2021–22 EHF Champions League

The competition began with a group stage featuring 16 teams divided in two groups. Matches were played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures. In Groups A and B, the top two teams qualified for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked third to sixth entering the playoffs.

The knockout stage included four rounds: the playoffs, quarterfinals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams were paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advanced to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams were 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 were played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.

Brest

Zagreb

Aalborg

PSG

Montpellier

Flensburg

Kiel

Szeged

Veszprém

Vardar

Porto

Kielce

Elverum

Dinamo

Barcelona

Motor

Location of teams of the 2022–23 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

The final list of 16 participants was revealed by the EHF Executive Committee in June 2021. Ten teams were registered according to fixed places, while six were granted wild cards.[2][3] On 29 June, the final list was revealed.[4] Although, in the final list announcement, the EHF said that if RK Vardar did not pay a fine for failing to play Champions League games in the previous season, they would be disqualified and replaced with RK Gorenje Velenje, who was the standby team. However, this never materialised.

Participating teams

THW Kiel (1st)	Paris Saint-Germain (1st)	Barça (1st)	Pick Szeged (1st)
RK Vardar (1st)	Łomża Vive Kielce (1st)	Aalborg Håndbold (1st)	FC Porto (1st)
PPD Zagreb (1st)	SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2nd)	Meshkov Brest (WC)	Montpellier Handball (WC)
Telekom Veszprém (WC)	Elverum Håndball (WC)	Dinamo București (WC)	Motor (WC)

Wildcard rejection

IK Sävehof	GOG Håndbold	Orlen Wisła Płock	Sporting CP
RK Gorenje Velenje	Kadetten Schaffhausen

The draw took place on 2 July 2021.[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AAL	KIE	SZE	MON	VAR	ELV	ZAG	BRE
1	Aalborg Håndbold	14	11	0	3	453	410	+43	22	Quarterfinals		—	35–33	34–30	36–28	33–29	32–27	31–25	34–33
2	THW Kiel	14	10	1	3	427	395	+32	21			31–27	—	32–32	35–26	32–30	41–36	36–28	10–0
3	Pick Szeged	14	8	3	3	412	392	+20	19	Playoffs		31–28	30–26	—	29–29	34–31	30–34	30–21	28–26
4	Montpellier Handball	14	7	3	4	424	409	+15	17			31–33	37–30	29–29	—	25–28	39–32	24–23	32–26
5	RK Vardar	14	6	1	7	379	368	+11	13			30–28	26–29	27–30	25–31	—	39–30	20–19	35–27
6	Elverum Håndball	14	3	2	9	417	449	−32	8[lower-alpha 1]			28–34	30–31	24–27	30–37	27–27	—	30–25	32–33
7	PPD Zagreb	14	3	2	9	351	385	−34	8[lower-alpha 1]			24–34	27–28	26–24	22–25	23–22	27–27	—	31–24
8	Meshkov Brest	14	1	2	11	342	397	−55	4			30–33	30–33	25–28	31–31	0–10	27–30	30–30	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Elverum 57–52 Zagreb

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KIE	BAR	PAR	VES	POR	FLE	BUC	MOT
1	Łomża Vive Kielce	14	10	0	4	449	415	+34	20[lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals		—	29–27	38–33	32–29	39–33	37–29	34–29	33–27
2	Barça	14	9	2	3	420	369	+51	20[lower-alpha 1]			30–32	—	30–27	35–30	38–31	29–22	36–32	36–25
3	Paris Saint-Germain	14	8	2	4	452	396	+56	18	Playoffs		32–27	28–28	—	39–40	33–19	33–30	41–30	40–32
4	Telekom Veszprém	14	8	1	5	449	423	+26	17			35–33	29–28	34–31	—	28–28	28–23	47–32	36–29
5	FC Porto	14	4	3	7	375	408	−33	11			29–27	33–33	30–39	23–30	—	28–27	31–32	10–0
6	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	14	4	2	8	381	401	−20	10			25–33	21–25	27–27	30–27	26–26	—	37–30	34–27
7	Dinamo București	14	4	0	10	415	470	−55	8[lower-alpha 2]			32–29	30–35	31–39	31–29	26–27	20–28	—	33–29
8	Motor	14	4	0	10	312	371	−59	8[lower-alpha 2]			25–26	0–10	0–10	29–27	30–27	31–22	28–27	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Kielce 61–57 Barça
2. Dinamo 60–57 Motor

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