EHF Champions League 2005/06

This article describes the men's EHF Champions League 2005/06 , for the women's competition see EHF Women's Champions League 2005/06 .

39 handball club teams that had qualified for the competition in their home leagues in the previous season took part in the EHF Champions League 2005/06 . It was the 46th edition of the EHF Champions League or the European Cup of National Champions. The defending champion was the Spanish club FC Barcelona . The cup games began on September 3, 2005, the second final took place on April 30, 2006. In the final BM Ciudad Real was able to prevail against Portland San Antonio .

BM Ciudad Real RK Celje SDC San Antonio FC Barcelona THW Kiel SG Flensburg-Handewitt Montpellier HB KC Veszprém KIF Kolding SC Magdeburg RK Zagreb SC Szeged Ademar León RK Velenje Aarhus GF Paris HB

Participants in the Champions League 2005/06: reached the quarter-finals Eliminated in the last sixteen winners of the Champions League

mode

At the beginning, a qualifying round in the knockout system with a return leg was played by the lower-ranked clubs. The winners made it to the group stage and the losers to the second round of the 2005/06 EHF Cup . In the group stage with eight groups of four teams each, each group played a game against each other. The two best in the group reached the second round and the third group played in the second round of the 2005/06 European Cup Winners' Cup . From the round of 16 onwards, the knockout system was played with a return leg and the winners progressed to the next round. The winner of the final was the EHF Champions League winner of the 2005/06 season.

qualification

Qualified teams

Qualified for the qualification were:

Vojvodina Novi Sad (1st of Serbia and Montenegro) Dinamo Bucharest (1st Romanian League) Sandefjord TIF (1st Norwegian League) Haukar Hafnarfjörður (1st Icelandic League) Athinaikos Athens (1st Greek League) HRK Izviđač Ljubuški (1st Bosnian League) HC Granitas Kaunas (1st Lithuanian League)

Bregenz Handball (1st Austrian League) HK Meschkow Brest (1st Belarusian League) HV KRAS / Volendam (1st Dutch League) Beşiktaş Istanbul (1st Turkish League) HC Tongeren (1st Belgian League) HC Berchem (1st Luxembourg League) Sjundeå IF (1st Finnish League)

Games drawn and results

The draw for the qualification took place on July 26, 2005 in Vienna .
The 14 teams that had previously qualified for the competition took part.
The first legs took place on 3rd / 4th / 9th. September 2005. The second legs took place on 9/10/11. September 2005.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Vojvodina Novi Sad Mirkovic 7	Bregenz handball  Wilczynski 18	04.09. Sun. 5:30 p.m.	09.09. Fri 8:15 pm	54: 66
		29: 31 (12: 18)	25: 35 (12: 16)
		2,000 spectators	1,100 spectators
HC Berchem Bumblebee 9	Haukar Hafnarfjörður Gudrunarson Stefan 14	09.09. Friday 8:00 p.m.	10.09. Sat 8:30 p.m.	48: 67
		25: 34 (14: 16)	23: 33 (10: 16)
		150 spectators	150 spectators
Beşiktaş Istanbul Erkol 15	Dinamo Bucharest  Ghionea 13	04.09. Sunday 2:30 pm	10.09. Sat. 5:00 p.m.	70: 76
		34: 41 (14: 22)	36: 35 (17: 19)
		800 spectators	800 spectators
HV Kras / Volendam Beers 10	Athinaikos Athens Makris 15	03.09. Sa. 2 p.m.	10.09. Sat. 5:00 p.m.	46: 57
		21:29 ( 09:16)	25: 28 (12: 12)
		400 spectators	700 spectators
Sandefjord TIF Jomaas 10	Brest GK Meshkov Usachov 20	03.09. Sat 4:00 p.m.	10.09. Sat. 5:00 p.m.	48: 57
		27: 31 (15: 11)	21: 26 (12: 12)
		400 spectators	800 spectators
HRK Izviđač Ljubuški Prce 16	Sjundeå IF Sjöstedt 15	03.09. Sat 8:00 p.m.	10.09. Sat. 5:00 p.m.	68  : 49
		36: 22 (15: 10)	32: 27 (14: 14)
		1,500 spectators	400 spectators
HC Tongeren De Preter 11	HC Granitas Kaunas Novickis 21	03.09. Sat 8:30 p.m.	11.09. Sun. 5:00 p.m.	53: 62
		29: 31 (14: 12)	24: 31 (10: 17)
		300 spectators	200 spectators

Group stage

The group stage draw took place on July 27, 2005 in Barcelona .
The 7 winners of the qualification and the 25 teams that had previously qualified for the competition took part.

Qualified teams

Pot 1: FC Barcelona (defending champion) SDC San Antonio (1st Spanish League) RK Celje (1st Slovenian League) Montpellier HB (1st French League) THW Kiel (1st German League) BM Ciudad Real (2nd Spanish League) RK Velenje (2nd Slovenian League) Paris Handball (2nd French League)

Pot 2: SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2nd German League) KC Veszprém (1st Hungarian League) RK Zagreb (1st Croatian League) KIF Kolding (1st Danish League) Ademar León (3rd Spanish League) SC Magdeburg (3rd German League) SC Szeged (2nd Hungarian League) Aarhus GF (2nd Danish League)

Pot 3: Medvedi Chekhov (1st Russian League) ZTR Zaporizhia (1st Ukrainian League) IK Sävehof (1st Swedish League) Wisła Płock (1st Polish League) HC Baník Karviná (1st Czech League) Cadets Schaffhausen (1st Swiss League) Meran Handball (1st Italian League) HT Tatran Prešov (1st Slovak League)

Pot 4: RK Pelister Bitola (1st Macedonian League) Bregenz Handball (winner qualification) Haukar Hafnarfjördur (winner qualification) Dinamo Bucharest (Winner Qualification) Athinaikos Athens (Winner Qualification) HRK Izviđač Ljubuški (Winner Qualification) HC Granitas Kaunas (Winner Qualification) Brest GK Meschkow (winner qualification)

groups

Group A  Bregenz Handball Medwedi Chekhov Montpellier HB SC Magdeburg	Group B  Ademar León Athinaikos Athens IK Sävehof RK Celje	Group C  Arhus GF Haukar Hafnarfjörður Meran Handball RK Velenje	Group D  FC Barcelona HRK Izviđač Ljubuški SC Szeged ZTR Zaporizhia
Group E  Brest GK Meschkow KIF Kolding THW Kiel Wisla Plock	Group F.  BM Ciudad Real Dinamo Bucharest HT Tatran Prešov KC Veszprém	Group G  FK Pelister Bitola cadets Schaffhausen Portland San Antonio RK Zagreb	Group H. HC Baník Karviná HC Granitas Kaunas SG Flensburg-Handewitt Paris Handball

decisions

	Participation in the group stage
	Participation in the round of 16 of the European Cup Winners' Cup

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Montpellier HB	06th	04th	00	02	0182: 1700	+12	08th
02.	SC Magdeburg	06th	04th	00	02	0191: 1690	+22	08th
03.	Medvedi Chekhov	06th	03	00	03	0192: 1840	+8	06th
04th	Bregenz handball	06th	01	00	05	0162: 2040	−42	02

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	RK Celje	06th	05	00	01	0191: 1430	+48	10
02.	Ademar León	06th	04th	00	02	0179: 1600	+19	08th
03.	IK Sävehof	06th	03	00	03	0156: 1800	−24	06th
04th	Athinaikos Athens	06th	00	00	06th	0145: 1880	−43	00

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Aarhus GF	06th	05	00	01	0183: 1650	+18	10
02.	RK Velenje	06th	04th	00	02	0202: 1490	+53	08th
03.	Merano handball	06th	02	00	04th	0166: 2040	−38	04th
04th	Haukar Hafnarfjörður	06th	01	00	05	0160: 1930	−33	02

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	FC Barcelona	06th	06th	00	00	0193: 1490	+44	12
02.	SC Szeged	06th	03	00	03	0161: 1500	+11	06th
03.	ZTR Zaporizhia	06th	01	01	04th	0160: 1740	−14	03
04th	HRK Izviđač Ljubuški	06th	01	01	04th	0148: 1890	−41	03

Group E

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	THW Kiel	06th	05	00	01	0212: 1800	+32	10
02.	KIF Kolding	06th	04th	00	02	0188: 1750	+13	08th
03.	Wisla Plock	06th	02	00	04th	0155: 1820	−27	04th
04th	Brest GK Meshkov	06th	01	00	05	0165: 1830	−18	02

Group F.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	BM Ciudad Real	06th	05	00	01	0203: 1470	+56	10
02.	KC Veszprém	06th	05	00	01	0206: 1650	+41	10
03.	HT Tatran Prešov	06th	01	00	05	0154: 2010	−47	02
04th	Dinamo Bucharest	06th	01	00	05	0148: 1980	−50	02

Group G

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Portland San Antonio	06th	05	00	01	0180: 1270	+53	10
02.	RK Zagreb	06th	04th	01	01	0163: 1430	+20	09
03.	Cadets Schaffhausen	06th	01	01	04th	0160: 1810	−21	03
04th	RK Pelister Bitola	06th	01	00	05	0139: 1910	−52	02

Group H.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	06th	05	00	01	0208: 1550	+53	10
02.	Paris handball	06th	04th	01	01	0163: 1570	+6	09
03.	HC Baník Karviná	06th	02	01	03	0160: 1640	−4	05
04th	HC Granitas Kaunas	06th	00	00	06th	0147: 2020	−55	00

Round of 16

The first legs took place on 3rd / 4th / 6th. December 2005, the second leg on 10./11. December 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
KIF Kolding	63: 65	RK Celje	33:34	30:31
SC Magdeburg	47: 53	FC Barcelona	24:26	23:27
RK Zagreb	49: 51	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	25:23	24:28
SC Szeged	58: 68	BM Ciudad Real	31:32	27:36
Ademar León	53:53 *	Portland San Antonio	31:26	22:27
RK Velenje	54: 55	Montpellier HB	26:22	28:33
KC Veszprém	61 : 49	Aarhus GF	30:21	31:28
Paris handball	49: 72	THW Kiel	21:28	28:44

^*Portland San Antonio moved into the quarterfinals due to the away goals rule .

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 25/26/28. February 2006, the second leg on March 4, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
BM Ciudad Real	67 : 55	RK Celje	34:27	33:28
Portland San Antonio	48 : 47	FC Barcelona	25:21	23:26
THW Kiel	62: 64	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	28:32	34:32
Montpellier HB	45: 48	KC Veszprém	23:21	22:27

Semifinals

The first leg took place on March 26, 2006, the second leg on April 1, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
BM Ciudad Real	60 : 49	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	31:22	29:27
KC Veszprém	58: 59	Portland San Antonio	29:27	29:32

final

The first leg in Pamplona took place on April 22, 2006 and the second leg in Ciudad Real on April 30, 2006. In the second consecutive participation in the final, BM Ciudad Real was able to win its first title.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Portland San Antonio	47: 62	BM Ciudad Real	19:25	28:37

statistics

List of goalscorers

The top scorer Kiril Lazarov

The list of goalscorers shows the top ten goalscorers in the EHF Champions League 2005/06. You can see the player's nation, name, position, club, games played, goals and goal average per game. The winner is the top scorer of the EHF Champions League 2005/06.

Pl.	nation	player	Item	society	Sp.	Gates	O
1.		Kiril Lazarov	(RR)	KC Veszprém	12	85	7.1
2.		Eduard Koksharow	(LA)	RK Celje	10	78	7.8
3.		Mirza Džomba	(RA)	BM Ciudad Real	13	73	5.6
4th		Know Hmam	(RL)	Montpellier HB	10	70	7.0
5.		Albert Rocas	(RA)	Portland San Antonio	14th	69	4.9
6th		Siarhei Rutenka	(RL)	BM Ciudad Real	13	67	5.2
7th		Momir Ilić	(RL)	RK Velenje	8th	65	8.1
8th.		Vedran Zrnić	(RA)	RK Velenje	8th	63	7.9
9.		Bo Spellerberg	(RM)	KIF Kolding	8th	61	7.6
10.		Rolando Urios	(KM)	BM Ciudad Real	14th	58	4.1

See also

• EHF Cup 2005/06
• EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2005/06

Web links

• EHF website for the CL

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2005/06 VELUX EHF Champions League Final. In: European Handball Federation. Accessed July 23, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Champions League: Paris and Karvina. In: SG Flensburg-Handewitt.de. July 27, 2005, accessed July 24, 2018 .