2021–22 EHF Champions League

EHF Champions League

2021–22
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	15 September 2021–19 June 2022
Teams	16
Website	ehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	4802 (60.03 per match)
Attendance	201,456 (2,518 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aleix Gómez (59 goals)
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The 2021–22 EHF Champions League is the 62nd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 29th edition under the current EHF Champions League format, running from 15 September 2021 to 19 June 2022.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.

Format[]

The competition begins with a group stage featuring 16 teams divided in two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures. In Groups A and B, the top two teams qualify for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoffs.

The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.

In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.

Teams[]

The final list of 16 participants will be revealed by the EHF Executive Committee in June 2021. Ten teams will be registered according to fixed places, while six will be granted wild cards.^[1][2] On 29 June, the final list was revealed.^[3]

Participating teams

THW Kiel (1st)	Paris Saint-Germain ()	Barcelona ()	Pick Szeged (1st)
RK Vardar ()	Łomża Vive Kielce (1st)	Aalborg Håndbold ()	FC Porto ()
PPD Zagreb ()	SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2nd)	Meshkov Brest (WC)	Montpellier Handball (WC)
Telekom Veszprém (WC)	Elverum Håndball (WC)	Dinamo București (WC)	Motor (WC)

Group stage[]

The draw took place on 2 July 2021.^[4]

Group A[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MON	AAL	SZE	KIE	ELV	ZAG	VAR	BRE
1	Montpellier Handball (T)	10	7	2	1	313	284	+29	16	Quarterfinals		—	2 Mar	29–29	37–30	39–32	24–23	16 Feb	32–26
2	Aalborg Håndbold (T)	10	7	0	3	324	297	+27	14			36–28	—	34–30	35–33	23 Feb	9 Mar	33–29	34–33
3	Pick Szeged	10	6	2	2	304	287	+17	14	Playoffs		10 Mar	31–28	—	30–26	30–34	30–21	34–31	24 Feb
4	THW Kiel	10	6	1	3	323	312	+11	13			23 Feb	31–27	32–32	—	41–36	36–28	32–30	10 Mar
5	Elverum Håndball	10	3	2	5	306	320	−14	8			30–37	28–34	2 Mar	17 Feb	—	30–25	27–27	32–33
6	PPD Zagreb	10	2	2	6	254	282	−28	6			22–25	24–34	17 Feb	3 Mar	27–27	—	23–22	31–24
7	RK Vardar	10	2	1	7	282	294	−12	5			25–31	30–28	27–30	26–29	9 Mar	23 Feb	—	35–27
8	Meshkov Brest	10	1	2	7	286	316	−30	4			31–31	16 Feb	25–28	30–33	27–30	30–30	2 Mar	—

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KIE	PAR	VES	BAR	FLE	MOT	POR	BUC
1	Łomża Vive Kielce	10	7	0	3	316	299	+17	14	Quarterfinals		—	38–33	32–29	29–27	37–29	23 Feb	39–33	9 Mar
2	Paris Saint-Germain	10	5	2	3	331	295	+36	12			32–27	—	10 Mar	28–28	24 Feb	40–32	33–19	41–30
3	Telekom Veszprém	10	6	0	4	316	288	+28	12	Playoffs		3 Mar	34–31	—	29–28	28–23	36–29	16 Feb	47–32
4	Barcelona	10	5	2	3	311	287	+24	12			30–32	30–27	24 Feb	—	10 Mar	36–25	38–31	36–32
5	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	10	4	1	5	278	280	−2	9			16 Feb	27–27	30–27	21–25	—	34–27	2 Mar	37–30
6	Motor	10	4	0	6	285	308	−23	8			25–26	17 Feb	29–27	3 Mar	31–22	—	30–27	28–27
7	FC Porto	10	3	1	6	280	322	−42	7			29–27	30–39	23–30	33–33	28–27	10 Mar	—	24 Feb
8	Dinamo București	10	3	0	7	293	331	−38	6			32–29	3 Mar	31–29	17 Feb	20–28	33–29	26–27	—

Knockout stage[]

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals[]

Final four[]

The final four will held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 18 and 19 June 2022.

Bracket[]

Final[]

Top goalscorers[]

As of 9 December 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[5]
1	Aleix Gómez	Barcelona	59
2	Mikkel Hansen	Paris Saint-Germain	58
		Elverum Håndball
	Timur Dibirov	RK Vardar
5	Dika Mem	Barcelona	57
6	Raul Nantes	Dinamo București	55
	Niclas Ekberg	THW Kiel
8	Dominik Máthé	Elverum Håndball	53
9	Felix Claar	Aalborg Håndbold	52
10	Gašper Marguč	Telekom Veszprém	51

References[]

External links[]

• Official website