2023–24 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2023–24 EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 27 March with the playoffs and ended on 9 June 2024 with the final at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, to decide the winners of the 2023–24 EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 3rd–6th in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.

Qualified teams

The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Qualified for quarterfinals		Qualified for playoffs
	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	THW Kiel	Aalborg Håndbold	Paris Saint-Germain	Industria Kielce	RK Zagreb	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged
B	SC Magdeburg	Barça	Telekom Veszprém	Montpellier Handball	GOG Håndbold	Orlen Wisła Płock

Playoffs

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Orlen Wisła Płock	59–64	Paris Saint-Germain	26–30	33–34
OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	62–76	Telekom Veszprém	30–37	32–39
GOG Håndbold	53–66	Industria Kielce	25–33	28–33
RK Zagreb	51–57	Montpellier Handball	27–27	24–30

Matches

28 March 2024 20:45	Orlen Wisła Płock	26–30	Paris Saint-Germain	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 5,012 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Krajewski, Zarabec 4	(12–13)	Prandi, Syprzak 8
	2× 1×	Report	2×

4 April 2024 20:45	Paris Saint-Germain	34–33	Orlen Wisła Płock	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 3,011 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Prandi 9	(18–15)	Krajewski 8
	1× 6×	Report	1× 5×

Paris Saint-Germain won 64–59 on aggregate.

---

28 March 2024 18:45	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	30–37	Telekom Veszprém	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 7,749 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Frimmel 6	(17–20)	Descat, Vailupau 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

4 April 2024 18:45	Telekom Veszprém	39–32	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,057 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Vailupau 8	(19–15)	Martins 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Telekom Veszprém won 76–62 on aggregate.

---

27 March 2024 18:45	GOG Håndbold	25–33	Industria Kielce	Arena Fyn, Odense Attendance: 3,128 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Madsen, Zachariassen 4	(10–18)	A. Dujshebaev 9
	1×	Report	1× 5×

3 April 2024 18:45	Industria Kielce	33–28	GOG Håndbold	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	A. Dujshebaev 7	(16–12)	Mensing 6
	3×	Report	4×

Industria Kielce won 66–53 on aggregate.

---

27 March 2024 20:45	RK Zagreb	27–27	Montpellier Handball	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 15,200 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Srna 6	(11–13)	Simonet, Skube 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 8× 1×

3 April 2024 20:45	Montpellier Handball	30–24	RK Zagreb	FDI Stadium, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Skube 6	(14–14)	Čupić, Faljić 4
	2×	Report	1× 2×

Montpellier Handball won 57–51 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montpellier Handball	60–61	THW Kiel	39–30	21–31
Industria Kielce	49–49 3–4 (p)	SC Magdeburg	27–26	22–23
Telekom Veszprém	60–64	Aalborg Håndbold	32–31	28–33
Paris Saint-Germain	53–62	Barça	22–30	31–32

Matches

24 April 2024 20:45	Montpellier Handball	39–30	THW Kiel	FDI Stadium, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Lenne, Pellas 7	(20–16)	Johansson 8
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 5×

2 May 2024 18:45	THW Kiel	31–21	Montpellier Handball	Wunderino Arena, Kiel Attendance: 8,513 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Johansson 8	(17–12)	Pellas 6
	1× 4× 1×	Report	7×

THW Kiel won 61–60 on aggregate.

---

24 April 2024 18:45	Industria Kielce	27–26	SC Magdeburg	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	A. Dujshebaev 8	(14–13)	Claar 8
	2× 1×	Report	1×

1 May 2024 20:45	SC Magdeburg	27–25	Industria Kielce	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 6,600 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Magnússon 8	(11–13)	A. Dujshebaev, D. Dujshebaev 4
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×
	FT: 23–22 Pen: 4–3

SC Magdeburg won 53–52 on aggregate.

---

25 April 2024 18:45	Telekom Veszprém	32–31	Aalborg Håndbold	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,250 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Remili 6	(12–17)	four players 4
	4×	Report	2×

1 May 2024 18:45	Aalborg Håndbold	33–28	Telekom Veszprém	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
	Hoxer Hangaard 9	(18–14)	Vailupau 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 5×

Aalborg Håndbold won 64–60 on aggregate.

---

25 April 2024 20:45	Paris Saint-Germain	22–30	Barça	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 3,339 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Syprzak 7	(14–11)	Mem 7
	4×	Report	2×

2 May 2024 20:45	Barça	32–31	Paris Saint-Germain	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Mem 7	(17–12)	Prandi 10
	3×	Report	6× 2×

Barça won 62–53 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 8 and 9 June 2024. The draw was held on 7 May 2024.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 June
	SC Magdeburg	26
					9 June
	Aalborg Håndbold	28
					Aalborg Håndbold	30
	8 June
					Barça	31
	Barça	30
	THW Kiel	18
					Third place
					9 June
					SC Magdeburg	28
					THW Kiel	32

Semifinals

8 June 2024 15:00	SC Magdeburg	26–28	Aalborg Håndbold	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Magnússon 10	(11–11)	Hoxer Hangaard 8
	1× 1×	Report	2×

---

8 June 2024 18:00	Barça	30–18	THW Kiel	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Richardson 5	(15–9)	Duvnjak 4
	2×	Report	2×

Third place game

9 June 2024 15:00	SC Magdeburg	28–32	THW Kiel	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Mertens 7	(14–23)	Johansson 7
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 8×

Final

9 June 2024 18:00	Aalborg Håndbold	30–31	Barça	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Hansen 8	(15–15)	Richardson 8
	2× 3×	Report	3×

External links

• Official website