Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League
Current season, competition or edition:; 2017–18 Women's EHF Champions League
	File:Women's EHF Champions League logo.svg Women's EHF Champions League logo
Sport	Handball
Founded	1961
No. of teams	16 (group matches); 22 (total)
Country	EHF members
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Győri Audi ETO KC (3rd title)
Most titles	Spartak Kiev (13 titles)
Related; competitions	EHF Cup
Official website	EHF Champions League

The Women's EHF Champions League is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most competitive and prestigious tournament for clubs with the champions of the Europe's top national leagues participating.

Tournament structure

Eligibility

Each year the EHF publishes a ranking list of its member federations. The first 23 nations are allowed to participate in the tournament with their national champion. The nations ranked first and second receive an additional slot and other nations may apply for additional places.

Rounds

The Women's EHF Champions League is divided into five stages. Depending on the ranking of their national federation, teams can enter the competition in either qualification or the group matches. The defending champion along with the champions from the highest ranked nations start in the group matches whereas lower ranked nations need to go through the qualification tournaments.

Qualification Tournament

Two groups of four teams are formed. Teams from each group play semi-finals and finals, in a single venue over a weekend. The winning team from each group advance to the group matches.

Group Matches

The teams qualified from the qualification tournament are joined by the defending champion and the national champions of the highest ranked federations. Four groups of four teams are formed. They play each other twice, in home and away matches. The best three teams from each group advance to the main round. The remaining teams can enter the Cup Winners' Cup.

Main Round

Two groups of six teams are formed. Teams play those they have not already faced twice, in home and away matches. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

The pairings for this round are decided by placing in the main round, with first place against fourth in the other group and second place against third. Each pair plays two matches at home and away. The four winners advance to the Women's EHF FINAL4.

Women's EHF FINAL4

The four participating teams are paired with a draw and play over a single weekend at one venue. Two semi-finals will be played on a Saturday, with the 3/4 Placement and Final played the following day.

Summary

European Champions Cup

Year	Final			Semi Final Losers
Year	Champion	Score	Second Place
1961 Details	Ştiinţa Bucharest	13–5 (8–1 / 5–4)	Dynamo Prague	Žalgiris Kaunas	RSF Mulheim
1961–62 Details	Sparta Prague	11–7 (2–3 / 9–4)	ORK Belgrade	RSF Mulheim	Ştiinţa Bucharest
1962–63 Details	Trud Moscow	11–8	Frederiksberg IF	Fortschritt Weissenfels	Rapid Bucharest
1963–64 Details	Rapid Bucharest	14–13	Helsingør IF	Spartacus Budapest	Eimsbütteler TV
1964–65 Details	HG København	21–16 (14–6 / 7–10)	Spartacus Budapest	Swift Roermond	Lokomotiva Zagreb
1965–66 Details	SC Leipzig	17–11 (10–5 / 7–6)	HG København	Spartacus Budapest	Sparta Prague
1966–67 Details	Žalgiris Kaunas	8–7	SC Leipzig	Universitatea Timişoara	Bohemians Prague
1967–68 Details	Žalgiris Kaunas	13–11	Empor Rostock	KS Cracovia	Rapid Bucharest
1969–70 Details	Spartak Kiev	9–7	SC Leipzig	Žalgiris Kaunas	HG København
1970–71 Details	Spartak Kiev	11–9	Ferencvárosi TC	1.FC Nürnberg	HG København
1971–72 Details	Spartak Kiev	12–8	SC Leipzig	Bakony Veszprém	Universitatea Bucharest
1972–73 Details	Spartak Kiev	17–8	Universitatea Timişoara	NILOC Amsterdam	SC Leipzig
1973–74 Details	SC Leipzig	12–10	Spartak Kiev	Eintracht Minden	Radnički Belgrade
1974–75 Details	Spartak Kiev	14–10	Lokomotiva Zagreb	IEFS Bucharest	Vasas Budapest
1975–76 Details	Radnicki Belgrade	22–12	Swift Roermond	Admira Wien	Stockholmspolisens IF
1976–77 Details	Spartak Kiev	15–7	SC Leipzig	Radnicki Belgrade	IL Vestar
1977–78 Details	TSC Berlin	19–14	Vasas Budapest	IL Vestar	Ruch Chorzów
1978–79 Details	Spartak Kiev	27–26 (13–17 / 14–9)	Vasas Budapest	Eintracht Minden	SC Leipzig
1979–80 Details	RK Radnicki Belgrade	45–29 (22–19 / 23–10 )	Inter Bratislava	Stockholmspolisens IF	VIG G. Dimitrov
1980–81 Details	Spartak Kiev	39–26 (17–13 / 22–13)	Radnicki Belgrade	VIG G. Dimitrov	RK Osijek
1981–82 Details	Vasas Budapest	50–43 (29–19 / 21–24)	Radnicki Belgrade	Spartak Kiev	Rulmentul Braşov
1982–83 Details	Spartak Kiev	48–36 (23–19 / 25–17)	Radnicki Belgrade	Bayer Leverkusen	Vasas Budapest
1983–84 Details	Radnicki Belgrade	42–35 (22–16 / 20–19)	Bayer Leverkusen	Hypo Niederösterreich	Vasas Budapest
1984–85 Details	Spartak Kiev	41–31 (23–16 / 18–15)	Radnicki Belgrade	SC Leipzig	Hypo Niederösterreich
1985–86 Details	Spartak Kiev	52–45 (29–23 / 23–22)	Ştiinţa Bacău	Vasas Budapest	Budućnost Titograd
1986–87 Details	Spartak Kiev	50–37 (25–17 / 25–20)	Hypo Niederösterreich	Ştiinţa Bacău	ZVL Prešov
1987–88 Details	Spartak Kiev	33–31 (16–14 / 17–17)	Hypo Niederösterreich	Spartacus Budapest	Radnicki Belgrade
1988–89 Details	Hypo Niederösterreich	37–33 (16–14 / 21–19)	Spartak Kiev	Debreceni VSC	CS Mureșul
1989–90 Details	Hypo Niederösterreich	59–50 (29–24 / 30–26)	Kuban Krasnodar	Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	SC Brühl
1990–91 Details	TV Giessen-Lützellinden	43–40 (21–15 / 22–25)	Hypo Niederösterreich	Rostselmash	Építők SC
1991–92 Details	Hypo Niederösterreich	34–32 (15–14 / 19–18)	TV Giessen-Lützellinden	Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	Walle Bremen
1992–93 Details	Hypo Niederösterreich	40–25 (17–14 / 23–11)	Vasas Budapest	Mar Valencia	Walle Bremen

EHF Women's Champions League (knockout system)

Year	Final			Semi Final Losers
Year	Champion	Score	Second Place
1993–94 Details	Hypo Niederösterreich	45–39 (18–20 / 25–21)	Vasas Budapest	Mar Valencia	TV Giessen-Lützellinden
1994–95 Details	Hypo Niederösterreich	40–36 (17–14 / 26–19)	Podravka Koprivnica	Mar Valencia	Walle Bremen
1995–96 Details	Podravka Koprivnica	38–37 (17–13 / 25–20)	Hypo Niederösterreich	Mar Valencia	Ferencvárosi TC
1996–97 Details	Mar Valencia	58–50 (35–26 / 24–23)	Viborg HK	Hypo Niederösterreich	Ferencvárosi TC
1997–98 Details	Hypo Niederösterreich	56–47 (28–21 / 26–28)	Mar Valencia	Podravka Koprivnica	Budućnost Podgorica
1998–99 Details	Dunaújvárosi NKS	51–49 (25–23 / 26–26)	Krim Ljubljana	Hypo Niederösterreich	Budućnost Podgorica
1999–00 Details	Hypo Niederösterreich	52–45 (32–23 / 22–20)	Kometal Gjorče Petrov	Buducnost Podgorica	Volgograd Akva
2000–01 Details	Krim Ljubljana	47–41 (22–22 / 25–19)	Viborg HK	Budućnost Podgorica	Ferencvárosi TC
2001–02 Details	Kometal Gjorče Petrov	51–49 (27–25 / 26–22)	Ferencvárosi TC	Larvik HK	Budućnost Podgorica
2002–03 Details	Krim Ljubljana	63–58 (30–27 / 36–28)	Mar Valencia	Ikast EH	Viborg HK
2003–04 Details	Slagelse FH	61–56 (25–24 / 32–36)	Krim Ljubljana	Dunaújvárosi NKS	Larvik HK
2004–05 Details	Slagelse FH	54–43 (27–23 / 20–27)	Kometal Gjorče Petrov	Dunaújvárosi NKS	Hypo Niederösterreich
2005–06 Details	Viborg HK	44–43 (22–24 / 20–21)	Krim Ljubljana	BM Sagunto	Aalborg DH
2006–07 Details	Slagelse FH	61–53 (29–29 / 32–24)	Lada Togliatti	Győri ETO	Hypo Niederösterreich
2007–08 Details	Zvezda Zvenigorod	56–53 (25–24 / 29–31)	Hypo Niederösterreich	Győri ETO	Lada Togliatti
2008–09 Details	Viborg HK	50–49 (24–26 / 23–26)	Győri ETO	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Hypo Niederösterreich
2009–10 Details	Viborg HK	60–52 (28–21 / 32–31)	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Győri ETO	Larvik HK
2010–11 Details	Larvik HK	47–46 (23–21 / 25–24)	SD Itxako	ŽRK Budućnost	Győri ETO
2011–12 Details	ŽRK Budućnost	54–54 (29–27 / 27–25)	Győri Audi ETO KC	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Larvik HK
2012–13 Details	Győri Audi ETO KC	47–43 (21–24 / 23–22)	Larvik HK	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Krim Ljubljana

EHF Women's Champions League (Final Four system)

Year	Final			Semi Final Losers
Year	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third place	Fourth place
2013–14 Details	Győri Audi ETO KC	27–21	ŽRK Budućnost	HC Vardar	FC Midtjylland
2014–15 Details	ŽRK Budućnost	26–22	Larvik HK	HC Vardar	Dinamo Volgograd
2015–16 Details	CSM Bucharest	29–26 (Pen)	Győri Audi ETO KC	HC Vardar	ŽRK Budućnost
2016–17 Details	Győri Audi ETO KC	31–30 (OT)	HC Vardar	CSM Bucharest	ŽRK Budućnost

Records and statistics

Winners

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Spartak Kiev	13	2	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988	1974, 1989
Hypo Niederösterreich	8	5	1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000	1987, 1988, 1991, 1996, 2008
Radnički Belgrade	3	4	1976, 1980, 1984	1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
Győri Audi ETO KC	3	3	2013, 2014, 2017	2009, 2012, 2016
Viborg HK	3	2	2006, 2009, 2010	1997, 2001
Slagelse DT	3	0	2004, 2005, 2007
SC Leipzig	2	4	1966, 1974	1967, 1970, 1972, 1977
Krim Ljubljana	2	3	2001, 2003	1999, 2004, 2006
ŽRK Budućnost	2	1	2012, 2015	2014
Žalgiris Kaunas	2	0	1967, 1968
Vasas Budapest	1	4	1982	1978, 1979, 1993, 1994
Sagunto	1	2	1997	1998, 2003
Kometal Skopje	1	2	2002	2000, 2005
Larvik HK	1	2	2011	2013, 2015
HG København	1	1	1965	1966
TV Giessen-Lützellinden	1	1	1991	1992
Podravka Koprivnica	1	1	1996	1995
Ştiinţa Bucharest	1	0	1961
Sparta Prague	1	0	1962
Trud Moscow	1	0	1963
Rapid Bucharest	1	0	1964
TSC Berlin	1	0	1978
Dunaferr NK	1	0	1999
Zvezda Zvenigorod	1	0	2008
CSM Bucharest	1	0	2016
HC Vardar	0	1		2017