2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League

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2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	2 September 2011–13 May 2012
Teams	20 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage) 8 (Main round) 4 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (1st title)
Runners-up	Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Goals scored	3,968 (52.21 per match)
Attendance	182,790 (2,405 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hungary Anita Görbicz (133 goals)
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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]

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

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]

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
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich	Croatia Podravka Koprivnica	Denmark FC Midtjylland Håndbold	France Metz Handball
Germany Thüringer HC	Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC	Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica	Norway Larvik HK (TH)
Romania CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea	Russia HC Dinamo Volgograd	Slovenia Krim Ljubljana	Spain Itxako Reyno de Navarra
Qualification Tournament 2
Denmark Randers HK	Denmark Viborg HK [nb 1]	Germany Buxtehuder SV	Hungary DVSC-Fórum Debrecen
North Macedonia ŽRK Metalurg	Norway Tertnes HE	Norway Byåsen HE	Poland KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin
Romania U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca	Russia Rostov-Don	Spain BM Elda Prestigio	Sweden IK Sävehof
Qualification Tournament 1
Czech Republic HC Veselí nad Moravou	Greece AC Ormi-Loux Patras	Netherlands MizuWaAi Dalfsen	Portugal CDE Gil Eanes
Serbia RK Zaječar	Slovakia HK IUVENTA Michalovce	Switzerland LC Brühl Handball	Turkey Üsküdar Bld. SK

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

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]

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]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Greece AC Ormi-Loux Patras Turkey Üsküdar Bld. SK	Serbia RK Zaječar Netherlands MizuWaAi Dalfsen	Slovakia HK IUVENTA Michalovce Switzerland LC Brühl Handball	Portugal CDE Gil Eanes Czech Republic HC Veselí nad Moravou

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands MizuWaAi Dalfsen	3	3	0	0	103	74	+29	6
Portugal CDE Gil Eanes	3	1	0	2	87	88	−1	2
Switzerland LC Brühl Handball	3	1	0	2	83	97	−14	2
Greece AC Ormi-Loux Patras	3	1	0	2	76	90	−14	2

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia RK Zaječar	3	3	0	0	101	70	+31	6
Czech Republic HC Veselí nad Moravou	3	2	0	1	77	78	−1	4
Slovakia HK IUVENTA Michalovce	3	1	0	2	85	94	−9	2
Turkey Üsküdar Bld. SK	3	0	0	3	81	102	−21	0

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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]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Denmark Randers HK Hungary DVSC-Fórum Debrecen Norway Byåsen HE Romania U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca	Spain BM Elda Prestigio Russia Rostov-Don Germany Buxtehuder SV Norway Tertnes HE	Sweden IK Sävehof North Macedonia ŽRK Metalurg Poland KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin Denmark Viborg HK	Netherlands MizuWaAi Dalfsen Serbia RK Zaječar Portugal CDE Gil Eanes Czech Republic HC Veselí nad Moravou

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

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

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

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

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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 be 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]}

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Norway Larvik HK Denmark FC Midtjylland Håndbold Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Romania CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea	Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica Austria Hypo Niederösterreich Slovenia Krim Ljubljana Spain Itxako Reyno de Navarra	Russia HC Dinamo Volgograd Germany Thüringer HC France Metz Handball Croatia Podravka Koprivnica	Denmark Viborg HK Norway Byåsen HE Germany Buxtehuder SV Denmark Randers HK

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

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

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

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

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]

Pot 1	Pot 2
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica Norway Larvik HK Romania CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea	Denmark FC Midtjylland Håndbold Spain Itxako Reyno de Navarra France Metz Handball Slovenia Krim Ljubljana

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

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ZRK	CSV	RKK	MHB
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica	6	6	0	0	182	149	+33	12	—	31–25	29–21	32–26
Romania CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea	6	3	1	2	166	163	+3	7	24–34	—	30–26	30–21
Slovenia Krim Ljubljana	6	2	0	4	147	161	−14	4	26–27	25–31	—	28–24
France Metz Handball	6	0	1	5	144	166	−22	1	27–29	26–26	20–21	—

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea Romania	58–62	Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC	35–31	23–31
Larvik HK Norway	33–45	Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica	20–22	13–23

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary	54–54	Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica	29–27	25–27

Final statistics^[14]

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Hungary Anita Görbicz	Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC	133
2	Montenegro Bojana Popović	Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica	106
3	Montenegro Katarina Bulatović	Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica	97
4	Portugal Alexandrina Cabral	Spain Itxako Reyno de Navarra	78
	Croatia Andrea Penezić	Slovenia Krim Ljubljana
6	Brazil Eduarda Amorim	Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC	75
7	Norway Heidi Løke	Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC	72
8	Norway Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren	Norway Larvik HK	69
9	Montenegro Jovanka Radičević	Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC	62
	Norway Linn Jørum Sulland	Norway Larvik HK

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