2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League

The 2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League was the nineteenth edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, the top continental handball event for club teams in Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. Larvik HK entered the competition as title holders after beating SD Itxako in past season's final.[1]

2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Dates2 September 2011–13 May 2012
Teams20 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
8 (Main round)
4 (Knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions Budućnost Podgorica (1st title)
Runners-up Győri Audi ETO KC
Tournament statistics
Matches played76
Goals scored3,968 (52.21 per match)
Attendance182,790 (2,405 per match)
Top scorer(s) Anita Görbicz (133 goals)

Budućnost Podgorica won the title for the first time by defeating Győri Audi ETO KC in the big final.[2]

Overview

Format change

Following the decision of the Executive Committee of the European Handball Federation in April 2011, the system of the EHF Women's Champions League qualifying tournaments have changed. Starting from this season, the second qualification tournaments will be played under a final four format, with the semifinals held on a Saturday while the final on the following day. The winners of each tournaments will qualify for the group stage. The method of the first qualification round did not change. In addition, unlike in previous years, clubs that are eliminated during the qualifying phase will directly go to the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup.[3]

Team allocation

A total of 32 teams participated in the 2011–12 EHF Champions League from 23 federations. Places were distributed according to the EHF league coefficient, which took into account the performances in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2009–10. Norway have been awarded an additional entry as the title holder country.

Group matches
Hypo Niederösterreich Podravka Koprivnica FC Midtjylland Håndbold Metz Handball
Thüringer HC Győri Audi ETO KC Budućnost Podgorica Larvik HK (TH)
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea HC Dinamo Volgograd Krim Ljubljana Itxako Reyno de Navarra
Qualification Tournament 2
Randers HK Viborg HK[nb 1] Buxtehuder SV DVSC-Fórum Debrecen
ŽRK Metalurg Tertnes HE Byåsen HE KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca Rostov-Don BM Elda Prestigio IK Sävehof
Qualification Tournament 1
HC Veselí nad Moravou AC Ormi-Loux Patras MizuWaAi Dalfsen CDE Gil Eanes
RK Zaječar HK IUVENTA Michalovce LC Brühl Handball Üsküdar BSK

Round and draw dates

All draws will be held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria.[4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification Tournament 1 27 June 2011 2–4 September 2011
Qualification Tournament 2 17–18 September 2011
Group stage Matchday 1 28 June 2011 1–2 October 2011
Matchday 2 8–9 October 2011
Matchday 3 15–16 October 2011
Matchday 4 29–30 October 2011
Matchday 5 5–6 November 2011
Matchday 6 12–13 November 2011
Main round Matchday 1 15 November 2011 4–5 February 2012
Matchday 2 11–12 February 2012
Matchday 3 18–19 February 2012
Matchday 4 25–26 February 2012
Matchday 5 3–4 March 2012
Matchday 6 10–11 March 2012
Knockout phase Semifinals — 31 March–1 April 2012 7–8 April 2012
Finals 10 April 2012 5–6 May 2012 12–13 May 2012

Qualifying rounds

The draw for both qualifying tournaments took place on 27 June 2011 in Vienna. The rights to organize and host the group matches were also decided in this draw.[5]

Qualification Tournaments 1

In the first stage of the qualifying process eight clubs were drawn into two groups of four. The sides played against each other once and the top two teams of each group advanced to the second qualifying phase, where they were classified automatically into the fourth pot.[6] The four losing teams entered the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup second round.[4]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
AC Ormi-Loux Patras
Üsküdar BSK		 RK Zaječar
MizuWaAi Dalfsen		 HK IUVENTA Michalovce
LC Brühl Handball		 CDE Gil Eanes
HC Veselí nad Moravou

Group A

The tournament was organised by the Greek club AC Ormi-Loux Patras.[7]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
MizuWaAi Dalfsen 3 3 0 0 103 74 +29 6
CDE Gil Eanes 3 1 0 2 87 88 −1 2
LC Brühl Handball 3 1 0 2 83 97 −14 2
AC Ormi-Loux Patras 3 1 0 2 76 90 −14 2
Source:
2 September 2011
18:00		 AC Ormi-Loux Patras 27 – 26 LC Brühl Handball PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Penev 10 (10–12) Mustafoska 7
3× 3× Report 3× 8× 1×
2 September 2011
20:00		 MizuWaAi Dalfsen 31 – 25 CDE Gil Eanes PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Malestein 7 (19–9) Lopes 7
3× 2× Report 3× 4×
3 September 2011
18:00		 LC Brühl Handball 25 – 40 MizuWaAi Dalfsen PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Mustafoska 6 (11–19) Van Dort 7
3× 7× Report 3× 3×
3 September 2011
20:00		 CDE Gil Eanes 32 – 25 AC Ormi-Loux Patras PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Seabra 9 (14–13) Karagiorga, Niparaviciene 5
2× 3× Report 3× 3×
4 September 2011
18:00		 LC Brühl Handball 32 – 30 CDE Gil Eanes PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Bosshart 7 (16–13) Pina 6
3× 5× Report 3× 2× 1×
4 September 2011
20:00		 AC Ormi-Loux Patras 24 – 32 MizuWaAi Dalfsen PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Strataki, Vafeiadou 6 (11–14) Van Dort 7
3× 4× Report 2× 6×

Group B

The tournament was organised by the Slovakian side HK IUVENTA Michalovce.[7]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
RK Zaječar 3 3 0 0 101 70 +31 6
HC Veselí nad Moravou 3 2 0 1 77 78 −1 4
HK IUVENTA Michalovce 3 1 0 2 85 94 −9 2
Üsküdar BSK 3 0 0 3 81 102 −21 0
Source:
2 September 2011
15:30		 RK Zaječar 31 – 17 HC Veselí nad Moravou Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 400
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Erić 7 (14–9) Flekova 4
1× 5× Report 2× 4×
2 September 2011
18:00		 Üsküdar BSK 28 – 38 HK IUVENTA Michalovce Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 900
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Yilmaz 8 (12–22) Tobiasova 8
3× 5× Report 3× 7×
3 September 2011
15:30		 HC Veselí nad Moravou 30 – 26 Üsküdar BSK Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 250
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Sukennikova 9 (13–13) Sahin 7
3× 6× Report 3× 3×
3 September 2011
18:00		 HK IUVENTA Michalovce 26 – 36 RK Zaječar Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Pollakova 9 (13–17) Pop Lazić 7
2× 5× 1× Report 3× 5×
4 September 2011
15:30		 Üsküdar BSK 27 – 34 RK Zaječar Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 500
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Ilkova 5 (12–15) Erić 9
3× 4× Report 2× 3×
4 September 2011
18:00		 HK IUVENTA Michalovce 21 – 30 HC Veselí nad Moravou Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Geric 5 (11–16) Sukennikova 7
3× 3× Report 3× 6×

Qualification Tournaments 2

Sixteen clubs were set to participate in the second qualifying stage, divided into four groups of four. For the first time in the competition's history, a final four format was used to determine the group winners, that were qualified for the Group matches. According to the seeding list, teams in Pot 1 were drawn together with Pot 4 sides, while clubs from Pot 2 met Pot 3 teams in the semifinals of the tournaments.[6] However, as stated in the EHF regulations, clubs from the same federation enjoyed protection and could not be selected into the same group.[8] Teams that finished bottom of their respective groups went to the second round of the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, while second and third placed teams joined that competition in the third round.[4]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Randers HK
DVSC-Fórum Debrecen
Byåsen HE
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca		 BM Elda Prestigio
Rostov-Don
Buxtehuder SV
Tertnes HE		 IK Sävehof
ŽRK Metalurg
KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin
Viborg HK		 MizuWaAi Dalfsen
RK Zaječar
CDE Gil Eanes
HC Veselí nad Moravou

Group 1

The tournament was organised by the Danish club Viborg HK.[9]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September 2011
 
 
 U Cluj-Napoca33
 
18 September 2011
 
 RK Zaječar32
 
 U Cluj-Napoca21
 
17 September 2011
 
 Viborg HK37
 
 Rostov-Don17
 
 
 Viborg HK24
 
Third place
 
 
18 September 2011
 
 
 RK Zaječar27
 
 
 Rostov-Don15
Semifinals
17 September 2011
14:30		 Rostov-Don 17 – 24 Viborg HK Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
three players 3 (11–10) Fisker, Gulldén 6
3× 4× Report 2×
17 September 2011
17:00		 U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca 33 – 32 RK Zaječar Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Dinca 8 (18–16) Erić 8
2× 3× Report 2× 6×
Third place match
18 September 2011
14:30		 RK Zaječar 27 – 15 Rostov-Don Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Vučković 8 (14–7) Sen 5
3× 5× Report 3× 5×
Final
18 September 2011
16:50		 U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca 21 – 37 Viborg HK Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Ani Senocico 8 (14–17) Fisker 8
3× Report 2× 2×

Group 2

The tournament was organised by the Macedonian club ŽRK Metalurg.[9]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September 2011
 
 
 Byåsen HE27
 
18 September 2011
 
 HC Veselí nad Moravou22
 
 Byåsen HE20
 
17 September 2011
 
 ŽRK Metalurg17
 
 BM Elda Prestigio22
 
 
 ŽRK Metalurg27
 
Third place
 
 
18 September 2011
 
 
 HC Veselí nad Moravou20
 
 
 BM Elda Prestigio21
Semifinals
17 September 2011
18:00		 BM Elda Prestigio 22 – 27 ŽRK Metalurg Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Faria Servin 9 (9–14) Bajramoska 7
3× 3× Report 3× 8×
17 September 2011
20:30		 Byåsen HE 27 – 22 HC Veselí nad Moravou Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 300
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Alstad 9 (13–14) Sukennikova 6
2× 2× Report 3× 7×
Third place match
18 September 2011
17:30		 HC Veselí nad Moravou 20 – 21 BM Elda Prestigio Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Rajnohova 5 (12–8) Said Mohamed 6
3× 5× 2× Report 3× 3×
Final
18 September 2011
20:00		 Byåsen HE 20 – 17 ŽRK Metalurg Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 500
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Tomac 8 (12–8) Gjorgjijevska 5
3× 4× 1× Report 3× 5×

Group 3

The tournament was organised by the Polish club Zagłębie Lubin.[9]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September 2011
 
 
 DVSC35
 
18 September 2011
 
 CDE Gil Eanes22
 
 DVSC26
 
17 September 2011
 
 Buxtehuder SV30
 
 Buxtehuder SV27
 
 
 Zagłębie Lubin26
 
Third place
 
 
18 September 2011
 
 
 CDE Gil Eanes25
 
 
 Zagłębie Lubin40
Semifinals
17 September 2011
17:00		 Buxtehuder SV 27 – 26 MKS Zagłębie Lubin Hala Widowiskowo, Głogów
Attendance: 700
Referees: Crnojevic, Radic (CRO)
Lamein 9 (11–13) Byzdra 8
2× 2× Report 2× 2×
17 September 2011
19:30		 DVSC-Fórum Debrecen 35 – 22 CDE Gil Eanes Hala Widowiskowo, Głogów
Attendance: 200
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Csáki 6 (16–9) Piña, Seabra 5
3× 1× Report 1×
Third place match
18 September 2011
12:30		 CDE Gil Eanes 25 – 40 MKS Zagłębie Lubin Hala Widowiskowo, Głogów
Attendance: 200
Referees: Crnojevic, Radic (CRO)
three players 5 (7–26) Migala 7
2× Report 3× 1×
Final
18 September 2011
14:30		 DVSC-Fórum Debrecen 26 – 30 Buxtehuder SV Hala Widowiskowo, Głogów
Attendance: 200
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Sopronyi 9 (13–16) Klein 6
3× 2× Report 2× 1×

Group 4

The tournament was organised by the Swedish club IK Sävehof.[9]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September 2011
 
 
 Randers HK34
 
18 September 2011
 
 MizuWaAi Dalfsen19
 
 Randers HK26
 
17 September 2011
 
 IK Sävehof21
 
 Tertnes HE25
 
 
 IK Sävehof34
 
Third place
 
 
18 September 2011
 
 
 MizuWaAi Dalfsen31
 
 
 Tertnes HE32
Semifinals
17 September 2011
14:00		 Randers HK 34 – 19 MizuWaAi Dalfsen Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 100
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Johansen 6 (18–9) Schoenaker 4
2× 4× Report 2× 5×
17 September 2011
16:30		 Tertnes HE 25 – 34 IK Sävehof Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 500
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Reinkind 7 (12–13) Alm 10
3× 5× Report 3× 2×
Third place match
18 September 2011
12:00		 MizuWaAi Dalfsen 31 – 32 Tertnes HE Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 50
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Malestein 8 (19–18) Gosse 10
3× 7× 1× Report 3× 4×
Final
18 September 2011
14:30		 Randers HK 26 – 21 IK Sävehof Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 500
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Dalby 7 (13–10) Alm 7
3× 3× Report 3× 2×

Group matches
Main article: 2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League group stage and main round § Group matches

The draw of the group matches was held on June 28 at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna.[5] A total of sixteen teams were concerned in the process, having divided into four pots of four. Similar to the qualifying phase, clubs from the same country could not been drawn into the same group, therefore, instead of direct draw, Pot 4 teams were allocated to the first possible position from Group A to Group D.[10][11]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Larvik HK
FC Midtjylland Håndbold
Győri Audi ETO KC
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea		 Budućnost Podgorica
Hypo Niederösterreich
Krim Ljubljana
Itxako Reyno de Navarra		 HC Dinamo Volgograd
Thüringer HC
Metz Handball
Podravka Koprivnica		 Viborg HK
Byåsen HE
Buxtehuder SV
Randers HK

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ZRK FCM BIL THC
Budućnost Podgorica 6 5 0 1 172 149 +23 10 — 28–25 28–18 35–25
FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 4 0 2 146 127 +19 8 34–20 — 18–21 23–20
Byåsen HE 6 2 1 3 131 149 −18 5 24–34 17–19 — 23–22
Thüringer HC 6 0 1 5 139 163 −24 1 23–27 21–27 28–28 —
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LHK RKK VHK RKP
Larvik HK 6 4 0 2 161 138 +23 8 — 31–19 19–20 37–25
Krim Ljubljana 6 2 2 2 143 151 −8 6 19–22 — 31–25 22–22
Viborg HK 6 2 2 2 161 161 0 6 34–28 28–28 — 27–27
RK Podravka Koprivnica 6 1 2 3 146 161 −15 4 21–24 23–24 28–27 —
Source:

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC MHB RHK HYÖ
Győri Audi ETO KC 6 4 0 2 183 154 +29 8 — 28–23 35–20 37–29
Metz Handball 6 3 0 3 154 156 −2 6 24–33 — 25–20 30–21
Randers HK 6 3 0 3 163 170 −7 6 29–23 26–27 — 39–32
Hypo Niederösterreich 6 2 0 4 167 187 −20 4 29–27 28–25 28–29 —
Source:

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSV SDI HCV BSV
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 5 0 1 168 146 +22 10 — 30–22 31–26 28–22
Itxako Reyno de Navarra 6 4 0 2 163 158 +5 8 22–25 — 28–26 32–21
HC Dinamo Volgograd 6 3 0 3 170 160 +10 6 34–30 25–27 — 29–23
Buxtehuder SV 6 0 0 6 138 175 −37 0 20–24 31–32 21–30 —
Source:

Main round
Main article: 2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League group stage and main round § Main round

The draw of the main round was held on November 15 at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna. A total of eight teams advanced from the group stage to the main round and were located in two pots, with the group winners being in Pot 1 and the runners-up in Pot 2.[12] Teams from the same groups at the group stage were not able to be drawn together.[13]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2
Győri Audi ETO KC
Budućnost Podgorica
Larvik HK
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea		 FC Midtjylland Håndbold
Itxako Reyno de Navarra
Metz Handball
Krim Ljubljana

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC LHK SDI FCM
Győri Audi ETO KC 6 4 1 1 173 156 +17 9 — 31–22 25–25 35–27
Larvik HK 6 2 2 2 142 147 −5 6 32–25 — 23–23 20–27
Itxako Reyno de Navarra 6 1 3 2 139 139 0 5 26–28 19–19 — 24–21
FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 2 0 4 144 156 −12 4 24–29 22–26 23–22 —
Source:

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC LHK SDI FCM
Győri Audi ETO KC 6 4 1 1 173 156 +17 9 — 31–22 25–25 35–27
Larvik HK 6 2 2 2 142 147 −5 6 32–25 — 23–23 20–27
Itxako Reyno de Navarra 6 1 3 2 139 139 0 5 26–28 19–19 — 24–21
FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 2 0 4 144 156 −12 4 24–29 22–26 23–22 —
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League knockout stage

Semifinals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 58–62 Győri Audi ETO KC35–3123–31
Larvik HK 33–45 Budućnost Podgorica20–2213–23

Final
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
Győri Audi ETO KC 54–54 Budućnost Podgorica29–2725–27

Top scorers
Final statistics[14]
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Anita Görbicz Győri Audi ETO KC 133
2 Bojana Popović Budućnost Podgorica 106
3 Katarina Bulatović Budućnost Podgorica 97
4 Alexandrina Barbosa Itxako Reyno de Navarra 78
Andrea Penezić Krim Ljubljana
6 Eduarda Amorim Győri Audi ETO KC 75
7 Heidi Løke Győri Audi ETO KC 72
8 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren Larvik HK 69
9 Jovanka Radičević Győri Audi ETO KC 62
Linn Jørum Sulland Larvik HK

Notes
  1. Viborg HK were guaranteed wild card following the withdrawal of HC Sparta Kryvyi Rih.

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