2008–09 EHF Women's Champions League

The EHF Women's Champions League 2008/09 was the 16th edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, a handball competition for top women's clubs of Europe managed by the European Handball Federation. It was won by Danish club Viborg HK who defeated Hungarian Győri Audi ETO KC at the finals with an aggregate score of 50–49.^[1] It was the second title for Viborg and the fifth for a Danish team.^[2]

German international Grit Jurack was the tournament's top scorer with 113 goals.^[1]

Qualification Tournament 1

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Milli Piyango SK 3 3 0 0 102 64 +38 6 2 SKP Bratislava 3 2 0 1 84 81 +3 4 3 HC Sassari 3 1 0 2 71 83 −12 2 4 LC Brühl Handball 3 0 0 3 62 91 −29 0 Source: [citation needed]

5 September SKP Bratislava 30 25 HC Sassari 5 September Milli Piyango SK 36 19 LC Brühl Handball 6 September LC Brühl Handball 24 30 SKP Bratislava 6 September HC Sassari 21 34 Milli Piyango SK 7 September HC Sassari 25 19 LC Brühl Handball 7 September SKP Bratislava 24 32 Milli Piyango SK

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 AC Ormi-Loux Patras 3 3 0 0 83 73 +10 6 2 HC Naisa-Niš 3 2 0 1 78 74 +4 4 3 Madeira Andebol SAD 3 1 0 2 71 77 −6 2 4 VOC Amsterdam 3 0 0 3 71 79 −8 0 Source: [citation needed]

5 September AC Ormi-Loux Patras 27 21 HC Naisa-Niš 5 September Madeira Andebol SAD 22 21 VOC Amsterdam 6 September VOC Amsterdam 24 25 AC Ormi-Loux Patras 6 September HC Naisa-Nis 25 21 Madeira Andebol SAD 7 September HC Naisa-Niš 32 26 VOC Amsterdam 7 September AC Ormi-Loux Patras 31 28 Madeira Andebol SAD

Qualification Tournament 2

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 HC Podravka Vegeta 3 3 0 0 108 80 +28 6 2 HC Leipzig 3 2 0 1 87 86 +1 4 3 S.D. Itxako 3 1 0 2 84 75 +9 2 4 AC Ormi-Loux Patras 3 0 0 3 65 103 −38 0 Source: [citation needed]

3 October S.D. Itxako 27 29 HC Podravka Vegeta 3 October HC Leipzig 27 26 AC Ormi-Loux Patras 4 October AC Ormi-Loux Patras 18 33 S.D. Itxako 4 October HC Podravka Vegeta 36 32 HC Leipzig 5 October HC Podravka Vegeta 43 21 AC Ormi-Loux Patras 5 October S.D. Itxako 24 28 HC Leipzig

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Metz Handball 3 2 0 1 96 88 +8 4 2 Byasen HE 3 2 0 1 91 88 +3 4 3 HC Dinamo 3 2 0 1 95 89 +6 4 4 Milli Piyango SK 3 0 0 3 84 101 −17 0 Source: [citation needed]

3 October Byasen HE 33 32 Metz Handball 3 October HC Dinamo 37 31 Milli Piyango SK 4 October Milli Piyango SK 28 31 Byasen HE 4 October Metz Handball 31 30 HC Dinamo 5 October Metz Handball 33 25 Milli Piyango SK 5 October Byasen HE 27 28 HC Dinamo

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Ikast-Bording EH 3 3 0 0 127 95 +32 6 2 C.S. Rulmentul-Urban Brasov 3 2 0 1 107 103 +4 4 3 SPR SAFO Lubin 3 0 1 2 98 116 −18 1 4 SKP Bratislava 3 0 1 2 80 98 −18 1 Source: [citation needed]

3 October Ikast-Bording EH 44 31 SPR SAFO Lubin 3 October C.S. Rulmentul-Urban Brasov 30 21 SKP Bratislava 4 October SKP Bratislava 29 38 Ikast-Bording EH 4 October SPR SAFO Lubin 37 42 C.S. Rulmentul-Urban Brasov 5 October SPR SAFO Lubin 30 30 SKP Bratislava 5 October Ikast-Bording EH 45 35 C.S. Rulmentul-Urban Brasov

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 FCK Handbold A/S 3 3 0 0 93 49 +44 6 2 Dunaferr NK 3 1 0 2 74 78 −4 2 3 HC Motor 3 1 0 2 79 98 −19 2 4 HC Naisa-Nis 3 1 0 2 66 87 −21 2 Source: [citation needed]

3 October Dunaferr NK 31 36 HC Motor 3 October FCK Handbold A/S 33 17 HC Naisa-Nis 4 October HC Naisa-Nis 20 28 Dunaferr NK 4 October HC Motor 17 38 FCK Handbold A/S 5 October HC Motor 26 29 HC Naisa-Nis 5 October Dunaferr NK 15 22 FCK Handbold A/S

Group Matches

Top 2 teams from each group advance to the Main Round, while the third placed team from each group will compete in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Teams

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Zvezda Zvenigorod Defending champion	Hypo Niederösterreich Austrian champion	Handball Club Lada Russian champion	Viborg HK Danish champion
Győri Audi ETO KC Hungarian champion	Orsan Elda Prestigio Spanish champion	Larvik HK Norwegian champion	Krim Ljubljana Slovenian champion
WHC Gjorche Petrov Macedonian champion	Budućnost T-Mobile Montenegrin champion	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea Romanian champion	1. FC Nürnberg Handball German champion
Ikast-Brande EH Danish second	FCK Håndbold Danish third	RK Podravka Koprivnica Croatian champion	Metz Handball French champion

Legend

	Team advanced to the Main Round
	Team will compete in the Cup Winners' Cup
	Team is eliminated from the tournament

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Györi Audi ETO KC 6 5 0 1 169 145 +24 10 2 Ikast-Brande EH 6 3 1 2 171 163 +8 7 3 WHC Gjorche Petrov 6 2 0 4 149 170 −21 4 4 Zvezda Zvenigorod 6 1 1 4 156 167 −11 3 Source: [citation needed]

31 October WHC Gjorche Petrov 21 24 Györi Audi ETO KC 1 November Ikast-Brande EH 31 25 Zvezda Zvenigorod 9 November Zvezda Zvenigorod 30 22 WHC Gjorche Petrov 9 November Györi Audi ETO KC 25 27 Ikast-Brande EH 15 November Ikast-Brande EH 32 26 WHC Gjorche Petrov 16 November Györi Audi ETO KC 29 23 Zvezda Zvenigorod 2 January WHC Gjorche Petrov 28 22 Zvezda Zvenigorod 3 January Ikast-Brande EH 26 27 Györi Audi ETO KC 10 January Zvezda Zvenigorod 28 28 Ikast-Brande EH 11 January Györi Audi ETO KC 35 20 WHC Gjorche Petrov 17 January Zvezda Zvenigorod 28 29 Györi Audi ETO KC 18 January WHC Gjorche Petrov 32 27 Ikast-Brande EH

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Hypo Niederösterreich 6 5 0 1 179 146 +33 10 2 Budućnost T-Mobile 6 4 1 1 154 149 +5 9 3 FCK Håndbold 6 2 1 3 143 140 +3 5 4 Orsan Elda Prestigio 6 0 0 6 131 172 −41 0 Source: [citation needed]

1 November Budućnost T-Mobile 28 26 Orsan Elda Prestigio 2 November FCK Håndbold 27 28 Hypo Niederösterreich 7 November Hypo Niederösterreich 34 27 Budućnost T-Mobile 8 November Orsan Elda Prestigio 18 26 FCK Håndbold 15 November Orsan Elda Prestigio 26 31 Hypo Niederösterreich 16 November FCK Håndbold 22 22 Budućnost T-Mobile 3 January Budućnost T-Mobile 26 25 Hypo Niederösterreich 4 January FCK Håndbold 28 19 Orsan Elda Prestigio 9 January Hypo Niederösterreich 28 18 FCK Håndbold 10 January Orsan Elda Prestigio 20 26 Budućnost T-Mobile 16 January Hypo Niederösterreich 33 22 Orsan Elda Prestigio 17 January Budućnost T-Mobile 25 22 FCK Håndbold

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 4 0 2 177 155 +22 8 2 ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica 6 4 0 2 170 163 +7 8 3 Larvik HK 6 3 0 3 179 169 +10 6 4 HC "Lada Togliatti" 6 1 0 5 159 198 −39 2 Source: [citation needed]

31 October ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica 30 27 HC "Lada Togliatti" 2 November CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 33 29 Larvik HK 7 November HC "Lada Togliatti" 34 33 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 9 November Larvik HK 27 26 ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica 15 November ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica 20 30 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 16 November Larvik HK 35 24 HC "Lada Togliatti" 3 January ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica 32 27 Larvik HK 4 January CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 30 19 HC "Lada Togliatti" 10 January HC "Lada Togliatti" 28 34 ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica 11 January Larvik HK 25 27 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 18 January HC "Lada Togliatti" 27 36 Larvik HK 18 January CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 24 28 ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Viborg HK 6 5 0 1 225 175 +50 10 2 Krim Ljubljana 6 4 0 2 187 182 +5 8 3 Metz Handball 6 2 0 4 173 188 −15 4 4 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 6 1 0 5 165 205 −40 2 Source: [citation needed]

1 November Metz Handball 24 37 Viborg HK 2 November 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 25 29 Krim Ljubljana 8 November Viborg HK 39 30 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 9 November Krim Ljubljana 26 31 Metz Handball 15 November Metz Handball 32 24 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 15 November Krim Ljubljana 38 34 Viborg HK 3 January 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 28 42 Viborg HK 3 January Metz Handball 29 33 Krim Ljubljana 10 January Viborg HK 35 27 Metz Handball 10 January Krim Ljubljana 33 25 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 16 January 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 33 30 Metz Handball 17 January Viborg HK 38 28 Krim Ljubljana

Main Round

The draw for the Main Round took place on 20 January 2009.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Hypo Niederösterreich	HC Podravka Vegeta
Viborg HK	Ikast-Brande EH
Győri Audi ETO KC	Budućnost T-Mobile
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Krim Ljubljana

After the draw, the following groups were formed:

Group 1	Group 2
Hypo Niederösterreich	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
Viborg HK	Győri Audi ETO KC
Ikast-Brande EH	Budućnost T-Mobile
HC Podravka Vegeta	Krim Ljubljana

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Viborg HK 6 5 0 1 196 166 +30 10 2 Hypo Niederösterreich 6 5 0 1 195 166 +29 10 3 Podravka Koprivnica 6 2 0 4 177 186 −9 4 4 Ikast-Brande EH 6 0 0 6 154 204 −50 0 Source: [citation needed]

7 February Podravka Koprivnica 30 31 Hypo Niederösterreich 7 February Ikast-Brande EH 24 38 Viborg HK 13 February Hypo Niederösterreich 32 24 Ikast-Brande EH 14 February Viborg HK 32 26 Podravka Koprivnica 20 February Hypo Niederösterreich 30 28 Viborg HK 21 February Ikast-Brande EH 28 31 Podravka Koprivnica 28 February Ikast-Brande EH 23 33 Hypo Niederösterreich 28 February Podravka Koprivnica 26 31 Viborg HK 13 March Viborg HK 34 29 Ikast-Brande EH 13 March Hypo Niederösterreich 38 28 Podravka Koprivnica 21 March Podravka Koprivnica 36 26 Ikast-Brande EH 21 March Viborg HK 33 31 Hypo Niederösterreich

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Györi Audi ETO KC 6 4 1 1 182 173 +9 9 2 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 3 0 3 179 166 +13 6 3 Budućnost T-Mobile 6 2 1 3 163 177 −14 5 4 Krim Ljubljana 6 2 0 4 196 204 −8 4 Source: [citation needed]

7 February Krim Ljubljana 31 35 Györi Audi ETO KC 8 February Budućnost T-Mobile 23 22 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 15 February Györi Audi ETO KC 31 27 Budućnost T-Mobile 15 February CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 36 30 Krim Ljubljana 21 February CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 28 26 Györi Audi ETO KC 22 February Krim Ljubljana 35 28 Budućnost T-Mobile 28 February Krim Ljubljana 35 34 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 28 February Budućnost T-Mobile 26 26 Györi Audi ETO KC 15 March Györi Audi ETO KC 34 33 Krim Ljubljana 15 March CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 31 22 Budućnost T-Mobile 21 March Györi Audi ETO KC 30 28 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 21 March Budućnost T-Mobile 37 32 Krim Ljubljana

Final round

The semi-finals and finals are played in two legs of home and away matches. Viborg and Győr had home court advantage for the second leg of the semifinals as winners of their respective groups.^[3] Also, there was no need to perform a draw to decide home and away rights for the finals. According to EHF regulations, Viborg would get home court for the first match because they played a final in the last three years (2005/06).^[4]

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea	28	21	49
	4	Viborg HK	34	21	55
								Viborg HK		24	26	50
								Győri Audi ETO KC		26	23	49
	3	Hypo Niederösterreich	26	21	47
	2	Győri Audi ETO KC	25	29	54

Semifinals

First leg

12 April 2009 18:30 (UTC+3)	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	28 – 34	Viborg HK	"Traian" Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Korres, Migas (GRE)
	Ardean-Elisei 6	(11-16)	Jurack, Mikkelsen 7
	3× 1×	(report)	3× 6×

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12 April 2009 20:22 (UTC+2)	Hypo Niederösterreich	26 – 25	Győri Audi ETO KC	BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
	do Nascimento 6	(15-13)	Görbicz 7
	2× 4×	(report)	2× 2×

Second leg

18 April 2009 14:05 (UTC+2)	Viborg HK	21 – 21	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Stolarovs, Licis (LAT)
	Althaus 6	(8-12)	Lecuşanu 7
	3× 5× 1×	(report)	3× 2×

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19 April 2009 16:15 (UTC+2)	Győri Audi ETO KC	29 – 21	Hypo Niederösterreich	Magvassy Mihály Sports Hall, Győr Attendance: 2,800 Referees: B. & R. Methe (GER)
	Görbicz 13	(12-9)	Tóth 5
	3× 5× 1×	(report)	3× 5× 1×

Finals

9 May 2009 16:15 (UTC+2)	Viborg HK	24 – 26	Győri Audi ETO KC	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 5,600 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Althaus, Skov 6	(14-15)	Tomori 7
	3× 5×	(report)	2× 2× 1×

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16 May 2009 16:15 (UTC+2)	Győri Audi ETO KC	23 – 26	Viborg HK	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Muro, Rodríguez (ESP)
	Kovacsics 6	(10-14)	Mikkelsen 7
	2× 3× 1×	(report)	3× 8× 1×

EHF Champions League 2008/09 Winners
Viborg HK Second Title

Top scorers

As published by the EHF^[5]

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Grit Jurack	Viborg HK	113
2	Anita Görbicz	Győri Audi ETO KC	94
3	Andrea Lekić	Krim Ljubljana	88
4	Tímea Tóth	Hypo Niederösterreich	80
5	Alexandra do Nascimento	Hypo Niederösterreich	79
6	Katarina Bulatović	Budućnost T-Mobile	75
	Zsuzsanna Tomori	Győri Audi ETO KC
8	Bojana Popović	Viborg HK	73
9	Orsolya Vérten	Győri Audi ETO KC	71
10	Narcisa Lecuşanu	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	66
	Rikke Skov	Viborg HK
12	Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth	Larvik HK	61
13	Mette Sjøberg	Ikast-Brande EH	60
14	Gorica Acimovic	Hypo Niederösterreich	59
	Oana Manea	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
16	Henriette Mikkelsen	Viborg HK	58
17	Gro Hammerseng	Ikast-Brande EH	56
18	Valentina Ardean-Elisei	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	55
	Dijana Golubić	Krim Ljubljana
	Andrea Penezić	Podravka Koprivnica
21	Katarina Mravikova	Győri Audi ETO KC	53
	Renata Mörtel	Krim Ljubljana
23	Kristina Franić	Podravka Koprivnica	52
	Cristina Vărzaru	Viborg HK
25	Ana Đokić	Podravka Koprivnica	48
	Adina Fiera	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
	Jovanka Radičević	Budućnost T-Mobile