2020–21 EHF Champions League

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League.

EHF Champions League

2020–21
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	16 September 2020–13 June 2021
Teams	16 (group stage)
Website	ehfcl.com

The 2020–21 EHF Champions League will be the 61st edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 28th edition under the current EHF Champions League format.

Format

The competition begins with a group stage featuring 16 teams divided in two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures. In Groups A and B, the top two teams qualify for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoffs.

The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.

In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 16 countries submitted their application for a place in the competition's group stage before the deadline of 10 June 2020. The final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee on 19 June.

Meshkov Brest	PPD Zagreb	Aalborg Handbold	Paris Saint-Germain
HBC Nantes	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	THW Kiel	Telekom Veszprém
MOL-Pick Szeged	Vardar 1961	Elverum Håndball	ŁOMƵA VIVE Kielce
Porto Sofarma	Celje Pivovarna Laško	Barça	Motor Zaporizhia

Group stage

Kiel

Flensburg

Barcelona

PSG

Nantes

Veszprém

Szeged

Aalborg

Celje

Kielce

Vardar

Brest

Zagreb

Porto

Motor

Elverum

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Location of teams of the 2020–21 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

Main article: 2020–21 EHF Champions League group stage

The draw was held on 1 July 2020 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.

In each group, teams play against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. After completion of the group stage matches, the top two teams from each group qualify directly for the quarterfinals, and the four teams ranked 3rd–6th advance to the playoffs.

Matches will be played on Wednesdays and Thursdays, with starting times at 18:45 and 20:45 (CET/CEST).

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows: Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved; Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved; Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie); Superior goal difference in all matches of the group; Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group; If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots. During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FLE	PAR	KIE	BRE	POR	SZE	VAR	ELV
1	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	14	10	1	3	341	336	+5	21	Play-offs		—	28–27	31–30	29–29	36–29	26–24	0–10	37–35
2	Paris Saint-Germain	14	9	1	4	388	327	+61	19			28–29	—	37–26	33–26	29–28	10–0	5–5	35–29
3	Łomża Vive Kielce	14	9	1	4	442	414	+28	19			28–31	35–33	—	34–27	32–30	26–23	36–29	39–29
4	Meshkov Brest	14	7	1	6	383	380	+3	15			26–28	32–31	35–30	—	10–0	26–24	24–22	29–27
5	FC Porto	14	5	2	7	361	352	+9	12			10–0	31–34	32–32	27–25	—	25–19	27–24	28–30
6	MOL-Pick Szeged	14	6	0	8	318	329	−11	12			0–10	29–32	26–30	30–27	35–31	—	34–33	36–27
7	Vardar 1961	14	3	3	8	335	350	−15	9			31–26	0–10	29–33	32–36	25–25	26–28	—	34–34
8	Elverum Håndball	14	2	1	11	387	457	−70	5			29–30	29–44	22–31	33–31	31–38	0–10	32–35	—

Source: EHF
Notes:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	VES	KIE	ALB	ZAP	NAN	CEL	ZAG
1	Barça	14	14	0	0	505	412	+93	28	Play-offs		—	37–30	29–25	42–33	42–34	30–29	42–28	45–27
2	Telekom Veszprém	14	9	2	3	443	392	+51	20			34–37	—	41–33	30–32	34–30	5–5	39–24	37–25
3	THW Kiel	14	7	2	5	394	378	+16	16			26–32	31–31	—	28–26	34–23	27–35	33–29	36–30
4	Aalborg Håndbold	14	7	0	7	397	411	−14	14			32–35	27–33	23–31	—	38–29	32–24	0–10	38–29
5	Motor	14	7	0	7	389	411	−22	14			25–30	34–37	10–0	27–29	—	29–28	31–29	29–25
6	HBC Nantes	14	5	2	7	388	378	+10	12			27–35	24–28	24–24	38–29	31–32	—	28–30	30–28
7	Celje Pivovarna Laško	14	4	0	10	372	413	−41	8			29–32	25–29	24–35	29–31	31–32	25–31	—	29–28
8	PPD Zagreb	14	0	0	14	369	462	−93	0			33–37	28–35	21–31	26–27	23–24	24–34	22–30	—

Source: EHF
Notes:

Knockout stage

Main article: 2020–21 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The top-two teams of Groups A and B advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the teams ranked 2nd–6th to the playoffs.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HBC Nantes	62–60	Telekom Veszprém	32–28	30–32
THW Kiel	59–63	Paris Saint-Germain	31–29	28–34
Meshkov Brest	57–73	Barça	29–33	28–40
Aalborg Håndbold	55–54	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	26–21	29–33

Final four

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 June
	Paris Saint-Germain	33
					13 June
	Aalborg Håndbold	35
					Aalborg Håndbold	23
	12 June
					Barça	36
	Barça	31
	HBC Nantes	26
					Third place
					13 June
					Paris Saint-Germain	31
					HBC Nantes	28

Final

13 June 2021 18:00	Barça	36–23	Aalborg Håndbold	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Gómez 9	(16–11)	Sandell 8
	1×	Report	1× 3×

External links

• Official website