2014–15 EHF Champions League

EHF Champions League2014–15

The Lanxess Arena hosts the final

Tournament information
Sport| Handball
Dates| 2014–2015
Teams| 33 (qualification stage)
24 (group stage)
16 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions|  Barcelona
Runner-up|  MKB-MVM Veszprém
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 148
Goals scored| 7932 (53.59 per match)
Attendance| 691,601 (4,673 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Momir Ilić
(114 goals)

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The 2014–15 VELUX EHF Champions League was the 55th edition of Europe's premier club handball competition and the 22nd edition under the current EHF Champions League format. SG Flensburg-Handewitt were the defending champions.

FC Barcelona Handbol defeated Veszprém KC 28–23 in the final to win their eighth EHF Champions League title. The record winners of the European top flight also claimed one trophy of the Champions Cup (the EHF Champions League forerunner) in 1991.[1]

## Overview

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### Team allocation

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders). 21 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]

Group stage

Flensburg-HandewittTH (3rd) |  Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) |  MOL-Pick Szeged (2nd) |  Vive Tauron Kielce (1st)
THW Kiel (1st) |  Montpellier (3rd) |  Chekhovskiye Medvedi (1st) |  Wisła Płock (2nd)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen (2nd) |  KIF Kolding København (1st) |  Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st) |  Alingsås HK (1st)
Barcelona (1st) |  Aalborg (2nd) |  Zagreb (1st)
Logroño (2nd) |  Celje (1st) |  Metalurg Skopje (1st)
Dunkerque (1st) |  MKB-MVM Veszprém (1st) |  Vardar (2nd)
Qualification tournament
Meshkov Brest (1st) |  Haslum HK (CW) |  Beşiktaş (1st) |  Targos Bevo HC (1st)
HCM Constanța (1st) |  Vojvodina (1st) |  Tatran Prešov (1st) |  Initia Hasselt (1st)
Porto (1st) |  Motor Zaporizhzhia (1st) |  Alpla HC Hard (1st) |  Junior Fasano (1st)

### Round and draw dates

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Draws were held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria and the only exception was the VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw in the Botanic Garden of Cologne, Germany.

Phase  | Round  | Draw date  | First leg  | Second leg

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Qualifying  | Qualification tournaments  | 26 June 2014  | 5–7 September 2014
Group stage  | Matchday 1  | 27 June 2014  | 24–28 September 2014
Matchday 2  | 1–5 October 2014
Matchday 3  | 8–12 October 2014
Matchday 4  | 15–19 October 2014
Matchday 5  | 12–16 November 2014
Matchday 6  | 19–23 November 2014
Matchday 7  | 26–30 November 2014
Matchday 8  | 3–6 December 2014
Matchday 9  | 11–15 February 2015
Matchday 10  | 18–22 February 2015
Knockout stage  | Last 16  | 24 February 2015  | 11–15 March 2015  | 18–22 March 2015
Quarter-final  | 24 March 2015  | 8–12 April 2015  | 15–19 April 2015
Final Four
(Cologne)  | Semifinals  | 21 April 2015  | 30 May 2015 at Lanxess Arena
Final  | 31 May 2015 at Lanxess Arena

## Qualification stage

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Main article: 2014–15 EHF Champions League qualifying

Twelve teams took part in the qualification tournaments. They were drawn into three groups of four teams, where they played a semifinal and a final or third place match. The winners of the qualification tournaments, played on 6–7 September 2014, qualified for the group stage, while the eliminated teams were transferred to the 2014–15 EHF Cup. The draw took place on 26 June 2014, at 14:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][3]

### Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]

Pot 1  | Pot 2  | Pot 3  | Pot 4

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Motor Zaporizhzhia
Meshkov Brest
HCM Constanța |  Vojvodina
Porto
Haslum HK |  Tatran Prešov
Alpla HC Hard
Beşiktaş |  Targos Bevo HC
Initia Hasselt
Junior Fasano

### Qualification tournament 1

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 6 September| |

|  Meshkov Brest| 36

| 7 September

|  Targos Bevo HC| 23 |

|  Meshkov Brest| 26

| 6 September

| |  Tatran Prešov| 24

|  Vojvodina| 21

|  Tatran Prešov| 25 |

| Third place game

| 7 September

|  Targos Bevo HC| 25

|  Vojvodina| 30

### Qualification tournament 2

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 5 September| |

|  Motor Zaporizhzhia| 36

| 6 September

|  Junior Fasano| 20 |

|  Motor Zaporizhzhia| 30

| 5 September

| |  Porto| 26

|  Porto| 29

|  Alpla HC Hard| 25 |

| Third place game

| 6 September

|  Junior Fasano| 26

|  Alpla HC Hard| 35

### Qualification tournament 3

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 6 September| |

|  HCM Constanța| 29

| 7 September

|  Initia Hasselt| 20 |

|  HCM Constanța| 25

| 6 September

| |  Beşiktaş| 34

|  Haslum HK| 22

|  Beşiktaş| 29 |

| Third place game

| 7 September

|  Initia Hasselt| 26

|  Haslum HK| 35

## Group stage

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Kiel

Rhein-Neckar

Flensburg

Barcelona

Logroño

Dunkerque

PSG

Montpellier

KIF

Aalborg

Celje

Veszprém

Szeged

Chekhov

Kadetten

Zagreb

Vardar

Metalurg

Kielce

Płock

Brest

Alingsås

Motor

Beşiktaş

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Location of teams of the 2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A;  Green: Group B;  Blue: Group C;  Yellow: Group D.

Main article: 2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage

24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams, where they played each other twice. The top four teams advanced to the knockout stage. The draw took place on 27 June 2014, at 18:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[2][5]

### Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.[4]

Pot 1  | Pot 2  | Pot 3

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THW Kiel
Barcelona
MKB-MVM Veszprém
Vive Tauron Kielce |  KIF Kolding København
Metalurg Skopje
Celje
Dunkerque |  Zagreb
Chekhovskiye Medvedi
Kadetten Schaffhausen
Alingsås HK
Pot 4  | Pot 5  | Pot 6

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Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Logroño
MOL-Pick Szeged
Wisła Płock |  Flensburg-Handewitt
Aalborg
Vardar
Paris Saint-Germain |  Montpellier
Meshkov Brest
Motor Zaporizhzhia
Beşiktaş
Key to colours in group tables

Top four placed teams advanced to the last 16

### Group A

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THW Kiel | 10  | 9  | 0  | 1  | 322  | 259  | +63  | 18  |  | -- | 33–29 | 34–27 | 34–32 | 33–22 | 35–16
Paris Saint-Germain | 10  | 6  | 0  | 4  | 297  | 266  | +31  | 12  |  | 25–27 | -- | 27–22 | 32–25 | 36–25 | 35–24
Zagreb | 10  | 6  | 0  | 4  | 241  | 248  | −7  | 12  |  | 27–25 | 25–24 | -- | 31–30 | 25–23 | 19–17
Logroño | 10  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 305  | 305  | 0  | 9  |  | 30–34 | 35–33 | 22–21 | -- | 39–31 | 31–26
Meshkov Brest | 10  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 267  | 293  | −26  | 6  |  | 24–25 | 28–29 | 26–22 | 33–33 | -- | 28–24
Metalurg Skopje | 10  | 1  | 1  | 8  | 233  | 294  | −61  | 3  |  | 27–42 | 22–27 | 20–22 | 29–28 | 27–27 | --

Source: [citation needed]

### Group B

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  BAR |  KOL |  PŁO |  FLE |  ALI |  BJK

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Barcelona | 10  | 8  | 1  | 1  | 338  | 280  | +58  | 17  |  | -- | 33–27 | 30–25 | 36–27 | 42–29 | 35–25
KIF Kolding København | 10  | 6  | 2  | 2  | 292  | 273  | +19  | 14  |  | 27–27 | -- | 30–30 | 35–21 | 34–33 | 34–31
Wisła Płock | 10  | 6  | 1  | 3  | 288  | 280  | +8  | 13  |  | 34–31 | 28–29 | -- | 31–29 | 28–25 | 28–19
Flensburg-Handewitt | 10  | 6  | 0  | 4  | 288  | 277  | +11  | 12  |  | 33–37 | 27–20 | 35–28 | -- | 31–21 | 31–27
Alingsås HK | 10  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 252  | 298  | −46  | 2  |  | 28–38 | 19–23 | 22–23 | 22–27 | -- | 27–24
Beşiktaş | 10  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 253  | 303  | −50  | 2  |  | 25–29 | 24–33 | 30–33 | 20–27 | 28–26 | --

Source: [citation needed]

### Group C

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  VES |  VAR |  RNL |  MON |  CEL |  CHE

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MKB-MVM Veszprém | 10  | 9  | 0  | 1  | 300  | 262  | +38  | 18  |  | -- | 32–24 | 27–24 | 30–29 | 29–26 | 38–31
Vardar | 10  | 7  | 1  | 2  | 313  | 289  | +24  | 15  |  | 23–24 | -- | 28–25 | 30–26 | 34–32 | 39–28
Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 10  | 6  | 0  | 4  | 302  | 282  | +20  | 12  |  | 32–25 | 28–35 | -- | 35–24 | 31–27 | 34–29
Montpellier | 10  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 293  | 317  | −24  | 8  |  | 20–34 | 34–34 | 29–33 | -- | 35–29 | 32–32
Celje | 10  | 3  | 0  | 7  | 284  | 293  | −9  | 6  |  | 21–24 | 26–27 | 32–28 | 27–30 | -- | 29–25
Chekhovskiye Medvedi | 10  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 300  | 349  | −49  | 1  |  | 32–37 | 34–39 | 26–32 | 33–34 | 30–35 | --

Source: [citation needed]

### Group D

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Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  KSK |  SZE |  DUN |  AAL |  ZAP |  KAD

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Vive Tauron Kielce | 10  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 312  | 271  | +41  | 20  |  | -- | 37–32 | 36–32 | 33–26 | 30–26 | 33–24
MOL-Pick Szeged | 10  | 6  | 1  | 3  | 276  | 264  | +12  | 13  |  | 26–27 | -- | 23–21 | 23–23 | 27–26 | 34–24
Dunkerque | 10  | 4  | 0  | 6  | 257  | 263  | −6  | 8  |  | 25–28 | 24–25 | -- | 21–26 | 31–29 | 29–25
Aalborg | 10  | 2  | 3  | 5  | 256  | 269  | −13  | 7  |  | 25–27 | 25–28 | 25–28 | -- | 30–36 | 23–23
Motor Zaporizhzhia | 10  | 3  | 0  | 7  | 283  | 284  | −1  | 6  |  | 27–28 | 25–29 | 21–23 | 25–28 | -- | 31–26
Kadetten Schaffhausen | 10  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 264  | 297  | −33  | 6  |  | 28–33 | 32–29 | 25–23 | 25–25 | 32–37 | --

Source: [citation needed]

## Knockout stage

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Main article: 2014–15 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The top four placed teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. In the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, the teams will play a home-and away series to determine the four participants of the final four, which then determines the winner.

### Last 16

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The draw was held on 24 February 2015 at 12:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 11–15 March and the second legs on 18–22 March 2015.[6]

#### Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 February 2015.[7]

A team from Pot 1 will face a team from Pot 4, a Pot 2 team will play against a team from Pot 3.

Pot 1  | Pot 2  | Pot 3  | Pot 4

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THW Kiel
Barcelona
MKB-MVM Veszprém
Vive Tauron Kielce |  Paris Saint-Germain
KIF Kolding København
Vardar
MOL-Pick Szeged |  Zagreb
Wisła Płock
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Dunkerque |  Logroño
Flensburg-Handewitt
Montpellier
Aalborg

#### Matches

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Logroño | 54–68  |  MKB-MVM Veszprém | 23–31 | 31–37
Montpellier | 58–60  |  Vive Tauron Kielce | 25–29 | 33–31
Aalborg | 33–60  |  Barcelona | 11–31 | 22–29
Flensburg-Handewitt | 49–63  |  THW Kiel | 21–30 | 28–33
Dunkerque | 43–46  |  Paris Saint-Germain | 21–23 | 22–23
Wisła Płock | 52–57  |  Vardar | 32–26 | 20–31
Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 59–65  |  MOL-Pick Szeged | 30–34 | 29–31
Zagreb | 43–40  |  KIF Kolding København | 22–17 | 21–23

### Quarterfinals

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The draw was held on 24 March 2015 at 11:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 8–12 April and the second legs on 15–19 April 2015.[8][9]

#### Seedings

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The seedings were published on 23 March 2015.[8]

Pot 1  | Pot 2

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THW Kiel
Barcelona
MKB-MVM Veszprém
Vive Tauron Kielce |  Paris Saint-Germain
Zagreb
MOL-Pick Szeged
Vardar

#### Matches

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Zagreb | 44–68  |  Barcelona | 23–25 | 21–43
Vardar | 51–55  |  Vive Tauron Kielce | 20–22 | 31–33
Paris Saint-Germain | 52–58  |  MKB-MVM Veszprém | 24–24 | 28–34
MOL-Pick Szeged | 54–60  |  THW Kiel | 31–29 | 23–31

### Final four

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The draw was held on 21 April 2015.[10][11]

The final four will be held on 30–31 May 2015 at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne.

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 30 May| |

|  Barcelona| 33

| 31 May

|  Vive Tauron Kielce| 28 |

|  Barcelona| 28

| 30 May

| |  MKB-MVM Veszprém| 23

|  THW Kiel| 27

|  MKB-MVM Veszprém| 31 |

| Third place

| 31 May

|  Vive Tauron Kielce| 28

|  THW Kiel| 26

## Top goalscorers

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Statistics exclude qualifying round.[12]

Rank  | Player  | Team  | Goals

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1  |  Momir Ilić |  Veszprém | 114
2  |  Kiril Lazarov |  Barcelona | 106
3  |  Mikkel Hansen |  Paris | 103
4  |  Karol Bielecki |  Kielce | 92
5  |  Timur Dibirov |  Vardar | 78
6  |  Zsolt Balogh |  Szeged | 76
Marko Vujin |  Kiel
8  |  Nikola Karabatić |  Barcelona | 75
9  |  Igor Karačić |  Vardar | 74
10  |  Alex Dujshebaev |  Vardar | 73

## Awards

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The All-star team of the Champions League 2014/15:[13]

| Position | Player

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Goalkeeper |  Roland Mikler (MKB-MVM Veszprém)
Right wing |  Víctor Tomás (Barcelona)
Right back |  Kiril Lazarov (Barcelona)
Centre back |  Mikkel Hansen (Paris Saint-Germain)
Left back |  Nikola Karabatić (Barcelona)
Left wing |  Uwe Gensheimer (Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
Pivot |  Renato Sulić (MKB-MVM Veszprém)
Best defender |  Rene Toft Hansen (THW Kiel)
Best coach |  Talant Dujshebaev (Vive Tauron Kielce)

Mikler

Gensheimer

Sulić

Tomás

Karabatić

Hansen

Lazarov

Best Defender :  Rene Toft Hansen

Best Coach:  Talant Dujshebaev

## See also

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* 2014–15 EHF Cup
* 2014–15 EHF Challenge Cup

## References

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1. ^ "FC Barcelona claim eighth title". ehfcl.com. 31 May 2015.
2. ^ a b c "New season line-up for the VELUX EHF Champions League". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
3. ^ "Junior to test Motor after qualification draw". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-26.
4. ^ a b "Seeding for Qualification and Group Phase draws confirmed". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-23.
5. ^ "Draw reunites Flensburg with Barcelona". ehfcl.com. 2014-06-27.
6. ^ "Last 16 draw reunites the finalists: Flensburg vs Kiel". ehfcl.com. 24 February 2015.
7. ^ "Defending champions lurk in the fourth pot before the Last 16 draw". ehfcl.com. 23 February 2015.
8. ^ a b "Last eight await Tuesday's quarter-final fate". ehfcl.com. 23 March 2015.
9. ^ "Barcelona take on Zagreb, Kiel meet Szeged". ehfcl.com. 24 March 2015.
10. ^ "Four favourites face the FINAL4 fate". ehfcl.com. 20 April 2015.
11. ^ "Barcelona vs Kielce, Kiel vs Veszprem". ehfcl.com. 21 April 2015.
12. ^ "EHF Champions League 2014/15 - Scorers". Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
13. ^ "All-star team vote reaches new heights with 44,000 fans". ehfcl.com. 29 May 2015.

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