2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League
2014–15 | |
File:Papp László Budapest Sportaréna.jpg | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | 2014–2015 |
Teams | 22 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage) 12 (Main round) 8 (knockout stage) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Montenegro Budućnost |
Runner-up | Norway Larvik HK |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 96 |
Goals scored | 4991 (51.99 per match) |
Attendance | 252,163 (2,627 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Romania Cristina Neagu Croatia Andrea Penezić (102 goals) |
The 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League was the 22nd edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. Budućnost won the title for the second time by defeating Larvik HK 26–22 in the big final.[1]
Overview
Team allocation
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders). 14 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]
Group stage | |||
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Hungary Győri Audi ETO KCTH (1st) | Romania HCM Baia Mare (1st) | Slovenia Krim (1st) | North Macedonia Vardar (1st) |
Denmark Viborg HK (1st) | Germany Thüringer HC (1st) | Austria Hypo Niederösterreich (1st) | Poland SPR Lublin (1st) |
Norway Larvik HK (1st) | France Metz (1st) | Croatia Lokomotiva Zagreb (1st) | |
Russia Dinamo Volgograd (1st) | Montenegro Budućnost (1st) | Sweden IK Sävehof (1st) | |
Qualification tournament | |||
Hungary Ferencváros (2nd) | Norway Byåsen HE (2nd) | Serbia Radnički Kragujevac (1st) | Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen (1st) |
Denmark Midtjylland (2nd) | Germany HC Leipzig (2nd) | Croatia Podravka Koprivnica (2nd) | Belarus BNTU Minsk (1st) |
Round and draw dates
All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying | Qualification tournaments | 26 June 2014 | 20–21 September 2014 | |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 27 June 2014 | 17–19 October 2014 | |
Matchday 2 | 24–26 October 2014 | |||
Matchday 3 | 31 October–2 November 2014 | |||
Matchday 4 | 7–9 November 2014 | |||
Matchday 5 | 14–16 November 2014 | |||
Matchday 6 | 21–23 November 2014 | |||
Main round | Matchday 1 | 31 January–2 February 2015 | ||
Matchday 2 | 6–8 February 2015 | |||
Matchday 3 | 13–15 February 2015 | |||
Matchday 4 | 27 February–1 March 2015 | |||
Matchday 5 | 6–8 March 2015 | |||
Matchday 6 | 13–15 March 2015 | |||
Knockout stage | Quarterfinal | 3–5 April 2015 | 10–12 April 2015 | |
Final 4 (Budapest) |
Semifinal | 14 April 2015 | 9 May 2015 at László Papp Sports Arena | |
Final | 10 May 2015 at László Papp Sports Arena |
Qualification stage
Eight teams took part in the qualification tournaments. They were drawn into two groups of four teams, where they played a semifinal and a final or third place match. The winners of the qualification tournaments, played on 20–21 September 2014, qualified for the group stage. The draw took place on 26 June 2014, at 14:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][3]
Seedings
The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Hungary Ferencváros Denmark Midtjylland |
Norway Byåsen HE Germany HC Leipzig |
Croatia Podravka Koprivnica Belarus BNTU Minsk |
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen Serbia Radnički Kragujevac |
Qualification tournament 1
Semifinals | Final | |||||
20 September | ||||||
Hungary Ferencváros | 33 | |||||
21 September | ||||||
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen | 25 | |||||
Hungary Ferencváros | 38 | |||||
20 September | ||||||
Germany HC Leipzig (pen.) | 39 | |||||
Germany HC Leipzig | 22 | |||||
Belarus BNTU Minsk | 18 | |||||
Third place game | ||||||
21 September | ||||||
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen | 30 | |||||
Belarus BNTU Minsk | 27 |
Qualification tournament 2
Semifinals | Final | |||||
20 September | ||||||
Denmark Midtjylland | 24 | |||||
21 September | ||||||
Serbia Rad. Kragujevac (aet) | 29 | |||||
Serbia Rad. Kragujevac | 24 | |||||
20 September | ||||||
Croatia Pod.Koprivnica | 28 | |||||
Norway Byåsen HE | 23 | |||||
Croatia Pod. Koprivnica | 31 | |||||
Third place game | ||||||
21 September | ||||||
Denmark Midtjylland | 28 | |||||
Norway Byåsen HE | 24 |
Group stage
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, where they played each other twice. The top three teams advanced to the main round. The draw took place on 27 June 2014, at 18:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][5]
Seedings
The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Montenegro Budućnost Norway Larvik HK Slovenia Krim |
Denmark Viborg HK Romania HCM Baia Mare Germany Thüringer HC Russia Dinamo Volgograd |
Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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North Macedonia ŽRK Vardar France Metz Handball Austria Hypo Niederösterreich Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb |
Sweden IK Sävehof Poland SPR Lublin SSA Germany HC Leipzig Croatia RK Koprivnica |
Key to colours in group tables |
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Top three placed teams advanced to the main round |
Fourth-placed teams entered the Cup Winners' Cup last 16 |
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | DIN | LEI | KRI | HYP | |
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Russia Dinamo Volgograd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 160 | 143 | +17 | 9 | — | 27–19 | 25–26 | 27–22 | |
Germany HC Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177 | 152 | +25 | 8 | 27–30 | — | 30–24 | 42–22 | |
Slovenia Krim | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 162 | 165 | −3 | 4 | 24–26 | 31–35 | — | 32–20 | |
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 136 | 175 | −39 | 3 | 25–25 | 18–24 | 29–25 | — |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BUD | VAR | THÜ | POD | |
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Montenegro Budućnost | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 130 | +31 | 11 | — | 23–17 | 23–14 | 32–26 | |
North Macedonia Vardar | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 149 | 140 | +9 | 7 | 24–24 | — | 26–21 | 35–25 | |
Germany Thüringer HC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 143 | 144 | −1 | 6 | 22–27 | 21–20 | — | 33–20 | |
Croatia Podravka Koprivnica | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 152 | 191 | −39 | 0 | 27–32 | 26–27 | 28–32 | — |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GYŐ | VIB | SÄV | LOK | |
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Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 127 | +56 | 12 | — | 22–20 | 35–23 | 32–23 | |
Denmark Viborg HK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 162 | 144 | +18 | 7 | 25–30 | — | 38–25 | 29–24 | |
Sweden IK Sävehof | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 146 | 188 | −42 | 3 | 21–38 | 25–25 | — | 29–29 | |
Croatia Lokomotiva Zagreb | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 132 | 164 | −32 | 2 | 15–26 | 18–25 | 23–23 | — |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LAR | MET | BAI | LUB | |
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Norway Larvik HK | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 141 | +28 | 12 | — | 25–20 | 31–26 | 35–24 | |
France Metz | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 164 | 163 | +1 | 5 | 25–26 | — | 34–24 | 30–30 | |
Romania HCM Baia Mare | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 160 | −6 | 4 | 23–24 | 23–24 | — | 30–25 | |
Poland SPR Lublin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 159 | 182 | −23 | 3 | 23–28 | 35–31 | 22–28 | — |
Main round
The top three teams of each group from the group stage advanced to the main round. The 12 teams were split into two groups of six teams. The top four placed teams advanced to the knockout stage. The points gained in the group stage against teams that advance, were carried over.
Key to colours in group tables |
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Top four placed teams advanced to quarterfinals |
Group 1
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BUD | DIN | VAR | THÜ | LEI | KRI | |
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Montenegro Budućnost | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 270 | 193 | +77 | 19 | — | 26–18 | 23–17 | 23–14 | 28–21 | 39–20 | |
Russia Dinamo Volgograd | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 267 | 260 | +7 | 11 | 18–25 | — | 33–25 | 30–30 | 27–19 | 25–26 | |
North Macedonia Vardar | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 277 | 254 | +23 | 11 | 24–24 | 28–27 | — | 26–21 | 26–20 | 41–30 | |
Germany Thüringer HC | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 258 | 251 | +7 | 11 | 22–27 | 30–33 | 21–20 | — | 27–23 | 33–21 | |
Germany HC Leipzig | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 245 | 282 | −37 | 6 | 19–32 | 27–30 | 26–23 | 25–34 | — | 30–24 | |
Slovenia Krim | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 248 | 325 | −77 | 2 | 20–23 | 24–26 | 29–47 | 23–26 | 31–35 | — |
Group 2
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LAR | GYŐ | BAI | VIB | MET | SÄV | |
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Norway Larvik HK | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 216 | +47 | 20 | — | 21–19 | 31–26 | 31–18 | 25–20 | 25–17 | |
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 282 | 224 | +58 | 16 | 25–26 | — | 29–23 | 22–20 | 31–27 | 35–23 | |
Romania HCM Baia Mare | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 262 | 270 | −8 | 8 | 23–24 | 18–26 | — | 32–22 | 23–24 | 34–24 | |
Denmark Viborg HK | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 252 | 274 | −22 | 7 | 23–29 | 25–30 | 30–31 | — | 27–26 | 38–25 | |
France Metz | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 244 | 253 | −9 | 6 | 25–26 | 20–27 | 34–24 | 23–24 | — | 22–25 | |
Sweden IK Sävehof | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 227 | 293 | −66 | 3 | 20–25 | 21–38 | 26–28 | 25–25 | 21–23 | — |
Knockout stage
The top four placed teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. In the quarterfinals, the teams will play a home-and away series to determine the four participants of the final four, which then determines the winner.
Quarterfinals
The matches were played on 4–5 April and 11–12 April 2015.[6]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Viborg HK Denmark | 41–57 | Montenegro Budućnost | 22–28 | 19–29 |
Thüringer HC Germany | 44–65 | Norway Larvik HK | 26–29 | 18–36 |
HCM Baia Mare Romania | 50–53 | Russia Dinamo Volgograd | 25–23 | 25–30 |
Vardar North Macedonia | 51–45 | Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC | 24–18 | 27–27 |
Final four
The draw was held on 14 April 2015.[7][8] The final four was played in the László Papp Sports Arena, Budapest, Hungary.
Semifinals | Final | |||||
9 May | ||||||
Norway Larvik HK | 31 | |||||
10 May | ||||||
Russia Dinamo Volgograd | 22 | |||||
Norway Larvik HK | 22 | |||||
9 May | ||||||
Montenegro Budućnost | 26 | |||||
North Macedonia Vardar | 17 | |||||
Montenegro Budućnost | 27 | |||||
Third place game | ||||||
10 May | ||||||
Russia Dinamo Volgograd | 26 | |||||
North Macedonia Vardar | 28 |
Statistics and awards
Top goalscorers
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.[9]
- As of 10 May 2015
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Romania Cristina Neagu | Montenegro Budućnost | 102 |
Croatia Andrea Penezić | North Macedonia Vardar | ||
3 | Norway Nora Mørk | Norway Larvik | 98 |
4 | Russia Anna Kochetova | Russia Volgograd | 94 |
5 | Poland Karolina Kudłacz | Germany Leipzig | 84 |
6 | Russia Olga Akopyan | Russia Volgograd | 82 |
7 | Norway Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren | Norway Larvik | 77 |
8 | Russia Daria Dmitrieva | Russia Volgograd | 76 |
9 | Sweden Ida Oden | Sweden Sävehof | 74 |
10 | Slovenia Ana Gros | France Metz | 73 |
Slovenia Tamara Mavsar | Slovenia Krim |
All-Star Team
The all-star team and awards were announced on 8 May 2015.[10][11]
- Goalkeeper: File:Flag of Denmark.svg Sandra Toft (DEN)
- Right wing: File:Flag of Norway.svg Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (NOR)
- Right back: File:Flag of Norway.svg Nora Mørk (NOR)
- Central back: File:Flag of Hungary.svg Anikó Kovacsics (HUN)
- Left back: File:Flag of Romania.svg Cristina Neagu (ROU)
- Left wing: File:Flag of France.svg Siraba Dembélé (FRA)
- Pivot: File:Flag of Norway.svg Heidi Løke (NOR)
Other awards
- Most Valuable Player of the Final Four: File:Flag of Germany.svg Clara Woltering (GER)
- Best Coach: File:Flag of Spain.svg Ambros Martín (ESP)
- Best Young Player: File:Flag of Romania.svg Eliza Buceschi (ROU)
- Best Defence Player: File:Flag of Hungary.svg Dorina Korsós (HUN)
See also
References
- ↑ "Undefeated Buducnost take the trophy for the second time in history". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Women's EHF Champions League teams announced for 2014/15". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ↑ "Qualification draw sends Midtjylland against Kragujevac, while FTC face SERCODAK". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-26.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Pots ready for qualification and group matches draws". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-23.
- ↑ "Györ to face Viborg, Zagreb and Sävehof in group matches". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-27.
- ↑ "Defending champions await Vardar in the quarter-finals". ehfcl.com. 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Two teams are new, two return to MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 13 April 2015.
- ↑ "Clashes of women's handball giants open 2015 MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 14 April 2015.
- ↑ Top scorers
- ↑ "All-stars take to the court at the 2015 MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "Woltering's heroics in goal earn the MVP award". ehfcl.com. 10 May 2015.