In German derby in “sold-out” SAP Arena in Mannheim in front of 13.200 fans, Rhein Neckar Lowen suffered tough defeat against HSV Handball 26:34 (13:17). Martin Schwalb’s team was absolutely dominant in 60 minutes of derby match and helped THW Kiel to come back to the leading position in DKB Bundesliga.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Landin (5 saves, 1.-23. und 52.-60.);Stojanovic (4 saves, 23.-52.); Sigurmannsson 7, Schmid 6/3, Myrhol 5, Groetzki 4, Petersson 3, I. Guardiola 2, Sesum 1, Roggisch, G. Guardiola, Bitz, Steinhauser n.e.,
HSV Handball: Bitter (13 saves., 1.-60.); Beutler (1/1 saves); Lindberg 8/3, Duvnjak 7, Vori 5, Kraus 4, Lijewski 4, Petersen 4, Lackovic 2, Flohr, Nilsson, Terzic n.e.
RESULT: 1:0 (1.), 1:2 (4.), 3:3 (8.), 6:6 (12.), 6:8 (15.), 9:10 (20.), 9:13 (24.), 12:15 (27.), 12:17 (29.), 13:17 (30.) – 13:18 (31.), 13:21 (35.), 15:22 (38.), 16:25 (42.), 19:27 (45.), 21:30 (49.), 25:32 (53.), 28:34 (58.), 28:34 (60.)
OTHER RESULTS:
HANNOVER – MELSUNGEN 29:25
LEMGO – WETZLAR 30:27
GUMMERSBACH – BALINGEN 26:30
NEUHASEN – TUSEM ESSEN 24:32
| 1 | Rhein-Neckar-Lowen | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 646 – 574 | 72 | 40 |
| 2 | THW Kiel | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 739 – 576 | 163 | 39 |
| 3 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 651 – 542 | 109 | 33 |
| 4 | Füchse Berlin | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 636 – 582 | 54 | 32 |
| 5 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 695 – 673 | 22 | 32 |
| 6 | HSV Hamburg | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 666 – 611 | 55 | 31 |
| 7 | HSG Wetzlar | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 662 – 656 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | MT Melsungen | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 646 – 643 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | TBV Lemgo | 23 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 634 – 637 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | SC Magdeburg | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 646 – 616 | 30 | 23 |
| 11 | Balingen-Weilsteten | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 649 – 679 | -30 | 19 |
| 12 | FA Goppingen | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 612 – 609 | 3 | 18 |
| 13 | TuS-N-Lubbecke | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 619 – 629 | -10 | 18 |
| 14 | VfL Gummersbach | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 607 – 699 | -92 | 12 |
| 15 | GWD Minden | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 582 – 658 | -76 | 11 |
| 16 | TV Neuhausen | 23 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 607 – 711 | -104 | 11 |
| 17 | TV Grosswallstadt | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 547 – 615 | -68 | 7 |
| 18 | Tusem Essen | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 579 – 713 | -134 | 6 |
