2018–19 EHF Champions League knockout stage

This article describes the knockout stage of the 2018–19 EHF Champions League.

Qualified teams

The top six placed teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Group	Qualified for quarterfinals	Qualified for Round of 16
	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	Barcelona Lassa	Telekom Veszprém	RK Vardar	PGE Vive Kielce	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Meshkov Brest
B	Paris Saint-Germain	Pick Szeged	Flensburg-Handewitt	HBC Nantes	Motor Zaporozhye	PPD Zagreb
Playoff winners	Sporting CP Wisła Płock

Format

12 teams played home and away in the first knock-out phase, with the 10 teams qualified from groups A and B and the two teams qualified from groups C and D. After that, the six winners of these matches in the first knock-out phase joined with the winners of groups A and B to play home and away for the right to play in the final four.

Round of 16

Overview

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	57–65	Telekom Veszprém	28–30	29–35
Wisła Płock	36–45	Pick Szeged	20–22	16–23
PPD Zagreb	48–59	RK Vardar	18–27	30–32
Meshkov Brest	48–60	Flensburg-Handewitt	28–30	20–30
Motor Zaporozhye	62–67	PGE Vive Kielce	33–33	29–34
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	61–62	HBC Nantes	34–32	27–30

Matches

24 March 2019 18:00	Sporting CP	28–30	Telekom Veszprém	Pavilhão João Rocha, Lisbon Attendance: 2,903 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Ghionea 7	(15–14)	Nenadić 9
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

30 March 2019 17:30	Telekom Veszprém	35–29	Sporting CP	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Štrlek 7	(17–14)	three players 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Telekom Veszprém won 65–57 on aggregate.

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24 March 2019 16:00	Wisła Płock	20–22	Pick Szeged	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Daszek, Toledo 5	(10–10)	Cañellas 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 1×

31 March 2019 17:00	Pick Szeged	23–16	Wisła Płock	Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
	Bánhidi 6	(13–8)	Gębala 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Pick Szeged won 45–36 on aggregate.

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23 March 2019 20:30	PPD Zagreb	18–27	RK Vardar	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 7,836 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Mandić 5	(6–14)	Karačić, Krištopāns 5
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1×

30 March 2019 19:30	RK Vardar	32–30	PPD Zagreb	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Čupić 9	(19–13)	Horvat 11
	1× 1×	Report	3× 7×

RK Vardar won 59–48 on aggregate.

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23 March 2019 18:00	Meshkov Brest	28–30	Flensburg-Handewitt	Sportshall Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Đorđić 6	(14–14)	Schmidt 8
	1× 2×	Report	2× 7×

31 March 2019 19:00	Flensburg-Handewitt	30–20	Meshkov Brest	Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 4,709 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Wanne 7	(14–8)	Ðukić 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

Flensburg-Handewitt won 60–48 on aggregate.

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23 March 2019 17:30	Motor Zaporozhye	33–33	PGE Vive Kielce	Yunost Sport Hall, Zaporozhye Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Kozakevych 9	(16–16)	Cindrić, Dujshebaev 8
	3×	Report	3× 2×

30 March 2019 16:00	PGE Vive Kielce	33–29	Motor Zaporozhye	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 3,900 Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Dujshebaev, Kulesh 6	(17–12)	Kozakevych 7
	3× 2×	Report	1× 4×

PGE Vive Kielce won 67–62 on aggregate.

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20 March 2019 19:00	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	34–32	HBC Nantes	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 5,417 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Kohlbacher 11	(18–16)	Gurbindo, Nyokas 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 1×

30 March 2019 19:00	HBC Nantes	30–27	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,902 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
	Lagarde, Rivera Folch 8	(14–14)	three players 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

HBC Nantes won 62–61 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HBC Nantes	51–61	Barcelona Lassa	25–32	26–29
PGE Vive Kielce	60–59	Paris Saint-Germain	34–24	26–35
Flensburg-Handewitt	47–57	Telekom Veszprém	22–28	25–29
RK Vardar	56–52	Pick Szeged	31–23	25–29

Matches

24 April 2019 20:45	HBC Nantes	25–32	Barcelona Lassa	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,657 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Rivera 8	(12–16)	Fabregas 9
	1× 3×	Report	3× 4×

4 May 2019 19:30	Barcelona Lassa	29–26	HBC Nantes	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 5,278 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Andersson 5	(17–14)	Tournat 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

Barcelona Lassa won 61–51 on aggregate.

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27 April 2019 18:00	PGE Vive Kielce	34–24	Paris Saint-Germain	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Karalek, Kulesh 6	(16–11)	Gensheimer 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

5 May 2019 17:00	Paris Saint-Germain	35–26	PGE Vive Kielce	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Remili 13	(18–11)	Cindrić 6
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 8×

PGE Vive Kielce won 60–59 on aggregate.

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24 April 2019 19:00	Flensburg-Handewitt	22–28	Telekom Veszprém	Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 5,118 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Glandorf, Jøndal 5	(15–15)	Nilsson 6
	1× 3×	Report	3× 4×

4 May 2019 17:30	Telekom Veszprém	29–25	Flensburg-Handewitt	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,321 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Gajić 6	(17–13)	Wanne 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 1×

Telekom Veszprém won 57–47 on aggregate.

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25 April 2019 20:00	RK Vardar	31–23	Pick Szeged	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Karačić, Krištopāns 8	(14–12)	Bánhidi 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

5 May 2019 19:00	Pick Szeged	29–25	RK Vardar	Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Bánhidi 7	(17–9)	Karačić 8
	4× 8× 2×	Report	2× 5× 1×

RK Vardar won 56–52 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 1 and 2 June 2019. The draw took place on 7 May 2019.[1][2]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	1 June
	Telekom Veszprém	33
					2 June
	PGE Vive Kielce	30
					Telekom Veszprém	24
	1 June
					RK Vardar	27
	Barcelona Lassa	27
	RK Vardar	29
					Third place
					2 June
					PGE Vive Kielce	35
					Barcelona Lassa	40

Semifinals

1 June 2019 15:15	Telekom Veszprém	33–30	PGE Vive Kielce	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Nenadić 12	(13–13)	Dujshebaev 6
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2× 2×

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1 June 2019 18:00	Barcelona Lassa	27–29	RK Vardar	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
	Gómez 9	(16–9)	Krištopāns 10
	4× 5× 1×	Report	2× 3×

Third place game

2 June 2019 15:15	Barcelona Lassa	40–35	PGE Vive Kielce	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Mem 8	(20–16)	Moryto 10
	9× 1×	Report	4× 8×

Final

2 June 2019 18:00	RK Vardar	27–24	Telekom Veszprém	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Ferreira 6	(16–11)	Mahé 6
	4× 2×	Report	1× 5×

References

1. "Cologne welcomes VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw for the 10th time". ehfcl.com. 6 May 2019.
2. "Record winners against 2017 champions". ehfcl.com. 7 May 2019.