Rhein Neckar Lowen suffered first defeat in the DKB Bundesliga season. MT Melsungen beat the “Lions” 25:23 (12:14) in Kassel with Michael Muller with seven goals in the main role. Even 11 goals of Uwe Gensheimer weren’t enough to stop one of the biggest positive surprises of the season together with HSG Wetzlar.
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Rhein-Neckar | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 398:301 | 26 | |
| 2. | MT Melsungen | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 411:344 | 24 | |
| 3. | Flensburg-H. | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 424:342 | 23 | |
| 4. | Kiel | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 383:332 | 20 | |
| 5. | Fuchse Berlin | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 408:367 | 19 | |
| 6. | HSG Wetzlar | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 375:361 | 19 | |
| 7. | Goppingen | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 368:339 | 16 | |
| 8. | Hamburg | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 373:345 | 15 | |
| 9. | SC Magdeburg | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 388:392 | 14 | |
| 10. | Gummersbach | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 376:384 | 14 | |
| 11. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 374:391 | 14 | |
| 12. | Leipzig | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 342:360 | 12 | |
| 13. | Lemgo | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 380:429 | 10 | |
| 14. | TVB Stuttgart | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 366:427 | 5 | |
| 15. | Eisenach | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 370:460 | 5 | |
| 16. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 322:367 | 4 | |
| 17. | Bergischer | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 324:379 | 4 | |
| 18. | N-Lübbecke | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 365:427 | 2 |
