2010–11 EHF Women's Champions League

2010–11 EHF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	3 September 2010 – 14 May 2011
Teams	31 (qualification stage) ; 16 (group stage) ; 8 (main round) ; 4 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	Larvik HK
Runners-up	SD Itxako
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Heidi Løke (99)

The EHF Women's Champions League 2010–11 is the 18th edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, a handball competition for top women's clubs of Europe managed by the European Handball Federation.

Larvik HK won the title for the first time after defeating SD Itxako 47–46 on aggregate in the final.^[1]

Qualifying rounds

The draw for both tournaments took place on 13 July 2010 in Vienna.^[2] The rights to organize and host the group matches were also decided in this draw.

Qualification tournament 1

The qualification tournament 1 was hosted by IK Sävehof in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[3] IK Sävehof and T+A/VOC Amsterdam advanced to the second Qualification Tournament. Gil Eanes/Lagos and LK ZUG Handball entered the EHF Cup at Round 2.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
IK Sävehof	3	3	0	102	56	+46	6
T+A/VOC Amsterdam	3	2	1	88	92	−4	4
Gil Eanes/Lagos	3	1	2	86	85	+1	2
LK ZUG Handball	3	0	3	58	101	−43	0

3 September 2010 17:30	Gil Eanes/Lagos	33–35	T+A/VOC Amsterdam	Partillebohallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (Poland)
	Seabra 9	(12–20)	Abdoelhafiezkhan, Goos 6
	2× 3×	Report	5× 2×

3 September 2010 19:30	LK ZUG Handball	12–39	IK Sävehof	Partillebohallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 550 Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (Russia)
	Schwander 4	(4–20)	three players 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

4 September 2010 15:00	IK Sävehof	30–21	Gil Eanes/Lagos	Partillebohallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 250 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (Poland)
	Fogelström, Isaksson 5	(18–7)	Afonseca 9
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

4 September 2010 17:00	T+A/VOC Amsterdam	30–26	LK ZUG Handball	Partillebohallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (Russia)
	Bont, Hofman 6	(19–13)	Cavallari, Wälti 5
	8× 3× 1×	Report	8× 3×

5 September 2010 12:00	Gil Eanes/Lagos	32–20	LK ZUG Handball	Partillebohallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (Russia)
	Pina 9	(15–8)	Stücheli 5
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

5 September 2010 14:00	T+A/VOC Amsterdam	22–33	IK Sävehof	Partillebohallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 400 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (Poland)
	Helgesen, Hofman 5	(11–16)	three players 6
	8× 3×	Report	5× 3×

Qualification tournament 2

Sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Twelve losers of the qualification tournament 2 entered the EHF Cup at Round 3. The first placed team of each group advanced to the Group Matches.

Group 1

Hosted by Randers HK in Randers, Denmark.^[4]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Randers HK	3	3	0	90	48	+42	6
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3	2	1	64	64	0	4
HC Sparta	3	1	2	69	78	−9	2
Maliye Milli Piyango SK	3	0	3	60	93	−33	0

All times are local

17 September 2010 18:00	Randers HK	32–19	HC Sparta	Elro Arena Randers, Randers Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (Norway)
		(17–6)
		Report

17 September 2010 20:00	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	28–21	Maliye Milli Piyango SK	Elro Arena Randers, Randers Attendance: 200 Referees: Mazeika, Gatelis (Lithuania)
		(14–9)
		Report

18 September 2010 14:00	Maliye Milli Piyango SK	14–35	Randers HK	Elro Arena Randers, Randers Attendance: 800 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (Norway)
		(6–17)
		Report

18 September 2010 16:00	HC "Sparta"	20–21	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Elro Arena Randers, Randers Attendance: 200 Referees: Mazeika, Gatelis (Lithuania)
		(8–10)
		Report

19 September 2010 14:00	Randers HK	23–15	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Elro Arena Randers, Randers Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Mazeika, Gatelis (Lithuania)
		(12–4)
		Report

19 September 2010 16:00	HC "Sparta"	30–25	Maliye Milli Piyango SK	Elro Arena Randers, Randers Attendance: 100 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (Norway)
		(16–11)
		Report

Group 2

Hosted by A.C. Ormi-Loux Patras in Patras, Greece.^[4]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zvezda Zvenigorod	3	3	0	95	64	+31	6
T+A/VOC Amsterdam	3	2	1	88	68	+20	4
BM. Elda Prestigio	3	1	2	82	80	+2	2
A.C. Ormi-Loux Patras	3	0	3	53	106	−53	0

All times are local

17 September 2010 17:00	BM. Elda Prestigio	23–27	T+A/VOC Amsterdam	Olympionikis Dimitris Tofalos Arena, Patras Attendance: 100 Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (Turkey)
		(11–16)
		Report

17 September 2010 19:00	Zvezda Zvenigorod	34–16	A.C. Ormi-Loux Patras	Olympionikis Dimitris Tofalos Arena, Patras Attendance: 400 Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (Croatia)
		(14–7)
		Report

18 September 2010 17:00	T+A/VOC Amsterdam	23–28	Zvezda Zvenigorod	Olympionikis Dimitris Tofalos Arena, Patras Attendance: 100 Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (Turkey)
		(13–12)
		Report

18 September 2010 19:00	A.C. Ormi-Loux Patras	20–34	BM. Elda Prestigio	Olympionikis Dimitris Tofalos Arena, Patras Attendance: 300 Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (Croatia)
		(9–19)
		Report

19 September 2010 15:30	Zvezda Zvenigorod	33–25	BM. Elda Prestigio	Olympionikis Dimitris Tofalos Arena, Patras Attendance: 200 Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (Croatia)
		(17–12)
		Report

19 September 2010 17:30	A.C. Ormi-Loux Patras	17–38	T+A/VOC Amsterdam	Olympionikis Dimitris Tofalos Arena, Patras Attendance: 300 Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (Turkey)
		(9–22)
		Report

Group 3

Hosted by ŽRK Metalurg Skopje in Skopje, Macedonia.^[4]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
IK Sävehof	3	3	0	94	70	+24	6
Byasen	3	2	1	85	78	+7	4
"U" Jolidon Cluj Napoca	3	1	2	75	90	−15	2
ŽRK Metalurg Skopje	3	0	3	67	83	−16	0

All times are local

17 September 2010 17:00	"U" Jolidon Cluj Napoca	29–24	ŽRK Metalurg Skopje	Avtokomanda Sport Hall, Skopje Attendance: 800 Referees: Opava, Valek (Czech Republic)
		(15–12)
		Report

17 September 2010 19:30	Byasen	26–33	IK Sävehof	Avtokomanda Sport Hall, Skopje Attendance: 400 Referees: Krolokke Lythje, Christiansen (Denmark)
		(11–16)
		Report

18 September 2010 16:30	IK Sävehof	33–21	"U" Jolidon Cluj Napoca	Avtokomanda Sport Hall, Skopje Attendance: 500 Referees: Krolokke Lythje, Christiansen (Denmark)
		(14–11)
		Report

18 September 2010 19:00	ŽRK Metalurg Skopje	20–26	Byasen	Avtokomanda Sport Hall, Skopje Attendance: 500 Referees: Opava, Valek (Czech Republic)
		(10–14)
		Report

19 September 2010 16:30	"U" Jolidon Cluj Napoca	25–33	Byasen	Avtokomanda Sport Hall, Skopje Attendance: 200 Referees: Opava, Valek (Czech Republic)
		(16–13)
		Report

19 September 2010 19:00	ŽRK Metalurg Skopje	23–28	IK Sävehof	Avtokomanda Sport Hall, Skopje Attendance: 500 Referees: Krolokke Lythje, Christiansen (Denmark)
		(12–11)
		Report

Group 4

Hosted by SPR Lublin SSA in Lublin & Chelm, Poland.^[4]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
DVSC - Korvex	3	3	0	85	70	+15	6
RK Zaječar	3	2	1	88	85	+3	4
KIF Vejen	3	1	2	85	90	−5	2
SPR Lublin SSA	3	0	3	86	99	−13	0

All times are local

17 September 2010 17:30	DVSC - Korvex	29–26	SPR Lublin SSA	Globus Sport Hall, Lublin Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (Russia)
		(13–14)
		Report

17 September 2010 20:00	KIF Vejen	29–30	RK Zaječar	Globus Sport Hall, Lublin Attendance: 500 Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (Slovenia)
		(13–17)

18 September 2010 16:00	RK Zaječar	24–25	DVSC - Korvex	Mosir Sport Hall, Chelm Attendance: 100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (Russia)
		(14–14)
		Report

18 September 2010 18:30	SPR Lublin SSA	29–36	KIF Vejen	Mosir Sport Hall, Chelm Attendance: 300 Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (Slovenia)
		(16–18)
		Report

19 September 2010 15:30	DVSC - Korvex	31–20	KIF Vejen	Globus Sport Hall, Lublin Attendance: 600 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (Russia)
		(16–9)
		Report

19 September 2010 18:00	SPR Lublin SSA	31–34	RK Zajecar	Globus Sport Hall, Lublin Attendance: 900 Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (Slovenia)
		(17–18)
		Report

Group matches

Twelve teams, along with four winners of the qualifying rounds, are competing in the group matches of the Champions League. There are four groups of four teams each. The first and second placed team of each group advances to the main round. Third placed teams will enter the Cup Winners' Cup in Round 4.

The draw for the round took place in Vienna on 13 July 2010 as part of a special event organized by the EHF, the Champions' Draw.^[2]