2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League
2014–15
	The László Papp Sports Arena hosted the final four
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	2014–2015
Teams	22 (qualification stage); 16 (group stage); 12 (Main round); 8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	Budućnost
Runner-up	Larvik HK
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	4991 (51.99 per match)
Attendance	252,163 (2,627 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristina Neagu; Andrea Penezić; (102 goals)
	← 2013–14 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 KC^TH (1st)	HCM Baia Mare (1st)	Krim (1st)	Vardar (1st)
Viborg HK (1st)	Thüringer HC (1st)	Hypo Niederösterreich (1st)	SPR Lublin (1st)
Larvik HK (1st)	Metz (1st)	Lokomotiva Zagreb (1st)
Dinamo Volgograd (1st)	Budućnost (1st)	IK Sävehof (1st)
Qualification tournament
Ferencváros (2nd)	Byåsen HE (2nd)	Radnički Kragujevac (1st)	SERCODAK Dalfsen (1st)
Midtjylland (2nd)	HC Leipzig (2nd)	Podravka Koprivnica (2nd)	BNTU Minsk (1st)

Round and draw dates

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

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualification tournaments	26 June 2014	20–21 September 2014
Group stage	Matchday 1	27 June 2014	17–19 October 2014
	Matchday 2		24–26 October 2014
	Matchday 3		31 October–2 November 2014
	Matchday 4		7–9 November 2014
	Matchday 5		14–16 November 2014
	Matchday 6		21–23 November 2014
Main round	Matchday 1		31 January–2 February 2015
	Matchday 2		6–8 February 2015
	Matchday 3		13–15 February 2015
	Matchday 4		27 February–1 March 2015
	Matchday 5		6–8 March 2015
	Matchday 6		13–15 March 2015
Knockout stage	Quarterfinal		3–5 April 2015	10–12 April 2015
Final 4 (Budapest)	Semifinal	14 April 2015	9 May 2015 at László Papp Sports Arena
Final 4 (Budapest)	Final	14 April 2015	10 May 2015 at László Papp Sports Arena

Qualification stage

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.^[2]^[3]

Seedings

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

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Ferencváros Midtjylland	Byåsen HE HC Leipzig	Podravka Koprivnica BNTU Minsk	SERCODAK Dalfsen Radnički Kragujevac

Qualification tournament 1

Semifinals		Final

20 September

Ferencváros	33
		21 September
SERCODAK Dalfsen	25
		Ferencváros	38
20 September
		HC Leipzig (pen.)	39
HC Leipzig	22

BNTU Minsk	18
		Third place game

		21 September

		SERCODAK Dalfsen	30

		BNTU Minsk	27

Qualification tournament 2

Semifinals		Final

20 September

Midtjylland	24
		21 September
Rad. Kragujevac (aet)	29
		Rad. Kragujevac	24
20 September
		Pod.Koprivnica	28
Byåsen HE	23

Pod. Koprivnica	31
		Third place game

		21 September

		Midtjylland	28

		Byåsen HE	24

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

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.^[2]^[5]

Seedings

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

Pot 1	Pot 2
Győri Audi ETO KC Budućnost Larvik HK Krim	Viborg HK HCM Baia Mare Thüringer HC Dinamo Volgograd

Pot 3	Pot 4
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 A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	DIN	LEI	KRI	HYP
Dinamo Volgograd	6	4	1	1	160	143	+17	9	—	27–19	25–26	27–22
HC Leipzig	6	4	0	2	177	152	+25	8	27–30	—	30–24	42–22
Krim	6	2	0	4	162	165	−3	4	24–26	31–35	—	32–20
Hypo Niederösterreich	6	1	1	4	136	175	−39	3	25–25	18–24	29–25	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	BUD	VAR	THÜ	POD
Budućnost	6	5	1	0	161	130	+31	11	—	23–17	23–14	32–26
Vardar	6	3	1	2	149	140	+9	7	24–24	—	26–21	35–25
Thüringer HC	6	3	0	3	143	144	−1	6	22–27	21–20	—	33–20
Podravka Koprivnica	6	0	0	6	152	191	−39	0	27–32	26–27	28–32	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	GYŐ	VIB	SÄV	LOK
Győri Audi ETO KC	6	6	0	0	183	127	+56	12	—	22–20	35–23	32–23
Viborg HK	6	3	1	2	162	144	+18	7	25–30	—	38–25	29–24
IK Sävehof	6	0	3	3	146	188	−42	3	21–38	25–25	—	29–29
Lokomotiva Zagreb	6	0	2	4	132	164	−32	2	15–26	18–25	23–23	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	LAR	MET	BAI	LUB
Larvik HK	6	6	0	0	169	141	+28	12	—	25–20	31–26	35–24
Metz	6	2	1	3	164	163	+1	5	25–26	—	34–24	30–30
HCM Baia Mare	6	2	0	4	154	160	−6	4	23–24	23–24	—	30–25
SPR Lublin	6	1	1	4	159	182	−23	3	23–28	35–31	22–28	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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.

Key to colours in group tables
Top four placed teams advanced to quarterfinals

Group 1

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	BUD	DIN	VAR	THÜ	LEI	KRI
Budućnost	10	9	1	0	270	193	+77	19	—	26–18	23–17	23–14	28–21	39–20
Dinamo Volgograd	10	5	1	4	267	260	+7	11	18–25	—	33–25	30–30	27–19	25–26
Vardar	10	5	1	4	277	254	+23	11	24–24	28–27	—	26–21	26–20	41–30
Thüringer HC	10	5	1	4	258	251	+7	11	22–27	30–33	21–20	—	27–23	33–21
HC Leipzig	10	3	0	7	245	282	−37	6	19–32	27–30	26–23	25–34	—	30–24
Krim	10	1	0	9	248	325	−77	2	20–23	24–26	29–47	23–26	31–35	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	LAR	GYŐ	BAI	VIB	MET	SÄV
Larvik HK	10	10	0	0	263	216	+47	20	—	21–19	31–26	31–18	25–20	25–17
Győri Audi ETO KC	10	8	0	2	282	224	+58	16	25–26	—	29–23	22–20	31–27	35–23
HCM Baia Mare	10	4	0	6	262	270	−8	8	23–24	18–26	—	32–22	23–24	34–24
Viborg HK	10	3	1	6	252	274	−22	7	23–29	25–30	30–31	—	27–26	38–25
Metz	10	3	0	7	244	253	−9	6	25–26	20–27	34–24	23–24	—	22–25
IK Sävehof	10	1	1	8	227	293	−66	3	20–25	21–38	26–28	25–25	21–23	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viborg HK	41–57	Budućnost	22–28	19–29
Thüringer HC	44–65	Larvik HK	26–29	18–36
HCM Baia Mare	50–53	Dinamo Volgograd	25–23	25–30
Vardar	51–45	Győri Audi ETO KC	24–18	27–27

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.

Semifinals		Final

9 May

Larvik HK	31
		10 May
Dinamo Volgograd	22
		Larvik HK	22
9 May
		Budućnost	26
Vardar	17

Budućnost	27
		Third place game

		10 May

		Dinamo Volgograd	26

		Vardar	28

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

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

As of 10 May 2015

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Cristina Neagu	Budućnost	102
1	Andrea Penezić	Vardar	102
3	Nora Mørk	Larvik	98
4	Anna Kochetova	Volgograd	94
5	Karolina Kudłacz	Leipzig	84
6	Olga Akopyan	Volgograd	82
7	Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren	Larvik	77
8	Daria Dmitrieva	Volgograd	76
9	Ida Oden	Sävehof	74
10	Ana Gros	Metz	73
10	Tamara Mavsar	Krim	73

All-Star Team

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

Goalkeeper: Sandra Toft (DEN)
Right wing: Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (NOR)
Right back: Nora Mørk (NOR)
Central back: Anikó Kovacsics (HUN)
Left back: Cristina Neagu (ROU)
Left wing: Siraba Dembélé (FRA)
Pivot: Heidi Løke (NOR)

Other awards

Most Valuable Player of the Final Four: Clara Woltering (GER)
Best Coach: Ambros Martín (ESP)
Best Young Player: Eliza Buceschi (ROU)
Best Defence Player: Dorina Korsós (HUN)

References

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

External links

Official website

[1] "Undefeated Buducnost take the trophy for the second time in history". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[Draw-2] "Women's EHF Champions League teams announced for 2014/15". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[3] "Qualification draw sends Midtjylland against Kragujevac, while FTC face SERCODAK". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-26.

[Seedings-4] "Pots ready for qualification and group matches draws". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-23.

[5] "Györ to face Viborg, Zagreb and Sävehof in group matches". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-27.

[6] "Defending champions await Vardar in the quarter-finals". ehfcl.com. 15 March 2015.

[7] "Two teams are new, two return to MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 13 April 2015.

[8] "Clashes of women's handball giants open 2015 MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 14 April 2015.

[9] Top scorers

[10] "All-stars take to the court at the 2015 MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 8 May 2015.

[11] "Woltering's heroics in goal earn the MVP award". ehfcl.com. 10 May 2015.

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2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League

Contents

Overview

Team allocation

Round and draw dates

Qualification stage

Seedings

Qualification tournament 1

Qualification tournament 2

Group stage

Seedings

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round

Group 1

Group 2

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Final four

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

All-Star Team

Other awards

See also

References

External links