The EHF Women's Champions League 2008/09 was the 16th edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, a handball competition for top women's clubs of Europe managed by the European Handball Federation. It was won by Danish club Viborg HK who defeated Hungarian Győri Audi ETO KC at the finals with an aggregate score of 50–49.[1] It was the second title for Viborg and the fifth for a Danish team.[2]
German international Grit Jurack was the tournament's top scorer with 113 goals.[1]
Qualification Tournament 1
Group A
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Group B
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Qualification Tournament 2
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group Matches
Top 2 teams from each group advance to the Main Round, while the third placed team from each group will compete in the Cup Winners' Cup.
Teams
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Zvezda Zvenigorod Defending champion |
Hypo Niederösterreich Austrian champion |
Handball Club Lada Russian champion |
Viborg HK Danish champion |
Győri Audi ETO KC Hungarian champion |
Orsan Elda Prestigio Spanish champion |
Larvik HK Norwegian champion |
Krim Ljubljana Slovenian champion |
WHC Gjorche Petrov Macedonian champion |
Budućnost T-Mobile Montenegrin champion |
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea Romanian champion |
1. FC Nürnberg Handball German champion |
Ikast-Brande EH Danish second |
FCK Håndbold Danish third |
RK Podravka Koprivnica Croatian champion |
Metz Handball French champion |
Legend
Team advanced to the Main Round | |
Team will compete in the Cup Winners' Cup | |
Team is eliminated from the tournament |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Main Round
The draw for the Main Round took place on 20 January 2009.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Hypo Niederösterreich | HC Podravka Vegeta |
Viborg HK | Ikast-Brande EH |
Győri Audi ETO KC | Budućnost T-Mobile |
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | Krim Ljubljana |
After the draw, the following groups were formed:
Group 1 | Group 2 |
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Hypo Niederösterreich | CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea |
Viborg HK | Győri Audi ETO KC |
Ikast-Brande EH | Budućnost T-Mobile |
HC Podravka Vegeta | Krim Ljubljana |
Group 1
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Group 2
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Final round
The semi-finals and finals are played in two legs of home and away matches. Viborg and Győr had home court advantage for the second leg of the semifinals as winners of their respective groups.[3] Also, there was no need to perform a draw to decide home and away rights for the finals. According to EHF regulations, Viborg would get home court for the first match because they played a final in the last three years (2005/06).[4]
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | 28 | 21 | 49 | |||||||||
4 | Viborg HK | 34 | 21 | 55 | |||||||||
Viborg HK | 24 | 26 | 50 | ||||||||||
Győri Audi ETO KC | 26 | 23 | 49 | ||||||||||
3 | Hypo Niederösterreich | 26 | 21 | 47 | |||||||||
2 | Győri Audi ETO KC | 25 | 29 | 54 |
Semifinals
- First leg
12 April 2009 18:30 (UTC+3) |
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | 28 – 34 | Viborg HK | "Traian" Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Korres, Migas (GRE) |
Ardean-Elisei 6 | (11-16) | Jurack, Mikkelsen 7 | ||
3× 1× | (report) | 3× 6× |
12 April 2009 20:22 (UTC+2) |
Hypo Niederösterreich | 26 – 25 | Győri Audi ETO KC | BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR) |
do Nascimento 6 | (15-13) | Görbicz 7 | ||
2× 4× | (report) | 2× 2× |
- Second leg
18 April 2009 14:05 (UTC+2) |
Viborg HK | 21 – 21 | CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Stolarovs, Licis (LAT) |
Althaus 6 | (8-12) | Lecuşanu 7 | ||
3× 5× 1× | (report) | 3× 2× |
19 April 2009 16:15 (UTC+2) |
Győri Audi ETO KC | 29 – 21 | Hypo Niederösterreich | Magvassy Mihály Sports Hall, Győr Attendance: 2,800 Referees: B. Methe, R. Methe (GER) |
Görbicz 13 | (12-9) | Tóth 5 | ||
3× 5× 1× | (report) | 3× 5× 1× |
Finals
9 May 2009 16:15 (UTC+2) |
Viborg HK | 24 – 26 | Győri Audi ETO KC | Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 5,600 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Althaus, Skov 6 | (14-15) | Tomori 7 | ||
3× 5× | (report) | 2× 2× 1× |
16 May 2009 16:15 (UTC+2) |
Győri Audi ETO KC | 23 – 26 | Viborg HK | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Muro, Rodríguez (ESP) |
Kovacsics 6 | (10-14) | Mikkelsen 7 | ||
2× 3× 1× | (report) | 3× 8× 1× |
EHF Champions League 2008/09 Winners |
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Viborg HK Second Title |
Top scorers
As published by the EHF[5]
References
- 1 2 Pazen, Björn (16 May 2009). "Viborg take the CL title!". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ↑ Bruun, Peter (18 May 2009). "Small+things+decided" "Small things decided". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ↑ "Women's semi-finals scheduled". EHF. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ↑ "Women's European Cup Final Draw". European Handball Federation. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ↑ "EHF Champions League 2008/09 - Scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- "EHF Champions League 2008/09". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-17.