2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League group stage

The 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League group stage began on 4 October and concluded on 17 November 2019. A total of 16 teams were competing for 12 places in the main round of the 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 June 2019.^[4]^[5]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 24 June 2019.^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Metz Handball Győri Audi ETO KC SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Rostov-Don	Team Esbjerg Budućnost Vipers Kristiansand Krim Merkator	Podravka Vegeta SG BBM Bietigheim MKS Perla Lublin IK Sävehof	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria CSM București Brest Bretagne Handball DHK Baník Most

Format

In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. After completion of the group stage matches, the top three teams advanced to the main round. Teams were not able to face opponents from the same country in the group.

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 had score 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.

Groups

The matchdays were 4–6 October, 11–13 October, 18–20 October, 1–3 November, 8–10 November, 15–17 November 2019.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Metz Handball	6	4	2	0	194	158	+36	10	Main round
2	Vipers Kristiansand	6	3	1	2	178	168	+10	7
3	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	6	2	1	3	167	180	−13	5
4	Podravka Vegeta	6	1	0	5	161	194	−33	2	EHF Cup

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

5 October 2019 19:15	Vipers Kristiansand	31–22	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,640 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
	Løke 8	(16–11)	Háfra 10
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5×

6 October 2019 17:00	Metz Handball	40–26	Podravka Vegeta	Palais omnisport Les Arènes, Metz Attendance: 3,886 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Burgaard 8	(24–13)	Stanko, Tsàkalou 5
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

13 October 2019 13:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	28–34	Metz Handball	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,050 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Klujber 12	(16–20)	Zaadi 6
	2× 6×	Report	3× 4× 1×

13 October 2019 17:00	Podravka Vegeta	25–24	Vipers Kristiansand	Gimnazija "Fran Galović", Koprivnica Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Milosavljević 10	(14–12)	Aune 6
	3× 4×	Report	3×

19 October 2019 15:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	37–31	Podravka Vegeta	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Klujber 11	(17–17)	Milosavljević 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 6× 1×

20 October 2019 15:00	Vipers Kristiansand	38–38	Metz Handball	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,717 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Arntzen 8	(17–21)	Zaadi 13
	3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

2 November 2019 20:00	Podravka Vegeta	26–27	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Gimnazija "Fran Galović", Koprivnica Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Milosavljević 9	(15–14)	three players 5
	3× 3×	Report	1× 6×

3 November 2019 20:45	Metz Handball	26–17	Vipers Kristiansand	Palais omnisport Les Arènes, Metz Attendance: 4,066 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Luciano 7	(12–10)	Dahl 4
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

8 November 2019 18:00	Podravka Vegeta	25–32	Metz Handball	Gimnazija "Fran Galović", Koprivnica Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Tsàkalou 8	(15–15)	Sajka 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

9 November 2019 19:30	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	29–34	Vipers Kristiansand	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Klujber 6	(15–19)	Arntzen 11
	2× 6×	Report	2× 6×

16 November 2019 19:15	Vipers Kristiansand	34–28	Podravka Vegeta	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,660 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Dahl 11	(20–13)	Tsàkalou 7
	1× 3×	Report	3× 5×

16 November 2019 19:30	Metz Handball	24–24	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Palais omnisport Les Arènes, Metz Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Zaadi 6	(10–14)	Schatzl 7
	3× 2×	Report	4× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rostov-Don	6	4	1	1	167	143	+24	9	Main round
2	Team Esbjerg	6	4	0	2	167	149	+18	8
3	CSM București	6	3	1	2	153	131	+22	7
4	MKS Perła Lublin	6	0	0	6	123	187	−64	0	EHF Cup

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

5 October 2019 15:00	Rostov-Don	31–21	MKS Perla Lublin	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 3,428 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Managarova 6	(21–11)	Kochaniak, Łabuda 4
	1× 3×	Report	2×

6 October 2019 16:50	Team Esbjerg	22–24	CSM București	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 1,910 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Polman 6	(8–13)	Lekić 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 6×

11 October 2019 18:30	CSM București	23–23	Rostov-Don	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 4,572 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Lekić 8	(13–14)	Vyakhireva 12
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

12 October 2019 18:00	MKS Perla Lublin	22–28	Team Esbjerg	Globus Hall, Lublin Attendance: 2,614 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Achruk 5	(15–12)	Frey 8
	1× 2×	Report	2× 4×

19 October 2019 14:30	Team Esbjerg	31–26	Rostov-Don	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 2,132 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Polman 8	(16–11)	Makeyeva, Managarova 5
	1× 2×	Report	3× 5×

19 October 2019 17:00	CSM București	35–19	MKS Perla Lublin	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Pintea 6	(16–10)	Blažević 4
	2× 2×	Report	2×

2 November 2019 14:00	Rostov-Don	34–26	Team Esbjerg	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 3,337 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	Managarova 6	(16–13)	Frey, Solberg-Isaksen 7
	2× 7×	Report	2× 3×

3 November 2019 18:00	MKS Perla Lublin	19–28	CSM București	Globus Hall, Lublin Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Gęga 6	(10–17)	Pintea 7
	1× 1×	Report	3× 3×

9 November 2019 18:30	MKS Perla Lublin	20–30	Rostov-Don	Globus Hall, Lublin Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Blažević, Matuszczyk 4	(12–20)	Sudakova 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

10 November 2019 13:30	CSM București	21–25	Team Esbjerg	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Omoregie 5	(12–13)	Breistøl 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

16 November 2019 13:00	Rostov-Don	23–22	CSM București	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Vyakhireva 5	(14–7)	Neagu 8
	2× 5×	Report	3× 1×

17 November 2019 15:10	Team Esbjerg	35–22	MKS Perla Lublin	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 1,760 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Breistøl, Danielsson 6	(20–9)	Achruk 4
	3× 3×	Report	1× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brest Bretagne Handball	6	6	0	201	169	+32	12	Main round
2	Budućnost	6	4	2	168	157	+11	8
3	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	6	1	5	148	165	−17	2^[a]
4	SG BBM Bietigheim	6	1	5	171	197	−26	2^[a]	EHF Cup

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 65–58 SG BBM Bietigheim

4 October 2019 17:30	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	34–27	SG BBM Bietigheim	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Nørgaard 7	(20–18)	Van der Heijden 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

5 October 2019 19:00	Budućnost	32–35	Brest Bretagne Handball	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	Jauković 8	(17–16)	Coatanea, Gros 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 4×

12 October 2019 19:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	37–24	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,473 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Niakaté, Pop-Lazić 6	(22–9)	Nørgaard 9
	4×	Report	1× 3×

13 October 2019 17:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	23–30	Budućnost	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,137 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	three players 5	(12–14)	Jauković, Mehmedović 7
	2× 2×	Report	1× 5×

19 October 2019 15:15	SG BBM Bietigheim	32–35	Brest Bretagne Handball	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 2,030 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Naidzinavicius, Van der Heijden 6	(18–17)	Pop-Lazić 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 1×

19 October 2019 19:00	Budućnost	23–19	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 2,450 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Radičević 13	(13–10)	Nørgaard 4
	1× 5×	Report	2× 1× 1×

1 November 2019 17:30	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	20–21	Budućnost	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,239 Referees: Sa, Sa (POR)
	Glibko, Vieira 6	(10–13)	Radičević 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

2 November 2019 15:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	36–30	SG BBM Bietigheim	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,754 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Gros 13	(18–15)	Naidzinavicius 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

10 November 2019 15:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	32–28	Budućnost	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,159 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Gros, Minevskaja 6	(14–15)	Radičević 10
	2× 2×	Report	2× 6× 1×

10 November 2019 18:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	31–28	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 2,053 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Malestein 7	(13–14)	Nørgaard 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

16 November 2019 17:00	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	23–26	Brest Bretagne Handball	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Glibko, González 5	(13–14)	Coatanea, Pop-Lazić 5
	2× 5×	Report	1× 4×

16 November 2019 19:00	Budućnost	34–28	SG BBM Bietigheim	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 2,130 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Radičević 8	(18–14)	Naidzinavicius 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Győri Audi ETO KC	6	6	0	0	216	147	+69	12	Main round
2	IK Sävehof	6	2	1	3	148	166	−18	5
3	Krim Mercator	6	2	0	4	158	170	−12	4
4	DHK Baník Most	6	1	1	4	151	190	−39	3	EHF Cup

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

6 October 2019 17:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	35–23	IK Sävehof	Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	three players 5	(17–11)	Forsberg, Mortensen 5
	2× 1×	Report	2× 4×

6 October 2019 17:00	Krim Mercator	29–31	DHK Baník Most	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 900 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Varagić 12	(14–13)	Zachová 6
	2× 5×	Report	2× 3×

13 October 2019 15:00	IK Sävehof	21–25	Krim Mercator	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 615 Referees: Pandžić, Mošorinski (SRB)
	three players 4	(10–13)	Zulić 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

13 October 2019 19:00	DHK Baník Most	21–46	Győri Audi ETO KC	Rocknet aréna, Chomutov Attendance: 2,784 Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Zachová 5	(13–23)	Oftedal 9
	1× 1×	Report	1×

19 October 2019 19:30	Krim Mercator	21–33	Győri Audi ETO KC	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Varagić, Zulić 5	(9–13)	Amorim 7
	4× 3×	Report	3× 2×

20 October 2019 19:00	DHK Baník Most	25–25	IK Sävehof	Rocknet aréna, Chomutov Attendance: 1,402 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Šustková 7	(17–13)	Forsberg 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 4×

2 November 2019 13:30	IK Sävehof	24–19	DHK Baník Most	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 823 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Forsberg 6	(12–8)	Zachová 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

2 November 2019 17:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	31–26	Krim Mercator	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,250 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Oftedal 7	(13–13)	Varagić 5
	2× 1×	Report	5×

9 November 2019 13:30	IK Sävehof	27–36	Győri Audi ETO KC	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 1,592 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Lundbäck 8	(12–19)	Oftedal 7
	1× 2×	Report	3× 2×

10 November 2019 19:00	DHK Baník Most	26–31	Krim Mercator	Rocknet aréna, Chomutov Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Zachová 8	(12–14)	Zulič 10
	2× 6×	Report	1× 3× 1×

17 November 2019 17:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	35–29	DHK Baník Most	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,179 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Nze Minko 8	(22–18)	Maňáková, Zachová 4
	2× 1×	Report	1× 1×

17 November 2019 17:00	Krim Mercator	26–28	IK Sävehof	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,152 Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
	Barič 9	(12–14)	Dano, Lundbäck 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 6×

References

^ "DELO Women's EHF Champions League 2019/2020 is target of 24 teams". Handball-planet. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ "Handball Champions League der Frauen ohne Thüringer HC (German)". Handball-world. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ Playing system
^ "EXEC confirms participants for the 2019/20 season". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ "Defending champions to face Krim, Sävehof and qualifier in group matches". ehfcl.com. 27 June 2019.
^ "Group matches pots announced". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_VAL0.24608832609192-7] SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 65–58 SG BBM Bietigheim

[1] "DELO Women's EHF Champions League 2019/2020 is target of 24 teams". Handball-planet. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[2] "Handball Champions League der Frauen ohne Thüringer HC (German)". Handball-world. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[3] Playing system

[4] "EXEC confirms participants for the 2019/20 season". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[5] "Defending champions to face Krim, Sävehof and qualifier in group matches". ehfcl.com. 27 June 2019.

[6] "Group matches pots announced". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

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