The 2021–22 EHF Champions League was the 62nd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 29th edition under the current EHF Champions League format, running from 15 September 2021 to 19 June 2022. Barça won the competition, defeating Łomza Vive Kielce on penalties in the final.[1]
2021–22 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | 15 September 2021–19 June 2022 |
Teams | 16 |
Website | ehfcl.com |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runner-up | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 7682 (60.97 per match) |
Attendance | 432,271 (3,431 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (104 goals) |
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, each local health department allowed a different number of spectators.
Format
editThe competition began with a group stage featuring 16 teams divided in two groups. Matches were played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures. In Groups A and B, the top two teams qualified for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked third to sixth entering the playoffs.
The knockout stage included four rounds: the playoffs, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams were paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advanced to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams were paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.
In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final were played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.
Teams
editThe final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee in June 2021. Ten teams were registered according to fixed places, while six were granted wild cards.[2][3] On 29 June, the final list was revealed.[4] Although, in the final list announcement, the EHF said that if RK Vardar did not pay a fine for failing to play Champions League games in the previous season, they would be disqualified and replaced with RK Gorenje Velenje, who was the standby team. However, this never materialised.
Group stage
editThe draw took place on 2 July 2021.[5]
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AAL | KIE | SZE | MON | VAR | ELV | ZAG | BRE | |
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1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 453 | 410 | +43 | 22 | Quarterfinals | — | 35–33 | 34–30 | 36–28 | 33–29 | 32–27 | 31–25 | 34–33 | ||
2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 427 | 395 | +32 | 21 | 31–27 | — | 32–32 | 35–26 | 32–30 | 41–36 | 36–28 | 10–0 | |||
3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 412 | 392 | +20 | 19 | Playoffs | 31–28 | 30–26 | — | 29–29 | 34–31 | 30–34 | 30–21 | 28–26 | ||
4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 424 | 409 | +15 | 17 | 31–33 | 37–30 | 29–29 | — | 25–28 | 39–32 | 24–23 | 32–26 | |||
5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 379 | 368 | +11 | 13 | 30–28 | 26–29 | 27–30 | 25–31 | — | 39–30 | 20–19 | 35–27 | |||
6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 417 | 449 | −32 | 8[a] | 28–34 | 30–31 | 24–27 | 30–37 | 27–27 | — | 30–25 | 32–33 | |||
7 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 351 | 385 | −34 | 8[a] | 24–34 | 27–28 | 26–24 | 22–25 | 23–22 | 27–27 | — | 31–24 | |||
8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 342 | 397 | −55 | 4 | 30–33 | 30–33 | 25–28 | 31–31 | 0–10 | 27–30 | 30–30 | — |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KIE | BAR | PAR | VES | POR | FLE | BUC | MOT | |
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1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 449 | 415 | +34 | 20[a] | Quarterfinals | — | 29–27 | 38–33 | 32–29 | 39–33 | 37–29 | 34–29 | 33–27 | ||
2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 420 | 369 | +51 | 20[a] | 30–32 | — | 30–27 | 35–30 | 38–31 | 29–22 | 36–32 | 36–25 | |||
3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 452 | 396 | +56 | 18 | Playoffs | 32–27 | 28–28 | — | 39–40 | 33–19 | 33–30 | 41–30 | 40–32 | ||
4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 449 | 423 | +26 | 17 | 35–33 | 29–28 | 34–31 | — | 28–28 | 28–23 | 47–32 | 36–29 | |||
5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 375 | 408 | −33 | 11 | 29–27 | 33–33 | 30–39 | 23–30 | — | 28–27 | 31–32 | 10–0 | |||
6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 381 | 401 | −20 | 10 | 25–33 | 21–25 | 27–27 | 30–27 | 26–26 | — | 37–30 | 34–27 | |||
7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 415 | 470 | −55 | 8[b] | 32–29 | 30–35 | 31–39 | 31–29 | 26–27 | 20–28 | — | 33–29 | |||
8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 312 | 371 | −59 | 8[b] | 25–26 | 0–10 | 0–10 | 29–27 | 30–27 | 31–22 | 28–27 | — |
Knockout stage
editPlayoffs
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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SG Flensburg-Handewitt |
60–57 | 25–21 | 35–36 | |
Elverum Håndball |
60–67 | 30–30 | 30–37 | |
FC Porto |
56–64 | 29–29 | 27–35 | |
RK Vardar |
53–61 | 22–30 | 31–31 |
Quarterfinals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Telekom Veszprém |
71–66 | 36–29 | 35–37 | |
Montpellier Handball |
50–61 | 28–31 | 22–30 | |
Paris Saint-Germain |
62–63 | 30–30 | 32–33 | |
SG Flensburg-Handewitt |
53–60 | 29–33 | 24–27 |
Final four
editThe final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 18 and 19 June 2022.
Bracket
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
18 June | ||||||
30 | ||||||
19 June | ||||||
34 | ||||||
32 (5) | ||||||
18 June | ||||||
32 (3) | ||||||
35 | ||||||
37 | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
19 June | ||||||
34 (3) | ||||||
34 (1) |
Final
edit19 June 2022 18:00 |
Barça |
37–35 (ET) | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) | |
Gómez 10 | (14–13) | Moryto 6 | ||
3× |
Report | 4× | ||
Top goalscorers
editRank | Player | Club | Goals[6] |
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1 | 104 | ||
2 | 100 | ||
3 | 93 | ||
4 | 88 | ||
6 | 86 | ||
7 | 83 | ||
8 | 81 | ||
10 | 79 |
Awards
edit
The all-star team was announced on 17 June 2022.[7]
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References
edit- ^ "Barça make history after penalty shootout". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2022.
- ^ "The season is over, what is next?". eurohandball.com. 15 June 2021.
- ^ "22 clubs vying for a place in the new season". eurohandball.com. 21 June 2021.
- ^ "2020/21 season: EXEC announced the starting grid season". timeoutmag.com. 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Draw sets group A as home to four of last five titles". eurohandball.com. 2 July 2020.
- ^ Goalscorers
- ^ "EHF Champions League Men 2021/22 All-star Team awarded". European Handball Federation. 17 June 2022.