2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 6 March and ended on 30 May 2021 with the final at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League.^[1] On 10 February 2021, after a decision by the EHF Executive Committee, it was announced that all 16 teams advanced from the group stage.^[2]

Format

In the round of 16, the first-placed team from one group faced the eighth-placed team from the other group, the second-placed team faced the seventh-placed and so on. The eight winning teams advance to the quarterfinals. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

Qualified teams

Group
Group	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place	Seventh place	Eighth place
A	Rostov-Don	Metz Handball	CSM Bucureşti	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Vipers Kristiansand	Team Esbjerg	Krim Mercator	SG BBM Bietigheim
B	Győri Audi ETO KC	CSKA Moscow	Brest Bretagne Handball	Odense Håndbold	ŽRK Budućnost	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Borussia Dortmund	Podravka Vegeta

Round of 16

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	51–54	CSM Bucureşti	24–33	27–21
Team Esbjerg	54–63	Brest Bretagne Handball	27–33	27–30
ŽRK Budućnost	50–48	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	22–19	28–29
Vipers Kristiansand	65–62	Odense Håndbold	35–36	30–26
Podravka Vegeta	44–71	Rostov-Don	20–29	24–42
SG BBM Bietigheim	48–69	Győri Audi ETO KC	20–37	28–32
Borussia Dortmund	0–20^{[note 1]}	Metz Handball	0–10	0–10
Krim Mercator	46–47	CSKA Moscow	25–20	21–27

Matches

6 March 2021 16:00	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	24–33	CSM Bucureşti	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Liščević 7	(12–13)	Neagu 13
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4×

13 March 2021 16:00	CSM Bucureşti	21–27	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Mitrevksi, Todorovski (MKD)
	Neagu 11	(11–15)	González 7
	2× 8× 1×	Report	2× 5×

CSM Bucureşti won 54–51 on aggregate.

7 March 2021 16:00	Team Esbjerg	27–33	Brest Bretagne Handball	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
	Pena 9	(16–17)	Gros 10
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

14 March 2021 14:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	30–27	Team Esbjerg	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Gros 7	(19–11)	Tranborg 6
	2× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Brest Bretagne won 63–54 on aggregate.

7 March 2021 16:00	ŽRK Budućnost	22–19	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Radičević 7	(11–7)	Bölk 5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

13 March 2021 18:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	29–28	ŽRK Budućnost	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Bölk 5	(9–15)	Radičević 9
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

ŽRK Budućnost won 50–48 on aggregate.

7 March 2021 18:00	Vipers Kristiansand	35–36	Odense Håndbold	Ikast-Brande Arena, Kristiansand Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Smailagic, Smailagic (SWE)
	Reistad 10	(16–17)	Abbingh 9
	2× 4×	Report	1× 1×

14 March 2021 16:00	Odense Håndbold	26–30	Vipers Kristiansand	Sydbank Arena, Odense Attendance: 1 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Quintino 6	(14–19)	Sulland 8
	4× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Vipers Kristiansand won 65–62 on aggregate.

6 March 2021 18:00	Podravka Vegeta	20–29	Rostov-Don	Gimnazija "Fran Galović", Koprivnica Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Şimşek, Hatipoğlu (TUR)
	Milosavljević 6	(10–17)	Kuznetsova, Managarova 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

14 March 2021 14:00	Rostov-Don	42–24	Podravka Vegeta	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,625 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Krpež-Šlezak 9	(24–11)	Milosavljević 7
	4×	Report	1× 5×

Rostov-Don won 71–44 on aggregate.

7 March 2021 14:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	20–37	Győri Audi ETO KC	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Capoccia, Jucker (SUI)
	Maidhof 6	(8–18)	Görbicz, Kristiansen 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

13 March 2021 16:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	32–28	SG BBM Bietigheim	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Nze Minko 6	(19–16)	Naidzavinicius 7
	1× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Győri Audi ETO KC won 69–48 on aggregate.

Cancelled^{[note 3]}	Borussia Dortmund	0–10^{[note 1]}	Metz Handball

Cancelled^{[note 4]}	Metz Handball	10–0^{[note 1]}	Borussia Dortmund

6 March 2021 16:00	Krim Mercator	25–20	CSKA Moscow	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Vieira 8	(12–11)	Gorshkova 4
	1× 6×	Report	1× 4×

13 March 2021 16:00	CSKA Moscow	27–21	Krim Mercator	Dynamo Volleyball Arena, Moscow Attendance: 550 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Dmitrieva 7	(14–11)	Pletikosić 7
	2× 6×	Report	1× 4× 1×

CSKA Moscow won 47–46 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSM București	51–51 (a)	CSKA Moscow	32–27	19–24
Brest Bretagne Handball	60–50	Metz Handball	34–24	26–26
ŽRK Budućnost	40–54	Győri Audi ETO KC	19–30	21–24
Vipers Kristiansand	57–50	Rostov-Don	34–27	23–23

Matches

3 April 2021 16:00	CSM București	32–27	CSKA Moscow	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Lazović, Neagu 6	(20–12)	Skorobogatchenko 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

11 April 2021 16:00	CSKA Moscow	24–19	CSM București	Dynamo Volleyball Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Ristovska 7	(12–11)	Neagu 9
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

51–51 on aggregate. CSKA Moscow won on away goals.

4 April 2021 14:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	34–24	Metz Handball	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Ciulei, Stoia (ROU)
	Gros 10	(16–11)	Burgaard, Sajka 4
	2× 5× 1×	Report	1× 7× 1×

10 April 2021 16:00	Metz Handball	26–26	Brest Bretagne Handball	Metz Arena, Metz Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Mičijević 7	(14–17)	Foppa 6
	4× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Brest Bretagne won 60–50 on aggregate.

3 April 2021 18:00	ŽRK Budućnost	19–30	Győri Audi ETO KC	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Pineau, Radičević 5	(11–16)	Oftedal 9
	3× 3×	Report	1× 3×

10 April 2021 18:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	24–21	ŽRK Budućnost	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	four players 4	(10–11)	Radičević 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

Győri Audi ETO KC won 54–40 on aggregate.

10 April 2021^{[note 5]} 14:00	Vipers Kristiansand	34–27	Rostov-Don	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,625 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Mørk 9	(19–12)	Zaadi 8
	2× 7×	Report	1×

11 April 2021^{[note 6]} 14:00	Rostov-Don	23–23	Vipers Kristiansand	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,352 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Zaadi 10	(11–12)	Løke, Mørk 5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

Vipers Kristiansand won 57–50 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 29 and 30 May 2021. The draw was made on 13 April 2021.^[5]^[6]

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

29 May

Győri Audi ETO KC	23 (2)
		30 May
Brest Bretagne Handball (Pen)	23 (4)
		Brest Bretagne Handball	28
29 May
		Vipers Kristiansand	34
Vipers Kristiansand	33

CSKA Moscow	30
		Third place

		30 May

		Győri Audi ETO KC	32

		CSKA Moscow	21

Semifinals

29 May 2021 15:15	Győri Audi ETO KC	25–27 (ET)	Brest Bretagne Handball	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Kristiansen 8	(8–11)	Gros 9
	4×	Report	5×
	FT: 20–20 ET: 3–3 Pen: 2–4

29 May 2021 18:00	Vipers Kristiansand	33–30	CSKA Moscow	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Reistad 10	(18–12)	Vedekhina 7
	2× 5×	Report	6×

Third place game

30 May 2021 15:15	Győri Audi ETO KC	32–21	CSKA Moscow	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Oftedal 8	(18–8)	Mikhaylichenko 4
	2× 4×	Report	1× 4×

Final

30 May 2021 18:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	28–34	Vipers Kristiansand	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Gros 8	(14–18)	Reistad 12
	1× 2×	Report	3× 6×

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c The matches, scheduled for 12 and 14 March 2021, were assessed by the EHF after Dortmund did not travel to France.^[3]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ The match, originally scheduled for 7 March and rescheduled to 12 March 2021, was postponed.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 14 March 2021, was postponed.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 4 April, was rescheduled to 10 April 2021.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 10 April, was rescheduled to 11 April 2021.^[4]

References

^ "EHF Champions League Women 2020/21 season – Playing system and dates" (PDF). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "EHF adapts playing schedule for EHF Champions League". eurohandball.com. 10 February 2021.
^ "Court of Handball rules on Dortmund vs Metz play-offs". eurohandball.com. EHF. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Playing schedule updates". ehfcl.eurohandball.com. EHF. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Semi-final pairings to be determined in Budapest". eurohandball.com. 12 April 2021.
^ "Györ face Brest, Vipers take on CSKA in semi-final". eurohandball.com. 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

Final4 Official website Archived 2020-10-26 at the Wayback Machine

[Metz-4] The matches, scheduled for 12 and 14 March 2021, were assessed by the EHF after Dortmund did not travel to France.^[3]

[Behind_closed_doors-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[7] The match, originally scheduled for 7 March and rescheduled to 12 March 2021, was postponed.^[4]

[8] The match, originally scheduled for 14 March 2021, was postponed.^[4]

[9] The match, originally scheduled for 4 April, was rescheduled to 10 April 2021.^[4]

[10] The match, originally scheduled for 10 April, was rescheduled to 11 April 2021.^[4]

[1] "EHF Champions League Women 2020/21 season – Playing system and dates" (PDF). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[2] "EHF adapts playing schedule for EHF Champions League". eurohandball.com. 10 February 2021.

[3] "Court of Handball rules on Dortmund vs Metz play-offs". eurohandball.com. EHF. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[Update-6] "Playing schedule updates". ehfcl.eurohandball.com. EHF. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[11] "Semi-final pairings to be determined in Budapest". eurohandball.com. 12 April 2021.

[12] "Györ face Brest, Vipers take on CSKA in semi-final". eurohandball.com. 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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