The 2021–22 EHF European League is the 2nd edition of the

EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

, which is the second most important European

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club competition organised by the

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(EHF).

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

A total of 32 teams were involved in the first qualifying round draw. The first leg matches was held on 28–29 August 2021, while the second leg matches was held on 04–05 September 2021. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna. The results of this round were:

Second qualifying round

A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round draw, 16 advancing from the previous round and 8 teams entering this round. The two legs matches were played on 21st & 28th of September 2021, and the results of this round were:

Group Stage

Seedings

The 24 teams were divided into six pots of four teams, with a team from each pot being drawn to each group. Teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: #Points in matches among tied teams; #

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in matches among tied teams; #

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scored in matches among tied teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; #Drawing lots.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

The pairings for the last 16 and the quarterfinals are based on group stage standings, according to the following bracket. This assures teams from the same group can only play each other again in the final four.

Last 16

The last 16 first legs were scheduled for 29 March 2022, while the second legs will follow on 5 April 2022.

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals first legs were scheduled for 26 April 2022, while the second legs will follow on 3 May 2022.