2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League

The 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League will be the 28th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.

This article is about the women's competition. For the men's competition, see 2020–21 EHF Champions League.
Women's EHF Champions League
2020–21
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates12 September 2020–30 May 2021
Teams16 (group stage)
Websiteehfcl.com

Format

The competition begins with a group stage featuring 16 teams divided in two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures. In Groups A and B, the top two teams qualify for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoffs.

The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.

In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.[1]

Team allocation

A total of 21 teams from 15 countries submitted their application for a place in the competition's group stage before the deadline of 10 June 2020.[2] The final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee on 19 June.[3]

Podravka Vegeta Team Esbjerg Odense Håndbold Metz Handball
Brest Bretagne Handball Borussia Dortmund SG BBM Bietigheim Győri Audi ETO KC
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria ŽRK Budućnost Vipers Kristiansand SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
CSM Bucureşti Rostov-Don CSKA Moscow Krim Merkator

Draw

The draw will be held on 1 July 2020 in Vienna, Austria.[3]

Seeding

The composition of the seeding pots for the group stage draw was announced on 22 June 2020. From each pot, two teams will be drawn into Group A and the other two will be put in Group B. Teams from the same national association will not be drawn into the same group.[4]

Seeding pots for Groups A and B
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Győri Audi ETO KC
Rostov-Don
Metz Handball
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea		 ŽRK Budućnost
Team Esbjerg
Vipers Kristiansand
Borussia Dortmund		 CSKA Moscow
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
Brest Bretagne Handball
CSM Bucureşti		 Krim Merkator
Podravka Vegeta
Odense Håndbold
SG BBM Bietigheim

References
  1. Competition system
  2. "21 teams eye a place in the new season". ehfcl.com. 10 June 2020.
  3. "EXEC finalises the list of teams for the DELO EHF Champions League 2020/21". ehfcl.com. 19 June 2020.
  4. "Four pots for the group phase draw announced". ehfcl.com. 22 June 2020.
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