# 2014–15 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2014–15 Handball-Bundesliga was the 50th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 38th season consisting of only one league.

## Team information

19 teams competed this year.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 5,600 |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | 9,500 |
| SC Magdeburg | Magdeburg | Bördelandhalle | 7,071 |
| TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | Lübbecke | Kreissporthalle Lübbecke | 3,250 |
| HSV Hamburg | Hamburg | O2 World Hamburg | 13,000 |
| HSG Wetzlar | Wetzlar | RITTAL Arena | 4,412 |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | Balingen | Sparkassen-Arena | 2,340 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 13,200 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Flensburg | Flens-Arena | 6,300 |
| TBV Lemgo | Lemgo | Lipperlandhalle | 5,000 |
| THW Kiel | Kiel | Sparkassen-Arena | 10,285 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Hannover | AWD Hall | 4,460 |
| MT Melsungen | Melsungen | Rothenbach-Halle | 4,300 |
| TSG Friesenheim | Ludwigshafen | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | 2,500 |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Eugen-Haas-Halle | 4,132 |
| SG BBM Bietigheim | Bietigheim | EgeTrans Arena | 4,583 |
| GWD Minden | Minden | Kreissporthalle | 4,059 |
| Bergischer HC | Wuppertal Solingen | Uni-Halle Klingenhalle | 3,200 2,800 |
| HC Erlangen | Erlangen | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | 8,130 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | THW Kiel (C) | 36 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1095 | 854 | +241 | 65 | Advance to Champions League |
| 2 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 36 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1093 | 876 | +217 | 63 | Advance to Champions League |
| 3 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 1025 | 887 | +138 | 54 | Advance to Champions League |
| 4 | SC Magdeburg | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 1074 | 994 | +80 | 48 | Advance to EHF Cup |
| 5 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 976 | 961 | +15 | 42 | Advance to EHF Cup |
| 6 | MT Melsungen | 36 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1060 | 997 | +63 | 40 | |
| 7 | Füchse Berlin | 36 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 997 | 1004 | −7 | 40 | |
| 8 | HSG Wetzlar | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 958 | 952 | +6 | 34 | |
| 9 | HSV Hamburg | 36 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 992 | 1006 | −14 | 34 | |
| 10 | VfL Gummersbach | 36 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 979 | 1007 | −28 | 34 | |
| 11 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 36 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 900 | 990 | −90 | 31 | |
| 12 | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 996 | 1018 | −22 | 29 | |
| 13 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 981 | 1019 | −38 | 29 | |
| 14 | Bergischer HC | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 982 | 1064 | −82 | 28 | |
| 15 | TBV Lemgo | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 1042 | 1037 | +5 | 27 | |
| 16 | GWD Minden (R) | 36 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 950 | 1003 | −53 | 25 | Relegated |
| 17 | TSG Friesenheim (R) | 36 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 920 | 1064 | −144 | 25 | Relegated |
| 18 | HC Erlangen (R) | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 901 | 1008 | −107 | 23 | Relegated |
| 19 | SG BBM Bietigheim (R) | 36 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 917 | 1097 | −180 | 13 | Relegated |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAL | BRG | BER | BIE | ERL | FLE | FRI | GÖP | GUM | HAM | HAN | KIE | LEM | LÜB | MAG | MEL | MIN | RNL | WET |
| Balingen | | 25–24 | 26–35 | 25–24 | 31–22 | 20–20 | 33–30 | 24–30 | 29–28 | 22–21 | 31–27 | 22–21 | 33–28 | 23–23 | 25–32 | 28–23 | 28–25 | 27–32 | 22–24 |
| Bergischer HC | 22–18 | | 30–25 | 33–27 | 32–27 | 36–31 | 27–30 | 28–28 | 28–26 | 35–30 | 31–31 | 20–32 | 31–30 | 28–27 | 24–25 | 28–29 | 32–30 | 24–23 | 28–28 |
| Berlin | 30–23 | 32–23 | | 33–32 | 26–26 | 29–32 | 30–24 | 24–22 | 30–27 | 28–25 | 28–29 | 27–38 | 30–27 | 30–30 | 32–27 | 27–24 | 32–23 | 20–30 | 32–24 |
| Bietigheim | 25–29 | 32–25 | 22–24 | | 24–26 | 30–38 | 24–26 | 29–25 | 23–21 | 28–34 | 24–28 | 25–37 | 22–34 | 24–32 | 23–30 | 23–35 | 27–23 | 22–32 | 28–25 |
| Erlangen | 28–27 | 25–25 | 28–28 | 24–24 | | 22–22 | 37–26 | 24–29 | 25–24 | 34–31 | 32–29 | 22–36 | 31–25 | 25–30 | 19–28 | 28–31 | 19–23 | 27–25 | 22–20 |
| Flensburg | 32–18 | 40–27 | 36–27 | 31–25 | 27–17 | | 29–23 | 34–26 | 32–26 | 29–24 | 32–26 | 26–22 | 24–24 | 25–21 | 26–30 | 29–22 | 27–24 | 26–29 | 27–21 |
| Friesenheim | 28–27 | 30–29 | 26–31 | 26–20 | 27–26 | 23–27 | | 23–29 | 26–24 | 30–23 | 27–24 | 20–33 | 25–24 | 25–40 | 24–32 | 29–35 | 28–24 | 22–30 | 23–29 |
| Göppingen | 32–28 | 31–27 | 29–27 | 27–17 | 25–21 | 26–34 | 33–25 | | 23–23 | 26–23 | 25–22 | 25–29 | 28–27 | 27–19 | 33–36 | 26–31 | 29–28 | 22–33 | 23–22 |
| Gummersbach | 31–25 | 31–28 | 27–26 | 35–29 | 24–21 | 24–32 | 30–24 | 27–31 | | 27–27 | 29–29 | 26–32 | 29–28 | 29–27 | 28–27 | 26–32 | 27–32 | 27–32 | 23–21 |
| Hamburg | 26–28 | 21–20 | 33–25 | 28–23 | 34–24 | 20–24 | 33–25 | 30–29 | 32–31 | | 23–23 | 19–20 | 28–32 | 34–26 | 33–29 | 31–30 | 28–25 | 25–26 | 28–31 |
| Hannover | 29–23 | 39–31 | 26–31 | 36–29 | 35–33 | 25–25 | 27–19 | 29–29 | 26–26 | 30–36 | | 26–28 | 31–27 | 35–28 | 24–28 | 22–26 | 26–20 | 23–31 | 28–26 |
| Kiel | 37–18 | 32–17 | 32–18 | 40–27 | 23–22 | 30–26 | 29–21 | 28–21 | 33–27 | 29–19 | 34–25 | | 33–29 | 24–21 | 34–22 | 32–23 | 24–23 | 23–23 | 32–25 |
| Lemgo | 21–21 | 34–26 | 28–29 | 37–30 | 29–23 | 26–30 | 32–32 | 22–26 | 26–28 | 45–26 | 27–23 | 27–21 | | 27–35 | 23–30 | 33–30 | 38–21 | 28–39 | 26–26 |
| Lübbecke | 30–33 | 34–31 | 26–35 | 32–24 | 28–23 | 26–31 | 24–26 | 29–27 | 29–31 | 28–34 | 25–25 | 24–31 | 35–35 | | 29–25 | 28–28 | 23–26 | 25–27 | 27–26 |
| Magdeburg | 27–19 | 38–32 | 30–26 | 37–25 | 31–26 | 29–26 | 36–28 | 32–32 | 33–28 | 25–26 | 34–28 | 26–32 | 36–24 | 26–32 | | 37–33 | 28–22 | 27–32 | 33–30 |
| Melsungen | 31–20 | 40–28 | 31–24 | 33–25 | 37–23 | 22–22 | 31–25 | 27–32 | 26–27 | 23–26 | 29–26 | 32–41 | 35–30 | 32–23 | 26–28 | | 35–25 | 28–31 | 28–28 |
| Minden | 31–24 | 28–30 | 30–21 | 35–27 | 29–25 | 22–31 | 33–26 | 24–26 | 25–29 | 36–30 | 31–22 | 23–32 | 23–30 | 29–27 | 35–26 | 25–25 | | 25–37 | 24–30 |
| RN Löwen | 36–25 | 30–24 | 34–21 | 35–25 | 35–18 | 23–20 | 37–21 | 26–20 | 29–24 | 28–26 | 32–20 | 28–29 | 35–34 | 35–25 | 24–23 | 32–26 | 28–23 | | 27–20 |
| Wetzlar | 25–20 | 25–18 | 24–24 | 26–29 | 28–26 | 22–22 | 32–27 | 29–24 | 29–30 | 32–25 | 29–27 | 29–32 | 32–25 | 22–28 | 31–31 | 29–31 | 27–25 | 31–27 | |