SG Flensburg beat Rhein Neckar Lowen 21:17 (13:7) in the big German derby. The match in SAP Arena was decided after 30 minutes in which team of Ljubomir Vranjes showed fantastic level of defense led by outstanding goalkeeper Mattias Andersson (18 saves).
With only seven goals in the first half, champions could hardly find the way to make turnover in the second half.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – SG Flensburg-Handewitt 17:21 (7:13)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren (6 saves, ab 25.), Palicka (6 saves) – Schmid (2), Sigurdsson, Manaskov (2/1), Baena, Mensah (2), Pekeler (2), Groetzki (2), Reinkind (4), Guardiola, Petersson (2), Ekdahl du Rietz (1)
SG Flensburg-Handewitt: Andersson (18/3 saves) – Karlsson, Eggert (3/1), Glandorf (7), Mogensen (2), Svan (2), Djordjic (2), Jakobsson, Heinl, Toft Hansen (2), Mahé (3)
Result: 0:2 (3.), 1:2 (5.), 2:3 (8.), 2:5 (13.), 3:6 (15.), 5:7 (17.), 5:11 (23.), 6:13 (29.) – 8:13 (32.), 9:15 (36.), 10:17 (44.), 13:17 (48.), 14:18 (50.), 15:20 (54.), 17:20 (58.)
RESULTS – ROUND 4:
| MT Melsungen | 32 – 28 | Gummersbach | |||||
| Erlangen | 30 – 26 | TVB Stuttgart | |||||
| Bergischer | 20 – 31 | Fuchse Berlin | |||||
| Rhein-Neckar | 17 – 21 | Flensburg-H. |
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Flensburg-H. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117:85 | 8 | |
| 2. | Fuchse Berlin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94:68 | 6 | |
| 3. | Kiel | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 115:93 | 6 | |
| 4. | Rhein-Neckar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 107:86 | 6 | |
| 5. | Gummersbach | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 119:103 | 6 | |
| 6. | HSG Wetzlar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75:73 | 4 | |
| 7. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79:81 | 4 | |
| 8. | Erlangen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109:114 | 4 | |
| 9. | Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74:67 | 3 | |
| 10. | TVB Stuttgart | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74:81 | 2 | |
| 11. | MT Melsungen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 103:112 | 2 | |
| 12. | Lemgo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77:88 | 2 | |
| 13. | Coburg 2000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71:82 | 2 | |
| 14. | Goppingen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76:89 | 2 | |
| 15. | Minden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78:94 | 2 | |
| 16. | SC Magdeburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66:76 | 1 | |
| 17. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41:52 | 0 | |
| 18. | Bergischer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 90:121 | 0 |
PHOTO: Mattias Andersson FB
