The Bundesliga handball players of Thüringer HC finished the Final Four of the DHB Cup without a win. One day after losing 34:36 on seven penalties to HSG Bensheim/Auerbach, the team of Head Coach Herbert Müller lost 27:29 (13:13) to HSG Blomberg-Lippe in the match for third place on Sunday. Natsuki Aizawa was the THC's best scorer with six goals.
The Thuringians, who were without their top scorer Johanna Reichert, were very compact defensively in the opening spell and built a 4:1 lead after seven minutes. Both teams then stepped up the pace considerably. The THC impressed with its variable attacking play, but repeatedly failed to score against the posts or crossbar, with the result that Blomberg was able to equalize by the break.
After the break, the club from Thuringia trailed 14:17 (36'), but struck back with five goals in succession to make it 19:17 (43'). The THC was on course until ten minutes before the end, when it clearly ran out of steam. With a 5:0 run, the Blomberg club pulled 27:24 ahead in the 56th minute.
