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2014–15 EHF Champions League

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EHF Champions League
2014–15
The Lanxess Arena hosts the final
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates2014–2015
Teams33 (qualification stage)
24 (group stage)
16 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona
Runner-upHungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
Tournament statistics
Matches played148
Goals scored7932 (53.59 per match)
Attendance691,601 (4,673 per match)
Top scorer(s)Serbia Momir Ilić
(114 goals)

The 2014–15 VELUX EHF Champions League was the 55th edition of Europe's premier club handball competition and the 22nd edition under the current EHF Champions League format. SG Flensburg-Handewitt were the defending champions.

FC Barcelona Handbol defeated Veszprém KC 28–23 in the final to win their eighth EHF Champions League title. The record winners of the European top flight also claimed one trophy of the Champions Cup (the EHF Champions League forerunner) in 1991.[1]

Overview

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Team allocation

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders). 21 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]

Group stage
Germany Flensburg-HandewittTH (3rd) France Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged (2nd) Poland Vive Tauron Kielce (1st)
Germany THW Kiel (1st) France Montpellier (3rd) Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi (1st) Poland Wisła Płock (2nd)
Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen (2nd) Denmark KIF Kolding København (1st) Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st) Sweden Alingsås HK (1st)
Spain Barcelona (1st) Denmark Aalborg (2nd) Croatia Zagreb (1st)
Spain Logroño (2nd) Slovenia Celje (1st) North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje (1st)
France Dunkerque (1st) Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém (1st) North Macedonia Vardar (2nd)
Qualification tournament
Belarus Meshkov Brest (1st) Norway Haslum HK (CW) Turkey Beşiktaş (1st) Netherlands Targos Bevo HC (1st)
Romania HCM Constanța (1st) Serbia Vojvodina (1st) Slovakia Tatran Prešov (1st) Belgium Initia Hasselt (1st)
Portugal Porto (1st) Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia (1st) Austria Alpla HC Hard (1st) Italy Junior Fasano (1st)

Round and draw dates

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Draws were held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria and the only exception was the VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw in the Botanic Garden of Cologne, Germany.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification tournaments 26 June 2014 5–7 September 2014
Group stage Matchday 1 27 June 2014 24–28 September 2014
Matchday 2 1–5 October 2014
Matchday 3 8–12 October 2014
Matchday 4 15–19 October 2014
Matchday 5 12–16 November 2014
Matchday 6 19–23 November 2014
Matchday 7 26–30 November 2014
Matchday 8 3–6 December 2014
Matchday 9 11–15 February 2015
Matchday 10 18–22 February 2015
Knockout stage Last 16 24 February 2015 11–15 March 2015 18–22 March 2015
Quarter-final 24 March 2015 8–12 April 2015 15–19 April 2015
Final Four
(Cologne)
Semifinals 21 April 2015 30 May 2015 at Lanxess Arena
Final 31 May 2015 at Lanxess Arena

Qualification stage

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Twelve teams took part in the qualification tournaments. They were drawn into three groups of four teams, where they played a semifinal and a final or third place match. The winners of the qualification tournaments, played on 6–7 September 2014, qualified for the group stage, while the eliminated teams were transferred to the 2014–15 EHF Cup. The draw took place on 26 June 2014, at 14:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][3]

Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia
Belarus Meshkov Brest
Romania HCM Constanța
Serbia Vojvodina
Portugal Porto
Norway Haslum HK
Slovakia Tatran Prešov
Austria Alpla HC Hard
Turkey Beşiktaş
Netherlands Targos Bevo HC
Belgium Initia Hasselt
Italy Junior Fasano

Qualification tournament 1

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
Belarus Meshkov Brest36
 
7 September
 
Netherlands Targos Bevo HC23
 
Belarus Meshkov Brest26
 
6 September
 
Slovakia Tatran Prešov24
 
Serbia Vojvodina21
 
 
Slovakia Tatran Prešov25
 
Third place game
 
 
7 September
 
 
Netherlands Targos Bevo HC25
 
 
Serbia Vojvodina30

Qualification tournament 2

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 September
 
 
Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia36
 
6 September
 
Italy Junior Fasano20
 
Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia30
 
5 September
 
Portugal Porto26
 
Portugal Porto29
 
 
Austria Alpla HC Hard25
 
Third place game
 
 
6 September
 
 
Italy Junior Fasano26
 
 
Austria Alpla HC Hard35

Qualification tournament 3

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
Romania HCM Constanța29
 
7 September
 
Belgium Initia Hasselt20
 
Romania HCM Constanța25
 
6 September
 
Turkey Beşiktaş34
 
Norway Haslum HK22
 
 
Turkey Beşiktaş29
 
Third place game
 
 
7 September
 
 
Belgium Initia Hasselt26
 
 
Norway Haslum HK35

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams, where they played each other twice. The top four teams advanced to the knockout stage. The draw took place on 27 June 2014, at 18:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][5]

Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Germany THW Kiel
Spain Barcelona
Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
Denmark KIF Kolding København
North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
Slovenia Celje
France Dunkerque
Croatia Zagreb
Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
Sweden Alingsås HK
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Spain Logroño
Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
Poland Wisła Płock
Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
Denmark Aalborg
North Macedonia Vardar
France Paris Saint-Germain
France Montpellier
Belarus Meshkov Brest
Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia
Turkey Beşiktaş
Key to colours in group tables
Top four placed teams advanced to the last 16

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KIE PSG ZAG LOG MSH MET
Germany THW Kiel 10 9 0 1 322 259 +63 18 33–29 34–27 34–32 33–22 35–16
France Paris Saint-Germain 10 6 0 4 297 266 +31 12 25–27 27–22 32–25 36–25 35–24
Croatia Zagreb 10 6 0 4 241 248 −7 12 27–25 25–24 31–30 25–23 19–17
Spain Logroño 10 4 1 5 305 305 0 9 30–34 35–33 22–21 39–31 31–26
Belarus Meshkov Brest 10 2 2 6 267 293 −26 6 24–25 28–29 26–22 33–33 28–24
North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 10 1 1 8 233 294 −61 3 27–42 22–27 20–22 29–28 27–27
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAR KOL PŁO FLE ALI BJK
Spain Barcelona 10 8 1 1 338 280 +58 17 33–27 30–25 36–27 42–29 35–25
Denmark KIF Kolding København 10 6 2 2 292 273 +19 14 27–27 30–30 35–21 34–33 34–31
Poland Wisła Płock 10 6 1 3 288 280 +8 13 34–31 28–29 31–29 28–25 28–19
Germany Flensburg-Handewitt 10 6 0 4 288 277 +11 12 33–37 27–20 35–28 31–21 31–27
Sweden Alingsås HK 10 1 0 9 252 298 −46 2 28–38 19–23 22–23 22–27 27–24
Turkey Beşiktaş 10 1 0 9 253 303 −50 2 25–29 24–33 30–33 20–27 28–26
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VES VAR RNL MON CEL CHE
Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém 10 9 0 1 300 262 +38 18 32–24 27–24 30–29 29–26 38–31
North Macedonia Vardar 10 7 1 2 313 289 +24 15 23–24 28–25 30–26 34–32 39–28
Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 6 0 4 302 282 +20 12 32–25 28–35 35–24 31–27 34–29
France Montpellier 10 3 2 5 293 317 −24 8 20–34 34–34 29–33 35–29 32–32
Slovenia Celje 10 3 0 7 284 293 −9 6 21–24 26–27 32–28 27–30 29–25
Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 0 1 9 300 349 −49 1 32–37 34–39 26–32 33–34 30–35
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KSK SZE DUN AAL ZAP KAD
Poland Vive Tauron Kielce 10 10 0 0 312 271 +41 20 37–32 36–32 33–26 30–26 33–24
Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged 10 6 1 3 276 264 +12 13 26–27 23–21 23–23 27–26 34–24
France Dunkerque 10 4 0 6 257 263 −6 8 25–28 24–25 21–26 31–29 29–25
Denmark Aalborg 10 2 3 5 256 269 −13 7 25–27 25–28 25–28 30–36 23–23
Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia 10 3 0 7 283 284 −1 6 27–28 25–29 21–23 25–28 31–26
Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen 10 2 2 6 264 297 −33 6 28–33 32–29 25–23 25–25 32–37
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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The top four placed teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. In the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, the teams will play a home-and away series to determine the four participants of the final four, which then determines the winner.

Last 16

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The draw was held on 24 February 2015 at 12:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 11–15 March and the second legs on 18–22 March 2015.[6]

Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 February 2015.[7]

A team from Pot 1 will face a team from Pot 4, a Pot 2 team will play against a team from Pot 3.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Germany THW Kiel
Spain Barcelona
Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
France Paris Saint-Germain
Denmark KIF Kolding København
North Macedonia Vardar
Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
Croatia Zagreb
Poland Wisła Płock
Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
France Dunkerque
Spain Logroño
Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
France Montpellier
Denmark Aalborg

Matches

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Logroño Spain 54–68 Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém 23–31 31–37
Montpellier France 58–60 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce 25–29 33–31
Aalborg Denmark 33–60 Spain Barcelona 11–31 22–29
Flensburg-Handewitt Germany 49–63 Germany THW Kiel 21–30 28–33
Dunkerque France 43–46 France Paris Saint-Germain 21–23 22–23
Wisła Płock Poland 52–57 North Macedonia Vardar 32–26 20–31
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Germany 59–65 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged 30–34 29–31
Zagreb Croatia 43–40 Denmark KIF Kolding København 22–17 21–23

Quarterfinals

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The draw was held on 24 March 2015 at 11:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 8–12 April and the second legs on 15–19 April 2015.[8][9]

Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 March 2015.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2
Germany THW Kiel
Spain Barcelona
Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
France Paris Saint-Germain
Croatia Zagreb
Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
North Macedonia Vardar

Matches

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zagreb Croatia 44–68 Spain Barcelona 23–25 21–43
Vardar North Macedonia 51–55 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce 20–22 31–33
Paris Saint-Germain France 52–58 Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém 24–24 28–34
MOL-Pick Szeged Hungary 54–60 Germany THW Kiel 31–29 23–31

Final four

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The draw was held on 21 April 2015.[10][11]

The final four will be held on 30–31 May 2015 at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 May
 
 
Spain Barcelona33
 
31 May
 
Poland Vive Tauron Kielce28
 
Spain Barcelona28
 
30 May
 
Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém23
 
Germany THW Kiel27
 
 
Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém31
 
Third place
 
 
31 May
 
 
Poland Vive Tauron Kielce28
 
 
Germany THW Kiel26

Top goalscorers

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Statistics exclude qualifying round.[12]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Serbia Momir Ilić Hungary Veszprém 114
2 North Macedonia Kiril Lazarov Spain Barcelona 106
3 Denmark Mikkel Hansen France Paris 103
4 Poland Karol Bielecki Poland Kielce 92
5 Russia Timur Dibirov North Macedonia Vardar 78
6 Hungary Zsolt Balogh Hungary Szeged 76
Serbia Marko Vujin Germany Kiel
8 France Nikola Karabatić Spain Barcelona 75
9 Croatia Igor Karačić North Macedonia Vardar 74
10 Spain Alex Dujshebaev North Macedonia Vardar 73

Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FC Barcelona claim eighth title". ehfcl.com. 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "New season line-up for the VELUX EHF Champions League". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Junior to test Motor after qualification draw". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-26.
  4. ^ a b "Seeding for Qualification and Group Phase draws confirmed". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-23.
  5. ^ "Draw reunites Flensburg with Barcelona". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-27.
  6. ^ "Last 16 draw reunites the finalists: Flensburg vs Kiel". ehfcl.com. 24 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Defending champions lurk in the fourth pot before the Last 16 draw". ehfcl.com. 23 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Last eight await Tuesday's quarter-final fate". ehfcl.com. 23 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Barcelona take on Zagreb, Kiel meet Szeged". ehfcl.com. 24 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Four favourites face the FINAL4 fate". ehfcl.com. 20 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Barcelona vs Kielce, Kiel vs Veszprem". ehfcl.com. 21 April 2015.
  12. ^ "EHF Champions League 2014/15 - Scorers". Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  13. ^ "All-star team vote reaches new heights with 44,000 fans". ehfcl.com. 29 May 2015.
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