The title-hungry handball players at THW Kiel started the new season singing and dancing.

On Saturday evening, the record champions won the Supercup for the eleventh time with a 30:29 (17:14) against cup winner TBV Lemgo Lippe.

In front of 3007 spectators in Düsseldorf, the team of coach Filip Jicha successfully took revenge for the unexpected defeat against TBV in the cup semi-finals.

The best thrower at THW was Niclas Ekberg with five goals.

For Lemgo Gedeon Guardiola was the most successful with seven goals.

“I am very happy to have won this game.

I really liked the attitude today ”, said Jicha after the first triumph in the announced title hunt of the THW at Sky.

"That was a good game and makes you want to start the season."

Lemgo's coach Florian Kehrmann, once at TBV teammate Jichas, was “totally flashed” by the mood given the return of the fans.

Although only 3007 spectators came instead of the up to 8000 hoped for, they provided an atmospheric setting for the season overture shortly before the start of the Bundesliga on Wednesday.

"We had too much respect"

In the semi-finals of the DHB Cup, Lemgo had defeated the big favorite after being seven goals behind at break.

This didn't work this time.

“We had too much respect and then had to put a lot of effort into staying in the game.

That takes a lot of strength, "said Kehrmann, who nevertheless praised the" great performance "of his players.

The favorite, who started the new season without a new addition, acted too confidently.

But Jicha, who once started his playing career in Lemgo, has returned Nikola Bylik with him.

"I'm really happy for him," said Jicha of the Austrian who was out last season because of a torn cruciate ligament.

Towards the end of the first half, Bylik was on the field for Kiel for the first time, got a few minutes of play time and also scored the acclaimed and important goal at 30:26 in the final phase.

That decided the game.

While a lot of things looked like hard work in the attack at the TBV, the North Germans always came to an end far too easily.

In particular, the allusions to Hendrik Pekeler worked perfectly, only the success rate of the national player left a lot to be desired.

Lemgo's goalkeeper Peter Johannesson had a great day and kept his team in the game for a long time.

“We left too much behind.

There were too many technical errors, too many to take away, ”said the Swede.