Grief in Bietigheim: The Swabians descend after a home defeat against SC Magdeburg on matchday 34 from the Bundesliga. The competition from Erlangen and Stuttgart is still passing the SG BBM.
Last year promoted SG BBM Bietigheim had to go down in the handball Bundesliga after just one year: The Swabians missed the relegation on Sunday (June 8th) by a 25:35 (10:18) home defeat against SC Magdeburg on match day 3 due to the competition results. The guests played out their qualities mercilessly and therefore earned through. However, this performance was not enough for the title defense because the Foxes Berlin won the Rhein-Neckar Löwen.
Explosive constellation before the last match day
The starting point before the game was clear: promoted SG BBM Bietigheim went as a table-15. With a point ahead of Erlangen (16th, in Wetzlar) and the TVB Stuttgart (17th, against Leipzig) in the last matchday. Final light 1. VfL Potsdam was already a relegation. Bietigheim had the relegation in his own hands against Magdeburg. For the guests who had traveled second, however, the Foxes Berlin was still concerned with the German championship.
Bietigheim with tailwind – Magdeburg with an individual class
The SG BBM Bietigheim went with the tailwind of the 34:25 away win in Leipzig In the match and led early with 2-1, but the guests defended themselves, in turn conquered the lead in 3-2 and expanded them to 8: 6 until the middle of the first half. As a result, Magdeburg, champion and cup winner in 2024, continued to play his individual class and, after almost 18 minutes, was in front with four goals (10: 6).
Lions provide Magdeburg tailwind
Felix Claar and Omar Ingi Magnusson in particular tore the SC game in this phase, Tom Wolf showed a strong performance on the side of the hosts. The team from Saxony-Anhalt also got additional tailwind through the interim result from Mannheim, where the lions against the foxes led ahead of almost 20 minutes with five goals.
Bietigheim acted hard, but it quickly became clear that the SG BBM had to hope for the other results to realize the relegation. After 23 minutes, Magdeburg was already 13: 7, at the break it was 10:18 from Bietigheim.
Dependent on the results of the competition
The SG BBM got off to a good start to the second half and was able to shorten the gap a little, but Magdeburg had the game under control. Both teams have always tried to know what happens in the other games. Both Bietigheim and the SC were now dependent on the results of the competition for the achievement of their season goals.
Magdeburg had to experience how the foxes in Mannheim took the lead after 45 minutes (27:26). Erlangen and the TVB were also at the front, so that Bietigheim was at the relegation rank 17 at that time.
Championship goes to the foxes Berlin
It remained a one -sided game until the final siren, which Magdeburg finally won with 35:25. Despite the victory, the previous year’s champion had to be satisfied with second place because the Foxes Berlin did their homework with the lions after initial difficulties, won 38:33 and secured the title.
There was great grief at SG BBM Bietigheim. After only one year in the Bundesliga, the Swabians, who stood above the line before the last match day, have to go down again because both The TVB Stuttgart As well as the HC Erlangen won their games.
A bitter farewell is the descent for Bietigheim’s captain. Paco Barthe does not extend his contract in the club after a total of eleven years and focuses on his extra -sports career in the future. Against Magdeburg he was adopted with a standing ovation during the game.
“The non-relegation would have been the best thing you could have imagined. It didn’t work,” said Barthe in the Sportschau interview. “In a few weeks, I may be happy about my career. But now it’s hard.”
Prize on Sun., June 8, 2025 4:30 p.m., SWR1 Baden-Württemberg
