2007/2008 Men’s EHF Handball Champions League draw

Live internet broadcast

The draw for the main round of the EHF Men’s Champions League is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 27th November 2007 at Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf, Vienna, Austria (100 m from the EHF Headquarters) and will be a lunch-event from 11:00 – 13:00.  The EHF European Cup competitions (round 4) will also be drawn during this event. The event will be streamed live at http://live.sport1.at/ticker/ehf/index.html and a live TV signal will be available.

EHF CL - Technical Details

The teams ranked 1 and 2 after the group matches will qualify for the main round. The 3rd ranked team will go through to the Cup Winners’ Cup Round 4, which will also be drawn on 27th November. The teams ranked first from each (Group Matches) group will be drawn to position no. 1 and no. 2. The teams, which are second in the Group Match phase of the EHF Champions League will be drawn to position no. 3 and no. 4 and will not be protected from being drawn against a team from their country. A consequence of this is that teams from the same country could be drawn to the same group for the Main Round phase of the competition. In general, teams will not meet a team from the same group in the Group Matches phase.

EHF CL Main Round Data

The Main Round will be played with four groups of four teams, a total of 16 teams, with home and away matches. The playing dates are as follows:

Day 1:            06 – 10 Feb. 2008
Day 2:            13 – 17 Feb. 2008
Day 3:            20 – 24 Feb. 2008
Day 4:            27 Feb – 2 March 2008
Day 5:            05 – 09 March 2008
Day 6:            12 – 16 March 2008

EHF CL - further stages

The teams ranked first in each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The pairings will be drawn on 18th March 2008. Both matches will take place on 02 – 06 April 2008 (1st leg) and 09 – 13 April (2nd leg). The finals will take place on 03/04 May 2008 (1st leg) and 10/11 May 2008 (2nd leg).