The 2010–11 Handball-Bundesliga is the 46th season of the
Handball-Bundesliga
The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 to 2012, the league was sponsored by Toyota and was officially called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. In 2012 the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) became t ...
,
Germany
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's premier
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
league, and the 34th season consisting of only one league. The season started on the weekend of 25 August 2010 and will end with the last games on 4 June 2011. The defending champions are
THW Kiel
THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles.
2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed t ...
. As in previous years the league is sponsored by
Toyota
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the List of manuf ...
and carries the official name Toyota-Handball-Bundesliga.
Team information
GWD Minden and
HSG Düsseldorf were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places.
The relegated teams were replaced by
HSG Ahlen-Hamm, champions of the 2009–10 2. Handball-Bundesliga North, and
TSG Friesenheim
TSG Friesenheim is a handball club from Ludwigshafen, Germany that as of 2021/22 competes in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga.
Accomplishments
* 2. Handball-Bundesliga: 2
**: 2010, 2014
Crest, colours, supporters Kits
Team Current squad
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, champions of the 2009-10 2. Handball-Bundesliga South.
A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off between the 16th placed team of the previous season and the play-off winner between the two second placed teams of the two 2. Bundesligas. This play-off was won by
DHC Rheinland who had finished the previous season in 16th place.
Arenas and locations
Notes:
# VfL Gummersbach play high-profile matches which attract a large crowd at the Lanxess Arena.
# Füchse Berlin generally play at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, however, as this is a multi-use venue some matches may clash with other events and hence are moved to the O2 World Arena.
# Frisch Auf Göppingen's home venue EWS Arena is currently undergoing renovation/expansion works. In the meantime, all matches are played at Stuttgart's Porsche-Arena.
# TV Großwallstadt play in Großwallstadt, however, move to Aschaffenburg for high-profile matches.
League table
Key
Results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
Relegation play-off
The two second placed teams from the two 2. Handball-Bundesligas play a two-legged play-off to determine the 3rd placed team. The winner of this play of then faces the Bundesliga 16th-placed team for another two-legged play-off. The winner on
aggregate score after both matches will earn the final spot in the
2011–12 Handball-Bundesliga.
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Statistics
Top goalscorers
''Source
(German)''
References
External links
Kicker magazine
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Handball-Bundesliga, 2010-11
2010 in German sport
2011 in German sport
2010–11 domestic handball leagues