2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League

2014–15
The László Papp Sports Arena hosted the final four
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	2014–2015
Teams	22 (Qualification stage) 16 (Group stage) 12 (Main round) 8 (Knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	Budućnost
Runners-up	Larvik HK
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	4991 (51.99 per match)
Attendance	252,163 (2,627 per match)
MVP	Clara Woltering
Top scorer(s)	Cristina Neagu Andrea Penezić (102 goals)
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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
Győri ETO^TH (1st)	HCM Baia Mare (1st)	Krim (1st)	Vardar (1st)
Viborg HK (1st)	Thüringer HC (1st)	Hypo Niederösterreich (1st)	SPR Lublin (1st)
Larvik HK (1st)	Metz (1st)	Lokomotiva Zagreb (1st)
Dinamo Volgograd (1st)	Budućnost (1st)	IK Sävehof (1st)
Qualification tournament
Ferencváros (2nd)	Byåsen HE (2nd)	Radnički Kragujevac (1st)	MizuWaAi Dalfsen (1st)
Midtjylland (2nd)	HC Leipzig (2nd)	Podravka Koprivnica (2nd)	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
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
Ferencváros Midtjylland	Byåsen HE HC Leipzig	Podravka Koprivnica BNTU Minsk	MizuWaAi Dalfsen Radnički Kragujevac

Qualification tournament 1

	Semifinals				Final
	20 September
	Ferencváros	33
	MizuWaAi Dalfsen	25
					21 September
					Ferencváros	38
					HC Leipzig (pen.)	39
					Third place game
	20 September			21 September
	HC Leipzig	22		MizuWaAi Dalfsen	30
	BNTU Minsk	18			BNTU Minsk	27

Qualification tournament 2

	Semifinals				Final
	20 September
	Midtjylland	24
	Rad. Kragujevac (aet)	29
					21 September
					Rad. Kragujevac	24
					Pod.Koprivnica	28
					Third place game
	20 September			21 September
	Byåsen HE	23		Midtjylland	28
	Pod. Koprivnica	31			Byåsen HE	24

Group stage

Győr

Viborg

Larvik

Dinamo

Baia Mare

Thüringer

Leipzig

Metz

Budućnost

Krim

Hypo

Lokomotiva

Podravka

Sävehof

Vardar

Lublin

Location of teams of the 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

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
Győri ETO Budućnost Larvik HK Krim	Viborg HK HCM Baia Mare Thüringer HC Dinamo Volgograd

Pot 3	Pot 4
ŽRK Vardar Metz Handball Hypo Niederösterreich RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	IK Sävehof SPR Lublin SSA HC Leipzig RK Koprivnica

Key to colours in group tables
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 Dinamo Volgograd 6 4 1 1 160 143 +17 9 HC Leipzig 6 4 0 2 177 152 +25 8 Krim 6 2 0 4 162 165 −3 4 Hypo Niederösterreich 6 1 1 4 136 175 −39 3

DIN HYP KRI LEI Dinamo Volgograd – 27–22 25–26 27–19 Hypo Niederösterreich 25–25 – 29–25 18–24 Krim 24–26 32–20 – 31–35 HC Leipzig 27–30 42–22 30–24 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Budućnost 6 5 1 0 161 130 +31 11 Vardar 6 3 1 2 149 140 +9 7 Thüringer HC 6 3 0 3 143 144 −1 6 Podravka Koprivnica 6 0 0 6 152 191 −39 0

BUD POD THÜ VAR Budućnost – 32–26 23–14 23–17 Podravka Koprivnica 27–32 – 28–32 26–27 Thüringer HC 22–27 33–20 – 21–20 Vardar 24–24 35–25 26–21 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Győri ETO 6 6 0 0 183 127 +56 12 Viborg HK 6 3 1 2 162 144 +18 7 IK Sävehof 6 0 3 3 146 188 −42 3 Lokomotiva Zagreb 6 0 2 4 132 164 −32 2

GYŐ LOK SÄV VIB Győri ETO – 32–23 35–23 22–20 Lokomotiva Zagreb 15–26 – 23–23 18–25 IK Sävehof 21–38 29–29 – 25–25 Viborg HK 25–30 29–24 38–25 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Larvik HK 6 6 0 0 169 141 +28 12 Metz 6 2 1 3 164 163 +1 5 HCM Baia Mare 6 2 0 4 154 160 −6 4 SPR Lublin 6 1 1 4 159 182 −23 3

BAI LAR LUB MET HCM Baia Mare – 23–24 30–25 23–24 Larvik HK 31–26 – 35–24 25–20 SPR Lublin 22–28 23–28 – 35–31 Metz 34–24 25–26 30–30 –

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
Top four placed teams advanced to quarterfinals

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Budućnost 10 9 1 0 270 193 +77 19 Dinamo Volgograd 10 5 1 4 267 260 +7 11 Vardar 10 5 1 4 277 254 +23 11 Thüringer HC 10 5 1 4 258 251 +7 11 HC Leipzig 10 3 0 7 245 282 −37 6 Krim 10 1 0 9 248 325 −77 2

BUD DIN KRI LEI THÜ VAR Budućnost – 26–18 39–20 28–21 23–14 23–17 Dinamo Volgograd 18–25 – 25–26 27–19 30–30 33–25 Krim 20–23 24–26 – 31–35 23–26 29–47 HC Leipzig 19–32 27–30 30–24 – 25–34 26–23 Thüringer HC 22–27 30–33 33–21 27–23 – 21–20 Vardar 24–24 28–27 41–30 26–20 26–21 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Larvik HK 10 10 0 0 263 216 +47 20 Győri ETO 10 8 0 2 282 224 +58 16 HCM Baia Mare 10 4 0 6 262 270 −8 8 Viborg HK 10 3 1 6 252 274 −22 7 Metz 10 3 0 7 244 253 −9 6 IK Sävehof 10 1 1 8 227 293 −66 3

BAI GYŐ LAR MET SÄV VIB HCM Baia Mare – 18–26 23–24 23–24 34–24 32–22 Győri ETO 29–23 – 25–26 31–27 35–23 22–20 Larvik HK 31–26 21–19 – 25–20 25–17 31–18 Metz 34–24 20–27 25–26 – 22–25 23–24 IK Sävehof 26–28 21–38 20–25 21–23 – 25–25 Viborg HK 30–31 25–30 23–29 27–26 38–25 –

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
Viborg HK	41–57	Budućnost	22–28	19–29
Thüringer HC	44–65	Larvik HK	26–29	18–36
HCM Baia Mare	50–53	Dinamo Volgograd	25–23	25–30
Vardar	51–45	Győri ETO	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
	Larvik HK	31
	Dinamo Volgograd	22
					10 May
					Larvik HK	22
					Budućnost	26
					Third place game
	9 May			10 May
	Vardar	17		Dinamo Volgograd	26
	Budućnost	27			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
1	Cristina Neagu	Budućnost	102
	Andrea Penezić	Vardar
3	Nora Mørk	Larvik	98
4	Anna Kochetova	Volgograd	94
5	Karolina Kudłacz	Leipzig	84
6	Olga Akopian	Volgograd	82
7	Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren	Larvik	77
8	Daria Dmitrieva	Volgograd	76
9	Ida Oden	Sävehof	74
10	Ana Gros	Metz	73
	Tamara Mavsar	Krim

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 8 May 2015.^[10][11]

• Goalkeeper:  Sandra Toft (DEN)
• Right wing:  Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (NOR)
• Right back:  Nora Mørk (NOR)
• Central back:  Anikó Kovacsics (HUN)
• Left back:  Cristina Neagu (ROU)
• Left wing:  Siraba Dembélé (FRA)
• Pivot:  Heidi Løke (NOR)

Other awards

• Most Valuable Player:  Clara Woltering (GER)
• Best Coach:  Ambros Martín (ESP)
• Best Young Player:  Eliza Buceschi (ROU)
• Best Defence Player:  Dorina Korsós (HUN)

See also

• 2014–15 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup
• 2014–15 Women's EHF Cup
• 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup

References

1. "Undefeated Buducnost take the trophy for the second time in history". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
2. "Women’s EHF Champions League teams announced for 2014/15". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
3. "Qualification draw sends Midtjylland against Kragujevac, while FTC face SERCODAK". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-26.
4. "Pots ready for qualification and group matches draws". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-23.
5. "Györ to face Viborg, Zagreb and Sävehof in group matches". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-27.
6. "Defending champions await Vardar in the quarter-finals". ehfcl.com. 15 March 2015.
7. "Two teams are new, two return to MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 13 April 2015.
8. "Clashes of women’s handball giants open 2015 MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 14 April 2015.
9. Top scorers
10. "All-stars take to the court at the 2015 MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 8 May 2015.
11. "Woltering’s heroics in goal earn the MVP award". ehfcl.com. 10 May 2015.

External links

• Official website