2019–20 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2019–20 Handball-Bundesliga was the 55th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 43rd season consisting of only one league. It ran from 22 August 2019 until it was cancelled in April 2020.[1]

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2019–20
ChampionsTHW Kiel
Champions LeagueTHW Kiel
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
EHF CupSC Magdeburg
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Matches played240
Goals scored13,032 (54.3 per match)
Top goalscorerBjarki Már Elísson
(216 goals)
Attendance1,170,750 (4,878 per match)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the league postponed the league until late April.[2][3] On 3 April, it was suspended until 16 May.[4]

On 21 April 2020, the season was eventually cancelled. THW Kiel was declared the champion.[5]

Teams
Locations of the 2019–20 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes
Promoted from
2018–19 2. Handball-Bundesliga		 Relegated from
2018–19 Handball-Bundesliga
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen		 SG BBM Bietigheim
VfL Gummersbach

Stadiums
Team Location Arena Capacity
Bergischer HC Wuppertal
Solingen
Düsseldorf		 Uni-Halle
Klingenhalle
ISS Dome		 3,200
2,800
12,500
Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9,000
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Balingen Sparkassen-Arena
Porsche-Arena		 2,300
6,181
TV Bittenfeld Stuttgart Scharrena Stuttgart
Porsche-Arena		 2,251
6,211
HC Erlangen Nuremberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung 8,308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Flensburg Flens-Arena 6,300
TSG Friesenheim Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle 2,350
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5,600
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hanover TUI Arena
Swiss Life Hall		 9,850
4,460
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 4,300
GWD Minden Minden Kampa-Halle 4,059
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen Nordhorn Euregium
EmslandArena		 4,100
4,995
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 13,200
HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar Rittal Arena Wetzlar 4,421

Standings

The season was cancelled on 21 April 2020. The final season placings were determined by points per game. There were no relegations to the 2nd division.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PPG Qualification
1 THW Kiel (C) 26 22 0 4 782 650 +132 1.69 Champions League
2 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 27 20 2 5 732 647 +85 1.56
3 SC Magdeburg 27 19 1 7 782 717 +65 1.44 EHF Cup
4 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 27 16 4 7 778 736 +42 1.33
5 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 26 15 4 7 729 686 +43 1.31 EHF Cup
6 Füchse Berlin 27 17 1 9 775 723 +52 1.30
7 MT Melsungen 26 15 2 9 716 700 +16 1.23
8 SC DHfK Leipzig 26 13 1 12 714 714 0 1.04
9 HSG Wetzlar 27 12 3 12 754 754 0 1.00
10 TBV Lemgo 27 12 3 12 765 768 −3 1.00
11 Frisch Auf Göppingen 26 11 1 14 679 684 −5 0.88
12 TV Bittenfeld 27 8 5 14 709 759 −50 0.78
13 Bergischer HC 27 8 4 15 709 728 −19 0.74
14 HC Erlangen 27 9 2 16 695 739 −44 0.74
15 GWD Minden 26 7 4 15 690 720 −30 0.69
16 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 27 6 4 17 741 818 −77 0.59
17 TSG Friesenheim 27 6 3 18 639 702 −63 0.56
18 HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 27 2 0 25 643 787 −144 0.15
Source: Handball-Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results
Home \ Away BAL BRG BER BIT ERL FLE FRI GÖP HAN KIE LEI LEM MAG MEL MIN NOR RNL WET
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten — 29–27 31–30 25–25 30–32 25–25 33–35 20–32 26–24 29–31 32–34 36–23 26–26 25–23 33–34
Bergischer HC — 26–26 25–24 20–21 25–25 28–27 29–34 35–33 23–24 24–24 26–23 31–18 26–29 30–33
Füchse Berlin 33–27 27–24 — 36–27 30–23 33–35 29–19 29–28 29–28 25–24 28–22 25–29 30–32 23–22 32–27
TV Bittenfeld 32–26 25–31 32–33 — 30–24 23–23 29–26 23–28 21–29 25–25 26–26 27–29 31–28 24–24 29–24
HC Erlangen 32–27 28–26 34–29 29–24 — 23–27 23–26 27–31 25–22 26–26 27–32 25–30 26–25 29–29 25–31
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 32–25 29–23 27–23 — 29–26 28–22 30–22 29–23 30–23 27–22 29–27 30–27 31–28
TSG Friesenheim 27–27 19–27 23–27 19–23 25–23 — 24–23 24–26 34–27 29–36 17–20 25–25 19–12 23–26 25–31
Frisch Auf Göppingen 26–32 28–22 25–28 31–22 28–26 29–21 — 24–27 26–27 34–27 26–23 28–26 26–21
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 31–23 31–28 32–19 29–25 23–22 25–23 30–32 — 25–32 31–28 36–30 30–29 29–29
THW Kiel 36–26 35–23 29–15 30–27 31–24 32–23 — 27–26 31–24 38–26 29–27 31–23 27–21 20–27
SC DHfK Leipzig 27–26 35–32 24–23 31–28 26–21 32–27 30–27 — 34–32 25–26 31–28 28–29 26–29
TBV Lemgo 27–24 26–31 27–23 34–32 18–27 27–19 26–36 27–30 26–27 — 24–32 31–26 31–25 30–25 32–27
SC Magdeburg 38–26 27–29 33–28 24–20 26–25 30–21 30–30 32–31 28–26 — 26–25 31–29 39–27 28–32 34–27
MT Melsungen 36–23 28–25 21–26 28–27 19–24 26–25 30–17 31–25 31–34 26–23 31–29 — 31–26 28–26
GWD Minden 30–30 26–23 30–25 26–29 23–27 29–23 27–26 32–32 26–29 21–25 33–31 27–29 — 24–28
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 21–26 24–34 20–29 19–21 20–30 24–32 33–30 24–29 21–27 24–31 25–26 — 17–27 25–31
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 37–26 30–24 33–32 22–24 28–21 30–23 26–25 26–23 29–29 30–33 32–28 — 29–26
HSG Wetzlar 27–24 27–28 27–27 26–23 31–30 25–25 26–30 28–32 29–28 26–31 26–23 34–27 27–27 —
Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

References
  1. "Rahmenspielplan für die Saison 2019/2020 veröffentlicht". handball-world.news. 1 May 2019.
  2. "Corona-Virus: Spielbetrieb der Profiligen im Handball bis mindestens Ende April ausgesetzt". liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. "Corona-Pandemie: Liqui Moly HBL stimmt weiteres vorgehen ab, Saison ist weiterhin ausgesetzt". liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. "Corona-Pandemie: Aussetzen des Spielbetriebs der Handball-Bundesligen wird vorerst bis 16. Mai verlängert". liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). 3 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  5. "Corona-Pandemie zwing Handball-Bundesligen zu vorzeitigem Saisonabbruch". liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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