# 2020–21 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2020–21 EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 31 March with the playoffs and ended on 13 June 2021 with the final at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, to decide the winners of the 2020–21 EHF Champions League. On 10 February 2021, after a decision by the EHF Executive Committee, it was announced that all 16 teams advance from the group stage.

## Format

In the Play-offs, the first-placed team from one group faced the eighth-placed team from the other group, the second-placed team faced the seventh-placed and so on. The eight winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.

## Qualified teams

| Group |
| Group | First place | Second place | Third place | Fourth place | Fifth place | Sixth place | Seventh place | Eighth place |
| A | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Paris Saint-Germain | Łomża Vive Kielce | Meshkov Brest | FC Porto | MOL-Pick Szeged | Vardar 1961 | Elverum Håndball |
| B | Barça | Telekom Veszprém | THW Kiel | Aalborg Håndbold | Motor | HBC Nantes | Celje Pivovarna Laško | PPD Zagreb |

## Play-offs

On 29 March 2021 the European Handball Federation has issued an overview on what happens if matches cannot be played in the upcoming play-offs of the EHF Champions League Men due to reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic. If a team reports positive cases of COVID-19 and the match could not be played, this pairing would be decided by playing both matches (1st and 2nd leg) as a so called ‘double game’ before 8 April 2021, the date when the last second-leg matches are scheduled. If a second-leg match was not played on 7–8 April 2021, as a consequence of this and following the principle that the party responsible is liable for, in this case, the fact that the match cannot be played, a team which was not in the position to play its scheduled game on the second weekend would be excluded from the competition regardless of the result in the first-leg game. The opponents would subsequently qualify for the quarter-finals.

### Overview

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| HBC Nantes | 58–56 | Łomża Vive Kielce | 24–25 | 34–31 |
| MOL-Pick Szeged | 56–66 | THW Kiel | 28–33 | 28–33 |
| Motor | 55–60 | Meshkov Brest | 32–30 | 23–30 |
| FC Porto | 56–56 (a) | Aalborg Håndbold | 32–29 | 24–27 |
| PPD Zagreb | 0–20 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 0–10 | 0–10 |
| Elverum Håndball | 44–76 | Barça | 25–37 | 19–39 |
| Celje Pivovarna Laško | 47–68 | Paris Saint-Germain | 24–37 | 23–31 |
| Vardar 1961 | 57–80 | Telekom Veszprém | 27–41 | 30–39 |

### Matches

| 31 March 2021 20:45 | HBC Nantes | 24–25 | Łomża Vive Kielce | H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 0 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| 31 March 2021 20:45 | Lazarov, Pechmalbec 5 | (14–12) | A. Dujshebaev 6 | H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 0 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| 31 March 2021 20:45 | 1× 3× 1× | Report | 1× 3× | H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 0 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| 7 April 2021 20:45 | Łomża Vive Kielce | 31–34 | HBC Nantes | Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 0 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 7 April 2021 20:45 | Kulesh 6 | (13–15) | Rivera Folch 9 | Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 0 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 7 April 2021 20:45 | 1× 4× | Report | 1× 4× | Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 0 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
HBC Nantes won 58–56 on aggregate.
| 31 March 2021 18:45 | MOL-Pick Szeged | 28–33 | THW Kiel | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 0 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 31 March 2021 18:45 | Radivojević 6 | (13–21) | Sagosen 8 | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 0 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 31 March 2021 18:45 | 2× | Report | 1× 4× | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 0 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 7 April 2021 18:45 | THW Kiel | 33–28 | MOL-Pick Szeged | Wunderino-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 0 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN) |
| 7 April 2021 18:45 | Sagosen 9 | (18–15) | Radivojević 7 | Wunderino-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 0 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN) |
| 7 April 2021 18:45 | 2× 4× | Report | 4× | Wunderino-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 0 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN) |
THW Kiel won 66–56 on aggregate.
| 1 April 2021 18:45 | Motor | 32–30 | Meshkov Brest | Yunost Sport Hall, Zaporizhia Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO) |
| 1 April 2021 18:45 | Malašinskas 7 | (15–12) | Baranau 9 | Yunost Sport Hall, Zaporizhia Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO) |
| 1 April 2021 18:45 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 2× | Yunost Sport Hall, Zaporizhia Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO) |
| 8 April 2021 18:45 | Meshkov Brest | 30–23 | Motor | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 8 April 2021 18:45 | Vailupau 8 | (16–8) | Pukhouski 7 | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 8 April 2021 18:45 | 2× 6× | Report | 1× 4× 1× | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
Meshkov Brest won 60–55 on aggregate.
| 1 April 2021 20:45 | FC Porto | 32–29 | Aalborg Håndbold | Dragão Arena, Porto Attendance: 0 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 1 April 2021 20:45 | Iturriza 8 | (18–14) | Barthold 8 | Dragão Arena, Porto Attendance: 0 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 1 April 2021 20:45 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 3× | Dragão Arena, Porto Attendance: 0 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 7 April 2021 18:45 | Aalborg Håndbold | 27–24 | FC Porto | Jutlander Bank Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 1 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| 7 April 2021 18:45 | Claar 6 | (10–9) | Iturriza 6 | Jutlander Bank Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 1 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| 7 April 2021 18:45 | 2× | Report | 1× 2× | Jutlander Bank Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 1 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
56–56 on aggregate. Aalborg Håndbold won on away goals
| Cancelled | PPD Zagreb | 0–10 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt |
| Cancelled | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 10–0 | PPD Zagreb |
| 2 April 2021 18:45 | Elverum Håndball | 25–37 | Barça | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 686 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER) |
| 2 April 2021 18:45 | Blonz, Solstad 6 | (12–19) | Mem 7 | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 686 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER) |
| 2 April 2021 18:45 | 2× 3× | Report | 1× 1× | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 686 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER) |
| 5 April 2021 18:45 | Barça | 39–19 | Elverum Håndball | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 645 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
| 5 April 2021 18:45 | Diocou 6 | (20–10) | Máthé 6 | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 645 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
| 5 April 2021 18:45 | 1× | Report | 1× 2× | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 645 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
Barça won 76–44 on aggregate.
| 1 April 2021 20:45 | Celje Pivovarna Laško | 24–37 | Paris Saint-Germain | Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 0 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
| 1 April 2021 20:45 | Dragašević, Mlakar 6 | (11–21) | Nahi 10 | Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 0 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
| 1 April 2021 20:45 | 2× | Report | 1× 3× | Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 0 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
| 8 April 2021 20:45 | Paris Saint-Germain | 31–23 | Celje Pivovarna Laško | Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 0 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
| 8 April 2021 20:45 | Nahi 7 | (14–12) | Grošelj 6 | Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 0 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
| 8 April 2021 20:45 | 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 0 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Paris Saint-Germain won 68–47 on aggregate.
| 1 April 2021 18:45 | Vardar 1961 | 27–41 | Telekom Veszprém | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 0 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) |
| 1 April 2021 18:45 | Čupić 8 | (11–21) | Marguč 8 | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 0 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) |
| 1 April 2021 18:45 | 1× 2× | Report | 1× 4× | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 0 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) |
| 8 April 2021 18:45 | Telekom Veszprém | 39–30 | Vardar 1961 | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 0 Referees: Marìn, García (ESP) |
| 8 April 2021 18:45 | Nilsson, Shishkaryov 6 | (20–15) | three players 5 | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 0 Referees: Marìn, García (ESP) |
| 8 April 2021 18:45 | 1× 1× | Report | 1× 4× | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 0 Referees: Marìn, García (ESP) |
Telekom Veszprém won 80–57 on aggregate.

## Quarterfinals
### Overview

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| HBC Nantes | 62–60 | Telekom Veszprém | 32–28 | 30–32 |
| THW Kiel | 59–63 | Paris Saint-Germain | 31–29 | 28–34 |
| Meshkov Brest | 57–73 | Barça | 29–33 | 28–40 |
| Aalborg Håndbold | 55–54 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 26–21 | 29–33 |

### Matches

| 13 May 2021 20:45 | HBC Nantes | 32–28 | Telekom Veszprém | H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 0 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 13 May 2021 20:45 | Rivera Folch 6 | (16–12) | Marguč 8 | H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 0 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 13 May 2021 20:45 | 1× 5× | Report | 1× 2× | H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 0 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 20 May 2021 18:45 | Telekom Veszprém | 32–30 | HBC Nantes | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 4,650 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
| 20 May 2021 18:45 | Nenadić 7 | (18–15) | Balaguer 6 | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 4,650 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
| 20 May 2021 18:45 | 2× 5× 1× | Report | 1× 3× | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 4,650 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
HBC Nantes won 62–60 on aggregate.
| 12 May 2021 20:45 | THW Kiel | 31–29 | Paris Saint-Germain | Wunderino-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 1 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 12 May 2021 20:45 | Reinkind 10 | (14–15) | Nahi 8 | Wunderino-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 1 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 12 May 2021 20:45 | 2× 4× | Report | 1× 5× | Wunderino-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 1 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 19 May 2021 18:45 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34–28 | THW Kiel | Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 800 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 19 May 2021 18:45 | Prandi 9 | (16–15) | Ekberg 7 | Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 800 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 19 May 2021 18:45 | 4× | Report | 1× 5× 1× | Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 800 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Paris Saint-Germain won 63–59 on aggregate.
| 12 May 2021 18:45 | Meshkov Brest | 29–33 | Barça | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,110 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 12 May 2021 18:45 | Vailupau 11 | (16–17) | Gómez 7 | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,110 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 12 May 2021 18:45 | 3× 1× | Report | 2× | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,110 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 20 May 2021 20:45 | Barça | 40–28 | Meshkov Brest | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 874 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN) |
| 20 May 2021 20:45 | Mortensen 7 | (21–13) | Vailupau 7 | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 874 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN) |
| 20 May 2021 20:45 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 3× | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 874 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN) |
Barça won 73–57 on aggregate.
| 13 May 2021 18:45 | Aalborg Håndbold | 26–21 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Jutlander Bank Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 0 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT) |
| 13 May 2021 18:45 | Claar, Sandell 8 | (13–10) | Gottfridsson 5 | Jutlander Bank Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 0 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT) |
| 13 May 2021 18:45 | 2× 2× | Report | 1× 5× | Jutlander Bank Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 0 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT) |
| 19 May 2021 20:45 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 33–29 | Aalborg Håndbold | Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 0 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 19 May 2021 20:45 | Golla, Rød 9 | (14–16) | Claar 6 | Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 0 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 19 May 2021 20:45 | 2× 5× | Report | 6× | Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 0 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
Aalborg Håndbold won 55–54 on aggregate.

## Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 12 and 13 June 2021. The draw was held on 25 May 2021.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 12 June | 12 June |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 33 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 33 | 13 June | 13 June |
| Aalborg Håndbold | 35 | 13 June | 13 June |
| Aalborg Håndbold | 35 | Aalborg Håndbold | 23 |
| 12 June | 12 June | | Aalborg Håndbold | 23 |
| 12 June | 12 June | Barça | 36 |
| Barça | 31 | Barça | 36 |
| HBC Nantes | 26 | | |
| HBC Nantes | 26 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 June | 13 June |
| | | Paris Saint-Germain | 31 |
| | | HBC Nantes | 28 |

### Semifinals

| 12 June 2021 15:15 | Paris Saint-Germain | 33–35 | Aalborg Håndbold | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 12 June 2021 15:15 | Remili 7 | (15–13) | Claar 9 | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 12 June 2021 15:15 | 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 12 June 2021 18:00 | Barça | 31–26 | HBC Nantes | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| 12 June 2021 18:00 | Mem 6 | (15–13) | Rivera Folch 6 | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| 12 June 2021 18:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 3× | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |

### Third place game

| 13 June 2021 15:15 | HBC Nantes | 28–31 | Paris Saint-Germain | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
| 13 June 2021 15:15 | Minne 5 | (13–17) | Solé 5 | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
| 13 June 2021 15:15 | 1× 6× | Report | 3× | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |

### Final

| 13 June 2021 18:00 | Barça | 36–23 | Aalborg Håndbold | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 13 June 2021 18:00 | Gómez 9 | (16–11) | Sandell 8 | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 13 June 2021 18:00 | 1× | Report | 1× 3× | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |