Počela je sezona u Bundesligi. Start su obeležili rukometaši Gumersbaha, Melsungena i Rajn Nekar Levena koji su ostvarili pobede nad svojim rivalima. Briljirao je na svom bundesligaškom debiju hrvatski reprezentativac Dominik Kuzmanović sa 19 odbrana u trijumfu Gumersbaha u Hanoveru 32:28 koji je nagovestio da je jedan od najboljih klubova svih vremena na pravom putu.
Kil je poražen već u prvom kolu i to na gostovanju u Manhajmu od Rajn Nekar Levena 32:27 uz 10 golova Ivana Martinovića.
Melsungen je lako prošao kroz Lemgo…
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf – VfL Gummersbach 28:32 (15:15)
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf: Birlehm (8 saves), Gade (4 saves); Steinhauser 10/6, Uscins 4, Fischer 3, Edvardsson 3, Poulsen 2, Michalczik 2, Stutzke 1, Solstad 1, Kulesh 1, Büchner 1, Hanne, Nyfjäll, Gerbl, Feise, Weber
VfL Gummersbach: Kuzmanovic (19 saves), Obling (1 save); M. Vujovic 8/5, Blohme 5/1, Mahe 4, Köster 4, Vidarsson 3, Tskhovrebadze 2, Häseler 2, Einarsson 1, Horzen 1, Schluroff 1, Kodrin 1, Pregler, Zeman
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – THW Kiel 32:27 (14:14)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Späth (16/1 saves), Appelgren; Martinovic (10), Heymann (6), Kohlbacher (5), Lindenchrone (5), Knorr (3), Nothdurft (3) , Plucnar Jacobsen, Oskarsson, Moré, Mayer, Davidsson, Forsell-Schefvert
THW Kiel: Wolff (16/1 saves), Bellahcene; Madsen (10), Johansson (5), Pekeler (4), Dahmke (2), Duvnjak (2), Overby (2), Imre (1), Zerbe (1) für Kiel, Landin, Wiencek, Pabst, Johansson, Kutz, Wallinius
TBV Lemgo-Lippe – MT Melsungen 20:28 (11:13)
TBV Lemgo: Möstl (15 saves, 1 goal), Kastelic; Wagner (4), Brosch (3), Zehnder (2/2), Hutecek (2), Schagen (2), Suton (2), Versteijnen (2), Theilinger (1), Battermann (1), Simak, Carstensen, Faust, Petrovsky
MT Melsungen: Simic (10 saves), Morawski (2 saves); Kristopans (5),Moraes (5), Mensing (4), Kastening (4), Enderleit (3), Balenciaga (3), Barrufet (2/1), Mandic (1), Sipos (1), Ignatow, Arnarsson, Cavalcanti, Eickhoff, Darmoul
