Füchse Berlin conquer the top of the HBL in Wetzlar

As of: December 2nd, 2023 10:15 p.m

With a confident start-finish victory, the Füchse Berlin have at least temporarily taken the lead at the start of the 15th matchday of the Handball Bundesliga on Friday evening (December 1st, 2023). In the pursuit duel, SG Flensburg-Handewitt clearly had the upper hand against MT Melsungen.

Coach Jaron Siewert’s team prevailed at HSG Wetzlar with 36:30 (18:15) and pushed SC Magdeburg out of first place, at least for one night. The Champions League winner can regain the lead in the table with a home win on Sunday against VfL Gummersbach (3 p.m., live ticker at sportschau.de).

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In Wetzlar, the Foxes lived up to their role as favorites right from the start. With four goals, the guests took an early lead to 4-0, also thanks to three, some outstanding, saves from keeper Dejan Milosavljev.

Hostage concerning Lindberg

The Berliners remained dominant and were once again able to rely on Bundesliga record goalscorer Hans Lindberg (five goals).

However, the best thrower on the Füchse side was the Danish world champion Mathias Gidsel with seven goals, while HSG right winger Domen Novak also impressed with seven goals with an impeccable shooting rate.

Lions beat HSV

Meanwhile, handball cup winner Rhein-Neckar Löwen keeps the international starting places in the Bundesliga in sight. Coach Sebastian Hinze’s team won their eighth win in their 15th league game on Saturday with a 36:32 (19:15) win at HSV Hamburg and are still in sixth place.

The Danish world champion Niclas Kirkelökke scored the most goals with ten goals for the guests in front of 6,741 spectators, who celebrated only their second away win of the season. On the HSV side, left winger Casper Mortensen (10) was the most successful in front of the opposing goal.

TVB Stuttgart had previously celebrated a valuable and somewhat surprising success in the fight to stay in the league. The Swabians overturned a half-time deficit of 32:28 (15:17) against TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and, thanks to their fifth win of the season, climbed from the first non-relegation spot to 14th position.

“That was a very important victory when you look at the table. We are really happy to have won this game,” said Stuttgart national player Kai Häfner on the Dyn microphone.

Flensburg-Handewitt wins the pursuit duel

The new third place in the table is SG Flensburg-Handewitt, which won the duel against MT Melsungen on Friday with 34:24 (18:14) and overtook North Hesse.

Lasse Möller increased the lead for the SG to seven goals for the first time in the 44th minute with 26:19. The preliminary decision was made and the hosts continued to extend their impressive series against Melsungen. In the 37th duel between the two teams, it was the North Germans’ 31st victory.