05.05.2026, 11:00
Eric Johansson steers THW Kiel to Hamburg

German side give clear lead against Nexe from their hands in the second leg of the quarter-finals, but win after penalty shoot-out

What a thriller in Kiel: After RK Nexe had won the reverse fixture of the EHF European League quarter-final last week 33:30, THW Kiel were under huge pressure. Nine minutes before the end, the German side were ahead 28:22, but almost with the buzzer, the visitors levelled the aggregate result at 30:27. In the penalty shoot-out, Andreas Wolff and Gonzalo Perez de Vargas saved two shots from Ivan Barbić and Ognjen Cenić – and finally top scorer Eric Johansson sent THW Kiel to the Winamax EHF Finals 2026 with the last strike.

TEXT: EHF / Björn Pazen