# 2023–24 Men's Feldhockey-Bundesliga

The 2023–24 Men's Feldhockey-Bundesliga was the 81st season of the Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga, Germany's premier field hockey competition. The season began on 9 September 2023 and concluded on 19 May 2024 with the championship final.
Rot-Weiss Köln were the defending champions, however, following the regular season, they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Crefelder HTC. The championship was won by Mannheimer HC, who defeated Hamburger Polo Club in the final following a penalty shootout.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams participated in the 2023–24 edition of the Feldhockey Bundesliga.
| Team | Location | State |
| Berliner HC | Berlin | Berlin |
| Club an der Alster | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Crefelder HTC | Krefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Gladbacher HTC | Mönchengladbach | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Harvestehuder THC | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Mannheimer HC | Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| SC 1880 Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Hesse |
| TSV Mannheim | Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg |
| UHC Hamburg | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | Mülheim | North Rhine-Westphalia |

### Number of teams by state

| State | Number of teams | Clubs |
| Hamburg | 4 | Club an der Alster, Hamburger Polo Club, Harvestehuder THC and UHC Hamburg |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 4 | Crefelder HTC, Gladbacher HTC, Rot-Weiss Köln and Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
| Baden-Württemberg | 2 | Mannheimer HC and TSV Mannheim |
| Berlin | 1 | Berliner HC |
| Hesse | 1 | SC 1880 Frankfurt |
| Total | 12 | |

## Regular season
### Standings
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 37 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Köln | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 36 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Hamburger Polo Club | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 36 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Harvestehuder THC | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 29 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Berliner HC | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 18 | Qualification for the play-downs |
| 6 | SC 1880 Frankfurt | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 75 | −53 | 9 | Qualification for the play-downs |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mannheimer HC | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 36 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 2 | UHC Hamburg | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 24 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Crefelder HTC | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 23 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Club an der Alster | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 22 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | TSV Mannheim | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 12 | Qualification for the play-downs |
| 6 | Gladbacher HTC | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 62 | −43 | 6 | Qualification for the play-downs |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BHC | ALS | CRE | FRA | GLA | HPC | HAR | MHC | RWK | TSV | UHC | UHL |
| Berliner HC | — | — | 2–4 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | — | 2–3 | 4–1 | — | 0–3 |
| Club an der Alster | 3–2 | — | 2–3 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | — | 5–6 | 2–5 | — |
| Crefelder HTC | — | 2–0 | — | — | 4–0 | — | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 |
| SC 1880 Frankfurt | 1–5 | — | 1–4 | — | 6–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | — | 2–0 | — | 7–5 | 1–9 |
| Gladbacher HTC | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | — | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–8 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–3 |
| Hamburger Polo Club | 6–4 | — | 2–1 | 12–0 | 5–0 | — | 5–2 | — | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Harvestehuder THC | 3–2 | 3–2 | — | 5–1 | — | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–5 | — | 1–3 | 2–6 |
| Mannheimer HC | 5–1 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | — | — | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | — |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 3–0 | 5–1 | — | 6–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | — | 1–2 |
| TSV Mannheim | — | 3–5 | 2–4 | 7–8 | 4–5 | 5–6 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| UHC Hamburg | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–4 | — | 8–2 | — | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | — | 4–2 |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 6–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | — | — |

## Play-downs
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Play-down 1 | Play-down 1 | Play-down 1 | Play-down 1 |
| TSV Mannheim | 5 | 2 | 1 (1) |
| TSV Mannheim | 5 | 2 | 1 (1) | Play-down 3 | Play-down 3 | Play-down 3 | Play-down 3 |
| Berliner HC | 3 | 3 | 1 (0) | Play-down 3 | Play-down 3 | Play-down 3 | Play-down 3 |
| Berliner HC | 3 | 3 | 1 (0) | Berliner HC | Berliner HC | Berliner HC | 6 |
| Play-down 2 | Play-down 2 | Play-down 2 | Play-down 2 | | | | Berliner HC | Berliner HC | Berliner HC | 6 |
| Play-down 2 | Play-down 2 | Play-down 2 | Play-down 2 | SC 1880 Frankfurt | SC 1880 Frankfurt | SC 1880 Frankfurt | 2 |
| Gladbacher HTC | 2 | 6 | 2 | SC 1880 Frankfurt | SC 1880 Frankfurt | SC 1880 Frankfurt | 2 |
| SC 1880 Frankfurt | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | | |

### Play-down 1

* 27 April 2024 14:00
| TSV Mannheim | 5–3 | Berliner HC |
| Gomes 7' Brilla 14', 19' Proske 33' Wossidlo 44' | Report | Poljaric 19' Holdermann 49', 59' |
* TSV Mannheim Clubgelände, Mannheim Umpires: Johannes Berneth, Hendrik Völker
* 11 May 2024 12:00
| Berliner HC | 3–2 | TSV Mannheim |
| Kirstein 14', 27' Holdermann 60' | Report | Brilla 34' Rothländer 52' |
* Berliner HC Sportanlage, Berlin Umpires: Dirk Möller, Thomas Hinsken, Marcel Knakowski
* 12 May 2024 13:00
| Berliner HC | 1–1 | TSV Mannheim |
| Poljaric 47' | Report | Brilla 10' |
| Penalties |||
| Zwicker Poljaric Schmidt Dösch Holdermann | 0–1 | Brilla Rothländer Kurowski Prol |
* Berliner HC Sportanlage, Berlin Umpires: Thomas Hinsken, Marcel Knakowski, Dirk Möller
TSV Mannheim won the series 2–1 and stayed in the Bundesliga while Berliner HC advanced to play-down 3.

### Play-down 2

* 27 April 2024 13:30
| Gladbacher HTC | 2–3 | SC 1880 Frankfurt |
| Abdulla 42' Braun 60' | Report | Hautzel 29', 36' Gans 49' |
* Gladbacher HTC Sportanlage, Mönchengladbach Umpires: Marcel Knakowski, Malte Garske, Thomas Baatz
* 11 May 2024 12:30
| SC 1880 Frankfurt | 2–6 | Gladbacher HTC |
| Schmidt-Opper 35' Gans 41' | Report | Mvimbi 4', 47' Braun 42', 45' Wuts 58' Schiefer 59' |
* SC Frankfurt 1880 Sportanlage, Frankfurt Umpires: Raphaël Adrien, Oscar Lohse
SC 1880 Frankfurt won the series 2–0 and advanced to play-down 3 while Gladbacher HTC were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

### Play-down 3

* 18 May 2024 13:00
| Berliner HC | 6–2 | SC 1880 Frankfurt |
| Kirstein 24' Herzsprung 30' Neßelhauf 42' Dösch 44' Poljaric 60' Franz 60' | Report | Hautzel 9', 38' |
* Berliner HC Sportanlage, Berlin Umpires: Lorenz Fernkorn, Fabian Jung
Berliner HC won 6–2 and stayed in the Bundesliga while SC 1880 Frankfurt were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

## Play-offs

The quarter-finals were played in a best of three format with the first leg played on 27 April 2024 and the second leg played on 11 May. The semi-finals and final took place at the Bonner THV Sportanlage in Bonn on 18 and 19 May.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Harvestehuder THC | Harvestehuder THC | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Harvestehuder THC | Harvestehuder THC | 1 | 3 | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | | | |
| Mannheimer HC | Mannheimer HC | 4 | 10 | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn |
| Mannheimer HC | Mannheimer HC | 4 | 10 | Mannheimer HC | Mannheimer HC | Mannheimer HC | 2 |
| | | | | Crefelder HTC | Crefelder HTC | Crefelder HTC | 0 |
| Crefelder HTC | Crefelder HTC | 1 | 2 (3) | Crefelder HTC | Crefelder HTC | Crefelder HTC | 0 |
| Crefelder HTC | Crefelder HTC | 1 | 2 (3) | | | | | 19 May – Bonn | 19 May – Bonn | 19 May – Bonn | 19 May – Bonn |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | Rot-Weiss Köln | 0 | 2 (0) | | | | | 19 May – Bonn | 19 May – Bonn | 19 May – Bonn | 19 May – Bonn |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | Rot-Weiss Köln | 0 | 2 (0) | | | | | Mannheimer HC | Mannheimer HC | Mannheimer HC | 2 (2) |
| | | | | | | | | Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburger Polo Club | 2 (0) |
| Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburger Polo Club | 4 | 5 | | | | | Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburger Polo Club | 2 (0) |
| Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburger Polo Club | 4 | 5 | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | | | | |
| UHC Hamburg | UHC Hamburg | 1 | 1 | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | 18 May – Bonn | | | | |
| UHC Hamburg | UHC Hamburg | 1 | 1 | Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburger Polo Club | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Club an der Alste | Club an der Alste | Club an der Alste | 1 |
| Club an der Alste | 4 | 3 (4) | 2 | Club an der Alste | Club an der Alste | Club an der Alste | 1 |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 2 | 3 (5) | 1 | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* 27 April 2024 14:15
| Harvestehuder THC | 1–4 | Mannheimer HC |
| Pfähler 8' | Report | Peillat 21', 47' von Montgelas 56' Hartkopf 59' |
* Anlage am Voßberg, Hamburg Umpires: Ole Ingwersen, Tobias Strehlow
* 11 May 2024 16:00
| Mannheimer HC | 10–3 | Harvestehuder THC |
| Hinrichs 1', 21' Seagon 12' Peillat 17', 58', 60' Weigand 33', 37', 52', 55' | Report | Reuter 27', 33' Pfähler 54' |
* Mannheimer HC Sportanlage, Mannheim Umpires: Andreas Knechten, Fabian Jung
Mannheimer HC won the series 2–0.
* 27 April 2024 15:00
| Crefelder HTC | 1–0 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
| Boomes 10' | Report | |
* Gerd-Wellen-Hockeyanlage, Krefeld Umpires: Thomas Lange, Fabian Jung
* 11 May 2024 14:30
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 2–2 | Crefelder HTC |
| Grambusch 11' Struthoff 12' | Report | Wellen 44', 56' |
| Penalties |||
| Prinz Prinz Mazkour | 0–3 | Wellen Ignacio Kossol Michler |
* REWE Sportpark, Cologne Umpires: Tim Meissner, Christian Blasch
Crefelder HTC won the series 2–0.
* 27 April 2024 15:30
| Hamburger Polo Club | 4–1 | UHC Hamburg |
| Staib 15' Russell 29', 32' Thörnblom 58' | Report | Kloss 8' |
* Hamburger Polo Club, Hamburg Umpires: Thomas Hinsken, Julius Heinlein
* 11 May 2024 15:00
| UHC Hamburg | 1–5 | Hamburger Polo Club |
| Schwarzhaupt 4' | Report | Sarikaya 10' Smith 19' Mink 36' Bartels 43' Staib 59' |
* UHC Hamburg, Hamburg Umpires: Ole Ingwersen, Julius Heinlein
Hamburger Polo Club won the series 2–0.
* 27 April 2024 14:00
| Club an der Alster | 4–2 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
| Newbold 21', 60' Boeckel 26' Rothländer 44' | Report | Windfeder 41' Ludwig |
* Der Club an der Alster, Hamburg Umpires: Raphaël Adrien, Oscar Lohse
* 11 May 2024 14:00
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 3–3 | Club an der Alster |
| H. Mertgens 21' Windfeder 40' L. Mertgens 51' | Report | Bruns 27', 55' Brockmann 35' |
| Penalties |||
| Ludwig Herzbruch Sanda Hellwig H. Mertgens | 5–4 | Boeckel Linnekogel Kerner Gröpper Hansen |
* Uhlenhorst Mülheim Sportanlage, Mülheim Umpires: Lorenz Fernkorn, Benjamin Göntgen
* 12 May 2024 14:00
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 1–2 | Club an der Alster |
| Herzbruch 32' | Report | Boeckel 53' Newbold 55' |
* Uhlenhorst Mülheim Sportanlage, Mülheim Umpires: Tim Meissner, Benjamin Göntgen
Club an der Alster won the series 2–1.

### Semi-finals

* 18 May 2024 16:15
| Mannheimer HC | 2–0 | Crefelder HTC |
| Weigand 26' von Montgelas 53' | Report | |
* Bonner THV Sportanlage, Bonn
* 18 May 2024 18:30
| Hamburger Polo Club | 2–1 | Club an der Alster |
| Inglis 6' Russell 44' | Report | Linnekogel 39' |
* Bonner THV Sportanlage, Bonn Umpires: Thomas Hinsken, Benjamin Göntgen

### Final

* 19 May 2024 14:15
| Mannheimer HC | 2–2 | Hamburger Polo Club |
| Schachner 33' Weigand 39' | Report | Russell 28', 45' |
| Penalties |||
| Fischer Hartkopf Weigand | 2–0 | Staib Inglis Smith Thörnblom |
* Bonner THV Sportanlage, Bonn Umpires: Thomas Hinsken, Benjamin Göntgen