The 2010–11 Handball-Bundesliga is the 46th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league, and the 34th season consisting of only one league. The season started on the weekend of 25 August 2010 and will end with the last games on 4 June 2011.^[1] The defending champions are THW Kiel. As in previous years the league is sponsored by Toyota and carries the official name Toyota-Handball-Bundesliga.

GWD Minden and HSG Düsseldorf were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places.

The relegated teams were replaced by HSG Ahlen-Hamm, champions of the 2009–10 2. Handball-Bundesliga North, and TSG Friesenheim, champions of the 2009-10 2. Handball-Bundesliga South.

A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off between the 16th placed team of the previous season and the play-off winner between the two second placed teams of the two 2. Bundesligas. This play-off was won by DHC Rheinland who had finished the previous season in 16th place.

Arenas and locations

Kiel

Gummersbach

Göppingen

Grosswallstadt

Berlin

Balingen

Friesenheim

Wetzlar

Hamburg

Melsungen

Magdeburg

Flensburg

Löwen

Lemgo

Hamm

Lübbecke

Rheinland

Burgdorf

Location of teams in the Handball-Bundesliga

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Team	Location	Arena	Arena capacity [2]
VfL Gummersbach	Köln	Lanxess Arena	19,250 Note 1
Füchse Berlin	Berlin	O2 World	14,800 Note 2
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Mannheim	SAP Arena	14,500
HSV Hamburg	Hamburg	O2 World Hamburg	13,000
THW Kiel	Kiel	Sparkassen-Arena	10,250
Füchse Berlin	Berlin	Max-Schmeling-Halle	9,000 Note 2
SC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	Bördelandhalle	7,782
Frisch Auf Göppingen	Stuttgart	Porsche Arena	7,500 Note 3
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Sinsheim	Campushalle	6,300
TV Grosswallstadt	Aschaffenburg	f.a.n. Frankenstolz arena	6,000 Note 4
TBV Lemgo	Lemgo	Lipperlandhalle	5,000
HSG Wetzlar	Wetzlar	RITTAL Arena	4,412
Frisch Auf Göppingen	Göppingen	EWS Arena	4,300 Note 3
MT Melsungen	Melsungen	Rothenbach-Halle	4,300
TV Grosswallstadt	Großwallstadt	Sparkassen-Arena	4,200 Note 4
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Hannover	AWD Hall	4,200
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke	Lübbecke	Kreissporthalle Lübbecke	3,300
DHC Rheinland	Dormagen	HR Commitment Arena	3,000
HSG Ahlen-Hamm	Ahlen	MaxiparkArena	3,000
TSG Friesenheim	Ludwigshafen	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle	2,250
VfL Gummersbach	Gummersbach	Eugen-Haas-Halle	2,100 Note 1
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	Balingen	Sparkassen-Arena	2,000

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Notes:

1. VfL Gummersbach play high-profile matches which attract a large crowd at the Lanxess Arena.
2. Füchse Berlin generally play at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, however, as this is a multi-use venue some matches may clash with other events and hence are moved to the O2 World Arena.
3. Frisch Auf Göppingen's home venue EWS Arena is currently undergoing renovation/expansion works. In the meantime, all matches are played at Stuttgart's Porsche-Arena.
4. TV Großwallstadt play in Großwallstadt, however, move to Aschaffenburg for high-profile matches.

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

The two second placed teams from the two 2. Handball-Bundesligas play a two-legged play-off to determine the 3rd placed team. The winner of this play of then faces the Bundesliga 16th-placed team for another two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn the final spot in the 2011–12 Handball-Bundesliga.