If THW Kiel stay without title in DKB Bundesliga for the third year in a row, the first “suspected” will be HSG Wetzlar, the team who once again beat “Zebras” in current season. After home 30:22, team of Kai Wandschneider once again beat THW Kiel, this time, for the first time in the history of the club, in away clash at Sparkassen Arena – 26:25.
THW Kiel: Landgraf (54.-60), Wolff (8 saves); Firnhaber, Weinhold (4), Dissinger, Wiencek (3), Ekberg (6/3), Frend Öfors (n.e.), Rahmel, Dahmke (1), Zarabec (3), Vujin (1), Bilyk (1), Nilsson (6), Santos; Trainer: Gislason
HSG Wetzlar: Klimpke (), Buric (1.-60., 10/1 saves), Weber; Kneer (1), Björnsen (7), Pöter (1), Ferraz (3), Mirkulovski (3), Schreiber, Volentics, Holst, Forsell Schefvert (1), Kvist (3), Lindskog (7), Cavor (1); Trainer: Wandschneider
Result: 0:1 (2.), 2:2 (5.), 2:4 (7.), 3:4, 3:9 (17.), 6:9 (22.), 6:11 (25.), 7:12 (27.), 9:12; 9:13 (31.), 11:14 (35.), 11:16 (38.), 13:18, 14:19 (42.), 16:19 (44.), 18:21 (46.), 19:22 (49.), 20:23 (53.), 20:25 (54.), 24:25 (60.), 24:26, 25:26
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Rhein-Neckar | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 618:484 | 34 | |
| 2. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 606:552 | 33 | |
| 3. | Flensburg-H. | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 614:534 | 32 | |
| 4. | Fuchse Berlin | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 587:534 | 32 | |
| 5. | Kiel | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 622:532 | 29 | |
| 6. | MT Melsungen | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 576:537 | 28 | |
| 7. | SC Magdeburg | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 602:542 | 27 | |
| 8. | Leipzig | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 549:524 | 25 | |
| 9. | HSG Wetzlar | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 550:531 | 20 | |
| 10. | Lemgo | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 543:579 | 20 | |
| 11. | Goppingen | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 568:574 | 18 | |
| 12. | Minden | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 528:563 | 16 | |
| 13. | Erlangen | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 493:573 | 13 | |
| 14. | Gummersbach | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 499:563 | 10 | |
| 15. | N-Lubbecke | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 473:553 | 10 | |
| 16. | Stuttgart | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 505:589 | 9 | |
| 17. | Ludwigshafen | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 459:539 | 7 | |
| 18. | Huttenberg | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 494:583 | 7 |
PHOTO: HSG Wetzlar
