2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League

This article is about the women's competition. For the men's competition, see 2021–22 EHF Champions League.

The 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League was the 29th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 11 September 2021 to 5 June 2022.

Women's EHF Champions League

2021–22
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	11 September 2021–5 June 2022
Teams	16
Website	ehfcl.com
Final positions
Champions	Vipers Kristiansand
Runner-up	Győri Audi ETO KC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	123
Goals scored	6953 (56.53 per match)
Attendance	242,196 (1,969 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristina Neagu (110 goals)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, each local health department allowed a different number of spectators.

Vipers Kristiansand defended their title after a finals win over Győri Audi ETO KC.^[1]

Format

The competition began with a group stage featuring 16 teams divided in two groups. Matches were played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures. In Groups A and B, the top two teams qualified for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked third to sixth entering the playoffs.

The knockout stage included four rounds: the round of 16, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. The teams were paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the aggregate winners qualifying to the next round.

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

Team allocation

Esbjerg

Odense

Kristiansand

Brest

Metz

Győr

Ferencváros

Sävehof

Kastamonu

Budućnost

Moscow

Rostov

Koprivnica

București

Dortmund

Krim

Location of teams of the 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

A total of 21 teams from 15 countries submitted their application for a place in the competition's group stage before the deadline of 21 June 2021.^[2][3] The final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee on 29 June 2021.^[4]

HC Podravka Vegeta	Odense Håndbold	Team Esbjerg	Brest Bretagne Handball
Metz Handball	BV Borussia 09 Dortmund1	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Győri Audi ETO KC
Budućnost BEMAX	Vipers Kristiansand	CSM București	CSKA Moscow
Rostov-Don	RK Krim Mercator	IK Sävehof	Kastamonu Bld. GSK

Wildcard rejection

DHK Baník Most	SG BBM Bietigheim	Storhamar Håndball Elite	CS Minaur Baia Mare

• 1: As the German club did not play the play-off matches vs Metz in the previous season, a deposit of an amount of €140,000 in two instalments was requested from Dortmund to cover any financial damages or requests for refunds in case the club would not play certain matches or drop out of the competition again. In case no payments were requested neither from the club nor from the EHF in this relation the deposit was transferred back to the club. The receipt of the two instalments (the first by 13 and the second by 27 July) was a precondition to uphold the participation of the club in the DELO EHF Champions League 2021/22, otherwise, the substitute club (DHK Banik Most) would have replaced Borussia Dortmund.

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League group stage

The draw took place on 2 July 2021.^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESB	ROS	FER	BRE	BUC	DOR	BUD	POD
1	Team Esbjerg	14	10	3	1	412	346	+66	23	Quarterfinals		—	25–18	33–27	28–28	22–21	34–24	35–20	30–17
2	Rostov-Don	14	10	1	3	362	302	+60	21			25–27	—	19–20	26–24	10–0	37–27	30–20	34–23
3	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	14	8	3	3	378	372	+6	19	Playoffs		31–31	25–25	—	28–27	31–30	23–21	26–22	33–27
4	Brest Bretagne Handball	14	8	1	5	392	365	+27	17			26–23	18–29	30–25	—	24–21	31–25	25–21	35–22
5	CSM București	14	7	1	6	365	342	+23	15			29–29	27–30	27–21	29–30	—	33–29	30–22	29–21
6	BV Borussia 09 Dortmund	14	4	1	9	391	399	−8	9			29–32	25–31	25–25	30–27	22–25	—	30–34	38–14
7	Budućnost BEMAX	14	3	0	11	337	407	−70	6			25–36	19–25	26–30	30–28	20–28	29–34	—	27–21
8	HC Podravka Vegeta	14	1	0	13	334	438	−104	2			26–27	22–23	29–33	28–39	31–36	24–32	29–22	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GYO	VIP	MET	MOS	ODE	KRI	SÄV	KAS
1	Győri Audi ETO KC	14	13	0	1	471	354	+117	26	Quarterfinals		—	35–29	39–30	32–22	27–26	40–27	41–19	37–20
2	Vipers Kristiansand	14	10	0	4	435	370	+65	20			30–29	—	25–31	24–27	31–27	37–20	34–25	39–25
3	Metz Handball	14	9	1	4	413	375	+38	19	Playoffs		29–33	23–18	—	24–32	38–31	27–27	35–21	33–25
4	CSKA Moscow	14	7	2	5	375	372	+3	16			23–27	28–32	27–26	—	21–28	21–21	29–28	34–27
5	Odense Håndbold	14	7	1	6	405	386	+19	15			26–31	27–32	21–27	27–27	—	26–24	37–24	37–29
6	RK Krim Mercator	14	4	2	8	362	381	−19	10			26–31	26–27	28–29	24–21	19–24	—	32–18	36–28
7	IK Sävehof	14	3	0	11	351	461	−110	6			25–31	23–42	28–31	23–32	31–37	29–28	—	28–26
8	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	14	0	0	14	349	462	−113	0			22–38	24–35	20–30	29–31	25–31	23–24	26–29	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

Playoffs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RK Krim Mercator	55–52	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	33–26	22–26
BV Borussia 09 Dortmund	41–62	Metz Handball	22–30	19–32
Odense Håndbold	51–53	Brest Bretagne Handball	25–24	26–29
CSM București	20–0	CSKA Moscow	10–0	10–0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSM București	52–53	Team Esbjerg	25–26	27–27
Brest Bretagne Handball	44–56	Győri Audi ETO KC	21–21	23–35
Metz Handball	20–0	Rostov-Don	10–0	10–0
RK Krim Mercator	49–65	Vipers Kristiansand	25–32	24–33

Final four

The final four will held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 4 and 5 June 2022.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 June
	Győri Audi ETO KC	32
					5 June
	Team Esbjerg	27
					Győri Audi ETO KC	31
	4 June
					Vipers Kristiansand	33
	Metz Handball	27
	Vipers Kristiansand	33
					Third place
					5 June
					Team Esbjerg	26
					Metz Handball	32

Final

5 June 2022 18:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	31–33	Vipers Kristiansand	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 15,400 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Hansen 6	(13–15)	Jeřábková 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Cristina Neagu	CSM București	110
2	Nora Mørk	Vipers Kristiansand	107
3	Ana Gros[7]	CSKA Moscow/ RK Krim Mercator	104
	Henny Reistad	Team Esbjerg
5	Grâce Zaadi[8]	Rostov-Don/ Metz Handball	91
6	Helene Gigstad Fauske	Brest Bretagne Handball	87
	Jamina Roberts	IK Sävehof
8	Jovanka Radičević	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	86
9	Alina Grijseels	BV Borussia 09 Dortmund	84
10	Kristine Breistøl	Team Esbjerg	83

Awards

The all-star team was announced on 3 June 2022.^[9]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Laura Glauser (Győri Audi ETO KC)
Right wing	Angela Malestein (FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria)
Right back	Nora Mørk (Vipers Kristiansand)
Centre back	Stine Bredal Oftedal (Győri Audi ETO KC)
Left back	Cristina Neagu (CSM Bucureşti)
Left wing	Sanna Solberg-Isaksen (Team Esbjerg)
Pivot	Linn Blohm (Győri Audi ETO KC)
Final four MVP[10]	Markéta Jeřábková (Vipers Kristiansand)
Best defender	Kari Brattset Dale (Győri Audi ETO KC)
Best young player	Pauletta Foppa (Brest Bretagne Handball)
Best coach	Ambros Martín (Győri Audi ETO KC)