Handball Bundesliga (women) 1997/98

The 1997/98 season of the women's handball league is the 13th in its history. Twelve teams played for the German championship. The champions were VfB Leipzig .

Closing table

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	VfB Leipzig	22nd	17th	2	3	649: 547	+102	36: 80
2	TV Lützellinden (M)	22nd	17th	2	3	616: 525	+91	36: 80
3	BVB 09 Dortmund (P)	22nd	16	1	5	648: 512	+136	33:11
4th	Frankfurt HC	22nd	14th	1	7th	572: 548	+24	29:15
5	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	22nd	11	4th	7th	611: 588	+23	26:18
6th	HSG Herrentrup-Blomberg	22nd	10	2	10	522: 519	+3	22:22
7th	TV Mainzlar	22nd	9	2	11	595: 625	−30	20:24
8th	Buxtehuder SV	22nd	7th	5	10	545: 559	−14	19:25
9	SV Berliner VG 49 (N)	22nd	8th	2	12	537: 581	−44	18:26
10	TuS Walle Bremen	22nd	4th	3	15th	492: 549	−57	11:33
11	SG Minden / Minderheide	22nd	4th	2	16	503: 577	−74	10:34
12	VfL Oldenburg	22nd	2	0	20th	441: 601	−160	04:40

German champion: VfB Leipzig .
DHB Cup winner: TV Lützellinden .
Relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga: TuS Walle Bremen and VfL Oldenburg .
Newcomers from the 2nd Bundesliga: SG Hessen Hersfeld and SV Union Halle-Neustadt .

decisions

	German champions
	Relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga
(M)	Last season champions
(P)	Cup winner last season
(N)	Newcomer / climber last season

The championship team

1.	VfB Leipzig
	Team: Peggy Brandenberger , Carola Ciszewski , Silvana Dathe , Sandra Degenhardt , Doreen Dressler , Andrea Eberhardt , Susan Endesfelder , Isabel executioner , grit jurack , Mandy Kerkossa , Kerstin Mühlner , Nikola Pietzsch , Ingrida Radzevičiūtė , Michaela Sajenev , Michaela Schanze , Henrike Schuderer , Anke Schulz Trainer: Maik Nowak

Web links

• http://www.hbvf.de Handball association of the women's national leagues