After the fifth matchday, the SC DHfK Leipzig handball team is still without a win in the Bundesliga. The team of coach Raul Alonso was clearly beaten 34:41 (18:23) by record champions THW Kiel in front of a home crowd on Sunday evening. In front of 4462 spectators, Blaer Hinriksson was SC DHfK's best scorer with eight goals, leaving the team in second-last place with 1:9 points. THW took over the lead in the table with 10:0 points.
The Leipzig team quickly trailed. In the fifth minute, however, it got loud in the arena when Thomas Oehlrich entered the court. The 41-year-old club legend had been reactivated by Leipzig at short notice due to major personnel worries at the back. The former captain made it 4:6 in the eighth minute. The home side now forced a duel at eye level and worked its way back to 13:15 (20th minute) with its varied attacking play.
However, Leipzig continued to have massive problems in defense with THW's quick transition play and was able to pull 23:18 ahead by the break. Kiel continued to dominate after the break and quickly pulled 28:21 ahead in the 36th minute. Although Leipzig did not give up, it was never able to slow down the visitors' attacking momentum.
