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Flensburg / Kiel (dpa / lno) - Solvable tasks in the round of 16 and no German duel one round later: For the handball players of SG Flensburg-Handewitt and THW Kiel, the group stage in the Champions League with victories at Polish champions Vive Kielce (31 : 28) and found a good finish against the Croatian champion HC Zagreb (36:30).
Flensburg now face Zagreb in the first knockout round, defending champion Kiel has to deal with the Hungarian club Pick Szeged.
The game will be played on March 31st / March 1st.
April as well as on 7./8.
April.
Both Bundesliga clubs have home rights in the decisive game.
In the quarter-finals, the SG would either face Aalborg from Denmark or Porto from Portugal, the THW would either face the French star ensemble from Paris Saint-Germain or RK Celje from Slovenia.
"We are incredibly proud of the success in Kielce and even more of the first place in this incredibly strong group," said Flensburg's trainer Maik Machulla after the victory in Group A. THW coach Filip Jicha was also happy: "I am very." satisfied that my team was focused for over 60 minutes, ”said the Czech, whose team had secured third place in Group B after the game against Zagreb.
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Oskar Sunnefeldt, with nine hits the “Zebras” best thrower against the Croatians, already looked ahead: “Now our focus is on the next game, which will kick off here in a few hours.”
On Saturday (8.30 p.m. / Sky), THW will play its seventh game within 13 days against HSG Nordhorn-Lingen.
The Flensburg team will compete at GWD Minden on Sunday (1.30 p.m. / Sky).
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