2010–11 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga
Season 2010–11
Biggest home win Kiel 40-18 Balingen
Biggest away win Rheinland 19-34 Berlin
Highest scoring Hamm 40–34 Flensburg
2011–12

The 2010–11 Handball-Bundesliga is the 46th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball 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. As in previous years the league is sponsored by Toyota 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, 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

Team Location Arena Arena capacity
VfL Gummersbach Köln Lanxess Arena 19,250 Note 1
Füchse Berlin Berlin O2 World 14,800 Note 2
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 14,500
HSV Hamburg Hamburg O2 World Hamburg 13,000
THW Kiel Kiel Sparkassen-Arena 10,250
Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9,000 Note 2
SC Magdeburg Magdeburg Bördelandhalle 7,782
Frisch Auf Göppingen Stuttgart Porsche Arena 7,500 Note 3
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Sinsheim Campushalle 6,300
TV Grosswallstadt Aschaffenburg f.a.n. Frankenstolz arena 6,000 Note 4
TBV Lemgo Lemgo Lipperlandhalle 5,000
HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar RITTAL Arena 4,412
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 4,300 Note 3
MT Melsungen Melsungen Rothenbach-Halle 4,300
TV Grosswallstadt Großwallstadt Sparkassen-Arena 4,200 Note 4
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hannover AWD Hall 4,200
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke Lübbecke Kreissporthalle Lübbecke 3,300
DHC Rheinland Dormagen HR Commitment Arena 3,000
HSG Ahlen-Hamm Ahlen MaxiparkArena 3,000
TSG Friesenheim Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle 2,250
VfL Gummersbach Gummersbach Eugen-Haas-Halle 2,100 Note 1
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Balingen Sparkassen-Arena 2,000