The guests leaded with 4:0, Essen came back (3:4). It was the hosts’ unique chance to be so close to the Champions League’s finalist. THW extended their lead to 6:10 (13.) and got in the break with 14:21.
In the second half Essen was only 7 goals behind their visitors (21:28/42.), but they couldn’t keep the pace at all. The home squad scored only 7 goals in the remaining 18 minutes. In whole this period, Kiel, even without Lövgren (rested), Kavticnik (with an easy injury) and with Nikola and other important players getting less playing time, scored 15 goals.
TUSEM Essen: Maiß (24.-60., 7 saves), Kulhanek (1.-23., 4 saves); Prieto (1), Hruscak (6), Dragunski (1), McMillan, Tovornik (12/2), Vorontsov, Krüger (1), Williams (2), McDermott, Mohr, Schütte (1), Wiencek (4); Coach: Szargiej
THW Kiel: Omeyer (1.-16., 7 saves), Michelsen (16.-60., 16 saves); Lund (2) Andersson (12), Lundström (3), Anic (9/1), Lövgren (didn’t play), Ahlm (2), Weltgen (2/2) Zeitz (4), Jurgeleit (6), Karabatic, Klein (1), Jicha (2); Coach: Gislason
statistics: www.thw-provinzial.de
Saturday, 30th May
HSG Wetzlar - SC Magdeburg 28:25 (15:11)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen - TSV Dormagen 35:32 (19:15)
GWD Minden - TBV Lemgo 30:26 (14:15)
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten - Frisch Auf Göppingen 24:23 (11:14)
MT Melsungen - HSV Hamburg 29:29 (15:15)
Stralsunder HV - TV Großwallstadt 23:40 (9:19)
Tuesday, 2nd June
SG Flensburg-Handewitt - HSG Nordhorn 33:35 (17:19)
Wednesday, 3rd June
VfL Gummersbach - Füchse Berlin 40:31 (20:14)
TuSEM Essen - THW Kiel 28:43 (14:21)
Ranking
1. THW Kiel 33 31 1 1 1189 : 924 +265 63 : 3
2. HSV Hamburg 33 24 2 7 1041 : 890 +151 50 : 16
3. Rhein-Neckar Löwen 33 24 2 7 1100 : 957 +143 50 : 16
4. TBV Lemgo 33 22 1 10 1006 : 906 +100 45 : 21
5. SG Flensburg-Handewitt 33 21 2 10 1077 : 944 +133 44 : 22
6. Frisch Auf Göppingen 33 19 2 12 984 : 900 +84 40 : 26
7. SC Magdeburg 33 19 2 12 950 : 881 +69 40 : 26
8. VfL Gummersbach 33 18 4 11 1028 : 967 +61 40 : 26
9. HSG Nordhorn 33 20 3 10 1039 : 953 +86 39 : 23
10. MT Melsungen 33 14 2 17 1060 : 1072 -12 30 : 36
11. Füchse Berlin 33 12 4 17 983 : 1006 -23 28 : 38
12. GWD Minden 33 12 1 20 893 : 986 -93 25 : 41
13. TV Großwallstadt 33 11 2 20 1008 : 993 +15 24 : 42
14. HSG Wetzlar 33 10 3 20 902 : 949 -47 23 : 43
15. HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 33 10 3 20 919 : 974 -55 23 : 43
16. TSV Dormagen 33 6 5 22 841 : 1006 -165 17 : 49
17. Stralsunder HV 33 2 2 29 785 : 1153 -368 6 : 60
18. TuSEM Essen 33 1 1 31 828 : 1172 -344 3 : 63
Saturday, 6th June
15:00: Füchse Berlin - MT Melsungen
15:00: SC Magdeburg - Rhein-Neckar Löwen
15:00: TSV Dormagen - TuSEM Essen
15:00: TV Großwallstadt - HSG Wetzlar
15:00: HSV Hamburg - Stralsunder HV
15:00: TBV Lemgo - VfL Gummersbach
15:00: Frisch Auf Göppingen - GWD Minden
15:00: HSG Nordhorn - HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
15:00: THW Kiel - SG Flensburg-Handewitt
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