2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 September 2011–13 May 2012 |
| Teams | 20 (Qualification stage) 16 (Group stage) 8 (Main round) 4 (Knockout stage) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Budućnost Podgorica (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Győri Audi ETO KC
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 76 |
| Goals scored | 3,968 (52.21 per match) |
| Attendance | 182,790 (2,405 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Anita Görbicz (133 goals)
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The 2011–12 EHF Women's Champions League was the nineteenth edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, the top continental handball event for club teams in Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. Larvik HK entered the competition as title holders after beating SD Itxako in past season's final.
Budućnost Podgorica won the title for the first time by defeating Győri Audi ETO KC in the big final.
Following the decision of the Executive Committee of the European Handball Federation in April 2011, the system of the EHF Women's Champions League qualifying tournaments have changed. Starting from this season, the second qualification tournaments will be played under a final four format, with the semifinals held on a Saturday while the final on the following day. The winners of each tournaments will qualify for the group stage. The method of the first qualification round did not change. In addition, unlike in previous years, clubs that are eliminated during the qualifying phase will directly go to the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup.
A total of 32 teams participated in the 2011–12 EHF Champions League from 23 federations. Places were distributed according to the EHF league coefficient, which took into account the performances in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2009–10. Norway have been awarded an additional entry as the title holder country.
All draws will be held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
The draw for both qualifying tournaments took place on 27 June 2011 in Vienna. The rights to organize and host the group matches were also decided in this draw.
In the first stage of the qualifying process eight clubs were drawn into two groups of four. The sides played against each other once and the top two teams of each group advanced to the second qualifying phase, where they were classified automatically into the fourth pot. The four losing teams entered the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup second round.
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