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| 2020–21 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Handball |
| Dates | 28 August 2020–23 May 2021 |
| Teams | 51 (qualification stage) 24 (group stage) |
| Website | ehfel.com |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  SC Magdeburg |
| Runner-up | Füchse Berlin |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP |  Jannick Green |
| Top scorer(s) | Emil Jakobsen (111 goals) |
The 2020–21 EHF European League was the 1st edition of the EHF European League, replacing the EHF Cup as the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), which had been in existence for 39 years.[1]
Team allocation
A total of 51 teams from 21 countries participated in the 2020–21 EHF European League.[2]
Teams
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualification | First qualifying round | 28 July 2020 | 29-30 August 2020 | 5-6 September 2020 |
| Second qualifying round | 8 September 2020 | 22 September 2020 | 29 September 2020 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 1 October 2020 | 20 October 2020 | |
| Matchday 2 | 27 October 2020 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 17 November 2019 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 24 November 2020 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 1 December 2020 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 8 December 2020 | |||
| Matchday 7 | 9 February 2021 | |||
| Matchday 8 | 16 February 2021 | |||
| Matchday 9 | 23 February 2021 | |||
| Matchday 10 | 2 March 2021 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | No draw | 23 March 2021 | 30 March 2021 |
| Quarter-finals | 13 April 2021 | 20 April 2021 | ||
| Final four | 27 April 2021 | 22–23 May 2021 | ||
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Seeding
A total of 30 teams were involved in the first qualifying round draw, they were divided into three geographical zones, each one with two pots of five teams, to limit travel distances and to reduce possible travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same tie.[4]
| Zone 1 | Zone 2 | Zone 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |