Hamburger Polo Club will carry a big seven-point lead into the second half of the season despite dropping a point in their final game of the autumn phase of the men’s Bundesliga.

For the second time in three days, they were held to a draw against a Hamburg rival on the last weekend before the break.

Following a Friday 4-4 draw against Club an der Alster, they drew 3-3 against UHC Hamburg.

UHC took the lead three times through Luis Bernstein’s two goals and one from Florian Sperling  but Polo equalised each time through Tom Craig, Bennet Ness and Paul Smith.

In the shootout, the home side prevailed 3-1 thanks to goals from Justus Weigand, Paul Smith, and Bennet Ness, with UHC managing only one goal through Hannes Müller.

They will return to outdoor action on March 21st 2026 with a game against second placed TSV Mannheim and they will play three league matches before facing the EHL FINAL8 against AH&BC Amsterdam.

The first half has been tougher for the other German EHL team, Crefelder HTC, who sit in ninth place in the competition with three wins from 12 outings.

But they did close out the first phase with a confidence building 6-2 win over Münchner SC with three goals from Niklas Wellen.

Mannheimer HC capped a near-perfect autumn season in the German women’s Bundesliga with a victory in Düsseldorf in the final round before the winter break.

Mannheim – who will play Reading in the EHL FINAL12 next Easter – have amassed 35 out of a possible 36 points after winning their match against Düsseldorf HC.

Ines Wanner put MHC ahead with a penalty corner; immediately after halftime, the Rhinelanders equalised through Sara Strauss and that was how it remained until the end of the third quarter.

Stine Kurz – the league’s top scorer – duly got the key goal for a 2-1 final result in the 46th minute from a set piece, an outcome which gives Mannheim a five-point lead at the head of the table above Der Club an der Alster.

Düsseldorf will spend the winter break in third place with 23 points where they are level with two other teams including the other EHL-bound side, Harvestehuder THC.

In the Hamburg derby against Großflottbeker THGC, the HTHC women – who are the defending national champions – thought they had secured a narrow victory after Katharina Bauer’s late goal.

But the visitors also converted a penalty corner in the final minute when Paula Velmans leveled the score at 1-1 for Flottbek, forcing a shootout, where Izzy Petter, Katharina Kiefer, and Katharina Bauer secured the extra point for HTHC.

The German competition now switches indoors for the winter with the second phase of the outdoor competition returning on March 22nd, 2026.