SC Magdeburg has won its last catch-up game in the German Handball League and practically secured its third overall German championship title. The team coached by Bennet Wiegert won 30:28 (17:13) against SC DHfK Leipzig on Sunday. Omar Ingi Magnusson was Magdeburg's top scorer with 16 goals, while Matej Klima was the most successful for Leipzig with six goals.
With two matchdays to go, Magdeburg has a four-point lead and an 84-goal advantage over the chasing Füchse Berlin, who can only theoretically displace the team from the city on the Elbe. After the end, the Magdeburg players celebrated exuberantly on the pitch and then together with the fans. The Elbe city team are still in the running for the Champions League.
The defensive lines dominated at the start, with the visitors from Leipzig only scoring the first goal of the game after four minutes. After a number of refereeing decisions, the game became hectic and the flow of play was disrupted. Leipzig tried to put the SCM playmakers under pressure with offensive defending, but was not always successful. SCM led by two goals at one stage, but the visitors equalized. Magdeburg responded with a 4:0 run and could even have led by more at the break.
The game remained tight after the break, too, as Leipzig repeatedly pulled back quickly and SCM was hardly able to play at pace. As a result, Leipzig came within one goal before Magdeburg found its feet again in attack. Magdeburg then regained some breathing space, but were only able to decide the game in the final minutes.
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