2021–22 EHF Champions League


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The 2021–22 EHF Champions League was the 62nd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 29th edition under the current EHF Champions League format, running from 15 September 2021 to 19 June 2022. Barça won the competition, defeating Łomza Vive Kielce on penalties in the final.[1]

EHF Champions League
2021–22
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates15 September 2021–19 June 2022
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barça
Runner-upPoland Łomża Vive Kielce
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored7682 (60.97 per match)
Attendance432,271 (3,431 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Aleix Gómez
(104 goals)

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

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 playoffs, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams were paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advanced to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams were paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.

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

Location of teams of the 2022–23 EHF Champions League group stage.
  Red: Group A;   Blue: Group B.

The final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee in June 2021. Ten teams were registered according to fixed places, while six were granted wild cards.[2][3] On 29 June, the final list was revealed.[4] Although, in the final list announcement, the EHF said that if RK Vardar did not pay a fine for failing to play Champions League games in the previous season, they would be disqualified and replaced with RK Gorenje Velenje, who was the standby team. However, this never materialised.

Participating teams
  THW Kiel (1st)   Paris Saint-Germain (1st)   Barça (1st)   Pick Szeged (1st)
  RK Vardar (1st)   Łomża Vive Kielce (1st)   Aalborg Håndbold (1st)   FC Porto (1st)
  PPD Zagreb (1st)   SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2nd)   Meshkov Brest (WC)   Montpellier Handball (WC)
  Telekom Veszprém (WC)   Elverum Håndball (WC)   Dinamo București (WC)   Motor (WC)
Wildcard rejection
  IK Sävehof   GOG Håndbold   Orlen Wisła Płock   Sporting CP
  RK Gorenje Velenje   Kadetten Schaffhausen

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AAL KIE SZE MON VAR ELV ZAG BRE
1   Aalborg Håndbold 14 11 0 3 453 410 +43 22 Quarterfinals — 35–33 34–30 36–28 33–29 32–27 31–25 34–33
2   THW Kiel 14 10 1 3 427 395 +32 21 31–27 — 32–32 35–26 32–30 41–36 36–28 10–0
3   Pick Szeged 14 8 3 3 412 392 +20 19 Playoffs 31–28 30–26 — 29–29 34–31 30–34 30–21 28–26
4   Montpellier Handball 14 7 3 4 424 409 +15 17 31–33 37–30 29–29 — 25–28 39–32 24–23 32–26
5   RK Vardar 14 6 1 7 379 368 +11 13 30–28 26–29 27–30 25–31 — 39–30 20–19 35–27
6   Elverum Håndball 14 3 2 9 417 449 −32 8[a] 28–34 30–31 24–27 30–37 27–27 — 30–25 32–33
7   PPD Zagreb 14 3 2 9 351 385 −34 8[a] 24–34 27–28 26–24 22–25 23–22 27–27 — 31–24
8   Meshkov Brest 14 1 2 11 342 397 −55 4 30–33 30–33 25–28 31–31 0–10 27–30 30–30 —
  1. ^ a b Elverum 57–52 Zagreb
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KIE BAR PAR VES POR FLE BUC MOT
1   Łomża Vive Kielce 14 10 0 4 449 415 +34 20[a] Quarterfinals — 29–27 38–33 32–29 39–33 37–29 34–29 33–27
2   Barça 14 9 2 3 420 369 +51 20[a] 30–32 — 30–27 35–30 38–31 29–22 36–32 36–25
3   Paris Saint-Germain 14 8 2 4 452 396 +56 18 Playoffs 32–27 28–28 — 39–40 33–19 33–30 41–30 40–32
4   Telekom Veszprém 14 8 1 5 449 423 +26 17 35–33 29–28 34–31 — 28–28 28–23 47–32 36–29
5   FC Porto 14 4 3 7 375 408 −33 11 29–27 33–33 30–39 23–30 — 28–27 31–32 10–0
6   SG Flensburg-Handewitt 14 4 2 8 381 401 −20 10 25–33 21–25 27–27 30–27 26–26 — 37–30 34–27
7   Dinamo București 14 4 0 10 415 470 −55 8[b] 32–29 30–35 31–39 31–29 26–27 20–28 — 33–29
8   Motor 14 4 0 10 312 371 −59 8[b] 25–26 0–10 0–10 29–27 30–27 31–22 28–27 —
  1. ^ a b Kielce 61–57 Barça
  2. ^ a b Dinamo 60–57 Motor
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SG Flensburg-Handewitt   60–57   Pick Szeged 25–21 35–36
Elverum Håndball   60–67   Paris Saint-Germain 30–30 30–37
FC Porto   56–64   Montpellier Handball 29–29 27–35
RK Vardar   53–61   Telekom Veszprém 22–30 31–31
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Telekom Veszprém   71–66   Aalborg Håndbold 36–29 35–37
Montpellier Handball   50–61   Łomża Vive Kielce 28–31 22–30
Paris Saint-Germain   62–63   THW Kiel 30–30 32–33
SG Flensburg-Handewitt   53–60   Barça 29–33 24–27

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 18 and 19 June 2022.

Semi-finalsFinal
      
18 June
  THW Kiel30
19 June
  Barça34
  Barça (Pen.)32 (5)
18 June
  Łomża Vive Kielce32 (3)
  Telekom Veszprém35
  Łomża Vive Kielce37
Third place
19 June
  THW Kiel (Pen.)34 (3)
  Telekom Veszprém34 (1)
19 June 2022
18:00 		Barça   37–35 (ET)   Łomża Vive Kielce Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Gómez 10 (14–13) Moryto 6
 3×  Report  4× 

FT: 28–28 ET: 4–4 Pen: 5–3

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1   Aleix Gómez   Barça 104
2   Dika Mem   Barça 100
3   Petar Nenadić   Telekom Veszprém 93
4   Felix Claar   Aalborg Håndbold 88
  Gašper Marguč   Telekom Veszprém
6   Kamil Syprzak   Paris Saint-Germain 86
7   Yahia Omar   Telekom Veszprém 83
8   Tobias Grøndahl   Elverum Håndball 81
  Hampus Wanne   SG Flensburg-Handewitt
10   Arkadiusz Moryto   Łomża Vive Kielce 79