# 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga was the 58th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 46th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 1 September 2022 to 11 June 2023.
THW Kiel won their 23rd title.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2021–22 2. Handball-Bundesliga | Relegated from 2021–22 Handball-Bundesliga |
| VfL Gummersbach ASV Hamm-Westfalen | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke |

### Stadiums

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Bergischer HC | Wuppertal Solingen Düsseldorf | Uni-Halle Klingenhalle Mitsubishi Electric Halle ISS Dome | 3,200 2,800 4,500 12,500 |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | 9,000 |
| TV Bittenfeld | Stuttgart | Porsche-Arena | 6,211 |
| HC Erlangen | Nuremberg | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | 8,308 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Flensburg | Flens-Arena | 6,300 |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Schwalbe-Arena | 4,132 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 5,600 |
| HSV Hamburg | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | 7,000 |
| ASV Hamm-Westfalen | Hamm | Westpress Arena | 2,650 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Hanover | ZAG-Arena | 9,850 |
| 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 | 4,500 |
| GWD Minden | Minden | Kampa-Halle | 4,059 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 13,200 |
| HSG Wetzlar | Wetzlar | Buderus Arena Wetzlar | 4,421 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | THW Kiel (C) | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1098 | 917 | +181 | 59 | Champions League |
| 2 | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1124 | 982 | +142 | 57 | Champions League |
| 3 | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1103 | 990 | +113 | 51 | EHF European League |
| 4 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 1062 | 929 | +133 | 49 | EHF European League |
| 5 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 34 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 1133 | 1025 | +108 | 45 | EHF European League |
| 6 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 994 | 978 | +16 | 38 | EHF European League |
| 7 | HSV Hamburg | 34 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1028 | 1010 | +18 | 36 | |
| 8 | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 1013 | 1010 | +3 | 35 | |
| 9 | MT Melsungen | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 910 | 923 | −13 | 34 | |
| 10 | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 1036 | 1038 | −2 | 33 | |
| 11 | SC DHfK Leipzig | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 999 | 1013 | −14 | 31 | |
| 12 | Bergischer HC | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 955 | 997 | −42 | 30 | |
| 13 | HC Erlangen | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 1009 | 1061 | −52 | 30 | |
| 14 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 955 | 989 | −34 | 23 | |
| 15 | TV Bittenfeld | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 912 | 1003 | −91 | 23 | |
| 16 | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 886 | 991 | −105 | 17 | |
| 17 | GWD Minden (R) | 34 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 932 | 1093 | −161 | 13 | Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga |
| 18 | ASV Hamm-Westfalen (R) | 34 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 891 | 1091 | −200 | 8 | Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRG | BER | BIT | ERL | FLE | GÖP | GUM | HAM | HMW | HAN | KIE | LEI | LEM | MAG | MEL | MIN | RNL | WET |
| Bergischer HC | — | 34–30 | 25–26 | 29–30 | 18–31 | 28–26 | 30–30 | 37–34 | 34–24 | 22–23 | 25–29 | 32–28 | 32–28 | 34–38 | 28–27 | 34–32 | 26–27 | 24–23 |
| Füchse Berlin | 29–27 | — | 31–21 | 39–30 | 37–33 | 34–27 | 38–33 | 36–32 | 37–26 | 32–30 | 34–26 | 28–22 | 32–26 | 31–32 | 35–25 | 42–35 | 38–24 | 29–25 |
| TV Bittenfeld | 27–26 | 32–28 | — | 27–29 | 30–32 | 24–24 | 31–30 | 22–28 | 29–20 | 31–34 | 30–37 | 26–33 | 32–28 | 28–32 | 23–26 | 27–23 | 30–43 | 28–30 |
| HC Erlangen | 30–27 | 28–30 | 31–28 | — | 28–33 | 34–28 | 31–37 | 35–29 | 37–27 | 33–29 | 27–34 | 36–32 | 31–31 | 23–38 | 34–34 | 29–28 | 30–33 | 31–27 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 30–17 | 31–31 | 29–25 | 31–28 | — | 27–24 | 31–26 | 34–32 | 37–23 | 30–35 | 36–23 | 30–27 | 34–27 | 35–34 | 37–25 | 36–23 | 34–31 | 34–24 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | 37–28 | 25–19 | 24–25 | 31–25 | 27–27 | — | 29–28 | 26–26 | 39–32 | 33–29 | 27–34 | 34–30 | 34–31 | 26–31 | 23–29 | 26–29 | 25–27 | 26–28 |
| VfL Gummersbach | 37–34 | 28–30 | 29–24 | 32–31 | 31–29 | 35–32 | — | 31–30 | 29–28 | 27–34 | 26–30 | 36–36 | 28–29 | 28–30 | 31–23 | 26–22 | 29–32 | 37–30 |
| HSV Hamburg | 33–23 | 28–37 | 27–27 | 33–29 | 30–31 | 31–28 | 34–31 | — | 32–25 | 32–26 | 30–34 | 28–31 | 28–32 | 28–30 | 33–28 | 27–21 | 40–37 | 24–21 |
| ASV Hamm-Westfalen | 27–31 | 29–32 | 27–27 | 29–32 | 29–37 | 32–28 | 22–21 | 27–34 | — | 29–29 | 24–37 | 28–33 | 25–30 | 27–36 | 18–28 | 31–26 | 30–35 | 23–29 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 30–32 | 32–33 | 27–22 | 29–28 | 25–35 | 28–24 | 28–27 | 28–27 | 30–26 | — | 27–29 | 25–22 | 29–25 | 34–31 | 26–26 | 32–18 | 30–31 | 23–26 |
| THW Kiel | 35–29 | 36–29 | 36–23 | 35–26 | 29–19 | 30–26 | 31–28 | 40–28 | 40–29 | 33–23 | — | 31–34 | 32–33 | 34–34 | 24–22 | 36–29 | 32–29 | 38–23 |
| SC DHfK Leipzig | 27–32 | 26–31 | 25–30 | 32–29 | 31–30 | 25–26 | 30–34 | 22–23 | 33–23 | 29–31 | 22–32 | — | 30–22 | 33–32 | 40–33 | 31–31 | 37–29 | 38–29 |
| TBV Lemgo | 38–28 | 35–32 | 29–24 | 34–27 | 26–21 | 36–33 | 26–30 | 28–32 | 30–25 | 35–30 | 22–28 | 29–29 | — | 28–34 | 28–28 | 30–27 | 33–30 | 34–29 |
| SC Magdeburg | 23–21 | 34–29 | 31–27 | 31–28 | 30–28 | 33–29 | 41–29 | 32–28 | 31–23 | 31–30 | 33–34 | 32–24 | 37–33 | — | 27–23 | 39–25 | 32–32 | 32–28 |
| MT Melsungen | 22–22 | 29–32 | 33–26 | 31–18 | 25–25 | 26–23 | 28–22 | 30–27 | 30–29 | 28–31 | 19–23 | 28–29 | 20–19 | 27–27 | — | 31–28 | 25–34 | 21–19 |
| GWD Minden | 25–28 | 32–27 | 23–29 | 25–32 | 27–41 | 27–27 | 38–38 | 31–35 | 32–23 | 34–35 | 18–34 | 28–29 | 36–35 | 30–44 | 21–28 | — | 29–40 | 26–29 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 39–29 | 32–34 | 41–27 | 40–23 | 28–27 | 36–33 | 37–42 | 32–35 | 37–27 | 32–31 | 27–31 | 30–24 | 37–28 | 35–37 | 36–25 | 37–25 | — | 34–24 |
| HSG Wetzlar | 22–28 | 25–37 | 32–24 | 28–35 | 22–27 | 25–25 | 29–30 | 28–30 | 29–24 | 24–31 | 25–31 | 24–25 | 26–24 | 30–35 | 25–27 | 25–27 | 23–29 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Shots | % |
| 1 | Casper Ulrich Mortensen | HSV Hamburg | 229 | 336 | 70 |
| 2 | Juri Knorr | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 208 | 319 | 65 |
| 3 | Lukas Blohme | VfL Gummersbach | 179 | 250 | 72 |
| 4 | Kay Smits | SC Magdeburg | 174 | 249 | 70 |
| 5 | Emil Jakobsen | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 166 | 220 | 75 |
| 5 | Christoph Steinert | HC Erlangen | 166 | 249 | 67 |
| 7 | Lenny Rubin | HSG Wetzlar | 149 | 278 | 54 |
| 8 | Hans Lindberg | Füchse Berlin | 147 | 187 | 79 |
| 8 | Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson | SC Magdeburg | 147 | 210 | 70 |
| 10 | Samuel Zehnder | TBV Lemgo | 146 | 193 | 76 |

## Awards

| Award | Player | Club |
| Most valuable player | Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson | SC Magdeburg |
| Coach of the season | Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson | VfL Gummersbach |
| Young players of the season | Julian Bauer | SC Magdeburg |