3 former EHF Champions League top scorers are still part of the competition: Alex Dujshebaev (Kielce/2018/19), Mikkel Hansen (Paris/2011/12 and 2015/16) and Nikola Karabatic (PSG/2006/07 – 89 for Kiel). Filip Jicha (2008/09 and 2009/10) is Kiel’s coach, Momir Ilic (2013/14, 2014/15) is Veszprém’s coach.
3 teams of the EHF FINAL4 2021 in Cologne are still part of the competition: Barça, Aalborg and PSG. Nantes play in the Last 16 of the EHF European League.
3 coaches of the 12 teams still in competition have won the EHF Champions League as coaches: Talant Dujshebaev (Kielce - with Ciudad Real and Kielce), Patrice Canayer (Montpellier – with Montpellier) and Raul Gonzalez (PSG - with Vardar).
4 of 107 group matches decided on court ended with a gap of ten and more goals - the groups were as equal as never before.
4 coaches of the twelve teams still part of the competition - have won the EHF Champions League as players: Momir Ilic (coach at Veszprem) and Filip Jicha (coach of THW Kiel) won the trophy together in 2010 and 2012 with Kiel, Börge Lund (Elverum) won the trophy with Kiel in 2007 and Davis Davis (new coach of Vardar) won the trophy as a player of Ciudad Real (2006, 2008, 2009)
4 former or current IHF World Handball Players of the Year are part of the 12 squads still in competition: Nikola Karabatic (PSG/2007, 2014, 2016), Mikkel Hansen (PSG/2011, 2015, 2018), Domagoj Duvnjak (Kiel/2013) and Niklas Landin (Kiel/2019). Besides, two coaches had previously been IHF Players of the Year: Talant Dujshebaev (Kielce) and Filip Jicha (Kiel).
4 players are still in the race for their individual fourth EHF Champions League title: Aitor Arino, Gonzalo Perez de Vargas (both Barça), Aron Palmarsson (Aalborg) and Nikola Karabatic (PSG).
6 former or current champions with a total of 18 trophies are still part of the competition: Barça (9), Kiel (3), Montpellier (2), Vardar (2), Flensburg and Kielce (1 each).
6 countries are represented by the previous 26 EHF Champions League champions: Spain (15 titles), Germany (7), France (2) North Macedonia (2), Poland and Slovenia (1 each).
7 victories in their last 7 group matches was a new record for Aalborg.
7 times we saw 70 or more goals in the 107 group matches played.
8 losses in a row did not prevent Elverum from qualifying for the play-offs
9 times (1995-2000, 2011, 2015, 2021) Barça have won the EHF Champions League. In addition, they won the Champions Cup (forerunner competition of the Champions League) once. Kiel (2007, 2010, 2012, 2020) have won four trophies, Vardar (2017, 2019) and Montpellier (2003, 2018) two.
9 different Spanish coaches steered their teams to an overall of 18 EHF Champions League trophies so far: Valero Rivera (5), Dujshebaev (4), Xavi Pascual (3), Javier Cuesta, Julian Ruiz, Francisco Equisoain, Francesc Espar, Raul Gonzalez and Roberto Parrondo (each 1). Dujshebaev, Parrondo and Gonzalez (Vardar 2017) were the only ones to win the trophy with Non-Spanish teams.
9 different nations are represented by the 12 teams still in the competition: Denmark, Spain, France, Germany, Hungary, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland and Portugal.
9 of the 12 teams still in competition have already been part of the EHF FINAL4 in Cologne: Barça, Aalborg, Paris, Flensburg, Kiel, Montpellier, Vezsprém, Kielce and Vardar.
11 of 12 winners of the EHF FINAL4 are still part of the competition - only Hamburg (2013) are missing.
12 of the 107 group matches, decided on court, ended in a draw.
13 goals in the 2021 final Barcelona vs Aalborg (36:23) was the biggest winning margin in all 24 matches at the EHF FINAL4 in Cologne to date.
15 times Spanish teams have won the EHF Champions League - Barcelona (9), Ciudad Real (3), Santander, Irun and Portland (each 1).
15 goals was the biggest winning margin in a group match, when Veszprém beat Dinamo Bucuresti 47:32.
19 goals, scored by Zagreb in the 19:20 defeat against Vardar, were the fewest scored by a single team in a group match.
20 victories in 20 matches was Barça’s perfect season in 2020/21 - this season, Barca have already lost three times and tied twice.
20 times, Aron Palmarsson was on court at the EHF FINAL4 in Cologne for Kiel, Veszprém and Barça to be record holder in terms of matches - and he can hope to make it with his fourth club, Aalborg, now.
22 points by Aalborg was the highest number in the group phase, ahead of Kiel (21) and 20 (Kielce and Barça).
30 away victories were among the 107 group matches decided on court.
39 goals were the lowest score in a group match when Vardar beat Zagreb 20:19, the second-lowest number (45) was funnily enough in the reverse fixture, when Zagreb beat Vardar 23:22 - so the fans saw only 84 goals in those duels.
53 times in 107 matches decided on court, 60 or more goals were scored.
+56 was the final goal difference of PSG to be ahead of Barça (51) and Aalborg (43).
65 times in 107 group matches, the home teams were victorious, 36 times in group B, 29 times in group A.
68 goals were scored by Kiril Lazarov in his 14 EHF FINAL4 matches as the all-time top scorer of the event in Cologne.
79 goals were twice the high score of the group phase, in both cases, Veszprém were involved and victorious: in the 47:32 against Bucharest and in the 40:39 in Paris.
81 goals were scored by Felix Claar (Aalborg) to top the list. The Swedish EHF EURO 2022 champion is ahead of Dika Mem (Barça) and Raul Campos Nantes (Bucharest), both on 78.
141 goals were scored in the two duels between PSG and Bucharest - 41:30 (71) and 31:39 (70)
263 victories in 346 EHF Champions League matches (besides 22 draws and 61 defeats) were taken by Barça so far to top the all-time competition table.
453 goals, scored by Aalborg top the attacking ranking, only one goal ahead of Paris (452) and four ahead of Veszprém (449).
6,408 goals were scored in those 107 group matches decided on court, an average of 59.88, 3,185 in group A, 3,223 in group B.
