THW Kiel won one of the most important battles of the season in Mannheim, where they beat Rhein Neckar Lowen 26:24, which put “Zebras” in EHF Champions League quarter-finals on FC Barcelona Lassa. That will be a replay of the last season, when Kiel outplayed Barca for the place at Final4 in Cologne.
Rhein Neckar Lowen won first match 25:24.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – THW Kiel 24:26 (12:12)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren (ab 42.), Palicka – Schmid (1/1), Sigurdsson (5), Banea Gonzalez, Steinhauser (n.e.), Larsen (1), Reinkind, Gedeon Guardiola, Groetzki (3), Ekdahl du Rietz (6), Pekeler (3), Petersson (5), Keller (n.e.), Trost (n.e.)
THW Kiel: Landin, Wolff – Duvnjak (3), Toft Hansen, Lackovic, Weinhold (3), Dissinger, Wiencek (4), Ekberg (1), Zeitz, Dahmke, Brozovic, Vujin (5), Bilyk (5), Nilsson (3), Santos (2)
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