2011–12 EHF Champions League
European handball tournament
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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]
24 (group stage)
16 (knockout stage)
| 2011–12 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Handball |
| Location | Lanxess Arena (FINAL4) |
| 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
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
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×
|
| 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 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 | |||||
 Fivers Margareten | 23 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 4 September 2011 | ||||||
| Beşiktaş J.K. | 37 | |||||
| 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×
|
| 3 September 2011 20:15 |
HC Dinamo-Minsk |
32 – 23 | 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 | 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 | ||||||
 FH Hafnarfjörður | 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 | ||||||
| FH Hafnarfjörður | 42 | |||||
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 43 | |||||
Semifinals
| 3 September 2011 18:00 |
FH Hafnarfjörður |
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×
|
| 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 |
FH Hafnarfjörður |
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×
|
| 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
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FCB | RKZ | IKS | SCH | CSH | RKS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Barcelona Intersport |
10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 336 | 245 | +91 | 18 | — | 29–30 | 36–24 | 33–29 | 28–25 | 37–19 | |
| 2 |  RK Zagreb |
10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 289 | 255 | +34 | 16 | 30–31 | — | 30–26 | 31–28 | 28–20 | 33–19 | |
| 3 | IK Sävehof |
10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 291 | 300 | −9 | 10 | 26–39 | 28–25 | — | 31–25 | 32–31 | 24–20 | |
| 4 |  Kadetten Schaffhausen |
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 309 | 283 | +26 | 8 | 26–30 | 27–28 | 40–32 | — | 28–24 | 43–18 | |
| 5 | Chambéry Savoie HB |
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 276 | 270 | +6 | 8 | 19–30 | 26–28 | 33–30 | 33–29 | — | 40–19 | |
| 6 |  RK Bosna Sarajevo |
10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 195 | 343 | −148 | 0 | 17–43 | 21–26 | 21–38 | 23–34 | 18–25 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BMN | MKB | VTK | FÜB | CHM | BJS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlético Madrid |
10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 318 | 285 | +33 | 16 | — | 37–28 | 28–27 | 32–27 | 30–30 | 31–27 | |
| 2 |  MKB Veszprém KC |
10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 266 | 266 | 0 | 12 | 28–27 | — | 21–24 | 24–33 | 24–22 | 32–25 | |
| 3 | Vive Targi Kielce |
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 295 | 285 | +10 | 11 | 29–37 | 25–29 | — | 32–29 | 26–26 | 37–29 | |
| 4 | Füchse Berlin |
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 296 | 292 | +4 | 11 | 33–37 | 24–29 | 30–27 | — | 31–28 | 28–27 | |
| 5 |  Chekhovskiye Medvedi |
10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 291 | 276 | +15 | 10 | 29–29 | 30–26 | 30–31 | 31–31 | — | 30–23 | |
| 6 | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg |
10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 253 | 315 | −62 | 0 | 27–30 | 19–25 | 26–37 | 25–30 | 25–35 | — |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HSV | RKK | MET | OWP | STP | HCM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSV Hamburg |
10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 310 | 245 | +65 | 19 | — | 27–27 | 32–25 | 34–25 | 32–20 | 36–25 | |
| 2 |  RK Koper |
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 267 | 248 | +19 | 13 | 23–24 | — | 22–22 | 27–24 | 30–23 | 28–24 | |
| 3 | RK Metalurg Skopje |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 254 | 231 | +23 | 12 | 23–25 | 28–23 | — | 31–27 | 32–19 | 25–18 | |
| 4 | Wisła Płock |
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 273 | 269 | +4 | 9 | 26–30 | 25–25 | 20–24 | — | 30–26 | 30–29 | |
| 5 | St. Petersburg HC |
10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 241 | 301 | −60 | 5 | 25–36 | 26–35 | 25–25 | 24–32 | — | 27–25 | |
| 6 |  HCM Constanța |
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 235 | 286 | −51 | 2 | 26–34 | 25–27 | 20–19 | 19–34 | 24–26 | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | THW | AGK | CBL | MAH | SCP | RKP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THW Kiel |
10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 318 | 263 | +55 | 16 | — | 28–26 | 38–28 | 23–24 | 34–24 | 36–28 | |
| 2 | AG København |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 298 | 268 | +30 | 15 | 24–24 | — | 30–29 | 31–29 | 36–24 | 29–23 | |
| 3 | CB Ademar León |
10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 302 | 296 | +6 | 13 | 28–28 | 28–26 | — | 29–28 | 31–25 | 33–28 | |
| 4 | Montpellier HB |
10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 307 | 293 | +14 | 10 | 31–34 | 27–31 | 38–34 | — | 29–26 | 36–27 | |
| 5 | SC Pick Szeged |
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 285 | 316 | −31 | 6 | 26–38 | 31–34 | 31–35 | 38–35 | — | 31–21 | |
| 6 | RK Partizan |
10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 243 | 317 | −74 | 0 | 24–35 | 25–31 | 24–27 | 20–30 | 23–29 | — |
Knockout stage
Last 16
Seedings
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 | THW 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 | RK Koper | 27–26 | 23–25 |
| HC Metalurg | 40–44 | RK Zagreb | 19–18 | 21–26 |
| IK Sävehof | 49–60 | AG København | 25–34 | 24–26 |
Quarterfinals
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]
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 |
| RK Zagreb | 58–64 | THW Kiel | 31–31 | 27–33 |
| RK 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 |