2015–16 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2015–16 Handball-Bundesliga was the 51st season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 39th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 21 August 2015 to 5 June 2016.

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2015–16
ChampionsRhein-Neckar Löwen
RelegatedHSV Hamburg
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
ThSV Eisenach
Champions LeagueRhein-Neckar Löwen
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
THW Kiel
EHF CupMT Melsungen
Füchse Berlin
Matches played272
Goals scored14,797 (54.4 per match)
Top goalscorerSerbia Petar Nenadić
(229 goals)

Teams
Locations of the 2015–16 Handball-Bundesliga teams

A total of 18 teams were participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2014–15 season and the two sides were directly promoted from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season: SC DHfK Leipzig, the champions; ThSV Eisenach, the runners-up; and the third-place finisher in the 2. Bundesliga, TV Bittenfeld.[1]

Team Location Arena Capacity
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5,600
Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9,500
SC Magdeburg Magdeburg Bördelandhalle 7,071
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke Lübbecke Kreissporthalle Lübbecke 3,250
HSV Hamburg Hamburg O2 World Hamburg 13,000
HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar RITTAL Arena 4,412
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Balingen Sparkassen-Arena 2,340
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 13,200
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Flensburg Campushalle 6,300
TBV Lemgo Lemgo Lipperlandhalle 5,000
THW Kiel Kiel Sparkassen-Arena 10,285
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hannover AWD Hall 4,460
MT Melsungen Melsungen Rothenbach-Halle 4,300
VfL Gummersbach Gummersbach Eugen-Haas-Halle 4,132
Bergischer HC Wuppertal
Solingen		 Uni-Halle
Klingenhalle		 3,200
2,800
SC DHfK Leipzig Leipzig Arena Leipzig 4,500
TV Bittenfeld Stuttgart Scharrena Stuttgart 2,050
ThSV Eisenach Eisenach Werner-Aßmann-Halle 3,100

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen (C) 32 28 0 4 916 704 +212 56 Champions League
2 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 32 26 3 3 969 785 +184 55
3 THW Kiel 32 24 2 6 974 822 +152 50
4 MT Melsungen 32 22 3 7 910 825 +85 47 EHF Cup
5 Füchse Berlin 32 20 3 9 910 825 +85 43
6 Frisch Auf Göppingen 32 19 1 12 888 820 +68 39
7 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 32 14 8 10 891 880 +11 36
8 SC Magdeburg 32 14 7 11 895 880 +15 35
9 VfL Gummersbach 32 16 3 13 874 864 +10 35
10 HSG Wetzlar 32 15 4 13 823 822 +1 34
11 SC DHfK Leipzig 32 13 4 15 856 904 −48 30
12 Bergischer HC 32 9 1 22 815 911 −96 19
13 TBV Lemgo 32 8 2 22 847 953 −106 18
14 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 32 6 3 23 850 934 −84 15
15 TV Bittenfeld 32 4 6 22 783 926 −143 14
16 ThSV Eisenach (R) 32 4 2 26 795 1002 −207 10 Relegated
17 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke (R) 32 2 4 26 801 940 −139 8
18 HSV Hamburg[lower-alpha 1] (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: dkb-handball-bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. HSV Hamburg was excluded from the league on 20 January 2016 due to license violation. The results were abandoned.[2]

Results
Home \ Away BAL BRG BER EIS FLE GÖP GUM HAM HAN KIE LEI LEM LÜB MAG MEL RNL STU WET
Balingen 26–31 31–32 27–20 22–29 21–29 27–31 27–30 22–22 27–25 30–27 32–25 28–28 30–36 21–31 24–25 27–26
Bergischer HC 30–35 26–29 30–22 22–29 22–29 22–23 24–21 28–31 28–31 31–30 30–28 28–26 28–29 21–24 21–21 27–21
Berlin 31–26 34–28 30–24 26–27 31–27 26–24 28–28 24–27 34–27 37–27 34–31 30–26 23–24 24–22 26–20 23–20
Eisenach 33–21 28–26 28–40 24–32 28–29 28–32 24–36 19–31 24–35 22–28 31–30 23–29 27–30 19–36 28–28 25–29
Flensburg 32–22 41–27 30–30 35–18 32–25 28–25 37–21 30–25 35–28 29–21 34–27 33–30 32–33 25–32 34–19 35–23
Göppingen 34–30 31–19 25–23 31–21 23–28 28–21 35–28 29–21 29–21 35–25 28–22 32–24 27–24 19–26 35–26 28–29
Gummersbach 26–24 34–21 26–28 32–21 25–32 31–27 31–30 26–30 23–23 28–24 33–28 30–25 26–27 22–33 25–24 29–24
Hamburg
Hannover 32–27 29–24 25–22 37–27 25–25 26–23 29–24 30–30 25–31 28–23 29–28 31–31 24–24 18–30 30–22 28–24
Kiel 38–28 38–29 26–21 32–22 26–28 38–29 31–26 33–29 30–21 32–23 28–26 33–24 32–27 31–20 32–23 30–21
Leipzig 36–31 31–28 25–23 36–31 25–31 22–27 21–31 29–29 33–38 28–25 26–24 26–25 21–32 21–30 31–24 22–22
Lemgo 30–28 26–28 26–34 35–30 30–32 24–35 26–20 34–34 26–34 30–25 25–21 31–33 22–31 26–32 29–26 23–23
Lübbecke 25–24 26–27 25–32 22–24 19–25 26–26 25–28 29–29 23–33 24–24 22–30 28–29 19–30 23–35 23–22 28–29
Magdeburg 28–27 28–25 24–24 27–24 23–23 28–27 31–27 30–28 29–28 28–31 36–29 33–21 28–28 23–24 34–23 26–26
Melsungen 29–28 29–22 23–20 31–25 25–32 31–21 23–27 25–28 30–29 31–23 37–24 32–24 28–28 25–23 30–26 29–22
RN Löwen 29–24 28–20 28–26 39–25 22–25 25–14 31–22 27–23 24–20 28–22 33–19 32–20 27–25 34–24 31–20 26–18
Stuttgart 22–22 25–23 24–32 30–30 18–28 23–31 37–37 21–23 26–35 28–26 28–27 33–33 30–33 21–28 21–33 27–28
Wetzlar 32–21 28–19 27–33 26–20 24–21 24–20 30–30 31–28 26–30 29–30 29–22 33–24 27–23 29–25 19–23 24–20
Source:

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Serbia Petar Nenadić Füchse Berlin 229
2 Austria Robert Weber SC Magdeburg 224
3 Germany Maximilian Holst HSG Wetzlar 202
4 Germany Uwe Gensheimer Rhein-Neckar Löwen 197
5 Germany Michael Spatz TV Bittenfeld 181
6 Switzerland Andy Schmid Rhein-Neckar Löwen 164
Germany Philipp Weber SC DHfK Leipzig
8 Germany Julius Kühn VfL Gummersbach 161
Germany Marcel Schiller Frisch Auf Göppingen
10 Germany Johannes Sellin MT Melsungen 159
Denmark Lasse Svan Hansen SG Flensburg-Handewitt

References
  1. "Teams". Archived from the original on 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  2. "Lizenzentzug für HSV Handball". dkb-handball-bundesliga.de. 20 January 2016.
  3. "Torjäger" [Goalscorers] (in German). dkb-handball-bundesliga.de. Archived from the original on 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
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