Handball Bundesliga 26/27 Round 4: Flensburg take the lead, Magdeburg stay perfect
SG Flensburg-Handewitt produced the most convincing result of the fourth Bundesliga round, beating TBV Lemgo Lippe 39:30 on the road to move to the top of the standings.
SC Magdeburg continued their perfect start with a 38:30 victory over HSG Wetzlar, while Füchse Berlin defeated VfL Gummersbach 33:28 in one of the most attractive matches of the weekend. THW Kiel had to work hard against TSV Hannover-Burgdorf, eventually prevailing 29:26.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen came back from a five-goal half-time deficit to beat promoted HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 29:27, while FRISCH AUF! Göppingen grabbed a narrow 32:31 away win in Hamburg.
Here are the complete results, line-ups, top scorers and goalkeeper statistics from Round 4 of the 2026/27 German Bundesliga.
TBV Lemgo Lippe – SG Flensburg-Handewitt 30:39 (13:19)
TBV Lemgo Lippe: Möstl (2 saves), Ebner (10 saves); Hutecek 2, Theilinger 3, Zehnder 10/6, O’Sullivan, Wanner, Carstensen, Nyfjäll 2, Suton 3, Willecke 5, Versteijnen 3, Valkovskis 1, Wagner 1.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt: Burić (14 saves), S. Möller (1 save); Pytlick 9, Kirkeløkke 8, Bergholt 1, Grgić 8, Horgen, Volz 2, Jakobsen 4/2, Arnarsson 1, Blagotinšek, Novak 1, L. Möller 5.
ThSV Eisenach – SG BBM Bietigheim 31:25 (14:14)
ThSV Eisenach: Spikic (15/3 saves), Grupe (0); Joelsson 1, Scholtes, Capric, Attenhofer, Walz 2, Móré 8, Ende 4, Aellen 12/7, Solak 1, Antonijevic, Seitz 3, Kurch, Montebovi, Leu.
SG BBM Bietigheim: Tomovski (7 saves), Kanters (0); Vlahovic 1, Wucherpfennig 3, Claus 2, Josef, Nicolaus 1, Wiederstein 1, Norrbrink 4, Orlov 2, Strosack 1, Pfeifer, M’Bengue 2, Fischer 3, Hermann 1, Larson 4.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 29:27 (9:14)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Späth (16 saves), Jensen (1/1 save); Timmermeister, Nothdurft 1, Lassen 6, Mierzwa 1, Steenaerts, Steinhauser 7/5, Seesing 3, Thrastarson 5, Mahé 1/1, Ciudad Benitez, Jaganjac, Baijens 3, Aspenbäck, Kohlbacher 2.
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten: Cupara (10/3 saves), Rebmann; Raguse 2, Grupe 1, Strobel, Fuß 1, Locher 4, Wente, Fügel 1, Heinzelmann 3, Pfattheicher 7/4, Dayan 5, Zacharias, Leimeter 1, Pöhle 2, Bauer.
THW Kiel – TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 29:26 (11:12)
THW Kiel: Wolff (12 saves), Perez de Vargas; Reinkind 7, Makuc 5, Nacinovic 4, Zerbe 4/3, Johansson 3, Köster 2, Madsen 2, Duvnjak 1, Ellefsen á Skipagøtu 1, Faust, Ankermann, Dahmke, Pekeler, Büchner.
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf: Birlehm (12 saves), Gade; Fischer 6, Tissier 5, Pedersen 4/1, Poulsen 3, Michalczik 3, Weber 2, Zechel 2, Heymann 1, Fielitz, Dietzsch, Edvardsson, Pöthke, Stutzke.
SC Magdeburg – HSG Wetzlar 38:30 (23:14)
SC Magdeburg: Kuzmanović (14 saves), Mandić (1 save); Claar 8, Mertens 6, Musche 6/6, Magnusson 4, Saugstrup 4, Kristjansson 3, Rasmussen 3, Lagergren 2, Weber 2, Jónsson, Serradilla, Thielicke, Bergendahl, Pettersson.
HSG Wetzlar: Ravensbergen (5 saves), Bartucz; Kompenhans 5, Læsø 5, Theiss 5, Soler 5/1, Nafea 3, Akakpo 2, Mappes 2, Kirschner 1/1, Piroch 1, Øverby 1, Löwen, Pehlivan.
Handball Club Hamburg – FRISCH AUF! Göppingen 31:32 (16:15)
Handball Club Hamburg: Haug (9 saves), Nowottny; Beyer 7/2, Hovde 7, Kofler 4, Andersen 4/2, Jørgensen 3/1, Gadza 2, Axmann 2, Norlyk 1, Schmidt 1, Daling, Unbehaun, Geenen, Olafsson, Hadzic.
FRISCH AUF! Göppingen: Sæverås (5 saves), Buchele (2 saves); Persson 8, Newel 6, Velde 4/1, Lastro 4, Neudeck 3, Klöve 2, Sunnefeldt 1, Pregler 1, Beneke 1, Hanne 1, Schiller 1/1, Goßner, Brodbeck, Aström.
HC Erlangen – Bergischer HC 29:28 (12:12)
HC Erlangen: Pierre (9 saves), Herceg, Ghedbane; Nissen 8, Bandlow 6/2, Y. Bialowas 4/2, Øverjordet 3, Steinert 3/1, Scheerer 2, L. Bialowas 2, Bissel 1, Buck, Firnhaber, Senft, Lochman, Gebala.
Bergischer HC: van der Merwe (6 saves), Rudeck (5 saves), Oberosler; Becher 6, Hangstein 6/3, Wasielewski 5, Fuchs 4, Steinhaus 3, Hilding 2, Bergner 1, Babarskas 1, Babak, Schöttle, Kooij, Püttmann, Viana.
Füchse Berlin – VfL Gummersbach 33:28 (16:13)
Füchse Berlin: Ludwig (15 saves), Palicka; Gidsel 9, Freihöfer 9/5, Teigum 6, Langhoff 4, Grøndahl 3, Marsenić 1, Zaepfel 1, Darj, Prantner, Pichiri, Simak, Ariño.
VfL Gummersbach: Obling (11 saves), Biosca (1 save); Dujshebaev 6, Roganovic 5/1, Schluroff 5, Blohme 3, Horzen 3, Smits 2, Kodrin 2, Vidarsson 2, Zeman, Vujovic, Hallbäck, Sindrason.
MT Melsungen – TVB Stuttgart 32:27 (15:14)
MT Melsungen: Simic (11 saves), Palasics; Golla 6, Krištopāns 5, Mensing 5, Stefansson 4, Schefvert 3, Stehl 3, Drosten 3/2, Balenciaga 1, Marchán 1, Mandić 1, Sigrist, Ignatow, Rivera, Sipos.
TVB Stuttgart: Kornecki (5 saves), El-Tayar (2 saves); K. Häfner 7/6, Ahouansou 6, Darmoul 4, Nigg 3, Matzken 2, Mengon 2, Zieker 1, Lien 1, Nicolas 1, Röthlisberger, M. Häfner, Heydecke, Donker, Schmid.
