Status: 13.09.2025 10:52 a.m.
After two rather narrow victories in the first two games, the first of two northern duels is in the first episode for handball Bundesliga club THW Kiel. This evening, the last strong HSV Hamburg is a guest.
A good “zebra” only jumps as it has to – the first two appearances by record champions Thw Kiel were summarized in the still very young Bundesliga season. First a very scarce 31:29 at the supposed relegation candidate HC Erlangen, then a 34:30 in the first home game against HSG Wetzlar – together makes a positive goal difference of six. There were times when after two games there were a good 20 goals.
Passé long ago, says THW trainer Filip Jicha. In this narrow league, “such victories are not a matter of course”. On him and his team this evening (8 p.m., in the live ticker at NDR.de), when HSV Hamburg is a guest to the north duel, the most trickiest task so far in this season.
HSV Hamburg against Rhein-Neckar Löwen impressive
The HSVH impressed in the first three games. After a success at TVB Stuttgart, there was a defeat in the following home game against TSV Hannover-Burgdorf. Thanks to a very disciplined, concentrated appearance deserves the second game in front of a home crowd against the Rhein-Neckar Löwen thanks to a very disciplined appearance.
On the offensive, the team of coach Torsten Jansen made just four technical mistakes in 60 minutes, and the North Germans only received a time penalty in that game.
Jansen was very pleased “that we won this game. I am incredibly happy that we could reward ourselves against a strong lion team”. The Baden -Württembergers were “very efficient at the front, with a throw rate of 75 percent – you usually win every game,” said Jansen, who praised his team for the discipline.
After the HSVH, Hannover-Burgdorf is waiting for the “zebras”
“The Hamburgers started the season well, but we too. We want to steer and decide the game ourselves,” back room player Emil Madsen is quoted on the THW homepage. Jicha is aware of the success against Wetzlar with all the joy that it takes more against the HSVH and on September 18 at TSV Hannover-Burgdorf.
“The realization is also that we still have a lot of work ahead of us. We want to come to the fore with our new team ourselves and develop a ‘we-against-all-all-mentality,” said Jicha after the game against Wetzlar. It will be shown on Saturday evening in the northern duel how much the HSVH team around the Danish backwear shooter Nicolaj Jörgensen, who can already show 22 goals.
