2020–21 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2020–21
Dates	1 October 2020 – 27 June 2021
Relegated	HSC 2000 Coburg TUSEM Essen
Matches played	341
Goals scored	180,532 (529.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcel Schiller (242 goals)
Attendance	53,713 (158 per match)
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 13 June 2021.

The 2020–21 Handball-Bundesliga is 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 will end on 27 June 2021.

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

Teams

Balingen

Bergischer HC

Berlin

Coburg

Erlangen

Essen

Flensburg

Friesenheim

Göppingen

Hannover

Kiel

Leipzig

Lemgo

Magdeburg

Melsungen

Minden

Nordhorn

RN Löwen

Stuttgart

Wetzlar

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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	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	34	29	4	1	1043	885	+158	62	Champions League
2	THW Kiel	34	30	1	3	1094	908	+186	61
3	SC Magdeburg	34	23	2	9	1033	903	+130	48	EHF European League
4	Füchse Berlin	35	22	2	11	960	885	+75	46
5	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	34	21	3	10	1008	922	+86	45
6	MT Melsungen	34	18	2	14	954	945	+9	38
7	Frisch Auf Göppingen	34	16	6	12	945	937	+8	38
8	SC DHfK Leipzig	34	17	4	13	904	909	−5	38
9	TBV Lemgo	34	16	5	13	925	935	−10	37
10	HSG Wetzlar	34	16	4	14	966	926	+40	36
11	Bergischer HC	33	14	3	16	927	907	+20	31
12	HC Erlangen	34	13	4	17	923	934	−11	30
13	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	34	12	6	16	917	930	−13	30
14	TV Bittenfeld	34	12	3	19	908	966	−58	27
15	GWD Minden	35	9	7	19	916	976	−60	25
16	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	34	11	3	20	907	972	−65	25
17	TSG Friesenheim	34	10	4	20	829	901	−72	24	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen	34	7	3	24	859	990	−131	17
19	TUSEM Essen (R)	35	6	1	28	932	1048	−116	13
20	HSC 2000 Coburg (R)	34	4	3	27	855	1026	−171	11

Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2021. 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.
(R) Relegated

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		25–32	26–27	30–31		22–33	20–20	25–26	26–39	23–25	29–29	35–24	32–30
Bergischer HC	30–22	—	29–32		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		20–22
Füchse Berlin			—	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		31–23	30–32	26–29	28–26	31–26	27–34	30–24	26–26	22–32		30–26	36–24	32–28	24–31
HSC 2000 Coburg	27–27		25–32	28–26	—	27–26		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		19–24	31–28	21–21	25–31	30–22		30–28	31–21		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		29–36
SG Flensburg-Handewitt		29–22		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	—		26–27		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		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		26–33	25–28	31–25	—	29–35		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		34–31	—	31–21		24–24	29–28	41–26	32–22	32–23	31–21
SC DHfK Leipzig	26–18	27–25	24–24	23–25		30–25	26–23	24–29	27–19	22–25	29–26	26–33	—	32–32	33–29	29–33	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	—			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		28–22	33–25	34–33	33–34	30–28	—	31–27	29–28	28–20	31–33
MT Melsungen	24–25	32–31		28–30	27–32	31–29	35–31	30–32	25–23	31–23		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			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		28–26		22–19		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		23–28	26–18		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		21–27	24–24	25–33		35–26	34–32	—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2021. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 13 June 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Shots	%
1	Marcel Schiller	Frisch Auf Göppingen	242	339	71
2	Ómar Ingi Magnússon	SC Magdeburg	238	248	68
3	Bjarki Már Elísson	TBV Lemgo	212	292	73
4	Robert Weber	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen	210	304	69
5	Niclas Ekberg	THW Kiel	205	264	78
6	Viggó Kristjánsson	TV Bittenfeld	204	333	61
7	Hampus Wanne	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	197	281	70
8	Julius Kühn	MT Melsungen	190	329	58
9	Timo Kastening	MT Melsungen	185	241	77
10	Florian Billek	HSC 2000 Coburg	176	252	70

External links

• Official website