Bundesliga Survival Shock: Wetzlar Crush Kiel, Minden and Bergischer Stun Top-Half Rivals
The Bundesliga relegation battle exploded in Round 30 as HSG Wetzlar, GWD Minden and Bergischer HC all recorded stunning victories over teams from the upper half of the table.
Wetzlar produced the biggest shock by demolishing THW Kiel 33:25, while Minden won away at Lemgo 32:28. Bergischer HC also celebrated a huge result, taking their first home victory of 2026 by beating Hannover-Burgdorf 30:29.
Leipzig are once again bottom of the table.
HSG Wetzlar – THW Kiel 33:25 (16:11)
HSG Wetzlar: Suljakovic (7 saves), Palicka (10 saves); Vistorop, Kirschner 8, Mappes 3, Theiß 6, Simic 1, Ahouansou 6, Akakpo, Schoch 1, Müller 3, Spandau, Löwen, Cavor, Nafea 5
THW Kiel: Perez de Vargas (2 saves), Wolff (7 saves); Duvnjak 2, Reinkind, Landin 3, Överby 1, Laube 5, Ankermann 6, Dahmke, Zerbe 5, Rohwer, Abdelhak 2, Pekeler, Imre, Nacinovic 1
TBV Lemgo Lippe – GWD Minden 28:32 (8:15)
TBV Lemgo Lippe: Möstl (3 saves), Kastelic (6 saves); Theilinger, S. Zehnder, Simak 1, Schagen 1, L. Carstensen 6, Nyfjäll 2, Suton 5, Willecke 2, Versteijnen 7/4, Wagner 3, Faust, Herseklioglu, Kehrmann 1
GWD Minden: Semisch (8 saves), Ivanisevic (2/1 saves); Astrup 2, Kranzmann, Antanavicius 1, Hempel 6, Korte 6/4, Weber 4, Sterba 1, Sajenev, Vorlicek 7, Heitkamp, Staar 1, Donker 1, Weck 3
Bergischer HC – TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 30:29 (13:14)
Bergischer HC: Rudeck (8 saves), Diedrich (1 save); Beyer 8/4, Becher, Hangstein 2, Babarskas, Kooij 1, Babak 1, Massoud, Voss-Fels, Thiele, Morante, Fuchs 3, Seesing 2, Steinhaus 10, Wasielewski 3
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf: Birlehm (4 saves), Gade (5 saves); Tissier 4, Poulsen 4, Uscins, Pedersen 6/5, Steinhauser, Edvardsson 6, Pöthke, Stutzke 1, Solstad 3, Fischer, Feise, Weber 5, Rodriguez, Wolf
