World Sport News

The German handball record champion THW Kiel is the first team to reach the Final Four for the DHB Cup. Coach Alfred Gislason’s team won the quarter-final against MT Melsungen on Tuesday evening with 31:19 (19:8).

The game was overshadowed by the serious injury of Domagoj Pavlovic. After a collision with Domagoj Duvnjak after about 30 seconds, the playmaker had to be treated on the field for almost 20 minutes and then taken to hospital with suspicion of a fracture of the fibula.

The game of the record cup winner Kiel had been brought forward due to a hall occupancy on the planned date 18th/19th December.

In the other quarter-final matches, the Füchse Berlin will face defending champions Rhein-Neckar Löwen, TSV Hannover-Burgdorf will play against HC Erlangen (both 18 December), and the following day SC Magdeburg will welcome Frisch Auf Göppingen.

The Final Four will be held on 6 and 7 April 2019 in Hamburg.