EHF Champions League 2001/02

At the EHF Champions League 2001/02 31 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home leagues for the competition. It was the 42nd edition of the EHF Champions League or the European Cup of National Champions. The defending champion was Portland San Antonio . The cup games began on September 7, 2001, the second final took place on April 27, 2002. In the final, SC Magdeburg was able to prevail against KC Veszprém .

mode

Before the group stage, there were two rounds in the knockout system with a return leg for the lower-ranked qualified clubs. The winners from round 1 moved into round 2 and the losers into the second round of the 2001/02 EHF Cup . 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 2001/02 season.

1 round

The first legs took place on 7/8/9. September 2001 and the second leg on 15./16. September 2001, with the following exceptions:

• AC Doukas School versus ASKI Ankara, first leg on September 19 in Athens and second leg on September 23 in Ankara
• ZTR Zaporizhia against RK Gračanica, two-way leg on September 15 and 16 in Zaporizhia
• Hapoel Rishon LeZion against HC Eynatten, return leg on September 7th and 8th in Rishon LeZion

	total		First leg	Return leg
AC Doukas School	53: 56	ASKI Ankara	25:27	28:29
ŠKP Sečovce	50 : 47	Bregenz handball	28:22	22:25
HV Aalsmeer	61 : 47	Varna locomotive	34:24	27:23
ZTR Zaporizhia	64 : 37	RK Gračanica	32:20	32:17
Wybrzeże Gdańsk	57 : 41	HC Berchem	33:20	24:21
HC Baník Karviná	55 : 40	Granitas Kaunas	32:20	23:20
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	59 : 39	HC Eynatten	33:19	26:20
SKA Minsk	50: 56	Steaua Bucharest	23:25	27:31

2nd round

The first legs took place on 6/7. October 2001 and the second leg on 13./14. October 2001, with the following exceptions:

• Steaua Bucharest versus Sporting Lisbon, first leg on October 12 in Bucharest and second leg on October 14 in Lisbon
• Wybrzeże Gdańsk versus CSKA Moscow, return leg on October 13 and 14 in Moscow
• Hapoel Rishon Le Zion versus Pallamano Trieste, first leg on October 14th in Rishon LeZion and second leg on October 21st in Trieste

	total		First leg	Return leg
ZTR Zaporizhia	50: 58	KIF Kolding	23:25	27:33
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	48 : 45	Pallamano Trieste	26:18	22:27
Steaua Bucharest	49: 58	Sporting Lisbon	24:33	25:25
Wybrzeże Gdańsk	35: 54	CSKA Moscow	15:25	20:29
HC Baník Karviná	74 : 52	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	38:27	36:25
ŠKP Sečovce	40: 53	Chambery Savoie HB	19:26	21:27
HV Aalsmeer	53: 61	Redbergslids IK	24:31	29:30
Vardar Skopje	64 : 59	ASKI Ankara	37:31	27:28

Group stage

The group stage was played between November 10, 2001 and December 12, 2001.

groups

Group A  KIF Kolding Lovćen Cetinje Portland San Antonio Sporting Lisbon

Group B Hapoel Rishon LeZion RK Metković Redbergslids IK Sandefjord TIF

Group C  Ademar León HC Baník Karviná RK Celje CSKA Moscow

Group D  Chambéry Savoie HB KC Veszprém SC Magdeburg Vardar Skopje

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Portland San Antonio	06th	04th	01	01	0188: 1520	+36	09
02.	KIF Kolding	06th	04th	01	01	0159: 1410	+18	09
03.	Sporting Lisbon	06th	02	00	04th	0132: 1490	−17	04th
04th	Lovćen Cetinje	06th	01	00	05	0110: 1470	−37	02

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	RK Metković	06th	05	00	01	0166: 1380	+28	10
02.	Redbergslids IK	06th	05	00	01	0167: 1510	+16	10
03.	Sandefjord TIF	06th	02	00	04th	0161: 1640	−3	04th
04th	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	06th	00	00	06th	0151: 1920	−41	00

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	RK Celje	06th	05	00	01	0176: 1600	+16	10
02.	Ademar León	06th	04th	00	02	0177: 1590	+18	08th
03.	HC Baník Karviná	06th	02	00	04th	0170: 1780	−8	04th
04th	CSKA Moscow	06th	01	00	05	0155: 1810	−26	02

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	KC Veszprém	06th	05	00	01	0157: 1300	+27	10
02.	SC Magdeburg	06th	03	02	01	0162: 1410	+21	08th
03.	Vardar Skopje	06th	01	01	04th	0152: 1750	−23	03
04th	Chambery Savoie HB	06th	01	01	04th	0149: 1740	−25	03

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 23/24. February 2002 and the second leg on 2/3. March 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Redbergslids IK	58: 60	KIF Kolding	31:30	27:30
Portland San Antonio	50 : 48	RK Metković	28:21	22:27
SC Magdeburg	57 : 56	RK Celje	29:31	28:25
Ademar León	40: 57	KC Veszprém	22:27	18:30

Semifinals

The first legs took place on 23/24. March 2002 and the second leg on March 31, 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
KC Veszprém	48 : 46	Portland San Antonio	27:19	21:27
SC Magdeburg	57 : 44	KIF Kolding	29:19	28:25

final

The first leg in Veszprém took place on April 21, 2002 and the second leg in Magdeburg on April 27, 2002. SC Magdeburg was the first non-Spain winner since the 1993 European Cup was renamed the EHF Champions League.

	total		First leg	Return leg
KC Veszprém	48: 51	SC Magdeburg	23:21	25:30

statistics

List of goalscorers

The list of goalscorers shows the top four goalscorers in the 2001/02 EHF Champions League. You can see the player's nation, name, position, club, games played, goals and the average goal per game. The winner is the top scorer of the EHF Champions League 2001/02.

Pl.	nation	player	Item	society	Sp.	Gates	O
1.		Nenad Peruničić	(RL)	SC Magdeburg	12	83	6.9
2.		Bilal Suman	(RA)	KIF Kolding	10	63	6.3
		Ólafur Stefánsson	(RR)	SC Magdeburg	12	63	5.3
		Zlatko Saračević	(RR)	KC Veszprém	12	63	5.3

See also

• EHF Cup 2001/02
• EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2001/02

Web links

• Website of the EHF to CL (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2001/02 VELUX EHF Champions League Final. In: European Handball Federation. Retrieved June 9, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Preview of the European Cup season. In: THW archive. July 31, 2001, accessed June 10, 2018 (German). 
3. ↑ 2001/02 Men's EHF Champions League Top Scorers. In: European Handball Federation. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .