After Melsungen beat THW Kiel, nobody expected that HSV could miss the chance to get closer to the DKB Bundesliga leader, but that happened in O2 Arena in Hamburg where over 8.000 fans watches only draw between their team and outsider HBW Balingen 26:26 (11:12).
HSV Handball: Bitter (15/1 P., 1-50., 57.-60.); Cleverly Cañellas 9/6, Schröder 4, Duvnjak 4, Nilsson 4, Pfahl 3, Lackovic 1, Hens 1, Mahé 0/1, Jansen, Flohr, Toft Hansen, Dominikovic, Djordjic n.e., Markovic n.e.
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten: Katsigiannis (11 P., 1.-60.); Rutschmann , Liniger 5/4, Böhm 4, Tubic 4, König 3, W. Strobel 3, Schlinger 2, M. Strobel 2, Häfner 2, Theuerkauf 1, Foth, Ettwein, Ilitsch
| 1. | THW Kiel | 42:6 | +140 |
| 2. | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 39:9 | +141 |
| 3. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 38:10 | +103 |
| 4. | HSV Handball | 38:10 | +76 |
| 5. | Füchse Berlin | 34:14 | +74 |
| 6. | MT Melsungen | 30:18 | +31 |
| 7. | SC Magdeburg | 24:24 | +4 |
| 8. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 24:24 | -36 |
| 9. | TBV Lemgo | 23:25 | -4 |
| 10. | TuS N-Lübbecke | 23:25 | -21 |
| 11. | TSV GWD Minden | 18:30 | -41 |
| 12. | HSG Wetzlar | 17:29 | -31 |
| 13. | FRISCH AUF! Göppingen | 17:31 | -7 |
| 14. | VfL Gummersbach | 16:30 | -51 |
| 15. | Bergischer HC | 15:33 | -46 |
| 16. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 14:34 | -64 |
| 17. | ThSV Eisenach | 11:37 | -121 |
| 18. | TV Emsdetten | 7:41 | -147 |
