Hamburger Polo Club have carried a one point lead into the men’s Bundesliga’s winter break despite dropping a couple of points against Berliner HC last weekend.
They lost a shoot-out in Berlin to take just one point from the contest to leave them on 27 points from their 10 games with a refix against Rot-Weiss Köln pendning.
The visitors took an early lead through Nic Woods but Berlin equalised through Nico Kirstein on the quarter-hour. Kane Russell restored the lead but Loic Berlinhof’s goal made it 2-2 in the 37th minute and ultimately sent the game to shoot-out. There, Berlin prevailed 4-3.
That had opened the door for second placed Rot-Weiss but they could not take full advantage as they drew 2-2 away to TSV Mannheim. The shoot-out bonus went to the Köln side, leaving them one point off the pace on 26.
UHC Hamburg are in third on 23 with Crefelder HTC on 22 and Mannheimer HC on 21 with 11 games played.
The league now moves indoors for winter with the second half of the season beginning on March 20th , 2027, one week for Hamburger Polo Club play the EHL FINAL12 in Eindhoven.
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