German handball champions

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These lists record the German champions in indoor handball and men's field handball and provide information about the mode and development of the championships in both sports.

Indoor handball

Federal Republic of Germany

Host

Map of the German champions in handball

In 1948 and 1949, a German indoor handball champion was played by the German Working Committee for Handball (DAH). These two titles are now considered unofficial titles. From 1950, the German Handball Federation (DHB), founded on October 1, 1949, took over hosting the championship. In 1994, the specially founded league association of the Bundesliga (first HBVM, now HBL ) took over the event.

From July 2007, the Bundesliga had a name sponsor for the first time with the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota , which it officially led in the title; the sponsor was also integrated into the official HBL logo. After the contract with Toyota expired, from July 2012 this was the DKB .

mode

Before 1966, the championship was held in the finals of the various regional league champions and runners-up. In 1966, the handball Bundesliga was introduced as the top division, initially in two seasons (north and south), the champions of which played the German champions in two finals by 1974, and from 1975 to 1977 the champions were in one final round (semifinals and final) of each first two of the two seasons determined. The Bundesliga has existed as a single-track league since 1977 (with the exception of the 1991/92 season, which was played in two tracks due to the incorporation of the former GDR Oberliga into the Bundesliga), and the first place at the end of the season is automatically German champions. An exception are the years 1990 to 1992, in which the champions were played in a play-off round of the best eight teams in the Bundesliga (in 1992 the best four from north and south).

Record champions

The German record champions are THW Kiel , which has won the title 21 times so far (most recently in 2020). The THW won 18 of its 21 championship titles in the Bundesliga, making them the Bundesliga record champions. Frisch Auf Göppingen won most of the titles before the introduction of the Bundesliga with seven championships.

society title
1. THW Kiel 21st
2. VfL Gummersbach 12
3. Fresh on Göppingen 9
4th TV Großwallstadt 6th
5. SV Hamburg Police 4th
6th Berliner SV 1892 3
TUSEM food 3
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 3
9. SG Wallau / Massenheim 2
TBV Lemgo 2
TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen 2
Rhine-Neckar lion 2
13. HSV Hamburg 1
RSV Mülheim 1
SC Magdeburg 1
SG Leutershausen 1

Status after the 2019/20 season

What happened to the championship teams?

In the 2019/20 season, seven of the sixteen master clubs played in the 1st Bundesliga : THW Kiel , Frisch Auf Göppingen , SG Flensburg-Handewitt , TBV Lemgo , TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen (as GWD Minden ), Rhein-Neckar Löwen and SC Magdeburg .

The VfL Gummersbach , TUSEM Essen and HSV Hamburg (as handball club Hamburg ) played in the second Bundesliga , the TV Großwallstadt and SG Leutershausen in the 3. Liga . The SG Wallau / Massenheim joined after a merger as HSG Breckenheim Wallau / Massenheim in the Oberliga Hessen (4th division). The Berliner SV 1892 withdrew its team at the beginning of the season from the game operations of the Landesliga Berlin (6th division). The RSV Mülheim (SV hot, active in the district league Rhein-Ruhr, 9. League) and the handball section of SV Hamburg police (for SG Altona, Hamburg division, 6th League) have now been merged into other clubs.

List of German handball champions (from 1948)

Unofficial titles - not recognized by the DHB; see also: Zone Championship

DHB title holder - before the introduction of the Bundesliga

DHB title holder - after the introduction of the Bundesliga

GDR

DDR championship mode

From 1950 to 1954 the GDR master was determined in the final round. In the 1955 season, the GDR-wide league was introduced (since the 1955/56 season with home and away games), which was carried out by the DTSB . It existed until the end of the 1990/91 season. Then the upper league clubs were integrated into the Bundesliga . Due to the III. The 1958 Handball World Cup , which was held in the GDR, was suspended in the 1957/58 season.

GDR record champions

The GDR's record champions are today's Bundesliga club SC Magdeburg and today's third division SC Empor Rostock , each with ten titles (the handball section of BSG Motor Rostock was incorporated into that of SC Empor in 1955).

What happened to the GDR championship teams?

The record champions SC Magdeburg and also the SC DHfK Leipzig (since the 2015/16 season) played in the 1st Bundesliga in the 2019/20 season. The HC Empor Rostock entered the 3rd division. Of the other championship clubs, only the ESV Lok Südost Magdeburg (successor club of BSG Lok SO) still exists , but the handball department is part of FSV 1895 Magdeburg after a syndicate in the 1970s .

List of GDR handball champions (1950–1991)

Field handball

General information about the field handball championship

Until 1933 there was no umbrella organization for handball in Germany. Therefore, several sports associations played their field handball champions independently of each other - with different titles (such as German champion , Reich winner or federal champion ): In the period from 1922 to 1933, the German Sports Authority for Athletics, the predecessor of the German Athletics Association and the German Gymnastics Federation organized separate competitions. In the early 1930s, the winners of these two associations competed against each other in a final. In addition, the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association (ATUS or ATSB) and the Catholic German Youth Force (DJK) played championships. However, Austrian clubs also took part in the ATSB competition, so that one can hardly speak of German champions here . The DJK carried out its championship at several year intervals at its national sports festivals . During the Nazi regime , a uniform German championship was only established by the Reichsbund für Leibesübungen from 1934 (July 1934 German , from late 1938 the National Socialist Reichsbund für physical exercises ). From 1947 to 1975 the German Handball Federation and its predecessor, the German Working Committee for Handball (DAH) determined the national title holder. In 1959, the GDR national team won an internal German comparison against the national team of the Federal Republic and was then elected GDR team of the year . No German field handball championship has been played since 1975.

Field handball today

Field handball is no longer competitive today. In summer tournaments take place regularly, but mostly on a field in the indoor format of 20 × 40 m (small field) or in beach handball . The original large-field handball is only played very sporadically in the context of small tournaments of lower-class clubs as a summer event. Benefit games between indoor handball teams or against senior teams also sometimes take place on the large field.

German Empire (field handball)

List of field handball champions of the German Gymnastics Association (DT) (1921–1933)

List of field handball champions of the German Sports Authority for Athletics (DSB) (1922–1933)

Finals between the field handball champions of the DT and the DSB (1931–1932)

List of field handball champions of the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Confederation (ATSB) (1922–1932)

List of Masters of the German Youth Force (DJK) (1921–1932)

List of German field handball champions - German Reich Association for Physical Exercise (DRL) (1934–1938)

List of German field handball champions - National Socialist Reich Association for Physical Exercise (NSRL) (1939-1944)

Federal Republic of Germany (field handball)

List of German field handball champions - German Working Committee for Handball (DAH) (1947–1949)

While in indoor handball the DAH championship tournaments of 1948 and 1949 are not recognized by the DHB and are considered unofficial, the handball umbrella organization in field handball also records the championship rounds held in a unitary association before it was founded in October 1949 (including the DAH championships 1947– 1949) and consequently lists the winners as German champions on his statistics pages from 1934 onwards. (see also: Zone Championship )

Field handball championship mode (DHB)

  • From 1950 to 1965 the German champion was determined in a final round (knockout games) of the champions of the state associations.
  • In 1966 regional finals were held to qualify for the Bundesliga. Eight of them also qualified for the final round of the German championship in 1966.
  • From 1967 to 1973 there was a two-pronged Bundesliga. The first two of each season qualified for the semifinals.
  • The 1972 season was advertised as a cup round with regard to the preparations of the national indoor handball team for the Olympic Games in Munich . The Olympic candidates were banned from their club teams. Therefore, not the title was in the final German champions , but the one cup winners awarded.
  • In 1974 and 1975, the five champions of the regional leagues played the German champions in a final round (knockout games).
  • After 1975 no more German championship was played.

List of German field handball champions (1950–1975)

GDR (field handball)

DDR Championship mode (field handball)

  • 1948 and 1949 were zone championships in the Soviet zone of occupation at the time .
  • In 1950 a final round of national champions was held.
  • 1951 a single-track GDR-wide league ("DS League") was played.
  • 1952 to 1965 the master was determined in a two-pronged league.
  • 1966 and 1967 a single-track league was carried out.
  • After the decision of the IOC announced in autumn 1966 that only indoor handball would be included in the program of the 1972 Olympic Games , field handball in the GDR was discontinued at the end of the 1966/67 season.

List of GDR field handball champions (1948–1967)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the Handball Bundesliga (own presentation) ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dkb-handball-bundesliga.de
  2. ↑ Organizer in 1947 was the "German Working Committee for Handball in the British Zone" (DAH) founded in Hamburg in autumn 1946, and in 1948 and 1949 the "German Working Committee for Handball" (DAH) established in Kettwig as a successor organization in 1948 and 1949
  3. ↑ cf. DHB website: German champions indoor handball men and German champions field handball men , accessed April 27, 2014.