2023–24 EHF European League qualification round

The 2023–24 EHF European League qualification round decided the last five qualifiers for the newly revamped European League group stage.

Format

Ten teams were split into five play offs. The play offs were held in a home and away format. Whoever has the highest score on aggregate won the tie and secured a place in the group stage.

Teams

Fraikin BM Granollers

Location of teams of the 2023–24 EHF European League Qualification Round.
Orange: Play Off 1; Green: Play Off 2;

Deep Pink: Play Off 3; Yellow: Play Off 4; Blue: Play Off 5.

Teams
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Vardar 1961
ABC Braga
Águas Santas Milaneza
CSM Constanța
RK Trimo Trebnje
Fraikin BM Granollers
Ystads IF
Pfadi Winterthur

Draw

The draw took place on the 18 July 2023 in Vienna, Austria at 11:00 CET.^[1]^[2]^[3] The bold text means which teams advanced.

Seeded	Unseeded
Rhein-Neckar Löwen ABC Braga Fraikin BM Granollers Pfadi Winterthur Ystads IF	Vardar 1961 RK Trimo Trebnje CSM Constanța TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Águas Santas Milaneza

Scores

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ystads IF	49–63	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	28–33	21–30
RK Trimo Trebnje	57–58	ABC Braga	31–29	26–29
Águas Santas Milaneza	43–44	Pfadi Winterthur	24–22	19–22
Vardar 1961	58–71	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	25–34	33–37
CSM Constanța	52–51	Fraikin BM Granollers	27–29	25–22 PS

Matches

All times are local.

26 August 2023 16:00	Ystads IF	28–33	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Ystad Arena, Ystad Attendance: 1,022 Referees: Mitrovic, Vesovic (MNE)
	Palmar 7	(12–15)	Uščins 9
	1×	Report	1×

2 September 2023 18:30	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	30–21	Ystads IF	ZAG-Arena, Hannover Attendance: 2,969 Referees: Petursson, Thrastarson (ISL)
	Edvardsson, Vujović 5	(11–10)	Palmar, Stankiewicz 5
	2×	Report	1× 4×

TSV Hannover-Burgdorf won 63–49 on aggregate.

26 August 2023 18:00	RK Trimo Trebnje	31–29	ABC Braga	Dvorana OS Trebnje, Trebnje Attendance: 600 Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Bulzamini 7	(14–14)	Silva 8
	4×	Report	1× 4×

2 September 2023 17:30	ABC Braga	29–26	RK Trimo Trebnje	Pavilhão Flávio Sá Leite, Braga Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Abrahão 8	(14–13)	Jurečič 7
	7×	Report	1× 5×

ABC Braga won 58–57 on aggregate.

26 August 2023 19:00	Águas Santas Milaneza	24–22	Pfadi Winterthur	Associacao Atlética, Maia Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Teixeira, Pegas 5	(12–15)	Leopold 7
	1× 3×	Report	3×

3 September 2023 17:00	Pfadi Winterthur	22–19	Águas Santas Milaneza	AXA Arena, Winterthur Attendance: 613 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MOL)
	Dragaševic, Leopold 7	(16–11)	Cruz 5
	4×	Report	1× 4×

Pfadi Winterthur won 44–43 on aggregate.

26 August 2023 19:00	Vardar 1961	25–34	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Kull, Tint (EST)
	Srdanović, Lazarevski 5	(14–14)	Knorr 8
	3×	Report	3×

3 September 2023 16:00	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	37–33	Vardar 1961	SNP Dome, Heidelberg Attendance: 3,018 Referees: Cernavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	three players 7	(17–17)	Lazarevski 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

Rhein-Neckar Löwen won 71–58 on aggregate.

27 August 2023 17:00	CSM Constanța	27–29	Fraikin BM Granollers	Sala Sporturilor, Constanța Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Komogorov 6	(14–16)	Franco Miró 6
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

2 September 2023 12:10	Fraikin BM Granollers	22–25	CSM Constanța	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
	Franco Miró 6	(10–14)	Ravnić 8
	4×	Report	1× 5× 1×
	FT: 18–20 Pen: 4–5

CSM Constanța won 52–51 on aggregate.

References

[1] "Revamped EHF European League Men starts with 37 teams".

[2] "European League Men draw throws up exciting qualification ties".

[3] "Trimo proti Bragi, Krko žreb popeljal na sever".

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