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. For the third consecutive year it will be played at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne.
THW Kiel won the title for the third time after defeating Atlético Madrid 26–21 in the final.
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 RK Koper Atlético Madrid CB Ademar León FC Barcelona Kadetten SchaffhausenQualification tournament Fivers Margareten HC Dinamo-Minsk AEK Athens H.C. FH Hafnarfjörður 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 PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingQualification tournament27 June 20113–4 September 2011Wild card tournamentGroup stageMatchday 128 June 201128 September–2 October 2011Matchday 25–9 October 2011Matchday 312–16 October 2011Matchday 419–23 October 2011Matchday 516–20 November 2011Matchday 623–27 November 2011Matchday 730 November–4 December 2011Matchday 88–12 February 2012Matchday 915–19 February 2012Matchday 1022–29 February 2012Knockout phaseLast 1628 February 201214–18 March 201221–25 March 2012Quarterfinals27 March 201218–22 April 201225–29 April 2012Final four2 May 201226–27 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 IK Sävehof HC Metalurg HT Tatran Prešov AEK Athens H.C. FH Hafnarfjörður HC Dinamo-Minsk Haslum HK 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.
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Group 2 The tournament was organised by the Austrian club Fivers Margareten.
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Group 3 The tournament was organised by the Israeli club Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
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. The clubs were drawn together automatically according to their league coefficient and decided the winner of the tournament using a final four system. 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.
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
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.
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6 FC Barcelona Hamburg Chekhovskiye Medvedi Montpellier MKB Veszprém KC RK Zagreb AG København RK Koper Atlético Madrid THW Kiel HCM 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Last 16
Seedings GroupPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4A FC Barcelona RK Zagreb IK Sävehof Kadetten SchaffhausenB Atlético Madrid MKB Veszprém KC Vive Targi Kielce Füchse BerlinC Hamburg RK Koper Metalurg Orlen Wisła PłockD 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.
Team #1Agg.Team #21st match2nd matchFüchse Berlin 56–53 HSV Hamburg 32–30 24–23Montpellier HB 50–64 FC Barcelona 30–28 20–36Orlen Wisła Płock 48–63 THW Kiel 24–36 24–27Kadetten Schaffhausen 57–62 Atlético Madrid 27–36 30–26CB Ademar León 56–55 MKB Veszprém KC 31–28 25–27Vive Targi Kielce 50–51 RK Koper 27–26 23–25HC Metalurg 40–44 RK Zagreb 19–18 21–26IK Sävehof 49–60 AG København 25–34 24–26
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.
Pot 1Pot 2 FC Barcelona THW Kiel Atlético Madrid Füchse Berlin CB Ademar León AG København RK Koper RK Zagreb
Matches Team #1Agg.Team #21st match2nd matchAG København 62–59 FC Barcelona 29–23 33–36CB Ademar León 52–52 Füchse Berlin 34–23 18–29RK Zagreb 58–64 THW Kiel 31–31 27–33RK Koper 50–54 Atlético Madrid 26–23 24–31
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.
Top scorers
Final statistics
Rank Name Team Goals 1 AG København 98 2 Atletico Madrid 97 3 RK Zagreb 94 THW Kiel 5 AG København 84 6 AG København 83 7 Füchse Berlin 81 8 CB Ademar León 80 9 MKB Veszprém KC 73 10 HC Metalurg 72
See also 2011–12 EHF Champions League group stage 2011–12 EHF Champions League knockout stage 2011–12 Women's EHF Champions League EHF Champions League
References
External links EHF Champions League archive