2011–12 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2011–12 EHF Champions League was held from 14 March 2012 till 27 May 2012. The top four teams from the group stage advanced to the Round of last 16.

Seedings

The draw was held on 28 February 2012. Teams from pot 1 were drawn against teams from pot 4 and teams from pot 2 were drawn against teams from pot 3. Teams from pot 1 and 2 will play the second legs at home.^[1][2]

Group	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
A	FC Barcelona	RK Zagreb	IK Sävehof	Kadetten Schaffhausen
B	Atlético Madrid	MKB Veszprém KC	Vive Targi Kielce	Füchse Berlin
C	HSV Hamburg	RK Cimos Koper	HC Metalurg	Orlen Wisła Płock
D	THW Kiel	AG København	CB Ademar León	Montpellier HB

Last 16

The first legs were played on 14–18 March, and the second legs will be played on 18, 24 and 25 March 2012.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Füchse Berlin	56–53	HSV Hamburg	32–30	24–23
Montpellier HB	50–64	FC Barcelona	30–28	20–36
Orlen Wisła Płock	48–63	THW Kiel	24–36	24–27
Kadetten Schaffhausen	57–62	Atlético Madrid	27–36	30–26
CB Ademar León	56–55	MKB Veszprém KC	31–28	25–27
Vive Targi Kielce	50–51	RK Cimos Koper	27–26	23–25
HC Metalurg	40–44	RK Zagreb	19–18	21–26
IK Sävehof	49–60	AG København	25–34	24–26

First leg

14 March 2012 20:00	Orlen Wisła Płock	24 – 36	THW Kiel	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
	Spanne 6	(12–14)	Jícha 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

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15 March 2012 19:30	Kadetten Schaffhausen	27 – 36	Atlético Madrid	Schweizersbildhalle, Schaffhausen Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Mazeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Kukucka, Stojanović 5	(11–15)	Aguinagalde, Markussen 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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17 March 2012 17:00	CB Ademar León	31 – 28	MKB Veszprém KC	Palacio Municipal, León Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Straňovský 9	(19–19)	Császár 10
	2× 3×	Report	7× 3× 2×

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18 March 2012 16:00	Füchse Berlin	32 – 30	HSV Hamburg	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Attendance: 8,900 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Christophersen 8	(15–15)	Lindberg 8
	1× 2×	Report	4× 3×

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18 March 2012 16:30	IK Sävehof	25 – 34	AG København	Partillebohallen, Partille Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB)
	Berggren, Fridén 7	(9–19)	Larsen 6
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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18 March 2012 17:00	HC Metalurg	19 – 18	RK Zagreb	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
	Marković 7	(7–9)	Štrlek 5
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

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18 March 2012 17:00	Montpellier HB	30 – 28	FC Barcelona	Arena Montpellier, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Horacek, Novotny (CZE)
	Gajić 8	(17–11)	Rutenka 5
	5× 3× 1×	Report	4× 3×

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18 March 2012 20:30	Vive Targi Kielce	27 – 26	RK Cimos Koper	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Buntić 7	(13–12)	Brumen 8
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Second leg

18 March 2012 17:30	THW Kiel	27 – 24	Orlen Wisła Płock	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 9,050 Referees: Dobrovits, Tajok (HUN)
	Ilić 8	(15–10)	Kubisztal 7
	4× 1×	Report	4× 2× 1×

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24 March 2012 18:00	RK Cimos Koper	25 – 23	Vive Targi Kielce	Dvorana Bonifika, Koper Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Brumen 8	(12–13)	Stojković 5
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3× 1×

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24 March 2012 20:00	AG København	26 – 24	IK Sävehof	Ballerup Super Arena, Ballerup Attendance: 5,600 Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Hansen 7	(14–12)	Berggren 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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24 March 2012 20:15	RK Zagreb	26 – 21	HC Metalurg	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Lopez, Ramirez (ESP)
	Horvat 7	(12–10)	Mojsovski 7
	5× 3×	Report	6× 2×

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25 March 2012 15:45	Atlético Madrid	26 – 30	Kadetten Schaffhausen	Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
	Lazarov 9	(14–14)	Graubner 6
	4× 2×	Report	7× 3×

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25 March 2012 17:00	FC Barcelona	36 – 20	Montpellier HB	Palau Blaugrana, Blaugrana Attendance: 6,700 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Nagy, Sarmiento 6	(17–8)	Gajić 7
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

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25 March 2012 17:15	HSV Hamburg	23 – 24	Füchse Berlin	O² World, Hamburg Attendance: 7,800 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Lindberg 5	(11–10)	five players 4
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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25 March 2012 18:00	MKB Veszprém KC	27 – 25	CB Ademar León	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Vujin 8	(16–12)	García Robledo, Straňovský 6
	6× 3×	Report	9× 3× 1×

Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 27 March 2012 at 11:30 local time in Vienna. The first legs were played on 18–22 April, and the second legs were played on 25–29 April 2012.^[3][4]

Seedings

Pot 1	Pot 2
FC Barcelona THW Kiel Atlético Madrid Füchse Berlin	CB Ademar León AG København RK Cimos Koper RK Zagreb

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
AG København	62–59	FC Barcelona	29–23	33–36
CB Ademar León	52–52	Füchse Berlin	34–23	18–29
RK Zagreb	58–64	THW Kiel	31–31	27–33
RK Cimos Koper	50–54	Atlético Madrid	26–23	24–31

First leg

20 April 2012 20:10	AG København	29 – 23	FC Barcelona	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 21,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Hansen 8	(16–11)	Nagy 6
	6× 3× 1×	Report	4× 3× 1×

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21 April 2012 17:30	CB Ademar León	34 – 23	Füchse Berlin	Palacio Municipal, León Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (CRO)
	Stranovsky 8	(15–9)	Romero 8
	5× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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21 April 2012 18:00	RK Cimos Koper	26 – 23	Atlético Madrid	Dvorana Bonifika, Koper Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	three players 5	(13–12)	Abalo, Fernandez Roura 4
	7× 3× 1×	Report	3× 2× 1×

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21 April 2012 19:15	RK Zagreb	31 – 31	THW Kiel	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Mazeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Horvat 8	(15–12)	Jícha 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Second leg

28 April 2012 20:00	FC Barcelona	36 – 33	AG København	Palau Blaugrana, Blaugrana Attendance: 5,300 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Rutenka 9	(17–17)	Sigurðsson 8
	3×	Report	3× 3×

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28 April 2012 20:15	Atlético Madrid	31 – 24	RK Cimos Koper	Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Buy, Pichon (FRA)
	Markussen 8	(14–13)	Brumen 7
	4× 3×	Report	6× 3×

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29 April 2012 16:00	Füchse Berlin	29 – 18	CB Ademar León	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Attendance: 8,900 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Petersson 9	(13–6)	Andreu Candau, Garcia Robledo 4
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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29 April 2012 17:30	THW Kiel	33 – 27	RK Zagreb	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Jícha 7	(16–16)	Štrlek 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Final four

The semifinals and final were played in the Lanxess Arena at Cologne, Germany from May 26–27, 2012. The draw took place on May 2, 2012 in Cologne.^[5]

All times are UTC+2.

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 May
	Füchse Berlin	24
					27 May
	THW Kiel	25
					THW Kiel	26
	26 May
					Atlético Madrid	21
	Atlético Madrid	25
	AG København	23
					Third place
					27 May
					Füchse Berlin	21
					AG København	26

Semifinals

26 May 2012 15:15	Füchse Berlin	24 – 25	THW Kiel	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Petersson 7	(12–15)	Jícha 11
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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26 May 2012 18:00	Atlético Madrid	25 – 23	AG København	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (CRO)
	Lazarov 11	(12–15)	Ekberg 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Third place game

27 May 2012 15:15	Füchse Berlin	21 – 26	AG København	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Pevnov 5	(9–13)	four players 4
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Final

27 May 2012 18:00	THW Kiel	26 – 21	Atlético Madrid	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB)
	Andersson 7	(13–10)	Lazarov 5
	7× 3×	Report	8× 3× 1×

References

External links

• EHF Site