2020–21 EHF Champions League

The competition begins with a group stage featuring 16 teams divided in two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures. In Groups A and B, the top two teams qualify for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoffs.

The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.

In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.[1]

Kiel

Flensburg

Barcelona

PSG

Nantes

Veszprém

Szeged

Aalborg

Celje

Kielce

Vardar

Brest

Zagreb

Porto

Motor

Elverum

Location of teams of the 2020–21 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

A total of 24 teams from 16 countries submitted their application for a place in the competition's group stage before the deadline of 10 June 2020.[2] The final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee on 19 June. Ten teams were registered according to fixed places, while six were granted wild cards.[3]

Participating teams

Paris Saint-Germain (1st)	THW Kiel (1st)	Vardar 1961 (1st)	Telekom Veszprém (1st)
Barça (1st)	Łomża Vive Kielce (1st)	Aalborg Handbold (1st)	PPD Zagreb (1st)
FC Porto (1st)	SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2nd)	Meshkov Brest (WC)	HBC Nantes (WC)
MOL-Pick Szeged (WC)	Elverum Håndball (WC)	Celje Pivovarna Laško (WC)	Motor (WC)

The draw was held on 1 July 2020 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria.[3][4] The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.[5]

In each group, teams play against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. After completion of the group stage matches, the top two teams from each group qualify directly for the quarterfinals, and the four teams ranked 3rd–6th advance to the playoffs.

Matches will be played on Wednesdays and Thursdays, with starting times at 18:45 and 20:45 (CET/CEST).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KIE	FLE	BRE	PAR	POR	SZE	ELV	VAR
1	Łomża Vive Kielce	9	7	1	1	289	256	+33	15	Quarterfinals		—	4 Mar	34–27	35–33	32–30	26–23	18 Feb	36–29
2	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	9	7	1	1	272	261	+11	15			31–30	—	29–29	25 Feb	36–29	26–24	37–35	TBD
3	Meshkov Brest	10	4	1	5	276	285	−9	9	Playoffs		11 Feb	26–28	—	32–31	24 Feb	26–24	29–27	24–22
4	Paris Saint-Germain	7	4	0	3	222	213	+9	8			23 Feb	28–29	17 Feb	—	29–28	4 Mar	35–29	TBD
5	FC Porto	10	3	2	5	282	286	−4	8			32–32	18 Feb	27–25	31–34	—	25–19	28–30	27–24
6	MOL-Pick Szeged	7	2	0	5	185	189	−4	4			25 Feb	28 Feb	30–27	29–32	11 Feb	—	36–27	18 Feb
7	Elverum Håndball	8	2	0	6	232	257	−25	4	Eliminated		22–31	29–30	33–31	TBD	4 Mar	TBD	—	25 Feb
8	Vardar 1961	6	1	1	4	160	171	−11	3			29–33	31–26	4 Mar	TBD	25–25	14 Feb	21 Feb	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2021. Source: EHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	VES	ZAP	ALB	KIE	CEL	NAN	ZAG
1	Barça (Q)	10	10	0	0	364	287	+77	20	Quarterfinals		—	37–30	3 Mar	42–33	29–25	42–28	17 Feb	45–27
2	Telekom Veszprém	10	6	1	3	340	304	+36	13			34–37	—	17 Feb	30–32	41–33	39–24	3 Mar	37–25
3	Motor	10	6	0	4	288	306	−18	12	Playoffs		25–30	34–37	—	24 Feb	TBD	31–29	29–28	29–25
4	Aalborg Håndbold	9	5	0	4	275	279	−4	10			32–35	27–33	38–29	—	23–31	3 Mar	32–24	18 Feb
5	THW Kiel	9	4	1	4	273	259	+14	9			26–32	31–31	34–23	16 Feb	—	18 Feb	27–35	3 Mar
6	Celje Pivovarna Laško	10	3	0	7	279	319	−40	6			24 Feb	11 Feb	31–32	29–31	24–35	—	25–31	29–28
7	HBC Nantes	8	2	0	6	228	238	−10	4	Eliminated		27–35	24–28	31–32	10 Feb	25 Feb	28–30	—	23 Feb
8	PPD Zagreb	8	0	0	8	197	252	−55	0			11 Feb	25 Feb	23–24	26–27	21–31	22–30	14 Feb	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2021. Source: EHF
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

The top-two teams of Groups A and B advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the teams ranked 3rd–6th to the playoffs.

As of 9 February 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Mikkel Hansen	Paris Saint-Germain	56
2	Alex Dujshebaev	Łomża Vive Kielce	52
	Marko Panić	Meshkov Brest
4	Aleix Gómez	Barça	50
	Gøran Johannessen	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
6	Niclas Ekberg	THW Kiel	47
	Petar Nenadić	Telekom Veszprém
8	Viachaslau Bokhan	Motor	46
9	Sander Sagosen	THW Kiel	45
10	Dika Mem	Barça	44

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