Bundesliga handball club SC Magdeburg has won its first home game of the new season. The friendly eastern duel against ThSV Eisenach was won 34:28 (17:10) in front of 6,600 spectators. Magdeburg's top scorer was Omar Ingi Magnusson with eight goals, while Max Beneke scored the most for Eisenach with ten.
Before the game, there was a minute's silence for Harry Jahns, who died at the weekend and won numerous titles for SCM as a player and youth coach. Magdeburg started better, consistently punished Eisenach's mistakes and led by four goals (7:3/11th). Eisenach's Head Coach Sebastian Hinze called his first timeout, after which Beneke kept the Thuringians in the game from the backcourt. Nevertheless, the home side led by a clear margin at the break.
