The German handball record champion THW Kiel still has the best chance of making it directly to the quarter-finals of the European League.
The cup winner leads his main round group with 10:0 points after a confident 27:20 (11:8) against Bidasoa Irun from Spain on Tuesday. National goalkeeper Andreas Wolff stood out with 16 saves on his 35th birthday.
Finally, Kiel will face the defending champions SG Flensburg-Handewitt again in the northern derby next week; the Kiel team won the first leg.
The winners of the four groups advance directly to the quarter-finals, the runners-up and third-place finishers play off the other participants in playoffs.
MT Melsungen is also fighting for victory in its group despite a 30:31 (16:16) defeat at IFK Kristianstad from Sweden. Later in the evening, Flensburg (at Montpellier Handball) and TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (against Kadetten Schaffhausen) play.
