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2014–15 EHF Champions League

The 2014–15 VELUX EHF Champions League was the 55th edition of Europe's premier club handball competition and the 22nd edition under the current EHF Champions League format. SG Flensburg-Handewitt were the defending champions.

EHF Champions League
2014–15
The Lanxess Arena hosts the final
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates2014–2015
Teams33 (qualification stage)
24 (group stage)
16 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona
Runner-upHungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
Tournament statistics
Matches played148
Goals scored7932 (53.59 per match)
Attendance691,601 (4,673 per match)
Top scorer(s)Serbia Momir Ilić
(114 goals)

FC Barcelona Handbol defeated Veszprém KC 28–23 in the final to win their eighth EHF Champions League title. The record winners of the European top flight also claimed one trophy of the Champions Cup (the EHF Champions League forerunner) in 1991.[1]

Overview

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Team allocation

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders). 21 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]

Group stage
  Flensburg-HandewittTH (3rd)   Paris Saint-Germain (2nd)   MOL-Pick Szeged (2nd)   Vive Tauron Kielce (1st)
  THW Kiel (1st)   Montpellier (3rd)   Chekhovskiye Medvedi (1st)   Wisła Płock (2nd)
  Rhein-Neckar Löwen (2nd)   KIF Kolding København (1st)   Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st)   Alingsås HK (1st)
  Barcelona (1st)   Aalborg (2nd)   Zagreb (1st)
  Logroño (2nd)   Celje (1st)   Metalurg Skopje (1st)
  Dunkerque (1st)   MKB-MVM Veszprém (1st)   Vardar (2nd)
Qualification tournament
  Meshkov Brest (1st)   Haslum HK (CW)   Beşiktaş (1st)   Targos Bevo HC (1st)
  HCM Constanța (1st)   Vojvodina (1st)   Tatran Prešov (1st)   Initia Hasselt (1st)
  Porto (1st)   Motor Zaporizhzhia (1st)   Alpla HC Hard (1st)   Junior Fasano (1st)

Round and draw dates

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Draws were held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria and the only exception was the VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw in the Botanic Garden of Cologne, Germany.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification tournaments 26 June 2014 5–7 September 2014
Group stage Matchday 1 27 June 2014 24–28 September 2014
Matchday 2 1–5 October 2014
Matchday 3 8–12 October 2014
Matchday 4 15–19 October 2014
Matchday 5 12–16 November 2014
Matchday 6 19–23 November 2014
Matchday 7 26–30 November 2014
Matchday 8 3–6 December 2014
Matchday 9 11–15 February 2015
Matchday 10 18–22 February 2015
Knockout stage Last 16 24 February 2015 11–15 March 2015 18–22 March 2015
Quarter-final 24 March 2015 8–12 April 2015 15–19 April 2015
Final Four
(Cologne) 		Semifinals 21 April 2015 30 May 2015 at Lanxess Arena
Final 31 May 2015 at Lanxess Arena

Qualification stage

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Main article: 2014–15 EHF Champions League qualifying

Twelve teams took part in the qualification tournaments. They were drawn into three groups of four teams, where they played a semifinal and a final or third place match. The winners of the qualification tournaments, played on 6–7 September 2014, qualified for the group stage, while the eliminated teams were transferred to the 2014–15 EHF Cup. The draw took place on 26 June 2014, at 14:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][3]

Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Motor Zaporizhzhia
  Meshkov Brest
  HCM Constanța 		  Vojvodina
  Porto
  Haslum HK 		  Tatran Prešov
  Alpla HC Hard
  Beşiktaş 		  Targos Bevo HC
  Initia Hasselt
  Junior Fasano

Qualification tournament 1

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
  Meshkov Brest36
 
7 September
 
  Targos Bevo HC23
 
  Meshkov Brest26
 
6 September
 
  Tatran Prešov24
 
  Vojvodina21
 
 
  Tatran Prešov25
 
Third place game
 
 
7 September
 
 
  Targos Bevo HC25
 
 
  Vojvodina30

Qualification tournament 2

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 September
 
 
  Motor Zaporizhzhia36
 
6 September
 
  Junior Fasano20
 
  Motor Zaporizhzhia30
 
5 September
 
  Porto26
 
  Porto29
 
 
  Alpla HC Hard25
 
Third place game
 
 
6 September
 
 
  Junior Fasano26
 
 
  Alpla HC Hard35

Qualification tournament 3

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
  HCM Constanța29
 
7 September
 
  Initia Hasselt20
 
  HCM Constanța25
 
6 September
 
  Beşiktaş34
 
  Haslum HK22
 
 
  Beşiktaş29
 
Third place game
 
 
7 September
 
 
  Initia Hasselt26
 
 
  Haslum HK35

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage.
  Red: Group A;   Green: Group B;   Blue: Group C;   Yellow: Group D.
Main article: 2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage

24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams, where they played each other twice. The top four teams advanced to the knockout stage. The draw took place on 27 June 2014, at 18:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][5]

Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  THW Kiel
  Barcelona
  MKB-MVM Veszprém
  Vive Tauron Kielce 		  KIF Kolding København
  Metalurg Skopje
  Celje
  Dunkerque 		  Zagreb
  Chekhovskiye Medvedi
  Kadetten Schaffhausen
  Alingsås HK
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
  Rhein-Neckar Löwen
  Logroño
  MOL-Pick Szeged
  Wisła Płock 		  Flensburg-Handewitt
  Aalborg
  Vardar
  Paris Saint-Germain 		  Montpellier
  Meshkov Brest
  Motor Zaporizhzhia
  Beşiktaş
Key to colours in group tables
Top four placed teams advanced to the last 16

Group A

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Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KIE PSG ZAG LOG MSH MET
  THW Kiel 10 9 0 1 322 259 63 18 — 33–29 34–27 34–32 33–22 35–16
  Paris Saint-Germain 10 6 0 4 297 266 31 12 25–27 — 27–22 32–25 36–25 35–24
  Zagreb 10 6 0 4 241 248 −7 12 27–25 25–24 — 31–30 25–23 19–17
  Logroño 10 4 1 5 305 305 0 9 30–34 35–33 22–21 — 39–31 31–26
  Meshkov Brest 10 2 2 6 267 293 −26 6 24–25 28–29 26–22 33–33 — 28–24
  Metalurg Skopje 10 1 1 8 233 294 −61 3 27–42 22–27 20–22 29–28 27–27 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAR KOL PŁO FLE ALI BJK
  Barcelona 10 8 1 1 338 280 58 17 — 33–27 30–25 36–27 42–29 35–25
  KIF Kolding København 10 6 2 2 292 273 19 14 27–27 — 30–30 35–21 34–33 34–31
  Wisła Płock 10 6 1 3 288 280 8 13 34–31 28–29 — 31–29 28–25 28–19
  Flensburg-Handewitt 10 6 0 4 288 277 11 12 33–37 27–20 35–28 — 31–21 31–27
  Alingsås HK 10 1 0 9 252 298 −46 2 28–38 19–23 22–23 22–27 — 27–24
  Beşiktaş 10 1 0 9 253 303 −50 2 25–29 24–33 30–33 20–27 28–26 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VES VAR RNL MON CEL CHE
  MKB-MVM Veszprém 10 9 0 1 300 262 38 18 — 32–24 27–24 30–29 29–26 38–31
  Vardar 10 7 1 2 313 289 24 15 23–24 — 28–25 30–26 34–32 39–28
  Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 6 0 4 302 282 20 12 32–25 28–35 — 35–24 31–27 34–29
  Montpellier 10 3 2 5 293 317 −24 8 20–34 34–34 29–33 — 35–29 32–32
  Celje 10 3 0 7 284 293 −9 6 21–24 26–27 32–28 27–30 — 29–25
  Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 0 1 9 300 349 −49 1 32–37 34–39 26–32 33–34 30–35 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

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Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KSK SZE DUN AAL ZAP KAD
  Vive Tauron Kielce 10 10 0 0 312 271 41 20 — 37–32 36–32 33–26 30–26 33–24
  MOL-Pick Szeged 10 6 1 3 276 264 12 13 26–27 — 23–21 23–23 27–26 34–24
  Dunkerque 10 4 0 6 257 263 −6 8 25–28 24–25 — 21–26 31–29 29–25
  Aalborg 10 2 3 5 256 269 −13 7 25–27 25–28 25–28 — 30–36 23–23
  Motor Zaporizhzhia 10 3 0 7 283 284 −1 6 27–28 25–29 21–23 25–28 — 31–26
  Kadetten Schaffhausen 10 2 2 6 264 297 −33 6 28–33 32–29 25–23 25–25 32–37 —
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Main article: 2014–15 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The top four placed teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. In the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, the teams will play a home-and away series to determine the four participants of the final four, which then determines the winner.

Last 16

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The draw was held on 24 February 2015 at 12:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 11–15 March and the second legs on 18–22 March 2015.[6]

Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 February 2015.[7]

A team from Pot 1 will face a team from Pot 4, a Pot 2 team will play against a team from Pot 3.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  THW Kiel
  Barcelona
  MKB-MVM Veszprém
  Vive Tauron Kielce 		  Paris Saint-Germain
  KIF Kolding København
  Vardar
  MOL-Pick Szeged 		  Zagreb
  Wisła Płock
  Rhein-Neckar Löwen
  Dunkerque 		  Logroño
  Flensburg-Handewitt
  Montpellier
  Aalborg

Matches

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Logroño   54–68   MKB-MVM Veszprém 23–31 31–37
Montpellier   58–60   Vive Tauron Kielce 25–29 33–31
Aalborg   33–60   Barcelona 11–31 22–29
Flensburg-Handewitt   49–63   THW Kiel 21–30 28–33
Dunkerque   43–46   Paris Saint-Germain 21–23 22–23
Wisła Płock   52–57   Vardar 32–26 20–31
Rhein-Neckar Löwen   59–65   MOL-Pick Szeged 30–34 29–31
Zagreb   43–40   KIF Kolding København 22–17 21–23

Quarterfinals

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The draw was held on 24 March 2015 at 11:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 8–12 April and the second legs on 15–19 April 2015.[8][9]

Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 March 2015.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2
  THW Kiel
  Barcelona
  MKB-MVM Veszprém
  Vive Tauron Kielce 		  Paris Saint-Germain
  Zagreb
  MOL-Pick Szeged
  Vardar

Matches

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zagreb   44–68   Barcelona 23–25 21–43
Vardar   51–55   Vive Tauron Kielce 20–22 31–33
Paris Saint-Germain   52–58   MKB-MVM Veszprém 24–24 28–34
MOL-Pick Szeged   54–60   THW Kiel 31–29 23–31

Final four

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The draw was held on 21 April 2015.[10][11]

The final four will be held on 30–31 May 2015 at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 May
 
 
  Barcelona33
 
31 May
 
  Vive Tauron Kielce28
 
  Barcelona28
 
30 May
 
  MKB-MVM Veszprém23
 
  THW Kiel27
 
 
  MKB-MVM Veszprém31
 
Third place
 
 
31 May
 
 
  Vive Tauron Kielce28
 
 
  THW Kiel26

Top goalscorers

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Statistics exclude qualifying round.[12]

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Momir Ilić   Veszprém 114
2   Kiril Lazarov   Barcelona 106
3   Mikkel Hansen   Paris 103
4   Karol Bielecki   Kielce 92
5   Timur Dibirov   Vardar 78
6   Zsolt Balogh   Szeged 76
  Marko Vujin   Kiel
8   Nikola Karabatić   Barcelona 75
9   Igor Karačić   Vardar 74
10   Alex Dujshebaev   Vardar 73

Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FC Barcelona claim eighth title". ehfcl.com. 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "New season line-up for the VELUX EHF Champions League". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Junior to test Motor after qualification draw". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-26.
  4. ^ a b "Seeding for Qualification and Group Phase draws confirmed". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-23.
  5. ^ "Draw reunites Flensburg with Barcelona". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-27.
  6. ^ "Last 16 draw reunites the finalists: Flensburg vs Kiel". ehfcl.com. 24 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Defending champions lurk in the fourth pot before the Last 16 draw". ehfcl.com. 23 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Last eight await Tuesday's quarter-final fate". ehfcl.com. 23 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Barcelona take on Zagreb, Kiel meet Szeged". ehfcl.com. 24 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Four favourites face the FINAL4 fate". ehfcl.com. 20 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Barcelona vs Kielce, Kiel vs Veszprem". ehfcl.com. 21 April 2015.
  12. ^ "EHF Champions League 2014/15 - Scorers". Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  13. ^ "All-star team vote reaches new heights with 44,000 fans". ehfcl.com. 29 May 2015.
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