The highlight of the 12th round of the German League was a local derby in Duisburg.
ASC Duisburg was a favorite against Duisburger, which had yet to earn any points. Despite taking an early lead of 3:0, ASC Duisburg had to fight hard to secure the victory, as Duisburger managed to equalize at 3:3. From that point until 7:7, the teams were in a neck-and-neck race.
ASC netted two goals in the last minute of the second quarter and entered the third period leading 9:7. However, Duisburger didn’t surrender and caught the favorite early in the fourth quarter (10:10), but it couldn’t upset the favorite. ASC won 13:11. Sascha Seifert and Elias Metten both contributed to the ASC Duisburg’s win with three goals. But the best scorer was Dusiburger’s Djordje Tanaskovic. The player who was raised in Partizan’s water polo school found the net four times.
Waspo Hannover showed no mercy to Neukolln, beating the Berlin-based team 25:4. Four players scored four goals each for Waspo: Nikola Stankovic, Lukas Kuppers, Denis Strelezkij and Nikola Milradovic.
OSC Potsdam defeated White Sharks 10:7. In the middle of the third quarter, White Sharks trailed 5:6. That was followed by OSC’s 3:0 series within a minute and a half. OSC went to 9:5, and White Sharks couldn’t come back.
2024/25 German League, Round 12
ASC Duisburg – Duisburger SV 98 13:11 (4:3, 5:4, 1:2, 3:2)
Neukolln – Waspo 98 Hannover 4:25 (1:6, 1:9, 1:8, 1:2)
White Sharks Hannover – OSC Potsdam 7:11 (0:3, 3:1, 3:5, 1:2)
Spandau 04 bye
1.Waspo 98 Hannover 10 games – 30
2.Spandau 04 10 – 27
3. ASC Duisburg 10 – 18
4. OSC Potsdam 10 – 18
5. White Sharks 11 – 9
6. Neukolln 10 – 6
7. Duisburger SV 11 – 0
(Note: Ludwigsburg withdrew from the league after the seventh round due to financial difficulties, resulting in the cancellation of all of the games the club played)
