2021–22 Women's EHF European League
2021–22 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | 16 October 2021–15 May 2022 |
Teams | 34 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage) |
Website | ehfel.com |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (74 goals) |
The 2021–22 Women's EHF European League was the 41st edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 16 October 2021 to 15 May 2022.[1] Neptunes de Nantes were the defending champions.
Overview
[edit]Team allocation
[edit]Round and draw dates
[edit]The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[2]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualification | Second qualifying round | 20 July 2021 | 16–17 October 2021 | 23–24 October 2021 |
Third qualifying round | 20 July 2021 | 13–14 November 2021 | 20–21 November 2021 | |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 25 November 2021 | 8–9 January 2022 | |
Matchday 2 | 15–16 January 2022 | |||
Matchday 3 | 22–23 January 2022 | |||
Matchday 4 | 5–6 February 2022 | |||
Matchday 5 | 12–13 February 2022 | |||
Matchday 6 | 19–20 February 2022 | |||
Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | no draw | 26–27 March 2022 | 2–3 April 2022 |
Semi finals | 7 April 2022 | 14 May 2022 | ||
Final | no draw | 15 May 2022 |
Qualification stage
[edit]Round 2
[edit]There were 22 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 16–17 October and the second legs were played on 23–24 October 2021.[3]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Hypo Niederösterreich ![]() | 48–52 | ![]() | 21–28 | 27–25 |
Yalikavaksports Club ![]() | 54–72 | ![]() | 24–33 | 30–39 |
BM Bera Bera ![]() | 53–48 | ![]() | 27–27 | 26–21 |
RK Radnički Kragujevac ![]() | 46–58 | ![]() | 23–22 | 23–36 |
Sola HK ![]() | 68–57 | ![]() | 37–33 | 31–24 |
Tertnes HE ![]() | 53–42 | ![]() | 29–26 | 24–16 |
TuS Metzingen ![]() | 51–56 | ![]() | 27–28 | 24–28 |
DHK Baník Most ![]() | 52–52 (a) | ![]() | 26–27 | 26–25 |
Thüringer HC ![]() | 60–61 | ![]() | 32–35 | 28–26 |
LC Brühl Handball ![]() | 43–681 | ![]() | 19–35 | 24–33 |
ŽRK Bjelovar ![]() | 45–782 | ![]() | 22–32 | 23–46 |
- Notes
Round 3
[edit]There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 13–14 November and the second legs were played on 20–21 November 2021.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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ESBF Besançon ![]() | 64–47 | ![]() | 34–23 | 30–24 |
SG BBM Bietigheim ![]() | 60–38 | ![]() | 39–18 | 21–20 |
Zvezda Zvenigorod ![]() | 55–68 | ![]() | 26–35 | 29–33 |
DVSC Schaeffler ![]() | 43–47 | ![]() | 22–22 | 21–25 |
Neptunes de Nantes ![]() | 74–49 | ![]() | 39–24 | 35–25 |
Sola HK ![]() | 56–52 | ![]() | 36–25 | 20–27 |
Storhamar HE ![]() | 57–53 | ![]() | 31–27 | 26–26 |
Váci NKSE ![]() | 56–51 | ![]() | 32–27 | 24–24 |
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb ![]() | 54–48 | ![]() | 25–21 | 29–27 |
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea ![]() | 63–55 | ![]() | 34–28 | 29–27 |
Chambray Touraine ![]() | 65–52 | ![]() | 30–27 | 35–25 |
MTK Budapest ![]() | 56–68 | ![]() | 27–34 | 29–34 |
Group stage
[edit]The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 25 November 2021. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
Tiebreakers |
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In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:
If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots. During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams. |
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SOL | BES | MKC | LOK | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 150 | +46 | 12 | Quarterfinals | — | 34–27 | 27–22 | 25–18 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 188 | −6 | 6[a] | 32–39 | — | 34–24 | 28–27 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 160 | 165 | −5 | 6[a] | 26–31 | 38–30 | — | 28–24 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 139 | 174 | −35 | 0 | 25–40 | 26–31 | 19–22 | — |
Notes:
Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BIE | BAI | NAN | ZAG | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 134 | +54 | 12 | Quarterfinals | — | 39–20 | 32–29 | 29–19 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 154 | 182 | −28 | 5 | 20–28 | — | 28–26 | 34–32 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 168 | 170 | −2 | 4 | 25–27 | 34–29 | — | 27–28 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 149 | 173 | −24 | 3 | 21–33 | 23–23 | 26–27 | — |
Group C
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIH | STO | MAG | LAD | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 161 | +32 | 12 | Quarterfinals | — | 32–24 | 31–28 | 34–27 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 178 | 172 | +6 | 6 | 27–35 | — | 35–18 | 34–29 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 137 | 162 | −25 | 4 | 31–34 | 33–28 | — | 27–24 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 139 | 152 | −13 | 2 | 24–27 | 25–30 | 10–0 | — |
Group D
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VHK | VAL | CHA | VAC | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 149 | +36 | 10 | Quarterfinals | — | 31–20 | 29–29 | 42–21 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 178 | 172 | +6 | 9 | 30–30 | — | 32–27 | 39–29 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 163 | 176 | −13 | 3 | 24–27 | 25–26 | — | 29–27 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 167 | 196 | −29 | 2 | 25–26 | 30–31 | 35–29 | — |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CS Minaur Baia Mare ![]() | 69–61 | ![]() | 40–32 | 29–29 |
ESBF Besançon ![]() | 43–59 | ![]() | 23–29 | 20–30 |
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea ![]() | 61–72 | ![]() | 33–39 | 28–33 |
Storhamar HE ![]() | 68–71 | ![]() | 31–33 | 37–38 |
Matches
[edit]26 March 2022 16:00 | CS Minaur Baia Mare ![]() | 40–32 | ![]() | Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH) |
Lavko 9 | (18–14) | Deila 8 | ||
1×![]() ![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
3 April 2022 16:00 | Sola HK ![]() | 29–29 | ![]() | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Korja, Metsämäki (FIN) |
Herrem 8 | (16–10) | Laslo 7 | ||
2×![]() ![]() | Report | 3×![]() |
27 March 2022 14:00 | ESBF Besançon ![]() | 23–29 | ![]() | Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ciulei, Stanescu (ROU) |
Mairot 5 | (13–17) | Maidhof 10 | ||
1×![]() ![]() | Report | 2×![]() ![]() |
2 April 2022 16:00 | SG BBM Bietigheim ![]() | 30–20 | ![]() | MHPArena, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,481 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA) |
three players 5 | (12–10) | Rosiak 5 | ||
1×![]() ![]() | Report | 3×![]() |
27 March 2022 14:00 | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea ![]() | 33–39 | ![]() | Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Charitsos, Naskos (GRE) |
Glibko 9 | (17–20) | Friis 11 | ||
1×![]() ![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
2 April 2022 18:00 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold ![]() | 33–28 | ![]() | IBF Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,056 Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU) |
Scaglione 7 | (16–12) | Elghaoui 10 | ||
3×![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
26 March 2022 18:00 | Storhamar HE ![]() | 31–33 | ![]() | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,624 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT) |
Obaidli 9 | (19–18) | Nolsøe 9 | ||
2×![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
3 April 2022 14:00 | Viborg HK ![]() | 38–37 | ![]() | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,866 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED) |
Jørgensen 11 | (19–21) | Hovden 12 | ||
2×![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
Final four
[edit]The final four was held at the Vibocold Arena in Viborg, Denmark on 14 and 15 May 2022.[4] The draw was made on 7 April 2022.[5]
Bracket
[edit]Semifinals | Final | |||||
14 May | ||||||
![]() | 28 | |||||
15 May | ||||||
![]() | 24 | |||||
![]() | 20 | |||||
14 May | ||||||
![]() | 31 | |||||
![]() | 33 | |||||
![]() | 34 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
15 May | ||||||
![]() | 28 | |||||
![]() | 29 |
Semifinals
[edit]14 May 2022 15:30 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold ![]() | 33–34 | ![]() | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,469 Referees: Ünlü Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR) |
Brandt 8 | (12–14) | Kudłacz-Gloc 8 | ||
1×![]() ![]() ![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
14 May 2022 18:00 | Viborg HK ![]() | 28–24 | ![]() | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,517 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE) |
Haugsted 7 | (16–13) | Laslo 7 | ||
1×![]() ![]() | Report | 2×![]() ![]() |
Third place game
[edit]15 May 2022 15:30 | CS Minaur Baia Mare ![]() | 28–29 | ![]() | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,688 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR) |
Lavko 7 | (12–14) | Bakkerud 6 | ||
4×![]() | Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
Final
[edit]15 May 2022 18:00 | Viborg HK ![]() | 20–31 | ![]() | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,697 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB) |
K. Jørgensen 5 | (10–17) | Maidhof 6 | ||
2×![]() ![]() | Report | 2×![]() ![]() |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[6] |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 74 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 72 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 64 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 60 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 52 |
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9 | ![]() | ![]() | 51 |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "20 teams ready to throw off new season". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "EHF European League Women 2021/22 regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "German derby to highlight start of season". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "EHF Finals Women head to Viborg". eurohandball.com. 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Viborg to play Baia Mare; Herning-Ikast face Bietigheim at EHF Finals". eurohandball.com. 7 April 2022.
- ^ Goalscorers