2018–19 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2018–19 Handball-Bundesliga was the 54th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 42nd season consisting of only one league. It ran from 23 August 2018 to 9 June 2019.[1]

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2018–19
ChampionsSG Flensburg-Handewitt
RelegatedSG BBM Bietigheim
VfL Gummersbach
Champions LeagueSG Flensburg-Handewitt
THW Kiel
EHF CupSC Magdeburg
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
MT Melsungen
Matches played306
Goals scored16,227 (53.03 per match)
Top goalscorerMatthias Musche
(256 goals)
Highest attendance13,200
Rhein-Neckar Löwen v SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Lowest attendance1,655
SG BBM Bietigheim v GWD Minden
Attendance1,470,818 (4,807 per match)

SG Flensburg-Handewitt won their third overall and second consecutive title.[2]

Teams
Locations of the 2018–19 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes
Promoted from
2017–18 2. Handball-Bundesliga		 Relegated from
2017–18 Handball-Bundesliga
Bergischer HC
SG BBM Bietigheim		 TV Hüttenberg
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke

Arenas and locations

The SAP Arena in Mannheim, home of the Rhein-Neckar Löwen, is the largest venue in the league as it seats 13,200 fans in its HBL configuration. While the smallest is the Scharrena, the smaller of the two home venues of TVB Stuttgart, only being able to accommodate 2,251 fans.

Team Location Arena Capacity
Bergischer HC Wuppertal
Solingen
Düsseldorf		 Uni-Halle
Klingenhalle
ISS Dome		 3.200
2.800
12.500
Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9.000
SG BBM Bietigheim Bietigheim-Bissingen
Ludwigsburg		 EgeTrans Arena
Arena Ludwigsburg		 4.517
3.715
HC Erlangen Nuremberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung 8.308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Flensburg Flens-Arena 6.300
Die Eulen Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle 2.350
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5.600
VfL Gummersbach Gummersbach Schwalbe-Arena 4.132
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hanover TUI Arena
Swiss Life Hall		 9.850
4.460
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 4.300
GWD Minden Minden Kampa-Halle 4.059
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 13.200
TVB 1898 Stuttgart Stuttgart Scharrena Stuttgart
Porsche-Arena		 2.251
6.211
HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar Rittal Arena Wetzlar 4.421

Personnel and finances
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Operational budget[3]
Bergischer HC Sebastian Hinze Kristian Nippes Salming WKW automotive 3.2 M€
Füchse Berlin / Velimir Petković Hans Lindberg Hummel Deutsche Wohnen 6.0 M€
SG BBM Bietigheim Ralf Bader Patrick Rentschler Erima OLYMP 1.5 M€
HC Erlangen Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson Michael Haaß Kempa HIETEC 5.0 M€
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Maik Machulla Tobias Karlsson Erima Dänisches Bettenlager 7.0 M€
Die Eulen Ludwigshafen Benjamin Matschke Gunnar Dietrich Erima Technische Werke Ludwigshafen 1.2 M€
Frisch Auf Göppingen Hartmut Mayerhoffer Tim Kneule Hummel Stahlbau Nägele 5.2 M€
VfL Gummersbach Torge Greve Drago Vukovic Select Schwalbe 4.0 M€
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Antonio Carlos Ortega Kai Häfner Adidas CP-Pharma 4.5 M€
THW Kiel Alfreð Gíslason Domagoj Duvnjak Adidas Star 9.5 M€
SC DHfK Leipzig André Haber Jens Vortmann Puma Leipziger Gruppe 4.9 M€
TBV Lemgo Florian Kehrmann Andrej Kogut Salming Phoenix Contact 3.5 M€
SC Magdeburg Bennet Wiegert Christian O´Sullivan Kempa GETEC 5.0 M€
MT Melsungen Heiko Grimm Michael Müller Salming B. Braun 5.0 M€
GWD Minden Frank Carstens Dalibor Doder Nike Harting 3.5 M€
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Nikolaj Jacobsen Andy Schmid Erima Admiral 6.5 M€
TVB 1898 Stuttgart Jürgen Schweikardt Simon Baumgarten Kempa Kärcher 4.0 M€
HSG Wetzlar Kai Wandschneider Filip Mirkulovski Mizuno Licher 4.0 M€

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SG Flensburg-Handewitt (C) 34 32 0 2 958 768 +190 64 Champions League
2 THW Kiel 34 31 0 3 1018 806 +212 62
3 SC Magdeburg 34 27 0 7 1010 867 +143 54 EHF Cup
4 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 34 24 2 8 960 851 +109 50
5 MT Melsungen 34 21 0 13 922 900 +22 42
6 Füchse Berlin 34 19 0 15 923 898 +25 38
7 Bergischer HC 34 18 2 14 891 880 +11 38
8 Frisch Auf Göppingen 34 17 2 15 901 899 +2 36
9 HC Erlangen 34 14 2 18 853 881 −28 30
10 HSG Wetzlar 34 14 1 19 859 883 −24 29
11 SC DHfK Leipzig 34 12 3 19 861 871 −10 27
12 TBV Lemgo 34 11 4 19 861 885 −24 26
13 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 34 12 2 20 935 960 −25 26
14 GWD Minden 34 12 1 21 941 976 −35 25
15 TVB 1898 Stuttgart 34 10 3 21 911 998 −87 23
16 TSG Friesenheim 34 5 4 25 802 955 −153 14
17 VfL Gummersbach (R) 34 6 2 26 809 963 −154 14 Relegated
18 SG BBM Bietigheim (R) 34 6 2 26 809 983 −174 14
Source: DKB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away BRG BER BIE ERL FLE FRI GÖP GUM HAN KIE LEI LEM MAG MEL MIN RNL STU WET
Bergischer HC — 28–26 26–23 35–26 24–27 27–23 25–28 30–28 25–22 23–27 27–23 35–26 23–27 25–24 26–21 25–30 29–28 26–22
Füchse Berlin 26–22 — 30–26 26–25 25–30 32–20 29–33 25–19 29–28 29–30 26–23 29–23 27–24 24–26 29–27 34–33 25–30 25–27
SG BBM Bietigheim 21–28 28–36 — 24–26 20–33 27–18 30–29 25–25 29–27 21–32 15–24 25–23 29–33 24–33 28–30 21–36 19–28 26–26
HC Erlangen 26–18 22–27 27–25 — 26–27 26–22 24–25 30–22 25–25 21–30 24–23 28–25 26–25 24–25 25–29 23–23 31–25 27–20
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 25–23 26–18 31–22 28–18 — 35–23 26–15 28–20 29–28 26–25 27–21 33–24 26–25 30–24 35–28 27–20 29–21 30–29
TSG Friesenheim 23–22 26–30 23–24 23–25 18–30 — 23–32 26–27 25–27 19–26 27–24 20–19 27–38 22–27 31–30 21–28 23–23 25–29
Frisch Auf Göppingen 27–30 21–18 31–27 25–23 23–28 30–26 — 35–26 27–26 25–29 34–27 20–24 24–31 27–30 21–21 25–28 31–25 22–24
VfL Gummersbach 22–29 20–29 28–21 25–27 23–33 20–20 22–26 — 25–26 22–35 30–28 25–19 20–31 23–28 20–25 28–23 31–28 19–24
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 29–26 26–25 26–27 26–24 28–33 33–28 29–30 30–24 — 25–32 30–28 27–27 26–31 29–36 30–25 28–30 33–22 23–25
THW Kiel 32–24 26–22 34–20 27–21 20–18 37–21 28–26 31–25 30–26 — 27–22 28–24 25–28 37–20 39–19 31–28 32–19 29–19
SC DHfK Leipzig 25–25 32–27 31–24 26–25 20–21 28–22 29–25 28–18 31–26 24–25 — 22–22 24–25 26–29 26–25 28–26 26–27 21–25
TBV Lemgo 22–22 34–30 40–27 31–23 21–23 23–23 25–30 30–16 26–31 26–34 24–20 — 22–23 28–26 23–25 23–25 29–24 25–24
SC Magdeburg 32–27 25–27 23–19 31–25 24–23 35–26 28–29 29–24 34–23 35–30 28–20 29–24 — 32–24 40–31 29–32 37–30 30–25
MT Melsungen 26–23 26–22 31–24 27–26 18–24 30–26 25–22 33–27 28–25 25–29 35–27 31–27 23–28 — 26–21 23–26 24–26 26–24
GWD Minden 32–35 27–28 30–26 29–22 28–31 29–28 28–29 40–28 29–32 29–37 24–26 27–30 25–29 32–27 — 26–31 38–25 24–22
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 26–20 28–25 30–15 29–26 23–26 26–29 33–27 30–24 29–23 24–27 24–24 28–21 28–22 34–26 32–29 — 34–29 31–21
TBV 1898 Stuttgart 30–31 33–34 31–26 26–28 20–30 26–26 26–26 31–30 37–34 27–30 29–32 25–23 27–40 30–26 30–31 20–26 — 30–28
HSG Wetzlar 25–27 24–29 24–21 27–28 23–30 30–19 26–21 30–23 29–28 23–27 23–22 27–28 26–31 26–34 31–27 25–26 26–23 —
Source: DKB
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month[4] Goal of the Month[5]
Player Position Club Player Club
September Matthias Musche LW SC Magdeburg Thomas Roth TSV Södel
October Michael Kraus CB TBV 1898 Stuttgart Bastian Schwengers FC Schalke 04
November Domenico Ebner GK SG BBM Bietigheim Christopher Czens Lehrter SV
December Silvio Heinevetter GK Füchse Berlin Lasse Scharge Oranienburger HC
February Matthias Musche LW SC Magdeburg 0 0
März Michael Damgaard LB/CB SC Magdeburg 0 0
April Niklas Landin GK THW Kiel 0 0
Mai Andreas Wolff GK THW Kiel 0 0

The goal of the month award can be awarded to anyone in the league system while the player of the month award only count Bundesliga performances.

Number of teams by state
Rank State Number of teams Club(s)
1  Baden-Württemberg 4 SG BBM Bietigheim, Frisch Auf Göppingen, Rhein-Neckar Löwen, TVB Stuttgart
 North Rhine-Westphalia Bergischer HC, VfL Gummersbach, TBV Lemgo, GWD Minden
3  Hesse 2 MT Melsungen, HSG Wetzlar
 Schleswig-Holstein SG Flensburg-Handewitt, THW Kiel
5  Bayern 1 HC Erlangen
 Berlin Füchse Berlin
 Lower Saxony TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
 Rhineland-Palatinate Die Eulen Ludwigshafen
 Saxony SC DHfK Leipzig
 Saxony-Anhalt SC Magdeburg

References
  1. "Bundesliga setzt Rahmendaten für die Saison 2018/19 mit der Heim-WM". handball-world.news. 6 May 2017.
  2. "Flensburg feiert Titelverteidigung". dkb-handball-bundesliga.de. 9 June 2019.
  3. Operation budget
  4. Player of the month
  5. Goal of the month
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