12.08.2011, 10:01
VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification Tournaments

The playing schedules for the three Qualification Tournaments of the VELUX EHF Champions League have now been confirmed.

VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification Tournaments

The teams of the VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification groups will meet in three Qualification Tournaments on 3/4 September 2011. The matches of the groups will be played in a final four format – with two semi-finals on the first day and the 3/4 placement match and the final on the second day.

Only the three winners go through to the Group Phase stage of the VELUX EHF Champions League. The teams finishing fourth in the Qualification Tournaments and the Wild Card Tournament continue in the EHF Cup, where they enter in Round 2. The teams ranked second and third in the four tournaments also go to EHF Cup, but enter Round 3.

Match Schedule Group 1
(played in City Hall, Prešov, SVK)

Saturday, 3 September 2011

15:30 hrs (local time): semi-final 1
AEK Athens (GRE) vs. RK Partizan Beograd (SRB)

18:00 hrs (local time): semi-final 2
Tatran Prešov (SVK) vs. FC Porto Vitalis (POR)

Sunday, 4 September 2011

15:30 hrs (local time): 3/4 placement match
18:00 hrs (local time): final

Match Schedule Group 2
(played in Sporthalle Hollgasse, Vienna, AUT)

Saturday, 3 September 2011

17:45 hrs (local time): semi-final 1
IK Sävehof (SWE) vs. Besiktas JK (TUR)

20:15 hrs (local time): semi-final 2
Dinamo Minsk (BLR) vs. aon Fivers (AUT)

Sunday, 4 September 2011

On the second day the order of the matches – 3/4 Placement Match and Final – are dependent of the results of match day one, with the home team aon Fivers playing the second match.

14:00 hrs (local time): match 1
16:30 hrs (local time): match 2

Match Schedule Group 3
(played in Maccabi Handball House, ISR)

Saturday, 3 September 2011

18:00 hrs (local time): semi-final 1
FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) vs. Haslum HK (NOR)

20:30 hrs (local time): semi-final 2
HC Metalurg (MKD) vs. Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion (ISR)

Sunday, 4 September 2011

On the second day the order of the matches – 3/4 Placement Match and Final – are dependent of the results of match day one, with the home team Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion playing the second match.

18:00 hrs (local time): match 1
20:30 hrs (local time): match 2

Further information

More information on the VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification Tournaments can be found here.

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TEXT: EHF