2020–21 Women's 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]

A total of 21 teams from 15 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.[3]

Podravka Vegeta	Team Esbjerg	Odense Håndbold	Metz Handball
Brest Bretagne Handball	Borussia Dortmund	SG BBM Bietigheim	Győri Audi ETO KC
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	ŽRK Budućnost	Vipers Kristiansand	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
CSM Bucureşti	Rostov-Don	CSKA Moscow	Krim Mercator

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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	MET	VIP	FER	BUC	ESB	KRI	BIE
1	Rostov-Don (T)	9	7	1	1	244	223	+21	15	Quarterfinals		—	30–26	9 Feb	13 Feb	TBD	28–24	23–23	27–21
2	Metz Handball (T)	11	7	0	4	322	307	+15	14			27–26	—	3 Feb	30–29	13 Feb	31–29	33–27	36–27
3	Vipers Kristiansand (T)	7	5	2	0	203	185	+18	12	Playoffs		TBD	TBD	—	TBD	30–25	28–28	13 Feb	TBD
4	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (T)	11	6	0	5	301	298	+3	12			25–26	32–30	6 Feb	—	31–27	24–28	32–25	24–35
5	CSM Bucureşti	10	5	1	4	261	258	+3	11			22–27	31–26	22–29	25–19	—	6 Feb	22–22	TBD
6	Team Esbjerg	11	3	2	6	301	294	+7	8			24–25	25–28	27–27	21–24	29–30	—	33–23	14 Feb
7	Krim Mercator	11	1	3	7	267	301	−34	5	Eliminated		6 Feb	22–26	26–27	26–32	23–25	TBD	—	28–26
8	SG BBM Bietigheim	10	1	1	8	264	296	−32	3			31–32	7 Feb	29–33	25–29	22–32	26–33	22–22	—

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: EHF
(T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MOS	GYO	BRE	ODE	BUD	VAL	DOR	KOP
1	CSKA Moscow (Q)	12	10	1	1	353	296	+57	21	Quarterfinals		—	27–27	25–24	27–23	7 Feb	30–20	35–28	30–26
2	Győri Audi ETO KC (T)	12	8	4	0	393	314	+79	20			13 Feb	—	27–27	32–25	34–29	38–31	38–25	43–28
3	Brest Bretagne Handball (T)	12	6	4	2	351	306	+45	16	Playoffs		28–30	25–25	—	32–21	28–28	28–21	6 Feb	32–25
4	Odense Håndbold (T)	12	6	1	5	335	287	+48	13			26–25	32–32	24–31	—	30–21	7 Feb	32–27	35–20
5	ŽRK Budućnost	12	4	2	6	307	324	−17	10			22–25	21–26	22–22	27–24	—	29–28	31–27	13 Feb
6	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	9	2	0	7	217	274	−57	4			24–34	20–37	14 Feb	21–30	25–23	—	9 Feb	TBD
7	Borussia Dortmund	10	2	0	8	272	324	−52	4	Eliminated		28–29	24–34	29–41	14 Feb	26–28	TBD	—	32–31
8	Podravka Vegeta	11	1	0	10	275	378	−103	2			20–26	6 Feb	29–33	17–33	29–26	17 Jan	25–26	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2021. Source: EHF
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.

The top-two teams of Groups A and B advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the teams ranked 2nd–6th to the playoffs.

As of 24 January 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Ana Gros	Brest Bretagne Handball	82
2	Dejana Milosavljević	RK Podravka Koprivnica	62
3	Cristina Neagu	CSM Bucureşti	61
4	Lois Abbingh	Odense Håndbold	60
5	Mette Tranborg	Team Esbjerg	55
6	Angela Malestein	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	54
7	Katrin Klujber	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	51
	Veronica Kristiansen	Győri Audi ETO KC
	Océane Sercien-Ugolin	Krim Mercator
10	Estelle Nze Minko	Győri Audi ETO KC	49

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