Overview
- Magdeburg advanced with a 44:34 win at second-division Dessau-Roßlau after falling behind 1:4 and turning it around to lead 19:15 at halftime.
- Omar Ingi Magnusson top-scored for SCM with eight goals as the visitors stretched the margin to seven shortly after the break.
- The match, attended by 2,845 spectators, was a delayed second-round fixture rescheduled because of the Club World Cup.
- DHB-Pokal progression sets up an away round-of-16 matchup for Magdeburg against TV Großwallstadt.
- The result comes in a congested week for SCM, which hosts HC Pelister in the Champions League on Thursday.