Overview
- SG Flensburg-Handewitt beat Bergischer HC 36:29 to cement second place and cut the gap to leaders SC Magdeburg to three points (34:2), with SCM visiting Eisenach on Saturday.
- SC Magdeburg, reigning Champions League winners, remain clear atop the Bundesliga at the break after a 26:26 against THW Kiel halted their long winning streak.
- Injury-hit MT Melsungen defeated TVB Stuttgart 33:28 as playmaker Amine Darmoul is set for knee surgery on December 30, with Erik Balenciaga and Olle Forsell Schefvert also sidelined.
- FC Bayern Munich cruised 97:69 at the Skyliners for their first BBL victory under Svetislav Pesic, who is contracted through season’s end, while Spencer Dinwiddie was absent for a family health matter.
- Kölner Haie shut out Bremerhaven 3:0 to go top of the DEL, and Adler Mannheim lost 5:2 to Ingolstadt as Daniel Pietta tied the league’s regular-season appearances record.