| Competition: | Handball-Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Winners: | THW Kiel |
| Continentalcup1: | EHF Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | THW Kiel SG Flensburg-Handewitt HSV Hamburg Füchse Berlin |
| Continentalcup2: | EHF Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Rhein-Neckar Löwen TSV Hannover-Burgdorf |
| Relegated: | TV Grosswallstadt TV 1893 Neuhausen TUSEM Essen |
| League Topscorer: | Hans Lindberg (235 goals) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 17206 |
| Average Attendance: | 4,554 |
| Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
| Nextseason: | 2013–14 |
The 2012–13 Handball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league, and the 36th season consisting of only one league.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 4,300 | |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | 8,500 | |
| SC Magdeburg | Magdeburg | Bördelandhalle | 7,782 | |
| TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | Lübbecke | Kreissporthalle Lübbecke | 3,300 | |
| HSV Hamburg | Hamburg | O2 World Hamburg | 13,000 | |
| HSG Wetzlar | Wetzlar | RITTAL Arena | 4,412 | |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | Balingen | Sparkassen-Arena | 2,000 | |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 14,500 | |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Flensburg | Campushalle/Flens-Arena | 6,300 | |
| TBV Lemgo | Lemgo | Lipperlandhalle | 5,000 | |
| THW Kiel | Kiel | Sparkassen-Arena | 10,250 | |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Hannover | AWD Hall | 4,200 | |
| MT Melsungen | Melsungen | Rothenbach-Halle | 4,300 | |
| TV Grosswallstadt | Großwallstadt | Sparkassen-Arena | 4,200 | |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Eugen-Haas-Halle | 2,100 | |
| TUSEM Essen | Essen | Sportpark am Hallo | 2,500 | |
| GWD Minden | Minden | Kreissporthalle | 4,059 | |
| TV 1893 Neuhausen | Neuhausen | Paul-Horn-Arena | 2,348 |
| Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1122 | 889 | +223 | 61:7 | ||
| 2 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1033 | 862 | +171 | 54:14 | ||
| 3 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 965 | 850 | +115 | 54:14 | ||
| 4 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 976 | 892 | +84 | 51:17 | ||
| 5 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 1035 | 944 | +91 | 49:19 | ||
| 6 | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 1021 | 1002 | +19 | 46:22 | ||
| 7 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 996 | 975 | +21 | 37:31 | ||
| 8 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 955 | 918 | +37 | 36:32 | ||
| 9 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 921 | 927 | −6 | 34:34 | ||
| 10 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 945 | 947 | −2 | 33:35 | ||
| 11 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 950 | 905 | +45 | 32:36 | ||
| 12 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 961 | 988 | −27 | 28:40 | ||
| 13 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 956 | 1019 | −63 | 25:43 | ||
| 14 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 880 | 1009 | −129 | 18:50 | ||
| 15 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 887 | 1018 | −131 | 16:52 | ||
| 16 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 848 | 946 | −98 | 15:53 | ||
| 17 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 885 | 1042 | −157 | 15:53 | ||
| 18 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 870 | 1063 | −193 | 8:60 |