2014–15 EHF Champions League


The 2014–15 VELUX EHF Champions League was the 55th edition of Europe's premier club handball competition and the 22nd edition under the current EHF Champions League format. SG Flensburg-Handewitt were the defending champions.
FC Barcelona Handbol defeated MKB Veszprém KC 28–23 in the final to win their eighth EHF Champions League title. The record winners of the European top flight also claimed one trophy of the Champions Cup in 1991.

Overview

Team allocation

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses. 21 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.

Round and draw dates

Draws were held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria and the only exception was the VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw in the Botanic Garden of Cologne, Germany.

Qualification stage

Twelve teams took part in the qualification tournaments. They were drawn into three groups of four teams, where they played a semifinal and a final or third place match. The winners of the qualification tournaments, played on 6–7 September 2014, qualified for the group stage, while the eliminated teams were transferred to the 2014–15 EHF Cup. The draw took place on 26 June 2014, at 14:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Motor Zaporozhye
Meshkov Brest
HCM Constanța
Vojvodina
Porto
Haslum HK
Tatran Prešov
Alpla HC Hard
Beşiktaş
Targos Bevo HC
Initia Hasselt
Junior Fasano

Qualification tournament 1

Qualification tournament 2

Qualification tournament 3

Group stage

24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams, where they played each other twice. The top four teams advanced to the knockout stage. The draw took place on 27 June 2014, at 18:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 June 2014.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3
THW Kiel
Barcelona
MKB Veszprém
Vive Targi Kielce
KIF Kolding København
Metalurg Skopje
Celje
Dunkerque
Zagreb
Chekhovskiye Medvedi
Kadetten Schaffhausen
Alingsås HK

Key to colours in group tables
Top four placed teams advanced to the [|last 16]

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

The top four placed teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. In the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, the teams will play a home-and away series to determine the four participants of the final four, which then determines the winner.

Last 16

The draw was held on 24 February 2015 at 12:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 11–15 March and the second legs on 18–22 March 2015.

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 February 2015.
A team from Pot 1 will face a team from Pot 4, a Pot 2 team will play against a team from Pot 3.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
THW Kiel
Barcelona
MKB Veszprém
Vive Targi Kielce
Paris Saint-Germain
KIF Kolding København
Vardar
Pick Szeged
Zagreb
Wisła Płock
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Dunkerque
Logroño
Flensburg-Handewitt
Montpellier
Aalborg

Matches

Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 24 March 2015 at 11:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 8–12 April and the second legs on 15–19 April 2015.

Seedings

The seedings were published on 23 March 2015.
Pot 1Pot 2
THW Kiel
Barcelona
MKB Veszprém
Vive Targi Kielce
Paris Saint-Germain
Zagreb
Pick Szeged
Vardar

Matches

Final four

The draw was held on 21 April 2015.
The final four will be held on 30–31 May 2015 at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne.

All-Star Team

The all-star team was announced by EHF on 29 May 2015.
Statistics exclude qualifying round.
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Momir Ilić Veszprém114
2 Kiril Lazarov Barcelona106
3 Mikkel Hansen Paris103
4 Karol Bielecki Kielce92
5 Timur Dibirov Vardar78
6 Zsolt Balogh Szeged76
6 Marko Vujin Kiel76
8 Nikola Karabatić Barcelona75
9 Igor Karačić Vardar74
10 Alex Dujshebaev Vardar73