The 2010–11 Handball-Bundesliga is the 46th season of the Handball-Bundesliga

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, Germany

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 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

THW Kiel is a team handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, THW Kiel competes in the German First League of Handball and is German record champion with 16 titles....

. 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

HSG Düsseldorf

HSG Düsseldorf is a German Handball team from Düsseldorf. They currently compete in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga ....

 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 VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball club ever.-Accomplishments:...	Köln KOLN KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...	Lanxess Arena	19,250 Note 1
Füchse Berlin Füchse Berlin Füchse Berlin is a professional handball club from Berlin, Germany, that currently competes in the Handball-Bundesliga, the highest national league.-History:...	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	O2 World O2 World O2 World is a multi-use indoor arena, in the Friedrichshain neighborhood, of Berlin, that opened in September 2008. Developed by Anschutz Entertainment Group, it was named O2 World, when O2 Germany purchased the naming rights...	14,800 Note 2
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a handball club from Mannheim, Germany. The club was founded in 2002 as a merger of TSG Kronau and TSG Baden Östringen, competing initially under the name SG Kronau/Östringen...	Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....	SAP Arena SAP Arena SAP Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Mannheim, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey and handball, and is the home arena of the Adler Mannheim ice hockey club and the "Rhein-Neckar-Löwen" handball club. Inaugurated in 2005, the arena has a capacity of up to 15,000 people.More than a...	14,500
HSV Hamburg	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...	O2 World Hamburg	13,000
THW Kiel THW Kiel THW Kiel is a team handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, THW Kiel competes in the German First League of Handball and is German record champion with 16 titles....	Kiel Kiel Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...	Sparkassen-Arena	10,250
Füchse Berlin Füchse Berlin Füchse Berlin is a professional handball club from Berlin, Germany, that currently competes in the Handball-Bundesliga, the highest national league.-History:...	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	Max-Schmeling-Halle Max-Schmeling-Halle Max-Schmeling-Halle is a multi-purpose arena, in Berlin, Germany, named after the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. Apart from the Velodrom, it's one of Berlin's biggest sport places and holds from 8,861 people, up to 10,050 people....	9,000 Note 2
SC Magdeburg SC Magdeburg SC Magdeburg is a German multi-sports club located in the city of Magdeburg, which offers athletics, canoeing, gymnastics, rowing, swimming and team handball. Historically, the club has also had a water polo section as well as a football section that was separated that as 1. FC Magdeburg in 1965...	Magdeburg Magdeburg Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....	Bördelandhalle Bördelandhalle Bördelandhalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Magdeburg, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 people. It is currently home to the SC Magdeburg handball team.- External links :*...	7,782
Frisch Auf Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Göppingen, Germany. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in TOYOTA Handball-Bundesliga...	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....	Porsche Arena Porsche Arena Porsche Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located in Stuttgart, Germany. The seating capacity of the arena varies, from 5,100 to 8,000 people and it was opened in 2006, after 14 months of construction....	7,500 Note 3
SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, SG Flensburg-Handewitt competes in the German First League of Handball .-Accomplishments:*National Championship of Germany: 1**2004*National Cup of Germany: 3...	Sinsheim Sinsheim Sinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about 22 kilometers southeast of Heidelberg and about 28 kilometers northwest of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. It consists of a city center and 11 suburbs with a total population of 35,605...	Campushalle Campushalle Campushalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Flensburg, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 6,000 people. It is currently home to the SG Flensburg-Handewitt handball team....	6,300
TV Großwallstadt	Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg is a city in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.Aschaffenburg is known as the Tor zum Spessart or "gate to the Spessart"...	f.a.n. Frankenstolz arena	6,000 Note 4
TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo is a German handball club from Lemgo. From 1911 until 1942, the club's name was Ballsportverein Lemgo 1911. As of 2011, TBV Lemgo competes in the Handball-Bundesliga.- Accomplishments :* National Championship of Germany: 2** 1997, 2003...	Lemgo Lemgo Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...	Lipperlandhalle Lipperlandhalle Lipperlandhalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Lemgo, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people. It hosted some matches at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship.- External links :...	5,000
HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar is a professional team handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. Currently, HSG Wetzlar competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.-Accomplishments:*National Cup of Germany Final: 2**1997, 2001...	Wetzlar Wetzlar Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Framework Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of...	RITTAL Arena Arena Wetzlar Rittal Arena Wetzlar is an indoor sporting arena located in Wetzlar, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people and it was opened in 2005. It is the home to the Handball Bundesliga club HSG Wetzlar...	4,412
Frisch Auf Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Göppingen, Germany. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in TOYOTA Handball-Bundesliga...	Göppingen Göppingen Göppingen is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. It is situated at the bottom of the Hohenstaufen mountain, in the valley of the river Fils....	EWS Arena EWS Arena EWS Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Göppingen, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 5,600 people. It hosts the home matches of women's and men's Handball Bundesliga handball teams of Frisch Auf Göppingen. In its previous building, it hosted six team handball matches for the 1972...	4,300 Note 3
MT Melsungen	Melsungen Melsungen Melsungen is a small climatic spa in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany.-Geography:Melsungen lies on the river Fulda in the North Hesse Highland. The brooks Pfieffe and Kehrenbach flow into the Fulda here...	Rothenbach-Halle	4,300
TV Großwallstadt	Großwallstadt Großwallstadt Großwallstadt is a community in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.- Location :...	Sparkassen-Arena	4,200 Note 4
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Hannover	AWD Hall AWD Hall AWD Hall is an indoor arena, in Hanover, Germany. The hall can hold 5,500 people.It mainly hosts indoor sporting events, concerts and trade shows.-External links:*...	4,200
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke	Lübbecke Lübbecke Lübbecke is a town in northeast North Rhine-Westphalia in north Germany. This former county town lies on the northern slopes of the Wiehen Hills and has around 26,000 inhabitants. The town is in the Eastwestphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke...	Kreissporthalle Lübbecke	3,300
DHC Rheinland	Dormagen Dormagen Dormagen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss.-Geography:Dormagen is situated between Düsseldorf – Cologne – Mönchengladbach on the western bank of the river Rhine.-Division of the town:...	HR Commitment Arena	3,000
HSG Ahlen-Hamm	Ahlen Ahlen Ahlen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the District of Warendorf and is economically the most important town in that district. Ahlen is part of the larger Münster region, and of the historic Münsterland area....	MaxiparkArena	3,000
TSG Friesenheim	Ludwigshafen	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle	2,250
VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball club ever.-Accomplishments:...	Gummersbach Gummersbach Gummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street...	Eugen-Haas-Halle	2,100 Note 1
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten HBW Balingen-Weilstetten HBW Balingen-Weilstetten is a team handball club from Balingen, Germany. Currently, they compete in the German First League of Handball. HBW was founded in 2002, when the TSG Balingen and the TV Weilstetten connected their handball categories...	Balingen Balingen Balingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located nearby the Swabian Alb, approx. 35 km to the south of Tübingen, 35 km northeast of Villingen-Schwenningen, and 60 km southwest of Stuttgart.It is home to the Bizerba and Ideal...	Sparkassen-Arena	2,000

Notes:

1. VfL Gummersbach play high profile matches which attract a large crowd at the Lanxess Arena.
2. 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.
3. Frisch Auf Göppingen's home venue EWS Arena is currently undergoing renovation/expansion works. In the mean time all matches are played at Stuttgart's Porsche-Arena.
4. TV Großwallstadt play in Großwallstadt, however, move to Aschaffenburg for high profile matches.

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

2010/11 as of 06.09.2010	KIE	HSV	FLB	RNL	GUM	FAG	LEM	TVG	FUB	NLU	MAG	MEL	WET	HBD	BAL	RHE	AHL	FRI
THW Kiel THW Kiel THW Kiel is a team handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, THW Kiel competes in the German First League of Handball and is German record champion with 16 titles....		38:35	38:26	31:33	26:26	39:24	35:26	25:28	35:26	36:28	25:22	36:23	38:29	37:26	40:18	33:23	34:23	37:19
HSV Hamburg	26:25		32:24	32:31	35:30	30:25	38:33	22:22	31:27	40:27	32:27	33:23	35:27	34:27	35:28	28:14	36:21	39:25
SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, SG Flensburg-Handewitt competes in the German First League of Handball .-Accomplishments:*National Championship of Germany: 1**2004*National Cup of Germany: 3...	31:37	30:34		32:31	29:25	28:23	23:23	34:27	25:26	34:25	29:33	33:26	42:22	36:26	38:25	38:25	36:29	35:26
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a handball club from Mannheim, Germany. The club was founded in 2002 as a merger of TSG Kronau and TSG Baden Östringen, competing initially under the name SG Kronau/Östringen...	29:26	27:31	41:31		36:34	28:26	31:31	31:23	33:32	33:28	38:30	40:25	26:26	36:28	36:30	31:28	33:28	38:26
VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball club ever.-Accomplishments:...	33:36	29:33	28:29	36:28		29:23	23:28	31:27	32:34	31:26	31:28	25:26	33:23	35:27	32:24	34:26	30:25	28:25
Frisch Auf Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Göppingen, Germany. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in TOYOTA Handball-Bundesliga...	21:33	32:30	25:21	35:31	37:26		25:25	26:26	27:25	31:23	29:17	23:21	35:23	29:31	25:25	35:29	31:27	30:25
TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo is a German handball club from Lemgo. From 1911 until 1942, the club's name was Ballsportverein Lemgo 1911. As of 2011, TBV Lemgo competes in the Handball-Bundesliga.- Accomplishments :* National Championship of Germany: 2** 1997, 2003...	26:33	27:29	34:27	31:36	30:31	27:30		33:27	24:26	24:27	25:27	36:28	35:26	31:27	32:27	34:18	33:29	31:26
TV Großwallstadt	23:28	25:32	27:28	24:34	25:25	27:31	25:25		21:29	27:26	25:31	34:27	23:22	31:28	22:23	29:18	26:24	30:22
Füchse Berlin Füchse Berlin Füchse Berlin is a professional handball club from Berlin, Germany, that currently competes in the Handball-Bundesliga, the highest national league.-History:...	26:23	22:35	24:24	28:28	24:20	28:24	35:24	27:24		25:22	27:26	29:23	26:17	36:28	32:28	33:28	31:28	36:32
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke	27:28	30:30	25:35	30:34	26:27	25:27	31:32	28:29	22:27		29:29	30:26	26:24	33:30	32:22	33:22	32:34	32:32
SC Magdeburg	30:24	30:35	34:29	33:29	37:29	24:24	37:30	34:25	24:30	35:27		28:21	24:20	28:21	23:25	34:24	34:26	41:32
MT Melsungen	23:32	26:30	20:31	28:37	24:25	29:30	27:26	33:28	22:22	30:33	29:29		26:24	24:27	32:29	24:28	27:30	35:26
HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar is a professional team handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. Currently, HSG Wetzlar competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.-Accomplishments:*National Cup of Germany Final: 2**1997, 2001...	24:32	22:27	28:29	27:33	34:31	23:22	24:24	24:18	19:28	24:29	28:25	0:0*		32:26	27:22	27:23	35:26	23:27
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	22:24	28:39	24:30	25:36	30:29	22:25	26:31	25:27	18:26	29:26	24:24	30:35	23:24		26:25	31:23	28:23	31:29
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten HBW Balingen-Weilstetten HBW Balingen-Weilstetten is a team handball club from Balingen, Germany. Currently, they compete in the German First League of Handball. HBW was founded in 2002, when the TSG Balingen and the TV Weilstetten connected their handball categories...	22:28	24:33	25:28	30:31	29:28	31:31	27:29	23:27	20:29	26:26	25:32	26:30	32:22	30:30		32:31	24:23	30:30
DHC Rheinland	25:32	22:32	19:30	24:27	33:38	21:27	19:26	25:32	19:24	25:24	32:27	31:24	25:26	23:27	29:26		33:28	30:26
HSG Ahlen-Hamm	23:36	28:30	40:34	25:28	24:32	22:29	28:28	29:32	23:28	27:28	29:37	33:33	27:30	30:27	29:30	26:24		23:23
TSG Friesenheim	29:39	26:32	23:28	26:30	33:39	22:24	27:31	26:25	31:39	26:34	33:35	28:29	33:36	29:26	35:31	28:29	26:33

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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Top goalscorers

Source: http://www.toyota-handball-bundesliga.de/handball/statistik.php?menuid=463&menuid2=3&topmenu=61&liga=1&saison=11&bereich=3&tbl=1 (German)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	7m
1	Hans Lindberg	HSV Hamburg	28	11
2	Marcin Lijewski	HSV Hamburg	10	0
3	Christian Zeitz	THW Kiel THW Kiel THW Kiel is a team handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, THW Kiel competes in the German First League of Handball and is German record champion with 16 titles....	18	0
4	Jure Natek	SC Magdeburg SC Magdeburg SC Magdeburg is a German multi-sports club located in the city of Magdeburg, which offers athletics, canoeing, gymnastics, rowing, swimming and team handball. Historically, the club has also had a water polo section as well as a football section that was separated that as 1. FC Magdeburg in 1965...	14	0
5	Lars Kaufmann	Frisch Auf Göppingen Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Göppingen, Germany. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in TOYOTA Handball-Bundesliga...	13	0
	Michael Spatz	TV Grosswallstadt TV Grosswallstadt TV Großwallstadt is a team handball club from Großwallstadt. Currently, TV Großwallstadt competes in the First Division of the German Handball Bundesliga and the German Handball Cup.-Achievements:*German First League of Handball: 6...		5

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