2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2022–23
Dates	1 September 2022 – 11 June 2023
Champions	THW Kiel
Relegated	GWD Minden ASV Hamm-Westfalen
EHF Champions League	THW Kiel SC Magdeburg
EHF European League	Füchse Berlin SG Flensburg-Handewitt Rhein Neckar-Löwen TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Matches played	306
Goals scored	18,040 (58.95 per match)
Best Player	Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson
Top goalscorer	Casper Ulrich Mortensen (234 goals)
Attendance	1,486,735 (4,859 per match)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga was the 58th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 46th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 1 September 2022 to 11 June 2023.

THW Kiel won their 23rd title.

Teams

Bergischer HC

Berlin

Erlangen

Flensburg

Hamburg

Gummersbach

Göppingen

Hamm

Hannover

Kiel

Leipzig

Lemgo

Magdeburg

Melsungen

Minden

RN Löwen

Stuttgart

Wetzlar

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Locations of the 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2021–22 2. Handball-Bundesliga	Relegated from 2021–22 Handball-Bundesliga
VfL Gummersbach ASV Hamm-Westfalen	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke

Stadiums

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Bergischer HC	Wuppertal Solingen Düsseldorf	Uni-Halle Klingenhalle Mitsubishi Electric Halle ISS Dome	3,200 2,800 4,500 12,500
Füchse Berlin	Berlin	Max-Schmeling-Halle	9,000
TV Bittenfeld	Stuttgart	Porsche-Arena	6,211
HC Erlangen	Nuremberg	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	8,308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Flensburg	Flens-Arena	6,300
VfL Gummersbach	Gummersbach	Schwalbe-Arena	4,132
Frisch Auf Göppingen	Göppingen	EWS Arena	5,600
HSV Hamburg	Hamburg	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle	7,000
ASV Hamm-Westfalen	Hamm	Westpress Arena	2,650
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Hanover	ZAG-Arena	9,850
THW Kiel	Kiel	Sparkassen-Arena	10,285
SC DHfK Leipzig	Leipzig	Arena Leipzig	6,327
TBV Lemgo	Lemgo	Lipperlandhalle	4,790
SC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	GETEC Arena	6,600
MT Melsungen	Melsungen	Rothenbach-Halle	4,500
GWD Minden	Minden	Kampa-Halle	4,059
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Mannheim	SAP Arena	13,200
HSG Wetzlar	Wetzlar	Buderus Arena Wetzlar	4,421

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	THW Kiel (C)	34	29	1	4	1098	917	+181	59	Champions League
2	SC Magdeburg	34	27	3	4	1124	982	+142	57
3	Füchse Berlin	34	25	1	8	1103	990	+113	51	EHF European League
4	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	34	23	3	8	1062	929	+133	49
5	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	34	22	1	11	1133	1025	+108	45
6	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	34	18	2	14	994	978	+16	38
7	HSV Hamburg	34	17	2	15	1028	1010	+18	36
8	TBV Lemgo	34	16	3	15	1013	1010	+3	35
9	MT Melsungen	34	14	6	14	910	923	−13	34
10	VfL Gummersbach	34	15	3	16	1036	1038	−2	33
11	SC DHfK Leipzig	34	14	3	17	999	1013	−14	31
12	Bergischer HC	34	14	2	18	955	997	−42	30
13	HC Erlangen	34	14	2	18	1009	1061	−52	30
14	Frisch Auf Göppingen	34	9	5	20	955	989	−34	23
15	TV Bittenfeld	34	10	3	21	912	1003	−91	23
16	HSG Wetzlar	34	8	1	25	886	991	−105	17
17	GWD Minden (R)	34	5	3	26	932	1093	−161	13	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18	ASV Hamm-Westfalen (R)	34	3	2	29	891	1091	−200	8

Source: HBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRG	BER	BIT	ERL	FLE	GÖP	GUM	HAM	HMW	HAN	KIE	LEI	LEM	MAG	MEL	MIN	RNL	WET
Bergischer HC	—	34–30	25–26	29–30	18–31	28–26	30–30	37–34	34–24	22–23	25–29	32–28	32–28	34–38	28–27	34–32	26–27	24–23
Füchse Berlin	29–27	—	31–21	39–30	37–33	34–27	38–33	36–32	37–26	32–30	34–26	28–22	32–26	31–32	35–25	42–35	38–24	29–25
TV Bittenfeld	27–26	32–28	—	27–29	30–32	24–24	31–30	22–28	29–20	31–34	30–37	26–33	32–28	28–32	23–26	27–23	30–43	28–30
HC Erlangen	30–27	28–30	31–28	—	28–33	34–28	31–37	35–29	37–27	33–29	27–34	36–32	31–31	23–38	34–34	29–28	30–33	31–27
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	30–17	31–31	29–25	31–28	—	27–24	31–26	34–32	37–23	30–35	36–23	30–27	34–27	35–34	37–25	36–23	34–31	34–24
Frisch Auf Göppingen	37–28	25–19	24–25	31–25	27–27	—	29–28	26–26	39–32	33–29	27–34	34–30	34–31	26–31	23–29	26–29	25–27	26–28
VfL Gummersbach	37–34	28–30	29–24	32–31	31–29	35–32	—	31–30	29–28	27–34	26–30	36–36	28–29	28–30	31–23	26–22	29–32	37–30
HSV Hamburg	33–23	28–37	27–27	33–29	30–31	31–28	34–31	—	32–25	32–26	30–34	28–31	28–32	28–30	33–28	27–21	40–37	24–21
ASV Hamm-Westfalen	27–31	29–32	27–27	29–32	29–37	32–28	22–21	27–34	—	29–29	24–37	28–33	25–30	27–36	18–28	31–26	30–35	23–29
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	30–32	32–33	27–22	29–28	25–35	28–24	28–27	28–27	30–26	—	27–29	25–22	29–25	34–31	26–26	32–18	30–31	23–26
THW Kiel	35–29	36–29	36–23	35–26	29–19	30–26	31–28	40–28	40–29	33–23	—	31–34	32–33	34–34	24–22	36–29	32–29	38–23
SC DHfK Leipzig	27–32	26–31	25–30	32–29	31–30	25–26	30–34	22–23	33–23	29–31	22–32	—	30–22	33–32	40–33	31–31	37–29	38–29
TBV Lemgo	38–28	35–32	29–24	34–27	26–21	36–33	26–30	28–32	30–25	35–30	22–28	29–29	—	28–34	28–28	30–27	33–30	34–29
SC Magdeburg	23–21	34–29	31–27	31–28	30–28	33–29	41–29	32–28	31–23	31–30	33–34	32–24	37–33	—	27–23	39–25	32–32	32–28
MT Melsungen	22–22	29–32	33–26	31–18	25–25	26–23	28–22	30–27	30–29	28–31	19–23	28–29	20–19	27–27	—	31–28	25–34	21–19
GWD Minden	25–28	32–27	23–29	25–32	27–41	27–27	38–38	31–35	32–23	34–35	18–34	28–29	36–35	30–44	21–28	—	29–40	26–29
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	39–29	32–34	41–27	40–23	28–27	36–33	37–42	32–35	37–27	32–31	27–31	30–24	37–28	35–37	36–25	37–25	—	34–24
HSG Wetzlar	22–28	25–37	32–24	28–35	22–27	25–25	29–30	28–30	29–24	24–31	25–31	24–25	26–24	30–35	25–27	25–27	23–29	—

Source: HBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Shots	%
1	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	HSV Hamburg	229	336	70
2	Juri Knorr	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	208	319	65
3	Lukas Blohme	VfL Gummersbach	179	250	72
4	Kay Smits	SC Magdeburg	174	249	70
5	Emil Jakobsen	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	166	220	75
	Christoph Steinert	HC Erlangen		249	67
7	Lenny Rubin	HSG Wetzlar	149	278	54
8	Hans Lindberg	Füchse Berlin	147	187	79
	Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson	SC Magdeburg		210	70
10	Samuel Zehnder	TBV Lemgo	146	193	76

Awards

Award	Player	Club
Most valuable player	Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson	SC Magdeburg
Coach of the season	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	VfL Gummersbach
Young players of the season	Julian Bauer	SC Magdeburg

External links

• Official website