2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage explained

The 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 26 March with the playoffs and ended on 5 June 2022 with the final at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League.[1] A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked third to sixth in Groups A and B play against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary.

Qualified teams

The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

GroupQualified for quarterfinalsQualified for playoffs
First placeSecond placeThird placeFourth placeFifth placeSixth place
A Team Esbjerg Rostov-Don FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Brest Bretagne Handball CSM București BV Borussia 09 Dortmund
B Győri Audi ETO KC Vipers Kristiansand Metz Handball CSKA Moscow Odense Håndbold RK Krim Mercator

Playoffs

Overview

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All times are UTC+2 (matches on 26 March are UTC+1).

Matches

RK Krim Mercator won 55–52 on aggregate.----Metz Handball won 62–41 on aggregate.----Brest Bretagne Handball won 53–51 on aggregate.----

Quarterfinals

Overview

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Matches

Team Esbjerg won 53–52 on aggregate.----Győri Audi ETO KC won 56–44 on aggregate.--------Vipers Kristiansand won 65–49 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 4 and 5 June 2022. The draw took place on 10 May 2022.[2] [3]

Bracket

Semifinals

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Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Four pots set for women's group phase draw. 30 June 2021. 30 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Semi-final draw starts build-up to EHF FINAL4 Women. 9 May 2022. eurohandball.com. 9 May 2022.
  3. Web site: Semi-finals: Titleholders Vipers play Metz; Györ meet Esbjerg. 10 May 2022. eurohandball.com. 10 May 2022.