2014–15 EHF Champions League

EHF Champions League

2014–15
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	2014–2015
Teams	33 (Qualification stage) 24 (Group stage) 16 (Knockout stage)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	2660 (55.42 per match)
Attendance	186,940 (3,895 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Momir Ilić (33 goals)

The 2014–15 VELUX EHF Champions League will be the 55th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 22nd edition under the current EHF Champions League format. SG Flensburg-Handewitt is the defending champion.

Overview

Team allocation

21 teams are directly qualified for the group stage.

Group stage
FlensburgTH (3rd)	Paris Saint-Germain (2nd)	Szeged (2nd)	Vive Targi Kielce (1st)
THW Kiel (1st)	Montpellier (3rd)	Chekhovskiye Medvedi (1st)	Wisła Płock (2nd)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen (2nd)	KIF København (1st)	Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st)	Alingsås HK (1st)
Barcelona (1st)	Aalborg (2nd)	Zagreb (1st)
Logroño (2nd)	Celje (1st)	Metalurg (1st)
Dunkerque (1st)	Veszprém (1st)	Vardar (2nd)
Qualifying
Qualification tournament
Alpla HC Hard	Initia Hasselt	HC Meshkov Brest	Junior Fasano
Targos Bevo HC	Haslum HK	F.C. Porto	H.C.M. Constanţa
RK Vojvodina	HT Tatran Prešov	Beşiktaş J.K.	HC Motor Zaporozhye

Qualification stage

Main article: 2014–15 EHF Champions League qualifying

Twelve teams will take part in the qualification tournaments. They will be drawn into three groups of four teams, where they play a semifinal and a final or third place match. The winners of the qualification tournaments, played on 6–7 September 2014, will qualify for the group stage, while the eliminated teams will be transferred to the 2014–15 EHF Cup. The draw took place on 26 June 2014, at 14:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
HC Motor Zaporozhye HC Meshkov Brest H.C.M. Constanţa	RK Vojvodina F.C. Porto Haslum HK	HT Tatran Prešov Alpla HC Hard Beşiktaş J.K.	Targos Bevo HC Initia Hasselt Junior Fasano

Qualification tournament 1

	Semifinals				Final
	6 September
	HC Meshkov Brest	36
					7 September
	Targos Bevo HC	23
					HC Meshkov Brest	26
	6 September
					HT Tatran Prešov	24
	RK Vojvodina	21
	HT Tatran Prešov	25
					Third place game
					7 September
					Targos Bevo HC	25
					RK Vojvodina	30

Qualification tournament 2

	Semifinals				Final
	5 September
	Motor Zaporozhye	36
					6 September
	Junior Fasano	20
					Motor Zaporozhye	30
	5 September
					F.C. Porto	26
	F.C. Porto	29
	Alpla HC Hard	25
					Third place game
					6 September
					Junior Fasano	26
					Alpla HC Hard	35

Qualification tournament 3

	Semifinals				Final
	6 September
	H.C.M. Constanţa	29
					7 September
	Initia Hasselt	20
					H.C.M. Constanţa	25
	6 September
					Beşiktaş J.K.	34
	Haslum HK	22
	Beşiktaş J.K.	29
					Third place game
					7 September
					Initia Hasselt	26
					Haslum HK	35

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage

24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams, where they play each other twice. The top four teams will advance to the knockout stage. The draw took place on 27 June 2014, at 18:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
THW Kiel FC Barcelona MKB Veszprém Vive Kielce	KIF Kolding RK Metalurg RK Celje Dunkerque	RK Zagreb Medvedi Schaffhausen Alingsås HK	RN Löwen CB Logroño Pick Szeged Wisła Płock	Flensburg Aalborg RK Vardar Paris SG	Montpellier HC Brest Zaporozhye Beşiktaş J.K.

Group A

BRE KIE LOG PAR SKO ZAG Brest – 24–25 29 Nov 28–29 28–24 15 Nov Kiel 18–22 Feb – 34–32 22 Nov 11–15 Feb 26 Nov Logroño 39–31 3 Dec – 18–22 Feb 16 Nov 22–21 Paris 11–15 Feb 16 Nov 32–25 – 30 Nov 27–22 Skopje 6 Dec 27–42 22 Nov 22–27 – 18–22 Feb Zagreb 23 Nov 27–25 11–15 Feb 3–6 Dec 19–17 –

Group B

ALI BAR BES FLE KOL PLO Alingsås – 28–38 19 Nov 4 Dec 19–23 11–15 Feb Barcelona 29 Nov – 35–25 23 Nov 11–15 Feb 30–25 Beşiktaş 16 Nov 18–22 Feb – 20–27 24–33 29 Nov Flensburg 31–21 15 Nov 11–15 Feb – 30 Nov 35–28 Kolding 18–22 Feb 27–27 3–6 Dec 35–21 – 23 Nov Płock 28–25 3–6 Dec 28–19 18–22 Feb 12–16 Nov –

Group C

CEL MED MON RNL VAR VES Celje – 18–22 Feb 6 Dec 19–23 Nov 26–27 21–24 Medvedi 30–35 – 22 Nov 11–15 Feb 6 Dec 32–37 Montpellier 35–29 16 Nov – 29 Nov 34–34 18–22 Feb RN Löwen 13 Nov 34–29 35–24 – 18–22 Feb 6 Dec Vardar 29 Nov 39–28 11–15 Feb 28–25 – 15 Nov Veszprém 11–15 Feb 29 Nov 30–29 27–24 22 Nov –

Group D

AAL DUN KIE SCH SZE ZAP Aalborg – 30 Nov 16 Nov 23–23 25–28 11–15 Feb Dunkerque 21–26 – 25–28 18–22 Feb 22 Nov 6 Dec Kielce 19–23 Nov 11–15 Feb – 30 Nov 37–32 30–26 Schaffhausen 4 Dec 25–23 28–33 – 11–15 Feb 20 Nov Szeged 18–22 Feb 16 Nov 6 Dec 34–24 – 27–26 Zaporozhye 25–28 21–23 18–22 Feb 13 Nov 26–30 Nov –

Knockout stage

Main article: 2014–15 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The top four placed teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. In the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, the teams will play a home-and away series to determine the four participants of the final four, which then determines the winner.

See also

• 2014–15 EHF Cup
• 2014–15 EHF Challenge Cup

External links

• Official website