After THW Kiel, also Rhein Neckar Lowen felt the strength of Ljubomir Vranješ guys! SG Flensburg led by fantastic Danish playmaker Rasmus Lauge and Swedish goalkeeper Mattias Andersson, won one of the decisive battles in Championship race in DKB Bundesliga, who is open again! Exactly 13.200 fans witnessed great match in SAP Arena in Mannheim where team from the North won 25:22 (13:13).
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – SG Flensburg-Handewitt 22:25 (13:13)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren (2 save), Ristovski (11/1 saves, ab 17.) – Schmid (2), Gensheimer (4/1), Groetzki (2), Baena (2), Guardiola, Ekdahl du Rietz (1), Kneer, Mensah Larsen (4), Petersson (1), Pekeler (3), Reinkind (3), Steinhauser
SG Flensburg-Handewitt: Andersson (17 saves) – Karlsson, Eggert (5/5), Glandorf, Mogensen (2), Wanne, Djordjic (2), Jakobsson (2), Toft Hansen (2), Gottfridsson (1), Lauge (9), Radivojevic (2)
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Rhein-Neckar | 21 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 584:470 | 36 | |
| 2. | Kiel | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 624:523 | 34 | |
| 3. | Flensburg-H. | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 592:498 | 33 | |
| 4. | MT Melsungen | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 570:505 | 30 | |
| 5. | HSG Wetzlar | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 559:533 | 27 | |
| 6. | Fuchse Berlin | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 576:520 | 25 | |
| 7. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 592:586 | 25 | |
| 8. | Goppingen | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 531:483 | 24 | |
| 9. | Gummersbach | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 545:544 | 20 | |
| 10. | SC Magdeburg | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 547:563 | 18 | |
| 11. | Leipzig | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 523:560 | 17 | |
| 12. | Lemgo | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 547:598 | 14 | |
| 13. | TVB Stuttgart | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 514:586 | 11 | |
| 14. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 535:600 | 10 | |
| 15. | Eisenach | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 527:632 | 8 | |
| 16. | Bergischer | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 497:579 | 7 | |
| 17. | N-Lubbecke | 19 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 482:565 | 3 | |
| 18. | Hamburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
