EHF Champions League 1999/2000

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In the EHF Champions League 1999/2000 , 34 handball club teams took part, which had qualified for the competition in their home leagues in the previous season. It was the 40th edition of the EHF Champions League and the European Cup of National Champions. The defending champion was FC Barcelona . The cup games began on August 27, 1999, with the second final on April 29, 2000. In the final, FC Barcelona prevailed again, this time against THW Kiel .

mode

At the beginning there were two matches in a qualifying round, played in a knockout system with a return leg. The winners qualified for the round of 32, also played in a knockout system with a return leg. The winners reached the group stage known as the “ Champions League ”. In the group stage with four groups of four teams each, each group played a return match against each other. The two best groups in each group reached the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system was played back and forth. The winner of the final was the EHF Champions League winner of the 1999/2000 season.

Elimination round

The return match between TJ VSŽ Košice and STIF Stranda took place on 27./28. August 1999 in Skála . The first leg of the other game on August 28th in Nicosia and the second leg on September 4th in Tbilisi .

total First leg Return leg
TJ VSŽ Košice SlovakiaSlovakia 74 : 41 FaroeseFaroe Islands STIF Stranda 38:20 36:21
PES Strovolou Nicosia Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus 34: 53 Georgia 1990Georgia GTU Shevardeni Tbilisi 20:27 14:26

Sixteenth finals

The home and return games took place between October 1, 1999 and October 10, 1999.

total First leg Return leg
FC Porto PortugalPortugal 43: 44 IsraelIsrael Hapoel Rishon LeZion 27:24 16:20
Minaur Baia Mare RomaniaRomania 37: 44 RussiaRussia Caustic Volgograd 22:22 15:22
Montpellier HB FranceFrance 55 : 42 SlovakiaSlovakia TJ VSŽ Košice 33:22 22:20
HSG Remus Bärnbach / Köflach AustriaAustria 39: 65 SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 19:28 20:37
Skjern Håndbold DenmarkDenmark 59 : 48 NetherlandsNetherlands HV Sittardia 31:26 28:22
Red Boys Differdange LuxembourgLuxembourg 39: 77 NorwayNorway Sandefjord TIF 24:34 15:43
Ademar León SpainSpain 65 : 41 LithuaniaLithuania HC Granitas Kaunas 35:19 30:22
IFK Grankulla FinlandFinland 25: 69 HungaryHungary KC Veszprém 14:37 11:32
Badel 1862 Zagreb CroatiaCroatia 72 : 39 GreeceGreece Ionikos Athens 40:20 32:19
HC Port Burgas BulgariaBulgaria 27: 88 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 13:40 14:48
TV Suhr SwitzerlandSwitzerland 67 : 59 North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Vardar Skopje 30:26 37:33
SKA Minsk Belarus 1995Belarus 42: 42 ItalyItaly Alpi Prato 23:21 19:21
ZTR Zaporizhia UkraineUkraine 55 : 34 Georgia 1990Georgia GTU Shevardeni Tbilisi 31:12 24:22
Initia HC Hasselt BelgiumBelgium 36: 49 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia RK Partizan Belgrade 18:20 18:29
HK Drott Halmstad SwedenSweden 60: 61 PolandPoland Iskra Kielce 37:36 23:25
Cankaya Belediyesi Ankara TurkeyTurkey 41: 65 GermanyGermany THW Kiel 21:34 20:31

Group stage

The group stage was played between October 30, 1999 and December 5, 1999.

Group A

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. GermanyGermany THW Kiel 06th 04th 01 01 0172: 1380 +34 09
02. SpainSpain Ademar León 06th 03 00 03 0165: 1560  +9 06th
03. FranceFrance Montpellier HB 06th 03 00 03 0139: 1480  −9 06th
04th NorwayNorway Sandefjord TIF 06th 01 01 04th 0130: 1640 −34 03

Group B

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 06th 05 00 01 0188: 1410 +47 10
02. IsraelIsrael Hapoel Rishon LeZion 06th 04th 00 02 0157: 1470 +10 08th
03. PolandPoland Iskra Kielce 06th 03 00 03 0173: 1860 −13 06th
04th ItalyItaly Alpi Prato 06th 00 00 06th 0137: 1810 −44 00

Group C

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. CroatiaCroatia Badel 1862 Zagreb 06th 05 01 00 0162: 1320 +30 11
02. UkraineUkraine ZTR Zaporizhia 06th 03 01 02 0136: 1290  +7 07th
03. SwitzerlandSwitzerland TV Suhr 06th 02 00 04th 0145: 1660 −21 04th
04th DenmarkDenmark Skjern Håndbold 06th 01 00 05 0134: 1500 −16 02

Group D

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. SpainSpain FC Barcelona 06th 06th 00 00 0183: 1290 +54 12
02. HungaryHungary KC Veszprém 06th 03 00 03 0150: 1470  +3 06th
03. RussiaRussia Caustic Volgograd 06th 02 00 04th 0139: 1620 −23 04th
04th Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro RK Partizan Belgrade 06th 01 00 05 0130: 1640 −34 02

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 19./20. March 2000 and the second leg on 25/26/27. March 2000.

total First leg Return leg
Hapoel Rishon LeZion IsraelIsrael 48: 50 GermanyGermany THW Kiel 26:24 22:26
Ademar León SpainSpain 50: 54 SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 30:28 20:26
KC Veszprém HungaryHungary 53: 55 CroatiaCroatia Badel 1862 Zagreb 27:25 26:30
ZTR Zaporizhia UkraineUkraine 38: 49 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 17:23 21:26

Semifinals

The first legs took place on 18./19. March 2000 and the second leg on March 25, 2000.

total First leg Return leg
THW Kiel GermanyGermany 45 : 43 CroatiaCroatia Badel 1862 Zagreb 32:21 13:22
FC Barcelona SpainSpain 59 : 52 SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 39:25 20:27

final

The first leg in Kiel took place on April 22, 2000 and the second leg in Barcelona on April 29, 2000. For FC Barcelona it was the fifth victory in the fifth consecutive finals.

total First leg Return leg
THW Kiel GermanyGermany 52: 54 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 28:25 24:29

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1999/2000 VELUX EHF Champions League Final. In: European Handball Federation. Accessed June 28, 2018 .