# 2017–18 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2017–18 Handball-Bundesliga was the 53rd season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 41st season consisting of only one league. It ran from 24 August 2017 to 3 June 2018.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt won their second 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 2016–17 season and the top three sides were directly promoted from the 2. Bundesliga: TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke, the champions; TV Hüttenberg, the runners-up; and the third-place finisher, TSG Friesenheim.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | 9,000 |
| TV Bittenfeld | Bittenfeld | Scharrena Stuttgart Porsche-Arena | 2,251 6,211 |
| HC Erlangen | Erlangen | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | 8,308 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Flensburg | Flens-Arena | 6,300 |
| TSG Friesenheim | Ludwigshafen | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | 2,250 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 5,600 |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Schwalbe-Arena Lanxess Arena | 4,132 19,500 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Hannover | TUI Arena Swiss Life Hall | 9,850 4,150 |
| TV Hüttenberg | Hüttenberg | Sporthalle Gießen-Ost | 4,003 |
| THW Kiel | Kiel | Sparkassen-Arena | 10,285 |
| SC DHfK Leipzig | Leipzig | Arena Leipzig | 6,327 |
| TBV Lemgo | Lemgo | Lipperlandhalle | 4,790 |
| TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | Lübbecke | Merkur Arena | 3,250 |
| SC Magdeburg | Magdeburg | GETEC Arena | 6,800 |
| 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 Wetzlar | 4,421 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt (C) | 34 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 993 | 851 | +142 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 2 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 34 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1043 | 838 | +205 | 55 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 3 | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 968 | 875 | +93 | 53 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 4 | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 1037 | 927 | +110 | 50 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 5 | THW Kiel | 34 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 989 | 854 | +135 | 49 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 6 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 953 | 900 | +53 | 47 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 7 | MT Melsungen | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 952 | 887 | +65 | 41 | |
| 8 | SC DHfK Leipzig | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 867 | 854 | +13 | 37 | |
| 9 | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 882 | 932 | −50 | 34 | |
| 10 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 903 | 909 | −6 | 31 | |
| 11 | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 896 | 884 | +12 | 30 | |
| 12 | GWD Minden | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 896 | 968 | −72 | 26 | |
| 13 | HC Erlangen | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 844 | 932 | −88 | 25 | |
| 14 | TV Bittenfeld | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 852 | 959 | −107 | 20 | |
| 15 | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 841 | 950 | −109 | 16 | |
| 16 | TSG Friesenheim | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 828 | 946 | −118 | 15 | |
| 17 | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 778 | 913 | −135 | 14 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | TV Hüttenberg (R) | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 845 | 988 | −143 | 13 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BER | BIT | ERL | FLE | FRI | GÖP | GUM | HAN | HÜT | KIE | LEM | LEI | LÜB | MAG | MEL | MIN | RNL | WET |
| Füchse Berlin | — | 26–24 | 31–25 | 26–30 | 31–24 | 33–19 | 31–24 | 25–24 | 28–23 | 25–25 | 36–23 | 24–20 | 26–20 | 23–23 | 32–29 | 40–31 | 29–23 | 29–24 |
| TV Bittenfeld | 24–24 | — | 29–31 | 28–35 | 25–22 | 23–30 | 22–26 | 26–33 | 30–30 | 24–36 | 27–28 | 22–27 | 28–29 | 31–32 | 29–27 | 27–27 | 23–29 | 26–36 |
| HC Erlangen | 23–27 | 25–29 | — | 20–29 | 22–22 | 28–29 | 25–22 | 34–28 | 26–26 | 20–31 | 24–28 | 27–26 | 22–22 | 31–29 | 23–23 | 26–26 | 25–25 | 25–25 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 29–21 | 28–17 | 29–21 | — | 32–29 | 22–21 | 34–22 | 27–27 | 38–23 | 27–35 | 25–22 | 30–27 | 37–23 | 29–24 | 33–29 | 24–23 | 27–22 | 34–27 |
| TSG Friesenheim | 19–25 | 24–25 | 32–29 | 24–30 | — | 25–32 | 28–24 | 21–27 | 32–28 | 21–25 | 24–21 | 21–35 | 23–23 | 23–26 | 27–31 | 21–21 | 18–26 | 31–29 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | 32–38 | 21–23 | 25–28 | 28–28 | 32–28 | — | 24–16 | 30–19 | 28–17 | 22–29 | 27–27 | 20–20 | 24–19 | 31–32 | 29–28 | 27–28 | 28–26 | 28–25 |
| VfL Gummersbach | 29–31 | 25–26 | 24–29 | 25–29 | 31–26 | 28–27 | — | 29–31 | 28–25 | 31–27 | 30–37 | 29–24 | 21–22 | 22–30 | 17–25 | 22–24 | 26–29 | 22–33 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 33–27 | 27–20 | 25–19 | 32–29 | 33–23 | 28–28 | 28–22 | — | 32–25 | 28–27 | 27–25 | 30–26 | 28–26 | 32–30 | 26–23 | 36–29 | 23–26 | 29–27 |
| TV Hüttenberg | 28–30 | 23–28 | 24–27 | 23–30 | 28–27 | 28–28 | 22–23 | 19–29 | — | 25–37 | 24–24 | 20–24 | 24–22 | 31–37 | 27–28 | 26–30 | 23–36 | 22–22 |
| THW Kiel | 25–20 | 31–25 | 29–24 | 25–29 | 28–21 | 28–23 | 29–23 | 29–31 | 33–24 | — | 29–19 | 29–26 | 29–19 | 34–32 | 32–31 | 30–27 | 27–22 | 25–26 |
| TBV Lemgo | 22–25 | 24–21 | 24–24 | 23–32 | 29–25 | 29–27 | 29–27 | 27–29 | 31–30 | 27–31 | — | 33–29 | 30–27 | 27–27 | 26–26 | 26–26 | 24–26 | 28–26 |
| SC DHfK Leipzig | 30–31 | 24–24 | 34–24 | 25–22 | 23–20 | 33–28 | 27–24 | 25–23 | 26–25 | 16–28 | 26–19 | — | 26–26 | 22–23 | 30–27 | 20–17 | 23–29 | 23–21 |
| TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | 21–29 | 24–21 | 27–27 | 24–27 | 28–29 | 25–25 | 26–27 | 21–25 | 26–26 | 21–33 | 22–25 | 17–22 | — | 20–31 | 19–22 | 29–22 | 28–38 | 17–23 |
| SC Magdeburg | 26–30 | 34–26 | 28–22 | 29–23 | 30–26 | 30–27 | 30–24 | 31–22 | 33–26 | 31–26 | 35–28 | 37–31 | 34–24 | — | 33–31 | 34–25 | 29–32 | 31–29 |
| MT Melsungen | 31–24 | 33–24 | 32–21 | 25–30 | 25–19 | 27–30 | 25–23 | 31–29 | 26–28 | 29–25 | 33–33 | 28–20 | 27–16 | 29–27 | — | 31–27 | 29–26 | 29–22 |
| GWD Minden | 29–37 | 26–29 | 33–22 | 30–34 | 29–26 | 26–26 | 29–24 | 29–29 | 35–28 | 25–32 | 24–24 | 26–29 | 21–18 | 29–41 | 26–30 | — | 24–35 | 26–24 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 37–23 | 33–23 | 33–22 | 32–27 | 34–26 | 31–20 | 36–26 | 35–23 | 31–21 | 30–28 | 38–17 | 28–25 | 36–27 | 34–29 | 23–24 | 27–22 | — | 34–25 |
| HSG Wetzlar | 26–31 | 29–23 | 26–23 | 19–24 | 30–21 | 34–27 | 30–25 | 29–26 | 23–23 | 30–22 | 23–24 | 22–23 | 25–20 | 27–29 | 31–28 | 24–24 | 24–31 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Casper Ulrich Mortensen | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 230 |
| 2 | Julius Kühn | MT Melsungen | 224 |
| 3 | Andy Schmid | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 194 |
| 4 | Marcel Schiller | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 189 |
| 5 | Tim Hornke | TBV Lemgo | 179 |
| 5 | Rasmus Lauge Schmidt | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 179 |
| 7 | Niclas Ekberg | THW Kiel | 171 |
| 7 | Michael Damgaard | SC Magdeburg | 171 |
| 9 | Hans Lindberg | Füchse Berlin | 169 |
| 9 | Robert Weber | SC Magdeburg | 169 |