2021–22 EHF European League
2021–22 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | 28 August 2021–29 May 2022 |
Teams | 52 (qualification stage) 24 (group stage) |
Website | ehfel.com |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (123 goals) |
The 2021–22 EHF European League was the 2nd edition of the EHF European League, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF).
Benfica became the first ever Portuguese team to win the trophy and the second non-German side to win the competition since 2004.[1]
Qualifying rounds
[edit]First qualifying round
[edit]A total of 32 teams were involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 28–29 August 2021, while the second leg matches were held on 4–5 September 2021.[2] The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[3]
The results of this round were:[4]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg ![]() |
49–48 | ![]() |
22–23 | 27–25 |
HC Kriens-Luzern ![]() |
42–60 | ![]() |
24–31 | 18–29 |
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško ![]() |
58–65 | ![]() |
33–29 | 25–36 |
Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów ![]() |
51–60 | ![]() |
23–28 | 28–32 |
RK Vojvodina ![]() |
49–54 | ![]() |
26–20 | 23–34 |
Csurgói KK ![]() |
51–58 | ![]() |
23–27 | 28–31 |
Górnik Zabrze ![]() |
48–57 | ![]() |
19–29 | 29–28 |
Aguas Santas Milaneza ![]() |
54–60 | ![]() |
26–26 | 28–34 |
Balatonfüredi KSE ![]() |
47–47 | ![]() |
27–25 | 20–22 |
Azoty-Puławy ![]() |
66–46 | ![]() |
29–21 | 37–25 |
HC Prolet 62 ![]() |
50–63 | ![]() |
21–36 | 29–27 |
Maccabi Rishon LeZion ![]() |
49–58 | ![]() |
26–29 | 23–29 |
Rhein-Neckar Löwen ![]() |
80–44 | ![]() |
38–22 | 42–22 |
RK Trimo Trebnje ![]() |
59–60 | ![]() |
31–25 | 28–35 |
RK Poreč ![]() |
39–44 | ![]() |
18–22 | 21–22 |
Alpla HC Hard ![]() |
55–66 | ![]() |
23–27 | 32–39 |
Second qualifying round
[edit]A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round draw, 16 advancing from the previous round and 8 teams entering this round. The first leg matches were held on 20–21 September., while the second leg matches were held on 27–28 September.
The results of this round were:[5]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kadetten Schaffhausen ![]() |
68–60 | ![]() |
36–33 | 32–27 |
Valur ![]() |
47–54 | ![]() |
26–27 | 21–27 |
Rhein-Neckar Löwen ![]() |
59–64 | ![]() |
31–31 | 28–33 |
BM Logroño La Rioja ![]() |
61–58 | ![]() |
34–30 | 27–28 |
Fenix Toulouse Handball ![]() |
59–49 | ![]() |
30–24 | 29–25 |
GOG Håndbold ![]() |
57–51 | ![]() |
30–24 | 27–27 |
Azoty-Puławy ![]() |
53–65 | ![]() |
24–32 | 29–33 |
USAM Nîmes Gard ![]() |
65–58 | ![]() |
36–29 | 29–29 |
Orlen Wisła Płock ![]() |
45–40 | ![]() |
25–14 | 20–26 |
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg ![]() |
59–59 | ![]() |
33–27 | 26–32 |
Sporting CP ![]() |
62–53 | ![]() |
31–25 | 31–28 |
ØIF Arendal ![]() |
49–67 | ![]() |
27–27 | 22–40 |
Group stage
[edit]Seedings
[edit]The 24 teams were divided into six pots of four teams, with a team from each pot being drawn to each group. Teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.[6]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Tiebreakers
[edit]Teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
- Points in matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Drawing lots.
Group A
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORL | FUC | FEN | BID | TAT | WIN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 311 | 258 | +53 | 18 | Knockout stage | — | 24–28 | 33–29 | 33–26 | 33–29 | 35–27 | |
2 | ![]() |
10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 314 | 269 | +45 | 16 | 29–30 | — | 32–30 | 35–23 | 36–23 | 35–29 | ||
3 | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 292 | 265 | +27 | 13 | 24–30 | 28–27 | — | 26–26 | 34–20 | 34–27 | ||
4 | ![]() |
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 286 | 286 | 0 | 7 | 28–29 | 32–35 | 24–26 | — | 33–24 | 32–28 | ||
5 | ![]() |
10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 240 | 308 | −68 | 4 | 15–29 | 23–27 | 19–31 | 27–25 | — | 29–33 | ||
6 | ![]() |
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 271 | 328 | −57 | 2 | 23–35 | 27–30 | 27–30 | 23–37 | 27–31 | — |
Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GOG | BEN | NAN | LEM | COC | CHE | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 340 | 297 | +43 | 15 | Knockout stage | — | 39–38 | 29–29 | 34–28 | 46–30 | 27–26 | |
2 | ![]() |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 336 | 311 | +25 | 15 | 25–33 | — | 31–30 | 35–30 | 37–23 | 38–35 | ||
3 | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 304 | 266 | +38 | 13 | 27–24 | 33–33 | — | 27–28 | 36–25 | 10–0[a] | ||
4 | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 319 | 312 | +7 | 12 | 39–35 | 29–30 | 37–37 | — | 39–30 | 30–27 | ||
5 | ![]() |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 257 | 331 | −74 | 3 | 23–34 | 32–37 | 28–40 | 29–29 | — | 27–33 | ||
6 | ![]() |
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 239 | 278 | −39 | 2 | 32–39 | 27–32 | 31–35 | 28–30 | 0–10[b] | — |
- ^ The match was cancelled because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7][8]
- ^ The match was cancelled because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7][8]
Group C
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAG | SAV | NEX | GOR | LOG | PAU | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 317 | 267 | +50 | 19 | Knockout stage | — | 31–25 | 32–26 | 34–24 | 33–31 | 31–27 | |
2 | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 313 | 297 | +16 | 12 | 26–29 | — | 33–23 | 27–28 | 43–31 | 33–31 | ||
3 | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 295 | 300 | −5 | 10 | 24–28 | 39–31 | — | 31–23 | 31–30 | 33–29 | ||
4 | ![]() |
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 284 | 306 | −22 | 9 | 27–31 | 31–35 | 34–28 | — | 32–31 | 33–32 | ||
5 | ![]() |
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 307 | 317 | −10 | 7 | 29–29 | 29–30 | 31–30 | 31–26 | — | 33–26 | ||
6 | ![]() |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 290 | 319 | −29 | 3 | 28–39 | 25–30 | 29–30 | 26–26 | 37–31 | — |
Group D
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NIM | EUR | KAD | SPO | AEK | GRU | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 290 | 274 | +16 | 12 | Knockout stage | — | 25–23 | 33–33 | 33–27 | 26–27 | 24–22 | |
2 | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 271 | 248 | +23 | 12 | 21–26 | — | 27–26 | 31–25 | 30–19 | 33–20 | ||
3 | ![]() |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 282 | 277 | +5 | 11 | 25–25 | 28–28 | — | 26–24 | 30–26 | 32–26 | ||
4 | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 290 | 279 | +11 | 11 | 32–30 | 27–27 | 29–28 | — | 31–30 | 34–26 | ||
5 | ![]() |
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 274 | 283 | −9 | 8 | 34–30 | 27–30 | 28–31 | 25–24 | — | 34–26 | ||
6 | ![]() |
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 254 | 300 | −46 | 6 | 30–38 | 25–21 | 31–23 | 23–37 | 25–24 | — |
Knockout stage
[edit]The pairings for the last 16 and the quarterfinals are based on group stage standings, according to the following bracket. This assures teams from the same group can only play each other again in the final four.
Last 16 | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
29 March/5 April | ||||||||||
3D ![]() | 32 | 28 | 60 | |||||||
26 April/3 May | ||||||||||
2C ![]() | 26 | 34 | 60 | |||||||
3D ![]() | 31 | 22 | 53 | |||||||
29 March/5 April | ||||||||||
1A ![]() | 33 | 35 | 68 | |||||||
4B ![]() | 28 | 28 | 56 | |||||||
1A ![]() | 31 | 28 | 59 | |||||||
29 March/5 April | ||||||||||
3C ![]() | 29 | 22 | 51 | |||||||
26 April/3 May | ||||||||||
2D ![]() | 26 | 21 | 47 | |||||||
3C ![]() | 32 | 37 | 69 | |||||||
29 March/5 April | ||||||||||
1B ![]() | 27 | 37 | 64 | |||||||
4A ![]() | 28 | 31 | 59 | |||||||
1B ![]() | 30 | 33 | 63 | |||||||
29 March/5 April | ||||||||||
3B ![]() | 25 | 33 | 58 | |||||||
26 April/3 May | ||||||||||
2A ![]() | 24 | 30 | 54 | |||||||
3B ![]() | 25 | 28 | 53 | |||||||
29 March/5 April | ||||||||||
1C ![]() | 28 | 30 | 58 | |||||||
4D ![]() | 29 | 35 | 64 | |||||||
1C ![]() | 29 | 36 | 65 | |||||||
29 March/5 April | ||||||||||
3A ![]() | 38 | 30 | 68 | |||||||
26 April/3 May | ||||||||||
2B ![]() | 34 | 36 | 70 | |||||||
2B ![]() | 36 | 27 | 63 | |||||||
29 March/5 April | ||||||||||
4C ![]() | 29 | 27 | 56 | |||||||
4C ![]() | 29 | 30 | 59 | |||||||
1D ![]() | 22 | 35 | 57 | |||||||
Last 16
[edit]The last 16 first legs were scheduled for 29 March 2022, while the second legs followed on 5 April 2022.[9]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kadetten Schaffhausen ![]() |
60–60 (a) | ![]() |
32–26 | 28–34 |
TBV Lemgo ![]() |
56–59 | ![]() |
28–31 | 28–28 |
RK Nexe ![]() |
51–47 | ![]() |
29–26 | 22–21 |
Bidasoa Irun ![]() |
59–63 | ![]() |
28–30 | 31–33 |
HBC Nantes ![]() |
58–54 | ![]() |
25–24 | 33–30 |
Sporting CP ![]() |
64–65 | ![]() |
29–29 | 35–36 |
Fenix Toulouse Handball ![]() |
68–70 | ![]() |
38–34 | 30–36 |
RK Gorenje Velenje ![]() |
59–57 | ![]() |
29–22 | 30–35 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]The quarterfinals first legs were scheduled for 26 April 2022, while the second legs followed on 3 May 2022.[10]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kadetten Schaffhausen ![]() |
53–68 | ![]() |
31–33 | 22–35 |
RK Nexe ![]() |
69–64 | ![]() |
32–27 | 37–37 |
HBC Nantes ![]() |
53–58 | ![]() |
25–28 | 28–30 |
SL Benfica ![]() |
63–56 | ![]() |
36–29 | 27–27 |
Final four
[edit]The 2021–22 EHF European League Finals was played on 28 and 29 May 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal and comprise one leg semifinals, final and a third place game.[11] The pairings for the semifinals were decided by drawing of lots.[12][13]
Bracket
[edit]Semifinals | Final | |||||
28 May | ||||||
![]() | 34 | |||||
29 May | ||||||
![]() | 29 | |||||
![]() | 40 | |||||
28 May | ||||||
![]() | 39 | |||||
![]() | 19 | |||||
![]() | 26 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
29 May | ||||||
![]() | 27 | |||||
![]() | 22 |
Semifinals
[edit]28 May 2022 16:00 |
SC Magdeburg ![]() |
34–29 | ![]() |
Altice Arena, Lisbon Attendance: 2,114 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU) |
Musche 8 | (18–13) | Jaganjac 7 | ||
2×![]() ![]() |
Report | 6×![]() |
28 May 2022 18:30 |
Orlen Wisła Płock ![]() |
19–26 | ![]() |
Altice Arena, Lisbon Attendance: 3,201 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN) |
Szita 4 | (8–10) | Đorđić 9 | ||
2×![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
Third place game
[edit]29 May 2022 16:30 |
Orlen Wisła Płock ![]() |
27–22 | ![]() |
Altice Arena, Lisbon Attendance: 2,249 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD) |
Mihić 5 | (14–13) | Pribetić 5 | ||
1×![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | 2×![]() ![]() |
Final
[edit]29 May 2022 19:00 |
SL Benfica ![]() |
40–39 (ET) | ![]() |
Altice Arena, Lisbon Attendance: 5,055 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
Rahmel 11 | (15–14) | Magnússon 12 | ||
1×![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | 1×![]() ![]() | ||
FT: 32–32 ET: 8–7 |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[14] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
![]() |
123 |
![]() |
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3 | ![]() |
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122 |
4 | ![]() |
![]() |
104 |
5 | ![]() |
![]() |
99 |
6 | ![]() |
![]() |
98 |
7 | ![]() |
![]() |
92 |
8 | ![]() |
![]() |
80 |
9 | ![]() |
![]() |
79 |
10 | ![]() |
![]() |
78 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Borges fulfills Benfica's title dream in thriller". EHF. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "EHF European League Men 2021/22 Seeding" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Celje vs GOG clash headlines the first qualification round draw". EHF. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Qualification Round 1". EHF. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Qualification Round 2". EHF. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Six pots for group phase draw revealed". EHF. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Decision on upcoming EHF CL and 2022 Qualifiers". EHF. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ a b "EHF decision on current competition structures". EHF. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "Last 16". EHF. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Quarter-finals". EHF. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Lisbon chosen as destination for EHF Finals Men 2022". EHF. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "EHF Finals hosts Benfica play Plock; Magdeburg meet Nexe". EHF. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Finals". EHF. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Goalscorers