2021–22 Women's EHF European League

The 2021–22 Women's EHF European League was the 41st edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 16 October 2021 to 15 May 2022. Neptunes de Nantes were the defending champions.

Women's EHF European League

2021–22
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	16 October 2021–15 May 2022
Teams	34 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage)
Website	ehfel.com
Final positions
Champions	SG BBM Bietigheim
Runner-up	Viborg HK
Tournament statistics
MVP	Xenia Smits
Top scorer(s)	Camilla Herrem (74 goals)

Overview

Team allocation

Group stage
Viborg HK	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	CS Minaur Baia Mare	HC Lada
Round 3
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Chambray Touraine	Neptunes de Nantes
ESBF Besançon	SG BBM Bietigheim	DVSC Schaeffler	Váci NKSE
Storhamar Håndball Elite	SCM Gloria Buzău	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	HC Astrakhanochka
Zvezda Zvenigorod
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich	ŽRK Bjelovar	DHK Baník Most	Paris 92
Thüringer HC	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	TuS Metzingen	MTK Budapest
Tertnes HE	Sola HK	Molde Elite	MKS Lublin
Zagłębie Lubin	Măgura Cisnădie	Kuban	RK Radnički Kragujevac
ŽORK Jagodina	CB Atlético Guardés	BM Bera Bera	H 65 Höör
LC Brühl Handball	Yalikavksports Club

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualification	Second qualifying round	20 July 2021	16–17 October 2021	23–24 October 2021
	Third qualifying round	20 July 2021	13–14 November 2021	20–21 November 2021
Group stage	Matchday 1	25 November 2021	8–9 January 2022
	Matchday 2		15–16 January 2022
	Matchday 3		22–23 January 2022
	Matchday 4		5–6 February 2022
	Matchday 5		12–13 February 2022
	Matchday 6		19–20 February 2022
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	no draw	26–27 March 2022	2–3 April 2022
	Semi finals	7 April 2022	14 May 2022
	Final	no draw	15 May 2022

Qualification stage

Round 2

There were 22 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 16–17 October and the second legs were played on 23–24 October 2021.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hypo Niederösterreich	48–52	CB Atlético Guardés	21–28	27–25
Yalikavaksports Club	54–72	MTK Budapest	24–33	30–39
BM Bera Bera	53–48	Paris 92	27–27	26–21
RK Radnički Kragujevac	46–58	H 65 Höör	23–22	23–36
Sola HK	68–57	Kuban	37–33	31–24
Tertnes HE	53–42	ŽORK Jagodina	29–26	24–16
TuS Metzingen	51–56	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	27–28	24–28
DHK Baník Most	52–52 (a)	Măgura Cisnădie	26–27	26–25
Thüringer HC	60–61	Molde Elite	32–35	28–26
LC Brühl Handball	43–681	Zagłębie Lubin	19–35	24–33
ŽRK Bjelovar	45–782	MKS Lublin	22–32	23–46

Notes

¹ Both legs were hosted by Zagłębie Lubin.

² Both legs were hosted by MKS Lublin.

Round 3

There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 13–14 November and the second legs were played on 20–21 November 2021.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ESBF Besançon	64–47	CB Atlético Guardés	34–23	30–24
SG BBM Bietigheim	60–38	Tertnes HE	39–18	21–20
Zvezda Zvenigorod	55–68	Zagłębie Lubin	26–35	29–33
DVSC Schaeffler	43–47	Măgura Cisnădie	22–22	21–25
Neptunes de Nantes	74–49	H 65 Höör	39–24	35–25
Sola HK	56–52	HC Astrakhanochka	36–25	20–27
Storhamar HE	57–53	SCM Gloria Buzău	31–27	26–26
Váci NKSE	56–51	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	32–27	24–24
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	54–48	MKS Lublin	25–21	29–27
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	63–55	BM Bera Bera	34–28	29–27
Chambray Touraine	65–52	Molde Elite	30–27	35–25
MTK Budapest	56–68	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	27–34	29–34

Group stage

The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 25 November 2021. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were 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		SOL	BES	MKC	LOK
1	Sola HK	6	6	0	0	196	150	+46	12	Quarterfinals		—	34–27	27–22	25–18
2	ESBF Besançon	6	3	0	3	182	188	−6	6			32–39	—	34–24	28–27
3	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	6	3	0	3	160	165	−5	6			26–31	38–30	—	28–24
4	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	6	0	0	6	139	174	−35	0			25–40	26–31	19–22	—

Source: EHF
Notes:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BIE	BAI	NAN	ZAG
1	SG BBM Bietigheim	6	6	0	0	188	134	+54	12	Quarterfinals		—	39–20	32–29	29–19
2	CS Minaur Baia Mare	6	2	1	3	154	182	−28	5			20–28	—	28–26	34–32
3	Neptunes de Nantes	6	2	0	4	168	170	−2	4			25–27	34–29	—	27–28
4	Zagłębie Lubin	6	1	1	4	149	173	−24	3			21–33	23–23	26–27	—

Source: EHF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HIH	STO	MAG	LAD
1	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	6	6	0	0	193	161	+32	12	Quarterfinals		—	32–24	31–28	34–27
2	Storhamar HE	6	3	0	3	178	172	+6	6			27–35	—	35–18	34–29
3	Măgura Cisnădie	6	2	0	4	137	162	−25	4			31–34	33–28	—	27–24
4	HC Lada	6	1	0	5	139	152	−13	2			24–27	25–30	10–0	—

Source: EHF

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VHK	VAL	CHA	VAC
1	Viborg HK	6	4	2	0	185	149	+36	10	Quarterfinals		—	31–20	29–29	42–21
2	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	6	4	1	1	178	172	+6	9			30–30	—	32–27	39–29
3	Chambray Touraine	6	1	1	4	163	176	−13	3			24–27	25–26	—	29–27
4	Váci NKSE	6	1	0	5	167	196	−29	2			25–26	30–31	35–29	—

Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CS Minaur Baia Mare	69–61	Sola HK	40–32	29–29
ESBF Besançon	43–59	SG BBM Bietigheim	23–29	20–30
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	61–72	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	33–39	28–33
Storhamar HE	68–71	Viborg HK	31–33	37–38

Matches

26 March 2022 16:00	CS Minaur Baia Mare	40–32	Sola HK	Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Lavko 9	(18–14)	Deila 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

3 April 2022 16:00	Sola HK	29–29	CS Minaur Baia Mare	Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Korja, Metsämäki (FIN)
	Herrem 8	(16–10)	Laslo 7
	2× 4×	Report	3×

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27 March 2022 14:00	ESBF Besançon	23–29	SG BBM Bietigheim	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ciulei, Stanescu (ROU)
	Mairot 5	(13–17)	Maidhof 10
	1× 4×	Report	2× 7×

2 April 2022 16:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	30–20	ESBF Besançon	MHPArena, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,481 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	three players 5	(12–10)	Rosiak 5
	1× 5×	Report	3×

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27 March 2022 14:00	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	33–39	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Charitsos, Naskos (GRE)
	Glibko 9	(17–20)	Friis 11
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

2 April 2022 18:00	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	33–28	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	IBF Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,056 Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU)
	Scaglione 7	(16–12)	Elghaoui 10
	3×	Report	1× 6×

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26 March 2022 18:00	Storhamar HE	31–33	Viborg HK	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,624 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
	Obaidli 9	(19–18)	Nolsøe 9
	2×	Report	1× 4×

3 April 2022 14:00	Viborg HK	38–37	Storhamar HE	Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,866 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
	Jørgensen 11	(19–21)	Hovden 12
	2×	Report	1× 3×

Final four

The final four was held at the Vibocold Arena in Viborg, Denmark on 14 and 15 May 2022. The draw was made on 7 April 2022.

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	14 May
	Viborg HK	28
					15 May
	CS Minaur Baia Mare	24
					Viborg HK	20
	14 May
					SG BBM Bietigheim	31
	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	33
	SG BBM Bietigheim	34
					Third place
					15 May
					CS Minaur Baia Mare	28
					Herning-Ikast Håndbold	29

Semifinals

14 May 2022 15:30	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	33–34	SG BBM Bietigheim	Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,469 Referees: Ünlü Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Brandt 8	(12–14)	Kudłacz-Gloc 8
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 7×

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14 May 2022 18:00	Viborg HK	28–24	CS Minaur Baia Mare	Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,517 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Haugsted 7	(16–13)	Laslo 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

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Third place game

15 May 2022 15:30	CS Minaur Baia Mare	28–29	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,688 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
	Lavko 7	(12–14)	Bakkerud 6
	4×	Report	1× 1×

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Final

15 May 2022 18:00	Viborg HK	20–31	SG BBM Bietigheim	Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,697 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	K. Jørgensen 5	(10–17)	Maidhof 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Camilla Herrem	Sola HK	74
2	Kristina Jørgensen	Viborg HK	72
3	Emilie Hovden	Storhamar HE	64
4	Jelena Lavko	CS Minaur Baia Mare	60
5	Emma Friis	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	52
	Iryna Glibko	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
	Csenge Kuczora	Váci NKSE
	Kristina Novak	Sola HK
9	Asma Elghaoui	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	51
	Maja Magnussen	Sola HK

See also

• 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League

External links

• Official website