Handball Bundesliga 2008/09

Handball Bundesliga 2008/09
master	THW Kiel
Relegated	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen Stralsunder HV TUSEM Essen
Teams	18th
Games	306 + 2 relegation games
Gates	18,150  (ø 59.31 per game)
spectator	1,470,200  (ø 4,805 per game)
Top scorer	Savas Karipidis ( MT Melsungen )  (282/116 goals)
Time penalties	5098  (ø 16.66 per game)
Red cards	117  (ø 0.38 per game)
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2. Handball Bundesliga 2008/09 ↓

The Handball Bundesliga 2008/09 (full name after the main sponsor Toyota Handball Bundesliga 2008/09 ) was the 31st of the single-track seasons and the 43rd season of the highest German division in men's handball in the history of the Bundesliga . The season began on September 2, 2008 and ended with the last game day on June 6, 2009.

18 teams played for the German championship. The first in the table on the last day of the game is German champions 2009. The new season was promoted by Stralsund HV and TSV Dormagen . In addition, the DHB Cup was played for the 35th time.

German champion 2009 was the 15th time in the club's history the team of THW Kiel , which had also been autumn champion.

HSG Nordhorn-Lingen and TUSEM Essen were relegated from the Bundesliga - both due to bankruptcy - to the 2nd Bundesliga and Stralsund HV due to license withdrawal and insolvency in the upper league . The HSG Nordhorn-Lingen was also deducted four points at the end of the season because of a license violation.

In 306 games, a total of 18,150 goals (average 59.3 per game) were scored, around 0.3 goals more than in the 2007/08 season . There were 177 home wins, 21 draws and 108 away wins. HSV Hamburg recorded their highest home win on matchday 34 with 43:16 against Stralsund HV . The highest away win was achieved by the THW Kiel team on matchday 10 with 22:43 at the Stralsund AGM. The game with the highest number of goals took place on matchday 14 between the Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the THW Kiel and ended 40:42. That was 22 goals more than the overall average. Five clubs were at the top of the table during the season: Frisch Auf Göppingen (1 ×), SG Flensburg-Handewitt (1 ×), SC Magdeburg (2 ×), TBV Lemgo (3 ×) and THW Kiel (27 ×). The top scorer was Savas Karipidis from MT Melsungen with 282/116 goals .

The THW Kiel team secured the DHB Cup, which was played for the 35th time .

Eight German teams also competed in European competitions, with the VfL Gummersbach the EHF Cup 2008/09 secured.

Thierry Omeyer was voted player of the season by managers and directors of the league.

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	THW Kiel (M, P)	34	32	01	01	1226: 9550	+271	0065: 3000
02.	HSV Hamburg	34	25th	02	07th	1084: 9060	+178	0052:1600
03.	Rhine-Neckar lion	34	24	02	08th	1125: 9850	+140	0050:1800
04th	TBV Lemgo	34	23	01	10	1032: 9300	+102	0047:2100
05.	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	34	21st	02	11	1108: 9810	+127	0044:2400
06th	Fresh on Göppingen	34	20th	02	12	1015: 9210	+94	0042:2600
07th	SC Magdeburg	34	20th	02	12	0978: 9060	+72	0042:2600
08th.	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen *	34	21st	03	10	1071: 9830	+88	0045:2300
09.	VfL Gummersbach	34	18th	04th	12	1052: 9930	+59	0040:2800
10.	Foxes Berlin	34	13	04th	17th	1023: 1039	−16	0030:3800
11.	MT Melsungen	34	14th	02	18th	1093: 1112	−19	0030:3800
12.	TV Großwallstadt	34	12	02	20th	1034: 1018	+16	0026:4200
13.	GWD Minden	34	12	01	21st	0914: 1017	−103	0025:4300
14th	HSG Wetzlar	34	10	03	21st	0927: 9750	−48	0023:4500
15th	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	34	10	03	21st	0949: 1006	−57	0023:4500
16.	TSV Dormagen (A)	34	07th	05	22nd	0871: 1027	−156	0019:4900
17th	Stralsund HV ** (A)	34	02	02	30th	0801: 1196	−395	0006:6200
18th	TUSEM food	34	01	01	32	0849: 1202	−353	0003:6500
As of June 6, 2009

• * At the end of the season, HSG Nordhorn was deducted four points due to a license violation, resulting in the table position shown.
• ** The Stralsund HV was relegated to the top division .

Legend
	German champion 2009 and participation in the EHF Champions League 2009/10
	Participation in the EHF Champions League 2009/10
	Participation in the EHF Cup
	Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2009/10
(M)	German champion 2008
(P)	DHB Cup winner 2008
(A)	Promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga 2007/08

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of the games of this season.
The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

Bundesliga 2008/09
THW Kiel		29:22	33:28	33:23	37:31	41:32	33:21	35:28	36:30	38:29	42:35	37:29	39:30	36:28	41:33	28:28	32:20	43:23
HSV Hamburg	33:34		31:25	32:24	33:31	30:23	28:22	36:32	32:24	34:34	32:30	31:26	34:16	30:27	34:21	33:17	43:16	36:31
Rhine-Neckar lion	40:42	34:33		29:29	39:30	39:32	26:25	32:29	27:29	29:25	43:31	33:32	28:20	35:27	37:26	35:32	33:24	41:24
TBV Lemgo	34:27	30:34	34:28		30:29	31:25	27:23	30:38	26:24	33:30	35:30	34:27	24:21	34:18	33:29	39:26	33:20	32:21
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	29:37	32:28	29:30	27:25		28:23	35:24	33:35	36:34	37:31	33:26	31:28	35:30	35:25	33:26	40:26	40:28	40:24
Fresh on Göppingen	30:38	28:30	31:31	29:23	24:30		32:26	32:25	38:31	23:27	37:32	32:28	31:21	25:20	28:22	30:21	46:27	43:17
SC Magdeburg	32:34	25:27	28:25	33:30	33:26	28:24		35:29	29:26	34:27	42:36	35:34	30:21	27:22	26:26	31:24	35:16	30:17
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen	27:38	29:33	33:29	33:35	31:30	29:29	28:28		28:28	36:29	33:29	32:27	36:28	36:30	32:30	37:25	32:21	38:31
VfL Gummersbach	27:32	25:32	30:31	31:29	27:24	23:27	27:28	32:30		40:31	36:31	33:32	43:29	26:24	29:26	32:26	41:20	32:30
Foxes Berlin	25:34	27:35	24:32	27:35	30:32	22:26	21:28	30:29	27:27		40:32	32:32	33:28	31:32	31:25	28:27	39:31	35:21
MT Melsungen	32:39	29:29	31:37	33:27	32:38	26:29	29:26	24:29	34:31	37:39		34:31	30:25	31:27	31:35	43:30	37:32	38:26
TV Großwallstadt	23:31	32:29	27:31	29:30	30:36	27:34	26:23	23:30	34:34	30:28	30:31		29:33	26:25	28:22	31:23	38:22	41:23
GWD Minden	26:37	25:31	27:36	30:26	25:36	29:26	28:25	23:27	26:31	30:28	29:32	31:30		25:29	32:30	30:24	33:30	35:17
HSG Wetzlar	28:41	28:29	33:31	24:29	27:27	21:26	28:25	22:30	24:35	26:33	30:30	32:34	31:18		30:24	23:23	31:16	36:28
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	24:30	28:26	33:38	22:28	30:30	24:23	24:28	30:32	26:31	25:25	33:28	32:31	27:30	27:26		33:24	39:19	31:30
TSV Dormagen	25:33	28:27	23:35	22:31	26:20	24:27	22:34	22:28	28:28	26:34	30:32	24:35	23:23	34:32	27:24		23:23	30:21
Stralsund HV	22:43	25:38	21:38	24:33	22:43	26:40	22:30	22:37	30:35	24:34	24:40	23:40	22:31	17:30	29:27	20:30		31:31
TUSEM food	28:43	19:39	27:40	22:36	25:41	23:30	26:29	22:33	30:40	30:37	33:36	27:34	27:26	21:31	26:35	27:28	21:32
As of June 6, 2009

Relegation

Since HSG Nordhorn-Lingen and TUSEM Essen were relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga - both due to insolvency - and the Stralsund HV due to license withdrawal and insolvency, the relegation was suspended.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Sp.	Gates	7 m
01.	Savas Karipidis	MT Melsungen	34	282	116
02.	Lars Christiansen	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	34	265	119
03.	Momir Ilić	VfL Gummersbach	33	233	62
04th	Ivan Ninčević	Stralsund HV	31	200	74
05.	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	Rhine-Neckar lion	33	193	73
06th	Mariusz Jurasik	Rhine-Neckar lion	33	191	14th
07th	Sven-Sören Christophersen	HSG Wetzlar	30th	183	57
08th.	Hans Lindberg	HSV Hamburg	32	183	102
09.	Filip Jícha	THW Kiel	34	183	21st
10.	Michał Kubisztal	Foxes Berlin	34	180	22nd

List of punishments

Pl.	player	society	Sp.	Min.	RK	P.
01.	Georgios Chalkidis	HSG Wetzlar	33	90	3	96
02.	Oliver Roggisch	Rhine-Neckar lion	34	82	2	86
03.	Michael Hegemann	GWD Minden	34	80	2	84
04th	Frank Ettwein	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	31	72	5	82
05.	Patrick Wiencek	TUSEM food	33	74	4th	82
06th	Tobias Karlsson	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen	34	70	4th	78
07th	Dalibor Anušic	Fresh on Göppingen	32	76	0	76
08th.	Daniel Sauer	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	34	72	1	74
09.	Miroslaw Gudz	Stralsund HV	26th	62	4th	70
10.	Hany El Fakharany	Foxes Berlin	32	62	2	66

Parade list

Pl.	player	society	Sp.	Parades	ø per game
01.	Thierry Omeyer	THW Kiel	33	483	14.63
02.	Silvio Heinevetter	SC Magdeburg	34	444	13.06
03.	Mattias Andersson	TV Großwallstadt	34	403	11.85
04th	Dan Beutler	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	34	395	11.62
05.	Nikolai Weber	HSG Wetzlar	32	369	11.53
06th	Petr Štochl	Foxes Berlin	33	360	10.91
07th	Enid Tahirovic	Fresh on Göppingen	34	360	10.59
08th.	Mario Kelentric	MT Melsungen	32	355	11.09
09.	Johannes Bitter	HSV Hamburg	31	352	11.35
10.	Gerrie Eijlers	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	33	334	10.12

The championship team

1.	THW Kiel
	Team: Thierry Omeyer , Bruno Martini , Andreas Palicka , Herdeiro Lucau , Florian Hossner , Morten Michelsen , Nikola Karabatić , Filip Jícha , Daniel Wessig , Stefan Lövgren , Børge Lund , Moritz Weltgen , Kim Andersson , Christian Zeitz , Dominik Klein , Henrik Lundström , Tim-Philip Jurgeleit , Vid Kavtičnik , Marcus Ahlm , Igor Anic Coach: Alfreð Gíslason

Venues

All clubs are listed in the table, including their home venues and capacities. For economic reasons, some clubs have smaller home venues for less interesting games.

Foxes Berlin SC Magdeburg Fresh on Göppingen THW Kiel TV Großwallstadt Rhine-Neckar lion VfL Gummersbach SG Flensburg-Handewitt MT Melsungen TSV Dormagen HSG Nordhorn-Lingen TBV Lemgo HBW Balingen-Weilstetten HSG Wetzlar HSV Hamburg TUSEM food Stralsund HV GWD Minden

Venues of the 1st handball Bundesliga 2008/09

society	Venue	capacity
VfL Gummersbach	Lanxess Arena Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle Eugen-Haas-Halle	19,500 3,500 2,100
HSV Hamburg	O 2 World Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sports Hall	13,800 3,926
Rhine-Neckar lion	SAP Arena Europahalle Karlsruhe	13,200 4,650
THW Kiel	Sparkassen-Arena	10,250
Foxes Berlin	Max Schmeling Hall	8,500
SC Magdeburg	Bördelandhalle	7,000
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Campus hall	6,300
Fresh on Göppingen	EWS Arena	5,500
HSG Wetzlar	Rittal Arena Wetzlar	5,000
TBV Lemgo	Lipperlandhalle	5,000
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen	Euregium	4,300
MT Melsungen	Rothenbach Hall	4,200
TV Großwallstadt	fan frankenstolz arena Sparkassen-Arena	4,200 2,600
TSV GWD Minden	Kampa hall	4,059
TUSEM food	Sportpark Am Hallo	3,800
TSV Dormagen	HR Commitment Arena	3,002
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	Sparkassen-Arena	2,300
Stralsund HV	Vogelsanghalle Stralsund	1,054

DHB Cup

The team from THW Kiel won the DHB Cup 2008/09 . In the final on May 10, 2009 in the Color Line Arena in Hamburg in front of 13,000 spectators, she defeated the VfL Gummersbach team with 30:24 (15:12).

All-star game

→ Main article : HBL All-Star Game 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Essen registers insolvency plan proceedings
2. ↑ Nordhorn will deduct four points

Web links

• Official website of the Handball Bundesliga
• Internet television of the handball Bundesliga
• Statistics of the Handball Bundesliga for the 2008/09 season
• Bundesliga men 2008/09