2021–22 Women's EHF European League

Women's EHF European League
2021–22
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates16 October 202115 May 2022
Teams34 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
Websiteehfel.com
Final positions
Champions SG BBM Bietigheim
Runner-up Viborg HK
Tournament statistics
MVP Xenia Smits
Top scorer(s) Camilla Herrem
(74 goals)

The 2021–22 Women's EHF European League was the 41st edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 16 October 2021 to 15 May 2022.[1] Neptunes de Nantes were the defending champions.

Overview

Team allocation

Group stage
Viborg HK Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár CS Minaur Baia Mare HC Lada
Round 3
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Herning-Ikast Håndbold Chambray Touraine Neptunes de Nantes
ESBF Besançon SG BBM Bietigheim DVSC Schaeffler Váci NKSE
Storhamar Håndball Elite SCM Gloria Buzău SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea HC Astrakhanochka
Zvezda Zvenigorod
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich ŽRK Bjelovar DHK Baník Most Paris 92
Thüringer HC HSG Blomberg-Lippe TuS Metzingen MTK Budapest
Tertnes HE Sola HK Molde Elite MKS Lublin
Zagłębie Lubin Măgura Cisnădie Kuban RK Radnički Kragujevac
ŽORK Jagodina CB Atlético Guardés BM Bera Bera H 65 Höör
LC Brühl Handball Yalikavksports Club

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[2]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 20 July 2021 16–17 October 2021 23–24 October 2021
Third qualifying round 20 July 2021 13–14 November 2021 20–21 November 2021
Group stage Matchday 1 25 November 2021 8–9 January 2022
Matchday 2 15–16 January 2022
Matchday 3 22–23 January 2022
Matchday 4 5–6 February 2022
Matchday 5 12–13 February 2022
Matchday 6 19–20 February 2022
Knockout phase Quarter-finals no draw 26–27 March 2022 2–3 April 2022
Semi finals 7 April 2022 14 May 2022
Final no draw 15 May 2022

Qualification stage

Round 2

There were 22 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 16–17 October and the second legs were played on 23–24 October 2021.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hypo Niederösterreich 48–52 CB Atlético Guardés 21–28 27–25
Yalikavaksports Club 54–72 MTK Budapest 24–33 30–39
BM Bera Bera 53–48 Paris 92 27–27 26–21
RK Radnički Kragujevac 46–58 H 65 Höör 23–22 23–36
Sola HK 68–57 Kuban 37–33 31–24
Tertnes HE 53–42 ŽORK Jagodina 29–26 24–16
TuS Metzingen 51–56 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 27–28 24–28
DHK Baník Most 52–52 (a) Măgura Cisnădie 26–27 26–25
Thüringer HC 60–61 Molde Elite 32–35 28–26
LC Brühl Handball 43–681 Zagłębie Lubin 19–35 24–33
ŽRK Bjelovar 45–782 MKS Lublin 22–32 23–46
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Zagłębie Lubin.
2 Both legs were hosted by MKS Lublin.

Round 3

There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 13–14 November and the second legs were played on 20–21 November 2021.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ESBF Besançon 64–47 CB Atlético Guardés 34–23 30–24
SG BBM Bietigheim 60–38 Tertnes HE 39–18 21–20
Zvezda Zvenigorod 55–68 Zagłębie Lubin 26–35 29–33
DVSC Schaeffler 43–47 Măgura Cisnădie 22–22 21–25
Neptunes de Nantes 74–49 H 65 Höör 39–24 35–25
Sola HK 56–52 HC Astrakhanochka 36–25 20–27
Storhamar HE 57–53 SCM Gloria Buzău 31–27 26–26
Váci NKSE 56–51 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 32–27 24–24
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 54–48 MKS Lublin 25–21 29–27
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 63–55 BM Bera Bera 34–28 29–27
Chambray Touraine 65–52 Molde Elite 30–27 35–25
MTK Budapest 56–68 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 27–34 29–34

Group stage

The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 25 November 2021. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SOL BES MKC LOK
1 Sola HK 6 6 0 0 196 150 +46 12 Quarterfinals 34–27 27–22 25–18
2 ESBF Besançon 6 3 0 3 182 188 −6 6[a] 32–39 34–24 28–27
3 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 6 3 0 3 160 165 −5 6[a] 26–31 38–30 28–24
4 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 6 0 0 6 139 174 −35 0 25–40 26–31 19–22
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ESBF Besançon 64–62 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BIE BAI NAN ZAG
1 SG BBM Bietigheim 6 6 0 0 188 134 +54 12 Quarterfinals 39–20 32–29 29–19
2 CS Minaur Baia Mare 6 2 1 3 154 182 −28 5 20–28 28–26 34–32
3 Neptunes de Nantes 6 2 0 4 168 170 −2 4 25–27 34–29 27–28
4 Zagłębie Lubin 6 1 1 4 149 173 −24 3 21–33 23–23 26–27
Source: EHF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIH STO MAG LAD
1 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 6 0 0 193 161 +32 12 Quarterfinals 32–24 31–28 34–27
2 Storhamar HE 6 3 0 3 178 172 +6 6 27–35 35–18 34–29
3 Măgura Cisnădie 6 2 0 4 137 162 −25 4 31–34 33–28 27–24
4 HC Lada 6 1 0 5 139 152 −13 2 24–27 25–30 10–0
Source: EHF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VHK VAL CHA VAC
1 Viborg HK 6 4 2 0 185 149 +36 10 Quarterfinals 31–20 29–29 42–21
2 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 4 1 1 178 172 +6 9 30–30 32–27 39–29
3 Chambray Touraine 6 1 1 4 163 176 −13 3 24–27 25–26 29–27
4 Váci NKSE 6 1 0 5 167 196 −29 2 25–26 30–31 35–29
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Minaur Baia Mare 69–61 Sola HK 40–32 29–29
ESBF Besançon 43–59 SG BBM Bietigheim 23–29 20–30
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 61–72 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 33–39 28–33
Storhamar HE 68–71 Viborg HK 31–33 37–38

Matches

26 March 2022
16:00
CS Minaur Baia Mare 40–32 Sola HK Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Lavko 9 (18–14) Deila 8
 3× Report  3×
3 April 2022
16:00
Sola HK 29–29 CS Minaur Baia Mare Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Korja, Metsämäki (FIN)
Herrem 8 (16–10) Laslo 7
 4× Report  3×

27 March 2022
14:00
ESBF Besançon 23–29 SG BBM Bietigheim Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Ciulei, Stanescu (ROU)
Mairot 5 (13–17) Maidhof 10
 4× Report  7×
2 April 2022
16:00
SG BBM Bietigheim 30–20 ESBF Besançon MHPArena, Ludwigsburg
Attendance: 1,481
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
three players 5 (12–10) Rosiak 5
 5× Report  3×

27 March 2022
14:00
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 33–39 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Charitsos, Naskos (GRE)
Glibko 9 (17–20) Friis 11
 4× Report  2×
2 April 2022
18:00
Herning-Ikast Håndbold 33–28 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea IBF Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 1,056
Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU)
Scaglione 7 (16–12) Elghaoui 10
 3× Report  6×

26 March 2022
18:00
Storhamar HE 31–33 Viborg HK Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1,624
Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
Obaidli 9 (19–18) Nolsøe 9
 2× Report  4×
3 April 2022
14:00
Viborg HK 38–37 Storhamar HE Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,866
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Jørgensen 11 (19–21) Hovden 12
 2× Report  3×

Final four

The final four was held at the Vibocold Arena in Viborg, Denmark on 14 and 15 May 2022.[4] The draw was made on 7 April 2022.[5]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 May
 
 
Viborg HK28
 
15 May
 
CS Minaur Baia Mare24
 
Viborg HK20
 
14 May
 
SG BBM Bietigheim31
 
Herning-Ikast Håndbold33
 
 
SG BBM Bietigheim34
 
Third place
 
 
15 May
 
 
CS Minaur Baia Mare28
 
 
Herning-Ikast Håndbold29

Semifinals

14 May 2022
15:30
Herning-Ikast Håndbold 33–34 SG BBM Bietigheim Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,469
Referees: Ünlü Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Brandt 8 (12–14) Kudłacz-Gloc 8
 7× 1× Report  7×

14 May 2022
18:00
Viborg HK 28–24 CS Minaur Baia Mare Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,517
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Haugsted 7 (16–13) Laslo 7
 3× Report  2×

Third place game

15 May 2022
15:30
CS Minaur Baia Mare 28–29 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,688
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Lavko 7 (12–14) Bakkerud 6
 4× Report  1×

Final

15 May 2022
18:00
Viborg HK 20–31 SG BBM Bietigheim Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,697
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
K. Jørgensen 5 (10–17) Maidhof 6
 4× Report  4×

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Camilla Herrem Sola HK 74
2 Kristina Jørgensen Viborg HK 72
3 Emilie Hovden Storhamar HE 64
4 Jelena Lavko CS Minaur Baia Mare 60
5 Emma Friis Herning-Ikast Håndbold 52
Iryna Glibko SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
Csenge Kuczora Váci NKSE
Kristina Novak Sola HK
9 Asma Elghaoui SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 51
Maja Magnussen Sola HK

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "20 teams ready to throw off new season". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. ^ "EHF European League Women 2021/22 regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. ^ "German derby to highlight start of season". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ^ "EHF Finals Women head to Viborg". eurohandball.com. 7 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Viborg to play Baia Mare; Herning-Ikast face Bietigheim at EHF Finals". eurohandball.com. 7 April 2022.
  6. ^ Goalscorers