EHF Champions League 2000/01

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32 handball club teams that had qualified for the competition in their home leagues in the previous season took part in the EHF Champions League 2000/01 . It was the 41st edition of the EHF Champions League or the European Cup of National Champions. The defending champion was FC Barcelona . The cup games began on September 2, 2000, the second final took place on April 28, 2001. In the final, Portland San Antonio was able to prevail against FC Barcelona.

mode

Before the group stage, there were two rounds in the knockout system with a return leg for the lower-rated clubs. The winners from round 1 moved into round 2 and the losers into the second round of the EHF Cup 2000/01 . The winners from round 2 advanced to the group stage and the losers to the third round of the EHF Cup. In the group stage with four groups of four teams each, each group played a game against each other. The two best groups in each group reached the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals onwards, the game was played in a knockout system with a return leg. The winner of the final was the EHF Champions League winner of the 2000/01 season.

Round 1

The home and away games took place between September 2, 2001 and September 10, 2001.

total First leg Return leg
ASKI Ankara TurkeyTurkey 58 : 41 LithuaniaLithuania HC Granitas Kaunas 29:18 29:23
HC Berchem LuxembourgLuxembourg 44: 68 IsraelIsrael Hapoel Rishon LeZion 25:31 19:37
Wybrzeże Gdańsk PolandPoland 53 : 46 SlovakiaSlovakia ŠKP Sečovce 30:22 23:24
SKA Minsk Belarus 1995Belarus 52 : 42 NetherlandsNetherlands HV Aalsmeer 28:20 24:22
Haukar Hafnarfjörður IcelandIceland 53 : 48 BelgiumBelgium HC Eynatten 22:18 31:30
PES Strovolou Nicosia Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus 50: 51 AustriaAustria HSG Bärnbach / Köflach 26:27 24:24
Steaua Bucharest RomaniaRomania 57 : 52 GreeceGreece Panellinios AC Athens 30:26 27:26
RK Izvidac Ljubuski Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina 41: 54 UkraineUkraine ZTR Zaporizhia 23:24 18:30

round 2

The home and return games took place between October 14, 2001 and October 22, 2001.

total First leg Return leg
CSKA Moscow RussiaRussia 39: 54 PolandPoland Wybrzeże Gdańsk 23:28 16:26
SKA Minsk BelarusBelarus 48: 53 ItalyItaly Pallamano Trieste 28:26 20:27
Montpellier HB FranceFrance 45 : 41 UkraineUkraine ZTR Zaporizhia 24:18 21:23
ASKI Ankara TurkeyTurkey 56 : 50 SwitzerlandSwitzerland TV Suhr 32:21 24:29
RK Lovćen Cetinje Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia 60 : 39 AustriaAustria HSG Remus Bärnbach / Köflach 30:16 30:23
Hapoel Rishon LeZion IsraelIsrael 42: 50 SwedenSweden Redbergslids IK 23:26 19:24
ABC Braga PortugalPortugal 55 : 50 IcelandIceland Haukar Hafnarfjörður 25:22 30:28
Steaua Bucharest RomaniaRomania 47: 63 SloveniaSlovenia HC Baník Karviná 29:34 18:29

Group stage

The group stage was played between November 11, 2000 and December 17, 2000.

Group A

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 06th 05 01 00 0183: 1450 +38 11
02. CroatiaCroatia Badel 1862 Zagreb 06th 04th 01 01 0155: 1370 +18 09
03. TurkeyTurkey ASKI Ankara 06th 01 00 05 0153: 1670 −14 02
04th SwedenSweden Redbergslids IK 06th 01 00 05 0131: 1730 −42 02

Group B

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. SpainSpain FC Barcelona 06th 04th 02 00 0155: 1330 +22 10
02. FranceFrance Montpellier HB 06th 03 01 02 0146: 1410  +5 07th
03. HungaryHungary Dunaferr SE 06th 03 01 02 0143: 1450  −2 07th
04th PolandPoland Wybrzeże Gdańsk 06th 00 00 06th 0124: 1490 −25 00

Group C

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. PortugalPortugal ABC Braga 06th 04th 00 02 0151: 1530  −2 08th
02. GermanyGermany THW Kiel 06th 03 01 02 0164: 1470 +17 07th
03. DenmarkDenmark GOG Gudme 06th 03 00 03 0165: 1580  +7 06th
04th ItalyItaly Pallamano Trieste 06th 01 01 04th 0159: 1810 −22 03

Group D

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia RK Lovćen Cetinje 06th 04th 01 01 0160: 1500 +10 09
02. SpainSpain Portland San Antonio 06th 04th 00 02 0170: 1550 +15 08th
03. NorwayNorway IL Runar Sandefjord 06th 02 00 04th 0151: 1650 −14 04th
04th SloveniaSlovenia HC Baník Karviná 06th 01 01 04th 0170: 1810 −11 03

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 24./25. February 2001 and the second leg on 3/4. March 2001.

total First leg Return leg
Montpellier HB FranceFrance 47: 52 SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 24:23 23:29
Badel 1862 Zagreb CroatiaCroatia 40: 55 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 17:29 23:26
Portland San Antonio SpainSpain 49 : 37 PortugalPortugal ABC Braga 25:16 24:21
THW Kiel GermanyGermany 59 : 51 Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia RK Lovćen Cetinje 35:22 24:29

Semifinals

The first legs took place on 24./25. March 2001 and the second leg on March 31, 2001.

total First leg Return leg
THW Kiel GermanyGermany 56: 57 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 28:24 28:33
Portland San Antonio SpainSpain 62 : 57 SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 30:28 32:29

final

The first leg in Pamplona took place on April 21, 2001 and the second leg in Barcelona on April 28, 2001. For FC Barcelona it was the first defeat in the sixth consecutive finals.

total First leg Return leg
Portland San Antonio SpainSpain 52 : 49 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 30:24 22:25

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2000/01 VELUX EHF Champions League Final. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed June 30, 2018 .