2020–21 EHF European League

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EHF European League

2020–21
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	28 August 2020–23 May 2021
Teams	51 (qualification stage) 24 (group stage)
Website	ehfel.com
Final positions
Champions	Germany SC Magdeburg
Runner-up	Germany Füchse Berlin
Tournament statistics
MVP	Denmark Jannick Green
Top scorer(s)	Denmark Emil Jakobsen (111 goals)
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The 2020–21 EHF European League was the 1st edition of the EHF European League, replacing the EHF Cup as the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), which had been in existence for 39 years.^[1]

A total of 51 teams from 21 countries participated in the 2020–21 EHF European League.^[2]

Group stage
Spain CB Ademar León	France USAM Nîmes Gard	Germany SC Magdeburg	Hungary Grundfos Tatabanya KC
North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister	Poland Orlen Wisła Płock	Romania Dinamo București	Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen	Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov	Sweden Alingsås HK	Turkey Besiktas Aygaz
Second qualifying round
Croatia RK Nexe	Denmark GOG Håndbold	Spain BM Benidorm	France Fenix Toulouse Handball
France Montpellier HB	Germany Füchse Berlin	Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE
Portugal Sporting CP
First qualifying round
Austria Fivers	Belarus SKA Minsk	Croatia HRK Gorica	Croatia RK Dubrava
Croatia RK Spacva Vinkovci	Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	Denmark Skjern Håndbold	Denmark TTH Holstebro
Spain Bidasoa Irun	France PAUC Handball	Germany MT Melsungen	Hungary B. Braun Gyöngyös
Iceland Valur	Luxembourg Handball Esch	North Macedonia HC Butel Skopje	North Macedonia RK Metalurg Skopje
Norway Haslum HK	Norway ØIF Arendal	Poland KS Azoty-Puławy	Portugal CF Os Belenenses
Portugal SL Benfica	Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanta	Romania AHC Potaissa Turda	Russia HC CSKA
Russia HC Victor	Slovenia RK Trimo Trebnje	Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern	Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur
Sweden HK Malmö	Sweden IFK Kristianstad

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualification	First qualifying round	28 July 2020	29-30 August 2020	5-6 September 2020
	Second qualifying round	8 September 2020	22 September 2020	29 September 2020
Group stage	Matchday 1	1 October 2020	20 October 2020
	Matchday 2		27 October 2020
	Matchday 3		17 November 2019
	Matchday 4		24 November 2020
	Matchday 5		1 December 2020
	Matchday 6		8 December 2020
	Matchday 7		9 February 2021
	Matchday 8		16 February 2021
	Matchday 9		23 February 2021
	Matchday 10		2 March 2021
Knockout phase	Round of 16	No draw	23 March 2021	30 March 2021
	Quarter-finals		13 April 2021	20 April 2021
	Final four	27 April 2021	22–23 May 2021

A total of 30 teams were involved in the first qualifying round draw, they were divided into three geographical zones, each one with two pots of five teams, to limit travel distances and to reduce possible travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] Teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same tie.^[4]

Zone 1		Zone 2		Zone 3
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Belarus SKA Minsk North Macedonia HC Butel Skopje North Macedonia RK Metalurg Skopje Romania AHC Potaissa Turda Russia HC Victor	Croatia HRK Gorica Croatia RK Spacva Vinkovci Hungary B. Braun Gyöngyös Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanta Russia HC CSKA	Denmark TTH Holstebro Germany MT Melsungen Norway ØIF Arendal Poland KS Azoty-Puławy Sweden HK Malmö	Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Denmark Skjern Håndbold Iceland Valur Norway Haslum HK Sweden IFK Kristianstad	Croatia RK Dubrava Spain Bidasoa Irun Portugal SL Benfica Slovenia RK Trimo Trebnje Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur	Austria Fivers France PAUC Handball Luxembourg Handball Esch Portugal CF Os Belenenses Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AHC Potaissa Turda Romania	56–53	Croatia HRK Gorica	24–26	32–27
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanta Romania	54–45	Russia HC Victor	26–18	28–27
SKA Minsk Belarus	50–56	Russia HC CSKA	25–25	25–31
B. Braun Gyöngyös Hungary	58–46	North Macedonia HC Butel Skopje	34–21	24–25
RK Metalurg Skopje North Macedonia	60–57	Croatia RK Spacva Vinkovci	35–28	25–29
TTH Holstebro Denmark	Cancelled[note 1]	Iceland Valur	Cancelled	Cancelled
IFK Kristianstad Sweden	Cancelled[note 2]	Norway ØIF Arendal	Cancelled	Cancelled
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Denmark	57–51	Germany MT Melsungen	31–27	26–24
Skjern Håndbold Denmark	53–51	Sweden HK Malmö	27–26	26–25
KS Azoty-Puławy Poland	Cancelled[note 2]	Norway Haslum HK	Cancelled	Cancelled
SL Benfica Portugal	62–64	Austria Fivers	28–26	34–38
Pfadi Winterthur Switzerland	33–30	Luxembourg Handball Esch	33–30	Cancelled
PAUC Handball France	25–30[note 3]	Spain Bidasoa Irun	Cancelled	25–30
CF Os Belenenses Portugal	49–56	Slovenia RK Trimo Trebnje	23–28	26–28
HC Kriens-Luzern Switzerland	57–46	Croatia RK Dubrava	29–27	28–19

A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round draw, 15 advancing from the previous round and 9 teams entering this round. Teams were divided in two pots and were drawn without any restrictions.^[8]

Seeded	Unseeded
Croatia RK Nexe Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Denmark GOG Håndbold Spain BM Benidorm France Montpellier HB France Fenix Toulouse Handball Germany Füchse Berlin Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE North Macedonia RK Metalurg Skopje Poland KS Azoty-Puławy Portugal Sporting CP	Austria Fivers Denmark Skjern Håndbold Denmark TTH Holstebro Spain Bidasoa Irun Hungary B. Braun Gyöngyös Romania AHC Potaissa Turda Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanta Russia HC CSKA Slovenia RK Trimo Trebnje Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern Sweden IFK Kristianstad

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanta Romania	48–49	Portugal Sporting CP	27–27	21–22
KS Azoty-Puławy Poland	46–49	Sweden IFK Kristianstad	24–25	22–24
BM Benidorm Spain	Cancelled[note 4]	Austria Fivers	34–31	Cancelled
TTH Holstebro Denmark	49–54	Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen	22–28	27–26
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Denmark	50–55	Russia HC CSKA	26–23	24–32
AHC Potaissa Turda Romania	62–66	France Fenix Toulouse Handball	35–35	27–31
Bidasoa Irun Spain	54–56	Croatia RK Nexe	30–27	24–29
RK Metalurg Skopje North Macedonia	47–46	Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern	26–24	21–22
GOG Håndbold Denmark	64–59	Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur	33–24	31–35
Skjern Håndbold Denmark	60–63	France Montpellier HB	31–30	29–33
B. Braun Gyöngyös Hungary	47–61	Germany Füchse Berlin	23–25	24–36
RK Trimo Trebnje Slovenia	23–22[note 5]	Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE	23–22	Cancelled

The 24 teams were divided into six pots of four teams, with a team from each pot being drawn to each group. Teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.^[11]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Spain CB Ademar León France USAM Nîmes Gard Germany SC Magdeburg Hungary Grundfos Tatabanya KC	Poland Orlen Wisła Płock Romania Dinamo București Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen Sweden Alingsås HK	North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov Turkey Besiktas Aygaz	France Fenix Toulouse Handball France Montpellier HB Germany Füchse Berlin Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Austria Fivers Croatia RK Nexe Denmark GOG Håndbold Portugal Sporting CP	North Macedonia RK Metalurg Skopje Slovenia RK Trimo Trebnje Sweden IFK Kristianstad Russia HC CSKA

Teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

1. Points in matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in matches among tied teams;
3. Away goals scored in matches among tied teams;
4. Goal difference in all group matches;
5. Goals scored in all group matches;
6. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
7. Drawing lots.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland Orlen Wisła Płock	10	8	0	2	297	242	+55	16	Knockout stage
2	Spain CB Ademar León	10	5	4	1	307	296	+11	14
3	Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi	10	7	0	3	301	264	+37	14
4	Austria Fivers	10	2	2	6	301	311	−10	6
5	France Fenix Toulouse Handball	10	2	2	6	227	250	−23	6
6	North Macedonia RK Metalurg Skopje	10	1	2	7	259	329	−70	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany Füchse Berlin	10	6	2	2	247	223	+24	14	Knockout stage
2	France USAM Nîmes Gard	10	5	2	3	279	263	+16	12
3	Sweden IFK Kristianstad	10	5	1	4	273	276	−3	11
4	Portugal Sporting CP	10	5	0	5	244	241	+3	10
5	Romania Dinamo București	10	3	1	6	279	298	−19	7
6	Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov	10	3	0	7	233	254	−21	6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany SC Magdeburg	10	9	0	1	321	230	+91	18	Knockout stage
2	Russia HC CSKA	10	7	0	3	263	219	+44	14
3	France Montpellier HB	10	6	0	4	231	197	+34	12
4	Croatia RK Nexe	10	5	0	5	269	284	−15	10
5	Sweden Alingsås HK	10	3	0	7	262	304	−42	6
6	Turkey Besiktas Aygaz	10	0	0	10	238	350	−112	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen	10	8	1	1	296	256	+40	17	Knockout stage
2	Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen	10	6	2	2	261	251	+10	14
3	Denmark GOG Håndbold	10	6	0	4	306	305	+1	12
4	North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister	10	5	1	4	244	237	+7	11
5	Slovenia RK Trimo Trebnje	10	3	0	7	250	273	−23	6
6	Hungary Grundfos Tatabanya KC	10	0	0	10	263	298	−35	0

The pairings for the last 16 and the quarter-finals are based on group stage standings, according to the following bracket.^[12] This assures teams from the same group can only play each other again in the final four.

The last 16 first legs were scheduled for 23 March 2021, while the second legs followed on 30 March 2021.^[13]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
GOG Håndbold Denmark	68–61	Russia HC CSKA	33–31	35–30
Sporting CP Portugal	53–54	Poland Orlen Wisła Płock	25–29	28–25
Montpellier HB France	59–52	Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen	27–27	32–25
Fivers Austria	27–45	Germany Füchse Berlin	27–35	0–10
IFK Kristianstad Sweden	68–58	Spain CB Ademar León	34–27	34–31
RK Eurofarm Pelister North Macedonia	48–67	Germany SC Magdeburg	24–32	24–35
Chekhovskiye Medvedi Russia	54–49	France USAM Nîmes Gard	30–25	24–24
RK Nexe Croatia	52–54	Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen	25–27	27–27

The quarter-finals first legs were scheduled for 13 April 2021, while the second legs followed on 20 April 2021.^[14]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
GOG Håndbold Denmark	56–58	Poland Orlen Wisła Płock	30–27	26–31
Montpellier HB France	55–60	Germany Füchse Berlin	32–29	23–31
IFK Kristianstad Sweden	59–73	Germany SC Magdeburg	28–34	31–39
Chekhovskiye Medvedi Russia	60–69	Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen	33–32	27–37

The EHF Finals Men 2021 was played on 22 and 23 May 2021 in Mannheim, Germany and comprised one leg semifinals, final and third-place match. The pairings for the semifinals were decided by drawing of lots.^[15]

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals[16]
1	Denmark Emil Jakobsen	Denmark GOG Håndbold	111
2	Iceland Ómar Ingi Magnússon	Germany SC Magdeburg	94
3	Croatia Halil Jaganjac	Croatia RK Nexe	80
4	Sweden Adam Nyfjäll	Sweden IFK Kristianstad	74
	Sweden Jerry Tollbring	Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
6	Russia Alexander Kotov	Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi	72
7	France Hugo Descat	France Montpellier HB	71
8	Denmark Mathias Gidsel	Denmark GOG Håndbold	69
9	Denmark Hans Lindberg	Germany Füchse Berlin	68
	Spain Gonzalo Pérez Arce	Spain CB Ademar León
	Hungary Zoltán Szita	Poland Orlen Wisła Płock

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