Overview
- Nürnberg beat Elversberg 3:2 with Piet Scobel scoring twice, including a 90+3' header, after Miroslav Klose was sent off for protesting a penalty that Jan Reichert then saved from Otto Stange.
- Elversberg, playing their first match since Younes Ebnoutalib’s winter move to Eintracht Frankfurt, twice led but missed the chance to take top spot.
- Dynamo Dresden defeated Greuther Fürth 2:0 through goals by Thomas Keller and Jakob Lemmer to leave last place in the table.
- Germany opened the Handball European Championship by beating Austria 30:27, with Juri Knorr coming off the bench; Alfred Gíslason said Rune Dahmke returns against Serbia, and BILD reports a possible goalkeeper switch with David Späth set to start over Andreas Wolff.
- The DFB assigned Wolfgang Haslberger to referee Hertha vs. Schalke with Nicolas Winter as VAR, a choice that has drawn displeasure from many Schalke supporters.