2020–21 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2020–21 Handball-Bundesliga was the 56th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 44th season consisting of only one league. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league announced 1 October 2020 as the start date and the season ended on 27 June 2021.[1][2]

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2020–21
Dates1 October 2020 – 27 June 2021
ChampionsTHW Kiel
RelegatedTSG Friesenheim
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
TUSEM Essen
HSC 2000 Coburg
Champions LeagueTHW Kiel
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
EHF European LeagueSC Magdeburg
Füchse Berlin
TBV Lemgo
Matches played380
Goals scored21,012 (55.29 per match)
Top goalscorerÓmar Ingi Magnússon
(274 goals)
Attendance91,242 (240 per match)[lower-alpha 1]

As there were no relegated teams last season, this season is being played with 20 teams.[3]

THW Kiel won their twenty-second overall and second consecutive title.[4]

Teams
Locations of the 2020–21 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes
Promoted from
2019–20 2. Handball-Bundesliga		 Relegated from
2019–20 Handball-Bundesliga
HSC 2000 Coburg
TUSEM Essen		 None as season was cancelled.

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
HSC 2000 Coburg Coburg HUK-Coburg arena 3,530
HC Erlangen Nuremberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung 8,308
TUSEM Essen Essen Sportpark am Hallo 2,500
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 THW Kiel (C) 38 33 2 3 1212 999 +213 68[lower-alpha 2] Champions League
2 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 38 32 4 2 1175 998 +177 68[lower-alpha 2]
3 SC Magdeburg 38 25 3 10 1151 1013 +138 53 EHF European League
4 Füchse Berlin 38 25 2 11 1093 1003 +90 52
5 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 38 23 4 11 1116 1023 +93 50
6 SC DHfK Leipzig 38 19 4 15 1017 1019 −2 42[lower-alpha 3]
7 Frisch Auf Göppingen 38 18 6 14 1055 1046 +9 42[lower-alpha 3]
8 MT Melsungen 38 19 3 16 1062 1062 0 41[lower-alpha 4]
9 TBV Lemgo 38 18 5 15 1043 1056 −13 41[lower-alpha 4] EHF European League
10 HSG Wetzlar 38 18 5 15 1078 1034 +44 41[lower-alpha 4]
11 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 38 15 6 17 1032 1034 −2 36
12 Bergischer HC 38 16 3 19 1037 1019 +18 35
13 HC Erlangen 38 15 4 19 1038 1051 −13 34
14 TV Bittenfeld 38 14 4 20 1019 1075 −56 32
15 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 38 13 3 22 1023 1100 −77 29
16 GWD Minden 38 10 8 20 989 1051 −62 28
17 TSG Friesenheim (R) 38 10 5 23 927 1018 −91 25 Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18 HSG Nordhorn-Lingen (R) 38 7 3 28 964 1112 −148 17
19 TUSEM Essen (R) 38 7 1 30 1013 1142 −129 15
20 HSC 2000 Coburg (R) 38 4 3 31 968 1157 −189 11
Source: DKB
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.
  2. Kiel 57–52 Flensburg
  3. Leipzig 55–55 Göppingen, Leipzig scored more away goals
  4. Melsungen 8 Pts; Lemgo 4 Pts; Wetzlar 0 Pts

Results
Home \ Away BAL BRG BER BIT COB ERL ESS FLE FRI GÖP HAN KIE LEI LEM MAG MEL MIN NOR RNL WET
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten — 27–25 19–28 28–30 34–26 24–29 31–28 25–32 26–27 30–31 30–26 22–33 20–20 25–26 26–39 23–25 29–29 35–24 32–30 30–28
Bergischer HC 30–22 — 29–32 30–31 28–24 29–25 35–29 25–30 28–19 29–28 27–23 27–32 29–30 33–26 21–25 23–25 25–24 25–25 26–28 20–22
Füchse Berlin 36–30 29–27 — 31–25 32–20 30–22 30–23 29–33 28–21 34–27 31–27 26–28 27–28 30–24 22–32 32–30 28–25 29–25 23–29 35–28
TV Bittenfeld 27–23 26–30 25–28 — 23–29 25–27 31–23 30–32 26–29 28–26 31–26 27–34 30–24 26–26 22–32 26–26 30–26 36–24 32–28 24–31
HSC 2000 Coburg 27–27 24–27 25–32 28–26 — 27–26 31–32 25–29 23–23 21–29 26–33 32–37 22–29 23–27 26–28 25–30 24–28 26–29 28–31 30–30
HC Erlangen 32–34 20–25 30–27 34–25 33–28 — 29–24 26–27 19–24 31–28 21–21 25–31 30–22 31–35 30–28 31–21 21–21 35–29 20–26 28–36
TUSEM Essen 33–27 22–32 23–24 27–20 29–27 20–26 — 28–29 27–29 28–32 26–26 27–31 24–26 37–39 26–31 28–35 29–20 26–33 23–33 29–36
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 38–26 29–22 29–33 34–30 32–22 33–23 35–28 — 35–29 30–23 28–24 31–28 29–23 27–27 33–30 36–20 29–24 33–26 26–26 32–24
TSG Friesenheim 27–22 28–22 23–34 28–24 22–19 26–30 25–26 20–29 — 25–27 26–27 20–29 27–27 24–25 22–28 27–30 30–24 26–28 24–26 27–27
Frisch Auf Göppingen 28–23 26–26 25–24 27–17 37–29 27–27 35–27 28–28 24–22 — 31–24 28–31 30–33 28–28 21–29 23–30 33–29 26–26 34–32 33–30
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 25–29 30–30 27–27 23–23 27–23 27–26 30–26 26–33 25–28 31–25 — 29–35 31–28 31–23 27–29 31–23 26–25 31–22 36–30 25–24
THW Kiel 38–34 33–30 32–26 33–28 41–26 36–30 37–25 29–21 29–19 31–23 34–31 — 31–21 33–23 24–24 29–28 41–26 32–22 32–23 31–21
SC DHfK Leipzig 26–18 27–25 24–24 23–25 35–29 30–25 26–23 24–29 27–19 22–25 29–26 26–33 — 32–32 33–29 29–33 24–21 24–21 26–33 32–28
TBV Lemgo 26–32 31–23 23–29 35–29 33–26 24–23 31–23 22–33 24–22 26–26 24–26 25–30 28–23 — 32–27 28–30 29–27 36–29 28–23 28–27
SC Magdeburg 26–28 27–31 29–24 29–30 42–22 36–26 34–28 29–32 37–29 28–22 33–25 34–33 33–34 30–28 — 31–27 29–28 28–20 31–33 27–27
MT Melsungen 24–25 32–31 32–35 28–30 27–32 31–29 35–31 30–32 25–23 31–23 20–28 26–32 31–28 27–21 24–27 — 24–24 33–28 25–26 30–28
GWD Minden 20–27 29–36 31–26 27–27 30–21 30–29 30–29 28–29 24–24 24–23 28–27 30–35 23–20 28–23 25–35 30–30 — 27–27 26–26 24–29
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 29–27 26–31 20–25 26–29 28–26 30–31 22–19 28–38 27–24 20–29 20–22 29–35 24–28 25–32 26–33 21–29 20–22 — 24–29 29–30
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 36–27 24–23 24–27 30–20 39–24 26–30 33–27 31–31 31–27 31–32 33–28 25–25 23–28 26–18 22–27 31–22 29–27 30–26 — 37–24
HSG Wetzlar 36–26 30–22 29–27 30–25 31–22 28–28 26–30 27–29 29–11 31–32 26–24 31–22 29–26 21–27 24–24 25–33 28–25 35–26 34–32 —
Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[5] Shots %
1 Iceland Ómar Ingi Magnússon SC Magdeburg 27440069
2 Germany Marcel Schiller Frisch Auf Göppingen 27037871
3 Iceland Bjarki Már Elísson TBV Lemgo 25434075
4 Austria Robert Weber HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 23533869
5 Sweden Hampus Wanne SG Flensburg-Handewitt 23032172
6 Iceland Viggó Kristjánsson TV Bittenfeld 23037162
7 Germany Julius Kühn MT Melsungen 21136658
8 Sweden Niclas Ekberg THW Kiel 20526478
9 Germany Florian Billek HSC 2000 Coburg 20428572
10 Denmark Hans Lindberg Füchse Berlin 19725577

Notes

    References
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    2. "HBL-Restartplan: Pixum Super Cup 2020 am 26. September im ISS Dome in der Sportstadt Düsseldorf". liquimoly-hbl.de. 24 July 2020.
    3. "#Wissenswert: Welche Vereine spielen in der Saison 2020/21 in der 1. bis 3. Liga?". handball-world.news. 20 June 2020.
    4. "Der Sonntag in der Liqui Moly HBL: THW Kiel nach Herzschlagfinale zum 22. Mal Deutscher Meister". liquimoly-hbl.de. 27 June 2020.
    5. Top scorers
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