CL Final Draw

The draw for the European Cup and EHF Champions League Final is scheduled to take place on 5 May 2009 at 11:00hrs in the EHF Headquarters, Vienna. However, it is possible that a draw will not be needed to determine the home and away rights for the 2008/09 Men’s EHF Champions League Final.

Home and away rights

The 2008/09 Men’s Champions League Regulation includes a particular point dealing with the matter (chapter II, point 2.9):

2.9 Home right in the final
A team that had the home right in the second game of its last appearance in a Champions League final will automatically have the home right at the first leg at its next appearance in a Champions League final by considering the order of the years.

For the Champions League finals of the 2008/09 season, the seasons 2007/08 (BM Ciudad Real vs THW Kiel), 2006/07 (SG Flensburg vs THW Kiel) and 2005/06 (Portland San Antonio vs Ciudad Real) are taken into consideration in this respect in this particular order.

The home right shall be drawn by lot in all cases, in which the home right is not defined after having put into practice this regulation point.

Possible finals in practice:

• HSV Hamburg vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen - draw
  
  
• THW Kiel vs HSV Hamburg - no draw
  Kiel has the home right at the first leg (May 23/24) and HSV has the home right at the second leg (May 30/31)
  
  
• THW Kiel vs BM Ciudad Real - no draw
  Kiel has the home right at the first leg (May 23/24) and Ciudad Real has the home right at the second leg (May 30/31)
  
  
• BM Ciudad Real and Rhein-Neckar Löwen - no draw
  Ciudad Real has the home right at the first leg (May 23/24) and RN Löwen has the home right at the second leg (May 30/31)