2021–22 EHF Champions League

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League.
EHF Champions League
2021–22
Tournament information
SportHandball
LocationLanxess Arena (FINAL4)
Dates15 September 2021–19 June 2022
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
Champions Barça
Runner-up Łomża Vive Kielce
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored7682 (60.97 per match)
Attendance432,271 (3,431 per match)
Top scorer(s) Aleix Gómez
(104 goals)

The 2021–22 EHF Champions League was 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. Barça won the competition, defeating Łomza Vive Kielce on penalties in the final.[1]

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

Format

The competition began with a group stage featuring 16 teams divided in two groups. Matches were played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures. In Groups A and B, the top two teams qualified for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked third to sixth entering the playoffs.

The knockout stage included four rounds: the playoffs, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams were paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advanced to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams were 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 were played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.

Teams

Location of teams of the 2022–23 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

The final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee in June 2021. Ten teams were registered according to fixed places, while six were granted wild cards.[2][3] On 29 June, the final list was revealed.[4] Although, in the final list announcement, the EHF said that if RK Vardar did not pay a fine for failing to play Champions League games in the previous season, they would be disqualified and replaced with RK Gorenje Velenje, who was the standby team. However, this never materialised.

Participating teams
THW Kiel (1st) Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Barça (1st) Pick Szeged (1st)
RK Vardar (1st) Łomża Vive Kielce (1st) Aalborg Håndbold (1st) FC Porto (1st)
PPD Zagreb (1st) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2nd) Meshkov Brest (WC) Montpellier Handball (WC)
Telekom Veszprém (WC) Elverum Håndball (WC) Dinamo București (WC) Motor (WC)
Wildcard rejection
IK Sävehof GOG Håndbold Orlen Wisła Płock Sporting CP
RK Gorenje Velenje Kadetten Schaffhausen

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 EHF Champions League group stage

The draw took place on 2 July 2021.[5]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AAL KIE SZE MON VAR ELV ZAG BRE
1 Aalborg Håndbold 14 11 0 3 453 410 +43 22 Quarterfinals — 35–33 34–30 36–28 33–29 32–27 31–25 34–33
2 THW Kiel 14 10 1 3 427 395 +32 21 31–27 — 32–32 35–26 32–30 41–36 36–28 10–0
3 Pick Szeged 14 8 3 3 412 392 +20 19 Playoffs 31–28 30–26 — 29–29 34–31 30–34 30–21 28–26
4 Montpellier Handball 14 7 3 4 424 409 +15 17 31–33 37–30 29–29 — 25–28 39–32 24–23 32–26
5 RK Vardar 14 6 1 7 379 368 +11 13 30–28 26–29 27–30 25–31 — 39–30 20–19 35–27
6 Elverum Håndball 14 3 2 9 417 449 −32 8[a] 28–34 30–31 24–27 30–37 27–27 — 30–25 32–33
7 PPD Zagreb 14 3 2 9 351 385 −34 8[a] 24–34 27–28 26–24 22–25 23–22 27–27 — 31–24
8 Meshkov Brest 14 1 2 11 342 397 −55 4 30–33 30–33 25–28 31–31 0–10 27–30 30–30 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Elverum 57–52 Zagreb

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KIE BAR PAR VES POR FLE BUC MOT
1 Łomża Vive Kielce 14 10 0 4 449 415 +34 20[a] Quarterfinals — 29–27 38–33 32–29 39–33 37–29 34–29 33–27
2 Barça 14 9 2 3 420 369 +51 20[a] 30–32 — 30–27 35–30 38–31 29–22 36–32 36–25
3 Paris Saint-Germain 14 8 2 4 452 396 +56 18 Playoffs 32–27 28–28 — 39–40 33–19 33–30 41–30 40–32
4 Telekom Veszprém 14 8 1 5 449 423 +26 17 35–33 29–28 34–31 — 28–28 28–23 47–32 36–29
5 FC Porto 14 4 3 7 375 408 −33 11 29–27 33–33 30–39 23–30 — 28–27 31–32 10–0
6 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 14 4 2 8 381 401 −20 10 25–33 21–25 27–27 30–27 26–26 — 37–30 34–27
7 Dinamo București 14 4 0 10 415 470 −55 8[b] 32–29 30–35 31–39 31–29 26–27 20–28 — 33–29
8 Motor 14 4 0 10 312 371 −59 8[b] 25–26 0–10 0–10 29–27 30–27 31–22 28–27 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Kielce 61–57 Barça
  2. ^ a b Dinamo 60–57 Motor

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021–22 EHF Champions League knockout stage

Playoffs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 60–57 Pick Szeged 25–21 35–36
Elverum Håndball 60–67 Paris Saint-Germain 30–30 30–37
FC Porto 56–64 Montpellier Handball 29–29 27–35
RK Vardar 53–61 Telekom Veszprém 22–30 31–31

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Telekom Veszprém 71–66 Aalborg Håndbold 36–29 35–37
Montpellier Handball 50–61 Łomża Vive Kielce 28–31 22–30
Paris Saint-Germain 62–63 THW Kiel 30–30 32–33
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 53–60 Barça 29–33 24–27

Final four

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 June
 
 
 THW Kiel30
 
19 June
 
 Barça34
 
 Barça (Pen.)32 (5)
 
18 June
 
 Łomża Vive Kielce32 (3)
 
 Telekom Veszprém35
 
 
 Łomża Vive Kielce37
 
Third place
 
 
19 June
 
 
 THW Kiel (Pen.)34 (3)
 
 
 Telekom Veszprém34 (1)

Final

19 June 2022
18:00 		Barça 37–35 (ET) Łomża Vive Kielce Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Gómez 10 (14–13) Moryto 6
 3× Report  4×

FT: 28–28 ET: 4–4 Pen: 5–3

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Aleix Gómez Barça 104
2 Dika Mem Barça 100
3 Petar Nenadić Telekom Veszprém 93
4 Felix Claar Aalborg Håndbold 88
Gašper Marguč Telekom Veszprém
6 Kamil Syprzak Paris Saint-Germain 86
7 Yahia Omar Telekom Veszprém 83
8 Tobias Grøndahl Elverum Håndball 81
Hampus Wanne SG Flensburg-Handewitt
10 Arkadiusz Moryto Łomża Vive Kielce 79

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Barça make history after penalty shootout". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ "The season is over, what is next?". eurohandball.com. 15 June 2021.
  3. ^ "22 clubs vying for a place in the new season". eurohandball.com. 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "2020/21 season: EXEC announced the starting grid season". timeoutmag.com. 19 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Draw sets group A as home to four of last five titles". eurohandball.com. 2 July 2020.
  6. ^ Goalscorers
  7. ^ "EHF Champions League Men 2021/22 All-star Team awarded". European Handball Federation. 17 June 2022.
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