THW Kiel beat MT Melsungen after European failure
After elimination from EHF Champions League in two matches against PSG Handball, THW Kiel saved the first place at German Bundesliga in hard battle with MT Melsungen 29:28 (13:11). Exausted team led by Filip Jicha stayed on the winning way, but still a lot of matches are ahead of team until the end of the season on June 27.
THW KIEL – MT MELSUNGEN: 29:28 (13:11)
THW Kiel: N. Landin (1.-60., 8/1 saves), Quenstedt (n.e.); Ehrig (2), Duvnjak (5), Sagosen (8), Reinkind (1), M. Landin (1), Sunnefeldt, Weinhold (7), Ekberg (3/3), Ciudad (n.e), Dahmke, Zarabec, Voigt (n.e.), Horak, Pekeler (2);
MT Melsungen: Heinevetter (13 saves), Simic (); Maric (5), Kühn (6), Lemke, Komenhans, Reichmann (1), Kunkel, Mikkelsen, Danner, Arnarsson (1), Allendorf (2), Häfner (6), Salger, Kastening (7/3), Pavlovic;
STANDING:
| 1. | Kiel | 29 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 926:768 | 53 | |
| 2. | Flensburg-H. | 28 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 855:733 | 51 | |
| 3. | Rhein-Neckar | 31 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 921:842 | 42 | |
| 4. | SC Magdeburg | 29 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 874:765 | 40 | |
| 5. | Goppingen | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 838:815 | 38 | |
| 6. | Fuchse Berlin | 29 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 811:769 | 34 | |
| 7. | MT Melsungen | 29 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 827:802 | 32 | |
| 8. | HSG Wetzlar | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 846:816 | 32 | |
| 9. | Lemgo | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 764:771 | 31 | |
| 10. | Leipzig | 29 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 767:773 | 31 | |
| 11. | Bergischer | 29 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 803:767 | 29 | |
| 12. | Erlangen | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 783:785 | 26 | |
| 13. | Stuttgart | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 804:855 | 26 | |
| 14. | Hannover-Burgdorf | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 794:805 | 25 | |
| 15. | Minden | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 788:830 | 23 | |
| 16. | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 826:888 | 22 | |
| 17. | Ludwigshafen | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 723:800 | 19 | |
| 18. | Nordhorn-Lingen | 31 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 789:907 | 17 | |
| 19. | Essen | 31 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 824:925 | 11 | |
| 20. | Coburg 2000 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 704:851 | 8 |
