German HSV Handball becoming the biggest rival of THW Kiel in the battle for Bundesliga title this season. Duvnjak and Co. were not impressed by over 3.600 fans in SCHWALBE Arena in Gummersbach, where they beat easily home team – 31:25.
VfL Gummersbach: Schröder (11), Bult (5/3), Kopco (3), von Gruchalla (2), Santos (1), Schindler (1), Putics (1), F. Larsson (1)
HSV Hamburg: Duvnjak (6), Schröder (5), Hens (4), Canellas (4/2), Pfahl (3), Nilsson (3), Mahé (2/1), Jansen (2), Dominikovic (1), Lackovic (1)
Other results of DKB Bundesliga:
GWD Minden – Fuches Berlin 30:28
Balingen – Hannover 28:27
Flensburg – Lubbecke 31:20
STANDINGS:
| 1 | THW Kiel | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 718 : 588 | +130 | 40 : 4 |
| 2 | HSV Hamburg | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 747 : 671 | +76 | 37 : 9 |
| 3 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 688 : 596 | +92 | 36 : 10 |
| 4 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 692 : 575 | +117 | 35 : 9 |
| 5 | Füchse Berlin | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 669 : 584 | +85 | 34 : 12 |
| 6 | MT Melsungen | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 655 : 630 | +25 | 26 : 18 |
| 7 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 644 : 662 | -18 | 24 : 22 |
| 8 | SC Magdeburg | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 632 : 625 | +7 | 22 : 22 |
| 9 | TBV Lemgo | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 673 : 675 | -2 | 21 : 23 |
| 10 | TuS N-Lübbecke | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 639 : 663 | -24 | 21 : 25 |
| 11 | HSG Wetzlar | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 568 : 588 | -20 | 17 : 27 |
| 12 | TSV GWD Minden | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 612 : 657 | -45 | 16 : 30 |
| 13 | VfL Gummersbach | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 603 : 654 | -51 | 16 : 30 |
| 14 | FA Göppingen | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 645 : 656 | -11 | 15 : 29 |
| 15 | Bergischer HC | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 620 : 657 | -37 | 15 : 29 |
| 16 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 622 : 686 | -64 | 13 : 33 |
| 17 | ThSV Eisenach | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 566 : 682 | -116 | 11 : 33 |
| 18 | TV Emsdetten | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 553 : 697 | -144 | 5 : 39 |
photo: hsvhandball.com
