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

Season	2015–16
Champions	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Relegated	HSV Hamburg TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke ThSV Eisenach
Champions League	Rhein-Neckar Löwen SG Flensburg-Handewitt THW Kiel
EHF Cup	MT Melsungen Füchse Berlin
Matches played	272
Goals scored	14,797 (54.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petar Nenadić (229 goals)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Teams

 

 

Balingen-Weilstetten

 

Bergischer HC

 

Berlin

 

Eisenach

 

Flensburg

 

Göppingen

 

Gummersbach

 

Hamburg

 

Hannover-

 

Kiel

 

Leipzig

 

Lemgo

 

Lübbecke

 

Magdeburg

 

Melsungen

 

RN Löwen

 

Stuttgart

 

Wetzlar

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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^[a] (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: ^{[citation needed]}

Top goalscorers

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

References

1. . 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. [Goalscorers] (in German). dkb-handball-bundesliga.de. Archived from the original on 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

External links

• Official website (in German)