Handball-Bundesliga
Season2021–22
Dates8 September 2021 – 12 June 2022
ChampionsSC Magdeburg
2nd title
RelegatedHBW Balingen-Weilstetten
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
Champions LeagueSC Magdeburg
THW Kiel
European LeagueFüchse Berlin
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Frisch Auf Göppingen
Matches played306
Goals scored16,725 (54.66 per match)
Top goalscorerHans Lindberg
(242 goals)
Attendance953,728 (3,117 per match)[lower-alpha 1]

The 2021–22 Handball-Bundesliga (known as the Liqui Moly Handball-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons) was the 57th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 45th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 8 September 2021 to 12 June 2022.[1]

SC Magdeburg won their second title.[2]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2020–21 2. Handball-Bundesliga		 Relegated from
2020–21 Handball-Bundesliga
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
HSV Hamburg		 TSG Friesenheim
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
TUSEM Essen
HSC 2000 Coburg

Arenas and locations

The following 18 clubs competed in the Handball-Bundesliga during the 2021–22 season:

Team Location Arena Capacity
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Balingen Sparkassen-Arena
Porsche-Arena		 2,300
6,181
Bergischer HC Wuppertal
Solingen
Düsseldorf		 Uni-Halle
Klingenhalle
ISS Dome		 3,200
2,800
12,500
Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9,000
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
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5,600
HSV Hamburg Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 7,000
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hanover ZAG-Arena
Swiss Life Hall		 9,850
4,460
THW Kiel Kiel Wunderino Arena 10,285
SC DHfK Leipzig Leipzig Arena Leipzig 6,327
TBV Lemgo Lemgo Lipperlandhalle 4,790
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke Lübbecke Merkur Arena 3,300
SC Magdeburg Magdeburg GETEC Arena 6,600
MT Melsungen Melsungen Rothenbach-Halle 4,300
GWD Minden Minden Kampa-Halle 4,059
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 13,200
HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar Rittal Arena Wetzlar 4,421

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SC Magdeburg (C) 34 32 0 2 1067 884 +183 64 Qualification for Champions League group phase
2 THW Kiel 34 28 2 4 1045 870 +175 58
3 Füchse Berlin 34 24 5 5 1006 885 +121 53 Qualification for European League group phase
4 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 34 22 6 6 978 852 +126 50 Qualification for European League second qualifying round
5 Frisch Auf Göppingen 34 17 4 13 975 987 −12 38
6 TBV Lemgo 34 16 5 13 945 962 −17 37 Qualification for European League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
7 HSG Wetzlar 34 16 3 15 932 910 +22 35
8 MT Melsungen 34 15 3 16 890 892 −2 33
9 SC DHfK Leipzig 34 14 5 15 891 893 −2 33
10 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 34 13 4 17 960 965 −5 30
11 Bergischer HC 34 13 3 18 851 885 −34 29
12 HC Erlangen 34 12 3 19 911 936 −25 27
13 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 34 12 3 19 900 942 −42 27
14 HSV Hamburg 34 12 2 20 919 960 −41 26
15 TV Bittenfeld 34 11 2 21 962 1032 −70 24
16 GWD Minden 34 7 4 23 857 950 −93 18
17 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten (R) 34 6 4 24 847 987 −140 16 Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke (R) 34 7 0 27 789 933 −144 14
Source: DKB
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
Notes:
  1. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.
  2. ↑ Since the winners of the 2021–22 DHB-Pokal, THW Kiel, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away BAL BRG BER BIT ERL FLE GÖP HAM HAN KIE LEI LEM LÜB MAG MEL MIN RNL WET
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten — 30–28 23–23 25–28 23–25 23–23 26–30 23–28 28–26 25–31 25–29 29–32 26–21 17–28 25–34 27–21 22–31 24–28
Bergischer HC 29–21 — 23–28 26–25 25–25 24–29 33–27 31–26 25–23 24–26 30–20 32–27 26–22 24–27 24–31 25–26 25–25 17–27
Füchse Berlin 26–26 32–17 — 29–22 35–30 22–28 37–31 34–30 32–32 28–28 34–25 29–24 30–22 29–33 28–29 35–25 23–20 29–24
TV Bittenfeld 27–26 27–26 32–32 — 34–29 26–28 27–34 26–34 22–34 29–42 29–25 37–40 29–31 27–30 28–25 35–31 35–30 26–26
HC Erlangen 33–26 30–23 25–31 27–32 — 26–30 23–25 23–22 31–35 20–30 19–15 24–28 29–22 36–38 32–31 30–22 36–26 24–27
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 35–21 21–24 28–23 30–29 27–27 — 26–21 33–23 30–20 27–28 31–21 27–19 30–19 30–27 27–24 31–31 31–26 27–25
Frisch Auf Göppingen 27–28 27–24 24–31 34–32 34–25 30–30 — 24–28 31–25 26–38 29–28 33–33 27–24 24–25 26–26 33–22 30–28 33–26
HSV Hamburg 29–34 26–27 27–30 27–32 30–29 27–33 27–28 — 25–23 23–32 24–33 28–28 32–24 22–32 26–25 31–27 32–27 31–23
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 31–27 28–20 22–25 33–23 28–27 26–31 32–34 29–27 — 26–29 26–26 27–31 22–21 27–31 23–25 30–29 24–28 22–28
THW Kiel 33–24 24–23 27–31 35–31 34–24 33–23 42–35 29–22 31–24 — 32–28 32–19 32–23 27–29 27–25 34–25 32–29 27–24
SC DHfK Leipzig 31–24 22–26 25–30 33–24 24–16 25–24 29–20 27–27 32–25 20–31 — 29–25 25–21 31–36 22–26 25–26 28–31 30–26
TBV Lemgo 38–28 27–27 27–28 33–30 27–33 30–25 34–26 28–23 31–33 21–21 26–27 — 27–22 25–44 26–26 20–32 24–23 29–27
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 33–27 20–24 26–32 27–23 20–21 17–34 22–27 29–27 21–10 29–25 23–28 26–28 — 20–30 23–31 19–21 22–29 25–28
SC Magdeburg 31–26 38–25 28–27 33–29 28–27 33–28 37–26 34–26 30–22 25–30 30–28 29–25 38–20 — 33–26 28–19 37–34 30–26
MT Melsungen 28–21 26–24 25–33 29–23 30–28 26–32 24–26 26–22 22–29 26–33 22–22 18–23 23–22 24–27 — 25–29 25–24 27–22
GWD Minden 23–23 25–21 25–31 25–26 22–21 18–31 30–33 23–27 26–26 27–30 23–23 29–32 18–23 26–31 22–26 — 31–33 23–24
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 34–23 24–22 24–29 28–23 26–26 29–29 37–32 28–34 25–31 26–33 28–28 30–33 35–25 25–28 29–27 31–27 — 27–30
HSG Wetzlar 33–21 23–27 28–30 35–34 26–30 29–29 28–28 26–25 38–16 29–27 24–27 27–25 29–25 26–29 31–28 30–28 29–30 —
Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[3] Shots %
1 Denmark Hans Lindberg Füchse Berlin 24228884
2 Iceland Ómar Ingi Magnússon SC Magdeburg 23733970
3 Iceland Bjarki Már Elísson TBV Lemgo 23431973
4 Denmark Casper Ulrich Mortensen HSV Hamburg 20628872
5 Sweden Niclas Ekberg THW Kiel 18924577
6 Germany Marcel Schiller Frisch Auf Göppingen 18625972
7 Montenegro Vladan Lipovina HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 17734551
8 Sweden Simon Jeppsson HC Erlangen 17630258
9 Germany Tom Skroblien TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 17225169
10 Denmark Jóhan Hansen TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 16225065

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Lizenzierungskommission erteilt allen Vereinen von Liquy Moly HBL und 2. HBL die Lizenz für die Saison 2021/22". liquimoly-hbl.de. 20 April 2021.
    2. ↑ "Der SC Magdeburg ist wieder deutscher Handballmeister". spiegel.de. 2 June 2022.
    3. ↑ Top scorers
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