Women's EHF European League
2021–22
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates16 October 2021–15 May 2022
Teams34 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
Websiteehfel.com
Final positions
ChampionsGermany SG BBM Bietigheim
Runner-upDenmark Viborg HK
Tournament statistics
MVPGermany Xenia Smits
Top scorer(s)Norway Camilla Herrem
(74 goals)

The 2021–22 Women's EHF European League was 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 were the defending champions.

Overview

Team allocation

Group stage
Denmark Viborg HK Hungary Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare Russia HC Lada
Round 3
Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold France Chambray Touraine France Neptunes de Nantes
France ESBF Besançon Germany SG BBM Bietigheim Hungary DVSC Schaeffler Hungary Váci NKSE
Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite Romania SCM Gloria Buzău Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Russia HC Astrakhanochka
Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod
Round 2
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich Croatia ŽRK Bjelovar Czech Republic DHK Baník Most France Paris 92
Germany Thüringer HC Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe Germany TuS Metzingen Hungary MTK Budapest
Norway Tertnes HE Norway Sola HK Norway Molde Elite Poland MKS Lublin
Poland Zagłębie Lubin Romania Măgura Cisnădie Russia Kuban Serbia RK Radnički Kragujevac
Serbia ŽORK Jagodina Spain CB Atlético Guardés Spain BM Bera Bera Sweden H 65 Höör
Switzerland LC Brühl Handball Turkey Yalikavksports Club

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were 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 7 April 2022 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hypo Niederösterreich Austria 48–52 Spain CB Atlético Guardés 21–28 27–25
Yalikavaksports Club Turkey 54–72 Hungary MTK Budapest 24–33 30–39
BM Bera Bera Spain 53–48 France Paris 92 27–27 26–21
RK Radnički Kragujevac Serbia 46–58 Sweden H 65 Höör 23–22 23–36
Sola HK Norway 68–57 Russia Kuban 37–33 31–24
Tertnes HE Norway 53–42 Serbia ŽORK Jagodina 29–26 24–16
TuS Metzingen Germany 51–56 Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe 27–28 24–28
DHK Baník Most Czech Republic 52–52 (a) Romania Măgura Cisnădie 26–27 26–25
Thüringer HC Germany 60–61 Norway Molde Elite 32–35 28–26
LC Brühl Handball Switzerland 43–681 Poland Zagłębie Lubin 19–35 24–33
ŽRK Bjelovar Croatia 45–782 Poland 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ESBF Besançon France 64–47 Spain CB Atlético Guardés 34–23 30–24
SG BBM Bietigheim Germany 60–38 Norway Tertnes HE 39–18 21–20
Zvezda Zvenigorod Russia 55–68 Poland Zagłębie Lubin 26–35 29–33
DVSC Schaeffler Hungary 43–47 Romania Măgura Cisnădie 22–22 21–25
Neptunes de Nantes France 74–49 Sweden H 65 Höör 39–24 35–25
Sola HK Norway 56–52 Russia HC Astrakhanochka 36–25 20–27
Storhamar HE Norway 57–53 Romania SCM Gloria Buzău 31–27 26–26
Váci NKSE Hungary 56–51 Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe 32–27 24–24
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Croatia 54–48 Poland MKS Lublin 25–21 29–27
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Romania 63–55 Spain BM Bera Bera 34–28 29–27
Chambray Touraine France 65–52 Norway Molde Elite 30–27 35–25
MTK Budapest Hungary 56–68 Denmark 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 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 SOL BES MKC LOK
1 Norway Sola HK 6 6 0 0 196 150 +46 12 Quarterfinals — 34–27 27–22 25–18
2 France ESBF Besançon 6 3 0 3 182 188 −6 6[lower-alpha 1] 32–39 — 34–24 28–27
3 Hungary Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 6 3 0 3 160 165 −5 6[lower-alpha 1] 26–31 38–30 — 28–24
4 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 6 0 0 6 139 174 −35 0 25–40 26–31 19–22 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 ESBF Besançon 64–62 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BIE BAI NAN ZAG
1 Germany SG BBM Bietigheim 6 6 0 0 188 134 +54 12 Quarterfinals — 39–20 32–29 29–19
2 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare 6 2 1 3 154 182 −28 5 20–28 — 28–26 34–32
3 France Neptunes de Nantes 6 2 0 4 168 170 −2 4 25–27 34–29 — 27–28
4 Poland 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 Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 6 0 0 193 161 +32 12 Quarterfinals — 32–24 31–28 34–27
2 Norway Storhamar HE 6 3 0 3 178 172 +6 6 27–35 — 35–18 34–29
3 Romania Măgura Cisnădie 6 2 0 4 137 162 −25 4 31–34 33–28 — 27–24
4 Russia 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 Denmark Viborg HK 6 4 2 0 185 149 +36 10 Quarterfinals — 31–20 29–29 42–21
2 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 4 1 1 178 172 +6 9 30–30 — 32–27 39–29
3 France Chambray Touraine 6 1 1 4 163 176 −13 3 24–27 25–26 — 29–27
4 Hungary Váci NKSE 6 1 0 5 167 196 −29 2 25–26 30–31 35–29 —
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

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

Matches

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

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

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 May
 
 
Denmark Viborg HK28
 
15 May
 
Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare24
 
Denmark Viborg HK20
 
14 May
 
Germany SG BBM Bietigheim31
 
Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold33
 
 
Germany SG BBM Bietigheim34
 
Third place
 
 
15 May
 
 
Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare28
 
 
Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold29

Semifinals

14 May 2022
15:30		 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Denmark 33–34 Germany SG BBM Bietigheim Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,469
Referees: Ünlü Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Brandt 8 (12–14) Kudłacz-Gloc 8
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14 May 2022
18:00		 Viborg HK Denmark 28–24 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,517
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Haugsted 7 (16–13) Laslo 7
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Third place game

15 May 2022
15:30		 CS Minaur Baia Mare Romania 28–29 Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,688
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Lavko 7 (12–14) Bakkerud 6
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Final

15 May 2022
18:00		 Viborg HK Denmark 20–31 Germany SG BBM Bietigheim Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,697
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
K. Jørgensen 5 (10–17) Maidhof 6
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Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Norway Camilla Herrem Norway Sola HK 74
2 Denmark Kristina Jørgensen Denmark Viborg HK 72
3 Norway Emilie Hovden Norway Storhamar HE 64
4 Serbia Jelena Lavko Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare 60
5 Denmark Emma Friis Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold 52
Ukraine Iryna Glibko Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
Hungary Csenge Kuczora Hungary Váci NKSE
Norway Kristina Novak Norway Sola HK
9 Hungary Asma Elghaoui Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 51
Norway Maja Magnussen Norway Sola HK

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. ↑ "EHF Finals Women head to Viborg". eurohandball.com. 7 April 2022.
    5. ↑ "Viborg to play Baia Mare; Herning-Ikast face Bietigheim at EHF Finals". eurohandball.com. 7 April 2022.
    6. ↑ Goalscorers
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