2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League
2018–19
Tournament information
Sport Handball
Dates 7 September 2018–12 May 2019
Teams 16 (group stage)
8 (qualification)
Website ehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 666 (55.5 per match)
Attendance 27,681 (2,307 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ana Gros
(17 goals)

The 2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League is the 26th edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.[1] Győri ETO are defending champions.

Competition format

16 teams participate in the competition, divided in four groups who play in a round robin, home and away format. The top three teams in each group qualify for the main round.

Main round

The 12 qualified teams will be divided in two groups who play in a round robin, home and away format. The points and the goal difference gained against the qualified teams in the first round will be carried over. The top four teams in each group qualify for the quarterfinals.

Knockout stage

After the quarterfinals, the culmination of the season, the Women's EHF Final four, will continue in its existing format, with the four top teams from the competition competing for the title.

Team allocation

14 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]

Group stage
Denmark København Håndbold Denmark Odense Håndbold France Brest Bretagne Handball France Metz Handball
Germany Thüringer HC Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Hungary Győri ETO KC Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost
Norway Larvik HK Norway Vipers Kristiansand Romania CSM Bucureşti Russia Rostov-Don
Slovenia RK Krim Sweden IK Sävehof
Qualification tournaments
Croatia Podravka Koprivnica Germany SG BBM Bietigheim Italy Jomi Salerno Poland MKS Lublin
Romania SCM Craiova Serbia ŽORK Jagodina Spain BM Bera Bera Turkey Muratpaşa BSK

Round and draw dates

Phase Draw date
Qualification tournaments 27 June 2018
Group stage 29 June 2018
Knockout stage
Final Four
(Budapest)		 16 April 2019

Qualification stage

The draw was held on 27 June 2018. The two winners of the qualification tournaments advanced to the group stage. The second and third placed teams were translate to the third round of EHF Cup; the fourth places entered in the second round.[3]

Qualification tournament 1

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
Germany SG BBM Bietigheim33
 
9 September
 
Spain BM Bera Bera27
 
Germany SG BBM Bietigheim34
 
8 September
 
Poland MKS Lublin19
 
Poland MKS Lublin28
 
 
Italy Jomi Salerno17
 
Third place
 
 
9 September
 
 
Spain BM Bera Bera40
 
 
Italy Jomi Salerno20

Qualification tournament 2

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
Romania SCM Craiova31
 
9 September
 
Serbia ŽORK Jagodina18
 
Romania SCM Craiova21
 
8 September
 
Croatia Podravka Koprivnica22
 
Croatia Podravka Koprivnica35
 
 
Turkey Muratpaşa BSK22
 
Third place
 
 
9 September
 
 
Serbia ŽORK Jagodina26
 
 
Turkey Muratpaşa BSK24

Group stage

The draw was held on 29 June 2018. In each group, teams play against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.[4]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET BUD LAR ODE
1 France Metz Handball 2 1 1 0 50 39 +11 3 Main round — 21 Oct 31–20 18 Nov
2 Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost 2 1 0 1 53 51 +2 2 4 Nov — 17 Nov 31–28
3 Norway Larvik HK 2 1 0 1 43 53 −10 2 10 Nov 23–22 — 19 Oct
4 Denmark Odense Håndbold 2 0 1 1 47 50 −3 1 Eliminated 19–19 11 Nov 4 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2018. Source: EHF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KOB ROS BRE SÄV
1 Denmark København Håndbold 2 2 0 0 68 50 +18 4 Main round — 20 Oct 32–28 18 Nov
2 Russia Rostov-Don 2 1 1 0 59 50 +9 3 3 Nov — 17 Nov 30–21
3 France Brest Bretagne Handball 2 0 1 1 57 61 −4 1 10 Nov 29–29 — 4 Nov
4 Sweden IK Sävehof 2 0 0 2 43 66 −23 0 Eliminated 22–36 11 Nov 21 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: EHF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO KOP KRI THÜ
1 Hungary Győri ETO KC 2 2 0 0 72 50 +22 4 Main round — 17 Nov 39–23 5 Nov
2 Croatia Podravka Koprivnica 2 1 0 1 55 59 −4 2 14 Oct — 20 Oct 27–33
3 Slovenia RK Krim 2 1 0 1 50 59 −9 2 10 Nov 3 Nov — 27–20
4 Germany Thüringer HC 2 0 0 2 46 55 −9 0 Eliminated 21 Oct 26–28 17 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2018. Source: EHF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BIE BUC FER KRI
1 Germany SG BBM Bietigheim 2 1 1 0 57 55 +2 3 Main round — 30–28 21 Oct 11 Nov
2 Romania CSM Bucureşti 2 1 0 1 64 61 +3 2 17 Nov — 26–31 4 Nov
3 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 2 1 0 1 58 62 −4 2 4 Nov 11 Nov — 27–26
4 Norway Vipers Kristiansand 2 0 1 1 53 54 −1 1 Eliminated 27–27 20 Oct 17 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2018. Source: EHF

Main round

In each group, teams play against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. Points against teams from the same group are carried over.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals — TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
2 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD TBD TBD
3 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD TBD TBD
4 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD — TBD TBD
5 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated TBD TBD TBD TBD — TBD
6 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played on 25 January 2019. Source: EHF

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals — TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
2 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD TBD TBD
3 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD TBD TBD
4 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD — TBD TBD
5 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated TBD TBD TBD TBD — TBD
6 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played on 25 January 2019. Source: EHF

Knockout stage

The first four placed teams from the main round qualifiy for the knockout stage.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
A1 B4 5–7 Apr 12–14 Apr
B3 A2 5–7 Apr 12–14 Apr
A3 B2 5–7 Apr 12–14 Apr
A4 B1 5–7 Apr 12–14 Apr

Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May
 
 
 
 
12 May
 
 
 
 
 
11 May
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
12 May
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final

12 May 2019 WSF1 v WSF1 László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Slovenia Ana Gros France Brest Bretagne Handball 17
2 Russia Anna Vyakhireva Russia Rostov-Don 16
3 Serbia Slađana Pop-Lazić France Brest Bretagne Handball 14
4 Czech Republic Iveta Luzumová Germany Thüringer HC 12
Slovenia Tamara Mavsar Slovenia RK Krim
Norway Mari Molid Norway Larvik HK
7 Russia Anna Sen Russia Rostov-Don 11
8 Denmark Louise Føns Denmark København Håndbold 10
Montenegro Đurđina Jauković Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost
Slovenia Tjaša Stanko Slovenia RK Krim

References

  1. ↑ "EHF receives 26 registrations for the 26th season of Women's EHF Champions League". ehfcl.com. 7 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "EXEC confirms participants for the 2018/19 season". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Draw opens road to group matches". ehfcl.com. 27 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Defending champions in group with Thüringer, Krim and qualifier 2". ehfcl.com. 29 June 2018.
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