In the opening game of the 27th round of the world’s strongest handball league, HSV Hamburg took advantage of the home court and scored an important victory over Rhein-Neckar Lowen. The Hamburg side won the first half with 15:13, but the Mannheim side kept the distance at most 1 goal only until the 50th minute (21:20), when HSV showed strong play, and 8 minutes later it was 26:22, and the winner was known, the final result standing at 28:24. The Lions’ topscoreres were the wings, Cupic and Gensheimer, scoring 9 and 8 goals respectively, while the Hamburg team were led by Mimi Kraus and Hans Lindberg, scoring 6 and 5.
In an important game of the relegation battle, Wetzlar beat Burgdorf at home with 20:19 – Steffen Fäth scoring the winner in the last second of the game, and can breath easier now (at least for some time). Daniel Velo scored 7 goals for Wetzlar, while Lars Lehnhoff had 6 for the visitors.
