# 2021–22 Women's EHF European League

The 2021–22 Women's EHF European League was the 41st edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 16 October 2021 to 15 May 2022. Neptunes de Nantes were the defending champions.

## Overview
### Team allocation

Group stage :
| Viborg HK | Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár | CS Minaur Baia Mare | HC Lada |
| Round 3 ||||
| RK Lokomotiva Zagreb | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | Chambray Touraine | Neptunes de Nantes |
| ESBF Besançon | SG BBM Bietigheim | DVSC Schaeffler | Váci NKSE |
| Storhamar Håndball Elite | SCM Gloria Buzău | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | HC Astrakhanochka |
| Zvezda Zvenigorod | | | |
| Round 2 ||||
| Hypo Niederösterreich | ŽRK Bjelovar | DHK Baník Most | Paris 92 |
| Thüringer HC | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | TuS Metzingen | MTK Budapest |
| Tertnes HE | Sola HK | Molde Elite | MKS Lublin |
| Zagłębie Lubin | Măgura Cisnădie | Kuban | RK Radnički Kragujevac |
| ŽORK Jagodina | CB Atlético Guardés | BM Bera Bera | H 65 Höör |
| LC Brühl Handball | Yalikavksports Club | | |

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualification | Second qualifying round | 20 July 2021 | 16–17 October 2021 | 23–24 October 2021 |
| Qualification | Third qualifying round | 20 July 2021 | 13–14 November 2021 | 20–21 November 2021 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 25 November 2021 | 8–9 January 2022 | 8–9 January 2022 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 25 November 2021 | 15–16 January 2022 | 15–16 January 2022 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 25 November 2021 | 22–23 January 2022 | 22–23 January 2022 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 25 November 2021 | 5–6 February 2022 | 5–6 February 2022 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 25 November 2021 | 12–13 February 2022 | 12–13 February 2022 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 25 November 2021 | 19–20 February 2022 | 19–20 February 2022 |
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | no draw | 26–27 March 2022 | 2–3 April 2022 |
| Knockout phase | Semi finals | 7 April 2022 | 14 May 2022 | 14 May 2022 |
| Knockout phase | Final | no draw | 15 May 2022 | 15 May 2022 |

## Qualification stage
### Round 2

There were 22 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 16–17 October and the second legs were played on 23–24 October 2021.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hypo Niederösterreich | 48–52 | CB Atlético Guardés | 21–28 | 27–25 |
| Yalikavaksports Club | 54–72 | MTK Budapest | 24–33 | 30–39 |
| BM Bera Bera | 53–48 | Paris 92 | 27–27 | 26–21 |
| RK Radnički Kragujevac | 46–58 | H 65 Höör | 23–22 | 23–36 |
| Sola HK | 68–57 | Kuban | 37–33 | 31–24 |
| Tertnes HE | 53–42 | ŽORK Jagodina | 29–26 | 24–16 |
| TuS Metzingen | 51–56 | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | 27–28 | 24–28 |
| DHK Baník Most | 52–52 (a) | Măgura Cisnădie | 26–27 | 26–25 |
| Thüringer HC | 60–61 | Molde Elite | 32–35 | 28–26 |
| LC Brühl Handball | 43–68 | Zagłębie Lubin | 19–35 | 24–33 |
| ŽRK Bjelovar | 45–78 | MKS Lublin | 22–32 | 23–46 |

#### Notes
### Round 3

There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 13–14 November and the second legs were played on 20–21 November 2021.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| ESBF Besançon | 64–47 | CB Atlético Guardés | 34–23 | 30–24 |
| SG BBM Bietigheim | 60–38 | Tertnes HE | 39–18 | 21–20 |
| Zvezda Zvenigorod | 55–68 | Zagłębie Lubin | 26–35 | 29–33 |
| DVSC Schaeffler | 43–47 | Măgura Cisnădie | 22–22 | 21–25 |
| Neptunes de Nantes | 74–49 | H 65 Höör | 39–24 | 35–25 |
| Sola HK | 56–52 | HC Astrakhanochka | 36–25 | 20–27 |
| Storhamar HE | 57–53 | SCM Gloria Buzău | 31–27 | 26–26 |
| Váci NKSE | 56–51 | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | 32–27 | 24–24 |
| RK Lokomotiva Zagreb | 54–48 | MKS Lublin | 25–21 | 29–27 |
| SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | 63–55 | BM Bera Bera | 34–28 | 29–27 |
| Chambray Touraine | 65–52 | Molde Elite | 30–27 | 35–25 |
| MTK Budapest | 56–68 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 27–34 | 29–34 |

## Group stage

The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 25 November 2021. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
* Tiebreakers
* In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:
* Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
* Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
* Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
* Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
* Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
* If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.
* During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SOL | BES | MKC | LOK |
| 1 | Sola HK | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 150 | +46 | 12 | Quarterfinals | — | 34–27 | 27–22 | 25–18 |
| 2 | ESBF Besançon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 188 | −6 | 6 | Quarterfinals | 32–39 | — | 34–24 | 28–27 |
| 3 | Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 160 | 165 | −5 | 6 | | 26–31 | 38–30 | — | 28–24 |
| 4 | RK Lokomotiva Zagreb | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 139 | 174 | −35 | 0 | | 25–40 | 26–31 | 19–22 | — |
* 1 2 ESBF Besançon 64–62 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BIE | BAI | NAN | ZAG |
| 1 | SG BBM Bietigheim | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 134 | +54 | 12 | Quarterfinals | — | 39–20 | 32–29 | 29–19 |
| 2 | CS Minaur Baia Mare | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 154 | 182 | −28 | 5 | Quarterfinals | 20–28 | — | 28–26 | 34–32 |
| 3 | Neptunes de Nantes | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 168 | 170 | −2 | 4 | | 25–27 | 34–29 | — | 27–28 |
| 4 | Zagłębie Lubin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 149 | 173 | −24 | 3 | | 21–33 | 23–23 | 26–27 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIH | STO | MAG | LAD |
| 1 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 161 | +32 | 12 | Quarterfinals | — | 32–24 | 31–28 | 34–27 |
| 2 | Storhamar HE | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 178 | 172 | +6 | 6 | Quarterfinals | 27–35 | — | 35–18 | 34–29 |
| 3 | Măgura Cisnădie | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 137 | 162 | −25 | 4 | | 31–34 | 33–28 | — | 27–24 |
| 4 | HC Lada | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 139 | 152 | −13 | 2 | | 24–27 | 25–30 | 10–0 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VHK | VAL | CHA | VAC |
| 1 | Viborg HK | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 149 | +36 | 10 | Quarterfinals | — | 31–20 | 29–29 | 42–21 |
| 2 | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 178 | 172 | +6 | 9 | Quarterfinals | 30–30 | — | 32–27 | 39–29 |
| 3 | Chambray Touraine | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 163 | 176 | −13 | 3 | | 24–27 | 25–26 | — | 29–27 |
| 4 | Váci NKSE | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 167 | 196 | −29 | 2 | | 25–26 | 30–31 | 35–29 | — |

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| CS Minaur Baia Mare | 69–61 | Sola HK | 40–32 | 29–29 |
| ESBF Besançon | 43–59 | SG BBM Bietigheim | 23–29 | 20–30 |
| SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | 61–72 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 33–39 | 28–33 |
| Storhamar HE | 68–71 | Viborg HK | 31–33 | 37–38 |

### Matches

| 26 March 2022 16:00 | CS Minaur Baia Mare | 40–32 | Sola HK | Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH) |
| 26 March 2022 16:00 | Lavko 9 | (18–14) | Deila 8 | Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH) |
| 26 March 2022 16:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 3× | Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH) |
| 3 April 2022 16:00 | Sola HK | 29–29 | CS Minaur Baia Mare | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Korja, Metsämäki (FIN) |
| 3 April 2022 16:00 | Herrem 8 | (16–10) | Laslo 7 | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Korja, Metsämäki (FIN) |
| 3 April 2022 16:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Korja, Metsämäki (FIN) |
| 27 March 2022 14:00 | ESBF Besançon | 23–29 | SG BBM Bietigheim | Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ciulei, Stanescu (ROU) |
| 27 March 2022 14:00 | Mairot 5 | (13–17) | Maidhof 10 | Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ciulei, Stanescu (ROU) |
| 27 March 2022 14:00 | 1× 4× | Report | 2× 7× | Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ciulei, Stanescu (ROU) |
| 2 April 2022 16:00 | SG BBM Bietigheim | 30–20 | ESBF Besançon | MHPArena, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,481 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA) |
| 2 April 2022 16:00 | three players 5 | (12–10) | Rosiak 5 | MHPArena, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,481 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA) |
| 2 April 2022 16:00 | 1× 5× | Report | 3× | MHPArena, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,481 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA) |
| 27 March 2022 14:00 | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | 33–39 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Charitsos, Naskos (GRE) |
| 27 March 2022 14:00 | Glibko 9 | (17–20) | Friis 11 | Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Charitsos, Naskos (GRE) |
| 27 March 2022 14:00 | 1× 4× | Report | 1× 2× | Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Charitsos, Naskos (GRE) |
| 2 April 2022 18:00 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 33–28 | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | IBF Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,056 Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU) |
| 2 April 2022 18:00 | Scaglione 7 | (16–12) | Elghaoui 10 | IBF Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,056 Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU) |
| 2 April 2022 18:00 | 3× | Report | 1× 6× | IBF Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,056 Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU) |
| 26 March 2022 18:00 | Storhamar HE | 31–33 | Viborg HK | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,624 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT) |
| 26 March 2022 18:00 | Obaidli 9 | (19–18) | Nolsøe 9 | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,624 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT) |
| 26 March 2022 18:00 | 2× | Report | 1× 4× | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,624 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT) |
| 3 April 2022 14:00 | Viborg HK | 38–37 | Storhamar HE | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,866 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED) |
| 3 April 2022 14:00 | Jørgensen 11 | (19–21) | Hovden 12 | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,866 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED) |
| 3 April 2022 14:00 | 2× | Report | 1× 3× | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,866 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED) |

## Final four

The final four was held at the Vibocold Arena in Viborg, Denmark on 14 and 15 May 2022. The draw was made on 7 April 2022.

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 14 May | 14 May |
| Viborg HK | 28 |
| Viborg HK | 28 | 15 May | 15 May |
| CS Minaur Baia Mare | 24 | 15 May | 15 May |
| CS Minaur Baia Mare | 24 | Viborg HK | 20 |
| 14 May | 14 May | | Viborg HK | 20 |
| 14 May | 14 May | SG BBM Bietigheim | 31 |
| Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 33 | SG BBM Bietigheim | 31 |
| SG BBM Bietigheim | 34 | | |
| SG BBM Bietigheim | 34 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 May | 15 May |
| | | CS Minaur Baia Mare | 28 |
| | | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 29 |

### Semifinals

| 14 May 2022 15:30 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 33–34 | SG BBM Bietigheim | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,469 Referees: Ünlü Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR) |
| 14 May 2022 15:30 | Brandt 8 | (12–14) | Kudłacz-Gloc 8 | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,469 Referees: Ünlü Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR) |
| 14 May 2022 15:30 | 1× 7× 1× | Report | 1× 7× | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,469 Referees: Ünlü Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR) |
| 14 May 2022 18:00 | Viborg HK | 28–24 | CS Minaur Baia Mare | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,517 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE) |
| 14 May 2022 18:00 | Haugsted 7 | (16–13) | Laslo 7 | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,517 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE) |
| 14 May 2022 18:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 2× 2× | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,517 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE) |

### Third place game

| 15 May 2022 15:30 | CS Minaur Baia Mare | 28–29 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,688 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR) |
| 15 May 2022 15:30 | Lavko 7 | (12–14) | Bakkerud 6 | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,688 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR) |
| 15 May 2022 15:30 | 4× | Report | 1× 1× | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,688 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR) |

### Final

| 15 May 2022 18:00 | Viborg HK | 20–31 | SG BBM Bietigheim | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,697 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB) |
| 15 May 2022 18:00 | K. Jørgensen 5 | (10–17) | Maidhof 6 | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,697 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB) |
| 15 May 2022 18:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 2× 4× | Vibocold Arena, Viborg Attendance: 1,697 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB) |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Camilla Herrem | Sola HK | 74 |
| 2 | Kristina Jørgensen | Viborg HK | 72 |
| 3 | Emilie Hovden | Storhamar HE | 64 |
| 4 | Jelena Lavko | CS Minaur Baia Mare | 60 |
| 5 | Emma Friis | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 52 |
| 5 | Iryna Glibko | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | 52 |
| 5 | Csenge Kuczora | Váci NKSE | 52 |
| 5 | Kristina Novak | Sola HK | 52 |
| 9 | Asma Elghaoui | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | 51 |
| 9 | Maja Magnussen | Sola HK | 51 |