Three rounds in and five teams in the Asobal have 100% records.  Within that group, Barcelona sit at the top with a goal difference of +34 – their narrowest victory of the year was 26:19 whereas on Friday they polished off Academia Octavio 36:20.  The four teams keeping the Catalan lords company are Atletico Madrid, Reale Ademar León, Aragón, and Encantada.  The latter two play each other in a couple of rounds time so if they haven’t already lost their perfect records one of them will then.

Meanwhile in Germany … THW Kiel are fourth!  Granted this is because they have played fewer games than anyone else but we should all take screen shots of this day to show that these things can happen occasionally.  There is only one 100% record in the Bundesliga and that belongs to Rhein-Neckar Löwen who have five wins from five.  Joining Kiel in the unbeaten stakes are Fuechse Berlin with whom they drew recently and SG Flensburg-Handewitt who have two wins and a draw from their three games played so far.  The table should become a bit more predictable over the next few weeks as the numbers of games played begins to equalise.

A quick look at France shows that the kerzillions euros spent by Paris was well spent.  Remarkably after two rounds there are only three teams with two wins – Paris, Montpellier and Chambery.  Montpellier own an extraordinary +36 record from their two games.  The hotly anticipated first meeting this season between Montpellier and Paris comes this Sunday in Paris at 15:00 CET (14:00 UK).  It is live on Canal+ but, as yet, I don’t know if there will be any legal means for watching in the UK.