2024–25 EHF Champions League

EHF Champions League

2024–25
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	September 2024–June 2025
Teams	16
Website	ehfcl.com
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The 2024–25 EHF Champions League is the 65th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from September 2024 to June 2025.

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.

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.

Rank[1] Association Average points Teams 1 Spain 217,00 1 2 Germany 170.00 2 3 Poland 156.67 4 France 140.33 5 Denmark 137.00 6 Hungary 124.33 7 Belarus[1] 69.50 0 8 Portugal 61.67 1

Rank Association Average points Teams 9 Norway 57.00 1 10 Ukraine 57.00 0 11 Romania 56.50 1 12 Slovenia 52.00 0 13 North Macedonia 50.33 1 14 Croatia 44.00 15 36 associations 0.00 1

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)

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PLO	VES	PAR	FRE	BER	SPO	BUC	PEL
1	Orlen Wisła Płock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals		—	30 Oct	26 Sep	28 Nov	19–20 Feb	5–6 Mar	18 Sep	17 Oct
2	Telekom Veszprém	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			21 Nov	—	19 Sep	17 Oct	5–6 Mar	19–20 Feb	10 Oct	28 Nov
3	Paris Saint-Germain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs		12–13 Feb	26–27 Feb	—	9 Oct	28 Nov	30 Oct	17 Oct	11 Sep
4	Fredericia HK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			23 Oct	4 Dec	19–20 Feb	—	26 Sep	19 Sep	5–6 Mar	31 Oct
5	Füchse Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			10 Oct	12 Sep	24 Oct	12–13 Feb	—	5 Dec	21 Nov	26–27 Feb
6	Sporting CP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			11 Sep	25 Sep	20 Nov	26–27 Feb	17 Oct	—	28 Nov	12–13 Feb
7	CS Dinamo București	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			26–27 Feb	12–13 Feb	5 Dec	12 Sep	31 Oct	23 Oct	—	26 Sep
8	RK Eurofarm Pelister	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			4 Dec	24 Oct	5–6 Mar	20 Nov	18 Sep	9 Oct	19–20 Feb	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AAL	MAG	BAR	KIE	SZE	NAN	ZAG	KOL
1	Aalborg Håndbold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals		—	25 Sep	12–13 Feb	27 Nov	16 Oct	11 Sep	26–27 Feb	20 Nov
2	SC Magdeburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			19–20 Feb	—	27 Nov	10 Oct	5–6 Mar	16 Oct	30 Oct	19 Sep
3	Barça	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs		10 Oct	24 Oct	—	19–20 Feb	19 Sep	21 Nov	5 Dec	5–6 Mar
4	Industria Kielce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			23 Oct	12–13 Feb	25 Sep	—	21 Nov	26–27 Feb	12 Sep	4 Dec
5	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5 Dec	12 Sep	26–27 Feb	30 Oct	—	26 Sep	12–13 Feb	24 Oct
6	HBC Nantes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5–6 Mar	4 Dec	31 Oct	18 Sep	19–20 Feb	—	23 Oct	10 Oct
7	RK Zagreb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18 Sep	20 Nov	16 Oct	5–6 Mar	9 Oct	27 Nov	—	19–20 Feb
8	Kolstad Håndball	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30 Oct	26–27 Feb	11 Sep	17 Oct	27 Nov	12–13 Feb	25 Sep	—

• 2024–25 EHF European League
• 2024–25 EHF European Cup
• 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League
• 2024–25 Women's EHF European League
• 2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup

• Official website