2021–22 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2021–22 EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 30 March with the playoffs and ended on 19 June 2022 with the final at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, to decide the winners of the 2021–22 EHF Champions League.^[1] A total of twelve teams will compete in the knockout phase.

Format

In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked third to sixth in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they are joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.

Qualified teams

The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Qualified for quarterfinals		Qualified for playoffs
Group	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	Aalborg Håndbold	THW Kiel	Pick Szeged	Montpellier Handball	RK Vardar	Elverum Håndball
B	Łomża Vive Kielce	Barça	Paris Saint-Germain	Telekom Veszprém	FC Porto	SG Flensburg-Handewitt

Playoffs

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	60–57	Pick Szeged	25–21	35–36
Elverum Håndball	60–67	Paris Saint-Germain	30–30	30–37
FC Porto	56–64	Montpellier Handball	29–29	27–35
RK Vardar	53–61	Telekom Veszprém	22–30	31–31

Matches

30 March 2022 20:45	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	25–21	Pick Szeged	Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 1,522 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Wanne 5	(14–10)	Garciandia 5
	1× 2×	Report	2× 1×

7 April 2022 18:45	Pick Szeged	36–35	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 7,300 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Frimmel 6	(17–18)	Wanne 9
	1× 1×	Report	1× 1×

SG Flensburg-Handewitt won 60–57 on aggregate.

30 March 2022 18:45	Elverum Håndball	30–30	Paris Saint-Germain	Terningen Arena, Elverum Attendance: 2,230 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Solstad 9	(13–15)	Syprzak 12
	2×	Report	2× 1×

7 April 2022 20:45	Paris Saint-Germain	37–30	Elverum Håndball	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Krištopāns, Syprzak 7	(20–14)	Moen Nilsen 10
	2×	Report	5×

Paris Saint-Germain won 67–60 on aggregate.

31 March 2022 20:45	FC Porto	29–29	Montpellier Handball	Dragão Arena, Porto Attendance: 1,518 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Areia 6	(13–14)	Simonet, Wallinius 5
	1× 6×	Report	1× 2×

6 April 2022 20:45	Montpellier Handball	35–27	FC Porto	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Descat 7	(19–11)	Salina 6
	1× 2×	Report	1×

Montpellier Handball won 64–56 on aggregate.

31 March 2022 18:45	RK Vardar	22–30	Telekom Veszprém	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Dibirov, Taleski 6	(11–15)	Nilsson 8
	1× 2×	Report	3× 1×

6 April 2022 18:45	Telekom Veszprém	31–31	RK Vardar	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Omar 7	(18–13)	Morales 6
	5×	Report	4×

Telekom Veszprém won 61–53 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Telekom Veszprém	71–66	Aalborg Håndbold	36–29	35–37
Montpellier Handball	50–61	Łomża Vive Kielce	28–31	22–30
Paris Saint-Germain	62–63	THW Kiel	30–30	32–33
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	53–60	Barça	29–33	24–27

Matches

12 May 2022 18:45	Telekom Veszprém	36–29	Aalborg Håndbold	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,256 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Marguč 7	(17–16)	Juul 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6×

18 May 2022 18:45	Aalborg Håndbold	37–35	Telekom Veszprém	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 5,020 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Bjørnsen, Juul 9	(20–21)	Lauge, Mahé 6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5×

Telekom Veszprém won 71–66 on aggregate.

12 May 2022 20:45	Montpellier Handball	28–31	Łomża Vive Kielce	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,700 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
	Descat 5	(12–16)	A. Dujshebaev 7
	1× 5×	Report	5× 1×

18 May 2022 20:45	Łomża Vive Kielce	30–22	Montpellier Handball	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Karalek 7	(15–8)	Bos 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Łomża Vive Kielce won 61–50 on aggregate.

11 May 2022 20:45	Paris Saint-Germain	30–30	THW Kiel	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Remili 8	(14–16)	Sagosen 6
	3×	Report	6×

19 May 2022 20:45	THW Kiel	33–32	Paris Saint-Germain	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 10,285 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	M. Landin 7	(17–19)	Remili 8
	1× 4×	Report	1× 7×

THW Kiel won 63–62 on aggregate.

11 May 2022 18:45	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	29–33	Barça	Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 5,066 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Jakobsen 9	(13–18)	Benali 8
	4×	Report	4×

19 May 2022 18:45	Barça	27–24	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 4,184 Referees: Mrvica, Jurinović (CRO)
	Mem 6	(10–10)	Wanne 6
	1×	Report	4×

Barcelona won 60–53 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four will held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 18 and 19 June 2022. The draw took place on 24 May 2022.^[2]^[3]

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

18 June

THW Kiel	30
		19 June
Barça	34
		Barça (Pen.)	32 (5)
18 June
		Łomża Vive Kielce	32 (3)
Telekom Veszprém	35

Łomża Vive Kielce	37
		Third place

		19 June

		THW Kiel (Pen.)	34 (3)

		Telekom Veszprém	34 (1)

Semifinals

18 June 2022 15:15	Telekom Veszprém	35–37	Łomża Vive Kielce	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Lauge 8	(18–16)	Moryto 8
	1× 7× 1×	Report	5×

18 June 2022 18:00	THW Kiel	30–34	Barça	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Wiencek 7	(18–19)	Gómez 12
	2× 5×	Report	1× 6× 1×

Third place game

19 June 2022 15:15	THW Kiel	37–35	Telekom Veszprém	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Bilyk 7	(14–18)	Omar 8
	1× 2×	Report	4×
	FT: 34–34 Pen: 3–1

Final

19 June 2022 18:00	Barça	37–35 (ET)	Łomża Vive Kielce	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Gómez 10	(14–13)	Moryto 6
	3×	Report	4×
	FT: 28–28 ET: 4–4 Pen: 5–3

Barça
1	GK	Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas	12/44
40	GK	Leonel Maciel	0/0
10	RB	Dika Mem	5/10
13	LW	Aitor Ariño	3/4
18	RW	Blaž Janc	1/1
19	LB	Timothey N'Guessan	5/10
20	RW	Aleix Gómez	9/12
22	LB	Thiagus dos Santos	1/1
25	CB	Luka Cindrić	0/1
32	LW	Ángel Fernández Pérez	3/3
35	CB	Domen Makuc	1/1
37	LB	Haniel Langaro	1/2
41	P	Youssef Benali	0/0
66	RB	Melvyn Richardson	2/4
72	P	Ludovic Fabregas	1/2
90	RL	Ali Zein	0/0
Coach : Antonio Carlos Ortega

	Statistics (without penalties shootout)
32/51	Goals scored	32/51
62,7 %	% Success	62,7 %
5/5	7m shots	4/5
0	Yellow card	0
6 min	Suspensions	8 min
0	Red card	0
12/44	Saves	12/44
27,2 %	% Saves	27,2 %

tirs au but : succes, failed.

Kielce
33	GK	Andreas Wolff	12/43
1	GK	Mateusz Kornecki	0/1
2 •	RB	Branko Vujović	4/4
4 •	LW	Miguel Sánchez-Migallón	0/0
5	CB	Michał Olejniczak	0/0
9 •	LB	Szymon Sićko	3/7
10	RW	Alex Dujshebaev	4/9
11	P	Nicolas Tournat	2/2
18 •	CB	Igor Karačić	1/1
22	LB	Uladzislau Kulesh	4/6
23 •	RW	Arkadiusz Moryto	4/7
24	LB	Daniel Dujshebaev	4/8
34	RB	Paweł Paczkowski	0/0
48	RB	Tomasz Gębala	0/0
50	P	Artsem Karalek	4/5
99 •	LW	Dylan Nahi	2/2
Coach : Talant Dujshebaev

References

^ "Pots for men's group phase draw revealed". 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "EHF FINAL4 Men draw set for Tuesday". eurohandball.com. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
^ "Semi-finals: titleholders Barça take on Kiel; Veszprém play Kielce". eurohandball.com. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

External links

Official website

[1] "Pots for men's group phase draw revealed". 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[2] "EHF FINAL4 Men draw set for Tuesday". eurohandball.com. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

[3] "Semi-finals: titleholders Barça take on Kiel; Veszprém play Kielce". eurohandball.com. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

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