2021–22 EHF Champions League

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EHF Champions League
2021–22
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates15 September 2021–19 June 2022
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barça
Runner-upPoland Łomża Vive Kielce
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored7682 (60.97 per match)
Attendance432,271 (3,431 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain 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

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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
Germany THW Kiel (1st) France Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Spain Barça (1st) Hungary Pick Szeged (1st)
North Macedonia RK Vardar (1st) Poland Łomża Vive Kielce (1st) Denmark Aalborg Håndbold (1st) Portugal FC Porto (1st)
Croatia PPD Zagreb (1st) Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2nd) Belarus Meshkov Brest (WC) France Montpellier Handball (WC)
Hungary Telekom Veszprém (WC) Norway Elverum Håndball (WC) Romania Dinamo București (WC) Ukraine Motor (WC)
Wildcard rejection
Sweden IK Sävehof Denmark GOG Håndbold Poland Orlen Wisła Płock Portugal Sporting CP
Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje Switzerland 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 Denmark 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 Germany 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 Hungary 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 France 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 North Macedonia 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 Norway 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 Croatia 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 Belarus 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 Poland 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 Spain 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 France 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 Hungary 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 Portugal 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 Germany 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 Romania 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 Ukraine 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 Germany 60–57 Hungary Pick Szeged 25–21 35–36
Elverum Håndball Norway 60–67 France Paris Saint-Germain 30–30 30–37
FC Porto Portugal 56–64 France Montpellier Handball 29–29 27–35
RK Vardar North Macedonia 53–61 Hungary Telekom Veszprém 22–30 31–31

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Telekom Veszprém Hungary 71–66 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold 36–29 35–37
Montpellier Handball France 50–61 Poland Łomża Vive Kielce 28–31 22–30
Paris Saint-Germain France 62–63 Germany THW Kiel 30–30 32–33
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Germany 53–60 Spain 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
 
 
Germany THW Kiel30
 
19 June
 
Spain Barça34
 
Spain Barça (Pen.)32 (5)
 
18 June
 
Poland Łomża Vive Kielce32 (3)
 
Hungary Telekom Veszprém35
 
 
Poland Łomża Vive Kielce37
 
Third place
 
 
19 June
 
 
Germany THW Kiel (Pen.)34 (3)
 
 
Hungary Telekom Veszprém34 (1)

Final

19 June 2022
18:00 		Barça Spain 37–35 (ET) Poland Łomża Vive Kielce Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Gómez 10 (14–13) Moryto 6
 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report  4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

FT: 28–28 ET: 4–4 Pen: 5–3

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Spain Aleix Gómez Spain Barça 104
2 France Dika Mem Spain Barça 100
3 Serbia Petar Nenadić Hungary Telekom Veszprém 93
4 Sweden Felix Claar Denmark Aalborg Håndbold 88
Slovenia Gašper Marguč Hungary Telekom Veszprém
6 Poland Kamil Syprzak France Paris Saint-Germain 86
7 Egypt Yahia Omar Hungary Telekom Veszprém 83
8 Norway Tobias Grøndahl Norway Elverum Håndball 81
Sweden Hampus Wanne Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
10 Poland Arkadiusz Moryto Poland 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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