The 2015–16 Handball-Bundesliga was the 51st 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 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

'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 39th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 21 August 2015 to 5 June 2016.

Teams

A total of 18 teams were participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2014–15 season and the two sides were directly promoted from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season:

SC DHfK Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig e. V. ''(Sportclub Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur Leipzig e. V.)'' is a sports club in Leipzig, Germany. It was established in 1954 as a competitive sports club, initially under the name ''SC Wissenschaft DHfK Leipzig'', ...

, the champions;

ThSV Eisenach ThSV Eisenach is a German handball club from Eisenach, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. They were promoted in the 2022-23 season. The team has previously been known as BSG Motor Eisenach. History BSG Motor Eisenach - 1954-1991 BSG ...

, the runners-up; and the third-place finisher in the 2. Bundesliga,

TV Bittenfeld TVB 1898 Stuttgart is a handball club from Waiblingen, town of Bittenfeld, Germany. that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. History TV Bittenfeld played in the 2nd Division German Handball Championship from the 2006/07 season to the 2014/15 se ...

, now known as

TVB Stuttgart TVB 1898 Stuttgart is a handball club from Waiblingen, town of Bittenfeld, Germany. that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. History TV Bittenfeld played in the 2nd Division German Handball Championship from the 2006/07 season to the 2014/15 se ...

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Official website
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