2011–12 EHF Champions League knockout stage explained

The knockout stage of the 2011–12 EHF Champions League was held from 14 March 2012 till 27 May 2012. The top four teams from the group stage advanced to the Round of last 16.

Seedings

The draw was held on 28 February 2012. Teams from pot 1 were drawn against teams from pot 4 and teams from pot 2 were drawn against teams from pot 3. Teams from pot 1 and 2 will play the second legs at home.^{[1] [2]}

Group	width=175	Pot 1	width=175	Pot 2	width=175	Pot 3	width=175	Pot 4
A	FC Barcelona Intersport	RK Zagreb	IK Sävehof	Kadetten Schaffhausen
B	Atlético Madrid	MKB Veszprém KC	Vive Targi Kielce	Füchse Berlin
C	HSV Hamburg	RK Cimos Koper	HC Metalurg	Orlen Wisła Płock
D	THW Kiel	AG København	CB Ademar León	Montpellier HB

Last 16

The first legs were played on 14–18 March, and the second legs will be played on 18, 24 and 25 March 2012.

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=100	1st match	width=100	2nd match
Füchse Berlin	56–53		32–30	24–23
Montpellier HB	50–64	FC Barcelona Intersport	30–28	20–36
Orlen Wisła Płock	48–63	THW Kiel	24–36	24–27
	57–62	Atlético Madrid	27–36	30–26
CB Ademar León	56–55		31–28	25–27
Vive Targi Kielce	50–51	RK Cimos Koper	27–26	23–25
HC Metalurg	40–44	RK Zagreb	19–18	21–26
IK Sävehof	49–60	AG København	25–34	24–26

First leg

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Second leg

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Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 27 March 2012 at 11:30 local time in Vienna. The first legs were played on 18–22 April, and the second legs were played on 25–29 April 2012.^{[3] [4]}

Seedings

width=175	Pot 1	width=175	Pot 2
FC Barcelona Intersport THW Kiel Atlético Madrid Füchse Berlin	CB Ademar León AG København RK Cimos Koper RK Zagreb

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=100	1st match	width=100	2nd match
AG København	62–59		29–23	33–36
CB Ademar León	52–52	Füchse Berlin	34–23	18–29
	58–64	THW Kiel	31–31	27–33
RK Cimos Koper	50–54	Atlético Madrid	26–23	24–31

First leg

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Second leg

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Final four

The semifinals and final were played in the Lanxess Arena at Cologne, Germany from May 26–27, 2012. The draw took place on May 2, 2012, in Cologne.^[5]

All times are UTC+2.

Semifinals

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Final

External links

• EHF Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barcelona and Kiel Group winner, Plock in the Last 16. 2012-09-26. ehfcl.com.
2. Web site: VELUX EHF Champions League 2011/12 - Last 16 Draw. 2012-09-28. ehfcl.com.
3. Web site: Quarter-final draw live at ehfTV.com. 2012-03-26. ehfcl.com.
4. Web site: VELUX EHF Champions League quarter-finals. 2012-03-27. ehfcl.com.
5. Web site: VELUX EHF FINAL4 2012: Draw Results. 2012-02-05. ehfcl.com.