2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga
Season	2022–23
Dates	1 September 2022 – 11 June 2023
Champions	THW Kiel
Relegated	GWD Minden; ASV Hamm-Westfalen
EHF Champions League	THW Kiel; SC Magdeburg
EHF European League	Füchse Berlin; SG Flensburg-Handewitt; Rhein Neckar-Löwen; TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Matches played	306
Goals scored	18,040 (58.95 per match)
Best Player	Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson
Top goalscorer	Casper Ulrich Mortensen; (234 goals)
Attendance	1,486,735 (4,859 per match)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga was the 58th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 46th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 1 September 2022 to 11 June 2023.^[1]

THW Kiel won their 23rd title.^[2]

Teams

Locations of the 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2021–22 2. Handball-Bundesliga	Relegated from 2021–22 Handball-Bundesliga
VfL Gummersbach ASV Hamm-Westfalen	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke

Stadiums

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Bergischer HC	Wuppertal Solingen Düsseldorf	Uni-Halle Klingenhalle Mitsubishi Electric Halle ISS Dome	3,200 2,800 4,500 12,500
Füchse Berlin	Berlin	Max-Schmeling-Halle	9,000
TV Bittenfeld	Stuttgart	Porsche-Arena	6,211
HC Erlangen	Nuremberg	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	8,308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Flensburg	Flens-Arena	6,300
VfL Gummersbach	Gummersbach	Schwalbe-Arena	4,132
Frisch Auf Göppingen	Göppingen	EWS Arena	5,600
HSV Hamburg	Hamburg	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle	7,000
ASV Hamm-Westfalen	Hamm	Westpress Arena	2,650
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Hanover	ZAG-Arena	9,850
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	4,500
GWD Minden	Minden	Kampa-Halle	4,059
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Mannheim	SAP Arena	13,200
HSG Wetzlar	Wetzlar	Buderus Arena Wetzlar	4,421

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	THW Kiel (C)	34	29	1	4	1098	917	+181	59	Champions League
2	SC Magdeburg	34	27	3	4	1124	982	+142	57	Champions League
3	Füchse Berlin	34	25	1	8	1103	990	+113	51	EHF European League
4	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	34	23	3	8	1062	929	+133	49
5	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	34	22	1	11	1133	1025	+108	45
6	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	34	18	2	14	994	978	+16	38
7	HSV Hamburg	34	17	2	15	1028	1010	+18	36
8	TBV Lemgo	34	16	3	15	1013	1010	+3	35
9	MT Melsungen	34	14	6	14	910	923	−13	34
10	VfL Gummersbach	34	15	3	16	1036	1038	−2	33
11	SC DHfK Leipzig	34	14	3	17	999	1013	−14	31
12	Bergischer HC	34	14	2	18	955	997	−42	30
13	HC Erlangen	34	14	2	18	1009	1061	−52	30
14	Frisch Auf Göppingen	34	9	5	20	955	989	−34	23
15	TV Bittenfeld	34	10	3	21	912	1003	−91	23
16	HSG Wetzlar	34	8	1	25	886	991	−105	17
17	GWD Minden (R)	34	5	3	26	932	1093	−161	13	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18	ASV Hamm-Westfalen (R)	34	3	2	29	891	1091	−200	8	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga

Source: HBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRG	BER	BIT	ERL	FLE	GÖP	GUM	HAM	HMW	HAN	KIE	LEI	LEM	MAG	MEL	MIN	RNL	WET
Bergischer HC	—	34–30	25–26	29–30	18–31	28–26	30–30	37–34	34–24	22–23	25–29	32–28	32–28	34–38	28–27	34–32	26–27	24–23
Füchse Berlin	29–27	—	31–21	39–30	37–33	34–27	38–33	36–32	37–26	32–30	34–26	28–22	32–26	31–32	35–25	42–35	38–24	29–25
TV Bittenfeld	27–26	32–28	—	27–29	30–32	24–24	31–30	22–28	29–20	31–34	30–37	26–33	32–28	28–32	23–26	27–23	30–43	28–30
HC Erlangen	30–27	28–30	31–28	—	28–33	34–28	31–37	35–29	37–27	33–29	27–34	36–32	31–31	23–38	34–34	29–28	30–33	31–27
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	30–17	31–31	29–25	31–28	—	27–24	31–26	34–32	37–23	30–35	36–23	30–27	34–27	35–34	37–25	36–23	34–31	34–24
Frisch Auf Göppingen	37–28	25–19	24–25	31–25	27–27	—	29–28	26–26	39–32	33–29	27–34	34–30	34–31	26–31	23–29	26–29	25–27	26–28
VfL Gummersbach	37–34	28–30	29–24	32–31	31–29	35–32	—	31–30	29–28	27–34	26–30	36–36	28–29	28–30	31–23	26–22	29–32	37–30
HSV Hamburg	33–23	28–37	27–27	33–29	30–31	31–28	34–31	—	32–25	32–26	30–34	28–31	28–32	28–30	33–28	27–21	40–37	24–21
ASV Hamm-Westfalen	27–31	29–32	27–27	29–32	29–37	32–28	22–21	27–34	—	29–29	24–37	28–33	25–30	27–36	18–28	31–26	30–35	23–29
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	30–32	32–33	27–22	29–28	25–35	28–24	28–27	28–27	30–26	—	27–29	25–22	29–25	34–31	26–26	32–18	30–31	23–26
THW Kiel	35–29	36–29	36–23	35–26	29–19	30–26	31–28	40–28	40–29	33–23	—	31–34	32–33	34–34	24–22	36–29	32–29	38–23
SC DHfK Leipzig	27–32	26–31	25–30	32–29	31–30	25–26	30–34	22–23	33–23	29–31	22–32	—	30–22	33–32	40–33	31–31	37–29	38–29
TBV Lemgo	38–28	35–32	29–24	34–27	26–21	36–33	26–30	28–32	30–25	35–30	22–28	29–29	—	28–34	28–28	30–27	33–30	34–29
SC Magdeburg	23–21	34–29	31–27	31–28	30–28	33–29	41–29	32–28	31–23	31–30	33–34	32–24	37–33	—	27–23	39–25	32–32	32–28
MT Melsungen	22–22	29–32	33–26	31–18	25–25	26–23	28–22	30–27	30–29	28–31	19–23	28–29	20–19	27–27	—	31–28	25–34	21–19
GWD Minden	25–28	32–27	23–29	25–32	27–41	27–27	38–38	31–35	32–23	34–35	18–34	28–29	36–35	30–44	21–28	—	29–40	26–29
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	39–29	32–34	41–27	40–23	28–27	36–33	37–42	32–35	37–27	32–31	27–31	30–24	37–28	35–37	36–25	37–25	—	34–24
HSG Wetzlar	22–28	25–37	32–24	28–35	22–27	25–25	29–30	28–30	29–24	24–31	25–31	24–25	26–24	30–35	25–27	25–27	23–29	—

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]	Shots	%
1	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	HSV Hamburg	229	336	70
2	Juri Knorr	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	208	319	65
3	Lukas Blohme	VfL Gummersbach	179	250	72
4	Kay Smits	SC Magdeburg	174	249	70
5	Emil Jakobsen	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	166	220	75
5	Christoph Steinert	HC Erlangen	166	249	67
7	Lenny Rubin	HSG Wetzlar	149	278	54
8	Hans Lindberg	Füchse Berlin	147	187	79
8	Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson	SC Magdeburg	147	210	70
10	Samuel Zehnder	TBV Lemgo	146	193	76

Awards

Award	Player	Club
Most valuable player^[4]	Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson	SC Magdeburg
Coach of the season^[5]	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	VfL Gummersbach
Young players of the season^[6]	Julian Bauer	SC Magdeburg

References

^ "Rahmenspielplan 2022–2023" (PDF). liquimoly-hbl.de. 23 April 2022.
^ "Endlich perfekt: THW Kiel zum 23. Mal deutscher Handball-Meister". ndr.de. 11 June 2023.
^ Top scorers
^ "Fast 50 Prozent der Stimmen: Kristjansson erstmals zum Liga-MVP gewählt". kicker.de. 16 June 2023.
^ "Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson ist "Trainer der Saison 22/23" in der Liqui Moly HBL". liquimoly-hbl.de. 8 June 2022.
^ "Julian Bauer vom SC Magdeburg von Handball Bundesliga als "Nachwuchstrainer der Saison" gekürt". liquimoly-handball-world.news. 14 June 2022.

External links

Official website

[1] "Rahmenspielplan 2022–2023" (PDF). liquimoly-hbl.de. 23 April 2022.

[2] "Endlich perfekt: THW Kiel zum 23. Mal deutscher Handball-Meister". ndr.de. 11 June 2023.

[3] Top scorers

[4] "Fast 50 Prozent der Stimmen: Kristjansson erstmals zum Liga-MVP gewählt". kicker.de. 16 June 2023.

[5] "Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson ist "Trainer der Saison 22/23" in der Liqui Moly HBL". liquimoly-hbl.de. 8 June 2022.

[6] "Julian Bauer vom SC Magdeburg von Handball Bundesliga als "Nachwuchstrainer der Saison" gekürt". liquimoly-handball-world.news. 14 June 2022.

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