2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League

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Women's EHF Champions League

2021–22
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	11 September 2021–5 June 2022
Teams	16
Website	ehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	5273 (54.93 per match)
Attendance	131,191 (1,367 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristina Neagu (84 goals)
← 2020–21  →

The 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League is the 29th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 11 September 2021 to 5 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, originally the top two teams qualify for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoffs. After a decision by the EHF, all teams advanced.

The knockout stage includes four rounds: the round of 16, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. The teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the aggregate winners qualifying to the next round.

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

Team allocation[]

Esbjerg

Odense

Kristiansand

Brest

Metz

Győr

Ferencváros

Sävehof

Kastamonu

Budućnost

Moscow

Rostov

Koprivnica

București

Dortmund

Krim

Location of teams of the 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

A total of 21 teams from 15 countries submitted their application for a place in the competition's group stage before the deadline of 21 June 2021.^[1][2] The final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee on 29 June 2021.^[3]

HC Podravka Vegeta	Odense Håndbold	Team Esbjerg	Brest Bretagne Handball
Metz Handball	BV Borussia 09 Dortmund1	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Győri Audi ETO KC
Budućnost BEMAX	Vipers Kristiansand	CSM București	CSKA Moscow
Rostov-Don	RK Krim Mercator	IK Sävehof	Kastamonu Bld. GSK

• 1: As the German club did not play the play-off matches vs Metz in the previous season, a deposit of an amount of €140,000 in two instalments was requested from Dortmund to cover any financial damages or requests for refunds in case the club would not play certain matches or drop out of the competition again. In case no payments were requested neither from the club nor from the EHF in this relation the deposit was transferred back to the club. The receipt of the two instalments (the first by 13 and the second by 27 July) was a precondition to uphold the participation of the club in the DELO EHF Champions League 2021/22, otherwise, the substitute club (DHK Banik Most) would have replaced Borussia Dortmund.

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		ESB	ROS	BRE	FER	BUC	DOR	BUD	POD
1	Team Esbjerg (Q)	12	10	1	1	355	289	+66	21	Quarterfinals		—	25–18	13 Feb	33–27	22–21	34–24	35–20	30–17
2	Rostov-Don (T)	12	8	1	3	323	284	+39	17			25–27	—	26–24	19–20	12 Feb	37–27	30–20	34–23
3	Brest Bretagne Handball (T)	12	8	0	4	346	308	+38	16	Playoffs		26–23	19 Feb	—	30–25	24–21	31–25	25–21	35–22
4	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (T)	12	6	3	3	322	322	0	15			31–31	25–25	28–27	—	31–30	19 Feb	26–22	33–27
5	CSM București (T)	12	7	0	5	336	303	+33	14			20 Feb	27–30	29–30	27–21	—	33–29	30–22	29–21
6	BV Borussia 09 Dortmund (Q)	12	4	1	7	340	342	−2	9			29–32	25–31	30–27	25–25	22–25	—	13 Feb	38–14
7	Budućnost BEMAX (E)	12	1	0	11	276	356	−80	2			25–36	19–25	30–28	26–30	20–28	29–34	—	19 Feb
8	HC Podravka Vegeta (E)	12	1	0	11	284	378	−94	2			26–27	22–23	28–39	12 Feb	31–36	24–32	29–22	—

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GYO	MET	VIP	ODE	MOS	KRI	SÄV	KAS
1	Győri Audi ETO KC (Q)	12	12	0	0	411	299	+112	24	Quarterfinals		—	39–30	35–29	27–26	32–22	40–27	41–19	37–20
2	Metz Handball (T)	12	8	1	3	349	317	+32	17			29–33	—	23–18	12 Feb	24–32	27–27	35–21	33–25
3	Vipers Kristiansand (T)	12	8	0	4	368	321	+47	16	Playoffs		19 Feb	25–31	—	31–27	24–27	12 Feb	34–25	39–25
4	Odense Håndbold (T)	12	6	1	5	337	319	+18	13			26–31	21–27	27–32	—	27–27	26–24	37–24	20 Feb
5	CSKA Moscow (Q)	12	5	2	5	317	317	0	12			23–27	20 Feb	28–32	21–28	—	21–21	29–28	34–27
6	RK Krim Mercator	12	3	2	7	310	326	−16	8			26–31	28–29	26–27	19–24	24–21	—	20 Feb	36–28
7	IK Sävehof	12	3	0	9	308	398	−90	6			13 Feb	28–31	23–42	31–37	23–32	29–28	—	28–26
8	Kastamonu Bld. GSK (E)	12	0	0	12	291	394	−103	0			22–38	20–30	24–35	25–31	13 Feb	23–24	26–29	—

Knockout stage[]

Playoffs[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
B6	M1	A3	26–27 Mar	2–3 Apr
BV Borussia 09 Dortmund	M2	B3	26–27 Mar	2–3 Apr
B5	M3	A4	26–27 Mar	2–3 Apr
A5	M4	B4	26–27 Mar	2–3 Apr

Quarterfinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
M4	–	Team Esbjerg	30 Apr – 1 May	7–8 May
M3	–	Győri Audi ETO KC	30 Apr – 1 May	7–8 May
M2	–	A2	30 Apr – 1 May	7–8 May
M1	–	B2	30 Apr – 1 May	7–8 May

Final four[]

The final four will held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 4 and 5 June 2022.

Bracket[]

Final[]

Top goalscorers[]

As of 6 February 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[5]
1	Cristina Neagu	CSM București	84
2	Jamina Roberts	IK Sävehof	78
3	Nora Mørk	Vipers Kristiansand	77
4	Jovanka Radičević	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	71
5	Grâce Zaadi	Rostov-Don	67
6	Henny Reistad	Team Esbjerg	65
7	Alina Grijseels	BV Borussia 09 Dortmund	63
	Matea Pletikosić	Budućnost BEMAX
9	Dione Housheer	Odense Håndbold	62
	Angela Malestein	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

References[]

External links[]

• Official website