2008–09 EHF Women's Champions League

The EHF Women's Champions League 2008/09 was the 16th edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, a handball competition for top women's clubs of Europe managed by the European Handball Federation. It was won by Danish club Viborg HK who defeated Hungarian Győri Audi ETO KC at the finals with an aggregate score of 50–49.^[1] It was the second title for Viborg and the fifth for a Danish team.^[2]

German international Grit Jurack was the tournament's top scorer with 113 goals.^[1]

Qualification Tournament 1

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Milli Piyango SK	3	3	0	102	64	+38	6
2	SKP Bratislava	3	2	1	84	81	+3	4
3	HC Sassari	3	1	2	71	83	−12	2
4	LC Brühl Handball	3	0	3	62	91	−29	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 September	SKP Bratislava	30	25	HC Sassari
5 September	Milli Piyango SK	36	19	LC Brühl Handball
6 September	LC Brühl Handball	24	30	SKP Bratislava
6 September	HC Sassari	21	34	Milli Piyango SK
7 September	HC Sassari	25	19	LC Brühl Handball
7 September	SKP Bratislava	24	32	Milli Piyango SK

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AC Ormi-Loux Patras	3	3	0	83	73	+10	6
2	HC Naisa-Niš	3	2	1	78	74	+4	4
3	Madeira Andebol SAD	3	1	2	71	77	−6	2
4	VOC Amsterdam	3	0	3	71	79	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 September	AC Ormi-Loux Patras	27	21	HC Naisa-Niš
5 September	Madeira Andebol SAD	22	21	VOC Amsterdam
6 September	VOC Amsterdam	24	25	AC Ormi-Loux Patras
6 September	HC Naisa-Nis	25	21	Madeira Andebol SAD
7 September	HC Naisa-Niš	32	26	VOC Amsterdam
7 September	AC Ormi-Loux Patras	31	28	Madeira Andebol SAD

Qualification Tournament 2

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HC Podravka Vegeta	3	3	0	108	80	+28	6
2	HC Leipzig	3	2	1	87	86	+1	4
3	S.D. Itxako	3	1	2	84	75	+9	2
4	AC Ormi-Loux Patras	3	0	3	65	103	−38	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 October	S.D. Itxako	27	29	HC Podravka Vegeta
3 October	HC Leipzig	27	26	AC Ormi-Loux Patras
4 October	AC Ormi-Loux Patras	18	33	S.D. Itxako
4 October	HC Podravka Vegeta	36	32	HC Leipzig
5 October	HC Podravka Vegeta	43	21	AC Ormi-Loux Patras
5 October	S.D. Itxako	24	28	HC Leipzig

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Metz Handball	3	2	1	96	88	+8	4
2	Byasen HE	3	2	1	91	88	+3	4
3	HC Dinamo	3	2	1	95	89	+6	4
4	Milli Piyango SK	3	0	3	84	101	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 October	Byasen HE	33	32	Metz Handball
3 October	HC Dinamo	37	31	Milli Piyango SK
4 October	Milli Piyango SK	28	31	Byasen HE
4 October	Metz Handball	31	30	HC Dinamo
5 October	Metz Handball	33	25	Milli Piyango SK
5 October	Byasen HE	27	28	HC Dinamo

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ikast-Bording EH	3	3	0	0	127	95	+32	6
2	C.S. Rulmentul-Urban Brasov	3	2	0	1	107	103	+4	4
3	SPR SAFO Lubin	3	0	1	2	98	116	−18	1
4	SKP Bratislava	3	0	1	2	80	98	−18	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 October	Ikast-Bording EH	44	31	SPR SAFO Lubin
3 October	C.S. Rulmentul-Urban Brasov	30	21	SKP Bratislava
4 October	SKP Bratislava	29	38	Ikast-Bording EH
4 October	SPR SAFO Lubin	37	42	C.S. Rulmentul-Urban Brasov
5 October	SPR SAFO Lubin	30	30	SKP Bratislava
5 October	Ikast-Bording EH	45	35	C.S. Rulmentul-Urban Brasov

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FCK Handbold A/S	3	3	0	93	49	+44	6
2	Dunaferr NK	3	1	2	74	78	−4	2
3	HC Motor	3	1	2	79	98	−19	2
4	HC Naisa-Nis	3	1	2	66	87	−21	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 October	Dunaferr NK	31	36	HC Motor
3 October	FCK Handbold A/S	33	17	HC Naisa-Nis
4 October	HC Naisa-Nis	20	28	Dunaferr NK
4 October	HC Motor	17	38	FCK Handbold A/S
5 October	HC Motor	26	29	HC Naisa-Nis
5 October	Dunaferr NK	15	22	FCK Handbold A/S

Group Matches

Top 2 teams from each group advance to the Main Round, while the third placed team from each group will compete in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Teams

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Zvezda Zvenigorod Defending champion	Hypo Niederösterreich Austrian champion	Handball Club Lada Russian champion	Viborg HK Danish champion
Győri Audi ETO KC Hungarian champion	Orsan Elda Prestigio Spanish champion	Larvik HK Norwegian champion	Krim Ljubljana Slovenian champion
WHC Gjorche Petrov Macedonian champion	Budućnost T-Mobile Montenegrin champion	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea Romanian champion	1. FC Nürnberg Handball German champion
Ikast-Brande EH Danish second	FCK Håndbold Danish third	RK Podravka Koprivnica Croatian champion	Metz Handball French champion

Legend

	Team advanced to the Main Round
	Team will compete in the Cup Winners' Cup
	Team is eliminated from the tournament

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Györi Audi ETO KC	6	5	0	1	169	145	+24	10
2	Ikast-Brande EH	6	3	1	2	171	163	+8	7
3	WHC Gjorche Petrov	6	2	0	4	149	170	−21	4
4	Zvezda Zvenigorod	6	1	1	4	156	167	−11	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

31 October	WHC Gjorche Petrov	21	24	Györi Audi ETO KC
1 November	Ikast-Brande EH	31	25	Zvezda Zvenigorod
9 November	Zvezda Zvenigorod	30	22	WHC Gjorche Petrov
9 November	Györi Audi ETO KC	25	27	Ikast-Brande EH
15 November	Ikast-Brande EH	32	26	WHC Gjorche Petrov
16 November	Györi Audi ETO KC	29	23	Zvezda Zvenigorod
2 January	WHC Gjorche Petrov	28	22	Zvezda Zvenigorod
3 January	Ikast-Brande EH	26	27	Györi Audi ETO KC
10 January	Zvezda Zvenigorod	28	28	Ikast-Brande EH
11 January	Györi Audi ETO KC	35	20	WHC Gjorche Petrov
17 January	Zvezda Zvenigorod	28	29	Györi Audi ETO KC
18 January	WHC Gjorche Petrov	32	27	Ikast-Brande EH

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hypo Niederösterreich	6	5	0	1	179	146	+33	10
2	Budućnost T-Mobile	6	4	1	1	154	149	+5	9
3	FCK Håndbold	6	2	1	3	143	140	+3	5
4	Orsan Elda Prestigio	6	0	0	6	131	172	−41	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 November	Budućnost T-Mobile	28	26	Orsan Elda Prestigio
2 November	FCK Håndbold	27	28	Hypo Niederösterreich
7 November	Hypo Niederösterreich	34	27	Budućnost T-Mobile
8 November	Orsan Elda Prestigio	18	26	FCK Håndbold
15 November	Orsan Elda Prestigio	26	31	Hypo Niederösterreich
16 November	FCK Håndbold	22	22	Budućnost T-Mobile
3 January	Budućnost T-Mobile	26	25	Hypo Niederösterreich
4 January	FCK Håndbold	28	19	Orsan Elda Prestigio
9 January	Hypo Niederösterreich	28	18	FCK Håndbold
10 January	Orsan Elda Prestigio	20	26	Budućnost T-Mobile
16 January	Hypo Niederösterreich	33	22	Orsan Elda Prestigio
17 January	Budućnost T-Mobile	25	22	FCK Håndbold

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	6	4	2	177	155	+22	8
2	ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica	6	4	2	170	163	+7	8
3	Larvik HK	6	3	3	179	169	+10	6
4	HC "Lada Togliatti"	6	1	5	159	198	−39	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

31 October	ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica	30	27	HC "Lada Togliatti"
2 November	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	33	29	Larvik HK
7 November	HC "Lada Togliatti"	34	33	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
9 November	Larvik HK	27	26	ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica
15 November	ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica	20	30	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
16 November	Larvik HK	35	24	HC "Lada Togliatti"
3 January	ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica	32	27	Larvik HK
4 January	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	30	19	HC "Lada Togliatti"
10 January	HC "Lada Togliatti"	28	34	ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica
11 January	Larvik HK	25	27	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
18 January	HC "Lada Togliatti"	27	36	Larvik HK
18 January	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	24	28	ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Viborg HK	6	5	1	225	175	+50	10
2	Krim Ljubljana	6	4	2	187	182	+5	8
3	Metz Handball	6	2	4	173	188	−15	4
4	1. FC Nürnberg Handball	6	1	5	165	205	−40	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 November	Metz Handball	24	37	Viborg HK
2 November	1. FC Nürnberg Handball	25	29	Krim Ljubljana
8 November	Viborg HK	39	30	1. FC Nürnberg Handball
9 November	Krim Ljubljana	26	31	Metz Handball
15 November	Metz Handball	32	24	1. FC Nürnberg Handball
15 November	Krim Ljubljana	38	34	Viborg HK
3 January	1. FC Nürnberg Handball	28	42	Viborg HK
3 January	Metz Handball	29	33	Krim Ljubljana
10 January	Viborg HK	35	27	Metz Handball
10 January	Krim Ljubljana	33	25	1. FC Nürnberg Handball
16 January	1. FC Nürnberg Handball	33	30	Metz Handball
17 January	Viborg HK	38	28	Krim Ljubljana

Main Round

The draw for the Main Round took place on 20 January 2009.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Hypo Niederösterreich	HC Podravka Vegeta
Viborg HK	Ikast-Brande EH
Győri Audi ETO KC	Budućnost T-Mobile
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Krim Ljubljana

After the draw, the following groups were formed:

Group 1	Group 2
Hypo Niederösterreich	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
Viborg HK	Győri Audi ETO KC
Ikast-Brande EH	Budućnost T-Mobile
HC Podravka Vegeta	Krim Ljubljana

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Viborg HK	6	5	1	196	166	+30	10
2	Hypo Niederösterreich	6	5	1	195	166	+29	10
3	Podravka Koprivnica	6	2	4	177	186	−9	4
4	Ikast-Brande EH	6	0	6	154	204	−50	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 February	Podravka Koprivnica	30	31	Hypo Niederösterreich
7 February	Ikast-Brande EH	24	38	Viborg HK
13 February	Hypo Niederösterreich	32	24	Ikast-Brande EH
14 February	Viborg HK	32	26	Podravka Koprivnica
20 February	Hypo Niederösterreich	30	28	Viborg HK
21 February	Ikast-Brande EH	28	31	Podravka Koprivnica
28 February	Ikast-Brande EH	23	33	Hypo Niederösterreich
28 February	Podravka Koprivnica	26	31	Viborg HK
13 March	Viborg HK	34	29	Ikast-Brande EH
13 March	Hypo Niederösterreich	38	28	Podravka Koprivnica
21 March	Podravka Koprivnica	36	26	Ikast-Brande EH
21 March	Viborg HK	33	31	Hypo Niederösterreich

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Györi Audi ETO KC	6	4	1	1	182	173	+9	9
2	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	6	3	0	3	179	166	+13	6
3	Budućnost T-Mobile	6	2	1	3	163	177	−14	5
4	Krim Ljubljana	6	2	0	4	196	204	−8	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 February	Krim Ljubljana	31	35	Györi Audi ETO KC
8 February	Budućnost T-Mobile	23	22	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
15 February	Györi Audi ETO KC	31	27	Budućnost T-Mobile
15 February	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	36	30	Krim Ljubljana
21 February	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	28	26	Györi Audi ETO KC
22 February	Krim Ljubljana	35	28	Budućnost T-Mobile
28 February	Krim Ljubljana	35	34	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
28 February	Budućnost T-Mobile	26	26	Györi Audi ETO KC
15 March	Györi Audi ETO KC	34	33	Krim Ljubljana
15 March	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	31	22	Budućnost T-Mobile
21 March	Györi Audi ETO KC	30	28	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
21 March	Budućnost T-Mobile	37	32	Krim Ljubljana

Final round

The semi-finals and finals are played in two legs of home and away matches. Viborg and Győr had home court advantage for the second leg of the semifinals as winners of their respective groups.^[3] Also, there was no need to perform a draw to decide home and away rights for the finals. According to EHF regulations, Viborg would get home court for the first match because they played a final in the last three years (2005/06).^[4]

Semi-finals					Final

1	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	28	21	49

4	Viborg HK	34	21	55
					Viborg HK	24	26	50

					Győri Audi ETO KC	26	23	49
3	Hypo Niederösterreich	26	21	47

2	Győri Audi ETO KC	25	29	54

Semifinals

First leg

12 April 2009 18:30 (UTC+3)	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	28 – 34	Viborg HK	"Traian" Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Korres, Migas (GRE)
	Ardean-Elisei 6	(11-16)	Jurack, Mikkelsen 7
	3× 1×	(report)	3× 6×

12 April 2009 20:22 (UTC+2)	Hypo Niederösterreich	26 – 25	Győri Audi ETO KC	BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
	do Nascimento 6	(15-13)	Görbicz 7
	2× 4×	(report)	2× 2×

Second leg

18 April 2009 14:05 (UTC+2)	Viborg HK	21 – 21	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Stolarovs, Licis (LAT)
	Althaus 6	(8-12)	Lecuşanu 7
	3× 5× 1×	(report)	3× 2×

19 April 2009 16:15 (UTC+2)	Győri Audi ETO KC	29 – 21	Hypo Niederösterreich	Magvassy Mihály Sports Hall, Győr Attendance: 2,800 Referees: B. Methe, R. Methe (GER)
	Görbicz 13	(12-9)	Tóth 5
	3× 5× 1×	(report)	3× 5× 1×

Finals

9 May 2009 16:15 (UTC+2)	Viborg HK	24 – 26	Győri Audi ETO KC	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 5,600 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Althaus, Skov 6	(14-15)	Tomori 7
	3× 5×	(report)	2× 2× 1×

16 May 2009 16:15 (UTC+2)	Győri Audi ETO KC	23 – 26	Viborg HK	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Muro, Rodríguez (ESP)
	Kovacsics 6	(10-14)	Mikkelsen 7
	2× 3× 1×	(report)	3× 8× 1×

EHF Champions League 2008/09 Winners

Viborg HK Second Title

Top scorers

As published by the EHF^[5]

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Grit Jurack	Viborg HK	113
2	Anita Görbicz	Győri Audi ETO KC	94
3	Andrea Lekić	Krim Ljubljana	88
4	Tímea Tóth	Hypo Niederösterreich	80
5	Alexandra do Nascimento	Hypo Niederösterreich	79
6	Katarina Bulatović	Budućnost T-Mobile	75
6	Zsuzsanna Tomori	Győri Audi ETO KC	75
8	Bojana Popović	Viborg HK	73
9	Orsolya Vérten	Győri Audi ETO KC	71
10	Narcisa Lecuşanu	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	66
10	Rikke Skov	Viborg HK	66
12	Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth	Larvik HK	61
13	Mette Sjøberg	Ikast-Brande EH	60
14	Gorica Acimovic	Hypo Niederösterreich	59
14	Oana Manea	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	59
16	Henriette Mikkelsen	Viborg HK	58
17	Gro Hammerseng	Ikast-Brande EH	56
18	Valentina Ardean-Elisei	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	55
	Dijana Golubić	Krim Ljubljana
	Andrea Penezić	Podravka Koprivnica
21	Katarina Mravikova	Győri Audi ETO KC	53
21	Renata Mörtel	Krim Ljubljana	53
23	Kristina Franić	Podravka Koprivnica	52
23	Cristina Vărzaru	Viborg HK	52
25	Ana Đokić	Podravka Koprivnica	48
	Adina Fiera	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
	Jovanka Radičević	Budućnost T-Mobile

References

^ ^a ^b Pazen, Björn (16 May 2009). "Viborg take the CL title!". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
^ Bruun, Peter (18 May 2009). "Small+things+decided" "Small things decided". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
^ "Women's semi-finals scheduled". EHF. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
^ "Women's European Cup Final Draw". European Handball Federation. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
^ "EHF Champions League 2008/09 - Scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

"EHF Champions League 2008/09". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-17.

External links

Official website

[ehf-vhk-1] Pazen, Björn (16 May 2009). "Viborg take the CL title!". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

[2] Bruun, Peter (18 May 2009). "Small+things+decided" "Small things decided". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

[3] "Women's semi-finals scheduled". EHF. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-26.

[4] "Women's European Cup Final Draw". European Handball Federation. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-23.

[5] "EHF Champions League 2008/09 - Scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

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