2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

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The 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 6 March and ended on 30 May 2021 with the final at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League.[1] On 10 February 2021, after a decision by the EHF Executive Committee, it was announced that all 16 teams advanced from the group stage.[2]

Format[]

In the round of 16, the first-placed team from one group faced the eighth-placed team from the other group, the second-placed team faced the seventh-placed and so on. The eight winning teams advance to the quarterfinals. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

Qualified teams[]

Group
First place Second place Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place Seventh place Eighth place
A Russia Rostov-Don France Metz Handball Romania CSM Bucureşti Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Norway Vipers Kristiansand Denmark Team Esbjerg Slovenia Krim Mercator Germany SG BBM Bietigheim
B Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Russia CSKA Moscow France Brest Bretagne Handball Denmark Odense Håndbold Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Germany Borussia Dortmund Croatia Podravka Vegeta

Round of 16[]

Overview[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Romania 51–54 Romania CSM Bucureşti 24–33 27–21
Team Esbjerg Denmark 54–63 France Brest Bretagne Handball 27–33 27–30
ŽRK Budućnost Montenegro 50–48 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 22–19 28–29
Vipers Kristiansand Norway 65–62 Denmark Odense Håndbold 35–36 30–26
Podravka Vegeta Croatia 44–71 Russia Rostov-Don 20–29 24–42
SG BBM Bietigheim Germany 48–69 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 20–37 28–32
Borussia Dortmund Germany 0–20[note 1] France Metz Handball 0–10 0–10
Krim Mercator Slovenia 46–47 Russia CSKA Moscow 25–20 21–27

Matches[]

6 March 2021
16:00 		SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Romania 24–33 Romania CSM Bucureşti Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Liščević 7 (12–13) Neagu 13
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13 March 2021
16:00 		CSM Bucureşti Romania 21–27 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Mitrevksi, Todorovski (MKD)
Neagu 11 (11–15) González 7
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CSM Bucureşti won 54–51 on aggregate.

7 March 2021
16:00 		Team Esbjerg Denmark 27–33 France Brest Bretagne Handball Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
Pena 9 (16–17) Gros 10
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14 March 2021
14:00 		Brest Bretagne Handball France 30–27 Denmark Team Esbjerg Brest Arena, Brest
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Gros 7 (19–11) Tranborg 6
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Brest Bretagne won 63–54 on aggregate.

7 March 2021
16:00 		ŽRK Budućnost Montenegro 22–19 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Radičević 7 (11–7) Bölk 5
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13 March 2021
18:00 		FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Hungary 29–28 Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost , Érd
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Bölk 5 (9–15) Radičević 9
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ŽRK Budućnost won 50–48 on aggregate.

7 March 2021
18:00 		Vipers Kristiansand Norway 35–36 Denmark Odense Håndbold Ikast-Brande Arena, Kristiansand
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Smailagic, Smailagic (SWE)
Reistad 10 (16–17) Abbingh 9
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14 March 2021
16:00 		Odense Håndbold Denmark 26–30 Norway Vipers Kristiansand Sydbank Arena, Odense
Attendance: 1
Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
Quintino 6 (14–19) Sulland 8
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Vipers Kristiansand won 65–62 on aggregate.

6 March 2021
18:00 		Podravka Vegeta Croatia 20–29 Russia Rostov-Don , Koprivnica
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Şimşek, Hatipoğlu (TUR)
Milosavljević 6 (10–17) Kuznetsova, Managarova 5
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14 March 2021
14:00 		Rostov-Don Russia 42–24 Croatia Podravka Vegeta Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don
Attendance: 2,625
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Krpež-Šlezak 9 (24–11) Milosavljević 7
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Rostov-Don won 71–44 on aggregate.

7 March 2021
14:00 		SG BBM Bietigheim Germany 20–37 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Capoccia, Jucker (SUI)
Maidhof 6 (8–18) Görbicz, Kristiansen 6
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13 March 2021
16:00 		Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary 32–28 Germany SG BBM Bietigheim Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Nze Minko 6 (19–16) Naidzavinicius 7
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Győri Audi ETO KC won 69–48 on aggregate.

Cancelled[note 3] Borussia Dortmund Germany 0–10[note 1] France Metz Handball
Cancelled[note 4] Metz Handball France 10–0[note 1] Germany Borussia Dortmund
6 March 2021
16:00 		Krim Mercator Slovenia 25–20 Russia CSKA Moscow Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
Vieira 8 (12–11) Gorshkova 4
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13 March 2021
16:00 		CSKA Moscow Russia 27–21 Slovenia Krim Mercator Dynamo Volleyball Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 550
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Dmitrieva 7 (14–11) Pletikosić 7
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CSKA Moscow won 47–46 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals[]

Overview[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSM București Romania 51–51 (a) Russia CSKA Moscow 32–27 19–24
Brest Bretagne France 60–50 France Metz Handball 34–24 26–26
ŽRK Budućnost Montenegro 40–54 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 19–30 21–24
Vipers Kristiansand Norway 57–50 Russia Rostov-Don 34–27 23–23

Matches[]

3 April 2021
16:00 		CSM București Romania 32–27 Russia CSKA Moscow Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Lazović, Neagu 6 (20–12) Skorobogatchenko 5
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11 April 2021
16:00 		CSKA Moscow Russia 24–19 Romania CSM București Dynamo Volleyball Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Ristovska 7 (12–11) Neagu 9
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51–51 on aggregate. CSKA Moscow won on away goals.

4 April 2021
14:00 		Brest Bretagne France 34–24 France Metz Handball Brest Arena, Brest
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Ciulei, Stoia (ROU)
Gros 10 (16–11) Burgaard, Sajka 4
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10 April 2021
16:00 		Metz Handball France 26–26 France Brest Bretagne Metz Arena, Metz
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Mičijević 7 (14–17) Foppa 6
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Brest Bretagne won 60–50 on aggregate.

3 April 2021
18:00 		ŽRK Budućnost Montenegro 19–30 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Pineau, Radičević 5 (11–16) Oftedal 9
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10 April 2021
18:00 		Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary 24–21 Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
four players 4 (10–11) Radičević 7
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Győri Audi ETO KC won 54–40 on aggregate.

10 April 2021[note 5]
14:00 		Vipers Kristiansand Norway 34–27 Russia Rostov-Don Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don
Attendance: 2,625
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Mørk 9 (19–12) Zaadi 8
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11 April 2021[note 6]
14:00 		Rostov-Don Russia 23–23 Norway Vipers Kristiansand Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don
Attendance: 2,352
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Zaadi 10 (11–12) Løke, Mørk 5
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Vipers Kristiansand won 57–50 on aggregate.

Final four[]

The final four was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 29 and 30 May 2021. The draw was made on 13 April 2021.[5][6]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 May
 
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC23 (2)
 
30 May
 
France Brest Bretagne (Pen)23 (4)
 
France Brest Bretagne28
 
29 May
 
Norway Vipers Kristiansand34
 
Norway Vipers Kristiansand33
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow30
 
Third place
 
 
30 May
 
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC32
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow21

Semifinals[]

29 May 2021
15:15 		Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary 25–27 (ET) France Brest Bretagne László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Kristiansen 8 (8–11) Gros 9
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FT: 20–20 ET: 3–3 Pen: 2–4

29 May 2021
18:00 		Vipers Kristiansand Norway 33–30 Russia CSKA Moscow László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Reistad 10 (18–12) Vedekhina 7
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Third place game[]

30 May 2021
15:15 		Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary 32–21 Russia CSKA Moscow László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Oftedal 8 (18–8) Mikhaylichenko 4
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Final[]

30 May 2021
18:00 		Brest Bretagne France 28–34 Norway Vipers Kristiansand László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Gros 8 (14–18) Reistad 12
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Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c The matches, scheduled for 12 and 14 March 2021, were assessed by the EHF after Dortmund did not travel to France.[3]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ^ The match, originally scheduled for 7 March and rescheduled to 12 March 2021, was postponed.[4]
  4. ^ The match, originally scheduled for 14 March 2021, was postponed.[4]
  5. ^ The match, originally scheduled for 4 April, was rescheduled to 10 April 2021.[4]
  6. ^ The match, originally scheduled for 10 April, was rescheduled to 11 April 2021.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "EHF Champions League Women 2020/21 season – Playing system and dates" (PDF). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ "EHF adapts playing schedule for EHF Champions League". eurohandball.com. 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Court of Handball rules on Dortmund vs Metz play-offs". eurohandball.com. EHF. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Playing schedule updates". ehfcl.eurohandball.com. EHF. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Semi-final pairings to be determined in Budapest". eurohandball.com. 12 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Györ face Brest, Vipers take on CSKA in semi-final". eurohandball.com. 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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