Shortly after the Handball World Cup, the THW Kiel is already going in the Bundesliga. The THW celebrates a clear home win against Magdeburg. Leader Melsungen also had no nakedness.
The THW celebrated a clear home win against defending champion SC Magdeburg on Saturday (07.02.2025) with 31:25 (20:11). Best Kiel throwers in the eighth league victory in series were Bence Imre and Emil Madsen with five goals each. Matthias Musche was successful for the guests ten times. In the table, the THW temporarily improved in second place with 28: 8 points, the Magdeburgers (21: 9) initially remain sixth.
Just six days after the World Cup final, the Kielers got off to the game. In the 8th minute, the THW left winger Imre failed with a seven meter on Magdeburg goalkeeper Nikola Portner. A little later, however, the Hungarian converted a further penalty throw to the hosts’ 7: 4 lead (10th). The Magdeburgers struggled, and again and again failed to THW goalkeeper Andreas Wolff.
Wolff considers Kiel strong
After Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu had increased to 12: 7 for the THW (18th), trainer Bennet Wiegert asked for a break. Success did not appear. Three minutes later, Wiegert had a need for conversation again at 7:14. Up to a break, the gap grew to nine goals at 11:20. In the 39th minute, Kiel’s Petter Öz ry saw the red card after getting hard against Felix Claar. This was no meaning for the THW game.
The “zebras” remained stable and after the 29:24 in the first leg and 29:28 in the cup round of 16 also celebrated a victory in the third duel with the Magdeburgers in the current season.
Melsungen also directly on the road again
In the first game, leader MT Melsungen also prevailed after the World Cup break. The team of coach Roberto Garrondo won a confident 30:23 (20:12) against Frisch on Göppingen. The best throwers of the Melsungers were national players Timo Kastening and Elvar örn Jonsson with five goals each.
For Melsungen, who had been leading as a league for the first time, it was the 16th success in the 18th league game. For the Hesse, on Tuesday (11.02.2025, 8:45 p.m.) in the European League against the league competitor THW Kiel, the duel in the league at Master SC Magdeburg will then be waiting on February 16 (3 p.m.).
Meanwhile, VfL Gummersbach ended its negative series in the HBL. The 36:29 (15:11) against TVB Stuttgart meant the first victory after four defeats in a row.