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2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League

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

The 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League is the 32nd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 7 September 2024 to June 2025.

Women's EHF Champions League
2024–25
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates7 September 2024–June 2025
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored3670 (57.34 per match)
Attendance160,806 (2,513 per match)
Top scorer(s)Henny Reistad
(76 goals)

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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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 best-ranked association in the Women's EHF European League can have its league champion and runner-up qualified for the Group Stage and can apply for one wildcard.
  • Associations below the top 9 had their league champion apply for a wildcard.

Teams

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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

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

Group stage

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

The 16 teams were drawn into 2 groups of eight. In regards to Denmark and Romania, who have three clubs in the Group Stage, a maximum of two clubs from those countries could be drawn into the same group.[3][7]

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 was 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


This season, nine national associations were present. Poland and Sweden both miss out while Croatia return after a one season absence. CS Gloria Bistrița make their debut in the Champions League.

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET FER KRI BUC KOP STO BIS NYK
1   Metz Handball 8 7 1 0 244 218 +26 15 Quarterfinals — 24–19 34–30 12 Jan 35–31 22 Feb 28–26 8 Feb
2   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 8 7 0 1 229 199 +30 14 18 Jan — 28–27 31–28 33–24 8 Feb 32–28 31–22
3   RK Krim Mercator 8 4 0 4 229 228 +1 8 Playoffs 25–34 11 Jan — 29–31 22 Feb 25–23 8 Feb 35–25
4   CSM București 8 4 0 4 230 232 −2 8 31–32 26–28 18 Jan — 9 Feb 32–28 22 Feb 27–26
5   HC Podravka Vegeta 8 3 1 4 212 220 −8 7 25 Jan 15 Feb 23–24 28–29 — 25–24 18 Jan 27–27
6   Storhamar HE 8 2 1 5 206 214 −8 5 29–29 21–27 26 Jan 16 Feb 23–25 — 25–23 19 Jan
7   CS Gloria Bistrița 8 2 0 6 223 236 −13 4 15 Feb 25 Jan 30–35 30–26 25–29 11 Jan — 37–29
8   Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 8 1 1 6 216 242 −26 3 27–28 22 Feb 15 Feb 26 Jan 11 Jan 28–33 32–24 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO ESB ODE BRE VIP LUD BUC BUD
1   Győri Audi ETO KC 8 6 1 1 231 211 +20 13 Quarterfinals — 28–26 28–35 18 Jan 27–22 16 Feb 31–20 25 Jan
2   Team Esbjerg 8 6 0 2 255 225 +30 12 23 Feb — 39–30 9 Feb 30–29 12 Jan 39–32 26–19
3   Odense Håndbold 8 6 0 2 254 237 +17 12 Playoffs 12 Jan 16 Feb — 36–33 25 Jan 28–22 32–24 31–29
4   Brest Bretagne Handball 8 5 0 3 268 247 +21 10 34–35 33–32 36–38 — 30–27 25 Jan 11 Jan 15 Feb
5   Vipers Kristiansand 8 3 1 4 225 220 +5 7 9 Feb 18 Jan 26–24 23 Feb — 30–23 30–30 32–23
6   HB Ludwigsburg 8 3 0 5 234 241 −7 6 26–31 31–36 23 Feb 26–33 33–29 — 9 Feb 19 Jan
7   CS Rapid București 8 1 1 6 223 258 −35 3 25–28 26 Jan 19 Jan 31–34 16 Feb 29–37 — 32–27
8   WHC Budućnost BEMAX 8 0 1 7 191 242 −51 1 23–23 23–27 8 Feb 22–35 11 Jan 25–36 23 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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 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

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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

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 May
 
 
 
 
1 June
 
 
 
 
 
31 May
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
1 June
 
 
 
 
 
 

Top goalscorers

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As of 17 November 2024[8]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Henny Reistad   Team Esbjerg 76
2   Elizabeth Omoregie   CSM București 59
3   Chloé Valentini   Metz Handball 52
4   Sarah Bouktit   Metz Handball 51
5   Clarisse Mairot   Brest Bretagne Handball 48
6   Ana Gros   RK Krim Mercator 47
  Anđela Janjušević   Rapid București
8   Dione Housheer   Győri Audi ETO KC 46
9   Daria Dmitrieva   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 43
10   Jelena Vukčević   WHC Budućnost BEMAX 42

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/place-distribution-for-next-season-s-ehf-club-competitions-released/
  2. ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/media/3zlfocdq/placedistribution_final_24_25_women.pdf
  3. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Draw promises exciting group phase in women's top flight". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Top Scorers". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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