2021–22 Women's EHF European League

The 2021–22 Women's EHF European League is the 41st edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 16 October 2021 to 15 May 2022.[1] Neptunes de Nantes are the defending champions.

Women's EHF European League
2021–22
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates16 October 2021–15 May 2022
Teams34 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Websiteeurohandball.com

Overview

Team allocation
Group stage
Viborg HK Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE CS Minaur Baia Mare HC Lada
Round 3
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Herning-Ikast Håndbold Chambray Touraine Neptunes de Nantes
ESBF Besançon SG BBM Bietigheim DVSC Schaeffler Váci NKSE
Storhamar Håndball Elite SCM Gloria Buzău SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea HC Astrakhanochka
Zvezda Zvenigorod
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich ŽRK Bjelovar DHK Baník Most Paris 92
Thüringer HC HSG Blomberg-Lippe TuS Metzingen MTK Budapest
Tertnes HE Sola HK Molde HK MKS Lublin
Zagłębie Lubin Măgura Cisnădie Kuban RK Radnički Kragujevac
ŽORK Jagodina CB Atlético Guardés BM Bera Bera H 65 Höör
LC Brühl Handball Yalikavksports Club

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition will be as follows (all draws are held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[2]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 20 July 2021 16–17 October 2021 23–24 October 2021
Third qualifying round 20 July 2021 13–14 November 2021 20–21 November 2021
Group stage Matchday 1 25 November 2021 8–9 January 2022
Matchday 2 15–16 January 2022
Matchday 3 22–23 January 2022
Matchday 4 5–6 February 2022
Matchday 5 12–13 February 2022
Matchday 6 19–20 February 2022
Knockout phase Quarter-finals no draw 26–27 March 2022 2–3 April 2022
Semi finals TBD 14 May 2022
Final no draw 15 May 2022

Qualification stage

Round 2

There were 22 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 16–17 October and the second legs were played on 23–24 October 2021.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hypo Niederösterreich 48–52 CB Atlético Guardés 21–28 27–25
Yalikavaksports Club 54–72 MTK Budapest 24–33 30–39
BM Bera Bera 53–48 Paris 92 27–27 26–21
RK Radnički Kragujevac 46–58 H 65 Höör 23–22 23–36
Sola HK 68–57 Kuban 37–33 31–24
Tertnes HE 53–42 ŽORK Jagodina 29–26 24–16
TuS Metzingen 51–56 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 27–28 24–28
DHK Baník Most 52–52 (a) Măgura Cisnădie 26–27 26–25
Thüringer HC 60–61 Molde HK 32–35 28–26
LC Brühl Handball 43–681 Zagłębie Lubin 19–35 24–33
ŽRK Bjelovar 45–782 MKS Lublin 22–32 23–46
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Zagłębie Lubin.
2 Both legs were hosted by MKS Lublin.

Round 3

There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 13–14 November and the second legs were played on 20–21 November 2021.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ESBF Besançon 64–47 CB Atlético Guardés 34–23 30–24
SG BBM Bietigheim 60–38 Tertnes HE 39–18 21–20
Zvezda Zvenigorod 55–68 Zagłębie Lubin 26–35 29–33
DVSC Schaeffler 43–47 Măgura Cisnădie 22–22 21–25
Neptunes de Nantes 74–49 H 65 Höör 39–24 35–25
Sola HK 56–52 HC Astrakhanochka 36–25 20–27
Storhamar HE 57–53 SCM Gloria Buzău 31–27 26–26
Váci NKSE 56–51 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 32–27 24–24
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 54–48 MKS Lublin 25–21 29–27
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 63–55 BM Bera Bera 34–28 29–27
Chambray Touraine 65–52 Molde HK 30–27 35–25
MTK Budapest 56–68 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 27–34 29–34

Group stage

The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 25 November 2021. In each group, teams will play against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SOL BES MKC LOK
1 Sola HK 6 6 0 0 196 150 +46 12 Quarterfinals — 34–27 27–22 25–18
2 ESBF Besançon 6 3 0 3 182 188 −6 6 32–39 — 34–24 28–27
3 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 6 3 0 3 160 165 −5 6 26–31 38–30 — 28–24
4 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 6 0 0 6 139 174 −35 0 25–40 26–31 19–22 —
Source: EHF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BIE BAI NAN ZAG
1 SG BBM Bietigheim 6 6 0 0 188 134 +54 12 Quarterfinals — 39–20 32–29 29–19
2 CS Minaur Baia Mare 6 2 1 3 154 182 −28 5 20–28 — 28–26 34−32
3 Neptunes de Nantes 6 2 0 4 168 170 −2 4 25–27 34–29 — 27–28
4 Zagłębie Lubin 6 1 1 4 149 173 −24 3 21–33 23–23 26–27 —
Source: EHF

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIH STO MAG LAD
1 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 6 0 0 193 161 +32 12 Quarterfinals — 32–24 31–28 34–27
2 Storhamar HE 6 3 0 3 178 172 +6 6 27–35 — 35–18 34–29
3 Măgura Cisnădie 6 2 0 4 137 162 −25 4 31–34 33–28 — 27–24
4 HC Lada 6 1 0 5 139 152 −13 2 24−27 25–30 10–0 —
Source: EHF

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VHK VAL CHA VAC
1 Viborg HK 6 4 2 0 185 149 +36 10 Quarterfinals — 31−20 29–29 42–21
2 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 4 1 1 178 172 +6 9 30–30 — 32–27 39–29
3 Chambray Touraine 6 1 1 4 163 176 −13 3 24–27 25–26 — 29–27
4 Váci NKSE 6 1 0 5 167 196 −29 2 25–26 30–31 35–29 —
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Minaur Baia Mare 69–61 Sola HK 40–32 29–29
ESBF Besançon 43–59 SG BBM Bietigheim 23–29 20–30
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 61–72 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 33–39 28–33
Storhamar HE 68–71 Viborg HK 31–33 37–38

Matches
26 March 2022
16:00		 CS Minaur Baia Mare 40–32 Sola HK Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Lavko 9 (18–14) Deila 8
1× 3× Report 1× 3×
3 April 2022
16:00		 Sola HK 29–29 CS Minaur Baia Mare Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Korja, Metsämäki (FIN)
Herrem 8 (16–10) Laslo 7
2× 4× Report  3×
27 March 2022
14:00		 ESBF Besançon 23–29 SG BBM Bietigheim Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Ciulei, Stanescu (ROU)
Mairot 5 (13–17) Maidhof 10
1× 4× Report 2× 7×
2 April 2022
16:00		 SG BBM Bietigheim 30–20 ESBF Besançon MHPArena, Ludwigsburg
Attendance: 1,481
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
three players 5 (12–10) Rosiak 5
1× 5× Report  3×
27 March 2022
14:00		 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 33–39 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Charitsos, Naskos (GRE)
Glibko 9 (17–20) Friis 11
1× 4× Report 1× 2×
2 April 2022
18:00		 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 33–28 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea IBF Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 1,056
Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
Scaglione 7 (16–12) Elghaoui 10
 3× Report 1× 6×
26 March 2022
18:00		 Storhamar HE 31–33 Viborg HK Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1,624
Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
Obaidli 9 (19–18) Nolsøe 9
 2× Report 1× 4×
3 April 2022
14:00		 Viborg HK 38–37 Storhamar HE Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,866
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Jørgensen 11 (19–21) Hovden 12
 2× Report 1× 3×

Final four

The final four will be held at the Vibocold Arena in Viborg, Denmark on 14 and 15 May 2022. The draw was made on 7 April 2022.[4][5]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 May
 
 
 Viborg HK
 
15 May
 
 Minaur Baia Mare
 
 
 
14 May
 
 
 
 SG BBM Bietigheim
 
 
 Herning-Ikast
 
Third place
 
 
15 May
 
 
 
 
 
 

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "20 teams ready to throw off new season". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
    2. "EHF European League Women 2021/22 regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
    3. "German derby to highlight start of season". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
    4. "Viborg to play Baia Mare; Herning-Ikast face Bietigheim at EHF Finals". eurohandball.com. 7 April 2022.
    5. "EHF Finals Women head to Viborg". eurohandball.com. 7 April 2022.
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