2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 26 March with the playoffs and ended on 5 June 2022 with the final at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League.^[1] A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format[edit]

In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked third to sixth in Groups A and B play against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary.

Qualified teams[edit]

The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Qualified for quarterfinals		Qualified for playoffs
Group	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	Team Esbjerg	Rostov-Don	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Brest Bretagne Handball	CSM București	BV Borussia 09 Dortmund
B	Győri Audi ETO KC	Vipers Kristiansand	Metz Handball	CSKA Moscow	Odense Håndbold	RK Krim Mercator

Playoffs[edit]

Overview[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RK Krim Mercator	55–52	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	33–26	22–26
BV Borussia 09 Dortmund	41–62	Metz Handball	22–30	19–32
Odense Håndbold	51–53	Brest Bretagne Handball	25–24	26–29
CSM București	20–0	CSKA Moscow	10–0	10–0

All times are UTC+2 (matches on 26 March are UTC+1).

Matches[edit]

26 March 2022 16:00	RK Krim Mercator	33–26	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 700 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Gros 13	(15–14)	Malestein 7
	1× 4×	Report	6× 1×

2 April 2022 16:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	26–22	RK Krim Mercator	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Klujber 10	(8–10)	Gros, Posavec 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

RK Krim Mercator won 55–52 on aggregate.

26 March 2022 18:00	BV Borussia 09 Dortmund	22–30	Metz Handball	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Grijseels 9	(9–18)	Nocandy 6
	1× 1×	Report	2× 2×

2 April 2022 18:00	Metz Handball	32–19	BV Borussia 09 Dortmund	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,098 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Horacek, Valentini 5	(14–10)	Abdulla 4
	2×	Report	2× 4×

Metz Handball won 62–41 on aggregate.

27 March 2022 16:00	Odense Håndbold	25–24	Brest Bretagne Handball	Sydbank Arena Odense, Odense Attendance: 1,784 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Housheer 5	(13–12)	Fauske, Kobylińska 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 5×

3 April 2022 16:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	29–26	Odense Håndbold	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,053 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Fauske 6	(14–14)	Aardahl, Højlund 6
	2×	Report	1× 4×

Brest Bretagne Handball won 53–51 on aggregate.

Cancelled^{[note 1]}	CSM București	10–0	CSKA Moscow

Cancelled^{[note 1]}	CSKA Moscow	0–10	CSM București

Quarterfinals[edit]

Overview[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSM București	52–53	Team Esbjerg	25–26	27–27
Brest Bretagne Handball	44–56	Győri Audi ETO KC	21–21	23–35
Metz Handball	20–0	Rostov-Don	10–0	10–0
RK Krim Mercator	49–65	Vipers Kristiansand	25–32	24–33

Matches[edit]

1 May 2022 16:00	CSM București	25–26	Team Esbjerg	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Neagu 9	(9–12)	Breistøl 7
	2×	Report	4×

8 May 2022 16:00	Team Esbjerg	27–27	CSM București	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Breistøl 9	(12–14)	Neagu 7
	3×	Report	4×

Team Esbjerg won 53–52 on aggregate.

30 April 2022 18:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	21–21	Győri Audi ETO KC	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,094 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Fauske 5	(11–8)	Kristiansen 6
	3×	Report	2× 6×

7 May 2022 16:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	35–23	Brest Bretagne Handball	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,229 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Oftedal 9	(20–12)	Foppa, Løseth 5
	1× 3×	Report	1×

Győri Audi ETO KC won 56–44 on aggregate.

Cancelled^{[note 1]}	Metz Handball	10–0	Rostov-Don

Cancelled^{[note 1]}	Rostov-Don	0–10	Metz Handball

1 May 2022 14:00	RK Krim Mercator	25–32	Vipers Kristiansand	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Gros 8	(10–14)	Debelić 8
	1× 2×	Report	3× 2×

7 May 2022 18:00	Vipers Kristiansand	33–24	RK Krim Mercator	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Dahl 6	(17–12)	Gros 8
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2× 1×

Vipers Kristiansand won 65–49 on aggregate.

Final four[edit]

The final four was held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 4 and 5 June 2022. The draw took place on 10 May 2022.^[4]^[5]

Bracket[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

4 June

Győri Audi ETO KC	32
		5 June
Team Esbjerg	27
		Győri Audi ETO KC	31
4 June
		Vipers Kristiansand	33
Metz Handball	27

Vipers Kristiansand	33
		Third place

		5 June

		Team Esbjerg	26

		Metz Handball	32

Semifinals[edit]

4 June 2022 15:15	Győri Audi ETO KC	32–27	Team Esbjerg	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Oftedal 5	(15–15)	Reistad 8
	5×	Report	6× 1×

4 June 2022 18:00	Metz Handball	27–33	Vipers Kristiansand	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	De Paula 5	(15–14)	Jeřábková 12
	2× 1×	Report	2×

Third place game[edit]

5 June 2022 15:15	Team Esbjerg	26–32	Metz Handball	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Reistad 10	(12–18)	Zaadi 7
	2× 5×	Report	1× 4×

Final[edit]

5 June 2022 18:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	31–33	Vipers Kristiansand	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 15,400 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Hansen 6	(13–15)	Jeřábková 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d All Russian teams were excluded due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Four pots set for women's group phase draw". 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "Decision on upcoming EHF CL and 2022 Qualifiers". eurohandball.com. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "EHF decision on current competition structures". eurohandball.com. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^ "Semi-final draw starts build-up to EHF FINAL4 Women". eurohandball.com. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "Semi-finals: Titleholders Vipers play Metz; Györ meet Esbjerg". eurohandball.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

External links[edit]

Official website

[RUS-UKR_war-4] All Russian teams were excluded due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[2]^[3]

[1] "Four pots set for women's group phase draw". 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[2] "Decision on upcoming EHF CL and 2022 Qualifiers". eurohandball.com. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[3] "EHF decision on current competition structures". eurohandball.com. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

[5] "Semi-final draw starts build-up to EHF FINAL4 Women". eurohandball.com. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

[6] "Semi-finals: Titleholders Vipers play Metz; Györ meet Esbjerg". eurohandball.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

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