2021–22 Handball-Bundesliga

Football league season

Handball-Bundesliga
Season	2021–22
Dates	8 September 2021 – 12 June 2022
Champions	SC Magdeburg 2nd title
Relegated	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
Champions League	SC Magdeburg THW Kiel
European League	Füchse Berlin SG Flensburg-Handewitt Frisch Auf Göppingen
Matches played	306
Goals scored	16,725 (54.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hans Lindberg (242 goals)
Attendance	953,728 (3,117 per match)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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.

SC Magdeburg won their second title.

Teams

Wetzlar class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2020–21 Handball-Bundesliga 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	Qualification for Champions League group phase
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	Qualification for European League second qualifying round
6	TBV Lemgo	34	16	5	13	945	962	−17	37	Qualification for European League first qualifying round
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	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga

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:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.
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	Shots	%
1	Hans Lindberg	Füchse Berlin	242	288	84
2	Ómar Ingi Magnússon	SC Magdeburg	237	339	70
3	Bjarki Már Elísson	TBV Lemgo	234	319	73
4	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	HSV Hamburg	206	288	72
5	Niclas Ekberg	THW Kiel	189	245	77
6	Marcel Schiller	Frisch Auf Göppingen	186	259	72
7	Vladan Lipovina	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	177	345	51
8	Simon Jeppsson	HC Erlangen	176	302	58
9	Tom Skroblien	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke	172	251	69
10	Jóhan Hansen	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	162	250	65

Notes

References

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

External links

Official website

v t e Handball-Bundesliga
2024–25 teams	Füchse Berlin SG BBM Bietigheim ThSV Eisenach HC Erlangen Frisch Auf Göppingen VfL Gummersbach HSV Hamburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt TSV Hannover-Burgdorf THW Kiel SC DHfK Leipzig TBV Lemgo SC Magdeburg MT Melsungen 1. VfL Potsdam TVB Stuttgart Rhein-Neckar Löwen HSG Wetzlar
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

2021–22 in European handball (EHF)

EHF competitions

Men	Champions League group stage knockout phase European League European Cup
Women	Champions League group stage knockout phase European League European Cup