2009–10 EHF Women's Champions League

The 2009–10 EHF Women's Champions League was the 17th edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, a handball competition for top women's clubs of Europe managed by the European Handball Federation. It was won by Danish club Viborg HK who defeated Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea at the finals with an aggregate score of 60–52.^[1] It was the third title for Viborg and the sixth for a Danish team.

Place distribution

A total of 30 teams participated in the 2009/10 Champions League, from 22 EHF federations. Each nation received a number of slots according to the 2008 ranking. The first 24 nations were allowed to participate in the tournament with their national champion (Iceland has not registered a team). The nations ranked 1 to 7 received an additional slot, as well as the defending champion's federation (Denmark).

Since Viborg HK, 2009 title holder, qualified through domestic league placement, the defending champion wild card was awarded to FCK Håndbold.^[2]

On 19 June 2009, Macedonian champion Kometal withdrew from the tournament due to economic problems.^[3] As a consequence, the EHF promoted French champion Metz from Qualification Tournament 2 to Group Matches, and Greek champion Ormi Patras from Qualification Tournament 1 to Qualification Tournament 2.^[4]

Teams

Group matches
ViborgTH	Hypo	Győr	Dinamo Volgograd
Oltchim Vâlcea	Krim	Podravka	Larvik
Budućnost	Leipzig	Itxako	Metz[nb 1]
Qualification Tournament 2
Aalborg	Budapest Bank FTC	Zvezda Zvenigorod	Rulmentul Braşov
Olimpija	Byåsen	Sagunto	FCK Håndbold
Smart	Lublin	Bratislava	Ormi Patras[nb 1]
Qualification Tournament 1
Milli Piyango	Vrnjačka Banja	Madeira
Sassari	Amsterdam	Brühl

th Title Holder

Round dates

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualification Tournament 1	18 June 2009	4–6 September 2009
	Qualification Tournament 2		2–4 October 2009
Group Matches	Matchday 1	24 June 2009	24–25 October 2009
	Matchday 2		30 October – 1 November 2009
	Matchday 3		7–8 November 2009
	Matchday 4		14–15 November 2009
	Matchday 5		9–10 January 2010
	Matchday 6		16–17 January 2010
Main Round	Matchday 1	19 January 2010	6–7 February 2010
	Matchday 2		13–14 February 2010
	Matchday 3		20–21 February 2010
	Matchday 4		6–7 March 2010
	Matchday 5		13–14 March 2010
	Matchday 6		20–21 March 2010
Final Round	Semi-finals		10–11 April 2010	17–18 April 2010
	Final	20 April 2010	8–9 May 2010	15–16 May 2010

Qualifying rounds

The draw for both tournaments took place on 18 June 2009 in Vienna.^[5] The rights to organize and host the group matches were also decided in this draw.

Qualification Tournament 1

Six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. Two losers of the Qualification Tournament 1 entered the EHF Cup at Round 2. The first and second placed team of each group advanced to the second Qualification Tournament. Group A was organized by Brühl in St. Gallen, Switzerland, while Group B was hosted by Milli Piyango in Ankara, Turkey.^[6]

Both Brühl and Milli Piyango won their respective hosted group. The two winners, along with second placed clubs Sassari and Amsterdam, played the Qualification Tournament 2. By finishing last, Vrnjačka Banja and Madeira failed to qualify for the next Champions League round, but advanced to the EHF Cup instead.

Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brühl (SUI) 2 2 0 0 58 49 +9 4 Sassari (ITA) 2 1 0 1 58 58 0 2 Vrnjačka Banja (SRB) 2 0 0 2 50 59 −9 0 Source: [citation needed] 4 September 2009 Sassari 28–29 Brühl (report) 5 September 2009 Vrnjačka Banja 29–30 Sassari (report) 6 September 2009 Brühl 29–21 Vrnjačka Banja (report)

Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milli Piyango (TUR) 2 2 0 0 58 53 +5 4 Amsterdam (NED) 2 1 0 1 55 50 +5 2 Madeira (POR) 2 0 0 2 53 63 −10 0 Source: [citation needed] 4 September 2009 Amsterdam 23–27 Milli Piyango (report) 5 September 2009 Madeira 23–32 Amsterdam (report) 6 September 2009 Milli Piyango 31–30 Madeira (report)

Qualification Tournament 2

Sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Twelve losers of the Qualification Tournament 2 entered the EHF Cup at Round 3. The first placed team of each group advanced to the Group Matches.

Byåsen, Zvezda, FCK Håndbold and Aalborg qualified by winning all three matches of their respective groups, with Aalborg being the only host to advance to the next stage. None of the four teams coming from the first qualification tournament won any points.

Group 1 Hosted by SPR Lublin SSA in Lublin, Poland.[7] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Byåsen (NOR) 3 3 0 0 115 62 +53 6 Lublin (POL) 3 2 0 1 92 75 +17 4 Rulmentul Braşov (ROU) 3 1 0 2 90 108 −18 2 Sassari (ITA) 3 0 0 3 79 131 −52 0 Source: [citation needed] 2 October 2009 Rulmentul Braşov 24–30 Lublin (report) 2 October 2009 Byåsen 45–20 Sassari (report) 3 October 2009 Sassari 37–43 Rulmentul Braşov (report) 3 October 2009 Lublin 19–29 Byåsen (report) 4 October 2009 Rulmentul Braşov 23–41 Byåsen (report) 4 October 2009 Lublin 43–22 Sassari (report)

Group 2 Hosted by SKP Bratislava in Partizánske, Slovakia.[7] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Zvezda (RUS) 3 3 0 0 102 57 +45 6 Olimpija (SLO) 3 2 0 1 79 85 −6 4 Bratislava (SVK) 3 1 0 2 72 86 −14 2 Amsterdam (NED) 3 0 0 3 74 99 −25 0 Source: [citation needed] 2 October 2009 Zvezda 33–21 Bratislava (report) 2 October 2009 Olimpija 33–31 Amsterdam (report) 3 October 2009 Amsterdam 18–39 Zvezda (report) 3 October 2009 Bratislava 24–28 Olimpija (report) 4 October 2009 Zvezda 30–18 Olimpija (report) 4 October 2009 Bratislava 27–25 Amsterdam (report)

Group 3 Hosted by HC "Smart" in Uzhhorod, Ukraine.[7] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FCK Håndbold (DEN) 3 3 0 0 96 55 +41 6 Budapest Bank FTC (HUN) 3 2 0 1 81 76 +5 4 Smart (UKR) 3 1 0 2 70 79 −9 2 Brühl (SUI) 3 0 0 3 61 98 −37 0 Source: [citation needed] 2 October 2009 Budapest Bank FTC 27–24 Smart (report) 2 October 2009 FCK Håndbold 34–19 Brühl (report) 3 October 2009 Brühl 21–34 Budapest Bank FTC (report) 3 October 2009 Smart 16–31 FCK Håndbold (report) 4 October 2009 Budapest Bank FTC 20–31 FCK Håndbold (report) 4 October 2009 Smart 30–21 Brühl (report)

Group 4 Hosted by Aalborg DH in Aalborg, Denmark.[7] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Aalborg (DEN) 3 3 0 0 107 69 +38 6 Sagunto (ESP) 3 2 0 1 91 77 +14 4 Ormi Patras (GRE) 3 1 0 2 66 102 −36 2 Milli Piyango (TUR) 3 0 0 3 74 90 −16 0 Source: [citation needed] 2 October 2009 Sagunto 28–25 Milli Piyango (report) 2 October 2009 Aalborg 40–19 Ormi Patras (report) 3 October 2009 Ormi Patras 21–37 Sagunto (report) 3 October 2009 Milli Piyango 24–36 Aalborg (report) 4 October 2009 Ormi Patras 26–25 Milli Piyango (report) 4 October 2009 Aalborg 31–26 Sagunto (report)

Group Matches

Twelve teams, along with four winners of the qualifying rounds, competed in the group matches of the Champions League. There were four groups of four teams each. The first and second placed team of each group advanced to the Main Round. Third placed teams entered the Cup Winners' Cup in Round 4.

The draw for the round took place in Vienna on 24 June 2009 as part of a special event organized by the EHF, the Champions' Draw.^[8][9]

Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Viborg (DEN) 6 4 1 1 171 143 +28 9 Leipzig (GER) 6 3 1 2 154 158 −4 7 Byåsen (NOR) 6 2 0 4 153 157 −4 4 Podravka (CRO) 6 2 0 4 172 192 −20 4 Source: [citation needed] 24 October 2009 Byåsen 21–26 Viborg (report) 25 October 2009 Leipzig 35–32 Podravka (report) 31 October 2009 Podravka 32–31 Byåsen (report) 31 October 2009 Viborg 33–23 Leipzig (report) 8 November 2009 Podravka 31–27 Viborg (report) 8 November 2009 Byåsen 23–22 Leipzig (report) 14 November 2009 Leipzig 20–20 Viborg (report) 15 November 2009 Byåsen 34–23 Podravka (report) 9 January 2010 Viborg 29–22 Byåsen (report) 9 January 2010 Podravka 28–29 Leipzig (report) 16 January 2010 Viborg 36–26 Podravka (report) 17 January 2010 Leipzig 25–22 Byåsen (report)

Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Krim (SLO) 6 5 0 1 201 168 +33 10 Hypo (AUT)[nb 2] 6 3 1 2 168 168 0 7 Metz (FRA) 6 2 1 3 163 174 −11 5 Aalborg (DEN) 6 1 0 5 156 178 −22 2 Source: [citation needed] 24 October 2009 Metz 30–37 Krim (report) 25 October 2009 Aalborg 30–36 Hypo (report) 29 October 2009 Hypo 27–27 Metz[nb 2] (report) 31 October 2009 Krim 30–23 Aalborg (report) 8 November 2009 Aalborg 31–24 Metz (report) 8 November 2009 Krim 35–24 Hypo (report) 14 November 2009 Metz 28–26 Hypo (report) 15 November 2009 Aalborg 32–38 Krim (report) 9 January 2009 Hypo 27–22 Aalborg (report) 9 January 2009 Krim 35–31 Metz (report) 15 January 2009 Metz 23–18 Aalborg (report) 15 January 2009 Hypo 28–26 Krim (report)

Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Oltchim Vâlcea (ROU) 6 4 0 2 159 152 +7 8 Győr (HUN) 6 4 0 2 153 149 +4 8 Zvezda (RUS) 6 2 1 3 161 169 −8 5 Itxako (ESP) 6 1 1 4 148 151 −3 3 Source: [citation needed] 24 October 2009 Itxako 24–27 Oltchim Vâlcea (report) 25 October 2009 Zvezda 34–29 Győr (report) 1 November 2009 Győr 29–28 Itxako (report) 1 November 2009 Oltchim Vâlcea 31–27 Zvezda (report) 7 November 2009 Zvezda 25–25 Itxako (report) 8 November 2009 Oltchim Vâlcea 26–22 Győr (report) 14 November 2009 Zvezda 27–26 Oltchim Vâlcea (report) 14 November 2009 Itxako 14–20 Győr (report) 10 January 2010 Győr 27–25 Zvezda (report) 10 January 2010 Oltchim Vâlcea 27–26 Itxako (report) 16 January 2010 Itxako 31–23 Zvezda (report) 17 January 2010 Győr 26–22 Oltchim Vâlcea (report)

Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Larvik (NOR) 6 4 0 2 147 137 +10 8 Dinamo Volgograd (RUS) 6 3 1 2 147 130 +17 7 Budućnost (MNE) 6 2 1 3 138 155 −17 5 FCK Håndbold (DEN) 6 2 0 4 140 150 −10 4 Source: [citation needed] 24 October 2009 Budućnost 23–27 Larvik (report) 25 October 2009 FCK Håndbold 24–23 Dinamo (report) 31 October 2009 Larvik 31–26 FCK Håndbold (report) 1 November 2009 Dinamo 31–18 Budućnost (report) 8 November 2009 FCK Håndbold 22–25 Budućnost (report) 8 November 2009 Larvik 18–17 Dinamo (report) 14 November 2009 Budućnost 24–24 Dinamo (report) 15 November 2009 FCK Håndbold 23–19 Larvik (report) 9 January 2010 Dinamo 26–23 FCK Håndbold (report) 10 January 2010 Larvik 29–22 Budućnost (report) 16 January 2010 Dinamo 26–23 Larvik (report) 16 January 2010 Budućnost 26–22 FCK Håndbold (report)

Main round

The eight teams qualified from the Group Matches were drawn into two groups. Each group contained two winners and two second placed teams, in a way that clubs which had faced each other at Group Matches would not meet again in this round. The first and second placed teams of each group played in the semifinals.

The draw for the round took place in Linz, Austria on 19 January 2010.^[10]

Group 1 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Larvik (NOR) 6 5 0 1 170 149 +21 10 Győr (HUN) 6 4 1 1 157 139 +18 9 Krim (SLO) 6 2 1 3 163 166 −3 5 Leipzig (GER) 6 0 0 6 134 170 −36 0 Source: [citation needed] 6 February 2010 Győr 25–23 Krim (report) 7 February 2010 Leipzig 20–23 Larvik (report) 13 February 2010 Larvik 29–27 Győr (report) 13 February 2010 Krim 32–26 Leipzig (report) 19 February 2010 Krim 30–34 Larvik (report) 21 February 2010 Leipzig 21–23 Győr (report) 6 March 2010 Győr 28–23 Larvik (report) 7 March 2010 Leipzig 27–31 Krim (report) 13–14 March 2010 Larvik 31–21 Leipzig (report) 13 March 2010 Krim 24–24 Győr (report) 20 March 2010 Larvik 30–23 Krim (report) 21 March 2010 Győr 30–19 Leipzig (report)

Group 2 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Oltchim Vâlcea (ROU) 6 4 1 1 178 168 +10 9 Viborg (DEN) 6 4 0 2 190 171 +19 8 Hypo (AUT) 6 2 0 4 163 182 −19 4 Dinamo (RUS) 6 1 1 4 166 176 −10 3 Source: [citation needed] 6 February 2010 Dinamo 29–30 Viborg (report) 6 February 2010 Hypo 26–31 Oltchim Vâlcea (report) 13 February 2010 Viborg 35–26 Hypo (report) 14 February 2010 Oltchim Vâlcea 30–24 Dinamo (report) 20 February 2010 Dinamo 27–21 Hypo (report) 21 February 2010 Oltchim Vâlcea 27–26 Viborg (report) 6 March 2010 Dinamo 32–32 Oltchim Vâlcea (report) 6 March 2010 Hypo 35–31 Viborg (report) 13 March 2010 Viborg 35–28 Dinamo (report) 14 March 2010 Oltchim Vâlcea 32–27 Hypo (report) 19 March 2010 Hypo 28–26 Dinamo (report) 20 March 2010 Viborg 33–26 Oltchim Vâlcea (report)

Final round

The semifinals and finals were played in two legs of home and away matches. Larvik and Oltchim had home court advantage for the second leg of the semifinals as winners of their respective groups.

After Viborg and Oltchim had secured their advance to the finals, the EHF announced that the home rights for those matches would be drawn on 20 April in Vienna.^[11] As a result of the draw, Viborg won home rights for the first leg and Oltchim for the second.^[12] To comply with EHF regulations about arenas' capacity, the matches were not played at the usual home ground of the clubs. The first leg took place on 8 May in Messecenter, Herning, while the second leg were played on 15 May at Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest.^[13]

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Viborg HK (DEN)	27	26	53
	4	Larvik HK (NOR)	21	27	48
								Viborg HK (DEN)		28	32	60
								Oltchim Vâlcea (ROU)		21	31	52
	3	Győri Audi ETO KC (HUN)	25	20	45
	2	Oltchim Vâlcea (ROU)	25	24	49

Semifinals

10 April 2010 21:15 (UTC+2)	Viborg HK	27–21	Larvik HK	Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Mikkelsen 6	(13–13)	Sulland 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

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11 April 2010 17:15 (UTC+2)	Győri Audi ETO KC	25–25	SC Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Magvassy Mihály Sports Hall, Győr Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Amorim 6	(14–15)	Pușcașu 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

17 April 2010 14:45 (UTC+2)	Larvik HK	27–26	Viborg HK	Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Hakansson, Nilsson (SWE)
	Althaus 7	(10–13)	Mørk 8
	3× 2×	Report	1× 6×

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18 April 2010 17:15 (UTC+3)	SC Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	24–20	Győri Audi ETO KC	Sala Sporturilor "Traian", Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Pedersen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Nechita 7	(11–10)	Görbicz 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Final

8 May 2010 16:15 (UTC+2)	Viborg HK	28–21	SC Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Messecenter Herning, Herning Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB)
	Popović 9	(14–11)	Neagu, Stanca 6
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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15 May 2010 20:45 (UTC+3)	SC Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	31–32	Viborg HK	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 4,700 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Pidpalova 10	(15–16)	Jurack 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7×

EHF Champions League 2009/10 Winners
Viborg HK Third Title [14]

Top scorers

As published by the EHF^[15]

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Cristina Vărzaru	Viborg HK	101
2	Alexandra do Nascimento	Hypo Niederösterreich	98
3	Anna Kochetova	HC Dinamo	84
	Bojana Popović	Viborg HK
5	Heidi Løke	Larvik HK	80
6	Rikke Skov	Viborg HK	73
7	Linn Jørum Sulland	Larvik HK	68
8	Andrea Lekić	RK Krim	66
9	Olga Levina	HC Dinamo	65
	Cristina Neagu	SC Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
11	Eduarda Amorim	Győri Audi ETO KC	64
12	Henriette Mikkelsen	Viborg HK	63
	Szandra Zácsik	RK Krim
14	Ramona Maier	SC Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	62
15	Ionela Stanca	SC Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	60
16	Nora Mørk	Larvik HK	58
17	Daniela Piedade	Hypo Niederösterreich	54
18	Aurelia Brădeanu	Győri Audi ETO KC	52
19	Anikó Kovacsics	Győri Audi ETO KC	51
20	Andrea Penezić	Podravka Koprivnica	49
	Patricia Vizitiu	SC Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
22	Karolina Kudłacz	HC Leipzig	45
	Orsolya Vérten	Győri Audi ETO KC
24	Anja Althaus	Viborg HK	44
25	Tatiana Khmyrova	HC Dinamo	43

Notes

1. Moved up after Kometal withdraw.
2. During the last seconds of the match Hypo v Metz, Hypo's coach Gunnar Prokop intentionally invaded the court and stopped a fast break of the French team. The point for Hypo Niederösterreich was deducted by the EHF Arbitration Tribunal. Archived 7 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine