MT Melsungen also presented itself as the confident leader of the HBL in the last game before the World Cup break and Fresh Up! Göppingen defeated.
The North Hessians won confidently on Friday evening with 29:25 (16:11) in Göppingen and go into the World Cup break with a four-point lead.
Kastening and Mandic are particularly accurate
For Melsungen (30:4 points) it was the 15th success in the 17th league game. The MT’s best throwers, with five hits each, were David Mandic and national player Timo Kastening, who appeared to be in good shape with the DHB team shortly before the start of the World Cup preparations.
The German national players have until January 3rd to catch their breath, then national coach Alfred Gislason gathers his team in Hamburg. The World Cup in Denmark, Norway and Croatia starts on January 14th (until February 2nd).
Gade saves Hannover against strong Leipzig
Melsungen’s pursuers are the Füchse Berlin, record champions THW Kiel and TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (all 26:8). Hannover around DHB playmaker Renars Uscins (four goals) prevailed on Friday evening in a close game with 32:30 (15:18) at DHfK Leipzig and was lucky in the final phase that goalkeeper Simon Gade had two free throws from Lukas Binder parried.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt stayed in the top group with an easy 39:27 (19:13) against SG BBM Bietigheim. Emil Jakobsen excelled with ten goals, DHB captain Johannes Golla scored four goals shortly before the start of the World Cup preparations.
1. VfL Potsdam ends the handball year without a point in the Bundesliga. The newcomer lost at TVB Stuttgart 24:29 (11:15) and is still at the bottom of the table. In the 15th defeat in the 15th game, Nils Fuhrmann entered the statistics as Brandenburg’s best thrower with six hits. For Stuttgart, the victory means important points in the relegation battle.
Kiel wins by a narrow margin against Lemgo
Handball record champions THW Kiel also extended their series on Thursday. Coach Filip Jicha’s team narrowly won 23:22 (14:13) at TBV Lemgo on the 17th Bundesliga matchday and is keeping in touch with the top after their tenth competitive win in a row.
The Dane Emil Wernsdorf Madsen was Kiel’s most successful thrower with nine goals, while national goalkeeper Andreas Wolff made twelve strong saves in the THW goal.
Foxes clearly win in Gummersbach
The Füchse Berlin are in second place, tied on points ahead of Kiel. The runner-up won in Cologne against VfL Gummersbach with 29:22 (15:12), the Danish world handball player Mathias Gidsel excelled on the Berlin side with nine goals.
Lions win even without Knorr
Even without DHB playmaker Juri Knorr, who was sick for the second time, the Rhein-Neckar Löwen clearly defeated HSG Wetzlar with 32:27 (17:11) and are seventh.
Magdeburg – Erlangen relocated
SC Magdeburg was again not in action. After the attack on a Christmas market in the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt last Friday, the game against HC Erlangen scheduled for Boxing Day was postponed. This was already the case in the eastern duel against Eisenach. There are no rescheduled dates for both encounters yet.