SG Flensburg ended 2018 in fantastic series with 19 wins which put reigning DKB Bundesliga champions four points ahead of the first and the biggest rivals in Championship race – THW Kiel.
The “Zebras” beat Rhein Neckar Lowen 31:28 (16:15) in the last derby of the season.
THW Kiel: N. Landin (1.-60., 14 saves, 1 goal), Wolff (1 save); Duvnjak (2), Reinkind (7), M. Landin (3), Firnhaber (n.e.), Weinhold (n.e.), Wiencek (4), Ekberg (6/4), Rahmel (n.e.), Dahmke (n.e.), Zarabec (1), Vujin (n.e.), Bilyk, Pekeler (2), Nilsson (5); Trainer: Gislason
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren (26.-60. und 1 Siebenmeter, 9 saves), Palicka (1.-26., 2 saves); Schmid (7), Lipovina (n.e.), Sigurdsson (9), Radivojevic (n.e.), Tollbring (n.e.), Abutovic, Mensah (2), Fäth (n.e.), Groetzki (1), Taleski (n.e.), Guardiola (1), Petersson (4), Nielsen (1), Kohlbacher (3); Trainer: Jacobsen
STANDING:
| 1. | Flensburg-H. | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 540:436 | 38 | |
| 2. | Kiel | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 564:450 | 34 | |
| 3. | Rhein-Neckar | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 542:471 | 31 | |
| 4. | SC Magdeburg | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 579:493 | 28 | |
| 5. | Fuchse Berlin | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 509:478 | 26 | |
| 6. | MT Melsungen | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 525:514 | 24 | |
| 7. | Goppingen | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 499:498 | 22 | |
| 8. | Bergischer | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 505:492 | 21 | |
| 9. | Lemgo | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 486:487 | 17 | |
| 10. | Minden | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 545:548 | 16 | |
| 11. | Erlangen | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 484:493 | 16 | |
| 12. | Stuttgart | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 515:573 | 15 | |
| 13. | HSG Wetzlar | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 473:489 | 14 | |
| 14. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 522:549 | 12 | |
| 15. | Leipzig | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 468:489 | 10 | |
| 16. | Gummersbach | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 472:564 | 8 | |
| 17. | Bietigheim-Metterzimmern | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 465:582 | 6 | |
| 18. | Ludwigshafen | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 454:541 | 4 |
