HANDBALL BUNDESLIGA 26/27: Melsungen hand Magdeburg first defeat of the season!
SC Magdeburg suffered their first defeat of the Bundesliga season as MT Melsungen produced the biggest result of Matchday 5, winning 37:34 in Kassel.
Melsungen were already five goals ahead at half-time (19:14) and stretched the gap to as many as nine goals in the second half. Magdeburg managed to cut the deficit to 34:31 in the closing stages, but the hosts stayed composed to secure an impressive victory.
Felix Claar led Magdeburg with 11 goals, while Ian Barrufet Balenciaga scored eight and Johannes Golla added seven for Melsungen.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt continued their perfect start with a 37:34 home win over HSV Hamburg, while THW Kiel survived a tough away challenge in Eisenach, 28:27. Füchse Berlin recorded the biggest win of the round, beating Bergischer HC 37:26.
Bundesliga – Matchday 5
FRISCH AUF GÖPPINGEN – RHEIN-NECKAR LÖWEN 29:28 (15:14)
Göppingen: ten Velde 7/4, Newel 6, Neudeck 5, Hanne 4, Kløve 3, Persson 2, Lastro 2.
Saves: Buchele 12, Sæverås 2.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Baijens 7, Steenaerts 4, Steinhauser 4/2, Nothdurft 3, Lassen 3, Thrastarson 3, Kohlbacher 2, Mahé 1/1, Aspenbäck 1.
Saves: Späth 13.
HBW BALINGEN-WEILSTETTEN – TVB STUTTGART 28:29 (14:14)
Balingen: Leimeter 7, Locher 5, Pfattheicher 3/1, Heinzelmann 3, Pöhle 2, Fügel 2/2, Bauer 2, Grupe 2, Raguse 1, Dayan 1.
Saves: Rebmann 6, Cupara 2.
Stuttgart: K. Häfner 11/5, Mengon 5, Zieker 3, Lien 3, Heydecke 2, Ahouansou 2, Darmoul 2, M. Häfner 1.
Saves: El-Tayar 6, Kornecki 5.
THSV EISENACH – THW KIEL 27:28 (14:14)
Eisenach: Aellen 6/5, Walz 4, Attenhofer 3, Móré 3, Solák 3, Joelsson 2, Scholtes 2, Leu 2, Antonijević 1, Seitz 1.
Saves: Spikić 6, Grupe 2.
Kiel: Zerbe 6/1, Reinkind 4, Ellefsen á Skipagøtu 3, Madsen 3, Köster 2, Ankermann 2, Dahmke 2, Načinović 2, Johansson 1, Makuc 1, Pekeler 1, Büchner 1.
Saves: Pérez de Vargas 10.
SG BBM BIETIGHEIM – TSV HANNOVER-BURGDORF 29:31 (11:17)
Bietigheim: Hermann 4, Wiederstein 3, Orlov 3, Strosack 3, Claus 3, Norrbrink 3, Larson 3, Pfeifer 2/1, Josef 2, Vlahović 2, Nicolaus 1.
Saves: Tomovski 12.
Hannover: Pedersen 7/1, Edvardsson 5, Uščins 5, Poulsen 3, Heymann 3, Fielitz 3, Weber 2, Tissier 1, Michalczik 1, Fischer 1.
Saves: Birlehm 11.
BERGISCHER HC – FÜCHSE BERLIN 26:37 (9:15)
Bergischer HC: Hangstein 7/5, Wasielewski 6, Bergner 3, Becher 3, Steinhaus 3, Fuchs 2, Kooij 1, Viana 1.
Saves: Van der Merwe 6, Rudeck 3.
Füchse Berlin: Gidsel 11, Grøndahl 10/5, Langhoff 5, Prantner 4, Ariño 3, Zaepfel 2, Darj 1, Kusche 1.
Saves: Ludwig 9, Palicka 2.
TBV LEMGO LIPPE – HC ERLANGEN 28:33 (15:18)
Lemgo: Wanner 6, Hutecek 5, Zehnder 4/4, Willecke 4, Versteijnen 3, Wagner 3, Theilinger 2, Rubin 1.
Saves: Möstl 7, Ebner 3.
Erlangen: Nissen 7, Bandlow 6, Steinert 6, Bialowas 5/3, Øverjordet 4, Morante Maldonado 3, Scheerer 1, Gębala 1.
Saves: Herceg 3, Pierre 3.
HSG WETZLAR – VFL GUMMERSBACH 33:36 (15:20)
Wetzlar: Kirschner 10/3, Simić 4, Mappes 3, Pehlivan 3, Soler 3, Kompenhans 3, Piroch 2, Læsø 2, Nafea 2, Theiß 1.
Saves: Pantel 7, Ravensbergen 5.
Gummersbach: Roganović 8/2, Horžen 6, Smits 6, Schluroff 4, Blohme 3, Dujshebaev 3, Häseler 3, Kodrin 2, Viðarsson 1.
Saves: Obling 16.
SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT – HSV HAMBURG 37:34 (19:16)
Flensburg: Jakobsen 10/5, Minne 10, Møller 4, Kirkeløkke 3, Bergholt 3, Pytlick 2, Grgić 2, Horgen 2, Volz 1.
Saves: Burić 1, Möller 6.
Hamburg: Jørgensen 11/1, Geenen 5, Norlyk 3, Hovde 3, Gadza 2, Kofler 2, Andersen 2, Unbehaun 2, Axmann 1, Olafsson 1, Daling 1, Schmidt 1.
Saves: Haug 8, Nowotny 3.
MT MELSUNGEN – SC MAGDEBURG 37:34 (19:14)
Melsungen: Balenciaga 8, Golla 7, Mensing 6, Drosten 4/4, Stefánsson 3, Ignatow 3, Mandić 3, Sipos 1, García Rivera 1, Forsell-Schefvert 1.
Saves: Simić 8, Palasics 1.
Magdeburg: Claar 11, Kristjánsson 7, Rasmussen 7, Musche 5/2, Magnússon 3/1, Saugstrup 1.
Saves: Kuzmanović 7, Mandić 4.
