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Women's EHF European League
2020–21
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates10 October 2020–9 May 2021
Teams30 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Websiteeurohandball.com

The 2020–21 Women's EHF European League is the 40th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 10 October 2020 to 9 May 2021.[1] The tournament was previously called Women's EHF Cup.[2]

There is no defending champion, after last season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overview

Team allocation

Group stage
Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold Hungary Siófok KC Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare Russia HC Lada
Round 3
Czech Republic DHK Baník Most Denmark Nykøbing Falster Håndbold Denmark Viborg HK Spain Super Amara Bera Bera
France Fleury Loiret Handball France Nantes Atlantique Handball Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe Germany TuS Metzingen
Hungary DVSC Schaeffler Hungary Váci NKSE Norway Byåsen Håndball Elite Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite
Poland MKS Perła Lublin Romania SCM Gloria Buzău Russia Astrakhanochka Russia HC Zvezda
Sweden H 65 Höörs HK Turkey Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK
Round 2
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich Austria WAT Atzgersdorf France Paris 92 Germany Thüringer HC
Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC Norway Molde HK Norway Tertnes Håndball Elite Romania HC Dunărea Brăila
Russia Kuban Switzerland LC Brühl Handball Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce Sweden Lugi HF

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition will be as follows (all draws are held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[3][4][5] The EHF announced that the originally planned first qualification round in September would be skipped.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 28 July 2020 10–11 October 2020 17–18 October 2020
Third qualifying round 20 October 2020 14–15 November 2020 21–22 November 2020
Group stage Matchday 1 26 November 2020 9–10 January 2021
Matchday 2 16–17 January 2021
Matchday 3 23–24 January 2021
Matchday 4 6–7 February 2021
Matchday 5 13–14 February 2021
Matchday 6 20–21 February 2021
Knockout phase Quarter-finals no draw 27–28 March 2021 3–4 April 2021
Semi finals 6 April 2021 8 May 2021
Final 9 May 2021

Qualification stage

Round 2

There were 12 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 10–11 October and the second legs were played on 16–17 October 2020.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Dunărea Brăila Romania 53–52 1 Norway Tertnes Håndball Elite 28–26 25–26
Molde HK Norway 58–40 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich 28–19 30–21
Paris 92 France 65–40 2 Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce 36–14 29–26
WAT Atzgersdorf Austria 45–81 Germany Thüringer HC 24–39 21–42
Lugi HF Sweden (walkover) Russia Kuban – –
LC Brühl Handball Switzerland (walkover) Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC – –
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by HC Dunărea Brăila.
2 Both legs were hosted by Paris 92.

Round 3

A total of 24 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 20 October 2020.[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 14–15 November and the second legs were played on 21–22 November 2020.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Super Amara Bera Bera Spain 51–56 Russia HC Zvezda 27–27 24–29
Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK Turkey 31–30 1 Hungary DVSC Schaeffler 31–30 –
Byåsen Håndball Elite Norway (walkover) Poland MKS Perła Lublin – –
HC Dunărea Brăila Romania 58–52 2 Denmark Viborg HK 26–24 32–28
Paris 92 France 56–42 Denmark Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 28–16 28–26
Thüringer HC Germany 57–51 Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe 27–31 30–20
Astrakhanochka Russia (walkover) Norway Molde HK – –
Fleury Loiret Handball France 57–50 Sweden H 65 Höörs HK 29–26 28–24
Nantes Atlantique HB France 44–43 Romania SCM Gloria Buzău 23–16 21–27
Alba Fehérvár KC Hungary (walkover) Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite – –
DHK Baník Most Czech Republic 41–42 1 Hungary Váci NKSE – 41–42
Kuban Russia (walkover) Germany TuS Metzingen – –
Notes
1 Teams agreed to decide the winner of their tie based one match.
2 Both legs were hosted by HC Dunărea Brăila.

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 Women's EHF European League group stage

The draw for the group phase will be held on Thursday, 26 November 2020. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIH ZVE PAR VAC
1 Denmark Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 5 0 1 198 160 +38 10 Quarterfinals — 34–25 25–23 39–29
2 Russia HC Zvezda 6 3 0 3 135 135 0 6[a] 31–39 — 10–0 29–33
3 France Paris 92 6 3 0 3 93 101 −8 6[a] 26–23 0–10 — 10–0
4 Hungary Váci NKSE 6 1 0 5 150 180 −30 2 26–38 29–30 33–34 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b HC Zvezda 10–10 Paris 92, HC Zvezda advanced on superior goal difference.

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAN LAD LUB KAS
1 France Nantes Atlantique 6 4 0 2 120 115 +5 8 Quarterfinals — 0–10 25–21 35–26
2 Russia HC Lada 6 3 0 3 117 115 +2 6 32−29 — 30–24 27–29
3 Poland MKS Perla Lublin 6 2 1 3 130 125 +5 5[a] 26–31 28–23 — 35–26
4 Turkey Kastamonu Bld. GSK 6 2 1 3 130 142 −12 5[a] 26–29 29–25 20–20 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b MKS Perla Lublin 55–46 Kastamonu Bld. GSK

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAI AST STO THU
1 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare 6 5 0 1 150 116 +34 10 Quarterfinals — 30–27 33−29 10–0
2 Russia Astrakhanochka 6 4 0 2 137 112 +25 8 33–27 — 10–0 10–0
3 Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite 6 2 0 4 157 182 −25 4 27–40 33–28 — 32–30
4 Germany Thüringer HC 6 1 0 5 93 127 −34 2 0–10 22–29 41–36 —
Source: EHF

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIO DUN KUB FLE
1 Hungary Siófok KC 6 5 1 0 181 154 +27 11 Quarterfinals — 31–24 28−28 29–28
2 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 6 3 1 2 170 167 +3 7 25–27 — 36–32 29–27
3 Russia Kuban 6 2 2 2 130 120 +10 6 25–31 25–25 — 10–0
4 France Fleury Loiret 6 0 0 6 104 144 −40 0 24–35 25–31 0–10 —
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
– – –
– – –
– – –
– – –

Final four

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals

TBD v TBD
TBD v TBD

Third place game

LSF1 v LSF2

Final

WSF1 v WSF2

Top goalscorers

As of 29 January 2021
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Serbia Marina Dmitrović Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 32
2 France Laura Flippes France Paris 92 31
Denmark Nadia Offendal France Paris 92
4 France Alexandra Lacrabère France Fleury Loiret 30
5 Brazil Bruna de Paula France Nantes Atlantique 29
6 Hungary Rita Lakatos Hungary Váci NKSE 28
7 Romania Aneta Udriștioiu Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 27
8 Czech Republic Veronika Malá France Paris 92 26
9 Norway Amanda Kurtović Turkey Kastamonu 24
Russia Albina Murzalieva Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod

See also

References

  1. ^ "Four teams for EHF European League Women group phase announced". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ "New competition system from 2020". EHF. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ "EHF European League Women 2020/21 regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Seeding for EHF European League Women qualification draw released". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Draw determines first matches of new EHF European League Women". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Qualification Round 2". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Teams learn last hurdle before group phase". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Qualification Round 3". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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