BUNDESLIGA: Magdeburg Racing Toward the Title, Kiel Losing Ground in Champions League Battle, Wetzlar on the Brink
SC Magdeburg’s win over Berlin has all but settled the Bundesliga title race. THW Kiel, beaten by Melsungen, is losing ground in the battle for third place and a spot in the EHF Champions League, while at the bottom Bergischer’s win in Hamburg sent a clear message that they have no intention of dropping to the second division.
HSV Hamburg – Bergischer HC 33:34 (17:18)
HSV Hamburg: Haug (6 saves), Pein; Sauter 10, Geenen 6, Andersen 5/1, Jörgensen 5/1, Lassen 4, Weller 3, Norlyk 1, Gadza, Kofler, Botta, Apelt, Olafsson, Valiullin
Bergischer HC: Rudeck (6 saves), Diedrich (1 save); Steinhaus 7, Beyer 5/2, Hangstein 4, Kooij 4, Wasielewski 4, Seesing 3, Maldonado 2, Babak 2, Voss-Fels 2, Fuchs 2, Becher, Scholtes, Babarskas, Thiele
MT Melsungen – THW Kiel 30:29 (17:14)
MT Melsungen: Simic (9 saves), Palasics; Marchan 2, Balenciaga, Mandic 3, Sipos 1, Kristopans 3, Ignatow, Stefansson, Kulesh, Arnarsson 2, Soler 3, Schefvert 4, Mensing 7, Guardiola, Kastening 5/2
THW Kiel: Wolff (3 saves), Perez de Vargas (7 saves); Duvnjak 3, Reinkind 2, Landin, Överby 1, Laube, Johansson 5, Ankermann, Dahmke 1, Zerbe, Bilyk 1, Pekeler 4, Skipagötu 2, Imre 8/4, Nacinovic 1
SG Flensburg-Handewitt – GWD Minden 35:31 (22:16)
SG Flensburg-Handewitt: Buric (4 saves), K. Möller (2 saves); Golla 9, Kirkelökke, Grgic 7, Faljic, Tönnesen 4, Horgen 1, Volz 2, Jakobsen 7/2, Knutzen 3, Klaas, Blagotinsek, Novak, L. Möller 2
GWD Minden: Semisch (1/1 saves), Ivanisevic (12 saves); Astrup 3, Antanavicius 3, Hempel Jensen 4, Korte 8/1, Weber 3, Sajenev, Vorlicek 4, Heitkamp 2, Staar 2, Bergner 1, Donker, Weck 1
SC Magdeburg – Füchse Berlin 35:33 (15:15)
SC Magdeburg: Hernandez (2/1 saves), Mandic (12 saves); Musche 6/1, Claar 6, Zehnder, Kristjansson 6, Pettersson, Magnusson 3/1, Hornke 3, Jonsson, Weber, Lagergren 1, Mertens 1, Saugstrup 9, O’Sullivan, Bergendahl
Füchse Berlin: Milosavljev (13/5 saves), Ludwig; Darj 1, Prantner, Andersson 8, Arino, Gröndahl 3/3, Lichtlein 4, Gidsel 11, Freihöfer 1, Cehte 1, Pichiri, Langhoff, Herburger, West av Teigum 3, Marsenic 1
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – HSG Wetzlar 41:27 (23:15)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Späth, Jensen (15 saves); Larson 1, Timmermeister, Nothdurft 2, Plucnar, Sandell 2, Heymann, Steenaerts 2, Móré 2, Groetzki 4, Thrastarson 15/8, Baijens 1, Aspenbäck 5, Kohlbacher 6
HSG Wetzlar: Suljakovic, Palicka (4 saves), Hendawy; Vistorop, Kirschner 2/2, Mappes 4/1, Theiß 1, Simic 2, Ahouansou 7, Akakpo 3, Schoch 1, Müller, Spandau, Löwen 1, Cavor 1, Nafea 5
VfL Gummersbach – TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 33:27 (17:11)
VfL Gummersbach: Kuzmanovic (4 saves), Obling (8/2 saves); Vidarsson 4, Kodrin 1, Vujovic 3/3, Köster 3, Blohme, Häseler 2, Einarsson 2, Schluroff 9, Hallbäck 2, Mahe, Horzen 3, Kiesler, Smits 4, Zeman
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf: Gade, Birlehm (4 saves); Tissier 1, Poulsen, Uscins 7, Pedersen 7/4, Steinhauser 2, Michalczik 1, Edvardsson 2, Aho, Stutzke, Solstad 1, Fischer 5, Feise 1, Rodriguez, Wellmann
SC DHfK Leipzig – ThSV Eisenach 29:29 (15:13)
Leipzig: Ebner (8 saves), Mrkva; Piroch 3, Krzikalla 3/1, Binder 1, Mamic, Khairi, Peter 1/1, Preuss 1, Gauer, Semper 8, Rogan 2, Hinriksson 6/1, Bombac 4, Hertzfeld, Koschek
Eisenach: Spikic (10 saves), Heinevetter; Reichmuth, Beneke, Attenhofer, Walz 3, Ende 2, Aellen 5/1, Meyer 1, Solak 6, Antonijevic, Seitz 2, Kurch, Büchner 5, Saul, Leu 4
TVB 1898 Stuttgart – TBV Lemgo Lippe 32:32 (16:14)
Stuttgart: Kornecki (5 saves), Vujovic (1 save); M. Häfner 4, Serradilla 1, Lien, Snajder, Mengon 2, Röthlisberger, Schmid, Matzken 4, Zieker 1, K. Häfner 8, Rubin 9, Nigg 3
Lemgo: Möstl (8 saves), Borreck (2 saves); Hutecek 1, Theilinger, Zehnder 9/4, Mudrow, Simak 1, Schagen 3, Carstensen, Nyfjäll 1, Suton 6, Willecke 2, Versteijnen 4, Wagner 4, Faust 1
Frisch Auf Göppingen – HC Erlangen 27:24 (11:14)
Frisch Auf Göppingen: Saeveras (4/1 saves), Buchele (3/1 saves); Neudeck 5, ten Velde 4, Klöve 3, Goßner, Persson 3, Pregler, Schiller 4/4, Jurmala, Sunnefeldt, Lastro 1, Gislason 1, Newel 3, Hanne 3, Schmidt
HC Erlangen: Herceg (9 saves), Quenstedt, Ghedbane (0 saves); Runarsson 4/4, Kos, Nissen 5, Bialowas 3, Överjordet 1, Scheerer, Firnhaber 1, Metzner 3, Schultz, Buck, Kristjansson 3/2, Gebala 1, Gömmel 3
