Promoted HSV Hamburg has missed the Rhein-Neckar Löwen the next damper in the handball Bundesliga.
The North Germans prevailed 34:28 (18:16) in Mannheim and took another big step towards staying in the league.
In front of 3220 spectators, the guests didn’t let themselves be made nervous by an early 1:3 deficit. Right winger Frederik Bo Andersen gave Hamburg the lead for the first time at 4:3 (8th). 13 minutes later the Danish right winger extended the lead to five goals to make it 12:7 (17th).
Shortly after the break, Lukas Nilsson scored to make it 18:18 for the hosts, but as the game went on, Löwen coach Ljubomir Vranjes became more and more dissatisfied. At 20:24 (40th), the Swede loudly warned his protégés to stop. But the speech was useless.
The SC DHfK Leipzig continued its upward trend with the 29:25 (16:12) home win against the cup winner TBV Lemgo Lippe. MT Melsungen, on the other hand, was not enough to have a 10:9 lead at the break against Frisch Auf Göppingen.
The Swabians had the better end at 26:24. There were also victories for HC Erlangen with 30:23 (13:8) over Bergische HC and TVB Stuttgart with 28:25 (11:12) at HBW Balingen-Weilstetten.
