Amsterdam were the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous edition.[1] They failed to qualify for this year's edition. The tournament was hosted by Pinoké at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 6 to 10 April 2023 alongside the men's Final8.[2] The draw was held on 14 December 2022.[3]
A total of 8 teams from 6 of the 45 EHF member associations would participate in the 2023 EHL Women. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients were used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[5]
For the 2023 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021–22 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2021–22.[6]