EHF European League

2021–22
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	28 August 2021–29 May 2022
Teams	52 (qualification stage) 24 (group stage)
Website	ehfel.com
Final positions
Champions	SL Benfica
Runner-up	SC Magdeburg
Tournament statistics
MVP	Sergey Hernández
Top scorer(s)	Petar Đorđić Halil Jaganjac (123 goals)
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The 2021–22 EHF European League was the 2nd edition of the EHF European League, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF).

Benfica became the first ever Portuguese team to win the trophy and the second non-German side to win the competition since 2004.^[1]

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

A total of 32 teams were involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 28–29 August 2021, while the second leg matches were held on 4–5 September 2021.^[2] The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.^[3]

The results of this round were:^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	49–48	Ystads IF	22–23	27–25
HC Kriens-Luzern	42–60	SL Benfica	24–31	18–29
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško	58–65	GOG Håndbold	33–29	25–36
Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów	51–60	RK Nexe	23–28	28–32
RK Vojvodina	49–54	Kadetten Schaffhausen	26–20	23–34
Csurgói KK	51–58	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	23–27	28–31
Górnik Zabrze	48–57	ØIF Arendal	19–29	29–28
Aguas Santas Milaneza	54–60	BM Logroño La Rioja	26–26	28–34
Balatonfüredi KSE	47–47	HK Malmö	27–25	20–22
Azoty-Puławy	66–46	MRK Sesvete	29–21	37–25
HC Prolet 62	50–63	Fraikin BM Granollers	21–36	29–27
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	49–58	HC CSKA	26–29	23–29
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	80–44	Spor Toto SK	38–22	42–22
RK Trimo Trebnje	59–60	TTH Holstebro	31–25	28–35
RK Poreč	39–44	Valur	18–22	21–22
Alpla HC Hard	55–66	Fenix Toulouse Handball	23–27	32–39

Second qualifying round

A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round draw, 16 advancing from the previous round and 8 teams entering this round. The first leg matches were held on 20–21 September., while the second leg matches were held on 27–28 September.

The results of this round were:^[5]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kadetten Schaffhausen	68–60	Fraikin BM Granollers	36–33	32–27
Valur	47–54	TBV Lemgo	26–27	21–27
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	59–64	SL Benfica	31–31	28–33
BM Logroño La Rioja	61–58	CB Ademar León	34–30	27–28
Fenix Toulouse Handball	59–49	HK Malmö	30–24	29–25
GOG Håndbold	57–51	Mors-Thy Håndbold	30–24	27–27
Azoty-Puławy	53–65	Füchse Berlin	24–32	29–33
USAM Nîmes Gard	65–58	HC CSKA	36–29	29–29
Orlen Wisła Płock	45–40	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	25–14	20–26
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	59–59	RK Nexe	33–27	26–32
Sporting CP	62–53	TTH Holstebro	31–25	31–28
ØIF Arendal	49–67	PAUC	27–27	22–40

Group stage

Seedings

The 24 teams were divided into six pots of four teams, with a team from each pot being drawn to each group. Teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.^[6]

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

1. Points in matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in matches among tied teams;
3. Away goals scored in matches among tied teams;
4. Goal difference in all group matches;
5. Goals scored in all group matches;
6. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
7. Drawing lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ORL	FUC	FEN	BID	TAT	WIN
1	Orlen Wisła Płock	10	9	0	1	311	258	+53	18	Knockout stage		—	24–28	33–29	33–26	33–29	35–27
2	Füchse Berlin	10	8	0	2	314	269	+45	16			29–30	—	32–30	35–23	36–23	35–29
3	Fenix Toulouse Handball	10	6	1	3	292	265	+27	13			24–30	28–27	—	26–26	34–20	34–27 Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2021–22_EHF_European_League Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia.  Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk | www.biologia.sk | www.botanika.sk | www.dejiny.sk | www.economy.sk | www.elektrotechnika.sk | www.estetika.sk | www.farmakologia.sk | www.filozofia.sk | Fyzika | www.futurologia.sk | www.genetika.sk | www.chemia.sk | www.lingvistika.sk | www.politologia.sk | www.psychologia.sk | www.sexuologia.sk | www.sociologia.sk | www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk