The SG Flensburg-Handewitt has taught leaders of the standings, Füchse Berlin, a painful defeat and made the title race in the Handball Bundesliga into a hot three-day fight. In the top duel of the 12. On the first day of the match, the runners-up in the capital won 30:26 (14:13) and put pressure on the foxes (21:5) who played a game more than last week with 19:5 points.
In the middle of it is also champion Rhein-Neckar Löwen (18:2), who will play at the SC DhfK Leipzig on Saturday.
Record champion THW Kiel continued its upward trend with the sovereign 36:24 (16:9) at the TVB Stuttgart. After their fourth victory in the last five league matches, coach Alfred Gislason’s team made it into the European Cup ranks with 15:9 points. The TSV Hannover-Burgdorf is still located there. With the 27:21 (13:10) at Liga-Neuling Eulen Ludwigshafen, Lower Saxony consolidated their fourth place in the standings with 17:7 points.
The former record champion VfL Gummersbach won in the first game under the new coach Denis Bahtijarevic against rising star TV Hüttenberg 28:25 (13:11) and left the relegation places with the third victory of the season.
After a strong opening phase and a five-goal lead (11:6), the Berliners lost the thread towards the middle of the first half. At halftime, the visitors from the far north, where Simon Jeppsen stood out with seven goals, were already close to the lead. In a competitive and exciting second half, Berlin was unable to report back.