The 2011–12 EHF Champions League was the 52nd edition of
Europe
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's premier club
handball
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tournament and the nineteenth 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.
FC Barcelona
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were the defending champions. The final four was played on 26–27 May 2012. For the third consecutive year it will be played at the
Lanxess Arena
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in
Cologne
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.
THW Kiel
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2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed t ...
won the title for the third time after defeating
Atlético Madrid
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26–21 in the final.
Overview
Team allocation
th Title Holder
Round and draw dates
Qualification stage
Qualification tournament
A total of 12 teams took part in the qualification tournaments. The clubs were drawn into three groups of four and played a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advanced to the group stage, while the eliminated clubs went to the
EHF Cup
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. Previo ...
. Matches were played at 3–4 September 2011.
Seedings
Group 1
The tournament was organised by the Slovakian club
HT Tatran Prešov.
Bracket
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Group 2
The tournament was organised by the Austrian club
Fivers Margareten.
Bracket
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Group 3
The tournament was organised by the Israeli club
Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
Bracket
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Wild card tournament
Initially five teams applied for the four tournament places and following the decision of the European Handball Federation the request from the Danish Handball Association for Skjern Handbold was rejected. The clubs were drawn together automatically according to their league coefficient and decided the winner of the tournament using a final four system. Only the victorious team advanced to the Champions League group stage, while the losing sides continued their European adventure in the
EHF Cup
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. Previo ...
. The tournament was held at 3–4 September 2011, and was organized by
Vive Targi Kielce.
Bracket
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Group stage
The draw for the group stage took place at the
Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in
Vienna
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on 28 June 2011 at 11:00 local time. A total of 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six. Teams were divided into six pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or the same association could not be drawn into the same group, except the wild card tournament winner, which did not enjoy any protection.
Seedings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Last 16
Seedings
Matches
The draw was held on 28 February 2012 at 11:00 in
Hørsholm
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Hørsholm proper ...
,
Denmark
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. The first legs will be played on 14–18 March, and the second legs will be played on 21–25 March 2012.
Quarterfinals
Seedings
The draw was held on 27 March 2012 at 11:30 local time in
Vienna
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. The first legs were played on 18–22 April, and the second legs were played on 25–29 April 2012.
Matches
Final four
The semifinals was played on 26 May 2012. The third place game and the final was played on 27 May 2012 in the
Lanxess Arena
Lanxess Arena (stylized as LANXESS arena; originally Kölnarena, German for "Cologne arena") is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie and as one of Germany's major ...
at
Cologne
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,
Germany
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. The draw was held on May 2, 2012 in Cologne.
Top scorers
:''Final statistics''
References
See also
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2011–12 EHF Champions League group stage
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2011–12 EHF Champions League knockout stage
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2011–12 Women's EHF Champions League
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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 ...
External links
EHF Champions League archive
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