TSV Bayer Dormagen ensures important point in a dramatic derby against Hamm!

TSV Bayer Dormagen ensures important point in a dramatic derby against Hamm!

On Friday evening, April 12, 2025, the TSV Bayer Sports Center in Dormagen presented itself as the setting for a nerve-wracking handball game between TSV Bayer Dormagen and ASV Hamm-Westfalen, which ended with an exciting draw of 31:31. Before 1,548 enthusiastic spectators, both teams fought passionately for every point, which added a new dimension to the relegation battle in the handball Bundesliga.

From the beginning, an intensive derby developed at eye level. A captivating head-to-head race developed in which no team was able to settle with more than two goals. So it was at half time 16:16 after the tour changed back and forth. Dormagen was led by the clever captain Peter Strosack, who achieved the decisive compensation two seconds before the end and thus secured a point again. In the first few minutes of the game, the events in the field remained balanced, with the score being 5: 5 after 11 minutes.

core moments and the course of the game

The ASV Hamm-Westfalen was able to develop a few leadership points in the first minute of the game, but collapsed in the decisive phase of the game. After an own goal of Sören Steinhaus, Hamm led 29:26 in the last ten minutes. This brought the Dormagener into a critical location, from which they were able to fight back thanks to an impressive 3-0 run and equalized the gap to 30:30 in the 59th minute. Florian Drosten brought Hamm again 30 seconds before the end, but Peter Strosack showed nerve strength and secured the division of points with his last throw.

The course of the game attended an emotional drama. With a goal balance of 11 goals, Sören Steinhaus became the most successful goal scorer of the game for Dormagen, followed by Jan Schmidt with 7 goals and Finn Schroven, who scored 4 goals. At Hamm, Florian Drosten towered with 10 goals, 4 of which were achieved by seven meters.

statistics and meaning of the game

The match was characterized by a combative commitment of both teams, which was also reflected in the penalty of the sentence: Dormagen received 6 penalties, while Hamm collected 10 punishments. On the goalkeeper side, Pasteur Simonsen and Oberosler for Dormagen had a total of 8 parades, at Hamm Hertlein made a contribution with 6 parades.

After the game, coach Julian Bauer von Dormagen said that his team was lucky that Julius Meyer-Siebert von Hamm was not active due to time penalties. Equality in the game reflects its importance for the relegation battle, since both teams are in the lower table region.

With the tie, both teams got an important point. Dormagen will compete against TV 05/07 Hüttenberg in the next game on Sunday, April 14, 2025, while Hamm still has to fight for every point to stay in the race.