The 2010–11 EHF Champions League was the 51st edition of

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's premier club

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tournament and the eighteenth edition under the current

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

format.

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were the defending champions. The final four was played on 28–29 May 2011 at the

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. FC Barcelona Borges defeated

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in the final to win the title for the 8th time.

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place at the

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on 22 June 2010. A total of 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six. Teams were divided into four pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or the same association cannot be drawn into the same group. Each team played against each other in its group twice. The top two in each group proceeded to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the EHF Cup's Winners Cup Round of 32.

Qualification stage

A total of eight teams took part in the Qualification Tournaments. The clubs were drawn into two groups of four. The winner of Qualification Group 1 qualified into Group B, the winner of Qualification Group 2 qualified into Group C. Play was scheduled at 3/4/5 September 2010. The matches of Group 1 were played at

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. Group 2 played their games at

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Groups

Group 1

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Group 2

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Wild Card Round

Four teams participated played for one place in EHF Champions League Group A. The games were played at the Europahalle in

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Group stage

Groups

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Last 16

The draw was held on March 7, 2011 at 19:00 in

. The first leg was played on 24–27 March 2011 and the second leg on 31 March–3 April 2011.

First match

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Second match

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Quarterfinals

The draw was held on April 4, 2011 at 18:30 in

. The first leg was played on 20–24 April 2011, the second leg at 27 April–1 May 2011.

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Final four

The draw was held on 2 May 2011.

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Top scorers

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References

External links

EHF Champions League website
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