Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League

Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League
Women's EHF Champions League logo
Sport	Handball
Founded	1961
No. of teams	16 (group matches) 22 (total)
Country	EHF members
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Győri Audi ETO KC (3rd title)
Most titles	Spartak Kiev (13 titles)
Related competitions	EHF Cup
Official website	EHF Champions League

The Women's EHF Champions League is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most competitive and prestigious tournament for clubs with the champions of the Europe's top national leagues participating.

Tournament structure

Eligibility

Each year the EHF publishes a ranking list of its member federations. The first 23 nations are allowed to participate in the tournament with their national champion. The nations ranked first and second receive an additional slot and other nations may apply for additional places.

Rounds

The Women's EHF Champions League is divided into five stages. Depending on the ranking of their national federation, teams can enter the competition in either qualification or the group matches. The defending champion along with the champions from the highest ranked nations start in the group matches whereas lower ranked nations need to go through the qualification tournaments.

Qualification Tournament

Two groups of four teams are formed. Teams from each group play semi-finals and finals, in a single venue over a weekend. The winning team from each group advance to the group matches.

Group Matches

The teams qualified from the qualification tournament are joined by the defending champion and the national champions of the highest ranked federations. Four groups of four teams are formed. They play each other twice, in home and away matches. The best three teams from each group advance to the main round. The remaining teams can enter the Cup Winners' Cup.

Main Round

Two groups of six teams are formed. Teams play those they have not already faced twice, in home and away matches. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

The pairings for this round are decided by placing in the main round, with first place against fourth in the other group and second place against third. Each pair plays two matches at home and away. The four winners advance to the Women's EHF FINAL4.

Women's EHF FINAL4

The four participating teams are paired with a draw and play over a single weekend at one venue. Two semi-finals will be played on a Saturday, with the 3/4 Placement and Final played the following day.

Summary

European Champions Cup

Year		Final				Semi Final Losers
		Champion	Score	Second Place
1960–61 Details		Ştiinţa Bucharest	13–5 (8–1 / 5–4)	Dynamo Prague		Žalgiris Kaunas	RSF Mulheim
1961–62 Details		Sparta Prague	11–7 (2–3 / 9–4)	ORK Belgrade		RSF Mulheim	Ştiinţa Bucharest
1962–63 Details		Trud Moscow	11–8	Frederiksberg IF		Fortschritt Weissenfels	Rapid Bucharest
1963–64 Details		Rapid Bucharest	14–13	Helsingør IF		Spartacus Budapest	Eimsbütteler TV
1964–65 Details		HG København	21–16 (14–6 / 7–10)	Spartacus Budapest		Swift Roermond	Lokomotiva Zagreb
1965–66 Details		SC Leipzig	17–11 (10–5 / 7–6)	HG København		Spartacus Budapest	Sparta Prague
1966–67 Details		Žalgiris Kaunas	8–7	SC Leipzig		Universitatea Timişoara	Bohemians Prague
1967–68 Details		Žalgiris Kaunas	13–11	Empor Rostock		KS Cracovia	Rapid Bucharest
1969–70 Details		Spartak Kiev	9–7	SC Leipzig		Žalgiris Kaunas	HG København
1970–71 Details		Spartak Kiev	11–9	Ferencvárosi TC		1.FC Nürnberg	HG København
1971–72 Details		Spartak Kiev	12–8	SC Leipzig		Bakony Veszprém	Universitatea Bucharest
1972–73 Details		Spartak Kiev	17–8	Universitatea Timişoara		NILOC Amsterdam	SC Leipzig
1973–74 Details		SC Leipzig	12–10	Spartak Kiev		Eintracht Minden	Radnički Belgrade
1974–75 Details		Spartak Kiev	14–10	Lokomotiva Zagreb		IEFS Bucharest	Vasas Budapest
1975–76 Details		Radnicki Belgrade	22–12	Swift Roermond		Admira Wien	Stockholmspolisens IF
1976–77 Details		Spartak Kiev	15–7	SC Leipzig		Radnicki Belgrade	IL Vestar
1977–78 Details		TSC Berlin	19–14	Vasas Budapest		IL Vestar	Ruch Chorzów
1978–79 Details		Spartak Kiev	27–26 (13–17 / 14–9)	Vasas Budapest		Eintracht Minden	SC Leipzig
1979–80 Details		RK Radnicki Belgrade	45–29 (22–19 / 23–10 )	Inter Bratislava		Stockholmspolisens IF	VIG G. Dimitrov
1980–81 Details		Spartak Kiev	39–26 (17–13 / 22–13)	Radnicki Belgrade		VIG G. Dimitrov	RK Osijek
1981–82 Details		Vasas Budapest	50–43 (29–19 / 21–24)	Radnicki Belgrade		Spartak Kiev	Rulmentul Braşov
1982–83 Details		Spartak Kiev	48–36 (23–19 / 25–17)	Radnicki Belgrade		Bayer Leverkusen	Vasas Budapest
1983–84 Details		Radnicki Belgrade	42–35 (22–16 / 20–19)	Bayer Leverkusen		Hypo Niederösterreich	Vasas Budapest
1984–85 Details		Spartak Kiev	41–31 (23–16 / 18–15)	Radnicki Belgrade		SC Leipzig	Hypo Niederösterreich
1985–86 Details		Spartak Kiev	52–45 (29–23 / 23–22)	Ştiinţa Bacău		Vasas Budapest	Budućnost Titograd
1986–87 Details		Spartak Kiev	50–37 (25–17 / 25–20)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Ştiinţa Bacău	ZVL Prešov
1987–88 Details		Spartak Kiev	33–31 (16–14 / 17–17)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Spartacus Budapest	Radnicki Belgrade
1988–89 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	37–33 (16–14 / 21–19)	Spartak Kiev		Debreceni VSC	CS Mureșul
1989–90 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	59–50 (29–24 / 30–26)	Kuban Krasnodar		Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	SC Brühl
1990–91 Details		TV Giessen-Lützellinden	43–40 (21–15 / 22–25)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Rostselmash	Építők SC
1991–92 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	34–32 (15–14 / 19–18)	TV Giessen-Lützellinden		Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	Walle Bremen
1992–93 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	40–25 (17–14 / 23–11)	Vasas Budapest		Mar Valencia	Walle Bremen

EHF Women's Champions League

Year		Final				Semi Final Losers
		Champion	Score	Second Place
1993–94 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	45–39 (18–20 / 25–21)	Vasas Budapest		Mar Valencia	TV Giessen-Lützellinden
1994–95 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	40–36 (17–14 / 26–19)	Podravka Koprivnica		Mar Valencia	Walle Bremen
1995–96 Details		Podravka Koprivnica	38–37 (17–13 / 25–20)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Mar Valencia	Ferencvárosi TC
1996–97 Details		Mar Valencia	58–50 (35–26 / 24–23)	Viborg HK		Hypo Niederösterreich	Ferencvárosi TC
1997–98 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	56–47 (28–21 / 26–28)	Mar Valencia		Podravka Koprivnica	Budućnost Podgorica
1998–99 Details		Dunaújvárosi NKS	51–49 (25–23 / 26–26)	Krim Ljubljana		Hypo Niederösterreich	Budućnost Podgorica
1999–00 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	52–45 (32–23 / 22–20)	Kometal Gjorče Petrov		Buducnost Podgorica	Volgograd Akva
2000–01 Details		Krim Ljubljana	47–41 (22–22 / 25–19)	Viborg HK		Budućnost Podgorica	Ferencvárosi TC
2001–02 Details		Kometal Gjorče Petrov	51–49 (27–25 / 26–22)	Ferencvárosi TC		Larvik HK	Budućnost Podgorica
2002–03 Details		Krim Ljubljana	63–58 (30–27 / 36–28)	Mar Valencia		Ikast EH	Viborg HK
2003–04 Details		Slagelse FH	61–56 (25–24 / 32–36)	Krim Ljubljana		Dunaújvárosi NKS	Larvik HK
2004–05 Details		Slagelse FH	54–43 (27–23 / 20–27)	Kometal Gjorče Petrov		Dunaújvárosi NKS	Hypo Niederösterreich
2005–06 Details		Viborg HK	44–43 (22–24 / 20–21)	Krim Ljubljana		BM Sagunto	Aalborg DH
2006–07 Details		Slagelse FH	61–53 (29–29 / 32–24)	Lada Togliatti		Győri ETO	Hypo Niederösterreich
2007–08 Details		Zvezda Zvenigorod	56–53 (25–24 / 29–31)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Győri ETO	Lada Togliatti
2008–09 Details		Viborg HK	50–49 (24–26 / 23–26)	Győri ETO		Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Hypo Niederösterreich
2009–10 Details		Viborg HK	60–52 (28–21 / 32–31)	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea		Győri ETO	Larvik HK
2010–11 Details		Larvik HK	47–46 (23–21 / 25–24)	SD Itxako		ŽRK Budućnost	Győri ETO
2011–12 Details		ŽRK Budućnost	54–54 (29–27 / 27–25)	Győri Audi ETO KC		Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Larvik HK
2012–13 Details		Győri Audi ETO KC	47–43 (21–24 / 23–22)	Larvik HK		Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Krim Ljubljana
2013–14 Details		Győri Audi ETO KC	27–21	ŽRK Budućnost		HC Vardar	FC Midtjylland
2014–15 Details		ŽRK Budućnost	26–22	Larvik HK		HC Vardar	Dinamo Volgograd
2015–16 Details		CSM Bucharest	29–26	Győri Audi ETO KC		HC Vardar	ŽRK Budućnost
2016–17 Details		Győri Audi ETO KC	31–30 (OT)	HC Vardar		CSM Bucharest	ŽRK Budućnost

Records and statistics

Winners

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Spartak Kiev	13	2	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988	1974, 1989
Hypo Niederösterreich	8	5	1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000	1987, 1988, 1991, 1996, 2008
Radnički Belgrade	3	4	1976, 1980, 1984	1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
Győri Audi ETO KC	3	3	2013, 2014, 2017	2009, 2012, 2016
Viborg HK	3	2	2006, 2009, 2010	1997, 2001
Slagelse DT	3	0	2004, 2005, 2007
SC Leipzig	2	4	1966, 1974	1967, 1970, 1972, 1977
Krim Ljubljana	2	3	2001, 2003	1999, 2004, 2006
ŽRK Budućnost	2	1	2012, 2015	2014
Žalgiris Kaunas	2	0	1967, 1968
Vasas Budapest	1	4	1982	1978, 1979, 1993, 1994
Sagunto	1	2	1997	1998, 2003
Kometal Skopje	1	2	2002	2000, 2005
Larvik HK	1	2	2011	2013, 2015
HG København	1	1	1965	1966
TV Giessen-Lützellinden	1	1	1991	1992
Podravka Koprivnica	1	1	1996	1995
Ştiinţa Bucharest	1	0	1961
Sparta Prague	1	0	1962
Trud Moscow	1	0	1963
Rapid Bucharest	1	0	1964
TSC Berlin	1	0	1978
Dunaferr NK	1	0	1999
Zvezda Zvenigorod	1	0	2008
CSM Bucharest	1	0	2016
HC Vardar	0	1		2017

All-time top scorers

See also

• EHF Champions League
• EHF Champions League clubs performance comparison

References