HSV Hamburg lost an important point at home against TBV Lemgo 35:35 (17:18). In a handball-krimi the guests from Lemgo with a goal in 59:49 through Benjamin Herth left Hamburg undefeated. It was a game in which none of them had any significant lead throughout the game, but both exchanged the lead on various occassions. Benjamin Herth was the man of the match after having a perfect night with 13 goals scored. Dule Duvnjak scored 9 goals for HSV Hamburg.
HSV Handball: Bitter (9 saves, 12.-53.); Cleverly (1 save., 1.-12., 53.-60.) Duvnjak 9, Lindberg 7/6, Djordjic 5, Cañellas 3, Toft Hansen 3, Markovic 3, Schröder 3, Lackovic 1, Mahé 1, Hens, Dominikovic, Pfahl, Jansen n.e., Nilsson n.e.
TBV Lemgo: Dresrüsse (10 saves); Bauer Doden Herth 13/5, Hermann 9, Lönn 5, Lemke 3, Kehrmann 2, Zieker 2, Pekeler 1, Pöhle, Possehl, Niemeyer, Ritterbach n.e., Ebner n.e.,
Eisenach were crushed at home by SC Magdeburg, losing 23:31, who were led by Robert Weber who had 10 goals.
STANDINGS:
| 1 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 464 : 414 | +50 | 27 : 5 |
| 2 | THW Kiel | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 487 : 412 | +75 | 26 : 4 |
| 3 | Füchse Berlin | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 483 : 399 | +84 | 26 : 6 |
| 4 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 425 : 348 | +77 | 21 : 7 |
| 5 | HSV Hamburg | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 457 : 423 | +34 | 21 : 7 |
| 6 | MT Melsungen | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 446 : 424 | +22 | 19 : 11 |
| 7 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 423 : 426 | -3 | 18 : 12 |
| 8 | SC Magdeburg | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 461 : 451 | +10 | 17 : 15 |
| 9 | Bergischer HC | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 461 : 464 | -3 | 15 : 17 |
| 10 | HSG Wetzlar | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 413 : 413 | 0 | 14 : 18 |
| 11 | TuS N-Lübbecke | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 442 : 458 | -16 | 14 : 18 |
| 12 | TBV Lemgo | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 455 : 473 | -18 | 13 : 17 |
| 13 | FA Göppingen | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 447 : 444 | +3 | 11 : 19 |
| 14 | VfL Gummersbach | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 416 : 451 | -35 | 10 : 22 |
| 15 | TSV GWD Minden | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 382 : 422 | -40 | 8 : 22 |
| 16 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 426 : 482 | -56 | 7 : 25 |
| 17 | ThSV Eisenach | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 419 : 488 | -69 | 7 : 25 |
| 18 | TV Emsdetten | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 390 : 505 | -115 | 4 : 28 |
