# 2016–17 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2016–17 Handball-Bundesliga was the 52nd season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 40th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 2 September 2016 to 10 June 2017.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen won their second consecutive title.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams will be participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2015–16 season and the top three sides were directly promoted from the 2. Bundesliga: HC Erlangen, the champions; GWD Minden, the runners-up; and the third-place finisher, HSC 2000 Coburg.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | Balingen | Sparkassen-Arena | 2,340 |
| Bergischer HC | Wuppertal Solingen | Uni-Halle Klingenhalle | 3,200 2,800 |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | 9,500 |
| TV Bittenfeld | Stuttgart | Scharrena Stuttgart | 2,050 |
| HSC 2000 Coburg | Coburg | HUK-Coburg arena | 3,530 |
| HC Erlangen | Erlangen | Nuremberg Arena | 8,200 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Flensburg | Flens-Arena | 6,300 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 5,600 |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Eugen-Haas-Halle | 4,132 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Hannover | AWD Hall | 4,460 |
| THW Kiel | Kiel | Sparkassen-Arena | 10,285 |
| SC DHfK Leipzig | Leipzig | Arena Leipzig | 4,500 |
| TBV Lemgo | Lemgo | Lipperlandhalle | 5,000 |
| SC Magdeburg | Magdeburg | Bördelandhalle | 7,071 |
| 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 | 4,412 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen (C) | 34 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1011 | 840 | +171 | 61 | Champions League |
| 2 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1038 | 837 | +201 | 58 | Champions League |
| 3 | THW Kiel | 34 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 960 | 849 | +111 | 53 | Champions League |
| 4 | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 986 | 889 | +97 | 51 | EHF Cup |
| 5 | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 988 | 902 | +86 | 51 | EHF Cup |
| 6 | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 897 | 857 | +40 | 41 | |
| 7 | MT Melsungen | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 947 | 924 | +23 | 38 | |
| 8 | SC DHfK Leipzig | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 883 | 871 | +12 | 35 | |
| 9 | HC Erlangen | 34 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 890 | 941 | −51 | 28 | |
| 10 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 934 | 960 | −26 | 27 | |
| 11 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 935 | 954 | −19 | 24 | |
| 12 | GWD Minden | 34 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 843 | 948 | −105 | 24 | |
| 13 | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 926 | 988 | −62 | 23 | |
| 14 | TV Bittenfeld | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 865 | 944 | −79 | 23 | |
| 15 | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 867 | 934 | −67 | 22 | |
| 16 | Bergischer HC (R) | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 868 | 954 | −86 | 22 | Relegated |
| 17 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten (R) | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 819 | 933 | −114 | 17 | Relegated |
| 18 | HSC 2000 Coburg (R) | 34 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 856 | 988 | −132 | 14 | Relegated |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAL | BRG | BER | COB | ERL | FLE | GÖP | GUM | HAN | KIE | LEI | LEM | MAG | MEL | MIN | RNL | STU | WET |
| Balingen | | 27–23 | 30–35 | 24–24 | 27–28 | 24–26 | 29–36 | 22–26 | 30–27 | 22–25 | 28–23 | 27–27 | 30–35 | 29–25 | 23–23 | 28–33 | 23–19 | 22–26 |
| Bergischer HC | 23–22 | | 20–31 | 29–25 | 28–26 | 29–32 | 32–26 | 25–34 | 32–24 | 25–31 | 24–26 | 28–29 | 24–31 | 26–28 | 27–25 | 24–26 | 26–35 | 18–18 |
| Berlin | 31–21 | 29–30 | | 29–23 | 24–21 | 34–32 | 31–26 | 27–28 | 34–27 | 18–26 | 29–20 | 26–24 | 25–25 | 33–31 | 36–26 | 30–30 | 28–25 | 27–24 |
| Coburg | 24–19 | 28–26 | 23–29 | | 30–28 | 24–35 | 25–29 | 31–30 | 27–27 | 23–30 | 31–33 | 25–29 | 27–42 | 25–28 | 29–26 | 19–31 | 23–26 | 27–28 |
| Erlangen | 33–25 | 36–25 | 21–29 | 26–24 | | 18–26 | 30–26 | 30–29 | 27–26 | 26–33 | 31–22 | 32–25 | 27–33 | 29–25 | 23–27 | 26–37 | 30–26 | 23–32 |
| Flensburg | 36–18 | 32–25 | 27–26 | 37–29 | 35–23 | | 27–21 | 33–22 | 30–25 | 30–29 | 31–23 | 30–27 | 26–25 | 29–25 | 30–23 | 21–23 | 36–27 | 34–31 |
| Göppingen | 29–26 | 26–26 | 24–28 | 31–27 | 22–24 | 31–27 | | 37–29 | 23–34 | 27–31 | 26–25 | 31–26 | 28–29 | 29–30 | 34–24 | 24–28 | 26–26 | 36–25 |
| Gummersbach | 26–19 | 21–26 | 26–26 | 31–27 | 19–21 | 23–28 | 22–22 | | 30–26 | 23–29 | 22–24 | 31–28 | 30–27 | 23–30 | 28–26 | 20–27 | 27–20 | 27–28 |
| Hannover | 26–29 | 33–27 | 29–30 | 29–28 | 30–25 | 20–35 | 31–23 | 29–26 | | 26–27 | 24–25 | 23–27 | 23–28 | 30–31 | 35–27 | 26–30 | 24–24 | 26–23 |
| Kiel | 26–23 | 24–20 | 32–28 | 28–26 | 30–22 | 24–23 | 30–21 | 34–21 | 27–26 | | 29–25 | 34–23 | 28–24 | 30–28 | 23–23 | 26–29 | 25–24 | 34–25 |
| Leipzig | 34–23 | 30–21 | 28–32 | 33–28 | 29–25 | 24–30 | 29–23 | 27–25 | 23–25 | 34–25 | | 32–27 | 24–24 | 23–20 | 21–19 | 24–25 | 25–20 | 30–26 |
| Lemgo | 20–23 | 23–25 | 29–34 | 32–22 | 28–27 | 29–33 | 27–26 | 32–31 | 26–31 | 34–30 | 25–25 | | 25–34 | 29–33 | 26–27 | 28–33 | 24–24 | 29–26 |
| Magdeburg | 26–22 | 41–29 | 29–29 | 30–23 | 27–25 | 26–26 | 33–32 | 32–26 | 22–37 | 27–26 | 21–21 | 32–21 | | 27–26 | 37–25 | 35–32 | 27–26 | 30–26 |
| Melsungen | 30–22 | 32–28 | 28–28 | 20–25 | 34–31 | 24–24 | 31–27 | 32–28 | 33–30 | 23–30 | 28–26 | 32–27 | 21–27 | | 30–24 | 26–30 | 37–25 | 25–28 |
| Minden | 25–22 | 27–22 | 26–29 | 23–20 | 24–23 | 17–41 | 25–32 | 26–23 | 27–26 | 23–34 | 28–23 | 25–30 | 34–24 | 21–28 | | 23–33 | 26–28 | 25–27 |
| RN Löwen | 33–23 | 31–28 | 30–25 | 33–20 | 29–27 | 17–21 | 35–26 | 34–20 | 34–30 | 28–19 | 24–23 | 35–32 | 29–20 | 33–28 | 26–20 | | 30–21 | 24–20 |
| Stuttgart | 25–21 | 26–24 | 27–29 | 26–20 | 24–27 | 28–46 | 29–35 | 23–21 | 30–20 | 22–27 | 28–26 | 30–29 | 31–32 | 21–23 | 29–31 | 27–35 | | 18–28 |
| Wetzlar | 25–17 | 20–22 | 22–27 | 31–24 | 30–20 | 23–29 | 29–19 | 26–19 | 34–30 | 27–24 | 24–23 | 31–29 | 18–26 | 27–22 | 26–22 | 30–24 | 33–25 | |

## Attendances

Teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000:
| Team | Home average |
| THW Kiel | 10,243 |
Source: