THW Kiel - Rhein-Neckar Löwen 36:35. Nikola and the Zebras reached the final due to a goal scored by Filip Jicha in the last second. Their rival will be VfL Gummersbach, who beat clearly HSV Hamburg, 35:27.
Kiel leaded from the beginning until the end. The biggest margin in their favour was of 4 goals in the first half (19:15/25., 21:18/30.), in the second half they had even 5 goals more than the opponent (27:22/39.). Vid Kavticnik and Christian Zeitz convinced totally, but Filip Jicha and Nikola performed very well as well.
In the last ten minutes, THW played not that well and within 5 minutes to go the "Lions" came closer to a goal (33:32) and even equalised within 8 second to go (35:35). But Filip Jicha kept cool and sent a real bomb through Szmal legs and qualified his team into the final.
Statistics
THW Kiel - Rhein-Neckar Löwen 36:35 (21:18)
THW Kiel: Omeyer (1.-60., 14 saves), Martini (on for a 7 meter shot, no save); Lund, Andersson (didn’t play), Lundström, Kavticnik (10/3), Anic (didn’t play), Lövgren, Ahlm (4), Zeitz (9), Karabatic (5), Klein (1), Jicha (7/1).
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Szmal (1.-17., 30.-60., 9/1 save), Fritz (17.-30. and for a 7 meter shot, 3/1 save); Gensheimer (6), Roggisch, Bielecki (4), Schwarzer (6), Filip (1), Jurasik (6), Kliomwets, Fäth, Sigurdsson (7/4), Groetzki (2), Richarson (1)
statistics: www.thw-provinzial.de
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