2010–11 EHF Women's Champions League explained

Tourney Name:EHF Women's Champions League
Year:2010–11
Dates:3 September 2010 – 14 May 2011
Num Teams:31 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
8 (main round)
4 (knockout stage)
Champion Other: Larvik HK
Second Other: SD Itxako
Top Scorer: Heidi Løke (99)
Prevseason:2009–10
Nextseason:2011–12

The EHF Women's Champions League 2010–11 is the 18th edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, a handball competition for top women's clubs of Europe managed by the European Handball Federation.

Larvik HK won the title for the first time after defeating SD Itxako 47–46 on aggregate in the final.[1]

Participants

Qualifying rounds

The draw for both tournaments took place on 13 July 2010 in Vienna.[2] The rights to organize and host the group matches were also decided in this draw.

Qualification tournament 1

The qualification tournament 1 was hosted by IK Sävehof in Gothenburg, Sweden.[3] IK Sävehof and T+A/VOC Amsterdam advanced to the second Qualification Tournament. Gil Eanes/Lagos and LK ZUG Handball entered the EHF Cup at Round 2.

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Qualification tournament 2

Sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Twelve losers of the qualification tournament 2 entered the EHF Cup at Round 3. The first placed team of each group advanced to the Group Matches.

Group 1

Hosted by Randers HK in Randers, Denmark.[4] All times are local

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Group 2

Hosted by A.C. Ormi-Loux Patras in Patras, Greece.[4] All times are local

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Group 3

Hosted by ŽRK Metalurg Skopje in Skopje, Macedonia.[4] All times are local

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Group 4

Hosted by SPR Lublin SSA in Lublin & Chelm, Poland.[4] All times are local

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Group matches

Twelve teams, along with four winners of the qualifying rounds, are competing in the group matches of the Champions League. There are four groups of four teams each. The first and second placed team of each group advances to the main round. Third placed teams will enter the Cup Winners' Cup in Round 4.

The draw for the round took place in Vienna on 13 July 2010 as part of a special event organized by the EHF, the Champions' Draw.[2]

Group 1

All times are local

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Group 2

All times are local

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Group 3

All times are local

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Group 4

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Main round

The draw took place at 23 November 2010 in Vienna.[5] Each group will consist of two group winners and two runners-up, although teams that faced each other in the Group Matches could not be drawn into the same group.

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ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
SD Itxako
Larvik HK
Győri Audi ETO KC
HC Dinamo Volgograd
HC Leipzig

RK Krim Ljubljana

Group 1

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Group 2

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Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 9 April and 17 April 2011. The winner of each main round group played the second match at home.

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First match

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Second match

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Final

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Second match

Top scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Heidi Løke Larvik HK99
2 Anita Görbicz Győri Audi ETO KC89
3 Katarina Bulatović ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica85
Bojana Popović ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica85
5 Alexandrina Cabral Itxako Reyno de Navarra82
6 Karolina Kudłacz HC Leipzig79
7 Andrea Lekić RK Krim72
8 Jovanka Radičević ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica68
9 Nora Mørk Larvik HK67
10 Valentina Ardean-Elisei CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea65

Source

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norwegian feast in Pamplona . 2011-05-14 . ehfcl.com . 2011-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604151010/http://www.ehfcl.com/women/2010-11/article/13925/Norwegian%2Bfeast%2Bin%2BPamplona . 4 June 2011 . live .
  2. Web site: Women's CL Group Matches. 13 July 2010. EHF. 13 July 2010. 7 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170107034716/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/013241/2010/11+EHF+Women/%27s+Champions+League+Groups. dead.
  3. Web site: Sävehof hosts WCL Qualification Tournament 1. 2 August 2010. EHF. 2 August 2010.
  4. Web site: Hosts of the WCL Qualification Tournaments 2. 6 August 2010. EHF. 6 August 2010.
  5. Web site: Qualified teams known. 2010-11-21. uefa.com. 2010-11-21.