2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League

This article is about the women's competition. For the men's competition, see 2021–22 EHF Champions League.
Women's EHF Champions League
2021–22
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates11 September 2021–5 June 2022
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
Champions Vipers Kristiansand
Runner-up Győri Audi ETO KC
Tournament statistics
Matches played123
Goals scored6953 (56.53 per match)
Attendance242,196 (1,969 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cristina Neagu
(110 goals)

The 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League was 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 allowed a different number of spectators.

Vipers Kristiansand defended their title after a finals win over Győri Audi ETO KC.[1]

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 round of 16, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. The teams were 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 were played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.

Team allocation

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.[2][3] The final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee on 29 June 2021.[4]

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
Wildcard rejection
DHK Baník Most SG BBM Bietigheim Storhamar Håndball Elite CS Minaur Baia Mare
  • 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

Main article: 2021–22 Women's 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 ESB ROS FER BRE BUC DOR BUD POD
1 Team Esbjerg 14 10 3 1 412 346 +66 23 Quarterfinals — 25–18 33–27 28–28 22–21 34–24 35–20 30–17
2 Rostov-Don 14 10 1 3 362 302 +60 21 25–27 — 19–20 26–24 10–0 37–27 30–20 34–23
3 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 14 8 3 3 378 372 +6 19 Playoffs 31–31 25–25 — 28–27 31–30 23–21 26–22 33–27
4 Brest Bretagne Handball 14 8 1 5 392 365 +27 17 26–23 18–29 30–25 — 24–21 31–25 25–21 35–22
5 CSM București 14 7 1 6 365 342 +23 15 29–29 27–30 27–21 29–30 — 33–29 30–22 29–21
6 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund 14 4 1 9 391 399 −8 9 29–32 25–31 25–25 30–27 22–25 — 30–34 38–14
7 Budućnost BEMAX 14 3 0 11 337 407 −70 6 25–36 19–25 26–30 30–28 20–28 29–34 — 27–21
8 HC Podravka Vegeta 14 1 0 13 334 438 −104 2 26–27 22–23 29–33 28–39 31–36 24–32 29–22 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO VIP MET MOS ODE KRI SÄV KAS
1 Győri Audi ETO KC 14 13 0 1 471 354 +117 26 Quarterfinals — 35–29 39–30 32–22 27–26 40–27 41–19 37–20
2 Vipers Kristiansand 14 10 0 4 435 370 +65 20 30–29 — 25–31 24–27 31–27 37–20 34–25 39–25
3 Metz Handball 14 9 1 4 413 375 +38 19 Playoffs 29–33 23–18 — 24–32 38–31 27–27 35–21 33–25
4 CSKA Moscow 14 7 2 5 375 372 +3 16 23–27 28–32 27–26 — 21–28 21–21 29–28 34–27
5 Odense Håndbold 14 7 1 6 405 386 +19 15 26–31 27–32 21–27 27–27 — 26–24 37–24 37–29
6 RK Krim Mercator 14 4 2 8 362 381 −19 10 26–31 26–27 28–29 24–21 19–24 — 32–18 36–28
7 IK Sävehof 14 3 0 11 351 461 −110 6 25–31 23–42 28–31 23–32 31–37 29–28 — 28–26
8 Kastamonu Bld. GSK 14 0 0 14 349 462 −113 0 22–38 24–35 20–30 29–31 25–31 23–24 26–29 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

Playoffs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RK Krim Mercator 55–52 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 33–26 22–26
BV Borussia 09 Dortmund 41–62 Metz Handball 22–30 19–32
Odense Håndbold 51–53 Brest Bretagne Handball 25–24 26–29
CSM București 20–0 CSKA Moscow 10–0 10–0

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSM București 52–53 Team Esbjerg 25–26 27–27
Brest Bretagne Handball 44–56 Győri Audi ETO KC 21–21 23–35
Metz Handball 20–0 Rostov-Don 10–0 10–0
RK Krim Mercator 49–65 Vipers Kristiansand 25–32 24–33

Final four

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 June
 
 
 Győri Audi ETO KC32
 
5 June
 
 Team Esbjerg27
 
 Győri Audi ETO KC31
 
4 June
 
 Vipers Kristiansand33
 
 Metz Handball27
 
 
 Vipers Kristiansand33
 
Third place
 
 
5 June
 
 
 Team Esbjerg26
 
 
 Metz Handball32

Final

5 June 2022
18:00 		Győri Audi ETO KC 31–33 Vipers Kristiansand MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 15,400
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Hansen 6 (13–15) Jeřábková 7
1× 1× Report 1× 2×

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Cristina Neagu CSM București 110
2 Nora Mørk Vipers Kristiansand 107
3 Ana Gros[7] CSKA Moscow/ RK Krim Mercator 104
Henny Reistad Team Esbjerg
5 Grâce Zaadi[8] Rostov-Don/ Metz Handball 91
6 Helene Gigstad Fauske Brest Bretagne Handball 87
Jamina Roberts IK Sävehof
8 Jovanka Radičević Kastamonu Bld. GSK 86
9 Alina Grijseels BV Borussia 09 Dortmund 84
10 Kristine Breistøl Team Esbjerg 83

Awards

The all-star team was announced on 3 June 2022.[9]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Laura Glauser (Győri Audi ETO KC)
Right wing Angela Malestein (FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria)
Right back Nora Mørk (Vipers Kristiansand)
Centre back Stine Bredal Oftedal (Győri Audi ETO KC)
Left back Cristina Neagu (CSM Bucureşti)
Left wing Sanna Solberg-Isaksen (Team Esbjerg)
Pivot Linn Blohm (Győri Audi ETO KC)
Final four MVP[10] Markéta Jeřábková (Vipers Kristiansand)
Best defender Kari Brattset Dale (Győri Audi ETO KC)
Best young player Pauletta Foppa (Brest Bretagne Handball)
Best coach Ambros Martín (Győri Audi ETO KC)

References

  1. ^ "Vipers claim second title in front of record crowd". eurohandball.com. 5 June 2022.
  2. ^ "EHF releases place distribution for 2021/22 European club competitions". 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ "20 teams eye spot in DELO EHF Champions League". eurohandball.com. 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "List of teams for DELO EHF Champions League 2021/22 finalised". eurohandball.com. 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Groups set for Vipers' title defending season". eurohandball.com. 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ Goalscorers
  7. ^ 71 goals for CSKA Moscow and 33 goals for RK Krim Mercator.
  8. ^ 76 goals for Rostov-Don and 15 goals for Metz Handball.
  9. ^ "Györ quintet headline EHF Champions League All-star Team". European Handball Federation. 3 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Live blog: Vipers retain EHF Champions League title". European Handball Federation. 5 June 2022.
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