 3 3 708 591 +117 33
3 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 21 15 3 3 643 589 +54 33 EHF European League
4 THW Kiel 21 16 0 5 662 585 +77 32
5 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 21 14 2 5 712 617 +95 30
6 SC Magdeburg 18 13 1 4 548 483 +65 27
7 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 20 12 1 7 608 594 +14 25
8 VfL Gummersbach 20 10 2 8 625 618 +7 22
9 TBV Lemgo 19 10 1 8 499 514 −15 21
10 HSV Hamburg[a] 21 8 5 8 627 645 −18 21
11 ThSV Eisenach 19 9 1 9 588 582 +6 19
12 SC DHfK Leipzig 21 8 1 12 610 602 +8 17
13 HSG Wetzlar 21 8 0 13 558 612 −54 16
14 Frisch Auf Göppingen 21 5 2 14 533 584 −51 12
15 TVB Stuttgart 21 5 0 16 553 645 −92 10
16 SG BBM Bietigheim 21 3 2 16 578 665 −87 8
17 HC Erlangen 20 2 2 16 522 601 −79 6 Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18 1. VfL Potsdam 19 0 0 19 428 561 −133 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2025. Source: HBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ On 3 May 2024, it was announced that HSV Hamburg did not get the license for the this season. This was appealed by Hamburg.[5] Hamburg was given the licence on 31 May with a specific condition.[6]

Results

Home \ Away BER BIE EIS ERL FLE GÖP GUM HAM HAN KIE LEI LEM MAG MEL POT RNL STU WET
Füchse Berlin 30–27 36–31 35–23 35–26 37–32 33–21 31–31 36–19 34–27 33–29
SG BBM Bietigheim 24–38 30–32 29–35 28–28 24–39 28–29 23–28 25–33 29–30 27–28
ThSV Eisenach 35–41 32–35 25–30 35–25 32–31 33–37 34–34 32–31 25–29 30–22
HC Erlangen 25–25 24–28 26–32 28–24 29–35 33–33 28–37 19–28 23–19 25–26 22–25
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 38–37 39–27 42–28 37–32 35–30 35–29 36–27 27–29 35–33 39–22 36–22
Frisch Auf Göppingen 31–27 24–24 25–25 31–33 29–22 25–28 25–29 30–25 30–36 27–24
VfL Gummersbach 22–29 28–24 29–29 33–29 24–30 27–29 24–29 36–25 36–29
HSV Hamburg 29–29 37–36 28–27 32–32 30–37 32–32 25–31 33–32 30–26 26–32 30–30
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 38–35 28–26 31–25 31–30 28–32 24–23 28–27 35–30 33–20 33–32
THW Kiel 38–29 28–24 33–37 33–24 28–24 31–25 21–25 27–23 29–24 35–24
SC DHfK Leipzig 30–33 31–36 32–25 27–25 34–29 30–32 28–32 27–28 32–19 28–27 33–24
TBV Lemgo 25–25 31–28 22–31 22–23 33–28 20–28 34–31 28–24 28–25
SC Magdeburg 35–26 31–24 37–28 24–29 35–29 30–27 29–28 25–15 35–28
MT Melsungen 33–31 26–24 32–27 33–24 30–23 35–28 31–23 31–23 31–23 35–29
1. VfL Potsdam 26–36 26–28 26–31 26–28 30–31 22–27 26–35 21–22 18–25
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 36–30 32–36 38–33 31–29 29–28 30–27 32–27 25–36 31–26 32–27
TVB Stuttgart 25–39 30–26 28–35 27–28 27–35 23–26 25–36 27–36 29–24 25–28 23–26
HSG Wetzlar 25–34 21–26 30–31 32–29 31–26 25–36 27–25 31–30 27–29 26–18
Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2025. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 27 December 2024[7]
Rank Player Club Goals Shots %
1 Denmark Mathias Gidsel Füchse Berlin 132 169 78
2 Germany Marko Grgić ThSV Eisenach 126 188 67
3 Denmark Emil Jakobsen SG Flensburg-Handewitt 120 164 73
Croatia Ivan Martinović Rhein-Neckar Löwen 120 185 65
Germany Renars Uscins TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 120 196 61
6 Germany Tim Freihöfer Füchse Berlin 110 136 81
7 Denmark Lasse Andersson Füchse Berlin 97 164 59
Denmark Emil Wernsdorf Madsen THW Kiel 97 167 58
9 Denmark Simon Pytlick SG Flensburg-Handewitt 86 139 62
10 Germany Marius Steinhauser TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 85 115 74
Sweden Ludvig Hallbäck Frisch Auf Göppingen 85 140 61

References

  1. ^ "Rahmenspielplan 2024–2025" (PDF). liquimoly-hbl.de. 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Handball Bundesliga ab Sommer unter neuem Namen". handball-world.news. 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ "VfL Potsdam macht Aufstieg in die 1. Bundesliga vorzeitig perfekt". rbb24.de. 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Die SG BBM Bietigheim steigt in Bundesliga auf". swr.de. 19 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Handball Sport Verein Hamburg erfüllt die von der unabhängigen Lizenzierungskommision gesetze Bedingung nicht". liquimoly-hbl.de. 3 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Schiedsgericht erteilt HSV Hamburg die Lizenz mit Bedingung". liquimoly-hbl.de. 31 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Top scorers" (in German). daikin-hbl.de. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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