# 2010–11 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2010–11 Handball-Bundesliga is the 46th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league, and the 34th season consisting of only one league. The season started on the weekend of 25 August 2010 and will end with the last games on 4 June 2011. The defending champions are THW Kiel. As in previous years the league is sponsored by Toyota and carries the official name Toyota-Handball-Bundesliga.

## Team information

GWD Minden and HSG Düsseldorf were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places.
The relegated teams were replaced by HSG Ahlen-Hamm, champions of the 2009–10 2. Handball-Bundesliga North, and TSG Friesenheim, champions of the 2009-10 2. Handball-Bundesliga South.
A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off between the 16th placed team of the previous season and the play-off winner between the two second placed teams of the two 2. Bundesligas. This play-off was won by DHC Rheinland who had finished the previous season in 16th place.

### Arenas and locations

| Team | Location | Arena | Arena capacity |
| VfL Gummersbach | Köln | Lanxess Arena | 19,250 |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | O2 World | 14,800 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 14,500 |
| HSV Hamburg | Hamburg | O2 World Hamburg | 13,000 |
| THW Kiel | Kiel | Sparkassen-Arena | 10,250 |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | 9,000 |
| SC Magdeburg | Magdeburg | Bördelandhalle | 7,782 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Stuttgart | Porsche Arena | 7,500 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Sinsheim | Campushalle | 6,300 |
| TV Grosswallstadt | Aschaffenburg | f.a.n. Frankenstolz arena | 6,000 |
| TBV Lemgo | Lemgo | Lipperlandhalle | 5,000 |
| HSG Wetzlar | Wetzlar | RITTAL Arena | 4,412 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 4,300 |
| MT Melsungen | Melsungen | Rothenbach-Halle | 4,300 |
| TV Grosswallstadt | Großwallstadt | Sparkassen-Arena | 4,200 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Hannover | AWD Hall | 4,200 |
| TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | Lübbecke | Kreissporthalle Lübbecke | 3,300 |
| DHC Rheinland | Dormagen | HR Commitment Arena | 3,000 |
| HSG Ahlen-Hamm | Ahlen | MaxiparkArena | 3,000 |
| TSG Friesenheim | Ludwigshafen | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | 2,250 |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Eugen-Haas-Halle | 2,100 |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | Balingen | Sparkassen-Arena | 2,000 |
Notes:
* VfL Gummersbach play high-profile matches which attract a large crowd at the Lanxess Arena.
* Füchse Berlin generally play at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, however, as this is a multi-use venue some matches may clash with other events and hence are moved to the O2 World Arena.
* Frisch Auf Göppingen's home venue EWS Arena is currently undergoing renovation/expansion works. In the meantime, all matches are played at Stuttgart's Porsche-Arena.
* TV Großwallstadt play in Großwallstadt, however, move to Aschaffenburg for high-profile matches.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts |
| 1. | HSV Hamburg (Cup) | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1105 : 0902 | + 203 | 62 : 06 |
| 2. | THW Kiel (C) | 34 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1099 : 0875 | + 224 | 55 : 13 |
| 3. | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0967 : 0860 | + 107 | 55 : 13 |
| 4. | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1104 : 0980 | + 124 | 53 : 15 |
| 5. | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 0941 : 0893 | + 048 | 45 : 23 |
| 6. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 1037 : 0950 | + 087 | 44 : 24 |
| 7. | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 1009 : 0941 | + 068 | 42 : 26 |
| 8. | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1015 : 0980 | + 035 | 36 : 32 |
| 9. | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 0985 : 0955 | + 030 | 36 : 32 |
| 10. | TV Grosswallstadt | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0891 : 0929 | − 038 | 30 : 38 |
| 11. | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 0842 : 0931 | − 089 | 27 : 41 |
| 12. | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 0950 : 0991 | − 041 | 24 : 44 |
| 13. | MT Melsungen | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 0879 : 0982 | − 103 | 22 : 46 |
| 14. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0904 : 1010 | − 106 | 20 : 48 |
| 15. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 0894 : 1013 | − 119 | 19 : 49 |
| 16. | $^*$DHC Rheinland (PO) | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 0848 : 1006 | − 158 | 16 : 52 |
| 17. | HSG Ahlen-Hamm (P) | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 0923 : 1038 | − 115 | 15 : 53 |
| 18. | TSG Friesenheim (P) | 34 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 0932 : 1089 | − 157 | 11 : 57 |
$^*$ Der DHC Rheinland steht nach einem Insolvenzverfahren als Zwangsabsteiger fest.

### Key

| | Champion/Qualification for EHF Champions League |
| | Qualification for EHF Champions League |
| | Qualification for EHF Champions League Play-Offs |
| | Qualification for EHF Cup |
| | Qualification for EHF Cup Winners' Cup |
| | Relegation Play-Off 2. Handball-Bundesliga |
| | Relegation to 2. Handball-Bundesliga |
| (C) | Holding Champions |
| (Cup) | Holding Cupwinners |
| (PO) | Play-Off Winner |
| (P) | Promoted |

## Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| 2010/11 as of 06.09.2010 | KIE | HSV | FLB | RNL | GUM | FAG | LEM | TVG | FUB | NLU | MAG | MEL | WET | HBD | BAL | RHE | AHL | FRI |
| THW Kiel | | 38:35 | 38:26 | 31:33 | 26:26 | 39:24 | 35:26 | 25:28 | 35:26 | 36:28 | 25:22 | 36:23 | 38:29 | 37:26 | 40:18 | 33:23 | 34:23 | 37:19 |
| HSV Hamburg | 26:25 | | 32:24 | 32:31 | 35:30 | 30:25 | 38:33 | 22:22 | 31:27 | 40:27 | 32:27 | 33:23 | 35:27 | 34:27 | 35:28 | 28:14 | 36:21 | 39:25 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 31:37 | 30:34 | | 32:31 | 29:25 | 28:23 | 23:23 | 34:27 | 25:26 | 34:25 | 29:33 | 33:26 | 42:22 | 36:26 | 38:25 | 38:25 | 36:29 | 35:26 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 29:26 | 27:31 | 41:31 | | 36:34 | 28:26 | 31:31 | 31:23 | 33:32 | 33:28 | 38:30 | 40:25 | 26:26 | 36:28 | 36:30 | 31:28 | 33:28 | 38:26 |
| VfL Gummersbach | 33:36 | 29:33 | 28:29 | 36:28 | | 29:23 | 23:28 | 31:27 | 32:34 | 31:26 | 31:28 | 25:26 | 33:23 | 35:27 | 32:24 | 34:26 | 30:25 | 28:25 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | 21:33 | 32:30 | 25:21 | 35:31 | 37:26 | | 25:25 | 26:26 | 27:25 | 31:23 | 29:17 | 23:21 | 35:23 | 29:31 | 25:25 | 35:29 | 31:27 | 30:25 |
| TBV Lemgo | 26:33 | 27:29 | 34:27 | 31:36 | 30:31 | 27:30 | | 33:27 | 24:26 | 24:27 | 25:27 | 36:28 | 35:26 | 31:27 | 32:27 | 34:18 | 33:29 | 31:26 |
| TV Grosswallstadt | 23:28 | 25:32 | 27:28 | 24:34 | 25:25 | 27:31 | 25:25 | | 21:29 | 27:26 | 25:31 | 34:27 | 23:22 | 31:28 | 22:23 | 29:18 | 26:24 | 30:22 |
| Füchse Berlin | 26:23 | 22:35 | 24:24 | 28:28 | 24:20 | 28:24 | 35:24 | 27:24 | | 25:22 | 27:26 | 29:23 | 26:17 | 36:28 | 32:28 | 33:28 | 31:28 | 36:32 |
| TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | 27:28 | 30:30 | 25:35 | 30:34 | 26:27 | 25:27 | 31:32 | 28:29 | 22:27 | | 29:29 | 30:26 | 26:24 | 33:30 | 32:22 | 33:22 | 32:34 | 32:32 |
| SC Magdeburg | 30:24 | 30:35 | 34:29 | 33:29 | 37:29 | 24:24 | 37:30 | 34:25 | 24:30 | 35:27 | | 28:21 | 24:20 | 28:21 | 23:25 | 34:24 | 34:26 | 41:32 |
| MT Melsungen | 23:32 | 26:30 | 20:31 | 28:37 | 24:25 | 29:30 | 27:26 | 33:28 | 22:22 | 30:33 | 29:29 | | 26:24 | 24:27 | 32:29 | 24:28 | 27:30 | 35:26 |
| HSG Wetzlar | 24:32 | 22:27 | 28:29 | 27:33 | 34:31 | 23:22 | 24:24 | 24:18 | 19:28 | 24:29 | 28:25 | 0:0* | | 32:26 | 27:22 | 27:23 | 35:26 | 23:27 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 22:24 | 28:39 | 24:30 | 25:36 | 30:29 | 22:25 | 26:31 | 25:27 | 18:26 | 29:26 | 24:24 | 30:35 | 23:24 | | 26:25 | 31:23 | 28:23 | 31:29 |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 22:28 | 24:33 | 25:28 | 30:31 | 29:28 | 31:31 | 27:29 | 23:27 | 20:29 | 26:26 | 25:32 | 26:30 | 32:22 | 30:30 | | 32:31 | 24:23 | 30:30 |
| DHC Rheinland | 25:32 | 22:32 | 19:30 | 24:27 | 33:38 | 21:27 | 19:26 | 25:32 | 19:24 | 25:24 | 32:27 | 31:24 | 25:26 | 23:27 | 29:26 | | 33:28 | 30:26 |
| HSG Ahlen-Hamm | 23:36 | 28:30 | 40:34 | 25:28 | 24:32 | 22:29 | 28:28 | 29:32 | 23:28 | 27:28 | 29:37 | 33:33 | 27:30 | 30:27 | 29:30 | 26:24 | | 23:23 |
| TSG Friesenheim | 29:39 | 26:32 | 23:28 | 26:30 | 33:39 | 22:24 | 27:31 | 26:25 | 31:39 | 26:34 | 33:35 | 28:29 | 33:36 | 29:26 | 35:31 | 28:29 | 26:33 | |

## Relegation play-off

The two second placed teams from the two 2. Handball-Bundesligas play a two-legged play-off to determine the 3rd placed team. The winner of this play of then faces the Bundesliga 16th-placed team for another two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn the final spot in the 2011–12 Handball-Bundesliga.

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

Source: (German)
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | 7m |
| 1 | Hans Lindberg | HSV Hamburg | 28 | 11 |
| 2 | Marcin Lijewski | HSV Hamburg | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Christian Zeitz | THW Kiel | 18 | 0 |
| 4 | Jure Natek | SC Magdeburg | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | Lars Kaufmann | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael Spatz | TV Grosswallstadt | 13 | 5 |