2. Handball-Bundesliga
Appearance
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Founded | 1981 |
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First season | 1981 |
No. of teams | 20 |
Country | Germany |
Confederation | EHF |
Most recent champion(s) | SC DHfK Leipzig |
Most titles | TuS N-Lübbecke (4 titles) |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | Handball-Bundesliga |
Relegation to | 3. Handball-Liga |
Official website | Website |
The 2. Handball-Bundesliga is the second tier of professional handball in Germany.[1][2] It is directly linked to the Handball-Bundesliga, the country's highest tier, by a promotion and relegation system. Before the 2011–12 season, the league played in two regional groups (north and south), since then it has been playing in a nationwide single division format.[3]
Current teams
The following teams participate in the 2015–16 season:
- EHV Aue
- VfL Bad Schwartau
- SG BBM Bietigheim
- HSC 2000 Coburg
- TSV Bayer Dormagen
- TV Emsdetten
- HC Erlangen
- TUSEM Essen
- TuS Ferndorf
- TSG Friesenheim
- VfL Eintracht Hagen
- ASV Hamm-Westfalen
- SV Henstedt-Ulzburg
- GWD Minden
- TV 1893 Neuhausen
- HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
- DJK Rimpar Wölfe
- HC Empor Rostock
- HG Saarlouis
- HF Springe
- Wilhelmshavener HV
Attendance figures
Season | Number of games played | Attendance | Ø |
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2011–12 | 379 | 521.203 | 1.375 |
2012–13 | 380 | 494.161 | 1.300 |
2013–14 | 343 | 498.878 | 1.363 |
2014–15 | 380 | 578.140 | 1.521 |
Champions
The following is a list of the 2. Handball-Bundesliga champions, grouped by the number of titles won. Note that, until 2011, two divisional champions were crowned each season.
References
- ^ "Planungen für die Sommerpause" (in German). dkb-handball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Zweite Ligen auf Schrumpfkurs" (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "2. Handball-Bundesliga ab 2011 2012 eingleisig" (in German). Handelsblatt. Retrieved 14 November 2015.