Handball Bundesliga: Master fight and Knorr-Vschied: The last HBL game day

The handball Bundesliga heads for a dramatic and highly emotional season finale. Nothing has yet been decided in the championship race and in the relegation battle. The Rhein-Neckar Löwen is likely to be emotionally, because an absolute crowd favorite leaves the Bundesliga. The last match day at a glance:

Who will be a German champion?

Do the foxes Berlin win the championship for the first time or does SC Magdeburg defend its title? The capital city club has a draw at the Rhein-Neckar Löwen to claim the lead in front of the great arch rival. The SCM has to go to SG BBM Bietigheim. «Now there are two fingers on the master bowl. There is no doubt in our team, »said Berlin’s world handball player Mathias Gidsel. Both teams have already been determined as Champions League participants.

Dreierkampf for relegation

VfL Potsdam is already a relegation. TVB Stuttgart, HC Erlangen and Bietigheim are fighting for the last two Bundesliga tickets. Stuttgart is currently on relegation place 17. Before that is the same Erlanger. Bietigheim (17 points) has not yet been saved and should only have a little chance of winning in the game against Magdeburg. In the HSG Wetzlar, Erlangen meets an opponent at eye level. Stuttgart receives Leipzig.

Emotional Knorr-Vschied

At the Rhine Neckar-Löwen, Juri Knorr matured from the highly gifted talent to the seasoned international. Now the 25-year-old crowd favorite leaves the Mannheimer and is moving to the Danish top club Aalborg HB. Close to the family, a new language and appearances in the Champions League makes this for Knorr -coherent overall package. «The lions were the perfect place for me. I would have preferred to play in the past four years, »said Knorr before his farewell game.

National player ends career

Farewell tears could also flow in Kiel. Because there Patrick Wiencek wants to say goodbye to the deserved handball pension with a win against Eisenach. « I don’t like to imagine how it will run on Sunday, » said the 36-year-old Wiencek, who had bronze with the DHB team 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Among 500 Bundesliga games has completed Vienna for Tusem Essen, VfL Gummersbach and the THW Kiel since 2008.

After six championships, the Champions League victory 2020 and the cup victory a few weeks ago, WiEkek has legend status in Kiel.

Scorer

The goal scorer crown is no longer to be taken by Marko Grgic from THSV Eisenach. With 292 goals, the German international leads the list unchallenged in front of world handball players Mathias Gidsel (265). In contrast to his colleague, five years younger, Gidel scored all his goals from the game. Incidentally, the best value in one season is the former Gummersbacher Kyung-Shin Yoon from the 2000/01 season with 324 goals.