FC Barcelona Intersport (ESP) - European Handball Federation
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Summary - VELUX EHF Champions League 2011/12 Group Phase<br />
Since September 2011, 120 games of the Group Phase have been played – and now 16 of 24 teams of<br />
the VELUX EHF Champions League have made their way to the knock-out stage – the Last 16.<br />
All four groups in the Group Phase were close and full of tension – proving again that the VELUX EHF<br />
Champions League is the leading club handball competition in the world.<br />
On Tuesday 28 February EHF President Tor Lian and EHF Secretary General Michael Wiederer drew the<br />
matches for the Last 16 at the VELUX Group headquarters in Horsholm, Denmark. The first leg of the<br />
Last 16 will be played 14-18 March 2012, whilst the second leg matches will take place from 21-25<br />
March 2012.<br />
The Last 16 is then followed by the Quarter-Finals in April and the spectacular finish with the VELUX<br />
EHF FINAL4 in Cologne (26-27 May), which will be attended by 40,000 spectators in the LANXESS<br />
arena.<br />
24 teams from 15 <strong>European</strong> nations started the VELUX EHF Champions League 2011/12 Group Phase at<br />
the end of September 2011 with some surprises and sensations after 10 rounds and 120 matches.<br />
Participants of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2009/10, Russian Champions Chekhovskie Medvedi, were<br />
eliminated in the so-called ‘Group of Death’ (Group B), French league runners-up Chambery Savoie<br />
were eliminated from Group A, whilst one of the top contenders for the VELUX EHF Champions League<br />
2011/12 title, MAHB Montpellier, finished only fourth in Group D.<br />
In contrast to these shocks, two of the four teams from the Qualifying Tournaments made their way to<br />
the Last 16; Wild Card Tournament winners Vive Targi Kielce (Poland) and Qualifying Tournament Group<br />
2 winners IK Sävehof (Sweden). Also, two debutants are among those to reach the Last 16 with AG<br />
Kobenhavn (Denmark) and Füchse Berlin (Germany) battling it out for honours.<br />
German side HSV Hamburg were the first team to qualify for the Last 16 and were also the first to win<br />
their group. In the end the German champions were the only unbeaten team in the VELUX EHF<br />
Champions League Group Phase, finishing with 19 out of a 20 possible points.
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