Defending champion THW Kiel came under pressure early on in the handball Bundesliga title fight after the second defeat of the season in three days
The THW lost 30:35 (13:13) in their own hall against MT Melsungen, which had no loss points even after the fourth game of the season, and slipped to fifth place in the table. On Thursday, Kiel had already lost the northern derby in Flensburg. “It’s an incredible feeling to take two points in Kiel”said Melsungen’s right winger Timo Kastening
After many technical errors on offense and a holey defense, the THW was nine goals behind at one point. It was only in the last quarter of an hour that the record champions were able to make the result a little more friendly. The Austrian national player Nikola Bilyk was Kiel’s most successful thrower with six goals. Playmaker Elvar Jonsson also scored six times for the guests from Melsungen. “I have no idea what we’ll do in the second half. We just weren’t good enough in that phase”THW backcourt player Harald Reinkind criticized himself.
Magdeburg is reacting
On the other hand, Champions League winners SC Magdeburg, who suffered their first defeat of the season at Füchse Berlin during the week, appeared to be well recovered. The runner-up defeated HSV Hamburg clearly with 35:24 (18:7) and now has 6:2 points. “It was important to make a statement”said SCM trainer Bennet Wiegert. TSV Hannover-Burgdorf remains undefeated, beating cup winners Rhein-Neckar Löwen with 34:29 (15:13).
Like Melsungen, only the Füchse Berlin have a clean slate. The European League winner also celebrated their fourth success in their fourth game of the season with 34:30 (17:12) against the penultimate Bergischer HC, who were still pointless.
Göppingen, Stuttgart and Leipzig take their first victory
Frisch Auf Göppingen celebrated its first win of the season in the handball Bundesliga against VfL Gummersbach. The team won 32:29 (15:13) against VfL. Tobias Ellebaek was Göppingen’s top scorer with six goals, ahead of Jaka Malus with five goals. Milos Vujovic was the most accurate at VfL with seven goals. Ellidi Snaer Vidarsson scored five times.
Newcomer ThSV Eisenach missed the jump into the upper third of the table with a clear 22:28 (11:13) defeat at TVB Stuttgart. The Swabians, on the other hand, celebrated their first points at the third attempt. SC DHfK Leipzig also achieved its first win of the season against bottom team HSG Wetzlar with a 36:30 (18:13).
After a strong start to the season, Balingen missed the next surprise
HC Erlangen won 27:25 (16:14) at HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. Newly promoted Balingen, who started the season strongly with two wins from three games, did not cause a surprise this time – although Patrick Volz scored eight goals and Leo Prantner scored seven times. Erlangen brought the lead to the finish. Lutz Heiny (6 goals), Sebastian Firnhaber and Jonathan Svensson (5) scored most often for Erlangen,