Rhein Neckar Lowen suffered first defeat this season against THW Kiel 24:27 (12:11) at DKB Bundesliga. Even 12.500 fans weren’t enough to stop very good “Zebras”, who showed classy defensive performance with Niklas Landin (12 saves) between the posts, but also attacking skills led by Slovenian playmaker Miha Zarabec who definitely had perfect 60 minutes at SAP Arena.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – THW Kiel 24:27 (12:11)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren, Palicka; Schmid (6), Lipovina, Sigurdsson (5), Radivojevic, Tollbring, Abutovic, Mensah (2), Fäth (2), Groetzki (1), Taleski, Guardiola, Petersson (2), Nielsen, Kohlbacher (6)
THW Kiel: Landin, Wolff; Duvnjak (3), Reinkind (6), M. Landin (3/1), Firnhaber, Kristjansson, Wiencek (2), Ekberg (5/3), Rahmel, Damke, Zarabec (5), Bilyk (2), Pekeler (1), Nilsson
Now, only SG Flensburg Handewitt are still on 100%.
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Flensburg-H. | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 256:212 | 18 | |
| 2. | SC Magdeburg | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 321:254 | 18 | |
| 3. | Kiel | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 288:232 | 16 | |
| 4. | Bergischer | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 261:237 | 14 | |
| 5. | Rhein-Neckar | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 228:188 | 13 | |
| 6. | Fuchse Berlin | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 221:206 | 12 | |
| 7. | MT Melsungen | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 229:225 | 10 | |
| 8. | Minden | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 232:228 | 8 | |
| 9. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 223:223 | 8 | |
| 10. | Goppingen | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 190:198 | 8 | |
| 11. | Lemgo | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 194:199 | 6 | |
| 12. | Stuttgart | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 232:266 | 5 | |
| 13. | Erlangen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 196:215 | 4 | |
| 14. | Gummersbach | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 195:236 | 4 | |
| 15. | HSG Wetzlar | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 222:244 | 4 | |
| 16. | Leipzig | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 224:245 | 3 | |
| 17. | Bietigheim-Metterzimmern | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 191:249 | 2 | |
| 18. | Ludwigshafen | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 223:269 | 1 |
