Pravu reakciju imali su igrači Flensburga na poraz u Ludvighafenu 25:23 pre par dana koji ih je dodatno odvojio od titule. Pred 13.200 navijača u Manhajmu, Benjamin Burić je sa 14 odbrana (tri sedmerca) predvodio svoj tim do velike pobede nad Rajn Nekar Levenom 24:22, koja domaće izbacuje i iz TOP 4 ako se pogleda broj odigranih utakmica svih rivala u vrhu nemačkog rukometa.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – SG Flensburg-Handewitt 22:24 (13:14)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren (1/1 odb), Palicka (10/1 odb) – Schmid (4), Gensheimer (5/1), Kirkelokke (3), Lagarde (2), Abutovic, Mensah Larsen (1), Groetzki (2), Guardiola, Nielsen, Kohlbacher (5)
SG Flensburg-Handewitt: Buric (14/3 odb) – Golla, Glandorf, Jeppsson (1), Jøndal, Steinhauser (8/5), Heinl, Zachariassen (2), Johannessen (6), Gottfridsson (7), Jurecki, Rød
TABELA:
1. | Kiel | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 520:443 | 28 | |
2. | Flensburg-H. | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 504:443 | 28 | |
3. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 487:453 | 26 | |
4. | Rhein-Neckar | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 537:498 | 26 | |
5. | Fuchse Berlin | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 485:436 | 24 | |
6. | SC Magdeburg | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 503:455 | 24 | |
7. | MT Melsungen | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 467:464 | 21 | |
8. | Leipzig | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 499:504 | 20 | |
9. | HSG Wetzlar | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 477:480 | 16 | |
10. | Bergischer | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 458:470 | 15 | |
11. | Goppingen | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 430:448 | 15 | |
12. | Erlangen | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 441:457 | 14 | |
13. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 472:503 | 13 | |
14. | Stuttgart | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 443:481 | 12 | |
15. | Lemgo | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 490:517 | 12 | |
16. | Minden | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 447:470 | 10 | |
17. | Ludwigshafen | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 421:466 | 8 | |
18. | Nordhorn-Lingen | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 432:525 | 2 |