2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

This article describes the knockout stage of the 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League.[1]

Main article: 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League

On 25 March, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

All matches were cancelled on 26 June 2020.[3]

Qualified teams

The top four placed teams from each of the two main round groups advanced to the knockout stage.[4]

Group First place Second place Third place Fourth place
1 Metz Handball Team Esbjerg Rostov-Don CSM București
2 Győri Audi ETO KC Brest Bretagne Handball Budućnost SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

Format

The first-placed team of each group will face the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team will play against the third-placed team from the other group. After that a draw will be held to determine the pairings for the final four.[5]

Quarterfinals

The European Handball Federation announced on 13 March 2020 that the quarter-finals matches will not be held as scheduled due to the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe.[6] The matches were rescheduled on 25 March.[2] The matches were cancelled on 24 April 2020, although they might be played before the final four.[7]

Overview
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Metz Handball Cancelled Cancelled
CSM București Győri Audi ETO KC Cancelled Cancelled
Budućnost Team Esbjerg Cancelled Cancelled
Rostov-Don Brest Bretagne Handball Cancelled Cancelled

Matches
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Cancelled Metz Handball Sala Sporturilor Traian, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Report
Metz Handball Cancelled SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Palais omnisport Les Arènes, Metz
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CSM București Cancelled Győri Audi ETO KC Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest
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Győri Audi ETO KC Cancelled CSM București Audi Aréna, Győr
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Budućnost Cancelled Team Esbjerg Bemax Arena, Podgorica
Report
Team Esbjerg Cancelled Budućnost Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
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Rostov-Don Cancelled Brest Bretagne Handball Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don
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Brest Bretagne Handball Cancelled Rostov-Don Brest Arena, Brest
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Final four

The final four was scheduled to be held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 9 and 10 May 2020 but was later rescheduled to 5 and 6 September 2020.[2] If the quarterfinals can't be played, the top-two teams of the main round groups will be playing in the final four.[7]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 September
 
 
 
 
6 September
 
 
 
 
 
5 September
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
6 September
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals
5 September 2020 TBD Cancelled TBD László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
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5 September 2020 TBD Cancelled TBD László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
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Third place game
6 September 2020 LSF1 Cancelled LSF2 László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
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Final
6 September 2020 WSF1 Cancelled WSF2 László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Report

References
  1. "DELO Women's EHF Champions League 2019/2020 is target of 24 teams". Handball-planet. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. "EHF presents feasibility study for potential re-start of European handball". eurohandball.com. 25 March 2020.
  3. "Information on the DELO WOMEN'S EHF FINAL4 2020". ehfcl.com. 26 June 2020.
  4. "EXEC confirms participants for the 2019/20 season". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. Playing system
  6. "Information on EHF competition matches in March and April". eurohandball.com. 13 March 2020.
  7. "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.
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