After two recent successes in a row, ThSV Eisenach's handball team suffered another setback. The Thuringians lost their away game at 14th-placed Frisch Auf Göppingen by 27:31 (11:13) on Monday and so missed out on moving up to eighth place. Ludvig Hallbäck (7), Oskar Sunnefeldt and Ymir Örn Gislason (4 each) played the biggest part in the hosts' success. The German international Marko Grgic (11/2) scored the most goals for Eisenach, who had won the first leg by a clear 35:25, but was not able to prevent his team's ninth defeat of the season.
The visitors got off to a good start and led 4:2 after nine minutes. However, Göppingen then turned the game around midway through the first half, turning a 5:6 deficit (16th minute) into an 8:6 lead within two minutes. The home side was able to hold on to that lead until the break.
After the break, the club from Thuringia made too many simple mistakes, which its opponents punished coldly. Göppingen pulled 17:12 ahead by the 37th minute with a 4:1 run and did not let this lead slip from its grasp.
