2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

This article describes the knockout stage of the 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League.[1]

On 25 March, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

All matches were cancelled on 26 June 2020.[3]

Qualified teams

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The top four placed teams from each of the two main round groups advanced to the knockout stage.[4]

Group First place Second place Third place Fourth place
1   Metz Handball   Team Esbjerg   Rostov-Don   CSM București
2   Győri Audi ETO KC   Brest Bretagne Handball   Budućnost   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

Format

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The first-placed team of each group will face the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team will play against the third-placed team from the other group. After that a draw will be held to determine the pairings for the final four.[5]

Quarterfinals

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The European Handball Federation announced on 13 March 2020 that the quarter-finals matches will not be held as scheduled due to the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe.[6] The matches were rescheduled on 25 March.[2] The matches were cancelled on 24 April 2020, although they might be played before the final four.[7]

Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea     Metz Handball Cancelled Cancelled
CSM București     Győri Audi ETO KC Cancelled Cancelled
Budućnost     Team Esbjerg Cancelled Cancelled
Rostov-Don     Brest Bretagne Handball Cancelled Cancelled

Matches

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SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea   Cancelled   Metz Handball
Metz Handball   Cancelled   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

CSM București   Cancelled   Győri Audi ETO KC
Győri Audi ETO KC   Cancelled   CSM București

Budućnost   Cancelled   Team Esbjerg
Team Esbjerg   Cancelled   Budućnost

Rostov-Don   Cancelled   Brest Bretagne Handball
Brest Bretagne Handball   Cancelled   Rostov-Don

Final four

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The final four was scheduled to be held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 9 and 10 May 2020 but was later rescheduled to 5 and 6 September 2020.[2] If the quarterfinals can't be played, the top-two teams of the main round groups will be playing in the final four.[7]

Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 September
 
 
 
 
6 September
 
 
 
 
 
5 September
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
6 September
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals

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5 September 2020 TBD Cancelled TBD

5 September 2020 TBD Cancelled TBD

Third place game

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6 September 2020 LSF1 Cancelled LSF2

Final

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6 September 2020 WSF1 Cancelled WSF2

References

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  1. ^ "DELO Women's EHF Champions League 2019/2020 is target of 24 teams". Handball-planet. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "EHF presents feasibility study for potential re-start of European handball". eurohandball.com. 25 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Information on the DELO WOMEN'S EHF FINAL4 2020". ehfcl.com. 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ "EXEC confirms participants for the 2019/20 season". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. ^ Playing system
  6. ^ "Information on EHF competition matches in March and April". eurohandball.com. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.
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