Five-a-side cycle-ball Bundesliga: RV Gärtringen top after opening day

Three clubs won all three of their games as Germany's 5er Bundesliga got under way. RV Gärtringen lead on goal difference and have yet to concede.

Germany's 5er Bundesliga for five-a-side cycle-ball, run by the Bund Deutscher Radfahrer (BDR), held its first matchday on 10 October, with games in Mainz and Backnang. Each of the ten teams played three times. According to radball.at, RV Gärtringen sit first with nine points and a 14:0 goal record. Their squad includes Kevin Seeber, Kai Schäfer and Patrick Bühler.

RSV Waldrems (9:2) and RVW Naurod 1 (7:1) also won every game but trail on goal difference in second and third. SG Oberesslingen/Reichenbach follow with six points. SG Darmstadt/Hähnlein and RV Hechtsheim have four each, RV Krofdorf three.

SG Denkendorf/Kemnat, SV Nordshausen and RVW Naurod 2 are still waiting for their first point. Once the league phase is over, the top five go on to contest the German title, while the teams in ninth and tenth are relegated. Matchday two is on 24 October in Denkendorf and Esslingen, and matchday three follows on 7 November in Reichenbach an der Fils and Kassel. The BDR calendar lists 28 November for the German five-a-side championship.