# 2013–14 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2013–14 Handball-Bundesliga was the 49th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league, and the 37th 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 | 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 Emsdetten | Emsdetten | Emshalle | 2,200 |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Eugen-Haas-Halle | 2,100 |
| ThSV Eisenach | Eisenach | Werner-Aßmann-Halle | 3,100 |
| GWD Minden | Minden | Kreissporthalle | 4,059 |
| Bergischer HC | Wuppertal Solingen | Uni-Halle Klingenhalle | 4,100 2,600 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | THW Kiel | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1114 | 878 | +236 | 59:9 |
| 2 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1126 | 892 | +234 | 59:9 |
| 3 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1021 | 848 | +173 | 54:14 |
| 4 | HSV Hamburg | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1082 | 978 | +104 | 53:15 |
| 5 | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 953 | 882 | +71 | 46:22 |
| 6 | MT Melsungen | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 994 | 980 | +14 | 40:28 |
| 7 | SC Magdeburg | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 995 | 939 | +56 | 39:29 |
| 8 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 918 | 986 | −68 | 32:34 |
| 9 | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 1010 | 1060 | −50 | 31:37 |
| 10 | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 917 | 972 | −55 | 30:38 |
| 11 | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 883 | 902 | −19 | 29:39 |
| 12 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 972 | 989 | −17 | 26:42 |
| 13 | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 902 | 969 | −67 | 26:42 |
| 14 | GWD Minden | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 905 | 976 | −71 | 24:44 |
| 15 | Bergischer HC | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 934 | 1010 | −70 | 22:46 |
| 16 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 905 | 980 | −75 | 19:49 |
| 17 | ThSV Eisenach | 34 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 841 | 1028 | −187 | 13:55 |
| 18 | TV Emsdetten | 34 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 869 | 1072 | −203 | 10:58 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | FAG | BER | BRG | EIS | EMS | GWD | HBW | HSG | HSV | MTM | RNL | SCM | SGF | TBV | THW | TSV | TUS | VFL |
| Göppingen | | 24–26 | 29–29 | 25–16 | 41–31 | 32–28 | 25–25 | 24–24 | 32–34 | 29–26 | 23–23 | 29–31 | 28–28 | 32–33 | 31–35 | 28–32 | 23–23 | 30–31 |
| Berlin | 28–23 | | 22–25 | 34–20 | 34–19 | 32–25 | 30–29 | 27–23 | 32–33 | 24–22 | 21–21 | 27–24 | 20–31 | 26–22 | 29–33 | 26–21 | 25–23 | 27–22 |
| Bergischer | 28–30 | 25–36 | | 34–26 | 33–27 | 20–24 | 29–29 | 27–28 | 34–27 | 30–31 | 26–34 | 31–27 | 28–30 | 34–34 | 25–31 | 25–26 | 25–29 | 27–34 |
| Eisenach | 25–23 | 23–22 | 33–26 | | 26–28 | 28–26 | 29–24 | 27–28 | 32–39 | 27–31 | 19–42 | 20–26 | 23–31 | 32–32 | 23–29 | 28–29 | 29–32 | 26–30 |
| Emsdetten | 27–32 | 22–28 | 22–34 | 24–25 | | 24–23 | 25–25 | 25–25 | 31–37 | 27–34 | 32–44 | 25–36 | 22–29 | 23–33 | 25–40 | 28–31 | 27–23 | 25–27 |
| Minden | 31–28 | 30–28 | 29–29 | 25–23 | 34–27 | | 30–28 | 26–24 | 28–34 | 28–28 | 24–24 | 20–30 | 18–23 | 31–31 | 22–32 | 29–25 | 28–29 | 27–24 |
| Balingen | 31–32 | 25–33 | 27–29 | 29–22 | 32–21 | 26–26 | | 18–31 | 29–34 | 28–28 | 21–30 | 26–26 | 24–32 | 29–29 | 25–28 | 28–27 | 31–26 | 25–25 |
| Wetzlar | 27–27 | 24–25 | 24–25 | 28–23 | 24–19 | 23–26 | 30–28 | | 23–26 | 25–30 | 27–37 | 28–24 | 25–29 | 26–28 | 24–35 | 30–27 | 31–21 | 31–25 |
| Hamburg | 31–29 | 39–32 | 29–24 | 27–23 | 30–23 | 35–30 | 26–26 | 35–26 | | 37–31 | 38–25 | 32–24 | 29–26 | 35–35 | 26–32 | 25–25 | 32–27 | 34–29 |
| Melsungen | 33–31 | 28–23 | 34–29 | 29–23 | 31–24 | 28–23 | 24–22 | 24–32 | 33–35 | | 27–30 | 31–31 | 25–30 | 33–32 | 30–29 | 32–26 | 28–28 | 30–32 |
| Löwen | 42–31 | 31–27 | 35–28 | 30–27 | 39–24 | 33–29 | 37–30 | 34–23 | 32–31 | 41–28 | | 32–26 | 29–22 | 35–27 | 29–26 | 37–19 | 37–24 | 36–22 |
| Magdeburg | 31–34 | 23–25 | 31–20 | 35–20 | 30–24 | 38–31 | 27–28 | 33–25 | 19–29 | 31–31 | 29–27 | | 33–34 | 34–31 | 32–25 | 30–26 | 35–23 | 25–25 |
| Flensburg | 25–24 | 26–26 | 34–15 | 43–24 | 33–26 | 35–28 | 30–22 | 23–19 | 31–29 | 35–23 | 23–27 | 38–28 | | 39–26 | 34–30 | 27–22 | 31–20 | 35–23 |
| Lemgo | 32–34 | 26–33 | 29–27 | 40–22 | 38–29 | 29–25 | 33–27 | 27–24 | 27–35 | 33–38 | 24–35 | 26–29 | 30–34 | | 24–46 | 29–27 | 31–32 | 28–27 |
| Kiel | 31–20 | 37–23 | 33–24 | 30–21 | 35–28 | 34–25 | 35–24 | 26–25 | 35–24 | 32–29 | 31–28 | 27–27 | 33–25 | 38–25 | | 37–20 | 37–30 | 31–30 |
| Hannover | 30–29 | 33–35 | 29–28 | 33–24 | 28–27 | 27–27 | 33–30 | 25–24 | 26–34 | 28–34 | 26–38 | 27–25 | 27–26 | 33–26 | 24–30 | | 24–29 | 30–30 |
| Lübbecke | 27–27 | 28–29 | 38–30 | 24–21 | 27–35 | 30–29 | 26–30 | 34–29 | 28–34 | 32–22 | 23–22 | 24–30 | 25–29 | 24–25 | 21–35 | 28–28 | | 23–22 |
| Gummersbach | 26–22 | 21–35 | 25–30 | 30–24 | 27–23 | 33–25 | 25–24 | 20–20 | 25–31 | 25–30 | 35–40 | 22–23 | 24–32 | 33–32 | 24–29 | 21–25 | 26–33 | |

## Number of teams by states

| # | State | No. teams | Teams |
| 1 | North Rhine-Westphalia | 6 | Bergischer HC, TV Emsdetten, VfL Gummersbach, GWD Minden, TBV Lemgo and TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke |
| 2 | Baden-Württemberg | 3 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten, Frisch Auf Göppingen and Rhein-Neckar Löwen |
| 3 | Hesse | 2 | MT Melsungen and HSG Wetzlar |
| 3 | Schleswig-Holstein | 2 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt and THW Kiel |
| 5 | Berlin | 1 | Füchse Berlin |
| 5 | Hamburg | 1 | HSV Hamburg |
| 5 | Lower Saxony | 1 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf |
| 5 | Saxony-Anhalt | 1 | SC Magdeburg |
| 5 | Thuringia | 1 | ThSV Eisenach |