Spandau 04 won the German Cup for the season 2019/20. The Final Four has been finished today in Berlin.
In the final match, Spandau defeated its arch-rival Waspo Hannover 12:8. The Berliners took βdoubleβ revenge. Hannover was better than Spandau in the final of the 2019/20 German League early in September, as well as in the 2018/19 German Cup final.
This trophy is the 31st national Cup for Spandau, but the first one since 2016. Waspo Hannover won three German Cups in a row in the past three seasons.
2019/20 German Cup, Final Four, Day 2
Final
Waspo Hannover β Spandau 04 8:12 (1:3, 3:3,3:4, 1:2)
Waspo 98 Hannover: Radovic 4, Nagaev 2, Da. Brguljan 1, Schutze 1.
Spandau 04 Berlin: Gielen 3, Zovic 2, Strelezkij 2, Stamm 2, Dedovic 1, Pjesivac 1, Jungling 1.
3rd-place match
OSC Potsdam β ASC Duisburg 15:13 (6:5, 3:1, 4:4, 2:3)
OSC Potsdam: Kuppers 3, Huppe 2, Tadin 2, Korbel 2, Dufour 2, Schulz 2, Ulrich 1, Collier 1.
ASC Duisburg:Bakulo 4, Eidner 3, Rompf 2, Schmellenkamp 2, Kilibarda 1, Gerhard 1.
The first ten minutes of the final determined the rest of the game. Spandau built a 3:1 lead in the first quarter. Denis Strelezkij added a goal in the 10th minute for 4:1. After earning this solid advantage, the hosts controlled the game until the end.
Waspo managed to cut the deficit twice (3:4 and 5:6), but it couldnβt equalize. Spandau was always ahead.
Before the final quarter, the distance was three goals (10:7). Lucas Gielen, the Dutchman with the German passport, decided everything with two consecutive goals in the fourth period for 12:7. The five-goal gap was unattainable for Hannover.
OSC Potsdam finished in the 3rd place, after defeating ASC Duisburg.
German Womenβs Cup
Before the menβs final, the female team of Β Spandau 04 successfully defended the national Cup, by beating Bayer 11:8 in the game for the trophy.
Final
Spandau 04 β Bayer Uedringen 11:8 (4:3, 4:1, 2:2, 1:2)
Bronze-medal match
Nikar Heidelberg β Waspo 98 Hannover 14:17 (4:4, 0:5, 4:4, 6:4)