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2021–22 EHF European League

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European handball tournament
EHF European League
2021–22
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates28 August 2021–29 May 2022
Teams52 (qualification stage)
24 (group stage)
Websiteehfel.com
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal SL Benfica
Runner-upGermany SC Magdeburg
Tournament statistics
MVP Spain Sergey Hernández
Top scorer(s)Serbia Petar Đorđić
Croatia Halil Jaganjac
(123 goals)

The 2021–22 EHF European League was the 2nd edition of the EHF European League, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF).

Benfica became the first ever Portuguese team to win the trophy and the second non-German side to win the competition since 2004.[1]

Qualifying rounds

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First qualifying round

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A total of 32 teams were involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 28–29 August 2021, while the second leg matches were held on 4–5 September 2021.[2] The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[3]

The results of this round were:[4]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Denmark 49–48 Sweden Ystads IF 22–23 27–25
HC Kriens-Luzern Switzerland 42–60 Portugal SL Benfica 24–31 18–29
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško Slovenia 58–65 Denmark GOG Håndbold 33–29 25–36
Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów Poland 51–60 Croatia RK Nexe 23–28 28–32
RK Vojvodina Serbia 49–54 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen 26–20 23–34
Csurgói KK Hungary 51–58 Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 23–27 28–31
Górnik Zabrze Poland 48–57 Norway ØIF Arendal 19–29 29–28
Aguas Santas Milaneza Portugal 54–60 Spain BM Logroño La Rioja 26–26 28–34
Balatonfüredi KSE Hungary 47–47 Sweden HK Malmö 27–25 20–22
Azoty-Puławy Poland 66–46 Croatia MRK Sesvete 29–21 37–25
HC Prolet 62 North Macedonia 50–63 Spain Fraikin BM Granollers 21–36 29–27
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel 49–58 Russia HC CSKA 26–29 23–29
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Germany 80–44 Turkey Spor Toto SK 38–22 42–22
RK Trimo Trebnje Slovenia 59–60 Denmark TTH Holstebro 31–25 28–35
RK Poreč Croatia 39–44 Iceland Valur 18–22 21–22
Alpla HC Hard Austria 55–66 France Fenix Toulouse Handball 23–27 32–39

Second qualifying round

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A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round draw, 16 advancing from the previous round and 8 teams entering this round. The first leg matches were held on 20–21 September., while the second leg matches were held on 27–28 September.

The results of this round were:[5]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kadetten Schaffhausen Switzerland 68–60 Spain Fraikin BM Granollers 36–33 32–27
Valur Iceland 47–54 Germany TBV Lemgo 26–27 21–27
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Germany 59–64 Portugal SL Benfica 31–31 28–33
BM Logroño La Rioja Spain 61–58 Spain CB Ademar León 34–30 27–28
Fenix Toulouse Handball France 59–49 Sweden HK Malmö 30–24 29–25
GOG Håndbold Denmark 57–51 Denmark Mors-Thy Håndbold 30–24 27–27
Azoty-Puławy Poland 53–65 Germany Füchse Berlin 24–32 29–33
USAM Nîmes Gard France 65–58 Russia HC CSKA 36–29 29–29
Orlen Wisła Płock Poland 45–40 Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 25–14 20–26
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Denmark 59–59 Croatia RK Nexe 33–27 26–32
Sporting CP Portugal 62–53 Denmark TTH Holstebro 31–25 31–28
ØIF Arendal Norway 49–67 France PAUC 27–27 22–40

Group stage

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Seedings

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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.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Tiebreakers

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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.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ORL FUC FEN BID TAT WIN
1 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 10 9 0 1 311 258 +53 18 Knockout stage — 24–28 33–29 33–26 33–29 35–27
2 Germany Füchse Berlin 10 8 0 2 314 269 +45 16 29–30 — 32–30 35–23 36–23 35–29
3 France Fenix Toulouse Handball 10 6 1 3 292 265 +27 13 24–30 28–27 — 26–26 34–20 34–27
4 Spain Bidasoa Irun 10 3 1 6 286 286 0 7 28–29 32–35 24–26 — 33–24 32–28
5 Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov 10 2 0 8 240 308 −68 4 15–29 23–27 19–31 27–25 — 29–33
6 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur 10 1 0 9 271 328 −57 2 23–35 27–30 27–30 23–37 27–31 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GOG BEN NAN LEM COC CHE
1 Denmark GOG Håndbold 10 7 1 2 340 297 +43 15 Knockout stage — 39–38 29–29 34–28 46–30 27–26
2 Portugal SL Benfica 10 7 1 2 336 311 +25 15 25–33 — 31–30 35–30 37–23 38–35
3 France HBC Nantes 10 5 3 2 304 266 +38 13 27–24 33–33 — 27–28 36–25 10–0[a]
4 Germany TBV Lemgo 10 5 2 3 319 312 +7 12 39–35 29–30 37–37 — 39–30 30–27
5 Finland Cocks 10 1 1 8 257 331 −74 3 23–34 32–37 28–40 29–29 — 27–33
6 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 1 0 9 239 278 −39 2 32–39 27–32 31–35 28–30 0–10[b] —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was cancelled because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] [8]
  2. ^ The match was cancelled because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] [8]

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG SAV NEX GOR LOG PAU
1 Germany SC Magdeburg 10 9 1 0 317 267 +50 19 Knockout stage — 31–25 32–26 34–24 33–31 31–27
2 Sweden IK Sävehof 10 6 0 4 313 297 +16 12 26–29 — 33–23 27–28 43–31 33–31
3 Croatia RK Nexe 10 5 0 5 295 300 −5 10 24–28 39–31 — 31–23 31–30 33–29
4 Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje 10 4 1 5 284 306 −22 9 27–31 31–35 34–28 — 32–31 33–32
5 Spain BM Logroño La Rioja 10 3 1 6 307 317 −10 7 29–29 29–30 31–30 31–26 — 33–26
6 France PAUC 10 1 1 8 290 319 −29 3 28–39 25–30 29–30 26–26 37–31 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NIM EUR KAD SPO AEK GRU
1 France USAM Nîmes Gard 10 5 2 3 290 274 +16 12 Knockout stage — 25–23 33–33 33–27 26–27 24–22
2 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister 10 5 2 3 271 248 +23 12 21–26 — 27–26 31–25 30–19 33–20
3 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen 10 4 3 3 282 277 +5 11 25–25 28–28 — 26–24 30–26 32–26
4 Portugal Sporting CP 10 5 1 4 290 279 +11 11 32–30 27–27 29–28 — 31–30 34–26
5 Greece AEK Athens HC 10 4 0 6 274 283 −9 8 34–30 27–30 28–31 25–24 — 34–26
6 Hungary Grundfos Tatabánya KC 10 3 0 7 254 300 −46 6 30–38 25–21 31–23 23–37 25–24 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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

 
Last 16 Quarterfinals
 
                   
 
29 March/5 April
 
 
3D
Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen 32 28 60
 
26 April/3 May
 
2C
Sweden IK Sävehof 26 34 60
 
3D
Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen 31 22 53
 
29 March/5 April
 
1A
Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 33 35 68
 
4B
Germany TBV Lemgo 28 28 56
 
 
1A
Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 31 28 59
 
 
29 March/5 April
 
 
3C
Croatia RK Nexe 29 22 51
 
26 April/3 May
 
2D
North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister 26 21 47
 
3C
Croatia RK Nexe 32 37 69
 
29 March/5 April
 
1B
Denmark GOG Håndbold 27 37 64
 
4A
Spain Bidasoa Irun 28 31 59
 
 
1B
Denmark GOG Håndbold 30 33 63
 
 
29 March/5 April
 
 
3B
France HBC Nantes 25 33 58
 
26 April/3 May
 
2A
Germany Füchse Berlin 24 30 54
 
3B
France HBC Nantes 25 28 53
 
29 March/5 April
 
1C
Germany SC Magdeburg 28 30 58
 
4D
Portugal Sporting CP 29 35 64
 
 
1C
Germany SC Magdeburg 29 36 65
 
 
29 March/5 April
 
 
3A
France Fenix Toulouse Handball 38 30 68
 
26 April/3 May
 
2B
Portugal SL Benfica 34 36 70
 
2B
Portugal SL Benfica 36 27 63
 
29 March/5 April
 
4C
Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje 29 27 56
 
4C
Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje 29 30 59
 
 
1D
France USAM Nîmes Gard 22 35 57
 

Last 16

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The last 16 first legs were scheduled for 29 March 2022, while the second legs followed on 5 April 2022.[9]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kadetten Schaffhausen Switzerland 60–60 (a) Sweden IK Sävehof 32–26 28–34
TBV Lemgo Germany 56–59 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 28–31 28–28
RK Nexe Croatia 51–47 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister 29–26 22–21
Bidasoa Irun Spain 59–63 Denmark GOG Håndbold 28–30 31–33
HBC Nantes France 58–54 Germany Füchse Berlin 25–24 33–30
Sporting CP Portugal 64–65 Germany SC Magdeburg 29–29 35–36
Fenix Toulouse Handball France 68–70 Portugal SL Benfica 38–34 30–36
RK Gorenje Velenje Slovenia 59–57 France USAM Nîmes Gard 29–22 30–35

Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinals first legs were scheduled for 26 April 2022, while the second legs followed on 3 May 2022.[10]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kadetten Schaffhausen Switzerland 53–68 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 31–33 22–35
RK Nexe Croatia 69–64 Denmark GOG Håndbold 32–27 37–37
HBC Nantes France 53–58 Germany SC Magdeburg 25–28 28–30
SL Benfica Portugal 63–56 Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje 36–29 27–27

Final four

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The 2021–22 EHF European League Finals was played on 28 and 29 May 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal and comprise one leg semifinals, final and a third place game.[11] The pairings for the semifinals were decided by drawing of lots.[12] [13]

Bracket

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Semifinals Final
 
           
 
28 May
 
 
Germany SC Magdeburg 34
 
29 May
 
Croatia RK Nexe 29
 
Portugal SL Benfica 40
 
28 May
 
Germany SC Magdeburg 39
 
Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 19
 
 
Portugal SL Benfica 26
 
Third place
 
 
29 May
 
 
Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 27
 
 
Croatia RK Nexe 22

Semifinals

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28 May 2022
16:00 SC Magdeburg Germany 34–29 Croatia RK Nexe Altice Arena, Lisbon
Attendance: 2,114
Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Musche 8 (18–13) Jaganjac 7
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28 May 2022
18:30 Orlen Wisła Płock Poland 19–26 Portugal SL Benfica Altice Arena, Lisbon
Attendance: 3,201
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
Szita 4 (8–10) Đorđić 9
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Third place game

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29 May 2022
16:30 Orlen Wisła Płock Poland 27–22 Croatia RK Nexe Altice Arena, Lisbon
Attendance: 2,249
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Mihić 5 (14–13) Pribetić 5
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Final

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29 May 2022
19:00 SL Benfica Portugal 40–39 (ET) Germany SC Magdeburg Altice Arena, Lisbon
Attendance: 5,055
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Rahmel 11 (15–14) Magnússon 12
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FT: 32–32 ET: 8–7

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[14]
1 Serbia Petar Đorđić Portugal SL Benfica 123
Croatia Halil Jaganjac Croatia RK Nexe
3 Egypt Mohammad Sanad France USAM Nîmes Gard 122
4 Sweden Jerry Tollbring Denmark GOG Håndbold 104
5 Germany Ole Rahmel Portugal SL Benfica 99
6 Iceland Bjarki Már Elísson Germany TBV Lemgo 98
7 Switzerland Samuel Zehnder Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen 92
8 Denmark Simon Pytlick Denmark GOG Håndbold 80
9 Montenegro Fahrudin Melić Croatia RK Nexe 79
10 Spain Agustín Casado Spain BM Logroño La Rioja 78
Russia Sergei Kosorotov Poland Orlen Wisła Płock

References

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  1. ^ "Borges fulfills Benfica's title dream in thriller". EHF . 29 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "EHF European League Men 2021/22 Seeding" (PDF). EHF . Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Celje vs GOG clash headlines the first qualification round draw". EHF . 20 July 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Qualification Round 1". EHF . Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Qualification Round 2". EHF . Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Six pots for group phase draw revealed". EHF . 29 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Decision on upcoming EHF CL and 2022 Qualifiers". EHF . 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  8. ^ a b "EHF decision on current competition structures". EHF . 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Last 16". EHF . Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Quarter-finals". EHF . Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Lisbon chosen as destination for EHF Finals Men 2022". EHF . 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  12. ^ "EHF Finals hosts Benfica play Plock; Magdeburg meet Nexe". EHF . Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Finals". EHF . Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  14. ^ Goalscorers
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