SC Magdeburg beat THW Kiel 27:26 in one of the biggest derby of German handball and almost put “Zebras” out of the Championship race! The Danish playmaker Michael Damgaard crushed the big team from North with buzzer-beater for the huge celebration of domestic fans at sold-out GETEC Arena (6.800 fans).
The “Gladiators” were on +3 – 26:23 only three minutes before the end, but Gislason boys made 3:0 series to chase the rival in the last minute. Home team used the last attack 6 on 5 in the best possible way with decisive goal…
Damgaard was TOP scorer in the winning team with six goals, while his compatriot Christiansen added five, same as Marko Vujin for “Zebras”.
SG Flensburg smashed GWD Minden 41:17 in away match.
| 1. | Flensburg-H. | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 681:518 | 41 | |
| 2. | Kiel | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 631:534 | 36 | |
| 3. | Rhein-Neckar | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 564:479 | 34 | |
| 4. | Fuchse Berlin | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 599:531 | 32 | |
| 5. | SC Magdeburg | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 624:602 | 30 | |
| 6. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 599:577 | 22 | |
| 7. | Leipzig | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 538:530 | 22 | |
| 8. | HSG Wetzlar | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 541:539 | 22 | |
| 9. | Erlangen | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 551:559 | 22 | |
| 10. | MT Melsungen | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 599:598 | 19 | |
| 11. | Goppingen | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 608:625 | 17 | |
| 12. | Minden | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 549:624 | 17 | |
| 13. | Gummersbach | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 514:536 | 15 | |
| 14. | Lemgo | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 572:610 | 13 | |
| 15. | TVB Stuttgart | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 546:607 | 12 | |
| 16. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 493:572 | 11 | |
| 17. | Bergischer | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 530:609 | 9 | |
| 18. | Coburg 2000 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 492:581 | 6 |
