EHF Champions League 2018/19

This article describes the men's EHF Champions League 2018/19 , for the women's competition see EHF Women's Champions League 2018/19 .

In the 2018/19 EHF Champions League , 28 handball club teams (34 with qualifications) took part, which had qualified for the competition in their home leagues in the previous season. The defending champion was Montpellier Handball .

mode

Group stage: There were four groups that were divided into two performance groups. In each group, everyone played a game against each other. In group A & B, the 16 teams classified as particularly powerful played, of which 5 teams per group reached the round of 16; the respective group winners went straight to the quarter-finals.

In Group C & D were the remaining twelve teams and the two winners of the qualification. The two first and second placed players played the places for the round of 16 in a knockout round.

Round of 16: The round of 16 consisted of six pairings, as the group winners of groups A and B reached the quarter-finals directly. It was played in the knockout system with a return leg. The second from groups A and B played against the qualified from groups C and D, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth of the other group. The winner of each game went to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals: The quarter-finals were played in a knockout system with a return leg. The winner of each game advanced to the semi-finals.

Final Four: For the 9th time there was a Final Four tournament. The semi-finals were played in the knockout system. The winners of both games made it to the final, the losers contested the game for third place. Only one game was played per semi-final. The final and the game for third place were also played in simple mode.

Group stage

The group stage draw took place on June 29th in Vienna .

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	FC Barcelona	14th	12	00	02	0486: 3910	+95	0024: 4000
02.	KC Veszprém	14th	10	00	04th	0406: 3900	+16	0020: 8000
03.	RK Vardar Skopje	14th	09	01	04th	0406: 3900	+16	0019: 9000
04th	Vive Kielce	14th	07th	00	07th	0439: 4300	+9	0014:1400
05.	Rhine-Neckar lion	14th	07th	00	07th	0418: 4100	+8	0014:1400
06th	Brest GK Meshkov	14th	04th	01	09	0379: 4190	−40	0009:1900
07th	Montpellier handball	14th	03	01	10	0377: 4140	−37	0007:2100
08th.	IFK Kristianstad	14th	02	01	11	0396: 4750	−79	0005:2300

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Paris Saint-Germain	14th	13	00	01	0455: 3850	+70	0026: 2000
02.	SC Szeged	14th	09	02	03	0411: 3970	+14	0020: 8000
03.	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	14th	07th	01	06th	0378: 3700	+8	0015:1300
04th	HBC Nantes	14th	05	04th	05	0421: 4080	+13	0014:1400
05.	HK Motor Zaporizhia	14th	05	01	08th	0389: 3810	+8	0011:1700
06th	RK Zagreb	14th	04th	03	07th	0382: 4200	−38	0011:1700
07th	Skjern Håndbold	14th	03	02	09	0398: 4390	−41	0008:2000
08th.	RK Celje	14th	03	01	10	0380: 4160	−36	0007:2100

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	10	08th	00	02	0323: 2730	+50	0016: 4000
02.	Sporting CP	10	07th	00	03	0304: 2770	+27	0014: 6000
03.	HT Tatran Prešov	10	07th	00	03	0278: 2680	+10	0014: 6000
04th	Medvedi Chekhov	10	04th	00	06th	0280: 2790	+1	0008:1200
05.	Beşiktaş Istanbul	10	03	00	07th	0255: 2890	−34	0006:1400
06th	HC Metalurg Skopje	10	01	00	09	0246: 3000	−54	0002:1800

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Dinamo Bucharest	10	07th	00	03	0293: 2800	+13	0014: 6000
02.	Wisla Plock	10	07th	00	03	0278: 2500	+28	0014: 6000
03.	Elverum Håndball	10	06th	01	03	0278: 2720	+6	0013: 7000
04th	Ademar León	10	05	02	03	0252: 2510	+1	0012: 8000
05.	Riihimäki Cocks	10	02	02	06th	0246: 2690	−23	0006:1400
06th	Wacker Thun	10	00	01	09	0268: 2930	−25	0001:1900

Knockout round groups C and D

February 23, 2019 Sat., 7:30 p.m.	Wisla Plock	22:26	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	Płock Spectators: 3850 Referees: Herceg, Südi (HUN)
		(14:14)
		Match report

February 23, 2019 Sat., 5:00 p.m.	Sporting CP	32:31	Dinamo Bucharest	Lisbon spectators: 2600 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
		(14:14)
		Match report

March 4, 2019 Sun., 5:00 p.m.	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	20:27	Wisla Plock	Silkeborg spectators: 2213 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
		(15:13)
		Match report

March 4, 2019 Sun., 3:10 p.m.	Dinamo Bucharest	26:27	Sporting CP	Bucharest spectators: 2538 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
		(15:11)
		Match report

Round of 16

Results

The pairings were determined in advance according to the placements in the group stage.
The first legs took place from March 20 to 24, the second legs from March 30 to 31.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Rhine-Neckar lion	HBC Nantes	Wed., Mar. 20, 2019	Sat., Mar. 30, 2019	61:62
		34:32 (18:16) report	27:30 (14:14) report
		Mannheim , 5,417 spectators	Nantes , 5,902 spectators
HK Motor Zaporizhia	PGE Vive Kielce	Sat., Mar. 23, 2019	Sat., Mar. 30, 2019	62:67
		33:33 (16:16) report	29:34 (12:17) report
		Zaporizhia , 3,500 spectators	Kielce , 3,900 spectators
Brest GK Meshkov	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Sat., Mar. 23, 2019	Sun., Mar. 31, 2019	48:60
		28:30 (14:14) report	20:30 (8:14) report
		Brest , 3,500 spectators	Flensburg , 4,709 spectators
RK Zagreb	RK Vardar Skopje	Sat., Mar. 23, 2019	Sat., Mar. 30, 2019	48:59
		18:27 (6:14) report	30:32 (13:19) report
		Zagreb , 7,836 spectators	Skopje , 5,500 spectators
Wisla Plock	SC Szeged	Sat., Mar. 24, 2019	Sun., Mar. 31, 2019	36:45
		20:22 (10:10) report	16:23 (8:13) report
		Płock , 4,000 spectators	Szeged , 3,200 spectators
Sporting CP	KC Veszprém	Sun., Mar. 24, 2019	Sat., Mar. 30, 2019	57:65
		28:30 (15:14) report	29:35 (14:17) report
		Lisbon , 2,903 spectators	Veszprém , 5,019 spectators

Quarter finals

Results

The pairings of the quarter-finals were already determined together with the round of 16 matches.
The first legs took place from April 24th to 27th, the second legs were played on May 4th and 5th.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
HBC Nantes	FC Barcelona	Sun., Apr. 24, 2019, 8:45 p.m.	Sun., May 4, 2019, 7:30 p.m.	51:61
		25:32 (12:16) report	26:29 (14:17) report
		Nantes , 5,657 spectators	Barcelona , 5,278 spectators
Vive Kielce	Paris Saint-Germain	Sat., Apr. 27, 2019, 6:00 p.m.	Sat., May 5, 2019, 5:00 p.m.	60:59
		34:24 (16:11) report	26:35 (11:18) report
		Kielce , 4,200 spectators	Paris , 3,500 spectators
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	KC Veszprém	Wed., Apr. 27, 2019, 6:00 p.m.	Sun., May 5, 2019, 5:00 p.m.	47:57
		22:28 (15:15) report	25:29 (13:17) report
		Flensburg , 5,118 spectators	Veszprém , 5,321 spectators
RK Vardar Skopje	SC Szeged	Sun., Apr. 25, 2019, 8:00 p.m.	Sun., May 5, 2019, 7:00 p.m.	56:52
		31:23 (14:12) report	25:29 (9:17) report
		Skopje , 5,500 spectators	Szeged , 3,200 spectators

Final Four

As in previous years, the Final Four was held in Cologne's Lanxess Arena .

Semifinals

Team 1	Result	Team 2	date and time
Telekom Vezprem	33:30 (13:13)	Vive Kielce	June 1, 2019, 3:15 p.m.
FC Barcelona	27:29 (16: 9)	RK Vardar Skopje	June 1, 2019, 6:00 p.m.

Small finale

Team 1	Result	Team 2	date and time
FC Barcelona	40:35 (20:16)	Vive Kielce	June 2, 2019, 3:15 p.m.

final

Team 1	Result	Team 2	date and time
RK Vardar Skopje	27:24 (16:11)	KC Veszprém	June 2, 2019, 6:00 p.m.

See also

• EHF Cup 2018/19

Web links

• EHF website for the Champions League (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Draw for the Champions League: Flensburg-Handewitt meets Mogensen team. June 29, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .