2011–12 EHF Champions League

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]

EHF Champions League
2011–12
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates3 September 2011–27 May 2012
Teams32 (Qualification stage)
24 (Group stage)
16 (Knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions THW Kiel (3rd title)
Runner-up Atlético Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played148
Goals scored8248 (55.73 per match)
Attendance727,150 (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
Group stage
RK Bosna Sarajevo RK Zagreb AG København Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Chambéry Savoie Handball Montpellier HB Füchse Berlin HSV Hamburg
THW Kiel MKB Veszprém KC SC Pick Szeged Orlen Wisła Płock
HCM Constanța Chekhovskiye Medvedi St. Petersburg HC Koper
Atlético Madrid CB Ademar León FC Barcelonath Kadetten Schaffhausen
Qualification tournament
Aon Fivers Margareten HC Dinamo-Minsk AEK Athens H.C. Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Maccabi Rishon LeZion HC Metalurg Haslum HK F.C. Porto
RK Partizan HT Tatran Prešov IK Sävehof Beşiktaş J.K.
Wild card tournament
US Dunkerque HB Rhein-Neckar Löwen Vive Targi Kielce BM Valladolid

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
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
IK Sävehof
HC Metalurg
HT Tatran Prešov		 AEK Athens H.C.
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
HC Dinamo-Minsk		 Haslum HK
Aon Fivers Margareten
RK Partizan		 F.C. Porto
Beşiktaş J.K.
Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Group 1

The tournament was organised by the Slovakian club HT Tatran Prešov.[4]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 September 2011
 
 
 HT Tatran Prešov28
 
4 September 2011
 
 F.C. Porto29
 
 F.C. Porto26
 
3 September 2011
 
 RK Partizan33
 
 AEK Athens H.C.25
 
 
 RK Partizan26
 
Third place
 
 
4 September 2011
 
 
 HT Tatran Prešov40
 
 
 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 Aon Fivers Margareten.[4]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 September 2011
 
 
 IK Sävehof34
 
4 September 2011
 
 Beşiktaş J.K.28
 
 IK Sävehof33
 
3 September 2011
 
 HC Dinamo-Minsk32
 
 HC Dinamo-Minsk32
 
 
 Aon Fivers Margareten23
 
Third place
 
 
4 September 2011
 
 
 Beşiktaş J.K.37
 
 
 Aon Fivers Margareten33

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 Aon 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 Aon 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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 September 2011
 
 
 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar29
 
4 September 2011
 
 Haslum HK36
 
 Haslum HK28
 
3 September 2011
 
 HC Metalurg29
 
 HC Metalurg27
 
 
 Maccabi Rishon LeZion19
 
Third place
 
 
4 September 2011
 
 
 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar42
 
 
 Maccabi Rishon LeZion43

Semifinals
3 September 2011
18:00		 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 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		 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 September 2011
 
 
 BM Valladolid19
 
4 September 2011
 
 Vive Targi Kielce21
 
 Vive Targi Kielce32
 
3 September 2011
 
 Rhein-Neckar Löwen30
 
 Rhein-Neckar Löwen36
 
 
 US Dunkerque HB30
 
Third place
 
 
4 September 2011
 
 
 BM Valladolid23
 
 
 US Dunkerque HB27

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
Main article: 2011–12 EHF Champions League 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
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
Barcelona
Hamburg
Chekhovskiye Medvedi
Montpellier		 MKB Veszprém KC
Zagreb
AG København
Koper		 Atlético Madrid
Kiel
Constanța
Kadetten Schaffhausen		 St. Petersburg HC
Chambéry Savoie HB
CB Ademar León
Füchse Berlin		 SC Pick Szeged
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Bosna Sarajevo
Orlen Wisła Płock		 Partizan
IK Sävehof
HC Metalurg
Vive Targi Kielce (WC)

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FCB RKZ IKS SCH CSH RKS
FC Barcelona 10 9 0 1 336 245 +91 18 — 29–30 36–24 33–29 28–25 37–19
RK Zagreb 10 8 0 2 289 255 +34 16 30–31 — 30–26 31–28 28–20 33–19
IK Sävehof 10 5 0 5 291 300 −9 10 26–39 28–25 — 31–25 32–31 24–20
Kadetten Schaffhausen 10 4 0 6 309 283 +26 8 26–30 27–28 40–32 — 28–24 43–18
Chambéry Savoie HB 10 4 0 6 276 270 +6 8 19–30 26–28 33–30 33–29 — 40–19
RK Bosna Sarajevo 10 0 0 10 195 343 −148 0 17–43 21–26 21–38 23–34 18–25 —
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BMN MKB VTK FÜB CHM BJS
Atlético Madrid 10 7 2 1 318 285 +33 16 — 37–28 28–27 32–27 30–30 31–27
MKB Veszprém KC 10 6 0 4 266 266 0 12 28–27 — 21–24 24–33 24–22 32–25
Vive Targi Kielce 10 5 1 4 295 285 +10 11 29–37 25–29 — 32–29 26–26 37–29
Füchse Berlin 10 5 1 4 296 292 +4 11 33–37 24–29 30–27 — 31–28 28–27
Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 3 4 3 291 276 +15 10 29–29 30–26 30–31 31–31 — 30–23
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 10 0 0 10 253 315 −62 0 27–30 19–25 26–37 25–30 25–35 —
Source:

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HSV RKK MET OWP STP HCM
Hamburg 10 9 1 0 310 245 +65 19 — 27–27 32–25 34–25 32–20 36–25
Koper 10 5 3 2 267 248 +19 13 23–24 — 22–22 27–24 30–23 28–24
Metalurg 10 5 2 3 254 231 +23 12 23–25 28–23 — 31–27 32–19 25–18
Orlen Wisła Płock 10 4 1 5 273 269 +4 9 26–30 25–25 20–24 — 30–26 30–29
St. Petersburg 10 2 1 7 241 301 −60 5 25–36 26–35 25–25 24–32 — 27–25
Constanța 10 1 0 9 235 286 −51 2 26–34 25–27 20–19 19–34 24–26 —
Source:

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts THW AGK CBL MAH SCP RKP
THW Kiel 10 7 2 1 318 263 +55 16 — 28–26 38–28 23–24 34–24 36–28
AG København 10 7 1 2 298 268 +30 15 24–24 — 30–29 31–29 36–24 29–23
CB Ademar León 10 6 1 3 302 296 +6 13 28–28 28–26 — 29–28 31–25 33–28
Montpellier HB 10 5 0 5 307 293 +14 10 31–34 27–31 38–34 — 29–26 36–27
SC Pick Szeged 10 3 0 7 285 316 −31 6 26–38 31–34 31–35 38–35 — 31–21
RK Partizan 10 0 0 10 243 317 −74 0 24–35 25–31 24–27 20–30 23–29 —
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2011–12 EHF Champions League knockout stage

Last 16

Seedings
Group Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
A FC Barcelona RK Zagreb IK Sävehof Kadetten Schaffhausen
B Atlético Madrid MKB Veszprém KC Vive Targi Kielce Füchse Berlin
C Hamburg Koper Metalurg Orlen Wisła Płock
D THW Kiel AG København CB Ademar León Montpellier HB

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 Hamburg32–3024–23
Montpellier HB 50–64 FC Barcelona30–2820–36
Orlen Wisła Płock 48–63 Kiel24–3624–27
Kadetten Schaffhausen 57–62 Atlético Madrid27–3630–26
CB Ademar León 56–55 MKB Veszprém KC31–2825–27
Vive Targi Kielce 50–51 Koper27–2623–25
HC Metalurg 40–44 Zagreb19–1821–26
IK Sävehof 49–60 AG København25–3424–26

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]

Pot 1 Pot 2

Barcelona
Kiel
Atlético Madrid
Füchse Berlin

CB Ademar León
AG København
Koper
Zagreb

Matches
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
AG København 62–59 FC Barcelona29–2333–36
CB Ademar León 52–52 Füchse Berlin34–2318–29
Zagreb 58–64 THW Kiel31–3127–33
Koper 50–54 Atlético Madrid26–2324–31

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 May
 
 
 Füchse Berlin24
 
27 May
 
 THW Kiel25
 
 THW Kiel26
 
26 May
 
 Atlético Madrid21
 
 Atlético Madrid25
 
 
 AG København23
 
Third place
 
 
27 May
 
 
 Füchse Berlin21
 
 
 AG København26

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
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