Handball Bundesliga: Teams, Dates, Mode, TV

THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and also are the record champion with 22 titles.2007 and also 2012 were one of the most successful years in the club's history, as THW finished the treble, winning the residential league, the domestic cup, and also the EHF Champions League. In 2012, the team won every league video game, a very first in any type of top trip German team sporting activities. They ended the 2019-- 20 season as winners of the EHF Champions League as well as champs of the Handball-Bundesliga.

Who is defending champion in the HBL?

Defending champion is the THW Kiel. For the record champion it was in a thrilling season finale - on the last matchday, the direct comparison had to decide the head-to-head race with Flensburg \ - already the 22nd German championship. Also in the season 2021/22 the THW is the top favorite on the title.

Who are the promoted?

The Handball Bundesliga returned to 18 teams for the 2021/22 season. Another reduction brought from national coach Alfred Gislason to the HBL bosses already made up. From the 2nd league the Tus N-Lübbecke and the HSV Hamburg come to it. The HSVH, who has fought back to the Bundesliga after the insolvency in 2016 from the 3rd league, are also given good opportunities in view of the experienced newcomers around Johannes Bitter, Manuel Späth and Casper Mortensen, to hold the class.

When is played?

The new season starts on 8 and 9 September with the 1st matchday. The season finale is expected to be available for the 12th of June. The Thursday games will be kicked off at 19:05 in the future, on Sunday the parallel plays run at 16 o'clock. Released top games will also give it on Saturday and Sunday.

Who plays in European competitions?

The THW Kiel and the SG Flensburg-Handewitt go to the start in the Champions League. In the European League, only title shelves SC Magdeburg is set to date from the Bundesliga. The Rhein-Neckar Löwen survived the first qualifying round, in the second, the Füchse Berlin and Cup winner TBV Lemgo Lippe will rise. The European League is traditionally dominated by German teams.

Direct comparison or goal difference: What is crucial in HBL?

The dramatic championship finale of the 2020/21 season was decided at the end by direct comparison. The THW Kiel submitted a draw at the Rhein-Neckar Löwen (25:25) to assert himself to the pointy SG Flensburg-Handewitt. This policy change was decided in July 2020 on express wish by national coach Alfred Gislason, who hoped for more resting phases for the international. But for the new 2021/22 season, it is now back to the old rule: The goal difference from all games is decisive again, only if this is exactly the same, the direct comparison is used.

Where are the HBL games transfer?

Sky shows all 306 games from the 1st League Live as well as in the TV conference on Thursday (19:05) and on Sunday (16 o'clock). In addition, there are selected matches in free TV. To show ARD / ZDF and the third programs a total of twelve live games on TV.

These are the HBL new arrivals for the season 2021/22