Kiel and Ciudad into semis

Eurosport - Sun, 05 Apr 21:15:00 2009

German side Kiel and Spanish outfit Ciudad Real qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League by wrapping up aggregate wins over HC Croatia Osiguranje-Zagreb and Veszprem respectively.

HANDBALL Champions League, Viertelfinale, THW Kiel - HC Osiguranje Zagreb. Henrik Lundström (l.) vom THW Kiel blockt Ivano Balic (M). - 0

In front of a sell-out crowd, the crack German outfit Kiel stayed on course for a third consecutive final with a 31-27 victory over Zagreb.

After the first game was a 28-28 draw that meant that the 2007 champions went through by a 59-55 aggregate scoreline.

Kiel did the damage in the opening half as they led 17-11 at the break.

In Hungary, Ciudad Real scrapped through despite losing 32-29 on the night against Veszprem.

A 29-24 first leg victory in Spain proved to be just about enough for the defending champions as they won 58-56 on aggregate

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