2009–10 EHF Champions League


The 2009–10 EHF Champions League was the 50th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the seventeenth edition under the current EHF Champions League format. It was also the first edition under the new qualifying format. Ciudad Real were the defending champions. The final was played on 30 May 2010, at the Lanxess Arena, home ground of VfL Gummersbach and Kölner Haie, in Cologne, Germany.

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place at the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna on 24 June 2009. 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.
Key to colors in group tables
Top two places advance to the first knockout round
Third place enters the EHF Cup's Winner Cup at the round of 32
Fourth place is eliminated from continental competitions

Qualification stage

Groups

Group 1
HC Vardar Skopje
HC Dinamo Minsk
Besiktas JK
RK Budućnost Podgorica

Group 2
STR Saporischschja
A.C. PAOK
SPE Strovolos

Group 3
Fyllingen Handball
A1 Bregenz
RK Partizan Si&Si

Group 4
Tatran Prešov
Vive Targi Kielce
FC Porto Vitalis

Group 5
CB Ademar León
TBV Lemgo
Celje
Kadetten Schaffhausen

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group stage

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

1/8 Final

The Last 16 fixtures of the 2009/10 EHF Men’s Champions League were drawn in the EHF Headquarters on 9 March 2010.
The four group winners were drawn against the teams ranked fourth in the Group Phase. The second ranked teams will meet teams ranked third.
Team 1Team 21st leg2nd legTotal
Ademar León Chekhovskiye Medvedi28 March 2010, 19:3001.04.2010, 19:0061 : 66
Ademar León Chekhovskiye Medvedi36 : 37 25 : 29 61 : 66
Vive Targi Kielce HSV Hamburg27 March 2010, 19:3003.04.2010, 15:3054 : 57
Vive Targi Kielce HSV Hamburg24 : 30 30 : 27 54 : 57
HC Croatia Zagreb FC Barcelona27 March 2010, 18:0003.04.2010, 16:1559 : 69
HC Croatia Zagreb FC Barcelona26 : 33 33 : 36 59 : 69
HCM Constanța KC Veszprém28 March 2010, 16:1503.04.2010, 17:1549 : 54
HCM Constanța KC Veszprém23 : 27 26 : 27 49 : 54
KIF Kolding Montpellier HB27 March 2010, 14:0003.04.2010, 17:3049 : 54
KIF Kolding Montpellier HB26 : 26 23 : 28 49 : 54
Gorenje Ciudad Real28 March 2010, 18:3003.04.2010, 18:0054 : 66
Gorenje Ciudad Real23 : 31 31 : 35 54 : 66
BM Valladolid Rhein-Neckar Löwen27 March 2010, 17:004 April 2010, 17:1562 : 67
BM Valladolid Rhein-Neckar Löwen29 : 30 33 : 37 62 : 67
FCK Handbold THW Kiel28 March 2010, 15:504 April 2010, 19:0054 : 62
FCK Handbold THW Kiel31 : 33 23 : 29 54 : 62

1/4 Final

The Quarterfinals of the EHF Men's Champions League were drawn in the EHF Headquarters on 6 April 2010.
Team 1Team 21st leg2nd legTotal
HSV Hamburg BM Ciudad Real25 April 2010, 17:1502.05.2010, 19:0053 : 57
HSV Hamburg BM Ciudad Real26 : 22 27 : 35 53 : 57
Rhein-Neckar Löwen THW Kiel25 April 2010, 19:0002.05.2010, 17:1558 : 60
Rhein-Neckar Löwen THW Kiel28 : 29 30 : 31 58 : 60
Chekhovskiye Medvedi Montpellier HB28 April 2010, 17:0001.05.2010, 19:0064 : 63
Chekhovskiye Medvedi Montpellier HB32 : 27 32 : 36 64 : 63
FC Barcelona KC Veszprém25 April 2010, 16:4501.05.2010, 16:2067 : 60
FC Barcelona KC Veszprém33 : 27 34 : 33 67 : 60

Semifinals

DateTeam 1Team 2Total
29 May 2010, 15:30 Chekhovskiye Medvedi FC Barcelona27 : 34
29 May 2010, 18:00 BM Ciudad Real THW Kiel27 : 29

3/4 Match

DateTeam 1Team 2Total
30 May 2010, 15:30 Chekhovskiye Medvedi BM Ciudad Real28 : 36

Final

DateTeam 1Team 2Total
30 May 2010, 18:00 FC Barcelona THW Kiel34 : 36

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