| Tourney Name: | EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup |
| Year: | 2011–12 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Dates: | 3 September 2011 – 13 May 2012 |
| Num Teams: | 46 |
| Prevseason: | 2010–11 |
| Nextseason: | 2012–13 |
The 2011–12 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup is the 36th edition of the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, the continental event for domestic cup winners in Europe. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria entered the competition as title holders, following triumphed over CB Mar Alicante with an aggregate score of 57–52 in the previous year's finals.[1] The Hungarian team went to the final in this season as well, where they successfully defended their title against Viborg HK with a 31–30 win both on the home and away leg, producing a 62–60 aggregate score.[2]
According to the decision of the European Handball Federation made in April 2011, beginning from the 2011–12 season, the losers of the EHF Women's Champions League qualifiers will be relegated to the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup. The third and fourth placed teams of the first qualifying tournament together with the fourth placed clubs of the second qualifying tournament will enter the competition in the second round, while runners-up and third placed teams in the Qualifying Tournament 2 will join the cup in the third round.[3]
The labels in the parentheses show how teams qualified for the EHF Cup Winners' Cup, if not directly via their domestic cup results:
| Last 16 | ||||
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| Randers HK (CL GS) | Viborg HK (CL GS) |  Byåsen HE (CL GS) |  HC Dinamo Volgograd (CL GS) | |
| Round 3 | ||||
 DVSC-Fórum (CL QT2) |  IK Sävehof (CL QT2) | Tertnes HE (CL QT2) |  KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin (CL QT2) | |
 BM Elda Prestigio (CL QT2) |  ŽRK Metalurg (CL QT2) |  RK Zaječar (CL QT2) |  U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca (CL QT2) | |
| Round 2 | ||||
 Union Korneuburg |  HRK Katarina Mostar |  SHC Gorodnichanka Grodno |  AC Latsia Kentriki Asfalistiki | |
 HC Veselí nad Moravou (CL QT2) |  Toulon St-Cyr Var HB | HC Leipzig | AC Ormi-Loux Patras (CL QT1) | |
| OFN Ionias | Alba Fehérvár KC | Ferencvárosi TC (TH) |  Fram Reykjavík | |
 HC Sassari | KHF Kastrioti | Westfriesland SEW | MizuWaAi Dalfsen (CL QT2) | |
| Levanger HK | Vistal Łączpol Gdynia | CDE Gil Eanes (CL QT2) | Madeira Andebol SAD | |
| HC Oţelul Galaţi | Rostov-Don (CL QT2) | Zvezda Zvenigorod | RK Jagodina | |
 HK IUVENTA Michalovce (CL QT1) | BM Mar Sagunto | LK Zug Handball | LC Brühl Handball (CL QT1) | |
 Izmir BSB SK | Üsküdar Bld. SK (CL QT1) | |||
| Round 1 | ||||
 HC Initia Hasselt |  HC Garliava-SM | RK Žito Prilep | ŽRK Krka | |
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 26 July 2011 | 3–4 September 2011 | 10–11 September 2011 | |
| Round 2 | 1–2 October 2011 | 8–9 October 2011 | ||
| Round 3 | 11 October 2011 | 5–6 November 2011 | 12–13 November 2011 | |
| Last 16 | 15 November 2011 | 4–5 February 2012 | 11–12 February 2012 | |
| Quarterfinals | 14 February 2012 | 3–4 March 2012 | 10–11 March 2012 | |
| Semifinals | 13 March 2012 | 31 March – 1 April 2012 | 7–8 April 2012 | |
| Finals | 10 April 2012 | 5–6 May 2012 | 12–13 May 2012 |
The draw for both of the first and the second round took place on 26 July 2011 in the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, performed by ŽRK Krka Novo Mesto president Andrej Petkovič. Pursuant to the competition rules, the clubs were divided into two pots, with the highest ranked teams sorted in the seeded pot and the other ones situated in the unseeded pot. In the drawing procedure, seeded clubs were paired to unseeded teams one after another to form match-ups.[4] [5]
| width=250 | Pot 1 | width=250 | Pot 2 |
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| HC Initia Hasselt RK Žito Prilep | ŽRK Krka HC Garliava-SM |
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| width=250 | Pot 1 | width=250 | Pot 2 |
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| Ferencvárosi TC HC Leipzig Alba Fehérvár KC BM Mar Sagunto Levanger HK Toulon St-Cyr Var HB Zvezda Zvenigorod HC Oţelul GalaţiRostov-Don  MizuWaAi Dalfsen CDE Gil Eanes AC Ormi-Loux Patras LC Brühl Handball HK IUVENTA Michalovce Üsküdar Bld. SK HC Veselí nad Moravou | RK Jagodina Vistal Łączpol Gdynia Izmir BSB SK Westfriesland SEW KHF Kastrioti Fram ReykjavíkOFN Ionias Union Korneuburg HC SassariMadeira Andebol SAD LK Zug Handball SHC Gorodnichanka Grodno AC Latsia Kentriki Asfalistiki HRK Katarina MostarŽRK Krka RK Žito Prilep |
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The draw of the third round matches took place on 11 October 2011 in the EHF headquarters Vienna with the contribution of Boško Ničić, mayor of Zaječar and president of RK Zaječar. The sixteen winners of the second round of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup were joined by the second and third placed teams of the EHF Champions League second qualifying tournaments to form a field of 24 teams. The eight clubs that were relegated from the Champions League together with the four highest ranked sides from the Cup Winners' Cup were selected into the first pot, while the remaining teams in the second pot. Teams were drawn into pairs with the first selected club having the right to organize the first leg on home ground.[6] [7]
| width=250 | Pot 1 | width=250 | Pot 2 |
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| Debreceni VSC ŽRK Metalurg U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca IK Sävehof BM Elda Prestigio Tertnes HE KGHM Metraco Zagłębie Lubin RK Zaječar BM Mar SaguntoHC Leipzig Alba Fehérvár KC Ferencvárosi TC | SHC Gorodnichanka Grodno HC Veselí nad Moravou Toulon St-Cyr Var Handball Westfriesland SEW AC Ormi-Loux Patras MizuWaAi Dalfsen Levanger HK HC Oţelul Galaţi Rostov-Don Zvezda Zvenigorod HK IUVENTA Michalovce Üsküdar Bld. SK |
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The quarterfinals draw was carried out on 14 February 2012 in the EHF Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Unlike in the earlier part of the competition, there was no seedings, but all the teams were pulled from the same pot. Teams drawn first from the pot were granted to play the first leg on home ground.[8] [9]
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| EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2011–12 Winners | |
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| Ferencvárosi TC Third Title |
The top scorers from the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:[10]
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Mónika Kovacsicz | Ferencvárosi TC | 65 |
| 2 | Zita Szucsánszki | Ferencvárosi TC | 62 |
| 3 | Szandra Zácsik | Ferencvárosi TC | 61 |
| 4 | Patricia Alonso Jiménez | BM Mar Sagunto | 51 |
| 5 | Zsuzsanna Tomori | Ferencvárosi TC | 47 |
| 6 | Jelena Živković | Ferencvárosi TC | 44 |
| 7 | Tamara Tilinger | Alba Fehérvár KC | 42 |
| 8 | Saskia Lang | HC Leipzig | 40 |
| Nathalie Augsburg | HC Leipzig | ||
| Kristina Trishchuk | Alba Fehérvár KC | ||
| Liudmila Postnova | Zvezda Zvenigorod | ||