2011–12 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2011–12 Handball-Bundesliga is the 47th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league, and the 35th season consisting of only one league.

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2011–12
Dates	3 September 2011 - 2 June 2012
Champions	THW Kiel
Relegated	Bergischer HC TV 05/07 Hüttenberg Eintracht Hildesheim
EHF Champions League	THW Kiel SG Flensburg-Handewitt Füchse Berlin HSV Hamburg
EHF Cup	Rhein-Neckar Löwen SC Magdeburg Frisch Auf Göppingen
Matches played	306
Goals scored	17,274 (56.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Uwe Gensheimer (Rhein-Neckar Löwen) (247 goals)
Total attendance	1,389,546
Average attendance	4,541
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Team information

Kiel

Gummersbach

Göppingen

Grosswallstadt

Füchse Berlin

Balingen

Wetzlar

HSV Hamburg

Melsungen

Magdeburg

Flensburg

Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Lemgo

Lübbecke

Burgdorf

Bergischer

Hüttenberg

Hildesheim

Location of teams in the 2011–12 Handball-Bundesliga

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Bergischer HC	Wuppertal	Uni-Halle	4,100
Eintracht Hildesheim	Hildesheim	Sparkassenarena	2,800
Frisch Auf Göppingen	Göppingen	EWS Arena	4,300
Füchse Berlin	Berlin	Max-Schmeling-Halle	8,500
SC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	Bördelandhalle	7,782
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke	Lübbecke	Kreissporthalle Lübbecke	3,300
HSV Hamburg	Hamburg	O2 World Hamburg	13,000
HSG Wetzlar	Wetzlar	RITTAL Arena	4,412
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	Balingen	Sparkassen-Arena	2,000
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Mannheim	SAP Arena	14,500
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Sinsheim	Campushalle	6,300
TBV Lemgo	Lemgo	Lipperlandhalle	5,000
THW Kiel	Kiel	Sparkassen-Arena	10,250
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Hannover	AWD Hall	4,200
MT Melsungen	Melsungen	Rothenbach-Halle	4,300
TV 05/07 Hüttenberg	Hüttenberg	Sporthalle Hüttenberg	1,600
TV Grosswallstadt	Großwallstadt	Sparkassen-Arena	4,200
VfL Gummersbach	Gummersbach	Eugen-Haas-Halle	2,100

League table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	THW Kiel	34	34	0	0	1107	809	+298	68:0	2012–13 EHF Champions League group stage
2	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	34	28	1	5	1060	907	+153	57:11
3	Füchse Berlin	34	25	3	6	1016	877	+139	53:15
4	HSV Hamburg	34	25	1	8	1046	935	+111	51:17	2012–13 EHF Champions League wild card tournament
5	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	34	23	2	9	1044	953	+91	48:20	2012–13 EHF European Cup third qualifying round
6	SC Magdeburg	34	19	1	14	985	940	+45	39:29
7	TBV Lemgo	34	17	4	13	988	979	+9	38:30
8	Frisch Auf Göppingen	34	15	3	16	901	914	−13	33:35	2012–13 EHF European Cup third qualifying round
9	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke	34	14	2	18	944	953	-9	30:38
10	MT Melsungen	34	12	6	16	947	993	−46	30:38
11	VfL Gummersbach	34	13	3	18	1008	1078	−70	29:39
12	TV Grosswallstadt	34	12	3	19	865	928	−63	27:41
13	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	34	10	4	20	980	1050	−70	24:44
14	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	34	11	2	21	857	936	−79	24:44
15	HSG Wetzlar	34	10	3	21	857	896	−39	23:45
16	Bergischer HC	34	8	1	25	921	1037	−116	17:51	Relegation to the 2012–13 2. Handball-Bundesliga
17	TV 05/07 Hüttenberg	34	6	5	23	883	1008	−125	17:51
18	Eintracht Hildesheim	34	2	0	32	865	1081	−216	4:64

• Updated to games played on 2 June 2012
• Source:
• The number on the left of the colon is points gained, the number to the left is points conceded

External links

• Kicker magazine (in German)
• scoresway.com
• Handball-bundesliga website (in German)