2014–15 EHF Champions League

The 2014–15 VELUX EHF Champions League was the 55th edition of Europe's premier club handball competition and the 22nd edition under the current EHF Champions League format. SG Flensburg-Handewitt were the defending champions.

EHF Champions League
2014–15
The Lanxess Arena hosts the final
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates2014–2015
Teams33 (Qualification stage)
24 (Group stage)
16 (Knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions Barcelona
Runner-up MKB Veszprém
Tournament statistics
Matches played148
Goals scored7932 (53.59 per match)
Attendance691,601 (4,673 per match)
Top scorer(s) Momir Ilic
(114 goals)

FC Barcelona Handbol defeated MKB Veszprém KC 28–23 in the final to win their eighth EHF Champions League title. The record winners of the European top flight also claimed one trophy of the Champions Cup (the EHF Champions League forerunner) in 1991.[1]

Overview

Team allocation

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders). 21 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]

Group stage
Flensburg-HandewittTH (3rd) Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) Pick Szeged (2nd) Vive Targi Kielce (1st)
THW Kiel (1st) Montpellier (3rd) Chekhovskiye Medvedi (1st) Wisła Płock (2nd)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen (2nd) KIF Kolding København (1st) Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st) Alingsås HK (1st)
Barcelona (1st) Aalborg (2nd) Zagreb (1st)
Logroño (2nd) Celje (1st) Metalurg Skopje (1st)
Dunkerque (1st) MKB Veszprém (1st) Vardar (2nd)
Qualification tournament
Meshkov Brest (1st) Haslum HK (CW) Beşiktaş (1st) Targos Bevo HC (1st)
HCM Constanța (1st) Vojvodina (1st) Tatran Prešov (1st) Initia Hasselt (1st)
Porto (1st) Motor Zaporozhye (1st) Alpla HC Hard (1st) Junior Fasano (1st)

Round and draw dates

Draws were held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria and the only exception was the VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw in the Botanic Garden of Cologne, Germany.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification tournaments 26 June 2014 5–7 September 2014
Group stage Matchday 1 27 June 2014 24–28 September 2014
Matchday 2 1–5 October 2014
Matchday 3 8–12 October 2014
Matchday 4 15–19 October 2014
Matchday 5 12–16 November 2014
Matchday 6 19–23 November 2014
Matchday 7 26–30 November 2014
Matchday 8 3–6 December 2014
Matchday 9 11–15 February 2015
Matchday 10 18–22 February 2015
Knockout stage Last 16 24 February 2015 11–15 March 2015 18–22 March 2015
Quarter Final 24 March 2015 8–12 April 2015 15–19 April 2015
Final Four
(Cologne)
Semifinals 21 April 2015 30 May 2015 at Lanxess Arena
Final 31 May 2015 at Lanxess Arena

Qualification stage

Twelve teams took part in the qualification tournaments. They were drawn into three groups of four teams, where they played a semifinal and a final or third place match. The winners of the qualification tournaments, played on 6–7 September 2014, qualified for the group stage, while the eliminated teams were transferred to the 2014–15 EHF Cup. The draw took place on 26 June 2014, at 14:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][3]

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Motor Zaporozhye
Meshkov Brest
HCM Constanța
Vojvodina
Porto
Haslum HK
Tatran Prešov
Alpla HC Hard
Beşiktaş
Targos Bevo HC
Initia Hasselt
Junior Fasano

Qualification tournament 1

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
Meshkov Brest36
 
7 September
 
Targos Bevo HC23
 
Meshkov Brest26
 
6 September
 
Tatran Prešov24
 
Vojvodina21
 
 
Tatran Prešov25
 
Third place game
 
 
7 September
 
 
Targos Bevo HC25
 
 
Vojvodina30

Qualification tournament 2

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 September
 
 
Motor Zaporozhye36
 
6 September
 
Junior Fasano20
 
Motor Zaporozhye30
 
5 September
 
Porto26
 
Porto29
 
 
Alpla HC Hard25
 
Third place game
 
 
6 September
 
 
Junior Fasano26
 
 
Alpla HC Hard35

Qualification tournament 3

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
HCM Constanța29
 
7 September
 
Initia Hasselt20
 
HCM Constanța25
 
6 September
 
Beşiktaş34
 
Haslum HK22
 
 
Beşiktaş29
 
Third place game
 
 
7 September
 
 
Initia Hasselt26
 
 
Haslum HK35

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams, where they played each other twice. The top four teams advanced to the knockout stage. The draw took place on 27 June 2014, at 18:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][5]

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
THW Kiel
Barcelona
MKB Veszprém
Vive Targi Kielce
KIF Kolding København
Metalurg Skopje
Celje
Dunkerque
Zagreb
Chekhovskiye Medvedi
Kadetten Schaffhausen
Alingsås HK
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Logroño
Pick Szeged
Wisła Płock
Flensburg-Handewitt
Aalborg
Vardar
Paris Saint-Germain
Montpellier
Meshkov Brest
Motor Zaporozhye
Beşiktaş
Key to colours in group tables
Top four placed teams advanced to the last 16

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KIE PSG ZAG LOG MSH MET
THW Kiel 10 9 0 1 322 259 +63 18 33–29 34–27 34–32 33–22 35–16
Paris Saint-Germain 10 6 0 4 297 266 +31 12 25–27 27–22 32–25 36–25 35–24
Zagreb 10 6 0 4 241 248 7 12 27–25 25–24 31–30 25–23 19–17
Logroño 10 4 1 5 305 305 0 9 30–34 35–33 22–21 39–31 31–26
Meshkov Brest 10 2 2 6 267 293 26 6 24–25 28–29 26–22 33–33 28–24
Metalurg Skopje 10 1 1 8 233 294 61 3 27–42 22–27 20–22 29–28 27–27
Source:

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAR KOL PŁO FLE ALI BJK
Barcelona 10 8 1 1 338 280 +58 17 33–27 30–25 36–27 42–29 35–25
KIF Kolding København 10 6 2 2 292 273 +19 14 27–27 30–30 35–21 34–33 34–31
Wisła Płock 10 6 1 3 288 280 +8 13 34–31 28–29 31–29 28–25 28–19
Flensburg-Handewitt 10 6 0 4 288 277 +11 12 33–37 27–20 35–28 31–21 31–27
Alingsås HK 10 1 0 9 252 298 46 2 28–38 19–23 22–23 22–27 27–24
Beşiktaş 10 1 0 9 253 303 50 2 25–29 24–33 30–33 20–27 28–26
Source:

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VES VAR RNL MON CEL CHE
MKB Veszprém 10 9 0 1 300 262 +38 18 32–24 27–24 30–29 29–26 38–31
Vardar 10 7 1 2 313 289 +24 15 23–24 28–25 30–26 34–32 39–28
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 6 0 4 302 282 +20 12 32–25 28–35 35–24 31–27 34–29
Montpellier 10 3 2 5 293 317 24 8 20–34 34–34 29–33 35–29 32–32
Celje 10 3 0 7 284 293 9 6 21–24 26–27 32–28 27–30 29–25
Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 0 1 9 300 349 49 1 32–37 34–39 26–32 33–34 30–35
Source:

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KSK SZE DUN AAL ZAP KAD
Vive Targi Kielce 10 10 0 0 312 271 +41 20 37–32 36–32 33–26 30–26 33–24
Pick Szeged 10 6 1 3 276 264 +12 13 26–27 23–21 23–23 27–26 34–24
Dunkerque 10 4 0 6 257 263 6 8 25–28 24–25 21–26 31–29 29–25
Aalborg 10 2 3 5 256 269 13 7 25–27 25–28 25–28 30–36 23–23
Motor Zaporozhye 10 3 0 7 283 284 1 6 27–28 25–29 21–23 25–28 31–26
Kadetten Schaffhausen 10 2 2 6 264 297 33 6 28–33 32–29 25–23 25–25 32–37
Source:

Knockout stage

The top four placed teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. In the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, the teams will play a home-and away series to determine the four participants of the final four, which then determines the winner.

Last 16

The draw was held on 24 February 2015 at 12:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 11–15 March and the second legs on 18–22 March 2015.[6]

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 February 2015.[7]

A team from Pot 1 will face a team from Pot 4, a Pot 2 team will play against a team from Pot 3.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
THW Kiel
Barcelona
MKB Veszprém
Vive Targi Kielce
Paris Saint-Germain
KIF Kolding København
Vardar
Pick Szeged
Zagreb
Wisła Płock
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Dunkerque
Logroño
Flensburg-Handewitt
Montpellier
Aalborg

Matches

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Logroño 54–68 MKB Veszprém 23–31 31–37
Montpellier 58–60 Vive Targi Kielce 25–29 33–31
Aalborg 33–60 Barcelona 11–31 22–29
Flensburg-Handewitt 49–63 THW Kiel 21–30 28–33
Dunkerque 43–46 Paris Saint-Germain 21–23 22–23
Wisła Płock 52–57 Vardar 32–26 20–31
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 59–65 Pick Szeged 30–34 29–31
Zagreb 43–40 KIF Kolding København 22–17 21–23

Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 24 March 2015 at 11:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 8–12 April and the second legs on 15–19 April 2015.[8][9]

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 March 2015.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2
THW Kiel
Barcelona
MKB Veszprém
Vive Targi Kielce
Paris Saint-Germain
Zagreb
Pick Szeged
Vardar

Matches

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zagreb 44–68 Barcelona 23–25 21–43
Vardar 51–55 Vive Targi Kielce 20–22 31–33
Paris Saint-Germain 52–58 MKB Veszprém 24–24 28–34
Pick Szeged 54–60 THW Kiel 31–29 23–31

Final four

The draw was held on 21 April 2015.[10][11]

The final four will be held on 30–31 May 2015 at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 May
 
 
Barcelona33
 
31 May
 
Vive Targi Kielce28
 
Barcelona28
 
30 May
 
MKB Veszprém23
 
THW Kiel27
 
 
MKB Veszprém31
 
Third place
 
 
31 May
 
 
Vive Targi Kielce28
 
 
THW Kiel26

All-Star Team

The all-star team was announced by EHF on 29 May 2015.[12]

Top goalscorers

Statistics exclude qualifying round.[13]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Momir Ilić Veszprém 114
2 Kiril Lazarov Barcelona 106
3 Mikkel Hansen Paris 103
4 Karol Bielecki Kielce 92
5 Timur Dibirov Vardar 78
6 Zsolt Balogh Szeged 76
Marko Vujin Kiel
8 Nikola Karabatić Barcelona 75
9 Igor Karačić Vardar 74
10 Alex Dujshebaev Vardar 73

See also

References

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