The German league has finally started this weekend, but a few matches have been postponed.
Spandau 04, the most decorated German club, wasn’t able to play its games at the first tournament, because a player of this team has tested positive for coronavirus just before the competition, and the Federation decided to postpone Spandau’s first three games. New dates will be determined.
The competition system is unusual and adapted to the current conditions. Due to the strict anti-corona measures in Germany, the league started almost six months later than it was planned. So the season will be quite short.
Eight teams will battle for the title. They are split into two groups (A and B). Two tournaments will be played in each group (a total of six rounds). After the second tournament, the top two teams will advance to the group for the title (group E) and will take part in the playoffs.
The others will play for the classification 5th – 12th. They will be joined by the four teams from groups C and D, which haven’t started yet.
2020/21 German League, first tournaments
Group A (Hannover)
Waspo 98 Hannover – White Sharks Hannover 14:4 (5:2, 5:2, 3:1, 1:0)
Waspo: Radovic 3, Muslim 3, Nagaev 3, Schutze 2, Real 1, Da. Brguljan 1, Kubisch 1.
White Sharks: Dolff 1, F.Rotermund 1, Hahn 1, Struss
ASC Duisburg – SSV Esslingen 12:11 (1:2, 2:3, 7:4, 2:2)
ASC: Gansen 3, Tanaskovic 3, Rompf 2, Bakulo 2, Kilibarda 1, Eidner 1.
Esslingen: Stankovic 3, Thran 2, Finkes 2, Cerinar 2, Bozic 1, Sopiadis 1.
Waspo 98 Hannover – ASC Duisburg 19:8 (4:1, 5:3, 5:1, 5:3)
Waspo: Schutze 5, Nagaev 4, Real 2, D.Brguljan 2, Macan 1, Radovic 1, Corusic 1, Muslim 1, M.Brguljan 1, Winkelhorst 1.
ASC Duisburg: Eidner 3, Bakulo 2, Illinger 1, Gansen 1, Tanaskovic 1.
White Sharks Hannover – SSV Esslingen 11:13 (0:3, 3:3, 5:4, 3:3)
White Sharks: Schipper 3, J.Rotermund 3, Sekulic 3, F.Rotermund 1, Strus 1.
Esslingen: Thran 4, Bozic 3, Fabic 2, Cerniar 1, Stankovic 1, Sopiadis 2.
Waspo 98 Hannover – SSV Esslingen 25:5 (6:3, 5:1, 5:1, 9:0)
Waspo: Nagaev 6, Muslim 5, Kubisch 4, Radovic 3, Winkelhorst 3, Real 2, Brguljan 2.
Esslingen: Thran 2, Bozic 1, Fabic 1, Stankovic 1.
ASC Duisburg – White Sharks Hannover 14:8 (5:3, 3:2, 2:2, 4:1)
ASC Duisburg: Tanaskovic 5, Grohs 2, Gansen 2, Kilibarda 1, Gergelyfi 1, Bakulo 1.
White Sharks: Schipper 3, Schutze 2,F. Rotermund 2, J.Rotermund 1
The players of Waspo Hannover, who were in quarantine after the second Champions League “bubble” tournament, recovered and cruised to three wins
The most interesting game of the tournament was an encounter between ASC Duisburg and SSV Esslingen. Early in the third period, Esslingen led 6:3. After that, Duisburg started coming back and had a 2-goal advantage (10:8 and 11:9). Esslingen leveled the score – 11:11, but Bakulo scored a winning goal for ASC Duisburg 74 seconds before the end.
Duisburg easily beat White Sharks and finished the first tournament in 2nd place.
1. Waspo 98 Hannover 3 – 6
2. ASC Duisburg 3 – 4
3. SSV Esslingen 3 – 2
4. White Sharks Hannover 3 – 0
Group B (Berlin)
SG Neukolln – OSC Potsdam 8:21 (4:8, 1:5, 2:5, 1:3)
Neukolln: Molnar 3, Kuttchashvili 2, Hebisch 1, Hubscher 1, Ostmann 1.
OSC: Ulrich 4, Kuppers 4, Ulrich 4, Costa 2, Gottfried 2, Fer.Korbel 3, Schulz 3, Fel.Korbel 1, Hofmann 1.
SV Ludwigsburg – OSC Potsdam 7:16 (3:4, 3:5, 0:4, 1:3)
Ludwigsburg: Martinic 2, Blazevic 2, Stanimirovic 1, Mijatovic 1, Lipar 1.
OSC: Zech 4, Huppe 2, Costa 2, Gottfried 2, Tadin 1, Kuppers 2, Fer. Korbel 2,, Shulcz 1
SG Neukolln – SV Ludwigsburg 8:11 (1:3, 1:2, 3:3, 3:3)
Neukolln: Molnar 3, Ostmann 1, Kleine 1, Kutchashvili 2, Kotowski 1.
Ludwigsburg: Martinic 4, Van der Bosch 2, Stanimirovic 1 Lipar 1, Blazevic 2, Fernandez 1.
Games Spandau – OSC Potsdam, Neukolln-Spandau, and Spandau – Ludwigsburg have been postponed
In Spandau’s absence, OSC dominated the tournament in Berlin. The Potsdam demolished Neukolln in the first round. OSC was too strong for Ludwigsburg, too. However, Ludwigsburg didn’t finish the tournament with no points, as it was better than Neukolln in the last game of the tournament
1. OSC Potsdam 2 – 4
2. SV Ludwigsburg 2 –2
3. SG Neukolln 2 – 0
Spandau –
The second tournaments will be played on April 10 and 11.
