We have a new leader in German DKB Bundesliga. Rhein Neckar Lowen beat THW Kiel 29:26 (14:12) in SAP ARENA in Mannheim and take the first place with the same number of points as “Zebras” five matches until the end of Championship race. The “Lions” were dominant this evening in “warm-up” for big clashes with Barcelona at VELUX EHF CL TOP 8, while Kiel wasn’t on the level expected from the team who always going for all the trophies.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Landin, Stojanovic – Schmid (5), Gensheimer (6/2), Sesum (n.e.), I. Guardiola (5), Manojlovic, Gorbok, Groetzki (4), G. Guardiola, Petersson, Ekdahl Du Rietz (5), Sigurmannsson (n.e.), Myrhol (4).
THW Kiel: Palicka, Sjöstrand- Toft Hansen (2), Sigurdsson (6/1), Sprenger (1), Wiencek (1), Ekberg, Zeitz (1), Jallouz, Palmarsson (4), Klein, Jicha (7), Vujin (4/1).
SG Flensburg are now only a point behind two teams. “Ljubos Jungs” beat HSG Wetzlar 23:19 and took the chance to make a TOP 3 company ahead of HSV who probably lost all the chances to fight for the German title after defeat in Magdeburg last night…
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 49:9 | +184 |
| 2. | THW Kiel | 49:9 | +161 |
| 3. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 48:10 | +158 |
| 4. | HSV Handball | 46:12 | +87 |
| 5. | Füchse Berlin | 38:18 | +72 |
| 6. | MT Melsungen | 34:22 | +31 |
| 7. | SC Magdeburg | 33:25 | +39 |
| 8. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 28:30 | -46 |
| 9. | TuS N-Lübbecke | 27:29 | -34 |
| 10. | TBV Lemgo | 25:31 | -30 |
| 11. | HSG Wetzlar | 25:33 | -21 |
| 12. | FRISCH AUF! Göppingen | 21:35 | -15 |
| 13. | TSV GWD Minden | 20:36 | -55 |
| 14. | VfL Gummersbach | 20:36 | -69 |
| 15. | Bergischer HC | 17:41 | -77 |
| 16. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 14:42 | -72 |
| 17. | ThSV Eisenach | 11:45 | -136 |
| 18. | TV Emsdetten | 7:49 | -177 |
