When everyone thought that it’s gonna be a three-horse race for the Bundesliga this season, and that THW Kiel and Rhein-Neckar Loewen are going to be joined by SG Flensburg in the title hunt, the northernmost German handball club were unexpectedly defeated by TBV Lemgo with 22:27, and are now six points behind leaders THW Kiel, but with a game less. THW Kiel won against TuSEM Essen, while Rhein-Neckar Loewen had an incredibly easy job against Hannover-Burgdorf at home winning 39:28.
Round 26 scores: Wetzlar 27:28 Magdeburg, HBW Balingen 33:33 GWD Minden, HSV Hamburg 30:27 Neuhausen, THW Kiel 33:23 Essen, Lemgo 27:22 Flensburg, Melsungen 24:30 Fuchse Berlin, Lubbecke 24:34 Goppingen, RN Lowen 39:28 Hannover-Burgdorf
| 1 |  | THW Kiel | 45:7 |
| 2 |  | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 43:9 |
| 3 |  | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 39:11 |
| 4 |  | Füchse Berlin | 39:13 |
| 5 |  | HSV Hamburg | 37:13 |
| 6 |  | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 35:17 |
| 7 |  | SC Magdeburg | 29:23 |
| 8 |  | TBV Lemgo | 27:25 |
| 9 |  | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 26:26 |
| 10 |  | HSG Wetzlar | 25:27 |
| 11 |  | MT Melsungen | 24:28 |
| 12 |  | TuS N-Lübbecke | 22:30 |
| 13 |  | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 21:31 |
| 14 |  | VfL Gummersbach | 15:37 |
| 15 |  | TSV GWD Minden | 12:40 |
| 16 |  | TV 1893 Neuhausen | 11:41 |
| 17 |  | TV Grosswallstadt | 8:44 |
| 18 |  | TUSEM Essen | 8:44 |
