The 2018–19 Handball-Bundesliga was the 54th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 42nd season consisting of only one league. It ran from 23 August 2018 to 9 June 2019.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt won their third overall and second consecutive title.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from2017–18 2. Handball-Bundesliga Relegated from2017–18 Handball-Bundesliga Bergischer HCSG BBM Bietigheim TV HüttenbergTuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
Arenas and locations The SAP Arena in Mannheim, home of the Rhein-Neckar Löwen, is the largest venue in the league as it seats 13,200 fans in its HBL configuration. While the smallest is the Scharrena, the smaller of the two home venues of TVB Stuttgart, only being able to accommodate 2,251 fans. Team Location Arena Capacity Bergischer HC WuppertalSolingenDüsseldorf Uni-HalleKlingenhalleISS Dome 3.2002.80012.500 Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9.000 SG BBM Bietigheim Bietigheim-BissingenLudwigsburg EgeTrans ArenaArena Ludwigsburg 4.5173.715 HC ErlangenNuremberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung 8.308 SG Flensburg-Handewitt Flensburg Flens-Arena 6.300 Die Eulen Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle 2.350 Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5.600 VfL Gummersbach Gummersbach Schwalbe-Arena 4.132 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hanover TUI ArenaSwiss Life Hall 9.8504.460 THW Kiel Kiel Sparkassen-Arena 10.285 SC DHfK Leipzig Leipzig Arena Leipzig 6.327 TBV Lemgo Lemgo Phoenix Contact Arena 4.790 SC Magdeburg Magdeburg GETEC Arena 6.600 MT Melsungen Kassel Rothenbach-Halle 4.300 GWD Minden Minden Kampa-Halle 4.059 Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 13.200TVB 1898 Stuttgart Stuttgart Scharrena StuttgartPorsche-Arena 2.2516.211 HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar Rittal Arena Wetzlar 4.421
Personnel and finances Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Operational budgetOperation budgetBergischer HC Sebastian Hinze Kristian NippesSalmingWKW automotive 3.2 M€Füchse Berlin / Velimir Petković Hans LindbergHummelDeutsche Wohnen 6.0 M€SG BBM Bietigheim Ralf Bader Patrick RentschlerErimaOLYMP 1.5 M€HC Erlangen Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson Michael HaaßKempaHIETEC 5.0 M€SG Flensburg-Handewitt Maik Machulla Tobias KarlssonErimaDänisches Bettenlager 7.0 M€Die Eulen Ludwigshafen Benjamin Matschke Gunnar DietrichErimaTechnische Werke Ludwigshafen 1.2 M€Frisch Auf Göppingen Hartmut Mayerhoffer Tim KneuleHummelStahlbau Nägele 5.2 M€VfL Gummersbach Torge Greve Drago VukovicSelectSchwalbe 4.0 M€TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Antonio Carlos Ortega Kai HäfnerAdidasCP-Pharma 4.5 M€THW Kiel Alfreð Gíslason Domagoj DuvnjakAdidasStar 9.5 M€SC DHfK Leipzig André Haber Jens VortmannPumaLeipziger Gruppe 4.9 M€TBV Lemgo Florian Kehrmann Andrej KogutSalmingPhoenix Contact 3.5 M€SC Magdeburg Bennet Wiegert Christian O´SullivanKempaGETEC 5.0 M€MT Melsungen Heiko Grimm Michael MüllerSalmingB. Braun 5.0 M€GWD Minden Frank Carstens Dalibor DoderNikeHarting 3.5 M€Rhein-Neckar Löwen Nikolaj Jacobsen Andy SchmidErimaAdmiral 6.5 M€TVB 1898 Stuttgart Jürgen Schweikardt Simon BaumgartenKempaKärcher 4.0 M€HSG Wetzlar Kai Wandschneider Filip MirkulovskiMizunoLicher 4.0 M€
Standings
Results
Awards Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthPlayer of the monthGoal of the MonthGoal of the monthPlayerPositionClubPlayerClubSeptember Matthias MuscheLWSC Magdeburg Thomas RothTSV SödelOctober Michael KrausCBTBV 1898 Stuttgart Bastian SchwengersFC Schalke 04November Domenico EbnerGKSG BBM Bietigheim Christopher CzensLehrter SVDecember Silvio HeinevetterGKFüchse Berlin Lasse SchargeOranienburger HCFebruary Matthias MuscheLWSC MagdeburgMarch Michael DamgaardLB/CBSC MagdeburgApril Niklas LandinGKTHW KielMay Andreas WolffGKTHW Kiel The goal of the month award can be awarded to anyone in the league system while the player of the month award only count Bundesliga performances.
Number of teams by state Rank State Number of teams Club(s)1 4SG BBM Bietigheim, Frisch Auf Göppingen, Rhein-Neckar Löwen, TVB Stuttgart Bergischer HC, VfL Gummersbach, TBV Lemgo, GWD Minden3 2MT Melsungen, HSG WetzlarSG Flensburg-Handewitt, THW Kiel5 1HC Erlangen Füchse Berlin TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Die Eulen Ludwigshafen SC DHfK LeipzigSC Magdeburg
References
External links Official website