2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League explained

Women's EHF Champions League
Year:2014–15
Sport:Handball
Start Date:2014
End Date:2015
Teams:22 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
12 (Main round)
8 (knockout stage)
Champions: Budućnost
Runners-Up1: Larvik HK
Matches:96
Goals:4991
Top Scorer: Cristina Neagu
Andrea Penezić
(102 goals)
Previous:2013–14
Next:2015–16

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 Audi ETO KCTH
Qualification tournament
Radnički Kragujevac (1st)

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingQualification tournaments26 June 201420–21 September 2014
Group stageMatchday 127 June 201417–19 October 2014
Matchday 224–26 October 2014
Matchday 331 October–2 November 2014
Matchday 47–9 November 2014
Matchday 514–16 November 2014
Matchday 621–23 November 2014
Main roundMatchday 131 January–2 February 2015
Matchday 26–8 February 2015
Matchday 313–15 February 2015
Matchday 427 February–1 March 2015
Matchday 56–8 March 2015
Matchday 613–15 March 2015
Knockout stageQuarterfinal3–5 April 201510–12 April 2015
Final 4
(Budapest)
Semifinal14 April 20159 May 2015 at László Papp Sports Arena
Final10 May 2015 at László Papp Sports Arena

Qualification stage

See main article: 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying. 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.[3]

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]

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Ferencváros
Midtjylland
Byåsen HE
HC Leipzig
Podravka Koprivnica
BNTU Minsk
SERCODAK Dalfsen
Radnički Kragujevac

Qualification tournament 2

Group stage

See main article: 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League 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.[5]

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.

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

Main round

See main article: 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League 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.

Group 2

Knockout stage

See main article: 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League 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]

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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.

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.[9]

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Cristina Neagu Budućnost102
Andrea Penezić Vardar
3 Nora Mørk Larvik98
4 Anna Kochetova Volgograd94
5 Karolina Kudłacz Leipzig84
6 Olga Akopyan Volgograd82
7 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren Larvik77
8 Daria Dmitrieva Volgograd76
9 Ida Oden Sävehof74
10 Ana Gros Metz73
Tamara Mavsar Krim

All-Star Team

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

Other awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

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