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2024–25 EHF Champions League

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League.

The 2024–25 EHF Champions League is the 65th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 11 September 2024 to 15 June 2025.

EHF Champions League
2024–25
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates11 September 2024–15 June 2025
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played80
Goals scored4775 (59.69 per match)
Attendance377,501 (4,719 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mario Šoštarič
(72 goals)
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Format

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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

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Ten of the sixteen teams competing in the group stage will be determined through the EHF association ranking for the 2024–25 season, based on the results of the three previous seasons. The remaining six places will be awarded as wildcards.

  • Associations ranked 1–9 have their league champion qualify for the Group Stage and can apply their league runner-up for a wildcard.
  • The best-ranked association in the EHF European League can have its league champion and runner-up qualify for the Group Stage, but cannot apply for a wildcard.
  • Associations ranked outside the top nine can only have their league champion apply for a wildcard.

Teams

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The first nine teams were revealed on 7 June 2024.[2] The teams who applied for a wildcard were announced on 13 June 2024.[3] On 21 June, the final list was announced.[4]

  Aalborg Håndbold (1st)   Paris Saint-Germain (1st)   Barcelona (1st)   SC Magdeburg (1st)
  Füchse Berlin (2nd)   Telekom Veszprém (1st)   Kolstad Håndball (1st)   Orlen Wisła Płock (1st)
  Sporting CP (1st)   RK Zagreb (1st)WC   HBC Nantes (2nd)WC   SC Pick Szeged (2nd)WC
  RK Eurofarm Pelister (1st)WC   Industria Kielce (2nd)WC   CS Dinamo București (1st)WC   Fredericia HK (2nd)WC

Rejected upgrades

  CD Bidasoa Irun (2nd)   Elverum Håndball (2nd)   FC Porto (2nd)
  Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st)   HT Tatran Prešov (1st)

Draw

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The draw was held on 27 June 2024.[3][5]

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2024–25 EHF Champions League group stage.
  Red: Group A;   Blue: Group B.
Main article: 2024–25 EHF Champions League group stage

The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:

  1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
  3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved;
  4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
  6. Drawing of Lots


A total of 11 national associations will be represented in the group stage, with the only difference being that Romania replace Slovenia. Fredericia HK return for the first time in 40 years. Sporting CP come back after five years.

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VES PAR SPO BER BUC PEL PLO FRE
1   Telekom Veszprém (T) 10 9 0 1 333 284 +49 18 Quarterfinals — 41–28 20 Feb 6 Mar 36–24 33–26 30–26 34–32
2   Paris Saint-Germain (T) 10 7 0 3 328 330 −2 14 27 Feb — 30–28 34–37 35–32 31–29 13 Feb 38–30
3   Sporting CP (T) 10 6 1 3 331 284 +47 13 Playoffs 39–30 39–28 — 35–33 34–25 13 Feb 34–29 26 Feb
4   Füchse Berlin 10 6 0 4 334 318 +16 12 31–32 38–40 33–32 — 38–29 27 Feb 25–24 13 Feb
5   CS Dinamo București 10 5 0 5 313 322 −9 10 13 Feb 33–40 33–29 38–31 — 34–25 26 Feb 37–28
6   RK Eurofarm Pelister 10 2 2 6 242 278 −36 6 23–30 6 Mar 24–24 22–30 20 Feb — 21–18 29–29
7   Orlen Wisła Płock 10 2 0 8 251 256 −5 4 24–27 23–24 6 Mar 20 Feb 26–28 26–18 — 30–21
8   Fredericia HK 10 1 1 8 273 333 −60 3 31–40 19 Feb 19–37 32–38 6 Mar 23–25 28–25 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated


Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR NAN AAL SZE KIE MAG KOL ZAG
1   Barça (T) 10 8 1 1 324 289 +35 17 Quarterfinals — 36–30 35–27 31–30 20 Feb 32–26 5 Mar 38–30
2   HBC Nantes 10 6 1 3 309 292 +17 13 31–31 — 5 Mar 19 Feb 23–20 29–28 44–27 32–29
3   Aalborg Håndbold 10 6 1 3 305 295 +10 13 Playoffs 12 Feb 38–31 — 29–28 34–26 33–33 30–28 26 Feb
4   OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 10 6 0 4 313 303 +10 12 27 Feb 33–32 30–32 — 28–27 31–29 27–29 12 Feb
5   Industria Kielce 10 4 0 6 281 298 −17 8 28–32 26 Feb 28–35 31–35 — 12 Feb 31–30 30–23
6   SC Magdeburg 10 3 1 6 285 278 +7 7 28–23 28–32 19 Feb 5 Mar 26–27 — 33–25 36–24
7   Kolstad Håndball 10 3 0 7 288 318 −30 6 30–35 12 Feb 25–24 33–36 32–33 27 Feb — 29–25
8   RK Zagreb 10 2 0 8 265 297 −32 4 29–31 22–25 31–23 30–35 5 Mar 22–18 19 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Knockout stage

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Playoffs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
B6 M1 A3 26–27 Mar 2–3 Apr
A6 M2 B3 26–27 Mar 2–3 Apr
B5 M3 A4 26–27 Mar 2–3 Apr
A5 M4 B4 26–27 Mar 2–3 Apr

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
M4 – A1 23–24 Apr 30 Apr – 1 May
M3 – B1 23–24 Apr 30 Apr – 1 May
M2 – A2 23–24 Apr 30 Apr – 1 May
M1 – B2 23–24 Apr 30 Apr – 1 May

Final four

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The final four will held at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany on 14 and 15 June 2025.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 June
 
 
 
 
15 June
 
 
 
 
 
14 June
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
15 June
 
 
 
 
 
 

Top goalscorers

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As of 28 November 2024[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Mathias Gidsel   Füchse Berlin 60
  Mario Šoštarič   OTP Bank - Pick Szeged
  Kamil Syprzak   Paris Saint-Germain
4   Martim Costa   Sporting CP 55
5   Lasse Andersson   Füchse Berlin 54
  Filip Kuzmanovski   RK Eurofarm Pelister
7   Nedim Remili   Telekom Veszprém 52
8   Aymeric Minne   HBC Nantes 48
9   Francisco Costa   Sporting CP 47
10   Luka Lovre Klarica   RK Zagreb 45

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "EHF Club Competitions 2024/25" (PDF). eurohandball.com. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Diese Mannschaften spielen in der Saison 2024/25 in der EHF Champions League". handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "21 teams registered for Machineseeker EHF Champions League 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Line-up confirmed for EHF Champions League 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Thrilling groups set for Machineseeker EHF Champions League". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Top Scorers". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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