Overview
- The win over BSV Bern secured THW Kiel a Hauptrunde spot with two group matches remaining after a perfect four-from-four start in Group B.
- Rune Dahmke left in the 42nd minute with apparent right inner-thigh pain and received treatment on the bench, with his status yet to be clarified.
- Kiel were already without Emil Madsen, Nikola Bilyk and Hendrik Pekeler, but still controlled the match after an early 0–3 to 4–3 swing by Bern.
- Bence Imre led Kiel with 10 goals as Filip Jicha rotated his goalkeepers, including minutes for Gonzalo Perez de Vargas, Andreas Wolff and Leon Nowottny.
- Elsewhere, MT Melsungen won 28–25 at Ferencvaros to clinch their own Hauptrunde place, while German clubs’ fixtures streamed on paid platforms Dyn and DAZN, with Flensburg’s game listed as Dyn-exclusive.