THW Kiel is successful again in the Handball Champions League.
On the third day of the preliminary round, the North Germans achieved their second win on Thursday with a 34:29 (15:14) home win over the Hungarian champion Pick Szeged.
Best Kiel scorer in front of 5316 spectators was Niclas Ekberg with six goals.
Miklos Rosta was successful five times for Szeged.
The two teams met at eye level from the start.
Although the guests only scored the first goal in the sixth minute of the game, the Kielers had only scored twice up to that point.
In the middle of the first half, Thomas Mrkva improved in the THW goal and the team from Kiel drew a little clearer at 9:6 (17th).
The lead did not last long, however, because a little later the Hungarians equalized again at 11:11 (23rd) and even took the lead at 13:12 (26th).
In the second half, the North Germans, who surprisingly lost at RK Celje in Slovenia last week, then had the clearly better start.
Steffen Weinhold scored to 20:16 (38th) and also to 24:18 (44th).
Szeged was less and less able to create good degree opportunities.
Ekberg's converted counterattack to 33:25 (55 th ) was the decisive factor.