The Füchse Berlin keep up with defending champion and leader THW Kiel in the handball Bundesliga.
The capital city celebrated the third victory with runner-up and Champions League winner SC Magdeburg with 31:26 (14:12) in the third game and thus drew level with Kiel. However, the champions can restore their previous two-point lead on Thursday (8:30 p.m./Dyn) with a win in the north derby at SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
Magdeburg fell back to fifth place (4:2 points) due to their first defeat of the season. TSV Hannover-Burgdorf became one of the beneficiaries of the setback for the club world champions, who, despite losing their first point at 33:33 (16:14) at former record champions VfL Gummersbach, was 5:1 in third place ahead of MT Melsungen (4th place). :0) climbed. Before Thursday’s game against HSV Hamburg (7:00 p.m.), Melsungen is the only team in the top flight that, apart from the top duo, still has a pristine white slate.
In the lower regions of the table, HC Erlangen got its first victory with a 28:27 (15:15) success in a duel between two previously pointless teams against Bergische HC. Like the new taillight BHC, Frisch Auf Göppingen is still without a sense of achievement after the 24:27 (11:15) at ThSV Eisenach. In the basement, HSG Wetzlar is hoping for the first points on Thursday (7:00 p.m.) against TBV Lemgo Lippe in the third attempt.
In Berlin, the foxes and the SCM fought a duel at eye level for a long time in the first round with several leadership changes. After the change of sides, however, the hosts pulled away more and more and kept Magdeburg at a distance.
Berlin’s most accurate shots were right winger Hans Lindberg and left winger Jerry Tollbring, each with eight goals, while Lasse Andersson also scored six goals for the capital city. Michael Damgaard was the most successful player in Magdeburg’s team with four goals.