2020–21 Handball-Bundesliga

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.[1][2]

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2020–21
Dates1 October 2020 – 27 June 2021
Matches played146
Goals scored8,004 (54.82 per match)
Top goalscorerBjarki Már Elísson
(107 goals)
Attendance41,953 (287 per match)[lower-alpha 1]
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 7 February 2021.

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

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 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 14 12 1 1 427 357 +70 25 Champions League
2 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 15 11 1 3 446 389 +57 23
3 Füchse Berlin 14 11 1 2 410 359 +51 23 EHF European League
4 THW Kiel 12 11 0 1 396 318 +78 22
5 SC Magdeburg 14 9 1 4 422 368 +54 19
6 SC DHfK Leipzig 15 7 3 5 394 384 +10 17
7 HSG Wetzlar 16 8 1 7 457 430 +27 17
8 Frisch Auf Göppingen 15 7 3 5 402 397 +5 17
9 Bergischer HC 15 7 2 6 423 403 +20 16
10 TV Bittenfeld 16 7 1 8 445 458 −13 15
11 TBV Lemgo 16 6 3 7 424 439 −15 15
12 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 15 5 4 6 415 417 −2 14
13 MT Melsungen 10 6 1 3 282 270 +12 13
14 HC Erlangen 15 5 3 7 399 401 −2 13
15 GWD Minden 13 4 2 7 326 355 −29 10
16 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 16 4 1 11 419 466 −47 9
17 HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 15 4 0 11 388 446 −58 8 Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18 TSG Friesenheim 16 2 2 12 358 435 −77 6
19 TUSEM Essen 14 2 1 11 373 432 −59 5
20 HSC 2000 Coburg 16 2 1 13 398 480 −82 5
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 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.

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 — 19–28 28–30 25–32 26–27 20–20 26–39 23–25
Bergischer HC — 29–32 28–24 29–25 35–29 25–30 28–19 27–32 20–22
Füchse Berlin — 31–25 30–23 31–27 22–32 32–30 35–28
TV Bittenfeld 26–30 — 23–29 31–23 31–26 27–34 30–24 26–26 30–26 36–24
HSC 2000 Coburg 25–32 — 23–23 21–29 22–29 26–28 26–29
HC Erlangen 32–34 34–25 — 21–21 30–22 31–21 20–26
TUSEM Essen 33–27 29–27 20–26 — 28–32 26–26 26–33 29–36
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 34–30 32–22 33–23 35–28 — 30–23 29–24 33–26
TSG Friesenheim 23–34 26–30 20–29 — 26–27 22–28 30–24 24–26
Frisch Auf Göppingen 28–23 26–26 27–27 24–22 — 28–31 28–28 23–30 33–30
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 25–29 30–30 27–23 31–25 — 31–23 26–25 36–30
THW Kiel 41–26 36–30 29–21 29–19 34–31 — 41–26 32–23
SC DHfK Leipzig 24–24 24–29 27–19 22–25 29–26 — 32–32 33–29 32–28
TBV Lemgo 26–32 23–29 33–26 24–23 31–23 24–22 — 36–29 28–27
SC Magdeburg 27–31 29–30 36–26 28–22 33–25 30–28 — 28–20 31–33
MT Melsungen 32–31 27–32 27–21 — 24–24 33–28
GWD Minden 20–27 31–26 30–29 23–20 28–23 — 24–29
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 29–27 26–31 20–25 27–24 20–29 29–35 24–28 — 24–29
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 36–27 24–23 30–20 39–24 33–27 31–31 23–28 26–18 — 37–24
HSG Wetzlar 36–26 30–25 31–22 27–29 29–11 31–22 24–24 25–33 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
As of 27 December 2020
Rank Player Club Goals[4] Shots %
1 Bjarki Már Elísson TBV Lemgo 10714773
2 Viggó Kristjánsson TV Bittenfeld 10516763
3 Robert Weber HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 10314472
4 Marcel Schiller Frisch Auf Göppingen 8912471
5 Uwe Gensheimer Rhein-Neckar Löwen 8712271
6 Ómar Ingi Magnússon SC Magdeburg 8112068
7 Stefan Čavor HSG Wetzlar 7913160
8 Niclas Ekberg THW Kiel 789681
9 Hampus Wanne SG Flensburg-Handewitt 7710375
10 Florian Billek HSC 2000 Coburg 7511366
Šime Ivić HC Erlangen 12460

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.

References
  1. "Mitgliederversammlung: HBL plant Saison 2020/21 mit neuer Regel, DHB-Pokal und Hygienekonzept". handball-world.news. 9 July 2020.
  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. Top scorers
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