At the top of Westfalenliga 1, SC Verl II and Westfalia Kinderhaus will be in a tight battle until the end. The first decision has been made at the bottom of the table.

The battle for the championship and promotion place in Westfalenliga 1 will come down to a heart-stopping finale. Leaders SC Verl II and runners-up Westfalia Kinderhaus also completed their tasks on matchday 29 and go into the final game separated by one point. The sports club is on 66 points, Westfalia on 65.

Verl’s second team had no major problems at home against SV Rödinghausen II and won 4:1. Illia Poliakov scored twice (56th, penalty/85th), Marlon Lakämper (29th) and Sekuo Eickholt (63rd) scored the other goals.

Westfalia Kinderhaus, who hosted FC Nordkirchen, were somewhat more competitive. Fabian Witt (25′) and Julian Horstmann (32′) paved the way for an early home win, but Simon Mors brought the visitors back into contention shortly after the break (85′). Semih Daglar then scored a penalty in the closing stages (85′), but Nordkirchen came too late to make it 2:3 (89′).

Verl II visit bottom-of-the-table Hamm on Sunday (3pm), while Westfalia Kinderhaus travel to RW Maaslingen (6th).

Late blow for Hammer SpVg

Things are also still tight in the basement, but the first decision has been made on this penultimate matchday: Hammer SpVg will have to make the difficult journey to the Landesliga. At TuS Hiltrup, Barbaros Inan initially kept hopes of relegation alive (67′), but Maksym Losiev’s late equalizer (85′) sealed relegation.

Bockum-Hövel shoot themselves out of the relegation zone with a 7:1 win

SG Bockum-Hövel ensured that Hamm can no longer reach the 13th place relegation zone with a brilliant 7:1 away win at fellow promoted team FC Nieheim, leapfrogging Nordkirchen and leaving the relegation zone. Bockum-Hövel go into the final matchday with 28 points and a goal difference of -17, closely followed by Nordkirchen (27 points, -22 goals) and TuS Haltern (27 points, -25 goals), who won their home game against Delbrücker SC 1-0 thanks to an early goal from Nils Fabisak. Preußen Espelkamp (30 points, -21 goals) and Borussia Emsdetten (30 points, -9 goals) are also not yet mathematically safe.

Haltern will travel to Rödinghausen II (3rd) on the final matchday. Nordkirchen have the chance to overtake Espelkamp in a direct duel, while Bockum-Hövel will host fifth-placed TuS Hiltrup. Borussia Emsdetten will face SC Peckeloh (8th) at home.

The results of the 29th matchday at a glance:

SC Verl II – SV Rödinghausen 4:1

Westfalia Kinderhaus – FC Nordkirchen 3:2

TuS Hiltrup – Hammer SpVg 1:1

TuS Haltern – Delbrücker SC 1:0

SV Mesum – RW Maaslingen 1:3

Preußen Espelkamp – Borussia Emsdetten 1:2

SC Peckeloh – Grün-Weiß Nottuln 1:3

FC Nieheim – SG Bockum-Hövel 1:7