Europe will get a new champion. The old one, THW Kiel was smashed by HSV Handball 39:33 (19:16) in the VELUX EHF F4 semi-final in Lanxess Arena in Cologne in front of 19.750 fans. Team of Martin Schwalb had an fantastic leader in Domagoj Duvnjak who scored 11 goals and was absolutely the key player of the night. Great performance was seen from Pascal Hens as well who scored 8 goals.
THW: Omeyer, Palicka – Ahlm 4, Ekberg 2, Ilic 1, Jicha 6, Klein, Narcisse 4, Palmarsson 1, Sigurdsson 3, Sprenger 2, Toft Hansen, Vujin 10 (4/4).
HSV: Bitter, Herrmann – Duvnjak 11, Flohr, Hens 8, Jansen 2, Lackovic 1, Lijewski 5, Lindberg 7 (3/4), Nilsson, Vori 5.
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