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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