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

Season	2019–20
Champions	THW Kiel
Champions League	THW Kiel SG Flensburg-Handewitt
EHF Cup	SC Magdeburg TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Matches played	240
Goals scored	13,032 (54.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bjarki Már Elísson (216 goals)
Attendance	1,170,750 (4,878 per match)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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

 

 

Balingen

 

Bergischer HC

 

Berlin

 

Erlangen

 

Flensburg

 

Friesenheim

 

Göppingen

 

Hannover

 

Kiel

 

Leipzig

 

Lemgo

 

Magdeburg

 

Melsungen

 

Minden

 

Nordhorn

 

RN Löwen

 

Stuttgart

 

Wetzlar

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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

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1   Bjarki Már Elísson 217 287 75 2   Hans Lindberg 202 254 80 3   Michael Damgaard 166 316 53 4   Niclas Ekberg 164 201 82   Robert Weber 235 70 6   Marcel Schiller 157 223 70 7   Timo Kastening 144 200 72   Patrick Zieker 194 74 9   Uwe Gensheimer 134 177 76 10   Jeffrey Boomhouwer 131 179 73 Source: HBL

Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1   Dejan Milosavljev 36 124 349 2   Niklas Landin Jacobsen 35 220 421 2   Finn Zecher 35 8 23 4   Tibor Ivanišević 34 70 232 5   Can Adanir 33 1 6 6   Finn Hummel 33 1 3 7   Peter Johannesson 33 199 600 8   Benjamin Burić 33 166 504 9   Gorazd Škof 32 121 380 10   Mario Ruminsky 31 24 77 Source: HBL

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.

External links

• Official website