2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League

The 2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League was the nineteenth edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, the top continental handball event for club teams in Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. Larvik HK entered the competition as title holders after beating SD Itxako in past season's final.[1]

2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Dates2 September 2011–13 May 2012
Teams20 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
8 (Main round)
4 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsMontenegro Budućnost Podgorica (1st title)
Runners-upHungary Győri Audi ETO KC
Tournament statistics
Matches played76
Goals scored3,968 (52.21 per match)
Attendance182,790 (2,405 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Anita Görbicz (133 goals)

Budućnost Podgorica won the title for the first time by defeating Győri Audi ETO KC in the big final.[2]

Overview

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Format change

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Following the decision of the Executive Committee of the European Handball Federation in April 2011, the system of the EHF Women's Champions League qualifying tournaments have changed. Starting from this season, the second qualification tournaments will be played under a final four format, with the semifinals held on a Saturday while the final on the following day. The winners of each tournaments will qualify for the group stage. The method of the first qualification round did not change. In addition, unlike in previous years, clubs that are eliminated during the qualifying phase will directly go to the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup.[3]

Team allocation

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A total of 32 teams participated in the 2011–12 EHF Champions League from 23 federations. Places were distributed according to the EHF league coefficient, which took into account the performances in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2009–10. Norway have been awarded an additional entry as the title holder country.

Group matches
  Hypo Niederösterreich   Podravka Koprivnica   FC Midtjylland Håndbold   Metz Handball
  Thüringer HC   Győri Audi ETO KC   Budućnost Podgorica   Larvik HK (TH)
  CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea   HC Dinamo Volgograd   Krim Ljubljana   Itxako Reyno de Navarra
Qualification Tournament 2
  Randers HK   Viborg HK[nb 1]   Buxtehuder SV   DVSC-Fórum Debrecen
  ŽRK Metalurg   Tertnes HE   Byåsen HE   KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin
  U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca   Rostov-Don   BM Elda Prestigio   IK Sävehof
Qualification Tournament 1
  HC Veselí nad Moravou   AC Ormi-Loux Patras   MizuWaAi Dalfsen   CDE Gil Eanes
  RK Zaječar   HK IUVENTA Michalovce   LC Brühl Handball   Üsküdar Bld. SK

Round and draw dates

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All draws will be held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria.[4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification Tournament 1 27 June 2011 2–4 September 2011
Qualification Tournament 2 17–18 September 2011
Group stage Matchday 1 28 June 2011 1–2 October 2011
Matchday 2 8–9 October 2011
Matchday 3 15–16 October 2011
Matchday 4 29–30 October 2011
Matchday 5 5–6 November 2011
Matchday 6 12–13 November 2011
Main round Matchday 1 15 November 2011 4–5 February 2012
Matchday 2 11–12 February 2012
Matchday 3 18–19 February 2012
Matchday 4 25–26 February 2012
Matchday 5 3–4 March 2012
Matchday 6 10–11 March 2012
Knockout phase Semifinals 31 March–1 April 2012 7–8 April 2012
Finals 10 April 2012 5–6 May 2012 12–13 May 2012

Qualifying rounds

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The draw for both qualifying tournaments took place on 27 June 2011 in Vienna. The rights to organize and host the group matches were also decided in this draw.[5]

Qualification Tournaments 1

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In the first stage of the qualifying process eight clubs were drawn into two groups of four. The sides played against each other once and the top two teams of each group advanced to the second qualifying phase, where they were classified automatically into the fourth pot.[6] The four losing teams entered the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup second round.[4]

Seedings

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  AC Ormi-Loux Patras
  Üsküdar Bld. SK
  RK Zaječar
  MizuWaAi Dalfsen
  HK IUVENTA Michalovce
  LC Brühl Handball
  CDE Gil Eanes
  HC Veselí nad Moravou

Group A

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The tournament was organised by the Greek club AC Ormi-Loux Patras.[7]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  MizuWaAi Dalfsen 3 3 0 0 103 74 +29 6
  CDE Gil Eanes 3 1 0 2 87 88 −1 2
  LC Brühl Handball 3 1 0 2 83 97 −14 2
  AC Ormi-Loux Patras 3 1 0 2 76 90 −14 2
Source: [citation needed]
2 September 2011
18:00
AC Ormi-Loux Patras   27 – 26   LC Brühl Handball PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Penev 10 (10–12) Mustafoska 7
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2 September 2011
20:00
MizuWaAi Dalfsen   31 – 25   CDE Gil Eanes PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Malestein 7 (19–9) Lopes 7
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3 September 2011
18:00
LC Brühl Handball   25 – 40   MizuWaAi Dalfsen PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Mustafoska 6 (11–19) Van Dort 7
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3 September 2011
20:00
CDE Gil Eanes   32 – 25   AC Ormi-Loux Patras PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Seabra 9 (14–13) Karagiorga, Niparaviciene 5
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4 September 2011
18:00
LC Brühl Handball   32 – 30   CDE Gil Eanes PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Bosshart 7 (16–13) Pina 6
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4 September 2011
20:00
AC Ormi-Loux Patras   24 – 32   MizuWaAi Dalfsen PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Proastio, Patras
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Strataki, Vafeiadou 6 (11–14) Van Dort 7
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Group B

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The tournament was organised by the Slovakian side HK IUVENTA Michalovce.[7]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  RK Zaječar 3 3 0 0 101 70 +31 6
  HC Veselí nad Moravou 3 2 0 1 77 78 −1 4
  HK IUVENTA Michalovce 3 1 0 2 85 94 −9 2
  Üsküdar Bld. SK 3 0 0 3 81 102 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
2 September 2011
15:30
RK Zaječar   31 – 17   HC Veselí nad Moravou Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 400
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Erić 7 (14–9) Flekova 4
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2 September 2011
18:00
Üsküdar Bld. SK   28 – 38   HK IUVENTA Michalovce Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 900
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Yilmaz 8 (12–22) Tobiasova 8
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3 September 2011
15:30
HC Veselí nad Moravou   30 – 26   Üsküdar Bld. SK Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 250
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Sukennikova 9 (13–13) Sahin 7
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3 September 2011
18:00
HK IUVENTA Michalovce   26 – 36   RK Zaječar Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Pollakova 9 (13–17) Pop Lazić 7
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4 September 2011
15:30
Üsküdar Bld. SK  27 – 34   RK Zaječar Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 500
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Ilkova 5 (12–15) Erić 9
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4 September 2011
18:00
HK IUVENTA Michalovce   21 – 30   HC Veselí nad Moravou Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Geric 5 (11–16) Sukennikova 7
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Qualification Tournaments 2

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Sixteen clubs were set to participate in the second qualifying stage, divided into four groups of four. For the first time in the competition's history, a final four format was used to determine the group winners, that were qualified for the Group matches. According to the seeding list, teams in Pot 1 were drawn together with Pot 4 sides, while clubs from Pot 2 met Pot 3 teams in the semifinals of the tournaments.[6] However, as stated in the EHF regulations, clubs from the same federation enjoyed protection and could not be selected into the same group.[8] Teams that finished bottom of their respective groups went to the second round of the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, while second and third placed teams joined that competition in the third round.[4]

Seedings

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Randers HK
  DVSC-Fórum Debrecen
  Byåsen HE
  U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca
  BM Elda Prestigio
  Rostov-Don
  Buxtehuder SV
  Tertnes HE
  IK Sävehof
  ŽRK Metalurg
  KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin
  Viborg HK
  MizuWaAi Dalfsen
  RK Zaječar
  CDE Gil Eanes
  HC Veselí nad Moravou

Group 1

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The tournament was organised by the Danish club Viborg HK.[9]

Bracket
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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September 2011
 
 
  U Cluj-Napoca33
 
18 September 2011
 
  RK Zaječar32
 
  U Cluj-Napoca21
 
17 September 2011
 
  Viborg HK37
 
  Rostov-Don17
 
 
  Viborg HK24
 
Third place
 
 
18 September 2011
 
 
  RK Zaječar27
 
 
  Rostov-Don15
Semifinals
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17 September 2011
14:30
Rostov-Don   17 – 24   Viborg HK Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
three players 3 (11–10) Fisker, Gulldén 6
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17 September 2011
17:00
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca   33 – 32   RK Zaječar Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Dinca 8 (18–16) Erić 8
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Third place match
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18 September 2011
14:30
RK Zaječar   27 – 15   Rostov-Don Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Vučković 8 (14–7) Sen 5
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Final
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18 September 2011
16:50
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca   21 – 37   Viborg HK Grenaa Idrætscenter, Grenaa
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Ani Senocico 8 (14–17) Fisker 8
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Group 2

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The tournament was organised by the Macedonian club ŽRK Metalurg.[9]

Bracket
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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September 2011
 
 
  Byåsen HE27
 
18 September 2011
 
  HC Veselí nad Moravou22
 
  Byåsen HE20
 
17 September 2011
 
  ŽRK Metalurg17
 
  BM Elda Prestigio22
 
 
  ŽRK Metalurg27
 
Third place
 
 
18 September 2011
 
 
  HC Veselí nad Moravou20
 
 
  BM Elda Prestigio21
Semifinals
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17 September 2011
18:00
BM Elda Prestigio   22 – 27   ŽRK Metalurg Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Faria Servin 9 (9–14) Bajramoska 7
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17 September 2011
20:30
Byåsen HE   27 – 22   HC Veselí nad Moravou Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 300
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Alstad 9 (13–14) Sukennikova 6
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Third place match
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18 September 2011
17:30
HC Veselí nad Moravou   20 – 21   BM Elda Prestigio Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Rajnohova 5 (12–8) Said Mohamed 6
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Final
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18 September 2011
20:00
Byåsen HE   20 – 17   ŽRK Metalurg Sportska Sala, Skopje
Attendance: 500
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Tomac 8 (12–8) Gjorgjijevska 5
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Group 3

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The tournament was organised by the Polish club Zagłębie Lubin.[9]

Bracket
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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September 2011
 
 
  DVSC35
 
18 September 2011
 
  CDE Gil Eanes22
 
  DVSC26
 
17 September 2011
 
  Buxtehuder SV30
 
  Buxtehuder SV27
 
 
  Zagłębie Lubin26
 
Third place
 
 
18 September 2011
 
 
  CDE Gil Eanes25
 
 
  Zagłębie Lubin40
Semifinals
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17 September 2011
17:00
Buxtehuder SV   27 – 26   MKS Zagłębie Lubin Hala Widowiskowo, Głogów
Attendance: 700
Referees: Crnojevic, Radic (CRO)
Lamein 9 (11–13) Byzdra 8
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17 September 2011
19:30
DVSC-Fórum Debrecen   35 – 22   CDE Gil Eanes Hala Widowiskowo, Głogów
Attendance: 200
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Csáki 6 (16–9) Piña, Seabra 5
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Third place match
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18 September 2011
12:30
CDE Gil Eanes   25 – 40   MKS Zagłębie Lubin Hala Widowiskowo, Głogów
Attendance: 200
Referees: Crnojevic, Radic (CRO)
three players 5 (7–26) Migala 7
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Final
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18 September 2011
14:30
DVSC-Fórum Debrecen   26 – 30   Buxtehuder SV Hala Widowiskowo, Głogów
Attendance: 200
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Sopronyi 9 (13–16) Klein 6
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Group 4

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The tournament was organised by the Swedish club IK Sävehof.[9]

Bracket
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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September 2011
 
 
  Randers HK34
 
18 September 2011
 
  MizuWaAi Dalfsen19
 
  Randers HK26
 
17 September 2011
 
  IK Sävehof21
 
  Tertnes HE25
 
 
  IK Sävehof34
 
Third place
 
 
18 September 2011
 
 
  MizuWaAi Dalfsen31
 
 
  Tertnes HE32
Semifinals
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17 September 2011
14:00
Randers HK   34 – 19   MizuWaAi Dalfsen Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 100
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Johansen 6 (18–9) Schoenaker 4
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17 September 2011
16:30
Tertnes HE   25 – 34   IK Sävehof Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 500
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Reinkind 7 (12–13) Alm 10
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Third place match
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18 September 2011
12:00
MizuWaAi Dalfsen   31 – 32   Tertnes HE Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 50
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Malestein 8 (19–18) Gosse 10
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Final
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18 September 2011
14:30
Randers HK   26 – 21   IK Sävehof Partillebohallen, Partille
Attendance: 500
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Dalby 7 (13–10) Alm 7
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Group matches

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The draw of the group matches was held on June 28 at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna.[5] A total of sixteen teams were concerned in the process, having divided into four pots of four. Similar to the qualifying phase, clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group, therefore, instead of direct draw, Pot 4 teams were allocated to the first possible position from Group A to Group D.[10][11]

Seedings

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Larvik HK
  FC Midtjylland Håndbold
  Győri Audi ETO KC
  CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea
  Budućnost Podgorica
  Hypo Niederösterreich
  Krim Ljubljana
  Itxako Reyno de Navarra
  HC Dinamo Volgograd
  Thüringer HC
  Metz Handball
  Podravka Koprivnica
  Viborg HK
  Byåsen HE
  Buxtehuder SV
  Randers HK

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ZRK FCM BIL THC
  Budućnost Podgorica 6 5 0 1 172 149 +23 10 28–25 28–18 35–25
  FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 4 0 2 146 127 +19 8 34–20 18–21 23–20
  Byåsen HE 6 2 1 3 131 149 −18 5 24–34 17–19 23–22
  Thüringer HC 6 0 1 5 139 163 −24 1 23–27 21–27 28–28
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LHK RKK VHK RKP
  Larvik HK 6 4 0 2 161 138 +23 8 31–19 19–20 37–25
  Krim Ljubljana 6 2 2 2 143 151 −8 6 19–22 31–25 22–22
  Viborg HK 6 2 2 2 161 161 0 6 34–28 28–28 27–27
  RK Podravka Koprivnica 6 1 2 3 146 161 −15 4 21–24 23–24 28–27
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC MHB RHK HYÖ
  Győri Audi ETO KC 6 4 0 2 183 154 +29 8 28–23 35–20 37–29
  Metz Handball 6 3 0 3 154 156 −2 6 24–33 25–20 30–21
  Randers HK 6 3 0 3 163 170 −7 6 29–23 26–27 39–32
  Hypo Niederösterreich 6 2 0 4 167 187 −20 4 29–27 28–25 28–29
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSV SDI HCV BSV
  CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 5 0 1 168 146 +22 10 30–22 31–26 28–22
  Itxako Reyno de Navarra 6 4 0 2 163 158 +5 8 22–25 28–26 32–21
  Dinamo Volgograd 6 3 0 3 170 160 +10 6 34–30 25–27 29–23
  Buxtehuder SV 6 0 0 6 138 175 −37 0 20–24 31–32 21–30
Source: [citation needed]

Main round

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The draw of the main round was held on November 15 at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna. A total of eight teams advanced from the group stage to the main round and were located in two pots, with the group winners being in Pot 1 and the runners-up in Pot 2.[12] Teams from the same groups at the group stage were not able to be drawn together.[13]

Seedings

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Pot 1 Pot 2
  Győri Audi ETO KC
  Budućnost Podgorica
  Larvik HK
  CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea
  FC Midtjylland Håndbold
  Itxako Reyno de Navarra
  Metz Handball
  Krim Ljubljana

Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC LHK SDI FCM
  Győri Audi ETO KC 6 4 1 1 173 156 +17 9 31–22 25–25 35–27
  Larvik HK 6 2 2 2 142 147 −5 6 32–25 23–23 20–27
  Itxako Reyno de Navarra 6 1 3 2 139 139 0 5 26–28 19–19 24–21
  FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 2 0 4 144 156 −12 4 24–29 22–26 23–22
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ZRK CSV RKK MHB
  Budućnost Podgorica 6 6 0 0 182 149 +33 12 31–25 29–21 32–26
  CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 3 1 2 166 163 +3 7 24–34 30–26 30–21
  Krim Ljubljana 6 2 0 4 147 161 −14 4 26–27 25–31 28–24
  Metz Handball 6 0 1 5 144 166 −22 1 27–29 26–26 20–21
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea   58–62   Győri Audi ETO KC 35–31 23–31
Larvik HK   33–45   Budućnost Podgorica 20–22 13–23

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Győri Audi ETO KC   54–54   Budućnost Podgorica 29–27 25–27

Top scorers

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Final statistics[14]
Rank Name Team Goals
1   Anita Görbicz   Győri Audi ETO KC 133
2   Bojana Popović   Budućnost Podgorica 106
3   Katarina Bulatović   Budućnost Podgorica 97
4   Alexandrina Cabral   Itxako Reyno de Navarra 78
  Andrea Penezić   Krim Ljubljana
6   Eduarda Amorim   Győri Audi ETO KC 75
7   Heidi Løke   Győri Audi ETO KC 72
8   Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren   Larvik HK 69
9   Jovanka Radičević   Győri Audi ETO KC 62
  Linn Jørum Sulland   Larvik HK

Notes

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  1. ^ Viborg HK were guaranteed wild card following the withdrawal of HC Sparta Kryvyi Rih.

References

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  5. ^ a b "EHF Champions League places confirmed". European Handball Federation. 18 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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