The 2009–10 EHF Champions League was the 50th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the seventeenth edition under the current EHF Champions League format. It was also the first edition under the new qualifying format. Ciudad Real were the defending champions. The final was played on 30 May 2010, at the Lanxess Arena, home ground of VfL Gummersbach and Kölner Haie, in Cologne, Germany.
Draw The draw for the group stage took place at the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna on 24 June 2009. A total of 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six. Teams were divided into four pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.
Each team played against each other in its group twice. The top two in each group proceeded to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the EHF Cup's Winners Cup Round of 32.
Key to colors in group tablesTop two places advance to the first knockout roundThird place enters the EHF Cup's Winner Cup at the round of 32Fourth place is eliminated from continental competitions
Qualification stage
Groups
Group 1 HC Vardar Skopje HC Dinamo Minsk Besiktas JK RK Budućnost Podgorica
Group 2 ZTR Zaporizhzhia A.C. PAOK SPE Strovolos
Group 3 Fyllingen Handball A1 Bregenz RK Partizan Si&Si
Group 4 Tatran Prešov Vive Targi Kielce FC Porto Vitalis
Group 5 CB Ademar León TBV Lemgo Celje Kadetten Schaffhausen
Group 1
4 September 2009, 18:00 HC Vardar Skopje 33 : 30 (19 : 14) Besiktas JK 4 September 2009, 20:00 HC Dinamo Minsk 35 : 27 (18 : 14) HC Buducnost Podgorica 5 September 2009, 18:00 Besiktas JK 25 : 32 (10 : 19) HC Dinamo Minsk 5 September 2009, 20:00 HC Budućnost Podgorica 28 : 35 (15 : 18) HC Vardar Skopje 6 September 2009, 18:00 Besiktas JK 28 : 31 (12 : 14) HC Budućnost Podgorica 6 September 2009, 20:00 HC Vardar Skopje 34 : 24 (14 : 14) HC Dinamo Minsk
Group 2
4 September 2009, 20:00 A.C. PAOK 32 : 29 (16 : 12) SPE Strovolos 5 September 2009, 20:00 SPE Strovolos 23 : 26 (10 : 9) STR Saporischschja 6 September 2009, 20:00 STR Saporischschja 30 : 30 (13 : 15) A.C. PAOK
Group 3
4 September 2009, 19:00 RK Partizan Si&Si 28 : 28 (16 : 14) Fyllingen Handball 5 September 2009, 16:00 A1 Bregenz 33 : 20 (15 : 10) RK Partizan Si&Si 6 September 2009, 16:00 Fyllingen Handball 35 : 31 (21 : 14) A1 Bregenz
Group 4
4 September 2009, 19:30 Vive Targi Kielce 32 : 23 (14 : 9) FC Porto Vitalis 5 September 2009, 18:30 FC Porto Vitalis 30 : 33 (11 : 15) Tatran Prešov 6 September 2009, 14:15 Tatran Prešov 31 : 38 (15 : 21) Vive Targi Kielce
Group 5
4 September 2009, 18:45 TBV Lemgo 29 : 30 (14 : 13) Kadetten Schaffhausen 4 September 2009, 20:45 Ademar León 26 : 25 (12 : 12) Celje 5 September 2009, 18:45 Kadetten Schaffhausen 27 : 27 (15 : 14) Ademar León 5 September 2009, 20:45 Celje 28 : 27 (13 : 12) TBV Lemgo 6 September 2009, 16:30 Celje 27 : 31 (12 : 13) Kadetten Schaffhausen 6 September 2009, 18:30 Ademar León 31 : 21 (17 : 10) TBV Lemgo
Group stage
Groups
Group A Chekhovskiye Medvedi Montpellier HB SC Pick Szeged BM Valladolid HCM Constanța A.C. PAOK
Group B MKB Veszprém Gorenje Chambéry Savoie Rhein-Neckar Löwen RK Bosna Sarajevo Vive Targi Kielce
Group C BM Ciudad Real HC Croatia Zagreb HSV Hamburg FCK Handbold Alingsas HK Fyllingen Handball
Group D THW Kiel KIF Kolding FC Barcelona Borges Ademar León ZMC Amicitia Zürich HC Vardar Skopje
Group A
30 September 2009, 19:00 HCM Constanța 23 : 26 (10 : 14) BM Valladolid 3 October 2009, 17:15 Pick Szeged 32 : 32 (15 : 16) Chekhovskiye Medvedi 4 October 2009, 17:00 Montpellier HB 46 : 20 (20 : 8) A.C. PAOK 8 October 2009, 19:00 HCM Constanța 37 : 33 (17 : 18) Montpellier HB 10 October 2009, 17:15 Pick Szeged 27 : 24 (15 : 13) A.C. PAOK 11 October 2009, 17:30 BM Valladolid 34 : 34 (17 : 19) Chekhovskiye Medvedi 14 October 2009, 19:00 HCM Constanța 32 : 30 (17 : 16) Pick Szeged 15 October 2009, 19:30 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 37 : 25 (18 : 9) A.C. PAOK 18 October 2009, 19:00 BM Valladolid 21 : 26 (9 : 9) Montpellier HB 4 November 2009, 20:00 A.C. PAOK 26 : 30 (12 : 16) HCM Constanța 8 November 2009, 16:15 Pick Szeged 23 : 30 (12 : 15) BM Valladolid 8 November 2009, 17:00 Montpellier HB 33 : 28 (19 : 14) Chekhovskiye Medvedi 11 November 2009, 20:00 A.C. PAOK 27 : 37 (11 : 23) BM Valladolid 15 November 2009, 17:00 Montpellier HB 30 : 23 (14 : 9) Pick Szeged 15 November 2009, 19:00 HCM Constanța 22 : 28 (11 : 14) Chekhovskiye Medvedi 19 November 2009, 19:00 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 37 : 32 (17 : 19) HCM Constanța 21 November 2009, 17:30 BM Valladolid 38 : 19 (16 : 9) A.C. PAOK 22 November 2009, 17:15 Pick Szeged 26 : 33 (15 : 16) Montpellier HB 10 February 2010, 20:00 A.C. PAOK 27 : 26 (17 : 17) Pick Szeged 10 February 2010, 20:30 Montpellier HB 37 : 24 (18 : 9) HCM Constanța 11 February 2010, 19:00 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 36 : 24 (16 : 12) BM Valladolid 17 February 2010, 20:00 A.C. PAOK 23 : 34 (10 : 19) Montpellier HB 20 February 2010, 17:00 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 39 : 30 (20 : 12) Pick Szeged 20 February 2010, 18:00 BM Valladolid 26 : 26 (15 : 11) HCM Constanța 25 February 2010, 19:00 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 28 : 28 (11 : 16) Montpellier HB 27 February 2010, 16:15 HCM Constanța 34 : 23 (14 : 9) A.C. PAOK 27 February 2010, 19:00 BM Valladolid 35 : 35 (13 : 19) Pick Szeged 3 March 2010, 20:00 A.C. PAOK 22 : 46 (12 : 24) Chekhovskiye Medvedi 7 March 2010, 17:00 Montpellier HB 30 : 30 (15 : 16) BM Valladolid 7 March 2010, 17:15 Pick Szeged 35 : 25 (14 : 17) HCM Constanța
Group B
3 October 2009, 17:30 HC Bosna Sarajevo 24 : 23 (13 : 12) Chambéry Savoie HB 3 October 2009, 19:20 Vive Targi Kielce 23 : 21 (9 : 13) RK Velenje 4 October 2009, 16:30 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32 : 29 (17 : 14) MKB Veszprém 8 October 2009, 19:15 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 29 : 29 (17 : 15) Vive Targi Kielce 11 October 2009, 17:30 Chambéry Savoie HB 19 : 29 (10 : 16) MKB Veszprém 11 October 2009, 18:00 RK Velenje 30 : 29 (15 : 17) HC Bosna Sarajevo 17 October 2009, 17:15 MKB Veszprém 33 : 26 (16 : 11) Vive Targi Kielce 18 October 2009, 15:30 Chambéry Savoie HB 28 : 24 (14 : 9) RK Velenje 18 October 2009, 15:30 HC Bosna Sarajevo 24 : 39 (10 : 20) Rhein-Neckar Löwen 5 November 2009, 19:00 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 31 : 31 (16 : 13) Chambéry Savoie HB 7 November 2009, 18:00 Vive Targi Kielce 34 : 30 (15 : 15) HC Bosna Sarajevo 8 November 2009, 18:00 RK Velenje 27 : 28 (14 : 13) MKB Veszprém 11 November 2009, 19:00 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 33 : 30 (17 : 15) RK Velenje 14 November 2009, 17:15 MKB Veszprém 35 : 18 (22 : 7) HC Bosna Sarajevo 14 November 2009, 18:00 KS Vive Kielce 31 : 22 (14 : 12) Chambéry Savoie HB 19 November 2009, 20:30 Chambéry Savoie HB 24 : 31 (15 : 14) KS Vive Kielce 21 November 2009, 17:30 HC Bosna Sarajevo 20 : 24 (7 : 13) MKB Veszprém 22 November 2009, 15:30 RK Velenje 29 : 37 (12 : 19) Rhein-Neckar Löwen 13 February 2010, 16:00 KS Vive Kielce 32 : 35 (19 : 15) Rhein-Neckar Löwen 13 February 2010, 17:15 MKB Veszprém 31 : 26 (19 : 13) Chambéry Savoie HB 13 February 2010, 17:30 HC Bosna Sarajevo 31 : 31 (17 : 15) RK Velenje 17 February 2010, 17:00 RK Velenje 36 : 35 (17 : 17) KS Vive Kielce 21 February 2010, 15:00 MKB Veszprém 34 : 30 (17 : 12) Rhein-Neckar Löwen 21 February 2010, 17:00 Chambéry Savoie HB 27 : 24 (13 : 10) HC Bosna Sarajevo 27 February 2010, 17:15 MKB Veszprém 30 : 25 (15 : 11) RK Velenje 27 February 2010, 17:30 HC Bosna Sarajevo 25 : 21 (9 : 10) KS Vive Kielce 28 February 2010, 17:00 Chambéry Savoie HB 24 : 29 (13 : 12) Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 March 2010, 16:00 KS Vive Kielce 29 : 32 (14 : 14) MKB Veszprém 6 March 2010, 18:15 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 30 : 24 (13 : 11) HC Bosna Sarajevo 6 March 2010, 20:15 RK Velenje 28 : 24 (18 : 11) Chambéry Savoie HB
Group C
3 October 2009, 16:15 Fyllingen Handball 22 : 29 (9 : 15) HC Croatia Zagreb 3 October 2009, 17:00 HSV Hamburg 35 : 25 (20 : 12) Alingsas HK 3 October 2009, 20:30 BM Ciudad Real 34 : 22 (15 : 9) FCK Handbold 7 October 2009, 18:30 HSV Hamburg 26 : 32 (13 : 15) BM Ciudad Real 7 October 2009, 20:00 HC Croatia Zagreb 30 : 21 (17 : 9) Alingsas HK 11 October 2009, 15:50 FCK Handbold 35 : 21 (17 : 8) Fyllingen Handball 17 October 2009, 16:10 Alingsas HK 21 : 33 (9 : 15) FCK Handbold 17 October 2009, 19:00 BM Ciudad Real 40 : 24 (18 : 12) Fyllingen Handball 18 October 2009, 17:30 HSV Hamburg 35 : 26 (14 : 12) HC Croatia Zagreb 7 November 2009, 16:15 Fyllingen Handball 26 : 28 (13 : 14) Alingsas HK 7 November 2009, 18:00 HC Croatia Zagreb 27 : 32 (12 : 15) BM Ciudad Real 8 November 2009, 15:50 FCK Handbold 27 : 34 (16 : 20) HSV Hamburg 14 November 2009, 16:10 Alingsas HK 24 : 26 (10 : 14) BM Ciudad Real 14 November 2009, 16:15 Fyllingen Handball 17 : 48 (10 : 25) HSV Hamburg 15 November 2009, 15:50 FCK Handbold 28 : 29 (15 : 18) HC Croatia Zagreb 21 November 2009, 15:30 Alingsas HK 23 : 32 (10 : 16) HC Croatia Zagreb 21 November 2009, 18:15 Fyllingen Handball 19 : 28 (11 : 15) FCK Handbold 22 November 2009, 17:30 BM Ciudad Real 30 : 28 (14 : 12) HSV Hamburg 11 February 2010, 20:15 HSV Hamburg 37 : 21 (17 : 13) Fyllingen Handball 13 February 2010, 16:30 BM Ciudad Real 28 : 24 (14 : 10) Alingsas HK 13 February 2010, 18:00 HC Croatia Zagreb 31 : 22 (17 : 7) FCK Handbold 20 February 2010, 16:10 Alingsas HK 27 : 37 (13 : 17) HSV Hamburg 20 February 2010, 18:00 HC Croatia Zagreb 35 : 23 (16 : 11) Fyllingen Handball 21 February 2010, 15:50 FCK Handbold 25 : 33 (10 : 15) BM Ciudad Real 27 February 2010, 16:10 Alingsas HK 32 : 24 (16 : 9) Fyllingen Handball 27 February 2010, 16:40 HSV Hamburg 33 : 25 (14 : 15) FCK Handbold 28 February 2010, 18:00 HC Croatia Zagreb 24 : 27 (11 : 15) BM Ciudad Real 6 March 2010, 16:00 Fyllingen Handball 17 : 39 (10 : 23) BM Ciudad Real 7 March 2010, 15:50 FCK Handbold 31 : 26 (16 : 11) Alingsas HK 7 March 2010, 18:00 HC Croatia Zagreb 29 : 33 (14 : 19) HSV Hamburg
Group D