2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League

The 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League was the 27th edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.

Women's EHF Champions League
2019–20
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates7 September 2019–8 March 2020
Teams16 (group stage)
4 (qualification)
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
ChampionsNo winners crowned
Runner-upNo runners-up crowned
Tournament statistics
Matches played84
Goals scored4643 (55.27 per match)
Attendance215,898 (2,570 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jovanka Radičević
(97 goals)

Győri Audi ETO KC were the defending champions.

Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the quarterfinals matches which normally start in early April, were postponed to mid-June, then moved to September and were later cancelled. The final four was first moved from May to September and later cancelled.[1][2][3]

Format

16 teams were participating in the competition, divided in four groups who played in a round robin, home and away format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the main round.

Main round

The 12 qualified teams were divided in two groups who played in a round robin, home and away format. The points and the goal difference gained against the qualified teams in the first round were carried over. The top four teams in each group qualified for the quarterfinals.

Knockout stage

After the quarterfinals, the culmination of the season, the Women's EHF Final four, would continue in its existing format, with the four top teams from the competition competing for the title.

Team allocation

16 national champions applied for the 27th season based on the EHF ranking list, while further eight teams eligible to play in the Women's EHF Cup have requested an upgrade for the EHF Champions League.Registration of clubs does not equal participation, and the final list of all participants was confirmed by the EHF Executive Committee on Friday 21 June.[4] 15 teams are directly qualified for the group stage.[5]

Group stage
Győri Audi ETO KC ŽRK Budućnost Rostov-Don Metz Handball
Team Esbjerg Vipers Kristiansand SG BBM Bietigheim Krim Merkator
IK Sävehof MKS Perła Lublin Podravka Vegeta SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria CSM București Brest Bretagne Handball Qualifier
Qualification tournament
Rocasa Gran Canaria ŽORK Jagodina DHK Baník Most Kastamonu GSK

Round and draw dates

The hosting rights for the qualification tournament were drawn on 26 June 2019 and the group stage draw on 27 June 2019 in Vienna, Austria.[6][7]

Phase Draw date
Qualification tournaments 26 June 2019
Group stage 27 June 2019
Knockout stage
Final Four
(Budapest)		 Cancelled

Qualification stage
Main article: 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying

The four teams played a semifinal and final to determine the last participant for the group stage. The hosting rights for the qualification tournament were drawn on 26 June 2019. The winner of the qualification tournament advanced to the group stage.

Qualification tournament
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
7 September
 
 
 Rocasa Gran Canaria21
 
8 September
 
 DHK Baník Most28
 
 DHK Baník Most35
 
7 September
 
 Kastamonu GSK33
 
 Kastamonu GSK31
 
 
 ŽORK Jagodina15
 
Third place
 
 
8 September
 
 
 Rocasa Gran Canaria28
 
 
 ŽORK Jagodina15

Group stage
Main article: 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League group stage

The draw was held on 27 June 2019. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. The top three teams advanced to the main round.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET VIP FER POD
1 Metz Handball 6 4 2 0 194 158 +36 10 Main round — 26–17 24–24 40–26
2 Vipers Kristiansand 6 3 1 2 178 168 +10 7 38–38 — 31–22 34–28
3 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 2 1 3 167 180 −13 5 28–34 29–34 — 37–31
4 Podravka Vegeta 6 1 0 5 161 194 −33 2 EHF Cup 25–32 25–24 26–27 —
Source: EHF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS ESB BUC LUB
1 Rostov-Don 6 4 1 1 167 143 +24 9 Main round — 34–26 23–22 31–21
2 Team Esbjerg 6 4 0 2 167 149 +18 8 31–26 — 22–24 35–22
3 CSM București 6 3 1 2 153 131 +22 7 23–23 21–25 — 35–19
4 MKS Perła Lublin 6 0 0 6 123 187 −64 0 EHF Cup 20–30 22–28 19–23 —
Source: EHF

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE BUD VAL BIE
1 Brest Bretagne Handball 6 6 0 0 201 169 +32 12 Main round — 32–28 37–24 36–30
2 Budućnost 6 4 0 2 168 157 +11 8 32–35 — 23–19 34–28
3 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 1 0 5 148 165 −17 2[lower-alpha 1] 23–26 20–21 — 34–27
4 SG BBM Bietigheim 6 1 0 5 171 197 −26 2[lower-alpha 1] EHF Cup 32–35 23–30 31–28 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 65–58 SG BBM Bietigheim

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO SAV KRI BAN
1 Győri Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 216 147 +69 12 Main round — 35–23 31–26 35–29
2 IK Sävehof 6 2 1 3 148 166 −18 5 27–36 — 21–25 24–19
3 Krim Mercator 6 2 0 4 158 170 −12 4 21–33 26–28 — 29–31
4 DHK Baník Most 6 1 1 4 151 190 −39 3 EHF Cup 21–46 25–25 26–31 —
Source: EHF

Main round
Main article: 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League main round

In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. Points against teams from the same group were carried over.

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET ESB ROS BUC VIP FER
1 Metz Handball 10 5 3 2 289 270 +19 13[lower-alpha 1] Quarterfinals — 31–31 23–20 28–26 26–17 24–24
2 Team Esbjerg 10 6 1 3 289 279 +10 13[lower-alpha 1] 30–29 — 31–26 22–24 33–30 29–27
3 Rostov-Don 10 6 1 3 279 266 +13 13[lower-alpha 1] 24–29 34–26 — 23–22 33–26 29–26
4 CSM București 10 5 1 4 251 250 +1 11 32–27 21–25 23–23 — 28–22 27–24
5 Vipers Kristiansand 10 2 1 7 281 303 −22 5[lower-alpha 2] 38–38 31–35 29–32 23–25 — 31–22
6 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 2 1 7 270 291 −21 5[lower-alpha 2] 28–34 26–25 31–35 33–23 29–34 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. Metz Handball 5 Pts, +7 GD; Team Esbjerg 5 Pts, −2 GD; Rostov-Don 2 Pts, −5 GD
  2. Vipers Kristiansand 65–51 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO BRE BUD VAL KRI SAV
1 Győri Audi ETO KC 10 9 1 0 309 252 +57 19 Quarterfinals — 27–27 26–24 35–29 31–26 35–23
2 Brest Bretagne Handball 10 8 1 1 311 253 +58 17 28–29 — 32–28 37–24 37–26 31–22
3 Budućnost 10 5 0 5 271 266 +5 10 27–28 32–35 — 23–19 30–28 30–25
4 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 10 3 1 6 245 252 −7 7 20–29 23–26 20–21 — 31–16 28–20
5 Krim Mercator 10 2 1 7 250 291 −41 5 21–33 25–29 29–23 28–28 — 26–28
6 IK Sävehof 10 1 0 9 224 296 −72 2 27–36 17–29 24–33 17–23 21–25 —
Source: EHF

Knockout stage
Main article: 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

On 26 June 2020, EHF announced that the knockout stage, including the quarterfinals and the Final 4 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Quarterfinals

The European Handball Federation announced on 13 March 2020 that the quarter-finals matches will not be held as scheduled due to the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe.[8] The matches were rescheduled on 25 March.[9] The matches were cancelled on 24 April 2020.[10]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Metz Handball Cancelled Cancelled
CSM București Győri Audi ETO KC Cancelled Cancelled
Budućnost Team Esbjerg Cancelled Cancelled
Rostov-Don Brest Bretagne Handball Cancelled Cancelled

Awards and statistics

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 5 June 2020.[11]

Other awards

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[12]
1 Jovanka Radičević Budućnost 97
2 Katrin Klujber FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 84
3 Ana Gros Brest Bretagne Handball 78
4 Estavana Polman Team Esbjerg 74
5 Cristina Neagu CSM București 72
6 Alja Varagić Krim Mercator 62
7 Sonja Frey Team Esbjerg 61
8 Stine Bredal Oftedal Győri Audi ETO KC 58
9 Anna Vyakhireva Rostov-Don 57
10 Yulia Managarova Rostov-Don 56

References
  1. "EHF presents feasibility study for potential re-start of European handball". eurohandball.com. 25 March 2020.
  2. "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.
  3. "Information on the DELO WOMEN'S EHF FINAL4 2020". ehfcl.com. 26 June 2020.
  4. "EHF receives 24 registrations for the DELO WOMEN'S EHF Champions League". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  5. "EEXEC confirms participants for the 2019/20 season". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  6. "Draw awards the first right to organise the qualification to Most". ehfcl.com. 26 June 2019.
  7. "Defending champions to face Krim, Sävehof and qualifier in group matches". ehfcl.com. 27 June 2019.
  8. "Information on EHF competition matches in March and April". eurohandball.com. 13 March 2020.
  9. "EHF presents feasibility study for potential re-start of European handball". eurohandball.com. 25 March 2020.
  10. "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.
  11. "New All-star Team features three fresh names and returning Neagu". European Handball Federation. 5 June 2020.
  12. Goalscorers
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