3.Liga, Round 24: Bielefeld gets owned

Round 24, Feb 6-8

Bielefeld is off to a slow restart, having their first game postponed and then getting slapped silly by Fortuna Köln. The erstwhile leaders were dominated by Fortuna, perhaps their worst game of the season. The hosts on the other hand were determined and continue to secure a place in the safety of midtable.

Preußen Münster is the new leader, with a strong performance against Osnabrück in the “Westfalen-but-the-politicians-say-its-Niedersachen” derby :). No matter geography, politics or culture, it was an exciting match, and the sold out stadium gives indication of the regional interest. Osnabrück played hard, but Münster was the better side and deserved the win.

Erfurt got a huge away win in Dresden. Because of poor behaviour of Dynamo fans (from a November match at Rostock), the DFB ordered this match played with empty stands. Dresden was looking for the win, but RWE was too clever and instead stole the match at the end and vault over their eastern rivals in the promotion struggle.

MSV Duisburg looked strong and pushed a hapless Chemnitz side around. The Zebras took their foot off the gas pedal in the 2nd half, otherwise it could have gotten ugly.

Kiel had a strong performance at Cottbus, defeating Energie and leaving the easterners pondering how they get back into the promotion race…

A relegation 6-pointer in Rostock, and Regensburg has to be the happier side. Jahn played well and fully deserved the point, and although they remain dead last, they’ve shown signs of life. Hansa could have used a win to jump out of the drop zone.

Bad weather caused four matches to get canceled.

Preußen Münster	     -   VfL Osnabrück	        2:0 (0:0)   14,300 *
Hansa Rostock	     -   Jahn Regensburg	2:2 (1:2)    8,100
Energie Cottbus	     -   Holstein Kiel	        0:2 (0:1)    5,884
Dynamo Dresden	     -   Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0:1 (0:0)    0
MSV Duisburg	     -   Chemnitzer FC	        3:0 (3:0)   11,260
Fortuna Köln	     -   Arminia Bielefeld	3:0 (1:0)    4,912 	

Stuttgarter Kickers  -   Hallescher FC	        postponed
Borussia Dortmund II -   SG S-hof Großaspach	postponed
SpVgg Unterhaching   -   1. FSV Mainz 05 II     postponed
VfB Stuttgart II     -   SV Wehen Wiesbaden     postponed


 1  Preußen Münster 	  	24   13  6  5 	  37:25  +12 	  45 
 2  Arminia Bielefeld (A) 	23   13  4  6 	  42:26  +16 	  43
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 3  MSV Duisburg 	  	24   11  9  4 	  35:22  +13 	  42
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 4  Stuttgarter Kickers 	23   11  8  4 	  38:26  +12 	  41 
 5  Rot-Weiß Erfurt	  	24   11  7  6 	  36:30  +6 	  40 
 6  Dynamo Dresden (A) 	  	24   10  8  6 	  31:27  +4 	  38 
 7  Holstein Kiel	  	24    9  10 5 	  29:17  +12 	  37 
 8  Energie Cottbus (A) 	24   10  7  7 	  26:24  +2 	  37
 9  VfL Osnabrück 	  	23   10  5  8 	  36:34  +2 	  35 
10  SV Wehen Wiesbaden 	  	23   10  4  9 	  37:28  +9 	  34 
11  Fortuna Köln (N)	  	24    9  6  9 	  30:24  +6 	  33 
12  Chemnitzer FC 	  	24    9  4  11 	  23:24  -1 	  31 
13  Hallescher FC 	  	23    8  5  10 	  28:32  -4 	  29 
14  VfB Stuttgart II	        23    7  6  10 	  28:36  -8 	  27 
15  SpVgg Unterhaching 	  	22    7  5  10 	  33:41  -8 	  26 
16  Borussia Dortmund II	23    4  10 9 	  24:31  -7 	  22 
17  1. FSV Mainz 05 II (N) 	23    5  6  12 	  26:37  -11 	  21
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18  Hansa Rostock 	  	24    5  6  13 	  32:49  -17 	  21 
19  SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (N) 22    5  6  11 	  22:39  -17 	  21 
20  Jahn Regensburg 	  	24    4  4  16 	  24:45  -21 	  16


A = Absteiger just relegated 
N = Neuling just promoted

1st line: Promotion to 2.Liga
2nd line: Promotion Playoff with 2.Liga 16th place 
3rd line: Relegation to Regionalliga

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