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2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League

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Sport
  
Handball

Champions
  
Budućnost

Matches played
  
96

Dates
  
2014–2015

Runner-up
  
Larvik HK

2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League

Teams
  
22 (Qualification stage) 16 (Group stage) 12 (Main round) 8 (Knockout stage)

The 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League was the 22nd edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.

Contents

Budućnost won the title for the second time by defeating Larvik HK 26–22 in the big final.

Team allocation

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders). 14 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

Qualification stage

Eight teams took part in the qualification tournaments. They were drawn into two groups of four teams, where they played a semifinal and a final or third place match. The winners of the qualification tournaments, played on 20–21 September 2014, qualified for the group stage. 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.

Group stage

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, where they played each other twice. The top three teams advanced to the main round. 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.

Main round

The top three teams of each group from the group stage advanced to the main round. The 12 teams were split into two groups of six teams. The top four placed teams advanced to the knockout stage. The points gained in the group stage against teams that advance, were carried over.

Knockout stage

The top four placed teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. In 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.

Quarterfinals

The matches were played on 4–5 April and 11–12 April 2015.

Final four

The draw was held on 14 April 2015.

The final four was played in the László Papp Sports Arena, Budapest, Hungary.

Top goalscorers

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

As of 10 May 2015

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 8 May 2015.

  • Goalkeeper:  Sandra Toft (DEN)
  • Right wing:  Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (NOR)
  • Right back:  Nora Mørk (NOR)
  • Central back:  Anikó Kovacsics (HUN)
  • Left back:  Cristina Neagu (ROU)
  • Left wing:  Siraba Dembélé (FRA)
  • Pivot:  Heidi Løke (NOR)
  • Other awards

  • Most Valuable Player:  Clara Woltering (GER)
  • Best Coach:  Ambros Martín (ESP)
  • Best Young Player:  Eliza Buceschi (ROU)
  • Best Defence Player:  Dorina Korsós (HUN)
  • References

    2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League Wikipedia