THW Kiel extended winning strike in DKB Bundesliga after tough battle with TSV Hannover 27:26 with Domagoj Duvnjak as match winner 20 seconds before the end. While “Zebras” had a lot of trouble to earn another domestic win, Rhein Neckar Lowen showed “German face” after some poor performances at VELUX EHF Champions League.
Stutgart were simply too weak – 35:27.
THW Kiel – TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 27 : 26 (13:11)
THW Kiel:Â Vujin 6/3, Weinhold 5, Nilsson 4, Ekberg 3, Wiencek 3, Duvnjak 2, Santos 2, Bilyk 1, Toft Hansen 1
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf: Böhm 5, Häfner 5, Lehnhoff 4, Karason 3/1, Patrail 3, Johannsen 2, Hinz 1, Hykkerud 1, Kastening 1, Schmidt 1
TVB Stuttgart – Rhein-Neckar Löwen 27 : 35 (14:16)
TVB Stuttgart: Kraus 10, Weiß 5, Baumgarten 3, Celebi 3, Schagen 3/2, M“Bengue 1, Orlowski 1, Schimmelbauer 1
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Sigurdsson 9, Groetzki 6, Ekdahl Du Rietz 4, Guardiola 4, Pekeler 4, Petersson 3, Schmid 3, Baena 1, Palicka 1
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Kiel | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 259:208 | 16 | |
| 2. | Flensburg-H. | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 212:161 | 14 | |
| 3. | Rhein-Neckar | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 229:183 | 14 | |
| 4. | Fuchse Berlin | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 230:191 | 14 | |
| 5. | Leipzig | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 186:170 | 9 | |
| 6. | SC Magdeburg | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 213:206 | 9 | |
| 7. | HSG Wetzlar | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 207:198 | 8 | |
| 8. | Gummersbach | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 220:220 | 8 | |
| 9. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 242:248 | 8 | |
| 10. | Erlangen | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 209:221 | 8 | |
| 11. | MT Melsungen | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 216:216 | 6 | |
| 12. | TVB Stuttgart | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 238:256 | 6 | |
| 13. | Goppingen | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 206:231 | 5 | |
| 14. | Bergischer | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 190:223 | 5 | |
| 15. | Minden | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 200:236 | 5 | |
| 16. | Lemgo | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 186:207 | 4 | |
| 17. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 185:214 | 3 | |
| 18. | Coburg 2000 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 194:233 | 2 |
