After bad start in Pixum Super Cup, the defending German champions SG Flensburg began with four wins in a row DKB Bundeliga season 2018/19. The team of Maik Machulla beat THW Kiel 26:25 in te biggest derby of the German handball.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt – THW Kiel 26:25 (15:13)
SG Flensburg-Handewitt: Buric (13 saves) – Karlsson, Golla (3), Glandorf (5), Svan (3), Wanne (5/1), Jeppsson (1), Jøndal (3/3), Zachariassen, Gottfridsson (2), Lauge (4), Rød
THW Kiel: Wolff (4/1 saves), N. Landin (10 saves) – Dissinger, Pekeler (6), Wiencek (2), Ekberg (6/4), Reinkind (2), Dahmke, Vujin, Nilsson (5), Duvnjak (3), Weinhold (1), M. Landin, Bilyk
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Flensburg-H. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 113:93 | 8 | |
| 2. | Rhein-Neckar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88:67 | 6 | |
| 3. | SC Magdeburg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87:69 | 6 | |
| 4. | Goppingen | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 88:94 | 6 | |
| 5. | Bergischer | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88:78 | 4 | |
| 6. | Kiel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79:69 | 4 | |
| 7. | Lemgo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100:96 | 4 | |
| 8. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81:78 | 4 | |
| 9. | Stuttgart | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77:80 | 4 | |
| 10. | Erlangen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80:82 | 2 | |
| 11. | Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77:79 | 2 | |
| 12. | Minden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84:88 | 2 | |
| 13. | MT Melsungen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82:86 | 2 | |
| 14. | HSG Wetzlar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 102:107 | 2 | |
| 15. | Fuchse Berlin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 72:78 | 2 | |
| 16. | Ludwigshafen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70:82 | 0 | |
| 17. | Bietigheim-Metterzimmern | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69:88 | 0 | |
| 18. | Gummersbach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63:86 | 0 |
