The SG Flensburg-Handewitt has returned to the top of the Bundesliga standings. Four days after the Derby defeat to THW Kiel in the Champions League, the runners-up at GWD Minden won 34:30 (18:13) and replaced the equal-point foxes Berlin (25:5) with a better goal difference.
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (23:7) follows behind the leading duo in third place. The Lower Saxony won on Sunday afternoon against VfL Gummersbach 28:22 (12:12). Defending champion Rhein-Neckar Löwen (22:6) is fourth after a sovereign 33:22 (16:12) against HC Erlangen.
HSG Wetzlar prevailed against TVB Stuttgart, which had to give up its former world champions Johannes Bitter and Michael Kraus, with a score of 29:23 (16:9).
In Minden, Hampus Wanne and Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (both nine goals) stood out as the best Flensburg goal scorers. Aleksandar Svitlica (8) scored the most for the hosts, who finished tenth after 15 games. In the second round, Flensburg played the clear lead, but after 24:24 he picked up the pace again, with Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson scoring eleven goals in the lions’ clear victory.
Already on Saturday, record champion Kiel celebrated a 33:24 (17:13) compulsory victory over Aufsteiger TV Hüttenberg in the comeback of former world handball player Domagoj Duvnjak after a serious knee injury. With 19:11 points, the zebras have their sights back on the European Cup places. Duvnjak scored three goals in 20 minutes,”The knee has survived well and I look forward to further progress,”said the Croatian at Sky.