Both German women’s Bundesliga leaders Mannheimer HC and Düsseldorfer HC restarted their outdoor season with six-point weekends on home turf.

For both, it is an upbeat way to continue their build-up to the EHL FINALS in Den Bosch. There, MHC will face MSC Sumchanka while DHC await the winner of Surbiton and Slavia Prague.

Domestically, Mannheim maintained their five-point lead with a 2-0 victory over Harvestehuder THC on Saturday with national team player Stine Kurz giving them the lead with a corner in the 13th minute.

And they secured all three points from Nadine Kanler’s late second half goal in the 56th minute. They followed up with a 2-1 win over Club an der Alster.

Aina Kresken gave them a 1-0 halftime lead and they were two clear early in the final quarter via Lucina von der Heyde before Lina Cobano got one back late in the contest.

Champions Düsseldorf completed their six-point weekend with a narrow 3-2 win over Berliner HC before a much more comfortable 3-0 victory against Zehlendorfer Wespen with goals from Sophia Schwabe, Lisa Nolte and Annika Schönhoff.

They are in second place after 14 rounds of matches.