2020–21 Women's EHF European League

The 2020–21 Women's EHF European League was the 40th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 10 October 2020 to 9 May 2021.[1] The tournament was previously called Women's EHF Cup.[2]

Women's EHF European League
2020–21
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates10 October 2020–9 May 2021
Teams30 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Websiteeurohandball.com
Final positions
Champions Nantes Atlantique
Runner-up Siófok KC
Tournament statistics
MVP Bruna de Paula
Top scorer(s) Helene Gigstad Fauske
(61 goals)

There was no defending champion, after last season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overview

Team allocation
Group stage
Herning-Ikast Håndbold Siófok KC CS Minaur Baia Mare HC Lada
Round 3
DHK Baník Most Nykøbing Falster Håndbold Viborg HK Super Amara Bera Bera
Fleury Loiret Handball Nantes Atlantique Handball HSG Blomberg-Lippe TuS Metzingen
DVSC Schaeffler Váci NKSE Byåsen Håndball Elite Storhamar Håndball Elite
MKS Perła Lublin SCM Gloria Buzău Astrakhanochka HC Zvezda
H 65 Höörs HK Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich WAT Atzgersdorf Paris 92 Thüringer HC
Alba Fehérvár KC Molde HK Tertnes Håndball Elite HC Dunărea Brăila
Kuban LC Brühl Handball IUVENTA Michalovce Lugi HF

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws are held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[3][4][5] The EHF announced that the originally planned first qualification round in September would be skipped.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 28 July 2020 10–11 October 2020 17–18 October 2020
Third qualifying round 20 October 2020 14–15 November 2020 21–22 November 2020
Group stage Matchday 1 26 November 2020 9–10 January 2021
Matchday 2 16–17 January 2021
Matchday 3 23–24 January 2021
Matchday 4 6–7 February 2021
Matchday 5 13–14 February 2021
Matchday 6 20–21 February 2021
Knockout phase Quarter-finals no draw 27–28 March 2021 3–4 April 2021
Semi finals 15 April 2021 8 May 2021
Final 9 May 2021

Qualification stage

Round 2

There were 12 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 10–11 October and the second legs were played on 16–17 October 2020.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Dunărea Brăila 53–52 1 Tertnes Håndball Elite 28–26 25–26
Molde HK 58–40 Hypo Niederösterreich 28–19 30–21
Paris 92 65–40 2 IUVENTA Michalovce 36–14 29–26
WAT Atzgersdorf 45–81 Thüringer HC 24–39 21–42
Lugi HF (walkover) Kuban – –
LC Brühl Handball (walkover) Alba Fehérvár KC – –
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by HC Dunărea Brăila.
2 Both legs were hosted by Paris 92.

Round 3

A total of 24 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 20 October 2020.[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 14–15 November and the second legs were played on 21–22 November 2020.[8]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Super Amara Bera Bera 51–56 HC Zvezda 27–27 24–29
Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK 31–30 1 DVSC Schaeffler 31–30 –
Byåsen Håndball Elite (walkover) MKS Perła Lublin – –
HC Dunărea Brăila 58–52 2 Viborg HK 26–24 32–28
Paris 92 56–42 Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 28–16 28–26
Thüringer HC 57–51 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 27–31 30–20
Astrakhanochka (walkover) Molde HK – –
Fleury Loiret Handball 57–50 H 65 Höörs HK 29–26 28–24
Nantes Atlantique HB 44–43 SCM Gloria Buzău 23–16 21–27
Alba Fehérvár KC (walkover) Storhamar Håndball Elite – –
DHK Baník Most 41–42 1 Váci NKSE – 41–42
Kuban (walkover) TuS Metzingen – –
Notes
1 Teams agreed to decide the winner of their tie based one match.
2 Both legs were hosted by HC Dunărea Brăila.

Group stage
Main article: 2020–21 Women's EHF European League group stage

The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 26 November 2020. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIH ZVE PAR VAC
1 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 5 0 1 198 160 +38 10 Quarterfinals — 34–25 25–23 39–29
2 HC Zvezda 6 3 0 3 135 135 0 6 31–39 — 10–0 29–33
3 Paris 92 6 3 0 3 93 101 −8 6 26–23 0–10 — 10–0
4 Váci NKSE 6 1 0 5 150 180 −30 2 26–38 29–30 33–34 —
Source: EHF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAN LAD LUB KAS
1 Nantes Atlantique 6 4 0 2 120 115 +5 8 Quarterfinals — 0–10 25–21 35–26
2 HC Lada 6 3 0 3 117 115 +2 6 32−29 — 30–24 27–29
3 MKS Perla Lublin 6 2 1 3 130 125 +5 5 26–31 28–23 — 35–26
4 Kastamonu Bld. GSK 6 2 1 3 130 142 −12 5 26–29 29–25 20–20 —
Source: EHF

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAI AST STO THU
1 CS Minaur Baia Mare 6 5 0 1 150 116 +34 10 Quarterfinals — 30–27 33−29 10–0
2 Astrakhanochka 6 4 0 2 137 112 +25 8 33–27 — 10–0 10–0
3 Storhamar Håndball Elite 6 2 0 4 157 182 −25 4 27–40 33–28 — 32–30
4 Thüringer HC 6 1 0 5 93 127 −34 2 0–10 22–29 41–36 —
Source: EHF

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIO DUN KUB FLE
1 Siófok KC 6 5 1 0 181 154 +27 11 Quarterfinals — 31–24 28−28 29–28
2 HC Dunărea Brăila 6 3 1 2 170 167 +3 7 25–27 — 36–32 29–27
3 Kuban 6 2 2 2 130 120 +10 6 25–31 25–25 — 10–0
4 Fleury Loiret 6 0 0 6 104 144 −40 0 24–35 25–31 0–10 —
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Lada 54–59 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 29–31 25–28
Zvezda Zvenigorod 57–63 Nantes Atlantique HB 29–33 28–30
Dunărea Brăila 49–58 CS Minaur Baia Mare 24–31 25–27
Astrakhanochka 54–61 Siófok KC 26–32 28–29

Matches
27 March 2021
14:00		 HC Lada 29–31 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti
Attendance: 480
Referees: Ünlü Hatipoglu, Simsek (TUR)
Shamanouskaya 6 (17–17) Fauske 8
1× 3× Report 1× 3×
3 April 2021
14:00		 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 28–25 HC Lada IBF Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
Fauske 9 (13–13) Shcherbak 5
1× 2× Report  4×
27 March 2021
18:00		 HC Zvezda 29–33 Nantes Atlantique HB Olimpiysky Sport Palace, Chekhov
Attendance: 500
Referees: Butskevich, Butskevich (BLR)
two players 6 (16–16) Kpodar 8
1× 2× Report 1× 4×
4 April 2021
14:00		 Nantes Atlantique HB 30–28 HC Zvezda Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
de Paula 6 (15–13) Nikolaeva, Nikitina 6
2× 5× Report 1× 7×
27 March 2021
16:00		 HC Dunărea Brăila 24–31 CS Minaur Baia Mare Sala Polivalentă Danubius, Brăila
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Bytyqi, Kasapi (KOS)
Dmitrović 7 (12–12) Kovačević 8
1× 3× Report 1× 4×
4 April 2021
16:00		 CS Minaur Baia Mare 27–25 HC Dunărea Brăila Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Sirbu, Serdiuc (MDA)
Kovačević 7 (13–14) Kanaval 6
 2× Report 1× 3×
2 April 2021
19:00		 HC Astrakhanochka 26–32 Siófok KC Kiss Szilárd Aréna, Siófok
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Zelenkova 7 (14–16) Tomori 9
3× 3× Report 3× 1×
4 April 2021
14:00		 Siófok KC 29–28 HC Astrakhanochka Kiss Szilárd Aréna, Siófok
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Niombla 9 (15–13) Zelenkova 8
3× 2× Report 2× 4×

Final four

The final four will be held at the Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană in Baia Mare, Romania on 8 and 9 May 2021. The draw was made on 15 April 2021.[9]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 May
 
 
 Nantes36
 
9 May
 
 Minaur Baia Mare34
 
 Nantes36
 
8 May
 
 Siófok31
 
 Siófok36
 
 
 Herning-Ikast34
 
Third place
 
 
9 May
 
 
 Minaur Baia Mare33
 
 
 Herning-Ikast31

Semifinals
8 May 2021
14:45		 Nantes 36–34 Minaur Baia Mare Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Hagman 11 (21–15) Araújo 7
2× 3× Report 1× 5×
8 May 2021
18:00		 Siófok 36–34 (a. e. t.) Herning-Ikast Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Horacek 7 (19–18) Kristensen 8
2× 2× Report 3× 1×


Third place game
9 May 2021
14:45		 Herning-Ikast 31–33 Minaur Baia Mare Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Johansen 6 (19–16) Kovačević 11
2× 2× Report  3×

Final
9 May 2021
18:00		 Siófok 31–36 Nantes Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
Tóth 7 (13–17) Hagman 7
1× 6× Report 1× 3×


Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Helene Gigstad Fauske Herning-Ikast Håndbold 61
2 Bruna de Paula Nantes Atlantique 60
3 Jovana Kovačević CS Minaur Baia Mare 55
4 Marina Dmitrović HC Dunărea Brăila 54
5 Aneta Udriștioiu HC Dunărea Brăila 51
6 Tamara Horacek Siófok KC 49
7 Déborah Kpodar Nantes Atlantique Handball 48
8 Amanda Kurtović Kastamonu 46
9 Katarina Ježić Siófok KC 44
10 Maria Kanaval HC Dunărea Brăila 43
Natalia Nikitina Zvezda Zvenigorod

See also

Notes
  1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. "Four teams for EHF European League Women group phase announced". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. "New competition system from 2020". EHF. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. "EHF European League Women 2020/21 regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. "Seeding for EHF European League Women qualification draw released". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. "Draw determines first matches of new EHF European League Women". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. "Qualification Round 2". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. "Teams learn last hurdle before group phase". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. "Qualification Round 3". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. "EHF FINALS hosts Baia Mare meet Nantes, Siófok play Herning-Ikast". eurohandball.com. 15 April 2021.
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