EHF Champions League 2004/05

At the EHF Champions League 2004/05 37 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home leagues for the competition. It was the 45th edition of the EHF Champions League or the European Cup of National Champions. The defending champion was the Slovenian club RK Celje . The cup games began on September 11, 2004, the second final took place on May 7, 2005. In the final, FC Barcelona prevailed against BM Ciudad Real .

mode

A qualifying round was played in a knockout system with a return leg of the lower ranked clubs. The winners made it to the group stage and the losers to the second round of the 2004/05 EHF Cup . In the group stage with eight groups of four teams each, everyone in the group played a game against each other. The two best in the group made it to the round of 16 and the third group played in the round of 16 of the 2004/05 European Cup Winners' Cup . From the round of 16 onwards, a knockout system was played with a return leg. The winner of the final was the EHF Champions League winner of the 2004/05 season.

qualification

The first legs took place on 10/11. September 2004. The second leg took place on 12/18/19. September 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Brest GK Meshkov Belarus 1995	20: 0 0	Portugal FC Porto	10: 0 0	10: 0 0
Sporting Neerpelt Belgium	55 : 70	Iceland Haukar Hafnarfjörður	30 : 42	25 : 28
Panellinios AC Athens Greece	50 : 59	Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Izviđac	27 : 35	23 : 24
Bregenz HB Austria	53 : 63	Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov	32: 28	21 : 35
HC Granitas Kaunas Lithuania	54: 46	Netherlands HV Aalsmeer	27: 21	27: 25

Group stage

The group stage was played between October 9, 2002 and November 14, 2002.

groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Spain FC Barcelona	Italy AS Conversano 2003	Denmark GOG Svendborg TGI	Serbia and Montenegro RK Red Star Belgrade
Romania HCM Constanța	France Montpellier HB	Belarus 1995 Brest GK Meshkov	Slovenia RK Celje
Hungary SC Szeged	Croatia RK Zagreb	Russia Medvedi Chekhov	Spain SDC San Antonio
North Macedonia Vardar Skopje	Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia	Slovenia RK Velenje	Poland Wisla Plock

Group E	Group F.	Group G	Group H.
Spain BM Ciudad Real	Iceland Haukar Hafnarfjörður	Lithuania HC Granitas Kaunas	Czech Republic HC Baník Karviná
Denmark KIF Kolding	Sweden IK Sävehof	Hungary KC Veszprém	Croatia RK Metković
Switzerland Pathfinder Winterthur	Germany THW Kiel	Norway Sandefjord TIF	Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Bosnia and Herzegovina HRK Izviđač	France US Créteil HB	Germany TBV Lemgo	Slovakia Slovakia

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Hungary SC Szeged	06th	04th	01	01	0147: 1430	+4	09
02.	Spain FC Barcelona	06th	04th	00	02	0172: 1360	+36	08th
03.	North Macedonia Vardar Skopje	06th	01	02	03	0124: 1530	−29	04th
04th	Romania HCM Constanta	06th	01	01	04th	0146: 1570	−11	03

date		Result
October 16, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	HCM Constanta Romania	29 : 27	Spain FC Barcelona
October 16, 2005, 6:00 p.m.	Vardar Skopje North Macedonia	24:24	Hungary SC Szeged
October 9, 2004, 4:45 p.m.	SC Szeged Hungary	27 : 24	Romania HCM Constanta
October 9, 2004, 4:30 p.m.	FC Barcelona Spain	31 : 22	North Macedonia Vardar Skopje
October 23, 2004, 4:45 p.m.	SC Szeged Hungary	22 : 21	Spain FC Barcelona
October 23, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	HCM Constanta Romania	25: 26	North Macedonia Vardar Skopje
November 6, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	HCM Constanta Romania	21: 23	Hungary SC Szeged
November 6, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	Vardar Skopje North Macedonia	12: 26	Spain FC Barcelona
October 30, 2004, 4:30 p.m.	FC Barcelona Spain	32 : 25	Romania HCM Constanta
October 30, 2004, 4:45 p.m.	SC Szeged Hungary	25 : 18	North Macedonia Vardar Skopje
November 13, 2005, 4:30 p.m.	FC Barcelona Spain	35 : 26	Hungary SC Szeged
November 13, 2005, 6:00 p.m.	Vardar Skopje North Macedonia	22:22	Romania HCM Constanta

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	France Montpellier HB	06th	06th	00	0198: 1500	+48	12
02.	Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia	06th	03	03	0162: 1530	+9	06th
03.	Croatia RK Zagreb	06th	03	03	0165: 1700	−5	06th
04th	Italy AS Conversano 2003	06th	00	06th	0143: 1950	−52	00

date		Result
October 16, 2004, 8:15 pm	ZTR Zaporizhia Ukraine	21: 24	France Montpellier HB
October 17, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	AS Conversano 2003 Italy	25: 29	Croatia RK Zagreb
October 10, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	RK Zagreb Croatia	22: 29	Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia
October 10, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Montpellier HB France	44 : 25	Italy AS Conversano 2003
October 24, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	RK Zagreb Croatia	27: 30	France Montpellier HB
October 23, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	ZTR Zaporizhia Ukraine	30 : 22	Italy AS Conversano 2003
November 7, 2004, 7:00 p.m.	ZTR Zaporizhia Ukraine	27: 29	Croatia RK Zagreb
November 7, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	AS Conversano 2003 Italy	21: 35	France Montpellier HB
October 31, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Montpellier HB France	31 : 27	Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia
October 31, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	RK Zagreb Croatia	29 : 25	Italy AS Conversano 2003
November 14, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Montpellier HB France	34 : 29	Croatia RK Zagreb
November 13, 2004, 7:00 p.m.	AS Conversano 2003 Italy	25: 28	Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Russia Medvedi Chekhov	06th	05	01	0197: 1790	+18	10
02.	Denmark GOG Svendborg TGI	06th	04th	02	0178: 1510	+27	08th
03.	Slovenia RK Velenje	06th	02	04th	0166: 1700	−4	04th
04th	Belarus Brest GK Meshkov	06th	01	05	0143: 1840	−41	02

date		Result
October 16, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Brest GK Meshkov Belarus 1995	31 : 29	Slovenia RK Velenje
October 16, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Medvedi Chekhov Russia	34 : 33	Denmark GOG Svendborg TGI
October 9, 2004, 4:15 p.m.	GOG Svendborg TGI Denmark	36 : 17	Belarus 1995 Brest GK Meshkov
October 10, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	RK Velenje Slovenia	26: 33	Russia Medvedi Chekhov
October 23, 2004, 2:15 p.m.	GOG Svendborg TGI Denmark	28 : 22	Slovenia RK Velenje
October 23, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Brest GK Meshkov Belarus 1995	29: 34	Russia Medvedi Chekhov
November 6, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Brest GK Meshkov Belarus 1995	23: 25	Denmark GOG Svendborg TGI
November 6, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Medvedi Chekhov Russia	37 : 33	Slovenia RK Velenje
October 30, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	RK Velenje Slovenia	27 : 17	Belarus 1995 Brest GK Meshkov
October 30, 2004, 2:15 p.m.	GOG Svendborg TGI Denmark	32 : 26	Russia Medvedi Chekhov
November 14, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	RK Velenje Slovenia	29 : 24	Denmark GOG Svendborg TGI
November 13, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Medvedi Chekhov Russia	33 : 26	Belarus 1995 Brest GK Meshkov

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain SDC San Antonio	06th	05	01	0194: 1430	+51	10
02.	Slovenia RK Celje	06th	04th	02	0188: 1630	+25	08th
03.	Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade	06th	02	04th	0143: 2010	−58	04th
04th	Poland Wisla Plock	06th	01	05	0159: 1770	−18	02

date		Result
October 9, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	Red Star Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro	33 : 32	Slovenia RK Celje
October 9, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	Wisla Plock Poland	19: 30	Spain SDC San Antonio
October 16, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	SDC San Antonio Spain	42 : 22	Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade
October 16, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	RK Celje Slovenia	29 : 23	Poland Wisla Plock
October 23, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	SDC San Antonio Spain	32 : 30	Slovenia RK Celje
October 24, 2004, 7:00 p.m.	Red Star Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro	25 : 21	Poland Wisla Plock
October 31, 2004, 7:00 p.m.	Red Star Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro	19: 28	Spain SDC San Antonio
October 31, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Wisla Plock Poland	30: 32	Slovenia RK Celje
November 6, 2005, 6:00 p.m.	RK Celje Slovenia	36 : 18	Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade
November 6, 2005, 6:00 p.m.	SDC San Antonio Spain	35 : 24	Poland Wisla Plock
November 13, 2005, 5:30 p.m.	RK Celje Slovenia	29 : 27	Spain SDC San Antonio
November 13, 2005, 5:30 p.m.	Wisla Plock Poland	42 : 26	Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade

Group E

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain BM Ciudad Real	06th	06th	00	0199: 1670	+32	12
02.	Denmark KIF Kolding	06th	03	03	0216: 2020	+14	06th
03.	Bosnia and Herzegovina HRK Izviđač	06th	03	03	0183: 2010	−18	06th
04th	Sweden Pathfinder Winterthur	06th	00	06th	0168: 1960	−28	00

date		Result
October 9, 2004, 5:15 p.m.	HRK Izviđač Bosnia and Herzegovina	23: 37	Spain BM Ciudad Real
October 9, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	Pathfinder Winterthur Switzerland	28: 38	Denmark KIF Kolding
October 17, 2004, 4:25 pm	KIF Kolding Denmark	38 : 29	Bosnia and Herzegovina HRK Izviđač
October 16, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	BM Ciudad Real Spain	29 : 22	Switzerland Pathfinder Winterthur
October 24, 2004, 4:25 pm	KIF Kolding Denmark	31: 36	Spain BM Ciudad Real
October 23, 2004, 5:15 p.m.	HRK Izviđač Bosnia and Herzegovina	35 : 29	Switzerland Pathfinder Winterthur
October 30, 2004, 5:15 p.m.	HRK Izviđač Bosnia and Herzegovina	37 : 36	Denmark KIF Kolding
October 30, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	Pathfinder Winterthur Switzerland	26: 27	Spain BM Ciudad Real
November 6, 2004, 5:15 p.m.	BM Ciudad Real Spain	34 : 30	Bosnia and Herzegovina HRK Izviđač
November 7, 2004, 4:25 pm	KIF Kolding Denmark	38 : 36	Switzerland Pathfinder Winterthur
November 13, 2004, 5:15 p.m.	BM Ciudad Real Spain	36 : 35	Denmark KIF Kolding
November 13, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	Pathfinder Winterthur Switzerland	27: 29	Bosnia and Herzegovina HRK Izviđač

Group F.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Germany THW Kiel	06th	05	00	01	0200: 1590	+41	10
02.	Sweden IK Sävehof	06th	03	02	01	0172: 1710	+1	08th
03.	Iceland Haukar Hafnarfjörður	06th	01	01	04th	0186: 2110	−25	03
04th	France US Créteil HB	06th	01	01	04th	0162: 1790	−17	03

date		Result
October 10, 2004, 8:00 p.m.	Haukar Hafnarfjörður Iceland	28: 35	Germany THW Kiel
October 10, 2004, 6:10 p.m.	IK Sävehof Sweden	27 : 22	France US Créteil HB
October 15, 2004, 8:30 p.m.	US Créteil HB France	34 : 31	Iceland Haukar Hafnarfjörður
October 16, 2004, 3:10 p.m.	THW Kiel Germany	36 : 22	Sweden IK Sävehof
November 13, 2004, 7:15 p.m.	US Créteil HB France	29: 31	Germany THW Kiel
October 23, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	Haukar Hafnarfjörður Iceland	35: 35	Sweden IK Sävehof
October 31, 2004, 5:00 p.m.	Haukar Hafnarfjörður Iceland	37 : 30	France US Créteil HB
October 31, 2004, 4:10 p.m.	IK Sävehof Sweden	30 : 26	Germany THW Kiel
November 7, 2004, 3 p.m.	THW Kiel Germany	39 : 23	Iceland Haukar Hafnarfjörður
November 6, 2004, 4:00 p.m.	US Créteil HB France	20: 20	Sweden IK Sävehof
October 24, 2004, 3:05 p.m.	THW Kiel Germany	33 : 27	France US Créteil HB
November 13, 2004, 4:10 p.m.	IK Sävehof Sweden	38 : 32	Iceland Haukar Hafnarfjörður

Group G

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Hungary KC Veszprém	06th	06th	00	00	0195: 1380	+57	12
02.	Germany TBV Lemgo	06th	04th	00	02	0185: 1580	+27	08th
03.	Lithuania HC Granitas Kaunas	06th	01	01	04th	0144: 1970	−53	03
04th	Norway Sandefjord TIF	06th	00	01	05	0154: 1850	−31	01

date		Result
October 10, 2004, 7:00 p.m.	HC Granitas Kaunas Lithuania	26: 33	Hungary KC Veszprém
October 10, 2004, 4:15 p.m.	Sandefjord TIF Norway	24: 27	Germany TBV Lemgo
October 16, 2004, 3 p.m.	TBV Lemgo Germany	41 : 26	Lithuania HC Granitas Kaunas
October 16, 2004, 4:45 p.m.	KC Veszprém Hungary	36 : 24	Norway Sandefjord TIF
October 23, 2004, 3 p.m.	TBV Lemgo Germany	23: 28	Hungary KC Veszprém
October 24, 2004, 4:00 p.m.	HC Granitas Kaunas Lithuania	27: 27	Norway Sandefjord TIF
October 30, 2004, 4:00 p.m.	HC Granitas Kaunas Lithuania	22: 33	Germany TBV Lemgo
October 30, 2004, 3:45 p.m.	Sandefjord TIF Norway	25: 31	Hungary KC Veszprém
October 6, 2004, 4:45 p.m.	KC Veszprém Hungary	38 : 17	Lithuania HC Granitas Kaunas
October 7, 2004, 3 p.m.	TBV Lemgo Germany	38 : 29	Norway Sandefjord TIF
October 13, 2004, 5:30 p.m.	KC Veszprém Hungary	29 : 23	Germany TBV Lemgo
October 13, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	Sandefjord TIF Norway	25: 26	Lithuania HC Granitas Kaunas

Group H.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt	06th	05	01	00	0204: 1550	+49	11
02.	Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov	06th	03	01	02	0174: 1580	+16	07th
03.	Czech Republic HC Baník Karviná	06th	02	01	03	0159: 1740	−15	05
04th	Croatia RK Metković	06th	00	01	05	0141: 1910	−50	01

date		Result
October 9, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	HT Tatran Prešov Slovakia	24: 24	Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
October 10, 2004, 10:30 a.m.	HC Baník Karviná Czech Republic	30 : 25	Croatia RK Metković
October 16, 2004, 3 p.m.	SG Flensburg-Handewitt Germany	32 : 24	Czech Republic HC Baník Karviná
October 17, 2004, 4:00 p.m.	RK Metković Croatia	18: 29	Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov
October 23, 2004, 3:10 p.m.	SG Flensburg-Handewitt Germany	34 : 21	Croatia RK Metković
October 23, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	HT Tatran Prešov Slovakia	22: 25	Czech Republic HC Baník Karviná
October 30, 2004, 6:00 p.m.	HT Tatran Prešov Slovakia	37 : 24	Croatia RK Metković
October 31, 2004, 10:30 a.m.	HC Baník Karviná Czech Republic	27: 39	Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
November 7, 2004, 3 p.m.	SG Flensburg-Handewitt Germany	38 : 30	Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov
November 7, 2004, 4:00 p.m.	RK Metković Croatia	24: 24	Czech Republic HC Baník Karviná
November 14, 2004, 10:30 a.m.	HC Baník Karviná Czech Republic	29: 32	Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov
November 14, 2004, 4:00 p.m.	RK Metković Croatia	29: 37	Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt

Round of 16

The first leg took place on 4th / 5th. December 2004 and the second leg on 11./12. December 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
KIF Kolding Denmark	63: 65	France Montpellier HB	38:29	25:36
RK Celje Slovenia	44 : 43	Hungary SC Szeged	23:23	21:20
HT Tatran Prešov Czech Republic	57: 79	Germany THW Kiel	32:38	25:41
ZTR Zaporizhia Ukraine	58: 67	Hungary KC Veszprém	29:28	29:39
TBV Lemgo Germany	67 : 55	Russia Medvedi Chekhov	45:32	22:23
IK Sävehof Sweden	60: 61	Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt	34:30	26:31
GOG Svendborg TGI Denmark	60: 79	Spain BM Ciudad Real	29:45	31:34
FC Barcelona Spain	52 : 52 ^*	Spain SDC San Antonio	28:22	24:30

^*FC Barcelona qualified for the next round due to the away goals rule .

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 5./6. March 2005 and the second leg on 12./13. March 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
THW Kiel Germany	57: 58	Spain FC Barcelona	30:25	27:33
Montpellier HB France	55 : 54	Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt	36:22	19:32
BM Ciudad Real Spain	63 : 55	Hungary KC Veszprém	29:22	34:33
TBV Lemgo Germany	59: 68	Slovenia RK Celje	29:33	30:35

Semifinals

The first legs took place on 2/3. April 2005 and the second leg on 9./10. April 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Celje Slovenia	60: 62	Spain FC Barcelona	34:31	26:31
BM Ciudad Real Spain	61 : 57	France Montpellier HB	30:24	31:33

final

The first leg in Ciudad Real took place on April 30, 2005 and the second leg in Barcelona on May 7, 2005. With this final victory, FC Barcelona won six titles in seven finals over a period of ten years.

	total		First leg	Return leg
BM Ciudad Real Spain	55: 56	Spain FC Barcelona	28:27	27:29

statistics

List of goalscorers

The top scorer Siarhei Rutenka

The top scorer list shows the top ten scorers in the EHF Champions League 2004/05. 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 2004/05.

Pl.	nation	player	Item	society	Sp.	Gates	O
1.	Slovenia	Siarhei Rutenka	(RL)	RK Celje	12	95	7.9
2.	Spain	Iker Romero	(RM)	FC Barcelona	14th	90	6.4
3.	Russia	Eduard Koksharow	(LA)	RK Celje	12	77	6.4
4th	North Macedonia	Kiril Lazarov	(RR)	KC Veszprém	10	76	7.6
5.	Hungary	László Nagy	(RR)	FC Barcelona	14th	75	5.4
6th	Croatia	Mirza Džomba	(RA)	BM Ciudad Real	14th	74	5.3
7th	Denmark	Lars Christiansen	(LA)	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	9	68	7.6
8th.	Spain	Alberto Entrerríos	(RL)	BM Ciudad Real	14th	67	4.8
9.	France	Michaël Guigou	(LA)	Montpellier HB	11	65	5.9
10.	Hungary	Carlos Perez	(RL)	KC Veszprém	8th	64	8.0

Web links

EHF website for the CL

Individual evidence

↑ 2004/05 VELUX EHF Champions League Final. In: European Handball Federation. Accessed June 10, 2018 .
↑ 2004/05 Men's EHF Champions League Top Scorers. In: European Handball Federation. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .

[1] 2004/05 VELUX EHF Champions League Final. In: European Handball Federation. Accessed June 10, 2018 .

[2] 2004/05 Men's EHF Champions League Top Scorers. In: European Handball Federation. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .