BVB Women's Handball 1st team

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After some initial difficulties early on and an evenly-matched first half, one player in particular stood out: Tess Lieder. The goalkeeper was magnificent in protecting her goal and frustrated Metzingen with some outstanding saves.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Borussia Dortmund's women's handball team won their first quarter-final play-off match against TuS Metzingen 32-28 (14-14). After some initial difficulties early on and an evenly-matched first half, one player in particular stood out: Tess Lieder. The goalkeeper was magnificent in protecting her goal and frustrated Metzingen with some outstanding saves.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;Borussia had three wins from four games before the international break and went into the quarter-final series against Metzingen with a positive feeling. TuS lost their last four games before the internationals and used the break to focus on the play-offs. Borussia won both league clashes: 33-29 at home and 32-30 in Metzingen.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:<\/b>&nbsp;Sarah Wachter was missing for BVB due to a hip injury sustained in the German national team's international match against Denmark. She joined Lena Hausherr (cruciate ligament rupture) on the absentee list, but apart from that all players were available for selection for coach Henk Groener.<\/p>\n<p><b>The game:&nbsp;<\/b>The first quarter of an hour of the game belonged to the visitors from Metzingen. With an incredibly high tempo in attack and strong defending in the circle, TuS were very efficient at countering Dortmund's attack. The scoreboard read 4-0 in favour of the visitors before Dana Bleckmann scored the first goal for the Black &amp; Yellows after six-and-a-half minutes. Tess Lieder saved Borussia from falling further behind and initiated the home side's comeback with three saves in very quick succession. Little was still possible from the wing and the circle, but the backcourt now proved to be reliable. Lois Abbingh restored Metzingen's lead to 6-5. Borussia missed the chance to equalise, and Metzingen once again took the ball down the court for Naina Klein to add to her tally. Henk Groener called a timeout in response.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman told his team to apply more pressure from all positions and not to stand still in front of their defenders. After the timeout, the visitors lost their high level of passing accuracy, which led to mistakes. Lena Degenhardt punished this with two goals before the break to make it 14-14 going into the interval.<\/p>\n<p>Lara Egeling opened the second half with her first goal for Borussia. Carmen Campos' subsequent seven-metre penalty put the Black &amp; Yellows ahead for the first time. In the second half, BVB had a wall in goal: Tess Lieder. The 31-year-old saved shot after shot and had already made ten saves after 40 minutes. Thanks to their goalkeeper's strong performance, Borussia led 21-17. Alicia Langer had already scored six times and was thus the key to the Black &amp; Yellows' very good spell in offence. The jubilation in the Wellinghofen arena knew no bounds. Chants of &quot;Tess Lieder&quot; echoed from the stands on several occasions. In the middle of this phase, the Dutchwoman then scored her first goal of the game to make it 28-22.<\/p>\n<p>The game had slipped away from TuS and their all-round performance had started to falter. From this point onwards, Metzingen were no longer able to play at the pace they had displayed in the first half. Borussia were more and more dominant as the game progressed and showed a lightness of touch which helped Henk Groener's team cruise to a 32-28 victory.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/handball/2025/04/19/spielbericht-metzingen/Metzingen-Team.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Metzingen-Team-1745094567635\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Alicia Langer:&nbsp;<\/b>&quot;We were too hectic at the start and made too many mistakes. We moved better in the second half and found solutions. That's why I'm happy that we were able to win the game today. Now we have to improve on the problems we had in the first half next Saturday. We want to make it through to the semi-finals.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook: <\/b>The second leg of the play-off quarter-final will take place in Metzingen next Saturday (26 April, 19:30 CEST). A win there will see Borussia advance to the semi-finals of the German Championship.<\/p>\n<p><b>Women's handball:<\/b> Lieder (1), Muth; Abbingh (1), Campos (7/1), Kusian, Antl (2), Degenhardt (4), van Maurik, Langer (8), Lassource (1/1), Sasaki, Husebø, Vollebregt (2), Egeling (1), Heimann, Bleckmann (5)<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;Borussia had three wins from four games before the international break and went into the quarter-final series against Metzingen with a positive feeling. TuS lost their last four games before the internationals and used the break to focus on the play-offs. Borussia won both league clashes: 33-29 at home and 32-30 in Metzingen.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:<\/b>&nbsp;Sarah Wachter was missing for BVB due to a hip injury sustained in the German national team's international match against Denmark. She joined Lena Hausherr (cruciate ligament rupture) on the absentee list, but apart from that all players were available for selection for coach Henk Groener.<\/p>\n<p><b>The game:&nbsp;<\/b>The first quarter of an hour of the game belonged to the visitors from Metzingen. With an incredibly high tempo in attack and strong defending in the circle, TuS were very efficient at countering Dortmund's attack. The scoreboard read 4-0 in favour of the visitors before Dana Bleckmann scored the first goal for the Black &amp; Yellows after six-and-a-half minutes. Tess Lieder saved Borussia from falling further behind and initiated the home side's comeback with three saves in very quick succession. Little was still possible from the wing and the circle, but the backcourt now proved to be reliable. Lois Abbingh restored Metzingen's lead to 6-5. Borussia missed the chance to equalise, and Metzingen once again took the ball down the court for Naina Klein to add to her tally. Henk Groener called a timeout in response.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman told his team to apply more pressure from all positions and not to stand still in front of their defenders. After the timeout, the visitors lost their high level of passing accuracy, which led to mistakes. Lena Degenhardt punished this with two goals before the break to make it 14-14 going into the interval.<\/p>\n<p>Lara Egeling opened the second half with her first goal for Borussia. Carmen Campos' subsequent seven-metre penalty put the Black &amp; Yellows ahead for the first time. In the second half, BVB had a wall in goal: Tess Lieder. The 31-year-old saved shot after shot and had already made ten saves after 40 minutes. Thanks to their goalkeeper's strong performance, Borussia led 21-17. Alicia Langer had already scored six times and was thus the key to the Black &amp; Yellows' very good spell in offence. The jubilation in the Wellinghofen arena knew no bounds. Chants of &quot;Tess Lieder&quot; echoed from the stands on several occasions. In the middle of this phase, the Dutchwoman then scored her first goal of the game to make it 28-22.<\/p>\n<p>The game had slipped away from TuS and their all-round performance had started to falter. From this point onwards, Metzingen were no longer able to play at the pace they had displayed in the first half. Borussia were more and more dominant as the game progressed and showed a lightness of touch which helped Henk Groener's team cruise to a 32-28 victory.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/handball/2025/04/19/spielbericht-metzingen/Metzingen-Team.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Metzingen-Team-1745094567635\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Alicia Langer:&nbsp;<\/b>&quot;We were too hectic at the start and made too many mistakes. We moved better in the second half and found solutions. That's why I'm happy that we were able to win the game today. Now we have to improve on the problems we had in the first half next Saturday. We want to make it through to the semi-finals.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook: <\/b>The second leg of the play-off quarter-final will take place in Metzingen next Saturday (26 April, 19:30 CEST). A win there will see Borussia advance to the semi-finals of the German Championship.<\/p>\n<p><b>Women's handball:<\/b> Lieder (1), Muth; Abbingh (1), Campos (7/1), Kusian, Antl (2), Degenhardt (4), van Maurik, Langer (8), Lassource (1/1), Sasaki, Husebø, Vollebregt (2), Egeling (1), Heimann, Bleckmann (5)<\/p>\n","exportedType":"text/html"},"id":"editable-e5ceb91116","prio":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"prio","title":"Prio (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"headline":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"headline","title":"Headline","multiValue":false,"value":"Handballers win first play-off game against Metzingen","exportedType":"text/plain"},"matchId":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"matchId","title":"match id","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"data-layer":"{\"editable-e5ceb91116\":{\"@type\":\"/apps/bvbweb/components/newssliderelements/editable\",\"linkUrl\":\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2025/4/20/Handballers-win-first-play-off-game-against-Metzingen.html\"}}","author":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"author","title":"Author","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"teaserType":"relatedContent","match":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"content-fragment","name":"match","html":"<p>/content/dam/bvbweb/en/matches/handball/first-women/2024_2025/bundesliga/povf01---borussia-dortmund---tus-metzingen<\/p>","title":"Related Match","multiValue":false,"value":"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/matches/handball/first-women/2024_2025/bundesliga/povf01---borussia-dortmund---tus-metzingen","exportedType":"text/plain"},"alt":"Playoffs-Metzingen.jpg","externalId":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"externalId","title":"External ID (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":"2004561643","exportedType":"text/plain"},"displayOnHome":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"displayOnHome","title":"Display in news wall on homepage","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"url":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"url","title":"Vanity URL (LEAVE EMPTY FOR AUTOMATIC VANITY URL. 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Kelly Vollebregt equalised two seconds before the final whistle to make it 27-27, enabling BVB to snatch a point in a thrilling game between two evenly matched teams. It couldn't have been more dramatic. Goalkeepers Sarah Wachter and Madita Kohorst shone for both sides.<\/p>\n<p><b>The scenario:<\/b> Finishing the league table in second place was already guaranteed for BVB prior to the meeting with VfL Oldenburg. Nevertheless: &quot;We want to give the fans something to cheer about, so it doesn't matter that we can no longer lose second place,&quot; said coach Henk Groener before the game. For Oldenburg, on the other hand, it was all about defending sixth place against TuS Metzingen - or, in the best-case scenario, even moving up to fifth. BVB and Oldenburg had previously met 27 times in the Bundesliga and DHB-Pokal. The Black &amp; Yellows had come out on top 15 times and the Lower Saxons ten times, with two draws. Borussia narrowly won the reverse fixture in Oldenburg at the beginning of January by 28-27.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:&nbsp;<\/b>Coach Henk Groener had to do without both of his regular pivots: while Emma Olsson has been suffering from a knee injury sustained in the DHB-Pokal Final4 against Bensheim for the last four weeks, Lisa Antl had to undergo dental surgery on Thursday. Captain Alicia Langer was absent due to illness, as she was in the 28-27 win in Bensheim. Lena Degenhardt was also unavailable. Lena Hausherr remains absent (cruciate ligament rupture).<\/p>\n<p><b>The game:&nbsp;<\/b>Borussia got off to a good start: Although there was hardly any time to prepare for the game against Oldenburg - the team had only returned from Bensheim in the small hours of Thursday night - it was clear from the very first minute that the Black &amp; Yellows wanted to grab the game by the scruff of the neck. Not an easy task, as not only Olsson and Antl had to be replaced in the pivot, but also Langer and Degenhardt in the backcourt. Henk Groener had decided to field Deborah Lassource in the pivot position.<\/p>\n<p>Oldenburg put up a good fight, especially with their famously stingy defence. BVB were just 2-0 up after six minutes. Oldenburg's Merle Lampe scored the first goal for the visitors after seven minutes to bring the score to 2-1. Goals remained in short supply in this hectic, fast-paced game from both sides. Oldenburg, with the ex-Borussia player Madita Kohorst in goal, were well prepared for BVB's passing game and repeatedly intercepted the ball. Merle Lampe equalised after ten minutes to make it 3-3.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>The score was 6-6 after 18 minutes, reason enough for Henk Groener to call his first time-out. The coach called for more movement in attack - even without the ball. Goalkeeper Sarah Wachter immediately put this into practice: BVB pulled 9-6 ahead after 20 minutes thanks to a great pass across the length of the court to Kelly Vollebregt. The run continued: it was Kelly Vollebregt again who increased the lead to 12-7 (23). Oldenburg continued to struggle in attack against BVB's solid defence and were denied twice by Sarah Wachter from seven-metre penalties in the first half alone. At the other end, Madita Kohorst saved a seven-metre penalty against Dana Bleckmann. BVB went into the break with a four-goal lead at 14-10.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/handball/2025/04/05/spielbericht-oldenburg/Handball-Oldenburg-2.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Handball-Oldenburg-2-1743884231865\"><\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Henk Groener brought on Lara Egeling on the left wing, who increased the lead to 16-12 (33), with Carmen Campos coming on at the back. On the other side, Oldenburg's Head Coach Niels Bötel brought on international Toni-Luisa Reinemann at left-back. BVB's concentration and control of the game were lost, as the team's retreating defence left much to be desired. It was just as well that Sarah Wachter saved her third seven-metre penalty against Merle Lampe. The dogged Oldenburg side were back to within one goal at 18-17 after 40 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>BVB went into crunch time 22-20 in front. However, that meant little. When Pam Korsten reduced the deficit to 23-22 (53) with a seven-metre penalty. BVB's lead was down to just one goal. Four minutes before the final whistle, it was Reinemann who put Oldenburg 26-25 in front for the first time in the evening. After Marie Steffen made it 27-26, the game was almost lost for BVB with 90 seconds remaining, that was Kelly Vollebregt scored the celebrated equaliser to make it 27-27 two seconds before the end.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/handball/2025/04/05/spielbericht-oldenburg/Handball-Oldenburg-3.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Handball-Oldenburg-3-1743884241660\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Game reactions:<br>\n<br>\nSarah Wachter: <\/b>&quot;In the end, we're happy that we managed to get the point. Madita Kohorst made it difficult for us. Our goal for the play-offs is to reach the final. But sometimes we struggle and we have to stop doing that. We also need to have some easy games that we win by ten goals.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Henk Groener: <\/b>&quot;It's not a point won or lost, but a point shared. In the first half, we did a great job in defence, but that wasn't the case in the second half. We also missed a lot of chances up front. However, you also have to bear in mind that we were playing without five key players. Overall, we put up a great fight, but that's what characterises the team. That's why I'm happy about this point.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:<\/b> The first game of the play-offs is on Easter Saturday (19 April). Henk Groener's team face TuS Metzingen in Wellinghofen. The second leg will take place a week later. The exact timings have not yet been announced.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>BVB women's handball:<\/b> Wachter, Lieder; Abbingh (1), Campos Costa (1), van Maurik (2), Kusian, Lassource (2/1), Sasaki (5), Husebo (2), Vollebregt (5), Egeling (1), Heimann, Bleckmann (8)<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p>BVB shone with an outstanding defensive performance in the first half, pulling four goals ahead after just under 20 minutes, but then found themselves trailing in the final phase. Kelly Vollebregt equalised two seconds before the final whistle to make it 27-27, enabling BVB to snatch a point in a thrilling game between two evenly matched teams. It couldn't have been more dramatic. Goalkeepers Sarah Wachter and Madita Kohorst shone for both sides.<\/p>\n<p><b>The scenario:<\/b> Finishing the league table in second place was already guaranteed for BVB prior to the meeting with VfL Oldenburg. Nevertheless: &quot;We want to give the fans something to cheer about, so it doesn't matter that we can no longer lose second place,&quot; said coach Henk Groener before the game. For Oldenburg, on the other hand, it was all about defending sixth place against TuS Metzingen - or, in the best-case scenario, even moving up to fifth. BVB and Oldenburg had previously met 27 times in the Bundesliga and DHB-Pokal. The Black &amp; Yellows had come out on top 15 times and the Lower Saxons ten times, with two draws. Borussia narrowly won the reverse fixture in Oldenburg at the beginning of January by 28-27.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:&nbsp;<\/b>Coach Henk Groener had to do without both of his regular pivots: while Emma Olsson has been suffering from a knee injury sustained in the DHB-Pokal Final4 against Bensheim for the last four weeks, Lisa Antl had to undergo dental surgery on Thursday. Captain Alicia Langer was absent due to illness, as she was in the 28-27 win in Bensheim. Lena Degenhardt was also unavailable. Lena Hausherr remains absent (cruciate ligament rupture).<\/p>\n<p><b>The game:&nbsp;<\/b>Borussia got off to a good start: Although there was hardly any time to prepare for the game against Oldenburg - the team had only returned from Bensheim in the small hours of Thursday night - it was clear from the very first minute that the Black &amp; Yellows wanted to grab the game by the scruff of the neck. Not an easy task, as not only Olsson and Antl had to be replaced in the pivot, but also Langer and Degenhardt in the backcourt. Henk Groener had decided to field Deborah Lassource in the pivot position.<\/p>\n<p>Oldenburg put up a good fight, especially with their famously stingy defence. BVB were just 2-0 up after six minutes. Oldenburg's Merle Lampe scored the first goal for the visitors after seven minutes to bring the score to 2-1. Goals remained in short supply in this hectic, fast-paced game from both sides. Oldenburg, with the ex-Borussia player Madita Kohorst in goal, were well prepared for BVB's passing game and repeatedly intercepted the ball. Merle Lampe equalised after ten minutes to make it 3-3.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>The score was 6-6 after 18 minutes, reason enough for Henk Groener to call his first time-out. The coach called for more movement in attack - even without the ball. Goalkeeper Sarah Wachter immediately put this into practice: BVB pulled 9-6 ahead after 20 minutes thanks to a great pass across the length of the court to Kelly Vollebregt. The run continued: it was Kelly Vollebregt again who increased the lead to 12-7 (23). Oldenburg continued to struggle in attack against BVB's solid defence and were denied twice by Sarah Wachter from seven-metre penalties in the first half alone. At the other end, Madita Kohorst saved a seven-metre penalty against Dana Bleckmann. BVB went into the break with a four-goal lead at 14-10.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/handball/2025/04/05/spielbericht-oldenburg/Handball-Oldenburg-2.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Handball-Oldenburg-2-1743884231865\"><\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Henk Groener brought on Lara Egeling on the left wing, who increased the lead to 16-12 (33), with Carmen Campos coming on at the back. On the other side, Oldenburg's Head Coach Niels Bötel brought on international Toni-Luisa Reinemann at left-back. BVB's concentration and control of the game were lost, as the team's retreating defence left much to be desired. It was just as well that Sarah Wachter saved her third seven-metre penalty against Merle Lampe. The dogged Oldenburg side were back to within one goal at 18-17 after 40 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>BVB went into crunch time 22-20 in front. However, that meant little. When Pam Korsten reduced the deficit to 23-22 (53) with a seven-metre penalty. BVB's lead was down to just one goal. Four minutes before the final whistle, it was Reinemann who put Oldenburg 26-25 in front for the first time in the evening. After Marie Steffen made it 27-26, the game was almost lost for BVB with 90 seconds remaining, that was Kelly Vollebregt scored the celebrated equaliser to make it 27-27 two seconds before the end.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/handball/2025/04/05/spielbericht-oldenburg/Handball-Oldenburg-3.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Handball-Oldenburg-3-1743884241660\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Game reactions:<br>\n<br>\nSarah Wachter: <\/b>&quot;In the end, we're happy that we managed to get the point. Madita Kohorst made it difficult for us. Our goal for the play-offs is to reach the final. But sometimes we struggle and we have to stop doing that. We also need to have some easy games that we win by ten goals.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Henk Groener: <\/b>&quot;It's not a point won or lost, but a point shared. In the first half, we did a great job in defence, but that wasn't the case in the second half. We also missed a lot of chances up front. However, you also have to bear in mind that we were playing without five key players. Overall, we put up a great fight, but that's what characterises the team. That's why I'm happy about this point.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:<\/b> The first game of the play-offs is on Easter Saturday (19 April). Henk Groener's team face TuS Metzingen in Wellinghofen. The second leg will take place a week later. 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In the game for third place against HSG Bensheim/Auerbach, coach Henk Groener's team fell to a 35-34 (19-18) defeat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Borussia Dortmund's handballers lost their second game at the DHB-Pokal Final Four in Stuttgart. In the game for third place against HSG Bensheim/Auerbach, coach Henk Groener's team fell to a 35-34 (19-18) defeat.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b> Borussia had just under 16 hours between the final whistle of the semi-final against Ludwigsburg (30-29) and the start of the game for third place. Opponents Bensheim had already played their first semi-final the day before and had around three hours more time to recover and prepare between the two games. BVB lost the only previous encounter with HSG in the current Bundesliga season by 30-25.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters: <\/b>Goalkeeper Sarah Wachter was unavailable following her nose injury in the semi-final. Lois Abbingh (flu), Lena Hausherr (cruciate ligament) and Norah Kothen (knee surgery) were absent, as they had been on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><b>The game:<\/b>&nbsp;Borussia were up and running in the first two minutes of the bronze-medal game. Deborah Lassource, Maraike Kusian and Dana Bleckmann put the Black &amp; Yellows 3-0 up early on - it looked as if the team had quickly got over Saturday's defeat. In attack, the ball flowed as if the team had a hive mind. Bensheim looked for the stop-foul, but couldn't get a grip. After nine minutes, it was Dana Bleckmann again who made it 6-2 from the backcourt.<\/p>\n<p>Falling a player down suddenly interrupted Borussia's flow of play. Bensheim scored twice into Dortmund's empty goal and punished two turnovers to make it 9-9. There was no sign of either team lacking freshness in their second game in two days. Both Dortmund and Bensheim pressed at pace throughout, but the club from Hesse fully capitalised on their momentum with a numerical advantage. BVB coach Henk Groener called his first timeout with the team down 11-9 on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p>The Black &amp; Yellows showed in yesterday's semi-final that they are up for the fight, and they again refused to be shaken off on Sunday afternoon. BVB scored three goals in succession to tie the scores at 13-13 ten minutes before the break and come roaring back. This brought cheers of joy from the fans who had travelled to the Porsche Arena. The two rivals traded blows in the final minutes of the first half. Lara Egeling was denied the chance to equalise as the half-time buzzer sounded, meaning BVB went in at the break down by a single goal at 19-18.<\/p>\n<p>The game remained fast-paced after the break: Asian champion Haruno Sasaki took command in Dortmund's attack and set up Lisa Antl in the circle to make it 22-22 after 35 minutes. The action remained evenly matched with the score reaching 25-25. But then BVB were struck by a goal drought, going a full eight minutes without finding the net to fall 28-25 down. It was Maraike Kusian who finally ended the scoring drought from the right wing.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>After a timeout, Henk Groener brought on Carmen Campos for the first time, which helped to relieve the defensive burden on Haruno Sasaki.. Bensheim's coach Heike Ahlgrimm also reacted immediately with a timeout to adjust her team for the new situation. Borussia went into the final 11 minutes trailing by three goals.<\/p>\n<p>HSG's lead dwindled once more, not least because the Black &amp; Yellow fans gave their all once more. With the score at 34-32, Borussia conceded a frustrating turnover, which Bensheim capitalised on to put themselves out of reach. There was a last glimmer of hope when Deborah Lassource made it 35-34. However, Bensheim played out the remaining 15 seconds and secured the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alieke van Maurik: <\/b>&quot;I think we put up a great fight. Yesterday and today. We now have to analyse the videos to see what we need to work on for the next games. It's very bitter, because we would have liked to take something from the tournament.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Dana Bleckmann:<\/b> &quot;It's really frustrating for us. I think both teams played attacking handball. Playing a second game just a few hours after the first is all about the fight, as you don't have the time to prepare tactically. We now have to work through this and then do better in the upcoming play-offs.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Henk Groener: <\/b>&quot;Of course you can feel the disappointment right now. But I've told the team that they have to learn the lessons from this disappointment, which will help us in the next few games. We started the game well, even with Tess in goal. Then we let Bensheim get back into it too easily. We gave Nina Engel too much space, especially on crosses. Nevertheless, I have to compliment my team, who left their hearts on the floor.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:<\/b> Next week is the international break. The last four games of the main league season will then begin on 15 March. The BVB handball team will then travel to TuS Metzingen. The next home game is scheduled for 22 March (19:00 CET) against Sport-Union Neckarsulm in Halle Wellinghofen.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Women's handball:<\/b> Lieder, Eckhardt; Campos (6/1), Kusian (3), Antl (5), Degenhardt, van Maurik (2), Langer (1), Lassource (5), Sasaki (3/2), Husebø (1), Olsson (2), Vollebregt, Egeling, Bleckmann (6)<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b> Borussia had just under 16 hours between the final whistle of the semi-final against Ludwigsburg (30-29) and the start of the game for third place. Opponents Bensheim had already played their first semi-final the day before and had around three hours more time to recover and prepare between the two games. BVB lost the only previous encounter with HSG in the current Bundesliga season by 30-25.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters: <\/b>Goalkeeper Sarah Wachter was unavailable following her nose injury in the semi-final. 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The action remained evenly matched with the score reaching 25-25. But then BVB were struck by a goal drought, going a full eight minutes without finding the net to fall 28-25 down. It was Maraike Kusian who finally ended the scoring drought from the right wing.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>After a timeout, Henk Groener brought on Carmen Campos for the first time, which helped to relieve the defensive burden on Haruno Sasaki.. Bensheim's coach Heike Ahlgrimm also reacted immediately with a timeout to adjust her team for the new situation. Borussia went into the final 11 minutes trailing by three goals.<\/p>\n<p>HSG's lead dwindled once more, not least because the Black &amp; Yellow fans gave their all once more. With the score at 34-32, Borussia conceded a frustrating turnover, which Bensheim capitalised on to put themselves out of reach. There was a last glimmer of hope when Deborah Lassource made it 35-34. However, Bensheim played out the remaining 15 seconds and secured the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alieke van Maurik: <\/b>&quot;I think we put up a great fight. Yesterday and today. We now have to analyse the videos to see what we need to work on for the next games. It's very bitter, because we would have liked to take something from the tournament.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Dana Bleckmann:<\/b> &quot;It's really frustrating for us. I think both teams played attacking handball. Playing a second game just a few hours after the first is all about the fight, as you don't have the time to prepare tactically. We now have to work through this and then do better in the upcoming play-offs.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Henk Groener: <\/b>&quot;Of course you can feel the disappointment right now. But I've told the team that they have to learn the lessons from this disappointment, which will help us in the next few games. We started the game well, even with Tess in goal. 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The match against Sola HK was the most attended women's handball match in the world in 2025. In a thrilling, intense match, Borussia Dortmund's handball ladies won 29-28 (19-14) against the Norwegians.&nbsp;Henk Groener's team will thus finish Group D of the European League season in third place.<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Some 9,305 thrilled fans in the Dortmund Westfalenhalle provided a breathtaking atmosphere on Saturday afternoon. The match against Sola HK was the most attended women's handball match in the world in 2025. In a thrilling, intense match, Borussia Dortmund's handball ladies won 29-28 (19-14) against the Norwegians. Henk Groener's team will thus finish Group D of the European League season in third place.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;The Black &amp; Yellows wanted revenge for the 32-30 first leg defeat in Norway and of course, to offer the 9,305 fans a spectacle in the Westfalenhalle. However, both teams were only playing for pride on the day. Following defeat in the league against Ludwigsburg on Wednesday, it was also about improving morale for the upcoming Final 4 of the cup.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:&nbsp;<\/b>Lena Hausherr was joined on the injury list by goalkeeper Norah Kothen following her knee surgery on Friday. Carmen Campos warmed up with the team, but the game came too early in her recovery from injury. Tess Lieder, meanwhile, was ready for her first appearance since her head injury in December.<\/p>\n<p><b>The match:<\/b>&nbsp;The Borussia women started fantastically in front of the impressive backdrop in the Westfalenhalle. Alicia Langer and Dana Bleckmann immediately started BVB on an early run. Emma Olsson applied the finish after a fantastic pass by goalkeeper Sarah Wachter to make it 3-0 after four minutes. The guests from Norway had difficulty in carving out clear opportunities. The Black &amp; Yellow back line was too agile and had the consistently well-placed Sarah Wachter in goal behind it.<\/p>\n<p>With the lead, the hosts did exactly what their coach Henk Groener had told his team was his expectation in advance of the game: play with freedom. The relaxed attitude was written all over the faces of the players. Rarely has the ball been moved so seamlessly through the lines of attack this season. Sola repeatedly struggled to cover the Dortmund movement, and Dana Bleckmann stretched BVB's lead to 15-8 in the 21st minute. The back court player changed her throwing hand in mid-air and delicately lifted the ball over Sola's goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Henk Groener started the second half with a very different starting formation. The Dutchman brought in Tess Lieder in goal, youngster Lara Egeling on the left, Lena Degenhardt on the inside-left, new signing Lois Abbingh in the middle and Kelly Vollebregt on the right-hand side. Only a little more than three minutes had been played when the 9,305 spectators in the Westfalenhalle could barely believe their eyes: suddenly, the game was all-square at 19-19.<\/p>\n<p>The force that the Borussia ladies had brought onto the court at the beginning of the game was returned by Norwegians at the start of the second half. After an early time-out called by Groener, however, BVB found their feet again. But the Sola players' body language was completely different now. In the 40th minute, Tess Lieder marked her return after a long injury lay-off following a blow to her head in late-December with her first save back in the Borussia goal.<\/p>\n<p>With three more saves, Lieder brought the Westfalenhalle to life and loud &quot;BVB&quot; chants began bellowing throughout the hall. But the Scandinavians were now also enjoying the atmosphere, with around 100 travelling fans from Sola also playing their part, and making themselves heard time and again with songs in the quieter moments in the hall. A game where the goals were flowing freely had now turned into a defensive battle played with plenty of passion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And there were two players who really put themselves in the spotlight: Brazilian Mayssa de Oliveira Pessoa in goal for the away side, and her opposite number, Dortmund's Tess Lieder. The Dutchwoman staked a strong claim to a starting spot with ten saves in the second half of her comeback game. Pessoa made 11 saves over the entire game.<\/p>\n<p>At 27-24, Lieder crowned her impressive performance with her own goal, finding the empty net of the Norwegians. Almost five minutes before the final whistle, all signs pointed to a Borussia home victory. Sola did not give up, however, and made the most of Pessoa's strong saves to the arrears to just one goal. The last attack of the game then belonged to the Scandinavians with seven seconds of time remaining, but the Dortmund inner block combined to block the attempted shot, sending the amassed Black &amp; Yellow fans into raptures as the celebrations broke out in front of a breathtaking backdrop.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alicia Langer:<\/b>&nbsp;&quot;Thank you to all the spectators for this atmosphere. This season, we've had a lot of exciting games toward the end. I am glad that we could still fight for this victory. Sola also played a great game and didn't give up despite the deficit. We had to hold firm against them again.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tess Lieder:<\/b>&nbsp;&quot;We worked to make sure I could play again today and it was breathtaking. Not being able to play since Christmas and to do so now in this setting \u2013 that was just wonderful.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:<\/b>&nbsp;Next weekend, the big domestic DHB Cup Final 4 will be held in Stuttgart. Borussia will face German champions HB Ludwigsburg in the semi-final at 19:00 CET on Saturday 1 March. Then, Sunday 2 March will see BVB play either the third-place play-off (12:30 CET) or the final (15:00 CET).<\/p>\n<p><b>BVB Handball Women:<\/b>&nbsp;Wachter, Lieder (1), Eckhardt; Abbingh (3/2), Kusian, Antl (1), Degenhardt (1), van Maurik (1), Langer (4), Lassource (7/3), Sasaki, Husebo, Olsson (3), Vollebregt (1), Egeling, Bleckmann (7)<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;The Black &amp; Yellows wanted revenge for the 32-30 first leg defeat in Norway and of course, to offer the 9,305 fans a spectacle in the Westfalenhalle. However, both teams were only playing for pride on the day. Following defeat in the league against Ludwigsburg on Wednesday, it was also about improving morale for the upcoming Final 4 of the cup.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:&nbsp;<\/b>Lena Hausherr was joined on the injury list by goalkeeper Norah Kothen following her knee surgery on Friday. Carmen Campos warmed up with the team, but the game came too early in her recovery from injury. Tess Lieder, meanwhile, was ready for her first appearance since her head injury in December.<\/p>\n<p><b>The match:<\/b>&nbsp;The Borussia women started fantastically in front of the impressive backdrop in the Westfalenhalle. Alicia Langer and Dana Bleckmann immediately started BVB on an early run. Emma Olsson applied the finish after a fantastic pass by goalkeeper Sarah Wachter to make it 3-0 after four minutes. The guests from Norway had difficulty in carving out clear opportunities. The Black &amp; Yellow back line was too agile and had the consistently well-placed Sarah Wachter in goal behind it.<\/p>\n<p>With the lead, the hosts did exactly what their coach Henk Groener had told his team was his expectation in advance of the game: play with freedom. The relaxed attitude was written all over the faces of the players. Rarely has the ball been moved so seamlessly through the lines of attack this season. Sola repeatedly struggled to cover the Dortmund movement, and Dana Bleckmann stretched BVB's lead to 15-8 in the 21st minute. The back court player changed her throwing hand in mid-air and delicately lifted the ball over Sola's goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Henk Groener started the second half with a very different starting formation. The Dutchman brought in Tess Lieder in goal, youngster Lara Egeling on the left, Lena Degenhardt on the inside-left, new signing Lois Abbingh in the middle and Kelly Vollebregt on the right-hand side. Only a little more than three minutes had been played when the 9,305 spectators in the Westfalenhalle could barely believe their eyes: suddenly, the game was all-square at 19-19.<\/p>\n<p>The force that the Borussia ladies had brought onto the court at the beginning of the game was returned by Norwegians at the start of the second half. After an early time-out called by Groener, however, BVB found their feet again. But the Sola players' body language was completely different now. In the 40th minute, Tess Lieder marked her return after a long injury lay-off following a blow to her head in late-December with her first save back in the Borussia goal.<\/p>\n<p>With three more saves, Lieder brought the Westfalenhalle to life and loud &quot;BVB&quot; chants began bellowing throughout the hall. But the Scandinavians were now also enjoying the atmosphere, with around 100 travelling fans from Sola also playing their part, and making themselves heard time and again with songs in the quieter moments in the hall. A game where the goals were flowing freely had now turned into a defensive battle played with plenty of passion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And there were two players who really put themselves in the spotlight: Brazilian Mayssa de Oliveira Pessoa in goal for the away side, and her opposite number, Dortmund's Tess Lieder. The Dutchwoman staked a strong claim to a starting spot with ten saves in the second half of her comeback game. Pessoa made 11 saves over the entire game.<\/p>\n<p>At 27-24, Lieder crowned her impressive performance with her own goal, finding the empty net of the Norwegians. Almost five minutes before the final whistle, all signs pointed to a Borussia home victory. Sola did not give up, however, and made the most of Pessoa's strong saves to the arrears to just one goal. The last attack of the game then belonged to the Scandinavians with seven seconds of time remaining, but the Dortmund inner block combined to block the attempted shot, sending the amassed Black &amp; Yellow fans into raptures as the celebrations broke out in front of a breathtaking backdrop.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alicia Langer:<\/b>&nbsp;&quot;Thank you to all the spectators for this atmosphere. This season, we've had a lot of exciting games toward the end. I am glad that we could still fight for this victory. Sola also played a great game and didn't give up despite the deficit. We had to hold firm against them again.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tess Lieder:<\/b>&nbsp;&quot;We worked to make sure I could play again today and it was breathtaking. Not being able to play since Christmas and to do so now in this setting \u2013 that was just wonderful.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:<\/b>&nbsp;Next weekend, the big domestic DHB Cup Final 4 will be held in Stuttgart. Borussia will face German champions HB Ludwigsburg in the semi-final at 19:00 CET on Saturday 1 March. 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Over 8,000 tickets have already been sold for the game. Tickets are available in the <a href=\"https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/bvb/de/handball/channel/shop/index?utm_source=bvbde&amp;utm_medium=news&amp;utm_campaign=handball-tickets2425&amp;bvb_cid=handball-tickets2425\">online ticket shop.<\/a><\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Borussia Dortmund's handball players have been waiting weeks for this match: On Saturday (22 February, 15:00 CET), the Black & Yellows will face Norwegian club Sola HK in the EHF European League in front of a unique backdrop in Dortmund's Westfalenhalle. Over 8,000 tickets have already been sold for the game. Tickets are available in the online ticket shop.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<p>&quot;This is and will be a great experience for all of us. When there are thousands of fans singing BVB songs - you dream of being able to experience games like this,&quot; says Henk Groener. This will be the second time that the BVB coach and his handball team have competed in the Westfalenhalle. The Dutchman and Lisa Antl, Dana Bleckmann, Lena Hausherr, Maraike Kusian, Emma Olsson and Haruno Sasaki from the current squad were in attendance at the record-breaking match in 2023, when over 11,000 fans turned out. Back then, the Black&amp; Yellows defeated Hungarian club Siofok KC 26-23 to advance to the quarter-finals of the EHF European League.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That was the biggest game of my career. I scored the first goal and the atmosphere was unbelievable. I'm really looking forward to experiencing it again in the Westfalenhalle,\u2019&quot; explained Emma Olsson in an <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/2/20/Handballerin-Emma-Olsson-Wir-wollen-die-Westfalenhalle-begeistern.html\">interview<\/a> ahead of the highlight occasion. For Olsson, it doesn't matter that BVB's final group game will no longer decide who advances to the quarter-finals: 'We want to give people something to show for their attendance and inspire them.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/handball/2025/02/21/handball-vorbericht/Westfalenhalle.png\" data-assetref=\"Westfalenhalle-1740142881715\"><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the BVB handball players still have something to make up for - in the reverse fixture, the Black &amp; Yellows were narrowly beaten away from home by Norwegian club Sola HK: Henk Groener's team lost 33-20 after 60 minutes, having led by four goals at half-time (18-14). In the return leg on Saturday, the Borussia women want revenge for defeat in front of more than 10,000 members of the Black &amp; Yellow faithful.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That was certainly our weakest performance,&quot; said Henk Groener looking back to the game, adding: &quot;We should have won that one.&quot; This is another reason why his players need &quot;no motivation whatsoever&quot; for Saturday's game: &quot;I expect my team to play with passion and enthusiasm for 60 minutes. We have to soak it all up, allow things to happen and loosen up. Then we can say goodbye to the European League with a great experience and concentrate on the Final4,&quot; said Henk Groener with a view to the final round of the DHB-Pokal on the first weekend in March, when Borussia will face HB Ludwigsburg in the semi-final (1 March, 19:00 CET).<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>But first up on the programme is the highlight game in the Westfalenhalle, for which over 8,000 tickets have already been sold: Admission is from 13:30 CET on Saturday, tickets for the game are available in the <a href=\"https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/bvb/de/handball/channel/shop/index?utm_source=bvbde&amp;utm_medium=news&amp;utm_campaign=handball-tickets2425&amp;bvb_cid=handball-tickets2425\">online ticket shop<\/a>. There will also be a ticket office open on the day of the game.<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p>&quot;This is and will be a great experience for all of us. When there are thousands of fans singing BVB songs - you dream of being able to experience games like this,&quot; says Henk Groener. This will be the second time that the BVB coach and his handball team have competed in the Westfalenhalle. The Dutchman and Lisa Antl, Dana Bleckmann, Lena Hausherr, Maraike Kusian, Emma Olsson and Haruno Sasaki from the current squad were in attendance at the record-breaking match in 2023, when over 11,000 fans turned out. Back then, the Black&amp; Yellows defeated Hungarian club Siofok KC 26-23 to advance to the quarter-finals of the EHF European League.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That was the biggest game of my career. I scored the first goal and the atmosphere was unbelievable. I'm really looking forward to experiencing it again in the Westfalenhalle,\u2019&quot; explained Emma Olsson in an <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/2/20/Handballerin-Emma-Olsson-Wir-wollen-die-Westfalenhalle-begeistern.html\">interview<\/a> ahead of the highlight occasion. For Olsson, it doesn't matter that BVB's final group game will no longer decide who advances to the quarter-finals: 'We want to give people something to show for their attendance and inspire them.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/handball/2025/02/21/handball-vorbericht/Westfalenhalle.png\" data-assetref=\"Westfalenhalle-1740142881715\"><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the BVB handball players still have something to make up for - in the reverse fixture, the Black &amp; Yellows were narrowly beaten away from home by Norwegian club Sola HK: Henk Groener's team lost 33-20 after 60 minutes, having led by four goals at half-time (18-14). In the return leg on Saturday, the Borussia women want revenge for defeat in front of more than 10,000 members of the Black &amp; Yellow faithful.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That was certainly our weakest performance,&quot; said Henk Groener looking back to the game, adding: &quot;We should have won that one.&quot; This is another reason why his players need &quot;no motivation whatsoever&quot; for Saturday's game: &quot;I expect my team to play with passion and enthusiasm for 60 minutes. We have to soak it all up, allow things to happen and loosen up. Then we can say goodbye to the European League with a great experience and concentrate on the Final4,&quot; said Henk Groener with a view to the final round of the DHB-Pokal on the first weekend in March, when Borussia will face HB Ludwigsburg in the semi-final (1 March, 19:00 CET).<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>But first up on the programme is the highlight game in the Westfalenhalle, for which over 8,000 tickets have already been sold: Admission is from 13:30 CET on Saturday, tickets for the game are available in the <a href=\"https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/bvb/de/handball/channel/shop/index?utm_source=bvbde&amp;utm_medium=news&amp;utm_campaign=handball-tickets2425&amp;bvb_cid=handball-tickets2425\">online ticket shop<\/a>. 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The result was decided in the first half, as BVB fell further and further behind. Although the Black&amp;Yellows temporarily narrowed the gap to only four goals in the final phase of the second round, this couldn't do anything to prevent a victory for the hosts.<br>\n<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"The BVB women's handball team lost their fifth group stage game in the EHF European League to SCM Ramnicu Valcea 27-32 (10-18). The result was decided in the first half, as BVB fell further and further behind. Although the Black&Yellows temporarily narrowed the gap to only four goals in the final phase of the second round, this couldn't do anything to prevent a victory for the hosts.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;The Borussians had gained three points from their previous four games in the EHF European League. Valcea had banked seven points prior to the start of the game, and were at the top of the table ahead of Ikast (4), BVB (3) and Sola (2). BVB's first game against Valcea ended in a 31-31 draw, with the Romanians equalising at the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:&nbsp;<\/b>In addition to Lena Hausherr, who has a long-term injury (torn cruciate ligament), coach Henk Groener also had to go without goalkeeper Tess Lieder and back player Carmen Campos Costa. Second goalkeeper Norah Kothen was also out of action, and was replaced by 19 year old Liv-Stine Eckardt from second league team HSV Solingen-Gräftrath, who was given a dual right to play. Newcomer Lois Abbingh was also on the BVB squad for the second time.<\/p>\n<p><b>The match:<\/b>&nbsp;The temperature reading in Valcea, Romania was minus nine degrees, but outside it felt much lower. But that made no difference in the &quot;Traian Sport Hall&quot;. 3000 fans transformed the venue into a cauldron. BVB seemed undeterred by this, defended well, and gained two early goals thanks to Alicia Langer and Dana Bleckmann. They had the right body language and the right concentration - but not for long. After six minutes without any BVB goals, Valcea was leading 5-2 after a seven-metre throw by Hagman, before Kelly Vollebregt narrowed the gap to make it 3-5 (10).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More and more mistakes started creeping in, and BVB were also repeatedly thwarted by goalkeeper Julie Foggea, who was decisive in the Valcea defence with 43% goals saved. After 20 minutes, Valcea were leading BVB 12-8. Fifteen minutes in, Lois Abbingh celebrated her European Cup debut for BVB. Shortly afterwards, key player Haruno Sasaki received a red card for a head hit after accidentally hitting Valcea goalkeeper Ioana Kelemen in the face while taking her second seven-metre throw.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>After this, the Dortmund women came under increasing pressure, gave away chances and defended sloppily, meaning that after 25 minutes they were already nine goals down. The Romanians had leapt ahead from 11-8 (19) to 17-8 (25).&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Quick goals after changing halves<\/b><\/p>\n<p>After the break,&nbsp;Lois Abbingh and Maraike Kusian quickly scored two seven-metre throws to narrow the gap, and&nbsp;Dana Bleckmann and Guro Husebø proceeded to reduce the goal difference to six goals (34). BVB seemed focussed, and with&nbsp;Deborah Lassource were defending more offensively. But Valcea recovered quickly, playing at a consistently high level, and in the 40th minute were ten goals up again after a goal by&nbsp;Elghaoui which brought the scoreline to 26-16.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>The last ten minutes began with two seven-metre goals by&nbsp;Deborah Lassource, and a goal difference of six goals (24-30).&nbsp;Maraike Kusian made it 25-30 after a 5-1 run. Valcea's coach Poulsen brought his starting seven back onto the pitch with&nbsp;Mia Zschocke, Julia Maidhof and Nathalie Hagman. But BVB's pursuit didn't end there. Goalkeeper Sarah Wachter scored an open goal and narrowed the gap to 27-31 after 57 minutes. In the end, the Romanians were able to maintain their lead, winning 32-27.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>In the Group B table, BVB are still in third place behind Valcea (9 points) and Ikast (6 points), who convincingly beat Sola HK 32-26, meaning they no longer have a chance at reaching the quarter-finals.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Reactions:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Henk Groener (Coach):&nbsp;<\/b>&quot;After a good start, we struggled to score goals in the first half, or we were stopped by the excellent Romanian goalkeeper. Then Valcea pulled away from us, they were carried by the atmosphere in the hall. Because of our mistakes, our opponents were able to score goals that were too easy. We really wanted to avoid going into the break eight goals down. After the break, we did put up a fight and narrowed the gap to four goals, but we also made some unfortunate mistakes, which we paid the price for.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Rupert Thiele (Head of department):<\/b>&nbsp;&quot;In the first half, we didn't capitalise on enough chances, and then the gap was too wide to close. Being ten goals down at one point is just too much.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:<\/b>&nbsp;The Bundesliga continues on Wednesday, 19 February with the clash between the top two teams in the league. BVB, currently second in the league, will be playing away to HB Ludwigsburg, who are currently top of the table. The game will be starting at 19:00 CET in the MHP arena in Ludwigsburg. In the European League, the last group stage game will be taking place just three days later on Saturday, 22 February against Sola HK. From 15:00 CET, a record number of spectators is expected in the Westfalenhalle, with the slogan &quot;Everyone to the hall!&quot; (<a href=\"https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/bvb/de/handball/channel/shop/areaplan/venue/event/593547?utm_source=bvbde&amp;utm_medium=news&amp;utm_campaign=handball-westfalenhalle25&amp;bvb_cid=handball-westfalenhalle25\" target=\"_blank\">buy tickets here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>Players:<\/b> Wachter (1) Eckhardt; Abbingh (3/1), Kusian (2), Antl, Degenhardt, van Maurik (2), Langer (3), Lassource (3/2), Sasaki (1/1), Husebø (1), Olsson (4), Vollebregt (1), Egeling, Bleckmann (6)&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;The Borussians had gained three points from their previous four games in the EHF European League. Valcea had banked seven points prior to the start of the game, and were at the top of the table ahead of Ikast (4), BVB (3) and Sola (2). BVB's first game against Valcea ended in a 31-31 draw, with the Romanians equalising at the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:&nbsp;<\/b>In addition to Lena Hausherr, who has a long-term injury (torn cruciate ligament), coach Henk Groener also had to go without goalkeeper Tess Lieder and back player Carmen Campos Costa. Second goalkeeper Norah Kothen was also out of action, and was replaced by 19 year old Liv-Stine Eckardt from second league team HSV Solingen-Gräftrath, who was given a dual right to play. Newcomer Lois Abbingh was also on the BVB squad for the second time.<\/p>\n<p><b>The match:<\/b>&nbsp;The temperature reading in Valcea, Romania was minus nine degrees, but outside it felt much lower. But that made no difference in the &quot;Traian Sport Hall&quot;. 3000 fans transformed the venue into a cauldron. BVB seemed undeterred by this, defended well, and gained two early goals thanks to Alicia Langer and Dana Bleckmann. They had the right body language and the right concentration - but not for long. After six minutes without any BVB goals, Valcea was leading 5-2 after a seven-metre throw by Hagman, before Kelly Vollebregt narrowed the gap to make it 3-5 (10).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More and more mistakes started creeping in, and BVB were also repeatedly thwarted by goalkeeper Julie Foggea, who was decisive in the Valcea defence with 43% goals saved. After 20 minutes, Valcea were leading BVB 12-8. Fifteen minutes in, Lois Abbingh celebrated her European Cup debut for BVB. Shortly afterwards, key player Haruno Sasaki received a red card for a head hit after accidentally hitting Valcea goalkeeper Ioana Kelemen in the face while taking her second seven-metre throw.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>After this, the Dortmund women came under increasing pressure, gave away chances and defended sloppily, meaning that after 25 minutes they were already nine goals down. The Romanians had leapt ahead from 11-8 (19) to 17-8 (25).&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Quick goals after changing halves<\/b><\/p>\n<p>After the break,&nbsp;Lois Abbingh and Maraike Kusian quickly scored two seven-metre throws to narrow the gap, and&nbsp;Dana Bleckmann and Guro Husebø proceeded to reduce the goal difference to six goals (34). BVB seemed focussed, and with&nbsp;Deborah Lassource were defending more offensively. But Valcea recovered quickly, playing at a consistently high level, and in the 40th minute were ten goals up again after a goal by&nbsp;Elghaoui which brought the scoreline to 26-16.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>The last ten minutes began with two seven-metre goals by&nbsp;Deborah Lassource, and a goal difference of six goals (24-30).&nbsp;Maraike Kusian made it 25-30 after a 5-1 run. Valcea's coach Poulsen brought his starting seven back onto the pitch with&nbsp;Mia Zschocke, Julia Maidhof and Nathalie Hagman. But BVB's pursuit didn't end there. Goalkeeper Sarah Wachter scored an open goal and narrowed the gap to 27-31 after 57 minutes. In the end, the Romanians were able to maintain their lead, winning 32-27.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>In the Group B table, BVB are still in third place behind Valcea (9 points) and Ikast (6 points), who convincingly beat Sola HK 32-26, meaning they no longer have a chance at reaching the quarter-finals.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Reactions:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Henk Groener (Coach):&nbsp;<\/b>&quot;After a good start, we struggled to score goals in the first half, or we were stopped by the excellent Romanian goalkeeper. Then Valcea pulled away from us, they were carried by the atmosphere in the hall. Because of our mistakes, our opponents were able to score goals that were too easy. We really wanted to avoid going into the break eight goals down. After the break, we did put up a fight and narrowed the gap to four goals, but we also made some unfortunate mistakes, which we paid the price for.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Rupert Thiele (Head of department):<\/b>&nbsp;&quot;In the first half, we didn't capitalise on enough chances, and then the gap was too wide to close. Being ten goals down at one point is just too much.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:<\/b>&nbsp;The Bundesliga continues on Wednesday, 19 February with the clash between the top two teams in the league. BVB, currently second in the league, will be playing away to HB Ludwigsburg, who are currently top of the table. The game will be starting at 19:00 CET in the MHP arena in Ludwigsburg. In the European League, the last group stage game will be taking place just three days later on Saturday, 22 February against Sola HK. From 15:00 CET, a record number of spectators is expected in the Westfalenhalle, with the slogan &quot;Everyone to the hall!&quot; (<a href=\"https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/bvb/de/handball/channel/shop/areaplan/venue/event/593547?utm_source=bvbde&amp;utm_medium=news&amp;utm_campaign=handball-westfalenhalle25&amp;bvb_cid=handball-westfalenhalle25\" target=\"_blank\">buy tickets here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>Players:<\/b> Wachter (1) Eckhardt; Abbingh (3/1), Kusian (2), Antl, Degenhardt, van Maurik (2), Langer (3), Lassource (3/2), Sasaki (1/1), Husebø (1), Olsson (4), Vollebregt (1), Egeling, Bleckmann (6)&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","exportedType":"text/html"},"id":"editable-c889dd2dbf","prio":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"prio","title":"Prio (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"headline":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"headline","title":"Headline","multiValue":false,"value":"Women's handball team lose to Valcea","exportedType":"text/plain"},"matchId":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"matchId","title":"match id","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"data-layer":"{\"editable-c889dd2dbf\":{\"@type\":\"/apps/bvbweb/components/newssliderelements/editable\",\"linkUrl\":\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2025/2/16/Womens-handball-team-lose-to-Valcea.html\"}}","author":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"author","title":"Author","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"teaserType":"relatedContent","match":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"content-fragment","name":"match","title":"Related Match","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"alt":"Handball-Vollebregt.jpg","externalId":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"externalId","title":"External ID (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"displayOnHome":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"displayOnHome","title":"Display in news wall on homepage","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"url":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"url","title":"Vanity URL (LEAVE EMPTY FOR AUTOMATIC VANITY URL. 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The Borussia ladies beat Danish representative&nbsp;Ikast Håndbold by a 30-27 (12-10) scoreline and kept their dreams of qualifying for the quarter-finals alive.<br>\n<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"The Borussia Dortmund women's handballers claimed their first victory of the European League campaign on Sunday afternoon. The Borussia ladies beat Danish representative Ikast Håndbold by a 30-27 (12-10) scoreline and kept their dreams of qualifying for the quarter-finals alive.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;Ikast claimed a very narrow 29-25 win over Borussia in the reverse fixture in Denmark. As Ramnicu Valcea had already beaten Sola HK on Saturday afternoon, the Borussia ladies knew they would definitely be eliminated if they lost to Ikast. A win, meanwhile, would put the Dortmund ladies back in the thick of the race for a place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:<\/b>&nbsp;New signing&nbsp;Lois Abbingh was not yet eligible to play.&nbsp;Carmen Campos and Tess Lieder were still working towards their comeback and were not yet available. Lena Hausherr was absent due to a cruciate ligament rupture.<\/p>\n<p><b>The match &amp; analysis:<\/b>&nbsp;The spectators at the Westpress-Arena witnessed an opening phase with many technical errors on both sides. Borussia settled into a strong momentum and took a 5-2 lead when Emma Olsson rounded off a high-tempo counter on the eight-minute mark.&nbsp;The visitors from Ikast subsequently handed out plenty of gifts, which the Black &amp; Yellows could only exploit a few of. Sarah Wachter was almost unbeatable between the sticks and saved an incredible 50% of the shots she faced in the first half. Defensively, it was the perfect start to this important clash&nbsp;\u2013 but the missed chances dampened the mood somewhat.<\/p>\n<p>With the score at 8-5, Henk Groener called a timeout to draw his team's attention to the gaps at the back in the Danish side's rearguard. But his team resumed after that break in the worst-possible manner. The visitors, who had been deemed to be the strongest opponent in the group beforehand, reduced the deficit to one goal. Sarah Wachter once again shone and repeatedly saved attempts from the Ikast backcourt area to ensure that the home team went in at the half-time break with a 12-10 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Ikast quickly restored parity after the break and it was an open exchange from that point onwards. Both clubs continued to make technical errors. In the 41st minute of the match, Haruno Sasaki won the ball back and threw it into the visiting team's empty net as she fell to the ground&nbsp;\u2013 the score was now 18-15. From this point onwards at the latest, it became apparent to every Black &amp; Yellow supporter at the Westpress-Arena that they could come away from this game with something tangible.<\/p>\n<p>Not every attack from the Black &amp; Yellows was successful but Henk Groener's team gave it everything and fought for every centimetre. With the score 24-23 and eight minutes left, the all-important home win came under threat as the team began to concede goals too quickly. But the visitors also established hardly any control defensively and were met with a response from the Borussia ladies every time. The crowd was already celebrating Borussia's win in the closing seconds. The 29-25 defeat in the reverse fixture means that they would have needed a win by five goals to come above Ikast if they finish level on points. BVB missed that chance but they still have every chance of progressing thanks to the victory.<\/p>\n<p><b>Reactions: Lena Degenhardt: <\/b>&quot;We had set our sights high. That was a good team performance. Our defence was very solid and Sarah was outstanding in goal. We unfortunately spurned too many chances but we didn't let our heads drop even in our poor spells. We were aware of the pressure and the win does us an unbelievable amount of good. That's how we need to perform in Valcea too.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Henk Groener: <\/b>&quot;I was very pleased that we were fully alert from the beginning. Sarah put in a top performance in goal. The team showed what they're capable of today and I'm very pleased with the way they fought with their hearts and souls.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:<\/b>&nbsp;The league campaign will already be back under way on Wednesday (12/02) when they host TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (19:30 CET). That will be followed by the next decisive match in the race for European League qualification in Valcea, Romania next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>There will then be plenty of excitement in store when they face Sola HK on the last matchday of the group stage: the European League match will take place on February 22 (15:00 CET) at the Westfalenhalle, where Borussia previously played their final group game of the 22/23 season in front of 11,112 spectators.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/1/15/Alle-in-die-Halle-Handball-Damen-gegen-Sola-in-der-Westfalenhalle.html\">Tickets for the match are already on sale.<br>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Women's handball team:<\/b>&nbsp;Wachter, Kothen; Kusian, Antl (3), Degenhardt (2), van Maurik (1), Langer (5), Lassource, Sasaki (5/1), Husebø (1), Olsson (3), Vollebregt (4), Egeling, Bleckmann&nbsp;(6)<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p><b>The scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;Ikast claimed a very narrow 29-25 win over Borussia in the reverse fixture in Denmark. As Ramnicu Valcea had already beaten Sola HK on Saturday afternoon, the Borussia ladies knew they would definitely be eliminated if they lost to Ikast. A win, meanwhile, would put the Dortmund ladies back in the thick of the race for a place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:<\/b>&nbsp;New signing&nbsp;Lois Abbingh was not yet eligible to play.&nbsp;Carmen Campos and Tess Lieder were still working towards their comeback and were not yet available. Lena Hausherr was absent due to a cruciate ligament rupture.<\/p>\n<p><b>The match &amp; analysis:<\/b>&nbsp;The spectators at the Westpress-Arena witnessed an opening phase with many technical errors on both sides. Borussia settled into a strong momentum and took a 5-2 lead when Emma Olsson rounded off a high-tempo counter on the eight-minute mark.&nbsp;The visitors from Ikast subsequently handed out plenty of gifts, which the Black &amp; Yellows could only exploit a few of. 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In the 41st minute of the match, Haruno Sasaki won the ball back and threw it into the visiting team's empty net as she fell to the ground&nbsp;\u2013 the score was now 18-15. From this point onwards at the latest, it became apparent to every Black &amp; Yellow supporter at the Westpress-Arena that they could come away from this game with something tangible.<\/p>\n<p>Not every attack from the Black &amp; Yellows was successful but Henk Groener's team gave it everything and fought for every centimetre. With the score 24-23 and eight minutes left, the all-important home win came under threat as the team began to concede goals too quickly. But the visitors also established hardly any control defensively and were met with a response from the Borussia ladies every time. The crowd was already celebrating Borussia's win in the closing seconds. The 29-25 defeat in the reverse fixture means that they would have needed a win by five goals to come above Ikast if they finish level on points. 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