Rhein Neckar Lowen keep the first place in DKB Bundesliga after beating TBV Stuttgart 30:21 (15:11) in the last match before derby with SG Flensburg on Sunday, which can decide the Championship race in Germany.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – TVB Stuttgart 30:21 (15:11)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren, Palicka – Schmid (1/1), Sigurdsson (5/1), Banea Gonzalez (1), Steinhauser (1), Larsen (3), Reinkind (1), Gedeon Guardiola (2), Groetzki (5), Ekdahl du Rietz (2), Pekeler (6), Petersson (3), Taleski (n.e.), Manaskov
TVB Stuttgart: Jerkovic, Bitter – Schimmelbauer, Lobedank (3), Weiß (2), Schagen (7/5), Schweikardt (1), Coric, Baumgarten (1), Fotache, Kretschmer, Orlowski (6), Celebi (1), Burmeister
Other results:
Füchse Berlin – Magdeburg 25-25
Erlangen – Balingen 33-25
Hannover – Leipzig 24-25
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Rhein-Neckar | 30 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 903:742 | 55 | |
| 2. | Flensburg-H. | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 930:728 | 54 | |
| 3. | Kiel | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 858:751 | 47 | |
| 4. | Fuchse Berlin | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 869:780 | 45 | |
| 5. | SC Magdeburg | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 853:797 | 44 | |
| 6. | HSG Wetzlar | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 780:750 | 37 | |
| 7. | Leipzig | 31 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 805:787 | 34 | |
| 8. | MT Melsungen | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 831:812 | 32 | |
| 9. | Erlangen | 31 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 821:848 | 28 | |
| 10. | Minden | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 740:825 | 24 | |
| 11. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 31 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 861:868 | 23 | |
| 12. | Goppingen | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 819:856 | 21 | |
| 13. | Gummersbach | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 765:827 | 19 | |
| 14. | TVB Stuttgart | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 758:843 | 18 | |
| 15. | Bergischer | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 755:840 | 18 | |
| 16. | Lemgo | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 811:876 | 17 | |
| 17. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 31 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 744:846 | 17 | |
| 18. | Coburg 2000 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 754:881 | 11 |
