Women's EHF European League
2020–21
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates10 October 2020–9 May 2021
Teams30 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Websiteehfel.com
Final positions
ChampionsFrance Nantes Atlantique
Runner-upHungary Siófok KC
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Brazil Bruna de Paula
(68 goals)

The 2020–21 Women's EHF European League was the 40th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 10 October 2020 to 9 May 2021.[1] The tournament was previously called Women's EHF Cup.[2]

There was no defending champion, after last season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overview

Team allocation

Group stage
Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold Hungary Siófok KC Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare Russia HC Lada
Round 3
Czech Republic DHK Baník Most Denmark Nykøbing Falster Håndbold Denmark Viborg HK Spain Super Amara Bera Bera
France Fleury Loiret Handball France Nantes Atlantique Handball Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe Germany TuS Metzingen
Hungary DVSC Schaeffler Hungary Váci NKSE Norway Byåsen Håndball Elite Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite
Poland MKS Perła Lublin Romania SCM Gloria Buzău Russia Astrakhanochka Russia HC Zvezda
Sweden H 65 Höörs HK Turkey Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK
Round 2
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich Austria WAT Atzgersdorf France Paris 92 Germany Thüringer HC
Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC Norway Molde Elite Norway Tertnes Håndball Elite Romania HC Dunărea Brăila
Russia Kuban Switzerland LC Brühl Handball Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce Sweden Lugi HF

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[3][4][5] The EHF announced that the originally planned first qualification round in September would be skipped.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 28 July 2020 10–11 October 2020 17–18 October 2020
Third qualifying round 20 October 2020 14–15 November 2020 21–22 November 2020
Group stage Matchday 1 26 November 2020 9–10 January 2021
Matchday 2 16–17 January 2021
Matchday 3 23–24 January 2021
Matchday 4 6–7 February 2021
Matchday 5 13–14 February 2021
Matchday 6 20–21 February 2021
Knockout phase Quarter-finals no draw 27–28 March 2021 3–4 April 2021
Semi finals 15 April 2021 8 May 2021
Final no draw 9 May 2021

Qualification stage

Round 2

There were 12 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 10–11 October and the second legs were played on 16–17 October 2020.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Dunărea Brăila Romania 53–52 1 Norway Tertnes Håndball Elite 28–26 25–26
Molde Elite Norway 58–40 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich 28–19 30–21
Paris 92 France 65–40 2 Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce 36–14 29–26
WAT Atzgersdorf Austria 45–81 Germany Thüringer HC 24–39 21–42
Lugi HF Sweden (wo) Russia Kuban – –
LC Brühl Handball Switzerland (wo) Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC – –
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by HC Dunărea Brăila.
2 Both legs were hosted by Paris 92.

Round 3

A total of 24 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 20 October 2020.[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 14–15 November and the second legs were played on 21–22 November 2020.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Super Amara Bera Bera Spain 51–56 Russia HC Zvezda 27–27 24–29
Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK Turkey 31–30 1 Hungary DVSC Schaeffler 31–30 –
Byåsen Håndball Elite Norway (wo) Poland MKS Perła Lublin – –
HC Dunărea Brăila Romania 58–52 2 Denmark Viborg HK 26–24 32–28
Paris 92 France 56–42 Denmark Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 28–16 28–26
Thüringer HC Germany 57–51 Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe 27–31 30–20
Astrakhanochka Russia (wo) Norway Molde Elite – –
Fleury Loiret Handball France 57–50 Sweden H 65 Höörs HK 29–26 28–24
Nantes Atlantique HB France 44–43 Romania SCM Gloria Buzău 23–16 21–27
Alba Fehérvár KC Hungary (wo) Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite – –
DHK Baník Most Czech Republic 41–42 1 Hungary Váci NKSE – 41–42
Kuban Russia (wo) Germany TuS Metzingen – –
Notes
1 Teams agreed to decide the winner of their tie based one match.
2 Both legs were hosted by HC Dunărea Brăila.

Group stage

The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 26 November 2020. In each group, teams played 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 HIH ZVE PAR VAC
1 Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 5 0 1 198 160 +38 10 Quarterfinals — 34–25 25–23 39–29
2 Russia HC Zvezda 6 3 0 3 135 135 0 6[lower-alpha 1] 31–39 — 10–0 29–33
3 France Paris 92 6 3 0 3 93 101 −8 6[lower-alpha 1] 26–23 0–10 — 10–0
4 Hungary Váci NKSE 6 1 0 5 150 180 −30 2 26–38 29–30 33–34 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 HC Zvezda 10–10 Paris 92, HC Zvezda advanced on superior goal difference.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAN LAD LUB KAS
1 France Nantes Atlantique 6 4 0 2 120 115 +5 8 Quarterfinals — 0–10 25–21 35–26
2 Russia HC Lada 6 3 0 3 117 115 +2 6 32−29 — 30–24 27–29
3 Poland MKS Perla Lublin 6 2 1 3 130 125 +5 5[lower-alpha 1] 26–31 28–23 — 35–26
4 Turkey Kastamonu Bld. GSK 6 2 1 3 130 142 −12 5[lower-alpha 1] 26–29 29–25 20–20 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 MKS Perla Lublin 55–46 Kastamonu Bld. GSK

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAI AST STO THU
1 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare 6 5 0 1 150 116 +34 10 Quarterfinals — 30–27 33−29 10–0
2 Russia Astrakhanochka 6 4 0 2 137 112 +25 8 33–27 — 10–0 10–0
3 Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite 6 2 0 4 157 182 −25 4 27–40 33–28 — 32–30
4 Germany Thüringer HC 6 1 0 5 93 127 −34 2 0–10 22–29 41–36 —
Source: EHF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIO DUN KUB FLE
1 Hungary Siófok KC 6 5 1 0 181 154 +27 11 Quarterfinals — 31–24 28−28 29–28
2 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 6 3 1 2 170 167 +3 7 25–27 — 36–32 29–27
3 Russia Kuban 6 2 2 2 130 120 +10 6 25–31 25–25 — 10–0
4 France Fleury Loiret 6 0 0 6 104 144 −40 0 24–35 25–31 0–10 —
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Lada Russia 54–59 Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold 29–31 25–28
Zvezda Zvenigorod Russia 57–63 France Nantes Atlantique HB 29–33 28–30
Dunărea Brăila Romania 49–58 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare 24–31 25–27
Astrakhanochka Russia 54–61 Hungary Siófok KC 26–32 28–29

Matches

27 March 2021
14:00		 HC Lada Russia 29–31 Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti
Attendance: 480
Referees: Ünlü Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Shamanouskaya 6 (17–17) Fauske 8
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3 April 2021
14:00		 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Denmark 28–25 Russia HC Lada IBF Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
Fauske 9 (13–13) Shcherbak 5
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27 March 2021
18:00		 HC Zvezda Russia 29–33 France Nantes Atlantique HB Olimpiysky Sport Palace, Chekhov
Attendance: 500
Referees: Butskevich, Butskevich (BLR)
two players 6 (16–16) Kpodar 8
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4 April 2021
14:00		 Nantes Atlantique HB France 30–28 Russia HC Zvezda Complexe sportif Mangin-Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
de Paula 6 (15–13) Nikolaeva, Nikitina 6
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27 March 2021
16:00		 HC Dunărea Brăila Romania 24–31 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare Sala Polivalentă Danubius, Brăila
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Bytyqi, Kasapi (KOS)
Dmitrović 7 (12–12) Kovačević 8
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4 April 2021
16:00		 CS Minaur Baia Mare Romania 27–25 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Sirbu, Serdiuc (MDA)
Kovačević 7 (13–14) Kanaval 6
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2 April 2021
19:00		 HC Astrakhanochka Russia 26–32 Hungary Siófok KC Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok, Siófok
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Zelenkova 7 (14–16) Tomori 9
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4 April 2021
14:00		 Siófok KC Hungary 29–28 Russia HC Astrakhanochka Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok, Siófok
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Niombla 9 (15–13) Zelenkova 8
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Final four

The final four was held at the Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană in Baia Mare, Romania on 8 and 9 May 2021. The draw was made on 15 April 2021.[9]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 May
 
 
France Nantes Atlantique HB36
 
9 May
 
Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare34
 
France Nantes Atlantique HB36
 
8 May
 
Hungary Siófok KC31
 
Hungary Siófok KC36
 
 
Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold34
 
Third place
 
 
9 May
 
 
Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare33
 
 
Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold31

Semifinals

8 May 2021
14:45		 Nantes Atlantique HB France 36–34 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Hagman 11 (21–15) Araújo 7
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8 May 2021
18:00		 Siófok KC Hungary 36–34 (a. e. t.) Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Horacek 7 (19–18) Kristensen 8
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Third place game

9 May 2021
14:45		 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Denmark 31–33 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Johansen 6 (19–16) Kovačević 11
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Final

9 May 2021
18:00		 Siófok KC Hungary 31–36 France Nantes Atlantique HB Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
Tóth 7 (13–17) Hagman 7
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Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[10]
1 Brazil Bruna de Paula France Nantes Atlantique HB 68
2 Norway Helene Gigstad Fauske Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold 61
3 Serbia Jovana Kovačević Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare 55
4 Romania Aneta Udriștioiu Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 51
5 France Tamara Horacek Hungary Siófok KC 49
6 France Déborah Kpodar France Nantes Atlantique HB 48
7 Norway Amanda Kurtović Turkey Kastamonu Bld. GSK 46
8 Croatia Katarina Ježić Hungary Siófok KC 44
9 Russia Natalia Nikitina Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod 43
10 Belarus Maria Kanaval Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 42

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Four teams for EHF European League Women group phase announced". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "New competition system from 2020". EHF. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "EHF European League Women 2020/21 regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Seeding for EHF European League Women qualification draw released". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Draw determines first matches of new EHF European League Women". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Qualification Round 2". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Teams learn last hurdle before group phase". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Qualification Round 3". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "EHF FINALS hosts Baia Mare meet Nantes, Siófok play Herning-Ikast". eurohandball.com. 15 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Goalscorers
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