2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League main round

The 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League main round began on 24 January and concluded on 8 March 2020. A total of twelve teams competed for eight places in the knockout stage of the 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League^[1]^[2]

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
A	Metz Handball	Vipers Kristiansand	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
B	Rostov-Don	Team Esbjerg	CSM București
C	Brest Bretagne Handball	Budućnost	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
D	Győri Audi ETO KC	IK Sävehof	Krim Mercator

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 four teams advanced to the knockout stage. Points against teams from the same group were carried over.^[3]

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 was 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 24–26 January, 31 January–2 February, 7–9 February, 21–23 February, 28 February–1 March, 6–8 March 2020.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Metz Handball	10	5	3	2	289	270	+19	13^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Team Esbjerg	10	6	1	3	289	279	+10	13^[a]
3	Rostov-Don	10	6	1	3	279	266	+13	13^[a]
4	CSM București	10	5	1	4	251	250	+1	11
5	Vipers Kristiansand	10	2	1	7	281	303	−22	5^[b]
6	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	10	2	1	7	270	291	−21	5^[b]

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Metz Handball 5 Pts, +7 GD; Team Esbjerg 5 Pts, −2 GD; Rostov-Don 2 Pts, −5 GD
^ ^a ^b Vipers Kristiansand 65–51 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

25 January 2020 14:15	Vipers Kristiansand	31–35	Team Esbjerg	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,812 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Tomac 8	(15–16)	Breistøl 8
	2×	Report	2× 2×

25 January 2020 15:00	Metz Handball	23–20	Rostov-Don	Palais omnisport Les Arènes, Metz Attendance: 3,941 Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
	Flippes, Zaadi 5	(11–11)	Managarova 6
	1× 4×	Report	3× 5×

25 January 2020 16:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	33–23	CSM București	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Mata, López (ESP)
	Schatzl 8	(19–10)	Neagu 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

1 February 2020 14:00	Rostov-Don	33–26	Vipers Kristiansand	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Frolova, Managarova 7	(19–15)	Reistad 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

2 February 2020 14:30	CSM București	32–27	Metz Handball	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Neagu 14	(16–14)	Sajka 7
	4×	Report	1× 4×

2 February 2020 16:50	Team Esbjerg	29–27	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 2,102 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Polman 8	(13–13)	Lukács 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

8 February 2020 19:00	Vipers Kristiansand	23–25	CSM București	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,830 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Aune, Tomac 6	(12–11)	Neagu 14
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

8 February 2020 20:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	31–35	Rostov-Don	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Klujber 9	(14–19)	Managarova, Vyakhireva 9
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

9 February 2020 15:00	Metz Handball	31–31	Team Esbjerg	Palais omnisport Les Arènes, Metz Attendance: 4,122 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Flippes, Kanor 5	(15–15)	Polman 9
	2× 2×	Report	3× 5×

21 February 2020 17:30	CSM București	27–24	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
	Neagu 8	(13–10)	Lukács 7
	1× 4×	Report	3× 3×

22 February 2020 14:00	Rostov-Don	24–29	Metz Handball	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 3,417 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Managarova 4	(11–11)	three players 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4× 1×

23 February 2020 16:50	Team Esbjerg	35–30	Vipers Kristiansand	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 2,412 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Breistøl, Polman 8	(15–16)	Tomac 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 6× 1×

29 February 2020 19:15	Vipers Kristiansand	29–32	Rostov-Don	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,452 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Reistad 9	(16–15)	Vyakhireva 10
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

1 March 2020 15:00	Metz Handball	28–26	CSM București	Palais omnisport Les Arènes, Metz Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Sa, Sa (POR)
	Zaadi 6	(14–13)	Lekić, Omoregie 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

1 March 2020 15:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	26–25	Team Esbjerg	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Klujber 12	(13–15)	Polman 10
	1× 4×	Report	3× 2×

7 March 2020 14:00	Rostov-Don	29–26	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,971 Referees: Jerlecki, Labun (POL)
	Sen, Vyakhireva 6	(17–9)	Klujber 9
	2× 5×	Report	1× 4×

7 March 2020 18:00	CSM București	28–22	Vipers Kristiansand	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Neagu 10	(12–11)	three players 4
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

8 March 2020 16:50	Team Esbjerg	30–29	Metz Handball	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 0 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Jacobsen 11	(14–19)	three players 4
	2×	Report	2× 2×

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Győri Audi ETO KC	10	9	1	0	309	252	+57	19	Quarterfinals
2	Brest Bretagne Handball	10	8	1	1	311	253	+58	17
3	Budućnost	10	5	0	5	271	266	+5	10
4	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	10	3	1	6	245	252	−7	7
5	Krim Mercator	10	2	1	7	250	291	−41	5
6	IK Sävehof	10	1	0	9	224	296	−72	2

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

25 January 2020 14:00	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	31–16	Krim Mercator	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,239 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	Glibko 9	(14–8)	Van Kreij 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

25 January 2020 19:00	Budućnost	30–25	IK Sävehof	Bemax Arena, Podgorica Attendance: 1,985 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Radičević 10	(18–14)	Lagerbon 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

26 January 2020 19:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	27–27	Brest Bretagne Handball	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,194 Referees: Sa, Sa (POR)
	Fodor, Kristiansen 5	(15–17)	Gros 6
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

1 February 2020 17:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	26–24	Budućnost	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,437 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Kurtović 7	(15–12)	Radičević 10
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

2 February 2020 17:00	Krim Mercator	25–29	Brest Bretagne Handball	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Varagić 5	(12–16)	Gros 10
	1×	Report	1× 1×

2 February 2020 17:00	IK Sävehof	17–23	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 807 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Dano, Mortensen 4	(7–15)	Liščević 6
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

8 February 2020 14:00	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	20–29	Győri Audi ETO KC	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,239 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Elghaoui 7	(6–10)	Kristiansen 9
	2× 7×	Report	1× 2×

8 February 2020 19:00	Budućnost	30–28	Krim Mercator	Bemax Arena, Podgorica Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Radičević 10	(17–12)	Klemenčič, Varagić 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

9 February 2020 19:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	31–22	IK Sävehof	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,092 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Pop-Lazić 7	(14–7)	Dano 5
	1× 2×	Report	2× 2×

22 February 2020 13:30	IK Sävehof	24–33	Budućnost	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 863 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Ekenman-Fernis 9	(17–15)	Raičević 8
	1× 2×	Report	2× 6×

22 February 2020 19:00	Krim Mercator	28–28	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,118 Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Van Kreij 8	(13–12)	González 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4× 1×

23 February 2020 19:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	28–29	Győri Audi ETO KC	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,222 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Foppa, Gros 7	(15–14)	Kristiansen 9
	3×	Report	4×

29 February 2020 14:00	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	28–20	IK Sävehof	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
	González 7	(16–10)	Lagerbon 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

29 February 2020 15:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	37–26	Krim Mercator	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,770 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Foppa 8	(19–14)	Van Kreij 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

1 March 2020 17:00	Budućnost	27–28	Győri Audi ETO KC	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Radičević 7	(17–12)	Bulatović 8
	4× 1×	Report	3× 2×

7 March 2020 16:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	35–29	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,329 Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
	Oftedal 6	(20–15)	three players 5
	1× 4×	Report	3× 4×

7 March 2020 19:00	Krim Mercator	29–23	Budućnost	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 0 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Zulić 10	(14–13)	Radičević 6
	3× 6×	Report	5×

8 March 2020 15:00	IK Sävehof	17–29	Brest Bretagne Handball	Partille Arena, Partille Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Lagerbon 4	(5–17)	Gros 6
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

References

^ "DELO Women's EHF Champions League 2019/2020 is target of 24 teams". Handball-planet. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ "EXEC confirms participants for the 2019/20 season". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ Playing system

External links

Official website

[table_hth_MET0.50481617893317-4] Metz Handball 5 Pts, +7 GD; Team Esbjerg 5 Pts, −2 GD; Rostov-Don 2 Pts, −5 GD

[table_hth_VIP0.50481617893317-5] Vipers Kristiansand 65–51 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

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

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

[3] Playing system

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