Overview
- Berlin weathered Kiel's rally to 27:27 and closed it out when Mathias Gidsel scored 19 seconds from time.
- The hosts surged 14:8 after 22 minutes and later led 26:21 before going more than nine minutes without a goal.
- Tim Freihöfer led Berlin with 10 goals and Gidsel added 8, while Elias Ellefsen á Skipagötu hit 12 for Kiel.
- Keeper Dejan Milosavljev starred for Berlin as Kiel replaced Andreas Wolff with Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas to spur their comeback.
- The win lifted Berlin above Kiel into third place in the Bundesliga before a sold‑out crowd of about 9,000 at Max‑Schmeling‑Halle.