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THW Kiel wins the Handball Supercup for the 13th time
Kiel’s Patrick Wiencek won the Handball Supercup with his team. photo
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THW Kiel has won the Handball Supercup for the 13th time.
The THW Kiel has for the 13th time the Handball Supercup won.
In front of 9,620 spectators in Düsseldorf, the German champions defeated the cup winners Rhein-Neckar Löwen 4:3 in a seven-meter throw. After regulation time it was 33:33 (16:16). As the first team in the 30-year history of the competition, the people from Kiel celebrated their fourth triumph in a row.
The best throwers for the winner were backcourt player Harald Reinkind and pivot Patrick Wiencek, each with eight goals. For the Mannheim circle player Jannik Kohlbacher was successful seven times.