The 2011–12 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup is the 36th edition of the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, the continental event for domestic cup winners in Europe. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria entered the competition as title holders, following triumphed over CB Mar Alicante with an aggregate score of 57–52 in the previous year's finals. The Hungarian team went to the final in this season as well, where they successfully defended their title against Viborg HK with a 31–30 win both on the home and away leg, producing a 62–60 aggregate score.
Overview
Team allocation According to the decision of the European Handball Federation made in April 2011, beginning from the 2011–12 season, the losers of the EHF Women's Champions League qualifiers will be relegated to the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup. The third and fourth placed teams of the first qualifying tournament together with the fourth placed clubs of the second qualifying tournament will enter the competition in the second round, while runners-up and third placed teams in the Qualifying Tournament 2 will join the cup in the third round.
The labels in the parentheses show how teams qualified for the EHF Cup Winners' Cup, if not directly via their domestic cup results: CL QT1: Losers from the EHF Champions League Qualifying Tournament 1 CL QT2: Losers from the EHF Champions League Qualifying Tournament 2 CL GS: Third placed teams from the EHF Champions League group stage TH: Title holders
Last 16 Randers HK (CL GS) Viborg HK (CL GS) Byåsen HE (CL GS) HC Dinamo Volgograd (CL GS)Round 3 DVSC-Fórum (CL QT2) IK Sävehof (CL QT2) Tertnes HE (CL QT2) KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin (CL QT2) BM Elda Prestigio (CL QT2) ŽRK Metalurg (CL QT2) RK Zaječar (CL QT2) U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca (CL QT2)Round 2 Union Korneuburg HRK Katarina Mostar SHC Gorodnichanka Grodno AC Latsia Kentriki Asfalistiki HC Veselí nad Moravou (CL QT2) Toulon St-Cyr Var HB HC Leipzig AC Ormi-Loux Patras (CL QT1) OFN Ionias Alba Fehérvár KC Ferencvárosi TC (TH) Fram Reykjavík HC Sassari KHF Kastrioti Westfriesland SEW MizuWaAi Dalfsen (CL QT2) Levanger HK Vistal Łączpol Gdynia CDE Gil Eanes (CL QT2) Madeira Andebol SAD HC Oţelul Galaţi Rostov-Don (CL QT2) Zvezda Zvenigorod RK Jagodina HK IUVENTA Michalovce (CL QT1) BM Mar Sagunto LK Zug LC Brühl Handball (CL QT1) Izmir BSB SK Üsküdar Bld. SK (CL QT1)Round 1 HC Initia Hasselt HC Garliava-SM RK Žito Prilep ŽRK Krka
Round and draw dates RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legRound 126 July 20113–4 September 201110–11 September 2011Round 21–2 October 20118–9 October 2011Round 311 October 20115–6 November 201112–13 November 2011Last 1615 November 20114–5 February 201211–12 February 2012Quarterfinals14 February 20123–4 March 201210–11 March 2012Semifinals13 March 201231 March – 1 April 20127–8 April 2012Finals10 April 20125–6 May 201212–13 May 2012
Round 1 The draw for both of the first and the second round took place on 26 July 2011 in the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, performed by ŽRK Krka Novo Mesto president Andrej Petkovič. Pursuant to the competition rules, the clubs were divided into two pots, with the highest ranked teams sorted in the seeded pot and the other ones situated in the unseeded pot. In the drawing procedure, seeded clubs were paired to unseeded teams one after another to form match-ups.
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2 HC Initia Hasselt RK Žito Prilep ŽRK Krka HC Garliava-SM
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Round 2
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2 Ferencvárosi TC HC Leipzig Alba Fehérvár KC BM Mar Sagunto Levanger HK Toulon St-Cyr Var HB Zvezda Zvenigorod HC Oţelul Galaţi Rostov-Don MizuWaAi Dalfsen CDE Gil Eanes AC Ormi-Loux Patras LC Brühl Handball HK IUVENTA Michalovce Üsküdar Bld. SK HC Veselí nad Moravou RK Jagodina Vistal Łączpol Gdynia Izmir BSB SK Westfriesland SEW KHF Kastrioti Fram Reykjavík OFN Ionias Union Korneuburg HC Sassari Madeira Andebol SAD LK Zug Handball SHC Gorodnichanka Grodno AC Latsia Kentriki Asfalistiki HRK Katarina Mostar ŽRK Krka RK Žito Prilep
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Round 3 The draw of the third round matches took place on 11 October 2011 in the EHF headquarters Vienna with the contribution of Boško Ničić, mayor of Zaječar and president of RK Zaječar. The sixteen winners of the second round of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup were joined by the second and third placed teams of the EHF Champions League second qualifying tournaments to form a field of 24 teams. The eight clubs that were relegated from the Champions League together with the four highest ranked sides from the Cup Winners' Cup were selected into the first pot, while the remaining teams in the second pot. Teams were drawn into pairs with the first selected club having the right to organize the first leg on home ground.
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2 Debreceni VSC ŽRK Metalurg U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca IK Sävehof BM Elda Prestigio Tertnes HE KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin RK Zaječar BM Mar Sagunto HC Leipzig Alba Fehérvár KC Ferencvárosi TC SHC Gorodnichanka Grodno HC Veselí nad Moravou Toulon St-Cyr Var Handball Westfriesland SEW AC Ormi-Loux Patras MizuWaAi Dalfsen Levanger HK HC Oţelul Galaţi Rostov-Don Zvezda Zvenigorod HK IUVENTA Michalovce Üsküdar Bld. SK
Matches
Last 16
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2 Ferencvárosi TC Alba Fehérvár KC Randers HK Viborg HK Byåsen HE HC Dinamo Volgograd HC Leipzig BM Mar Sagunto Debreceni VSC ŽRK Metalurg KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca Rostov-Don Zvezda Zvenigorod RK Zaječar IK Sävehof
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals draw was carried out on 14 February 2012 in the EHF Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Unlike in the earlier part of the competition, there was no seedings, but all the teams were pulled from the same pot. Teams drawn first from the pot were granted to play the first leg on home ground.
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Semifinals
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Final
Matches
First leg
Second leg
EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2011–12 WinnersFerencvárosi TCThird Title
Top scorers The top scorers from the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup are as follows: RankNameTeamGoals1 Mónika Kovacsicz Ferencvárosi TC 652 Zita Szucsánszki Ferencvárosi TC 623 Szandra Zácsik Ferencvárosi TC614 Patricia Alonso Jiménez BM Mar Sagunto 515 Zsuzsanna Tomori Ferencvárosi TC 476 Jelena Živković Ferencvárosi TC447 Tamara Tilinger Alba Fehérvár KC 428 Saskia Lang HC Leipzig40 Nathalie Augsburg HC Leipzig Kristina Trishchuk Alba Fehérvár KC Liudmila Postnova Zvezda Zvenigorod
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