# 2012–13 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2012–13 Handball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league, and the 36th season consisting of only one league.

## Team information

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 4,300 |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | 8,500 |
| SC Magdeburg | Magdeburg | Bördelandhalle | 7,782 |
| TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | Lübbecke | Kreissporthalle Lübbecke | 3,300 |
| HSV Hamburg | Hamburg | O2 World Hamburg | 13,000 |
| HSG Wetzlar | Wetzlar | RITTAL Arena | 4,412 |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | Balingen | Sparkassen-Arena | 2,000 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 14,500 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Flensburg | Campushalle/Flens-Arena | 6,300 |
| TBV Lemgo | Lemgo | Lipperlandhalle | 5,000 |
| THW Kiel | Kiel | Sparkassen-Arena | 10,250 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Hannover | AWD Hall | 4,200 |
| MT Melsungen | Melsungen | Rothenbach-Halle | 4,300 |
| TV Grosswallstadt | Großwallstadt | Sparkassen-Arena | 4,200 |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Eugen-Haas-Halle | 2,100 |
| TUSEM Essen | Essen | Sportpark am Hallo | 2,500 |
| GWD Minden | Minden | Kreissporthalle | 4,059 |
| TV 1893 Neuhausen | Neuhausen | Paul-Horn-Arena | 2,348 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | THW Kiel | 34 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1122 | 889 | +223 | 61:7 |
| 2 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1033 | 862 | +171 | 54:14 |
| 3 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 965 | 850 | +115 | 54:14 |
| 4 | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 976 | 892 | +84 | 51:17 |
| 5 | HSV Hamburg | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 1035 | 944 | +91 | 49:19 |
| 6 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 1021 | 1002 | +19 | 46:22 |
| 7 | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 996 | 975 | +21 | 37:31 |
| 8 | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 955 | 918 | +37 | 36:32 |
| 9 | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 921 | 927 | −6 | 34:34 |
| 10 | MT Melsungen | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 945 | 947 | −2 | 33:35 |
| 11 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 950 | 905 | +45 | 32:36 |
| 12 | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | 34 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 961 | 988 | −27 | 28:40 |
| 13 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 956 | 1019 | −63 | 25:43 |
| 14 | GWD Minden | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 880 | 1009 | −129 | 18:50 |
| 15 | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 887 | 1018 | −131 | 16:52 |
| 16 | TV Grosswallstadt | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 848 | 946 | −98 | 15:53 |
| 17 | TV 1893 Neuhausen | 34 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 885 | 1042 | −157 | 15:53 |
| 18 | TUSEM Essen | 34 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 870 | 1063 | −193 | 8:60 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | FAG | BER | GWD | HBW | HSG | HSV | MTM | RNL | SCM | SGF | TBV | THW | TSV | TUS | ESS | TVN | TVG | VFL |
| Göppingen | | 32–34 | 28–28 | 33–22 | 23–27 | 34–26 | 20–27 | 25–30 | 28–26 | 27–32 | 33–28 | 33–29 | 28–31 | 29–22 | 35–19 | 32–26 | 38–20 | 29–32 |
| Berlin | 29–26 | | 29–25 | 27–26 | 27–28 | 37–27 | 27–27 | 32–26 | 29–26 | 16–27 | 21–19 | 26–26 | 27–28 | 35–25 | 32–25 | 36–25 | 30–21 | 29–28 |
| Minden | 26–32 | 27–31 | | 31–31 | 35–26 | 22–34 | 26–24 | 23–26 | 26–26 | 29–30 | 21–21 | 32–36 | 27–30 | 32–31 | 30–26 | 28–23 | 26–24 | 27–31 |
| Balingen | 29–25 | 29–29 | 33–33 | | 26–28 | 31–35 | 29–34 | 33–34 | 33–27 | 29–30 | 29–27 | 22–34 | 33–35 | 33–24 | 29–23 | 32–26 | 30–24 | 29–25 |
| Wetzlar | 30–27 | 25–27 | 32–28 | 29–32 | | 33–26 | 29–26 | 23–29 | 27–28 | 31–31 | 31–28 | 26–27 | 27–31 | 31–28 | 33–33 | 35–25 | 26–25 | 38–32 |
| Hamburg | 30–29 | 28–25 | 33–21 | 32–19 | 30–29 | | 38–27 | 23–30 | 31–19 | 25–25 | 34–31 | 30–33 | 26–26 | 26–31 | 41–34 | 30–27 | 29–19 | 32–31 |
| Melsungen | 28–25 | 24–30 | 26–21 | 31–29 | 28–25 | 30–30 | | 23–26 | 26–31 | 26–26 | 29–34 | 29–33 | 26–26 | 32–28 | 27–25 | 36–25 | 32–24 | 32–27 |
| Löwen | 26–26 | 25–23 | 32–22 | 35–22 | 31–29 | 28–34 | 27–22 | | 30–22 | 30–27 | 31–26 | 17–28 | 39–28 | 24–19 | 29–21 | 30–25 | 26–21 | 27–22 |
| Magdeburg | PPD | 31–33 | 26–18 | 36–30 | 24–26 | 28–29 | 34–30 | 20–20 | | 34–32 | 27–24 | 23–32 | 34–31 | 29–29 | 35–25 | 35–24 | 33–25 | 41–31 |
| Flensburg | 29–25 | 29–18 | 30–19 | 39–24 | 36–27 | 23–23 | 35–29 | 30–27 | 30–24 | | 33–22 | 35–29 | 32–26 | 30–28 | 40–20 | 37–26 | 26–20 | 25–20 |
| Lemgo | 25–22 | 21–27 | 32–25 | 27–26 | 30–27 | 29–35 | 31–28 | 27–27 | 26–28 | 27–22 | | 28–31 | 30–32 | 29–32 | 24–23 | 31–25 | 33–28 | 30–25 |
| Kiel | 36–25 | 40–33 | 37–26 | 33–25 | 37–31 | 30–27 | 25–29 | 31–25 | 33–30 | 34–27 | 36–24 | | 39–29 | 30–23 | 33–23 | 29–21 | 34–23 | 36–19 |
| Hannover | 31–28 | 30–31 | 33–26 | 25–20 | 29–29 | 26–30 | 29–25 | 26–32 | 30–28 | 29–28 | 28–28 | 30–36 | | 37–31 | 34–24 | 33–29 | 31–27 | 33–28 |
| Lübbecke | 24–34 | 29–33 | 34–23 | 30–31 | 29–30 | 32–33 | 28–24 | 24–24 | 29–24 | 24–33 | 23–25 | 29–33 | 36–28 | | 34–27 | 29–26 | 28–33 | 29–26 |
| Essen | 25–37 | 24–31 | 28–22 | 30–28 | 26–36 | 26–34 | 29–31 | 20–30 | 26–32 | 24–27 | 21–30 | 25–37 | 32–33 | 30–35 | | 27–28 | 22–27 | 28–28 |
| Neuhausen | 24–28 | 22–29 | 34–28 | 34–29 | 23–31 | 28–28 | 26–29 | 21–32 | 26–32 | 26–37 | 21–23 | 20–39 | 31–32 | 27–28 | 24–32 | | 32–27 | 29–26 |
| Grosswallstadt | 27–28 | 18–25 | 35–22 | 28–23 | 28–26 | 30–31 | 23–23 | 24–30 | 25–25 | 23–29 | 21–26 | 29–32 | 26–31 | 23–24 | 28–20 | 26–28 | | 22–22 |
| Gummersbach | 27–26 | 23–28 | 25–25 | 26–30 | 30–35 | 31–35 | 26–25 | 28–30 | 24–37 | 21–31 | 25–25 | 25–34 | 29–30 | 24–32 | 29–27 | 26–28 | 25–24 | |