Runner-up SG Flensburg-Handewitt went on 13. At the end of the second matchday of the Champions League, he won a 31:31 (16:16) against KC Veszprem. Holger Glandorf scored with the final whistle to equalise for the northern lights, consolidating third place in the Champions League Group B.
Defends the team of coach Maik Machulla on 4. Flensburg will meet the sixth of parallel group A in the last sixteen in the last round of the quarter-finals.
“We actually wanted to win, but if we are back seconds before the end, we can be happy that we still get the point. We showed good morals,”said Glandorf.
Already on Saturday, THW Kiel, who scored equal points with Flensburg, suffered a 29:30 (17:16) home defeat against Vive Kielce. However, both Kiel and Flensburg were already qualified for the next round.
In the sold-out Flens-Arena, Flensburg was close to the top of the highly competitive game for most of the match, only four minutes to go, Veszprem scored three goals in a row 30-28 and was leading until the final seconds, before Glandorf struck a violent strike to equalise the score.
The best casters in Flensburg were Glandorf with five goals each, the Swede Hampus Wanne and the Frenchman Kentin Mahe, who will play for Veszprem this summer. Slovenians Dragan Gajic and Gasper Marguc also met five times.