2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League
2024–25
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	September 2024–June 2025
Teams	16
Website	ehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	434 (54.25 per match)
Attendance	20,314 (2,539 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Henny Reistad; (15 goals)
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The 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League is the 32nd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from September 2024 to June 2025.

Format

The tournament will run using the same format as the previous three seasons. The competition begins with a group stage featuring sixteen teams divided into two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures, fourteen in total for each team. In Groups A and B, the top two teams automatically qualify for the quarter-finals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoff round.

The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarter-finals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches (third-placed in group A plays sixth-placed group B; fourth-placed group A plays fifth-placed group B, etc.). The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.

In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.

Rankings

The rankings are based on the performances from the three most recent seasons.^[1]

Associations 1–9 had their league champion qualify for the Group Stage and apply up to two wildcards.
The Association that won the past season's Women's EHF European League had their league champion and runner up qualified for the Group Stage and applied for one wildcard.
Associations below the top 9 had their league champion apply for a wildcard.

Rank^[2]	Association	Average points	Teams
1	Norway	240.00	2
2	Hungary	182.00
3	France	155.33
4	Russia	133.00	0
5	Denmark	128.33	3
6	Romania	113.00	3
7	Slovenia	85.00	1
8	Montenegro	71.67
9	Germany	61.33

Rank	Association	Average points	Teams
10	Croatia	53.50	1
11	Sweden	49.00	0
12	Turkey	48.00
13	Czech Republic	46.00
14	Everyone else	0.00

Teams

19 teams applied for a place, with nine having a fixed place.^[3] The final list was announced on 21 June 2024.^[4]

The fixed place for Russia was vacant since the country and its clubs were not admitted to participate in the EHF competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[5]

Participating teams
Team Esbjerg (1st)	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (2nd)	Metz Handball (1st)	HB Ludwigsburg (1st)
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (1st)	WHC Budućnost BEMAX (1st)	Vipers Kristiansand (1st)	CSM București (1st)
RK Krim Mercator (1st)	HC Podravka Vegeta (1st) ^WC	Odense Håndbold (3rd) ^WC	Brest Bretagne Handball (2nd) ^WC
Győri Audi ETO KC (2nd) ^WC	Storhamar HE (2nd) ^WC	CS Rapid București (2nd) ^WC	CS Gloria Bistrița (3rd) ^WC

^WC Accepted wildcards

Rejected upgrades
Borussia Dortmund (4th)	DVSC Schaeffler (4th)	Sola HK (3rd)

Draw

The draw was held on 27 June 2024.^[3]^[6]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FER	BIS	KRI	MET	STO	KOP	BUC	NYK
1	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	1	1	0	0	31	22	+9	2	Quarterfinals	—	5 Oct	19 Oct	18–19 Jan	8–9 Feb	14 Sep	17 Nov	31–22
2	CS Gloria Bistrița	1	1	0	0	30	26	+4	2	Quarterfinals	25–26 Jan	—	21 Sep	15–16 Feb	11–12 Jan	12 Oct	30–26	9 Nov
3	RK Krim Mercator	1	1	0	0	24	23	+1	2	Playoffs	11–12 Jan	8–9 Feb	—	10 Nov	5 Oct	22–23 Feb	12 Oct	14 Sep
4	Metz Handball	1	0	1	0	29	29	0	1		12 Oct	14 Sep	16 Nov	—	22–23 Feb	5 Oct	11–12 Jan	8–9 Feb
5	Storhamar HE	1	0	1	0	29	29	0	1		22 Sep	20 Oct	25–26 Jan	29–29	—	9 Nov	15–16 Feb	18–19 Jan
6	HC Podravka Vegeta	1	0	0	1	23	24	−1	0		15–16 Feb	18–19 Jan	23–24	25–26 Jan	16 Nov	—	21 Sep	19 Oct
7	CSM București	1	0	0	1	26	30	−4	0		10 Nov	22–23 Feb	18–19 Jan	20 Oct	15 Sep	8–9 Feb	—	6 Oct
8	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	1	0	0	1	22	31	−9	0		22–23 Feb	16 Nov	15–16 Feb	22 Sep	12 Oct	11–12 Jan	25–26 Jan	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ODE	BUC	BRE	GYO	ESB	VIP	BUD	LUD
1	Odense Håndbold	1	1	0	28	22	+6	2	Quarterfinals	—	13 Oct	10 Nov	11–12 Jan	15–16 Feb	25–26 Jan	21 Sep	28–22
2	CS Rapid București	1	1	0	32	27	+5	2	Quarterfinals	18–19 Jan	—	19 Oct	17 Nov	25–26 Jan	15–16 Feb	32–27	22 Sep
3	Brest Bretagne Handball	1	1	0	30	27	+3	2	Playoffs	17 Nov	11–12 Jan	—	13 Oct	21 Sep	30–27	15–16 Feb	25–26 Jan
4	Győri Audi ETO KC	1	1	0	28	26	+2	2		19 Oct	9 Nov	18–19 Jan	—	28–26	21 Sep	25–26 Jan	15–16 Feb
5	Team Esbjerg	1	0	1	26	28	−2	0		15 Sep	6 Oct	8–9 Feb	22–23 Feb	—	13 Oct	17 Nov	11–12 Jan
6	Vipers Kristiansand	1	0	1	27	30	−3	0		5 Oct	14 Sep	22–23 Feb	8–9 Feb	18–19 Jan	—	19 Oct	10 Nov
7	WHC Budućnost BEMAX	1	0	1	27	32	−5	0		8–9 Feb	22–23 Feb	15 Sep	6 Oct	9 Nov	11–12 Jan	—	13 Oct
8	HB Ludwigsburg	1	0	1	22	28	−6	0		22–23 Feb	8–9 Feb	6 Oct	15 Sep	20 Oct	16 Nov	18–19 Jan	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Playoffs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
B6	M1	A3	22–23 Mar	29–30 Mar
A6	M2	B3	22–23 Mar	29–30 Mar
B5	M3	A4	22–23 Mar	29–30 Mar
A5	M4	B4	22–23 Mar	29–30 Mar

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
M4	–	A1	19–20 Apr	26–27 Apr
M3	–	B1	19–20 Apr	26–27 Apr
M2	–	A2	19–20 Apr	26–27 Apr
M1	–	B2	19–20 Apr	26–27 Apr

Final four

The final four will held at the MVM Dome, Budapest, Hungary on 31 May and 1 June 2025.

	Semi-finals				Final

	31 May


					1 June


	31 May




					Third place

					1 June

Top goalscorers

As of 8 September 2024^[7]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henny Reistad	Team Esbjerg	15
2	Dione Housheer	Győri Audi ETO KC	11
3	Elizabeth Omoregie	CSM București	9
4	Anđela Janjušević	CS Rapid București	8
5	Lois Abbingh	Vipers Kristiansand	7
	Anniken Obaidli	Storhamar HE
	Ivona Pavićević	WHC Budućnost BEMAX
8	11 players		6

References

^ https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/place-distribution-for-next-season-s-ehf-club-competitions-released/
^ https://www.eurohandball.com/media/3zlfocdq/placedistribution_final_24_25_women.pdf
^ ^a ^b "19 teams registered for EHF Champions League Women 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "Line-up confirmed for EHF Champions League 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "EHF Court of Handball rejects Russia appeal against ban". insidethegames.biz. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ "Draw promises exciting group phase in women's top flight". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ "Top Scorers". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] ttps://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/place-distribution-for-next-season-s-ehf-club-competitions-released/

[2] ttps://www.eurohandball.com/media/3zlfocdq/placedistribution_final_24_25_women.pdf

[App-3] "19 teams registered for EHF Champions League Women 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

[4] "Line-up confirmed for EHF Champions League 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[5] "EHF Court of Handball rejects Russia appeal against ban". insidethegames.biz. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[6] "Draw promises exciting group phase in women's top flight". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[7] "Top Scorers". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

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