The Füchse Berlin have fulfilled their duty in the tight title race of the Handball Bundesliga.
The Berliners easily beat HC Erlangen at home with 39:30 (19:13). This means that coach Jaron Siewert’s team is again on a par with leaders THW Kiel and champions SC Magdeburg after plus points. The foxes are now even tied with the latter in goal difference.
Veteran Robert Weber also reached a milestone with the foxes: the Austrian, who scored six goals, was the fifth player in HBL history to score at least 2,500 goals. He is fifth in the all-time top scorer list. Teammate Hans Lindberg (2893/second place), on the other hand, is only 13 goals short of replacing Kyung Shin Yoon (2905) as the league’s all-time record goalscorer.
Promoted ASV Hamm-Westfalen also has to return to the second division after one season. At HSG Wetzlar, which was also threatened with relegation, the Westphalians lost 24:29 (7:13) and are the first relegated team of the season. With now 8:52 points, Wetzlar in 16th place (17:43) can no longer catch up.
The penultimate TSV GWD Minden could theoretically do that, but hopes are low after the clear 27:41 (10:18) defeat against SG Flensburg-Handewitt. Minden is at 12:46 points, Flensburg in fourth (43:15) can only hope for the Champions League.
In front of the SG is the leading trio of Berlin (47:11), Magdeburg (47:11) and Kiel (47:9). For defending champion Magdeburg, the new edition of the cup final at cup winners Rhein-Neckar Löwen is on Sunday (2:00 p.m.), while the foxes play at Bergisches HC (16.05). Before that, THW will play at TVB Stuttgart on Saturday (8.30 p.m./all Sky).
Foxes Berlin – HC Erlangen 39:30 (19:13). – Goals: Andersson (8), Wiede (7), Gidsel (6), Weber (6/1 penalty kicks), Marsenic (3), Vujovic (2), Lindberg (2), Freihöfer (2), Kopljar (1) , Lichtlein (1), Holm (1) for Berlin – Steinert (6/4), Jeppsson (5), Olsson (4), Heiny (3), Firnhaber (3), Zehnder (3), Sellin (2), Bissel (2), Büdel (1), Zechel (1) for Erlangen. – Viewers: 7373
FA Göppingen – SC DHfK Leipzig 34:30 (19:16). – Goals: Schmidt (7), Sarac (7), Schiller (5), Kneule (5), Guliksen (3), Blagotinsek (2), Malus (1), Kozina (1) for Göppingen – Witzke (5), Klima (5), Leun (4), Larsen (3), Lindenchrone Andersen (3), Gebala (3), Preuss (3), Matthes (3), Ernst (2), Binder (1), Krzikalla (1) for Leipzig. – Spectators: 3800
HSG Wetzlar – ASV Hamm-Westphalia 29:24 (13:7). – Goals: Cavor (7), Becher (6/4 penalty kicks), Fredriksen (5), Rubin (4), Weissgerber (3), Rüdiger (1), Nyfjäll (1), Klimpke (1), Wagner (1) for Wetzlar – Orlowski (6), Huesmann (4), Zintel (4), Von Boenigk (4), Bauer (3), Wieling (2), Meschke (1) for Hamm. – Viewers: 3389
TSV GWD Minden – SG Flensburg-Handewitt 27:41 (10:18). – Goals: Korte (4), Holpert (4), Urban (4), Sebetic (3), Johansson (3), Pieczkowski (2), Kranzmann (2), Darmoul (2), Hakaj (1), Pehlivan ( 1), Ahouansou (1) for Minden – Möller (6), Hald Jensen (6), Pedersen (5), Röd (4), Golla (4), Mensing (4), Hansen (2/1 seven meters), Gottfridson (2), Semper (2), Jakobsen (2), Sögard Johannessen (1), Einarsson (1), Larsen (1) for Flensburg. – Spectators: 1808