2011–12 EHF Champions League

The 2011–12 EHF Champions League was the 52nd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the nineteenth edition under the current EHF Champions League format. FC Barcelona were the defending champions. The final four was played on 26–27 May 2012.[1] For the third consecutive year it will be played at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne.[2]

EHF Champions League

2011–12
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	3 September 2011–27 May 2012
Teams	32 (Qualification stage) 24 (Group stage) 16 (Knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	THW Kiel (3rd title)
Runner-up	Atlético Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	148
Goals scored	8248 (55.73 per match)
Attendance	727,150 (4,913 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mikkel Hansen (98 goals)

THW Kiel won the title for the third time after defeating Atlético Madrid 26–21 in the final.[3]

Overview

Team allocation

Group stage
RK Bosna Sarajevo	RK Zagreb	AG København	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Chambéry Savoie Handball	Montpellier HB	Füchse Berlin	HSV Hamburg
THW Kiel	MKB Veszprém KC	SC Pick Szeged	Orlen Wisła Płock
HCM Constanța	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	St. Petersburg HC	Koper
Atlético Madrid	CB Ademar León	FC Barcelonath	Kadetten Schaffhausen
Qualification tournament
Aon Fivers Margareten	HC Dinamo-Minsk	AEK Athens H.C.	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	HC Metalurg	Haslum HK	F.C. Porto
RK Partizan	HT Tatran Prešov	IK Sävehof	Beşiktaş J.K.
Wild card tournament
US Dunkerque HB	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Vive Targi Kielce	BM Valladolid

th Title Holder

Round and draw dates

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualification tournament	27 June 2011	3–4 September 2011
	Wild card tournament
Group stage	Matchday 1	28 June 2011	28 September–2 October 2011
	Matchday 2		5–9 October 2011
	Matchday 3		12–16 October 2011
	Matchday 4		19–23 October 2011
	Matchday 5		16–20 November 2011
	Matchday 6		23–27 November 2011
	Matchday 7		30 November–4 December 2011
	Matchday 8		8–12 February 2012
	Matchday 9		15–19 February 2012
	Matchday 10		22–29 February 2012
Knockout phase	Last 16	28 February 2012	14–18 March 2012	21–25 March 2012
	Quarterfinals	27 March 2012	18–22 April 2012	25–29 April 2012
	Final four	2 May 2012	26–27 May 2012

Qualification stage

Qualification tournament

A total of 12 teams took part in the qualification tournaments. The clubs were drawn into three groups of four and played a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advanced to the group stage, while the eliminated clubs went to the EHF Cup. Matches were played at 3–4 September 2011.

Seedings

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
IK Sävehof HC Metalurg HT Tatran Prešov	AEK Athens H.C. Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar HC Dinamo-Minsk	Haslum HK Aon Fivers Margareten RK Partizan	F.C. Porto Beşiktaş J.K. Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Group 1

The tournament was organised by the Slovakian club HT Tatran Prešov.[4]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 September 2011
	HT Tatran Prešov	28
					4 September 2011
	F.C. Porto	29
					F.C. Porto	26
	3 September 2011
					RK Partizan	33
	AEK Athens H.C.	25
	RK Partizan	26
					Third place
					4 September 2011
					HT Tatran Prešov	40
					AEK Athens H.C.	23

Semifinals

3 September 2011 15:30	AEK Athens H.C.	25 – 26	RK Partizan	Mestská Hala Prešov, Prešov Attendance: 900 Referees: Stolarovs , Licis (LAT)
	Bakaoukas 8	(12–15)	Ilić 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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3 September 2011 18:00	HT Tatran Prešov	28 – 29	F.C. Porto	Mestská Hala Prešov, Prešov Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Antl 6	(16–15)	Spinola 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Third place game

4 September 2011 15:30	HT Tatran Prešov	40 – 23	AEK Athens H.C.	Mestská Hala Prešov, Prešov Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Stolarovs , Licis (LAT)
	Kristopans 8	(21–7)	Bakaoukas 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 10×

Final

4 September 2011 18:00	F.C. Porto	26 – 33	RK Partizan	Mestská Hala Prešov, Prešov Attendance: 600 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Moreira 10	(14–17)	Maksić 10
	3× 2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Group 2

The tournament was organised by the Austrian club Aon Fivers Margareten.[4]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 September 2011
	IK Sävehof	34
					4 September 2011
	Beşiktaş J.K.	28
					IK Sävehof	33
	3 September 2011
					HC Dinamo-Minsk	32
	HC Dinamo-Minsk	32
	Aon Fivers Margareten	23
					Third place
					4 September 2011
					Beşiktaş J.K.	37
					Aon Fivers Margareten	33

Semifinals

3 September 2011 17:45	IK Sävehof	34 – 28	Beşiktaş J.K.	Sporthalle Hollgasse, Vienna Attendance: 300 Referees: Kekes, Kekes (HUN)
	Berggren 8	(16–12)	Döne 13
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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3 September 2011 20:15	HC Dinamo-Minsk	32 – 23	Aon Fivers Margareten	Sporthalle Hollgasse, Vienna Attendance: 900 Referees: Pandzic, Mosorinski (SRB)
	Pukhouski 8	(14–13)	Kirveliavičius 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Third place game

4 September 2011 16:30	Beşiktaş J.K.	37 – 33	Aon Fivers Margareten	Sporthalle Hollgasse, Vienna Attendance: 500 Referees: Pandzic, Mosorinski (SRB)
	Döne 14	(21–14)	Kirveliavičius 10
	3× 8×	Report	2× 5×

Final

4 September 2011 14:00	IK Sävehof	33 – 32	HC Dinamo-Minsk	Sporthalle Hollgasse, Vienna Attendance: 300 Referees: Kekes, Kekes (HUN)
	Berggren 9	(17–15)	Niazhura 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Group 3

The tournament was organised by the Israeli club Maccabi Rishon LeZion.[4]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 September 2011
	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	29
					4 September 2011
	Haslum HK	36
					Haslum HK	28
	3 September 2011
					HC Metalurg	29
	HC Metalurg	27
	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	19
					Third place
					4 September 2011
					Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	42
					Maccabi Rishon LeZion	43

Semifinals

3 September 2011 18:00	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	29 – 36	Haslum HK	Maccabi Handball House, Rishon LeZion Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Gustafsson 7	(14–18)	Tönnesen 10
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

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3 September 2011 20:30	HC Metalurg	27 – 19	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Maccabi Handball House, Rishon LeZion Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Marković, Rakčević 7	(13–7)	Pomeranz 6
	3× 5× 1×	Report	2× 9×

Third place game

4 September 2011 20:30	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	42 – 43	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Maccabi Handball House, Rishon LeZion Attendance: 800 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Gustafsson 12	(17–17)	Pomeranz 11
	2× 4× 1×	Report	1× 7×

Final

4 September 2011 18:88	Haslum HK	28 – 29	HC Metalurg	Maccabi Handball House, Rishon LeZion Attendance: 600 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Koren 7	(9–14)	Marković 11
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

Wild card tournament

Initially five teams applied for the four tournament places and following the decision of the European Handball Federation the request from the Danish Handball Association for Skjern Handbold was rejected.[5] The clubs were drawn together automatically according to their league coefficient and decided the winner of the tournament using a final four system.[6] Only the victorious team advanced to the Champions League group stage, while the losing sides continued their European adventure in the EHF Cup. The tournament was held at 3–4 September 2011, and was organized by Vive Targi Kielce.[7]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 September 2011
	BM Valladolid	19
					4 September 2011
	Vive Targi Kielce	21
					Vive Targi Kielce	32
	3 September 2011
					Rhein-Neckar Löwen	30
	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	36
	US Dunkerque HB	30
					Third place
					4 September 2011
					BM Valladolid	23
					US Dunkerque HB	27

Semifinals

3 September 2011 15:30	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	36 – 30	US Dunkerque HB	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (CRO)
	Gensheimer 12	(15–17)	Nagy 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

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3 September 2011 18:00	BM Valladolid	19 – 21	Vive Targi Kielce	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
	Rodriguez Perdiguero 5	(8–11)	Jurecki 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

Third place game

4 September 2011 15:30	US Dunkerque HB	27 – 23	BM Valladolid	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
	Soudry 9	(16–9)	Rodriguez Perdiguero 8
	3× 2×	Raport	2× 1×

Final

4 September 2011 18:00	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	30 – 32	Vive Targi Kielce	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (CRO)
	Gensheimer 10	(11–13)	Buntić, Tomczak 6
	3× 5×	Raport	2× 3×

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna on 28 June 2011 at 11:00 local time. A total of 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six. Teams were divided into six pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or the same association could not be drawn into the same group, except the wild card tournament winner, which did not enjoy any protection.[8][9]

Seedings

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Barcelona Hamburg Chekhovskiye Medvedi Montpellier	MKB Veszprém KC Zagreb AG København Koper	Atlético Madrid Kiel Constanța Kadetten Schaffhausen	St. Petersburg HC Chambéry Savoie HB CB Ademar León Füchse Berlin	SC Pick Szeged Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Bosna Sarajevo Orlen Wisła Płock	Partizan IK Sävehof HC Metalurg Vive Targi Kielce (WC)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FCB	RKZ	IKS	SCH	CSH	RKS
FC Barcelona	10	9	0	1	336	245	+91	18		—	29–30	36–24	33–29	28–25	37–19
RK Zagreb	10	8	0	2	289	255	+34	16		30–31	—	30–26	31–28	28–20	33–19
IK Sävehof	10	5	0	5	291	300	−9	10		26–39	28–25	—	31–25	32–31	24–20
Kadetten Schaffhausen	10	4	0	6	309	283	+26	8		26–30	27–28	40–32	—	28–24	43–18
Chambéry Savoie HB	10	4	0	6	276	270	+6	8		19–30	26–28	33–30	33–29	—	40–19
RK Bosna Sarajevo	10	0	0	10	195	343	−148	0		17–43	21–26	21–38	23–34	18–25	—

Source:

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BMN	MKB	VTK	FÜB	CHM	BJS
Atlético Madrid	10	7	2	1	318	285	+33	16		—	37–28	28–27	32–27	30–30	31–27
MKB Veszprém KC	10	6	0	4	266	266	0	12		28–27	—	21–24	24–33	24–22	32–25
Vive Targi Kielce	10	5	1	4	295	285	+10	11		29–37	25–29	—	32–29	26–26	37–29
Füchse Berlin	10	5	1	4	296	292	+4	11		33–37	24–29	30–27	—	31–28	28–27
Chekhovskiye Medvedi	10	3	4	3	291	276	+15	10		29–29	30–26	30–31	31–31	—	30–23
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	10	0	0	10	253	315	−62	0		27–30	19–25	26–37	25–30	25–35	—

Source:

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		HSV	RKK	MET	OWP	STP	HCM
Hamburg	10	9	1	0	310	245	+65	19		—	27–27	32–25	34–25	32–20	36–25
Koper	10	5	3	2	267	248	+19	13		23–24	—	22–22	27–24	30–23	28–24
Metalurg	10	5	2	3	254	231	+23	12		23–25	28–23	—	31–27	32–19	25–18
Orlen Wisła Płock	10	4	1	5	273	269	+4	9		26–30	25–25	20–24	—	30–26	30–29
St. Petersburg	10	2	1	7	241	301	−60	5		25–36	26–35	25–25	24–32	—	27–25
Constanța	10	1	0	9	235	286	−51	2		26–34	25–27	20–19	19–34	24–26	—

Source:

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		THW	AGK	CBL	MAH	SCP	RKP
THW Kiel	10	7	2	1	318	263	+55	16		—	28–26	38–28	23–24	34–24	36–28
AG København	10	7	1	2	298	268	+30	15		24–24	—	30–29	31–29	36–24	29–23
CB Ademar León	10	6	1	3	302	296	+6	13		28–28	28–26	—	29–28	31–25	33–28
Montpellier HB	10	5	0	5	307	293	+14	10		31–34	27–31	38–34	—	29–26	36–27
SC Pick Szeged	10	3	0	7	285	316	−31	6		26–38	31–34	31–35	38–35	—	31–21
RK Partizan	10	0	0	10	243	317	−74	0		24–35	25–31	24–27	20–30	23–29	—

Source:

Knockout stage

Seedings

Group	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
A	FC Barcelona	RK Zagreb	IK Sävehof	Kadetten Schaffhausen
B	Atlético Madrid	MKB Veszprém KC	Vive Targi Kielce	Füchse Berlin
C	Hamburg	Koper	Metalurg	Orlen Wisła Płock
D	THW Kiel	AG København	CB Ademar León	Montpellier HB

Matches

The draw was held on 28 February 2012 at 11:00 in Hørsholm, Denmark. The first legs will be played on 14–18 March, and the second legs will be played on 21–25 March 2012.[10][11]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Füchse Berlin	56–53	HSV Hamburg	32–30	24–23
Montpellier HB	50–64	FC Barcelona	30–28	20–36
Orlen Wisła Płock	48–63	Kiel	24–36	24–27
Kadetten Schaffhausen	57–62	Atlético Madrid	27–36	30–26
CB Ademar León	56–55	MKB Veszprém KC	31–28	25–27
Vive Targi Kielce	50–51	Koper	27–26	23–25
HC Metalurg	40–44	Zagreb	19–18	21–26
IK Sävehof	49–60	AG København	25–34	24–26

Seedings

The draw was held on 27 March 2012 at 11:30 local time in Vienna. The first legs were played on 18–22 April, and the second legs were played on 25–29 April 2012.[12][13]

Pot 1	Pot 2
Barcelona Kiel Atlético Madrid Füchse Berlin	CB Ademar León AG København Koper Zagreb

Matches

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
AG København	62–59	FC Barcelona	29–23	33–36
CB Ademar León	52–52	Füchse Berlin	34–23	18–29
Zagreb	58–64	THW Kiel	31–31	27–33
Koper	50–54	Atlético Madrid	26–23	24–31

Final four

The semifinals was played on 26 May 2012. The third place game and the final was played on 27 May 2012 in the Lanxess Arena at Cologne, Germany. The draw was held on May 2, 2012 in Cologne.[14]

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 May
	Füchse Berlin	24
					27 May
	THW Kiel	25
					THW Kiel	26
	26 May
					Atlético Madrid	21
	Atlético Madrid	25
	AG København	23
					Third place
					27 May
					Füchse Berlin	21
					AG København	26

Top scorers

Final statistics[15]

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mikkel Hansen (DEN)	AG København	98
2	Kiril Lazarov (MKD)	Atletico Madrid	97
3	Zlatko Horvat (CRO)	RK Zagreb	94
	Filip Jícha (CZE)	THW Kiel
5	Niclas Ekberg (SWE)	AG København	84
6	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (ISL)	AG København	83
7	Sven-Sören Christophersen (GER)	Füchse Berlin	81
8	Martin Straňovský (SVK)	CB Ademar León	80
9	Marko Vujin (SRB)	MKB Veszprém KC	73
10	Naumče Mojsovski (MKD)	HC Metalurg	72

References

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13. "VELUX EHF Champions League quarter-finals". ehfcl.com. 2012-03-27.
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External links

• EHF Champions League website