Overview
- Referee Niklas Simpson ended the game late with Wattenscheid leading 3:1 after a böller detonated near the assistant referee.
- Both supporter groups used pyrotechnics earlier, triggering warnings and a roughly ten‑minute interruption in the second half.
- Following the abandonment, Ahlener supporters and allied troublemakers from Zwolle tried to storm the pitch and confronted stewards and police.
- Police reported several detentions, a temporary halt to rail services near the station, a slightly injured officer struck with an iron bar, and investigations for serious breach of the peace and resistance to officers.
- Rot Weiss Ahlen issued an extensive apology, accepted responsibility for the decisive firework from its fan scene, and the match outcome now awaits a sports court ruling that media expect will favor Wattenscheid.