2020–21 Women's EHF European League group stage

This article describes the group stage of the 2020–21 Women's EHF European League, a women's handball competition.^[1]

Draw

The draw of the Women's EHF European League group stage took place on Thursday, 26 November 2020. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were drawn into four groups of four teams.^[2]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 23 November 2020:^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Herning-Ikast Håndbold Siófok KC CS Minaur Baia Mare HC Lada	Váci NKSE HC Dunărea Brăila Astrakhanochka Kastamonu Bld. GSK	Nantes Atlantique HB Storhamar Håndball Elite HC Zvezda Kuban	Fleury Loiret Paris 92 Thüringer HC MKS Perła Lublin

Format

In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. After completion of the group stage matches, the top two teams advanced to the Quarter-finals. Teams are not able to face opponents from the same country in the group.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams had scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:

Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.

Groups

The matchdays were 9–10 January, 16–17 January, 23–24 January, 6–7 February, 13–14 February and 20–21 February 2021.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	6	5	1	198	160	+38	10	Quarterfinals
2	HC Zvezda	6	3	3	135	135	0	6^[a]	Quarterfinals
3	Paris 92	6	3	3	93	101	−8	6^[a]
4	Váci NKSE	6	1	5	150	180	−30	2

Source: EHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b HC Zvezda 10–10 Paris 92, HC Zvezda advanced on superior goal difference.

9 January 2021 13:30	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	34–25	HC Zvezda	IBF Arena, Ikast Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Hannes, Hannes (GER)
	Kristensen 12	(15–13)	Murzalieva 6
	1× 4×	Report	5×

10 January 2021 14:00	Váci NKSE	33–34	Paris 92	Vác Sports Hall, Vác Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Helembai 10	(15–16)	Offendal 11
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

16 January 2021 14:00	HC Zvezda	29–33	Váci NKSE	Olimpiysky Sport Palace, Chekhov Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Kaludjerović, Vujačić (MNE)
	three players 5	(12–17)	Diószegi 9
	3× 5× 1×	Report	1× 8×

16 January 2021 18:00	Paris 92	26–23	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Palais des Sports Robert-Charpentier, Paris Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Offendal 7	(14–12)	Bakkerud 5
	1× 2×	Report	3×

23 January 2021 16:00	Váci NKSE	26–38	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Vác Sports Hall, Vác Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Ciulei, Stoia (ROU)
	Lakatos 8	(13–21)	Friis 7
	1× 2×	Report	3× 3×

6 February 2021 13:00	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	39–29	Váci NKSE	IBF Arena, Ikast Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Jaskins, Zabko (LAT)
	Fauske 12	(19–13)	Szabó 9
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

14 February 2021 12:00	HC Zvezda	31–39	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Olimpiysky Sport Palace, Chekhov Attendance: 200 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Nikitina, Nikolaeva 7	(13–18)	Skogrand 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

20 February 2021 18:00	Váci NKSE	29–30	HC Zvezda	Vác Sports Hall, Vác Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
	three players 5	(15–17)	Nikitina 9
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

21 February 2021 14:00	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	25–23	Paris 92	IBF Arena, Ikast Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
	Møller 5	(13–12)	Offendal 9
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×

Cancelled^{[note 2]}	Paris 92	0–10^{[note 3]}	HC Zvezda

Cancelled^{[note 4]}	HC Zvezda	10–0^{[note 3]}	Paris 92

Cancelled^{[note 5]}	Paris 92	10–0^{[note 3]}	Váci NKSE

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nantes Atlantique	6	4	0	2	120	115	+5	8	Quarterfinals
2	HC Lada	6	3	0	3	117	115	+2	6	Quarterfinals
3	MKS Perla Lublin	6	2	1	3	130	125	+5	5^[a]
4	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	6	2	1	3	130	142	−12	5^[a]

Source: EHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b MKS Perla Lublin 55–46 Kastamonu Bld. GSK

9 January 2021 16:00	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	20–20	MKS Perła Lublin	Kastamonu Atatürk Sport Hall, Kastamonu Attendance: 55 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
	Kurtović, Zulić 5	(10–9)	Gęga 6
	1× 2×	Report	3× 8×

9 January 2021 16:00	HC Lada	32–29	Nantes Atlantique	Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti Attendance: 500 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Shamanouskaya 7	(14–14)	de Paula 9
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

16 January 2021 16:00	Nantes Atlantique	35–26	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	Complexe sportif Mangin-Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Rosendo, Rodriguez (ESP)
	Grigel 7	(18–10)	Kurtović 9
	2×	Report	3×

17 January 2021 16:00	MKS Perła Lublin	28–23	HC Lada	Globus Hall, Lublin Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Zaliene, Kijauskaite (LTU)
	Nosek 5	(16–10)	Nikitina 7
	7×	Report	1× 5×

23 January 2021 16:00	MKS Perła Lublin	26–31	Nantes Atlantique	Globus Hall, Lublin Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
	Gęga 8	(12–15)	de Paula 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

24 January 2021 14:00	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	29–25	HC Lada	Kastamonu Atatürk Sport Hall, Kastamonu Attendance: 100 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Kurtović 10	(13–14)	Kirdiasheva 9
	2×	Report	1× 6×

7 February 2021 13:30	HC Lada	27–29	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti Attendance: 496 Referees: Kaludjerović, Vujačić (MNE)
	Nikitina 7	(13–14)	Kurtović 7
	1× 7×	Report	1× 1×

7 February 2021 16:00	Nantes Atlantique	25–21	MKS Perła Lublin	Complexe sportif Mangin-Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Garaets, Garaets (NED)
	Grigel 7	(11–12)	Nocuń 6
	3×	Report	1× 2×

15 February 2021 18:00	MKS Perła Lublin	35–26	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	Globus Hall, Lublin Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Loshak, Shajbakov (UKR)
	Gęga 7	(18–9)	Kurtović 7
	2× 6×	Report	2× 3×

21 February 2021 14:00	HC Lada	30–24	MKS Perła Lublin	Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti Attendance: 485 Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
	Kirdiasheva 8	(17−13)	Nosek 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 3×

21 February 2021 16:00	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	26–29	Nantes Atlantique	Kastamonu Atatürk Sport Hall, Kastamonu Attendance: 200 Referees: Nastase, Stancu (ROU)
	Kurtović 8	(15–12)	de Paula 10
	2× 2×	Report	3×

Cancelled^{[note 6]}	Nantes Atlantique	0–10^{[note 3]}	HC Lada

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CS Minaur Baia Mare	6	5	1	150	116	+34	10	Quarterfinals
2	Astrakhanochka	6	4	2	137	112	+25	8	Quarterfinals
3	Storhamar Håndball Elite	6	2	4	157	182	−25	4
4	Thüringer HC	6	1	5	93	127	−34	2

Source: EHF

9 January 2021 14:00	CS Minaur Baia Mare	33–29	Storhamar Håndball Elite	Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Loshak, Shajbakov (UKR)
	Kovačević 9	(14–13)	Nestaker 9
	1× 3×	Report	2×

10 January 2021 14:00	Thüringer HC	22–29	Astrakhanochka	Salza Halle Bad Langensalza, Bad Langensalza Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Jeřábková 6	(10–12)	Sabirova 5
	1×	Report	1× 1×

16 January 2021 14:00	Storhamar Håndball Elite	33–28	Astrakhanochka	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
	Nestaker 8	(18–14)	three players 6
	3×	Report	1×

24 January 2021 14:00	Astrakhanochka	33–27	CS Minaur Baia Mare	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Malashenko 8	(14–8)	Lavko 7
	1× 6×	Report	3× 2×

6 February 2021 14:00	CS Minaur Baia Mare	30–27	Astrakhanochka	Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL)
	Kovačević, Lavko 8	(13–15)	Levchenko 7
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

6 February 2021 14:00	Storhamar Håndball Elite	32–30	Thüringer HC	Salza Halle Bad Langensalza, Bad Langensalza Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Jakobsen 9	(14–14)	three players 7
	2×	Report	3× 3×

7 February 2021 12:00	Thüringer HC	41–36	Storhamar Håndball Elite	Salza Halle Bad Langensalza, Bad Langensalza Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Ekenman-Fernis, Rühl 12	(18–15)	Hovden, Jakobsen 8
	1× 2× 1×	Report	2× 4×

10 February 2021 16:00	Storhamar Håndball Elite	27–40	CS Minaur Baia Mare	Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare^{[note 7]} Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
	Hovden 7	(11–19)	Kovačević 8
	2× 5×	Report	1× 4×

Cancelled^{[note 8]}	Astrakhanochka	10–0^{[note 3]}	Thüringer HC

Cancelled^{[note 9]}	Astrakhanochka	10–0^{[note 3]}	Storhamar Håndball Elite

Cancelled^{[note 10]}	Thüringer HC	0–10^{[note 3]}	CS Minaur Baia Mare

Cancelled^{[note 11]}	CS Minaur Baia Mare	10–0^{[note 3]}	Thüringer HC

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Siófok KC	6	5	1	0	181	154	+27	11	Quarterfinals
2	HC Dunărea Brăila	6	3	1	2	170	167	+3	7	Quarterfinals
3	Kuban	6	2	2	2	130	120	+10	6
4	Fleury Loiret	6	0	0	6	104	144	−40	0

Source: EHF

9 January 2021 18:00	Siófok KC	28–28	Kuban	Kiss Szilárd Aréna, Siófok Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Horacek, Kobetić 9	(15–18)	Savinova 7
	2× 1×	Report	1× 2× 1×

10 January 2021 14:00	HC Dunărea Brăila	29–27	Fleury Loiret	Sala Polivalentă Danubius, Brăila Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Yovchev, Yonchev (BUL)
	Dmitrović, Kanaval 6	(15–13)	Ondono 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

17 January 2021 12:00	Kuban	25–25	HC Dunărea Brăila	Olymp Sports Palace, Krasnodar Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Serdiuc, Sirbu (MLD)
	Golub 9	(13–15)	Dmitrović, Kanaval 7
	2× 5×	Report	1× 3×

17 January 2021 18:00	Fleury Loiret	24–35	Siófok KC	Palais des Sports d'Orleans, Orléans Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Lacrabère 14	(10–20)	Böhme 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

23 January 2021 14:00	HC Dunărea Brăila	25–27	Siófok KC	Sala Polivalentă Danubius, Brăila Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Kanaval 8	(14–11)	Horacek 6
	2×	Report	3×

7 February 2021 14:00	Siófok KC	31–24	HC Dunărea Brăila	Kiss Szilárd Aréna, Siófok Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
	Ježić 8	(17–14)	Kanaval 6
	1× 4×	Report	3× 2×

12 February 2021 17:30	Kuban	25–31	Siófok KC	Olymp Sports Palace, Krasnodar Attendance: 700 Referees: Şimşek, Hatipoğlu (TUR)
	Listopad 5	(10–14)	Horacek 8
	1× 4×	Report	2× 5×

14 February 2021 14:00	Fleury Loiret	25–31	HC Dunărea Brăila	Palais des Sports d'Orleans, Orléans Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Schols, Martens (NED)
	Ondono 6	(12–17)	Udriștioiu 7
	3×	Report	1× 3×

20 February 2021 14:00	HC Dunărea Brăila	36–32	Kuban	Sala Polivalentă Danubius, Brăila Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Czeczi 8	(17–13)	Golub 8
	1× 2×	Report	1×

20 February 2021 16:00	Siófok KC	29–28	Fleury Loiret	Kiss Szilárd Aréna, Siófok Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Tóth 9	(13–13)	Bouktit 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 5× 1×

Cancelled^{[note 12]}	Fleury Loiret	0–10^{[note 3]}	Kuban

Cancelled^{[note 13]}	Kuban	10–0^{[note 3]}	Fleury Loiret

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ The match, originally scheduled for 24 January 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the government in France and later got cancelled.^[4]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j The matches could not be played and were assessed by the EHF.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 7 February 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the French government and later got cancelled.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 14 February 2021, could not be played.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 14 February 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the government in France and later got cancelled.^[4]
^ The home match is being played on away ground due to COVID-19 regulations in Norway
^ The match, originally scheduled for 13 February 2021, first was postponed then later got cancelled.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 20 February 2021, was not played.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 20 February 2021, was not played.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 21 February 2021, was not played.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 23 January 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the government in France, then later got cancelled.^[4]
^ The match, originally scheduled for 6 February 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the French government, then later got cancelled.^[4]

References

^ "2020–2021 Women's EHF European League Group phase". EHF. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ "Group phase features three Russian-French duels". Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ "Pots for the group phase draw announced". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Match schedule updates EHF European League women - 4 March". ehfel.eurohandball.com. EHF. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

[table_hth_ZVE0.83287536857318-4] HC Zvezda 10–10 Paris 92, HC Zvezda advanced on superior goal difference.

[table_hth_LUB0.71065536081356-11] MKS Perla Lublin 55–46 Kastamonu Bld. GSK

[Behind_closed_doors-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[7] The match, originally scheduled for 24 January 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the government in France and later got cancelled.^[4]

[Update-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j The matches could not be played and were assessed by the EHF.^[4]

[9] The match, originally scheduled for 7 February 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the French government and later got cancelled.^[4]

[10] The match, originally scheduled for 14 February 2021, could not be played.^[4]

[12] The match, originally scheduled for 14 February 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the government in France and later got cancelled.^[4]

[13] The home match is being played on away ground due to COVID-19 regulations in Norway

[14] The match, originally scheduled for 13 February 2021, first was postponed then later got cancelled.^[4]

[15] The match, originally scheduled for 20 February 2021, was not played.^[4]

[16] The match, originally scheduled for 20 February 2021, was not played.^[4]

[17] The match, originally scheduled for 21 February 2021, was not played.^[4]

[18] The match, originally scheduled for 23 January 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the government in France, then later got cancelled.^[4]

[19] The match, originally scheduled for 6 February 2021, first was postponed after restrictions of the French government, then later got cancelled.^[4]

[1] "2020–2021 Women's EHF European League Group phase". EHF. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[2] "Group phase features three Russian-French duels". Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[3] "Pots for the group phase draw announced". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[Update-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Match schedule updates EHF European League women - 4 March". ehfel.eurohandball.com. EHF. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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