HSV Hamburg have scored a resounding victory on Saturday by defeating the Rhein-Neckar Loewen at home with huge 38:25, and have now moved to the third position two points clear of RN Loewen which have dropped to the 5th place. THW Kiel won away at Bergischer, but are still second on the table one point away from Flensburg, but with a game in hand as well.
HSV Handball: Bitter (16/1 saves); Cleverly (1/1 save) Duvnjak 8, Lindberg 8/5, Lackovic 4, Toft Hansen 4, Hens 4, Cañellas 3, Pfahl 3, Jansen 2, Flohr 1, Dominikovic 1, Nilsson, Schröder n.e., Djordjic n.e., Markovic n.e.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Landin (9/1 saves); Stojanovic () Myrhol 8, Groetzki 4, Gensheimer 3/2, G. Guardiola 3, Ekdahl Du Rietz 2, Schmid 1, Manojlovic 1, Sigurmannsson 1, Gorbok 1, Petersson 1, Roggisch, I. Guardiola, Prodanovic n.e.
Scores: Flensburg 35:28 GWD Minden, HSV Hamburg 38:25 RN Lowen, Bergischer 25:31 THW Kiel, Hannover-Burgdorf 33:24 Eisenach, Lemgo 27:24 Wetzlar
STANDINGS:
| 1 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 542 : 466 | +76 | 31 : 5 |
| 2 | THW Kiel | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 520 : 441 | +79 | 28 : 4 |
| 3 | HSV Hamburg | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 566 : 505 | +61 | 27 : 7 |
| 4 | Füchse Berlin | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 512 : 432 | +80 | 26 : 8 |
| 5 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 516 : 435 | +81 | 25 : 9 |
| 6 | MT Melsungen | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 507 : 482 | +25 | 21 : 13 |
| 7 | SC Magdeburg | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 491 : 475 | +16 | 19 : 15 |
| 8 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 477 : 494 | -17 | 18 : 16 |
| 9 | TuS N-Lübbecke | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 480 : 488 | -8 | 16 : 18 |
| 10 | TBV Lemgo | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 488 : 500 | -12 | 15 : 17 |
| 11 | HSG Wetzlar | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 437 : 437 | 0 | 15 : 19 |
| 12 | Bergischer HC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 491 : 502 | -11 | 15 : 19 |
| 13 | FA Göppingen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 499 : 499 | 0 | 12 : 22 |
| 14 | VfL Gummersbach | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 438 : 487 | -49 | 10 : 24 |
| 15 | TSV GWD Minden | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 465 : 515 | -50 | 10 : 26 |
| 16 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 453 : 515 | -62 | 7 : 27 |
| 17 | ThSV Eisenach | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 443 : 531 | -88 | 7 : 27 |
| 18 | TV Emsdetten | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 421 : 542 | -121 | 4 : 30 |
