THW Kiel has given away a possible home win in the preliminary round of the Handball Champions League.
Against the Hungarian champion Pick Szeged, the German record champion only played 32:32 (17:14) on Wednesday after a seven-goal lead.
With eight goals, Hendrik Pekeler was the hosts' best thrower, who now remain second in Group A with 7: 3 points.
Kiel - Mario Sostaric was successful five times for Szeged.
After a fast start to the game, the Kielers, who had to do without Sander Sagosen and Steffen Weinhold, who are in corona quarantine, allowed themselves a more than six-minute peat doldrums.
In this phase Szeged moved away from 6: 5 (9th) to 10: 5 (15th).
With the help of the seventh field player, THW had equalized again at 11:11 in the 22nd minute and took the lead at 14:13 (26th minute).
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Three days after the 30:37 bankruptcy in the Champions League at the French representative Montpellier HB, the "Zebras" prevailed on Sunday in front of their home crowd with 34:25 (19:15) against the bottom of the table TSV GWD Minden.
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The EHV Aue enjoyed the handball festival against the German record champions THW Kiel and sold dearly despite being eliminated from the DHB Cup.
Against the top favorites, the Saxons were able to keep the second round game open until the eleventh minute.
Then the THW pulled away and won the Saxons on Wednesday evening with 38:26 (17:12).
The best EHV throwers in front of 1,453 spectators in the Erzgebirgshalle Lößnitz were Bengt Bornhorn (6/3) and Petr Schlachta (5), Nikola Bilyk (8) scored the most successfully at Kiel.
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Series lasts: SC Magdeburg beats MT Melsungen
SC Magdeburg has also won the sixth game in the handball Bundesliga and remains the leader of the table.
At MT Melsungen, which was supervised for the first time by the new coach Roberto Garcia Parrondo, the SCM won on Thursday evening with 27:24 (15:11).
The best Magdeburg throwers were Lukas Mertens and Omar Magnusson with five goals each, Julius Kühn scored the most frequently for MT with seven goals.
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The lead of the "Zebras" grew to seven goals at 25:18 (41st).
Szeged did not give up and managed to equalize again at 32:32 (59th).
The last chance to win the THW was gone when Harald Reinkind's throw was blocked by Szeged's goalkeeper Mirko Alilovic.
On Sunday (2.00 p.m. / Sky), the Kiel team is waiting for the home league game against the no-loss leader SC Magdeburg.
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