2014–15 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2014–15 Handball-Bundesliga was the 50th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 38th season consisting of only one league.

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2014–15
Champions	THW Kiel
Relegated	GWD Minden TSG Friesenheim HC Erlangen SG BBM Bietigheim
Champions League	THW Kiel Rhein-Neckar Löwen SG Flensburg-Handewitt
EHF Cup	SC Magdeburg Frisch Auf Göppingen
Matches played	342
Goals scored	18,838 (55.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Weber (271 goals)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Team information

19 teams competed this year.

Kiel

Gummersbach

Göppingen

Bietigheim

Berlin

Balingen

Wetzlar

Hamburg

Melsungen

Magdeburg

Flensburg

Löwen

Lemgo

Lübbecke

Burgdorf

Erlangen

Minden

Solingen

Wuppertal

Ludwigshafen

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Location of teams in the Handball-Bundesliga

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	Flens-Arena	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
TSG Friesenheim	Ludwigshafen	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle	2,500
VfL Gummersbach	Gummersbach	Eugen-Haas-Halle	4,132
SG BBM Bietigheim	Bietigheim	EgeTrans Arena	4,583
GWD Minden	Minden	Kreissporthalle	4,059
Bergischer HC	Wuppertal Solingen	Uni-Halle Klingenhalle	3,200 2,800
HC Erlangen	Erlangen	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	8,130

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	THW Kiel (C)	36	32	1	3	1095	854	+241	65	Advance to Champions League
2	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	36	31	1	4	1093	876	+217	63
3	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	36	24	6	6	1025	887	+138	54
4	SC Magdeburg	36	23	2	11	1074	994	+80	48	Advance to EHF Cup
5	Frisch Auf Göppingen	36	19	4	13	976	961	+15	42
6	MT Melsungen	36	18	4	14	1060	997	+63	40
7	Füchse Berlin	36	18	4	14	997	1004	−7	40
8	HSG Wetzlar	36	14	6	16	958	952	+6	34
9	HSV Hamburg	36	16	2	18	992	1006	−14	34
10	VfL Gummersbach	36	15	4	17	979	1007	−28	34
11	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	36	14	3	19	900	990	−90	31
12	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke	36	12	5	19	996	1018	−22	29
13	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	36	11	7	18	981	1019	−38	29
14	Bergischer HC	36	12	4	20	982	1064	−82	28
15	TBV Lemgo	36	11	5	20	1042	1037	+5	27
16	GWD Minden (R)	36	12	1	23	950	1003	−53	25	Relegated
17	TSG Friesenheim (R)	36	12	1	23	920	1064	−144	25
18	HC Erlangen (R)	36	9	5	22	901	1008	−107	23
19	SG BBM Bietigheim (R)	36	6	1	29	917	1097	−180	13

Source: dkb-handball-bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAL	BRG	BER	BIE	ERL	FLE	FRI	GÖP	GUM	HAM	HAN	KIE	LEM	LÜB	MAG	MEL	MIN	RNL	WET
Balingen		25–24	26–35	25–24	31–22	20–20	33–30	24–30	29–28	22–21	31–27	22–21	33–28	23–23	25–32	28–23	28–25	27–32	22–24
Bergischer HC	22–18		30–25	33–27	32–27	36–31	27–30	28–28	28–26	35–30	31–31	20–32	31–30	28–27	24–25	28–29	32–30	24–23	28–28
Berlin	30–23	32–23		33–32	26–26	29–32	30–24	24–22	30–27	28–25	28–29	27–38	30–27	30–30	32–27	27–24	32–23	20–30	32–24
Bietigheim	25–29	32–25	22–24		24–26	30–38	24–26	29–25	23–21	28–34	24–28	25–37	22–34	24–32	23–30	23–35	27–23	22–32	28–25
Erlangen	28–27	25–25	28–28	24–24		22–22	37–26	24–29	25–24	34–31	32–29	22–36	31–25	25–30	19–28	28–31	19–23	27–25	22–20
Flensburg	32–18	40–27	36–27	31–25	27–17		29–23	34–26	32–26	29–24	32–26	26–22	24–24	25–21	26–30	29–22	27–24	26–29	27–21
Friesenheim	28–27	30–29	26–31	26–20	27–26	23–27		23–29	26–24	30–23	27–24	20–33	25–24	25–40	24–32	29–35	28–24	22–30	23–29
Göppingen	32–28	31–27	29–27	27–17	25–21	26–34	33–25		23–23	26–23	25–22	25–29	28–27	27–19	33–36	26–31	29–28	22–33	23–22
Gummersbach	31–25	31–28	27–26	35–29	24–21	24–32	30–24	27–31		27–27	29–29	26–32	29–28	29–27	28–27	26–32	27–32	27–32	23–21
Hamburg	26–28	21–20	33–25	28–23	34–24	20–24	33–25	30–29	32–31		23–23	19–20	28–32	34–26	33–29	31–30	28–25	25–26	28–31
Hannover	29–23	39–31	26–31	36–29	35–33	25–25	27–19	29–29	26–26	30–36		26–28	31–27	35–28	24–28	22–26	26–20	23–31	28–26
Kiel	37–18	32–17	32–18	40–27	23–22	30–26	29–21	28–21	33–27	29–19	34–25		33–29	24–21	34–22	32–23	24–23	23–23	32–25
Lemgo	21–21	34–26	28–29	37–30	29–23	26–30	32–32	22–26	26–28	45–26	27–23	27–21		27–35	23–30	33–30	38–21	28–39	26–26
Lübbecke	30–33	34–31	26–35	32–24	28–23	26–31	24–26	29–27	29–31	28–34	25–25	24–31	35–35		29–25	28–28	23–26	25–27	27–26
Magdeburg	27–19	38–32	30–26	37–25	31–26	29–26	36–28	32–32	33–28	25–26	34–28	26–32	36–24	26–32		37–33	28–22	27–32	33–30
Melsungen	31–20	40–28	31–24	33–25	37–23	22–22	31–25	27–32	26–27	23–26	29–26	32–41	35–30	32–23	26–28		35–25	28–31	28–28
Minden	31–24	28–30	30–21	35–27	29–25	22–31	33–26	24–26	25–29	36–30	31–22	23–32	23–30	29–27	35–26	25–25		25–37	24–30
RN Löwen	36–25	30–24	34–21	35–25	35–18	23–20	37–21	26–20	29–24	28–26	32–20	28–29	35–34	35–25	24–23	32–26	28–23		27–20
Wetzlar	25–20	25–18	24–24	26–29	28–26	22–22	32–27	29–24	29–30	32–25	29–27	29–32	32–25	22–28	31–31	29–31	27–25	31–27

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

External links

• Official website (in German)