Icelandic star Aron Palmarsson had perfect chance to decide the Championships race in DKB Bundesliga, but his ball hit the post of Niklas Landin’s goal five seconds before the buzzer in “Sparkasse Arena” in Kiel, where two best German teams – THW Kiel and Rhein Neckar Lowen player 23:23 (11:10). Just before that, Steffan Weinhold shot was saved by fantastic Danish goalie.
Alfred Gislason’ s team is still two points ahead of the only rival in Championship race.
THW Kiel – Rhein-Neckar Löwen 23:23 (11:10)
THW Kiel: Sonne, Ege (bei drei Strafwürfen); Duvnjak (3), Lundström (n.e.), Toft Hansen (1), Sprenger (1), Weinhold (5), Wiencek (1), Ekberg (4), Lauge (1), Canellas (3/2), Palmarsson (2), Jicha (1), Vujin (1)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Landin, Rutschmann (n.e.); Schmid (4), Gensheimer (8/5), Kneer, Sigurmannsson (n.e.), Myrhol (2), Mensah, Groetzki (1), Reinkind (2), Guardiola (1), Petersson (2), Ekdahl du Rietz (3)
Result: 1:0 (5.), 3:3 (15.), 7:4 (19.), 8:9 (25.), 11:10 (HZ), 12:12 (35.), 15:15 (40.), 19:16 (45.), 21:17 (50.), 22:19 (55.), 23:23 (EN)
STANDINGS:
| 1. | THW Kiel | 53:7 | +215 |
| 2. | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 51:7 | +168 |
| 3. | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 44:16 | +117 |
| 4. | SC Magdeburg | 40:16 | +76 |
| 5. | FRISCH AUF! Göppingen | 34:26 | +1 |
| 6. | MT Melsungen | 33:23 | +63 |
| 7. | Füchse Berlin | 32:26 | -6 |
| 8. | HSV Handball | 30:30 | +13 |
| 9. | VfL Gummersbach | 28:32 | -18 |
| 10. | HSG Wetzlar | 27:31 | +1 |
| 11. | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 26:34 | -28 |
| 12. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 25:31 | -62 |
| 13. | Bergischer HC | 25:35 | -75 |
| 14. | TuS N-Lübbecke | 24:34 | -15 |
| 15. | TSV GWD Minden | 20:38 | -54 |
| 16. | TBV Lemgo | 20:40 | -19 |
| 17. | TSG Lu-Friesenheim | 19:39 | -113 |
| 18. | HC Erlangen | 16:44 | -104 |
| 19. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 11:49 | -160 |
