2020–21 Women's EHF European League

The 2020–21 Women's EHF European League is 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

There is 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 will be 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 6 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 will be 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 PAR VAC ZVE
1 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 3 2 0 1 95 77 +18 4 Quarterfinals — – – 34–25
2 Paris 92 2 2 0 0 60 56 +4 4 26–23 — – –
3 Váci NKSE 3 1 0 2 92 101 −9 2 26–38 33–34 — –
4 HC Zvezda 2 0 0 2 54 67 −13 0 – – 29–33 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 2021. Source: EHF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAN KAS LUB LAD
1 Nantes Atlantique 3 2 0 1 95 84 +11 4 Quarterfinals — 35–26 – –
2 Kastamonu Bld. GSK 3 1 1 1 75 80 −5 3 – — 20–20 29–25
3 MKS Perla Lublin 3 1 1 1 74 74 0 3 26–31 – — –
4 HC Lada 3 1 0 2 80 86 −6 2 32−29 – – —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 January 2021. Source: EHF

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AST STO BAI THU
1 Astrakhanochka 3 2 0 1 90 82 +8 4 Quarterfinals — – 33–27 –
2 Storhamar Håndball Elite 2 1 0 1 62 61 +1 2 33–28 — – –
3 CS Minaur Baia Mare 2 1 0 1 60 62 −2 2 – 33−29 — –
4 Thüringer HC 1 0 0 1 22 29 −7 0 22–29 – – —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 January 2021. Source: EHF

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIO DUN KUB FLE
1 Siófok KC 3 2 1 0 90 77 +13 5 Quarterfinals — – 28−28 –
2 HC Dunărea Brăila 3 1 1 1 79 79 0 3 25–27 — – 29–27
3 Kuban 2 0 2 0 53 53 0 2 – 25–25 — –
4 Fleury Loiret 2 0 0 2 51 64 −13 0 24–35 – – —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 2021. Source: EHF

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
– – –
– – –
– – –
– – –

Final four

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals
TBD v TBD
TBD v TBD

Third place game
LSF1 v LSF2

Final
WSF1 v WSF2

Top goalscorers
As of 29 January 2021
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Marina Dmitrović HC Dunărea Brăila 32
2 Laura Flippes Paris 92 31
Nadia Offendal Paris 92
4 Alexandra Lacrabère Fleury Loiret 30
5 Bruna de Paula Nantes Atlantique 29
6 Rita Lakatos Váci NKSE 28
7 Aneta Udriștioiu HC Dunărea Brăila 27
8 Veronika Malá Paris 92 26
9 Amanda Kurtović Kastamonu 24
Albina Murzalieva Zvezda Zvenigorod

See also

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.
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