2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 18 March with the playoffs and ended on 4 June 2023 with the final at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

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In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 2nd–6th in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary.[1]

Qualified teams

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The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Qualified for quarterfinals Qualified for playoffs
First place Second place Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place
A   Vipers Kristiansand   CSM București   Odense Håndbold   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria   RK Krim Mercator   Brest Bretagne Handball
B   Metz Handball   Győri Audi ETO KC   Team Esbjerg   CS Rapid București   WHC Budućnost BEMAX   Storhamar Håndball Elite

All times are UTC+2 (matches on 18, 19 and 25 March are UTC+1).

Playoffs

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Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Storhamar Håndball Elite   52–60   Odense Håndbold 22–30 30–30
Brest Bretagne Handball   49–55   Team Esbjerg 25–28 24–27
WHC Budućnost BEMAX   46–55   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 24–28 22–27
RK Krim Mercator   53–54   CS Rapid București 29–24 24–30

Matches

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18 March 2023
18:00
Storhamar Håndball Elite   22–30   Odense Håndbold Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1,045
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Venn 6 (13–16) Abbingh, Housheer 5
 2×  Report   6× 
25 March 2023
18:00
Odense Håndbold   30–30   Storhamar Håndball Elite Sydbank Arena Odense, Odense
Attendance: 2,117
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Iversen, Van Wetering 6 (13–16) Obaidli 10
  Report   4× 

Odense Håndbold won 60–52 on aggregate.


19 March 2023
16:00
Brest Bretagne Handball   25–28   Team Esbjerg Brest Arena, Brest
Attendance: 3,562
Referees: Palačković, Backović (SLO)
Fauske 7 (15–15) Reistad 8
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26 March 2023
14:00
Team Esbjerg   27–24   Brest Bretagne Handball Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 2,563
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Reistad 6 (14–12) Carlson 5
 1×  Report  2× 

Team Esbjerg won 55–49 on aggregate.


18 March 2023
16:00
WHC Budućnost BEMAX   24–28   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Raičević 9 (13–15) Malestein 7
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25 March 2023
16:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria   27–22   WHC Budućnost BEMAX Érd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
Malestein, Stolle 5 (14–13) Pavićević 7
 1×  Report   1× 

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 55–46 on aggregate.


19 March 2023
14:00
RK Krim Mercator   29–24   CS Rapid București Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Hannes, Hannes (GER)
Radičević, Stanko 8 (12–13) Kanor 5
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26 March 2023
16:00
CS Rapid București   30–24   RK Krim Mercator Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Polman 8 (12–8) Rosiak 7
  2×  Report   5×  1× 

CS Rapid București won 54–53 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

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Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Rapid București   56–71   Vipers Kristiansand 25–31 31–40
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria   59–58   Metz Handball 26–32 33–26
Team Esbjerg   65–59   CSM București 32–28 33–31
Odense Håndbold   55–66   Győri Audi ETO KC 27–29 28–37

Matches

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30 April 2023
14:00
CS Rapid București   25–31   Vipers Kristiansand Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Grozav 5 (12–18) Vyakhireva 7
  1×  Report  3× 
6 May 2023
16:00
Vipers Kristiansand   40–31   CS Rapid București Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Næs Andersen 7 (18–18) Grozav 7
 4×  Report   5× 

Vipers Kristiansand won 71–56 on aggregate.


29 April 2023
16:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria   26–32   Metz Handball Érd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
Bölk, Malestein 7 (13–15) Horacek 7
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7 May 2023
14:00
Metz Handball   26–33   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Arènes de Metz, Metz
Attendance: 4,670
Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
Bouktit 8 (17–17) Malestein 8
 4×  Report   5×  1× 

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 59–58 on aggregate.


30 April 2023
16:00
Team Esbjerg   32–28   CSM București Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 2,960
Referees: Barysas, Petrusis (LTU)
Mørk 8 (17–13) Arntzen 10
 2×  Report   4× 
7 May 2023
16:00
CSM București   31–33   Team Esbjerg Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Omoregie 8 (18–16) Breistøl, Mørk 7
 4×  2×  Report   3× 

Team Esbjerg won 65–59 on aggregate.


29 April 2023
18:00
Odense Håndbold   27–29   Győri Audi ETO KC Sydbank Arena Odense, Odense
Attendance: 2,234
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Abbingh, Van Wetering 6 (17–12) Gros 9
 4×  Report  4× 
6 May 2023
18:00
Győri Audi ETO KC   37–28   Odense Håndbold Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 5,254[2]
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Gros 10 (21–14) Van Wetering 6
  2×  Report  4× 

Győri Audi ETO KC won 66–55 on aggregate.

Final four

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The final four will be held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 3 and 4 June 2023.[3] The draw took place on 9 May 2023.[4][5]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 June
 
 
  Győri Audi ETO KC35
 
4 June
 
  Vipers Kristiansand37
 
  Vipers Kristiansand28
 
3 June
 
  FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria24
 
  FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria30
 
 
  Team Esbjerg29
 
Third place
 
 
4 June
 
 
  Győri Audi ETO KC28
 
 
  Team Esbjerg27

Semifinals

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3 June 2023
15:15
Győri Audi ETO KC   35–37   Vipers Kristiansand MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 18,734
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Oftedal 11 (18–23) Roberts 8
  7×  Report  3× 

3 June 2023
18:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria   30–29   Team Esbjerg MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 20,022
Referees: Palačković, Backović (SLO)
Malestein 7 (13–17) Mørk, Reistad 7
  6×  Report  5× 

Third place game

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4 June 2023
15:15
Győri Audi ETO KC   28–27   Team Esbjerg MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 18,387
Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Gros 6 (16–9) Ingstad 6
 3×  Report   2× 

Final

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4 June 2023
18:00
Vipers Kristiansand   28–24   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 20,022
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Næs Andersen, Vyakhireva 6 (14–13) Bölk, Lekić 5
  4×  Report   2×  1× 

References

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  1. ^ "Regulations" (PDF). eurohandball.com. eurohandball.com. p. 16. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Női kézilabda BL - Legyőzte a dán Odense HB csapatát az Audi ETO - Fotók". Kisalfold (in Hungarian). 6 May 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Playing times for Budapest and Cologne confirmed". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Excitement builds for Tuesday's EHF FINAL4 Women 2023 draw". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Semi-final pairings set by the EHF FINAL4 Women draw". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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