2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League

2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Dates 2 September 2011–13 May 2012
Teams 20 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
8 (Main round)
4 (Knockout stage)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 48
Goals scored 2515 (52.4 per match)
Attendance 106,450 (2,218 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sanja Damnjanović
Katrin Engel
Andrea Penezić (42 goals)
2012–13 →

The 2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League will be the nineteenth edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, the top continental handball event for club teams in Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. Larvik HK enter the competition as title holders after beating SD Itxako in past season's final.[1]

Contents

Overview

Format change

Following the decision of the Executive Committee of the European Handball Federation in April 2011, the system of the EHF Women's Champions League qualifying tournaments have changed. Starting from this season, the second qualification tournaments will be played under a final four format, with the semifinals held on a saturday while the final on the following day. The winners of each tournaments will qualify for the group stage. The method of the first qualification round did not change. In addition, unlike in previous years, clubs that are eliminated during the qualifying phase will directly go to the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup.[2]

Team allocation

A total of 32 teams will participate in the 2011–12 EHF Champions League from 23 federations. Places are distributed according to the EHF league coefficient, which takes into account the performances in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2009–10. Norway have been awarded an additional entry as the title holder country.

Group matches
Hypo Niederösterreich Podravka Koprivnica FC Midtjylland Håndbold Metz Handball
Thüringer HC Győri Audi ETO KC Budućnost Podgorica Larvik HK (TH)
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea HC Dinamo Volgograd Krim Ljubljana Itxako Reyno de Navarra
Qualification Tournament 2
Randers HK Viborg HK[nb 1] Buxtehuder SV DVSC-Fórum Debrecen
Metalurg Skopje Tertnes HE Byåsen HE KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca Rostov-Don BM Elda Prestigio IK Sävehof
Qualification Tournament 1
HC Veselí nad Moravou AC Ormi-Loux Patras MizuWaAi Dalfsen CDE Gil Eanes
RK Zaječar HK IUVENTA Michalovce LC Brühl Handball Üsküdar BSK

Round and draw dates

All draws will be held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria.[3]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification Tournament 1 27 June 2011 2–4 September 2011
Qualification Tournament 2 17–18 September 2011
Group stage Matchday 1 28 June 2011 1–2 October 2011
Matchday 2 8–9 October 2011
Matchday 3 15–16 October 2011
Matchday 4 29–30 October 2011
Matchday 5 5–6 November 2011
Matchday 6 12–13 November 2011
Main round Matchday 1 15 November 2011 4–5 February 2012
Matchday 2 11–12 February 2012
Matchday 3 18–19 February 2012
Matchday 4 25–26 February 2012
Matchday 5 3–4 March 2012
Matchday 6 10–11 March 2012
Knockout phase Semifinals 31 March–1 April 2012 7–8 April 2012
Finals 10 April 2012 5–6 May 2012 12–13 May 2012

Qualifying rounds

The draw for both qualifying tournaments took place on 27 June 2011 in Vienna. The rights to organize and host the group matches were also decided in this draw.[4]

Qualification Tournaments 1

In the first stage of the qualifying process eight clubs were drawn into two groups of four. The sides played against each other once and the top two teams of each group advanced to the second qualifying phase, where they were classified automatically into the fourth pot.[5] The four losing teams entered the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup second round.[3]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
AC Ormi-Loux Patras
Üsküdar BSK
RK Zaječar
MizuWaAi Dalfsen
HK IUVENTA Michalovce
LC Brühl Handball
CDE Gil Eanes
HC Veselí nad Moravou

Group A

The tournament was organised by the Greek club AC Ormi-Loux Patras.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
MizuWaAi Dalfsen 3 3 0 0 103 74 +29 6
CDE Gil Eanes 3 1 0 2 87 88 −1 2
LC Brühl Handball 3 1 0 2 83 97 −14 2
AC Ormi-Loux Patras 3 1 0 2 76 90 −14 2
2 September 2011
18:00
AC Ormi-Loux Patras 27 – 26 LC Brühl Handball PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Penev 10 (10–12) Mustafoska 7
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2 September 2011
20:00
MizuWaAi Dalfsen 31 – 25 CDE Gil Eanes PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Malestein 7 (19–9) Lopes 7
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3 September 2011
18:00
LC Brühl Handball 25 – 40 MizuWaAi Dalfsen PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Mustafoska 6 (11–19) Van Dort 7
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3 September 2011
20:00
CDE Gil Eanes 32 – 25 AC Ormi-Loux Patras PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Seabra 9 (14–13) Karagiorga, Niparaviciene 5
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4 September 2011
18:00
LC Brühl Handball 32 – 30 CDE Gil Eanes PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Bosshart 7 (16–13) Pina 6
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4 September 2011
20:00
AC Ormi-Loux Patras 24 – 32 MizuWaAi Dalfsen PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Strataki, Vafeiadou 6 (11–14) Van Dort 7
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Group B

The tournament was organised by the Slovakian side HK IUVENTA Michalovce.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
RK Zaječar 3 3 0 0 101 70 +31 6
HC Veselí nad Moravou 3 2 0 1 77 78 −1 4
HK IUVENTA Michalovce 3 1 0 2 85 94 −9 2
Üsküdar BSK 3 0 0 3 81 102 −21 0
2 September 2011
15:30
RK Zaječar 31 – 17 HC Veselí nad Moravou Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 400
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Eric 7 (14–9) Flekova 4
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2 September 2011
18:00
Üsküdar BSK 28 – 38 HK IUVENTA Michalovce Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 900
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Yilmaz 8 (12–22) Tobiasova 8
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3 September 2011
15:30
HC Veselí nad Moravou 30 – 26 Üsküdar BSK Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 250
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Sukennikova 9 (13–13) Sahin 7
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3 September 2011
18:00
HK IUVENTA Michalovce 26 – 36 RK Zaječar Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Pollakova 9 (13–17) Pop Lazic 7
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4 September 2011
15:30
Üsküdar BSK 27 – 34 RK Zaječar Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 500
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Ilkova 5 (12–15) Eric 9
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4 September 2011
18:00
HK IUVENTA Michalovce 21 – 30 HC Veselí nad Moravou Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Geric 5 (11–16) Sukennikova 7
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Qualification Tournaments 2

Sixteen clubs were set to participate in the second qualifying stage, divided into four groups of four. For the first time in the competition's history, a final four format was used to determine the group winners, that were qualified for the Group matches. According to the seeding list, teams in Pot 1 were drawn together with Pot 4 sides, while clubs from Pot 2 met Pot 3 teams in the semifinals of the tournaments.[5] However, as stated in the EHF regulations, clubs from the same federation enjoyed protection and could not be selected into the same group.[7] Teams that finished bottom of their respective groups went to the second round of the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, while second and third placed teams joined that competition in the third round.[3]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Randers HK
DVSC-Fórum Debrecen
Byåsen HE
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca
BM Elda Prestigio
Rostov-Don
Buxtehuder SV
Tertnes HE
IK Sävehof
Metalurg Skopje
KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin
Viborg HK
MizuWaAi Dalfsen
RK Zaječar
CDE Gil Eanes
HC Veselí nad Moravou

Group 1

The tournament was organised by the Danish club Viborg HK.[8]

Bracket
  Semi-finals Final
17 September 2011
  U Cluj-Napoca  33  
  RK Zaječar  32  
 
18 September 2011
      U Cluj-Napoca  21
    Viborg HK  37
Third place
17 September 2011 18 September 2011
  Rostov-Don  17   RK Zaječar  27
  Viborg HK  24     Rostov-Don  15
Semifinals
17 September 2011
14:30
Rostov-Don 17 – 24 Viborg HK Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
three players 3 (11–10) Fisker, Gulldén 6
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17 September 2011
17:00
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca 33 – 32 RK Zaječar Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Dinca 8 (18–16) Eric 8
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Third place match
18 September 2011
14:30
RK Zaječar 27 – 15 Rostov-Don Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Vučković 8 (14–7) Sen 5
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Final
18 September 2011
16:50
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca 21 – 37 Viborg HK Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Ani Senocico 8 (14–17) Fisker 8
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Group 2

The tournament was organised by the Macedonian club ŽRK Metalurg Skopje.[8]

Bracket
  Semi-finals Final
17 September 2011
  Byåsen HE  27  
  HC Veselí nad Moravou  22  
 
18 September 2011
      Byåsen HE  20
    Metalurg Skopje  17
Third place
17 September 2011 18 September 2011
  BM Elda Prestigio  22   HC Veselí nad Moravou  20
  Metalurg Skopje  27     BM Elda Prestigio  21
Semifinals
17 September 2011
18:00
BM Elda Prestigio 22 – 27 Metalurg Skopje Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Faria Servin 9 (9–14) Bajramoska 7
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17 September 2011
20:30
Byåsen HE 27 – 22 HC Veselí nad Moravou Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 300
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Alstad 9 (13–14) Sukennikova 6
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Third place match
18 September 2011
17:30
HC Veselí nad Moravou 20 – 21 BM Elda Prestigio Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Rajnohova 5 (12–8) Said Mohamed 6
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Final
18 September 2011
20:00
Byåsen HE 20 – 17 Metalurg Skopje Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 500
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Tomac 8 (12–8) Gjorgjijevska 5
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Group 3

The tournament was organised by the Polish club Zagłębie Lubin.[8]

Bracket
  Semi-finals Final
17 September 2011
  DVSC  35  
  CDE Gil Eanes  22  
 
18 September 2011
      DVSC  26
    Buxtehuder SV  30
Third place
17 September 2011 18 September 2011
  Buxtehuder SV  27   CDE Gil Eanes  25
  Zagłębie Lubin  26     Zagłębie Lubin  40
Semifinals
17 September 2011
17:00
Buxtehuder SV 27 – 26 MKS Zagłębie Lubin New Krakow Arena, Lubin
Attendance: 700
Referees: Crnojevic, Radic (CRO)
Lamein 9 (11–13) Byzdra 8
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17 September 2011
19:30
DVSC-Fórum Debrecen 35 – 22 CDE Gil Eanes New Krakow Arena, Lubin
Attendance: 200
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Csáki 6 (16–9) Piña, Seabra 5
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Third place match
18 September 2011
12:30
CDE Gil Eanes 25 – 40 MKS Zagłębie Lubin New Krakow Arena, Lubin
Attendance: 200
Referees: Crnojevic, Radic (CRO)
three players 5 (7–26) Migala 7
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Final
18 September 2011
14:30
DVSC-Fórum Debrecen 26 – 30 Buxtehuder SV New Krakow Arena, Lubin
Attendance: 200
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Sopronyi 9 (13–16) Klein 6
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Group 4

The tournament was organised by the Swedish club IK Sävehof.[8]

Bracket
  Semi-finals Final
17 September 2011
  Randers HK  34  
  MizuWaAi Dalfsen  19  
 
18 September 2011
      Randers HK  26
    IK Sävehof  21
Third place
17 September 2011 18 September 2011
  Tertnes HE  25   MizuWaAi Dalfsen  31
  IK Sävehof  34     Tertnes HE  32
Semifinals
17 September 2011
14:00
Randers HK 34 – 19 MizuWaAi Dalfsen Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 100
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Johansen 6 (18–9) Schoenaker 4
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17 September 2011
16:30
Tertnes HE 25 – 34 IK Sävehof Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 500
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Reinkind 7 (12–13) Alm 10
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Third place match
18 September 2011
12:00
MizuWaAi Dalfsen 31 – 32 Tertnes HE Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 50
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Malestein 8 (19–18) Gosse 10
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Final
18 September 2011
14:30
Randers HK 26 – 21 IK Sävehof Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 500
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Dalby 7 (13–10) Alm 7
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Group matches

The draw of the group matches was held on June 28 at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna.[4] A total of sixteen teams were concerned in the process, having divided into four pots of four. Similar to the qualifying phase, clubs from the same country could not been drawn into the same group, therefore, instead of direct draw, Pot 4 teams were allocated to the first possible position from Group A to Group D.[9][10]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Larvik HK
FC Midtjylland Håndbold
Győri Audi ETO KC
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea
Budućnost Podgorica
Hypo Niederösterreich
Krim Ljubljana
Itxako Reyno de Navarra
HC Dinamo Volgograd
Thüringer HC
Metz Handball
Podravka Koprivnica
Viborg HK
Byåsen HE
Buxtehuder SV
Randers HK

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Budućnost Podgorica 6 5 0 1 172 149 +23 10
FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 4 0 2 146 127 +19 8
Byåsen HE 6 2 1 3 131 149 −18 5
Thüringer HC 6 0 1 5 139 163 −24 1
BIL FCM THC ZRK
Byåsen 17–19 23–22 24–34
Midtjylland 18–21 23–20 34–20
Thüringen 28–28 21–27 23–27
Budućnost 28–18 28–25 35–25

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Larvik HK 6 4 0 2 161 138 +23 8
Krim Ljubljana 6 2 2 2 143 151 −8 6
Viborg HK 6 2 2 2 161 161 0 6
RK Podravka Koprivnica 6 1 2 3 146 161 −15 4
LHK RKK RKP VHK
Larvik 31–19 37–25 19–20
Krim 19–22 22–22 31–25
Koprivnica 21–24 23–24 28–27
Viborg 34–28 28–28 27–27

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Győri Audi ETO KC 6 4 0 2 183 154 +29 8
Metz Handball 6 3 0 3 154 156 −2 6
Randers HK 6 3 0 3 163 170 −7 6
Hypo Niederösterreich 6 2 0 4 167 187 −20 4
GKC HYÖ MHB RHK
Győr 37–29 28–23 35–20
Hypo 29–27 28–25 28–29
Metz 24–33 30–21 25–20
Randers 29–23 39–32 26–27

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 5 0 1 168 146 +22 10
Itxako Reyno de Navarra 6 4 0 2 163 158 +5 8
HC Dinamo Volgograd 6 3 0 3 170 160 +10 6
Buxtehuder SV 6 0 0 6 138 175 −37 0
BSV CSV HCV SDI
Buxtehude 20–24 21–30 31–32
Vâlcea 28–22 31–26 30–22
Volgograd 29–23 34–30 25–27
Itxako 32–21 22–25 28–26

Main round

The draw of the main round was held on November 15 at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna. A total of eight teams advanced from the group stage to the main round and were located in two pots, with the group winners being in Pot 1 and the runner-ups in Pot 2.[11] Teams from the same groups at the group stage were not able to be drawn together.[12]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2
Győri Audi ETO KC
Budućnost Podgorica
Larvik HK
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea
FC Midtjylland Håndbold
Itxako Reyno de Navarra
Metz Handball
Krim Ljubljana

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Larvik HK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Győri Audi ETO KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Itxako Reyno de Navarra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC Midtjylland Håndbold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FCM GKC LHK SDI
Midtjylland 24 Feb 3 Feb 18 Feb
Győr 12 Feb 19 Feb 4 Mar
Larvik 4 Mar 10 Mar 12 Feb
Itxako 10 Mar 4 Feb 25 Feb

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Budućnost Podgorica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Krim Ljubljana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metz Handball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CSV MHB RKK ZRK
Vâlcea 11–12 Feb 4 Mar 19 Feb
Metz 26 Feb 18 Feb 4 Feb
Krim 4 Feb 10 Mar 24 Feb
Budućnost 11 Mar 4 Mar 12 Feb

Top scorers

As of 13 November 2011[13]
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Sanja Damnjanović RK Podravka Koprivnica 42
Katrin Engel Thüringer HC
Andrea Penezić Krim Ljubljana
4 Alexandrina Barbosa Itxako Reyno de Navarra 40
5 Anita Görbicz Győri Audi ETO KC 39
6 Katarina Bulatović Budućnost Podgorica 36
7 Alexandra do Nascimento Hypo Niederösterreich 35
8 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Larvik HK 35
Bojana Popović Budućnost Podgorica
10 Carmen Martín Itxako Reyno de Navarra 31
Tonje Nøstvold Byåsen HE

Notes

  1. ^ Viborg HK were guaranteed wild card following the withdrawal of HC Sparta Kryvyi Rih.

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