THW Kiel: Summer timetable for the Champions League mission 2025!

THW Kiel: Summer timetable for the Champions League mission 2025!

Kiel, Deutschland - The THW Kiel, one of the most successful handball clubs in Germany, has announced its plans for summer preparation and the upcoming season today. After a solid fourth place in the last season, the team wants to fight for a place in the Champions League in the new season. Handball-world.news reports that coach Filip Jicha would like to start preparing for his boys on July 21 after the players could enjoy a six-week summer break.

A special highlight is already in the house on July 25: Patrick Wiencek's farewell game. Born in Kiel, the team has shaped the team for many years and is safely passed.

preparation and test games

The THW Kiel has put together an extensive test game program to optimally start the new season. After two test games, the team goes to Austria for the Alpla summer cup. Here the team meets the Austrian runner -up Alpla Hard on August 1st. A possible final could be against teams like TBV Lemgo Lippe or Schwaz Handball Tirol.

From August 3 to August 10, a training camp takes place in Graz, including a test game against an international opponent, which gives the players the opportunity to optimally prepare for the season. After a short stop in Kiel, the zebras are moving to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where the team will compete against MRK Sloga on August 13th and on August 14th against VfL Gummersbach in the group phase of the 56th Doboj tournament.

Another friendly game will take place on August 20 against TSV Altenholz before going to the Supercup against the Foxes Berlin in the Munich SAP Garden on August 23.

season start in the Bundesliga

The start of the season in the 1st Bundesliga is scheduled for the weekend from August 28th to 31st, where the THW Kiel meets HC Erlangen. The fans can already look forward to exciting duels, because the team has prepared critically and will do everything possible to continue their previous successes.

The history of the association is impressive: the THW Kiel was founded on February 4, 1904 and established itself as the record champion of the handball Bundesliga with 23 titles. Especially shiny years were in 2007 and 2012 when the team won the triple, as well as the 2019-20 season, in which the EHF Champions League and the handball Bundesliga were again won. Wikipedia emphasizes the rivalry with SG Flensburg-Handewitt, which ensures both tension and dynamics in handball.

The coming months Verse Promise Tension and Big Games for the fans of the THW Kiel. With coach Filip Jicha at the helm and the urge to fight for fourth place last season, it could be a season in which the zebras attack again.