Handball Bundesliga 1972/73

Handball Bundesliga 1972/73
master	VfL Gummersbach
Relegated	Spvgg 1887 Möhringen THW Kiel
Teams	16
Games	112
Gates	3560  (ø 31.79 per game)
Top scorer	Rolf Harjes (TV Grambke Bremen)  (98 goals)
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The 1972/73 season of the handball Bundesliga is the seventh of the two-pronged seasons in its history .

16 teams played in two seasons of eight teams each for the German championship in 1973. The game for the championship has been preceded by a semi-final since the 1969/70 season , for which the first and second teams in the north and south seasons after the 14th matchday qualified. The winners from the semi-finals competed against each other in a final. The winner is the 1973 German champion. The new season's promoters were TV 05/07 Hüttenberg and TV Grambke Bremen .

German champion 1973 was the fourth time in the club's history the team of VfL Gummersbach , which defeated the defending champion and winner of the season south, Frisch Auf Göppingen , in the final. The Spvgg 1887 Möhringen and the THW Kiel had to dismount .

statistics

Closing tables

North season

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	VfL Gummersbach	14th	11	2	1	248: 202	+46	24: 40
2.	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	14th	11	1	2	227: 168	+59	23: 50
3.	VfL Bad Schwartau	14th	7th	1	6th	200: 211	−11	15:13
4th	TuS 05 Wellinghofen	14th	6th	1	7th	194: 198	−4	13:15
5.	SC Phoenix food	14th	5	1	8th	232: 241	−9	11:17
6th	Hamburger SV	14th	5	1	8th	194: 211	−17	11:17
7th	TV Grambke Bremen (A)	14th	4th	2	8th	232: 263	−31	10:18
8th.	THW Kiel	14th	2	1	11	183: 216	−33	05:23

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of the matches of the North season this season.
The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

Bundesliga 1972/73 North season
VfL Gummersbach		10:10	17:11	19:14	22:17	20:16	31:18	15:11
TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	13:14		29:18	12:10	19: 90	18:10	23:12	16: 80
VfL Bad Schwartau	14:11	17:19		16:13	15:11	09:14	18:14	13:11
TuS 05 Wellinghofen	12:14	11:13	17:14		17:17	15:12	18:15	14:11
SC Phönix Essen 1920	15:17	12:14	18:14	17:18		16:15	29:18	21:17
Hamburger SV	17:21	09:12	11:11	14:10	17:15		12:14	16:14
TV Grambke Bremen	20:20	16:15	14:15	19:14	19:20	21:14		19:19
THW Kiel	14:17	12:14	12:15	05:11	19:15	15:17	15:13
Status: January 27, 1973

Season south

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fresh on Göppingen (M)	14th	9	2	3	265: 208	+57	20: 80
2.	TV 05/07 Hüttenberg (A)	14th	9	2	3	254: 222	+32	20: 80
3.	SG Dietzenbach	14th	9	1	4th	221: 221	0	19: 90
4th	TV Großwallstadt	14th	7th	0	7th	264: 255	+9	14:14
5.	TSV 1896 Rintheim	14th	6th	1	7th	228: 233	−5	13:15
6th	SG Leutershausen	14th	5	0	9	220: 238	−18	10:18
7th	TSV Milbertshofen	14th	4th	2	8th	204: 225	−21	10:18
8th.	Spvgg 1887 Möhringen	14th	2	2	10	194: 248	−54	06:22

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of the matches of the season south.
The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

Bundesliga 1972/73 season south
Fresh on Göppingen		23:14	19:12	24:28	24:18	24:13	15:12	27:12
TV 05/07 Hüttenberg	13:13		25:16	21:18	20:15	19:14	25:23	18:12
SG Dietzenbach	17:14	13:10		18:16	18:16	18:15	14:13	18:18
TV Großwallstadt	18:17	16:19	14:10		18:20	23:22	16:14	20:16
TSV 1896 Rintheim	15:15	17:16	13:16	19:28		20:11	13:12	18:14
SG Leutershausen	16:18	14:18	18:14	19:15	17:13		11:12	19:13
TSV Milbertshofen	12:21	14:14	15:19	18:17	14:13	19:15		16:16
SpVgg 1887 Möhringen	08:11	14:22	15:18	18:17	10:18	12:16	16:10
Status: January 27, 1973

Legend
	Participants in the final round of the 1973 German championship
	Relegated to the regional league
(M)	German handball champion 1972
(A)	Promoted from the regional league

Final round of the German championship

Semifinals

The first and second in the squadrons North and South after the 14th matchday qualified for the final round of the German championship and competed against each other in four semi-finals.

Results of the semi-finals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Feb 10, 1973	TV 05/07 Hüttenberg	VfL Gummersbach	14:14
Feb 10, 1973	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	Fresh on Göppingen	18:14
Feb. 17, 1973	VfL Gummersbach	TV 05/07 Hüttenberg	20:16
Feb. 17, 1973	Fresh on Göppingen	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	18: 50

final

The game for the German championship was played on March 10, 1973 between VfL Gummersbach and Frisch Auf Göppingen in front of around 12,500 spectators in Dortmund's Westfalenhalle . The German handball champion in 1973 was the team from VfL Gummersbach, which defeated the team from Frisch Auf Göppingen 21:18 for the fourth time in the club's history.

Result of the final meeting

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
10 Mar 1973	VfL Gummersbach	Fresh on Göppingen	21:18

Champions team

1.	VfL Gummersbach
	Team: TBA Coach: Djordje Vucinić

Web links

• Bundesliga men 1972/73