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2024–25 EHF Champions League

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EHF Champions League
2024–25
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates11 September 202415 June 2025
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored3334 (59.54 per match)
Attendance265,756 (4,746 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kamil Syprzak
(53 goals)
2025–26 →

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.

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]

Denmark Aalborg Håndbold (1st) France Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Spain Barcelona (1st) Germany SC Magdeburg (1st)
Germany Füchse Berlin (2nd) Hungary Telekom Veszprém (1st) Norway Kolstad Håndball (1st) Poland Orlen Wisła Płock (1st)
Portugal Sporting CP (1st) Croatia RK Zagreb (1st)WC France HBC Nantes (2nd)WC Hungary SC Pick Szeged (2nd)WC
North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister (1st)WC Poland Industria Kielce (2nd)WC Romania CS Dinamo București (1st)WC Denmark Fredericia HK (2nd)WC

Rejected upgrades

Spain CD Bidasoa Irun (2nd) Norway Elverum Håndball (2nd) Portugal FC Porto (2nd)
Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st) Slovakia 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.

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 BUC SPO BER PEL PLO FRE
1 Hungary Telekom Veszprém 7 6 0 1 230 201 +29 12 Quarterfinals 41–28 36–24 20 Feb 6 Mar 28 Nov 21 Nov 34–32
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 7 6 0 1 226 221 +5 12 27 Feb 35–32 30–28 28 Nov 31–29 13 Feb 38–30
3 Romania CS Dinamo București 7 5 0 2 226 210 +16 10 Playoffs 13 Feb 5 Dec 33–29 38–31 34–25 26 Feb 37–28
4 Portugal Sporting CP 7 4 1 2 226 198 +28 9 39–30 20 Nov 28 Nov 35–33 13 Feb 34–29 26 Feb
5 Germany Füchse Berlin 7 3 0 4 226 223 +3 6 31–32 38–40 21 Nov 5 Dec 27 Feb 25–24 13 Feb
6 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister 7 1 1 5 166 198 −32 3 23–30 6 Mar 20 Feb 24–24 22–30 4 Dec 20 Nov
7 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 7 1 0 6 177 184 −7 2 24–27 23–24 26–28 6 Mar 20 Feb 26–18 28 Nov
8 Denmark Fredericia HK 7 1 0 6 192 234 −42 2 4 Dec 19 Feb 6 Mar 19–37 32–38 23–25 28–25
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers


Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR NAN SZE AAL KIE KOL MAG ZAG
1 Spain Barça 7 6 1 0 227 201 +26 13 Quarterfinals 21 Nov 31–30 35–27 20 Feb 5 Mar 32–26 5 Dec
2 France HBC Nantes 7 4 1 2 225 206 +19 9 31–31 19 Feb 5 Mar 23–20 44–27 4 Dec 32–29
3 Hungary OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 7 4 0 3 212 207 +5 8 Playoffs 27 Feb 33–32 5 Dec 28–27 27–29 31–29 12 Feb
4 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold 7 3 1 3 209 211 −2 7 12 Feb 38–31 29–28 27 Nov 20 Nov 33–33 26 Feb
5 Poland Industria Kielce 7 3 0 4 193 199 −6 6 28–32 26 Feb 21 Nov 28–35 4 Dec 12 Feb 30–23
6 Norway Kolstad Håndball 7 3 0 4 197 221 −24 6 30–35 12 Feb 27 Nov 25–24 32–33 27 Feb 29–25
7 Germany SC Magdeburg 7 2 1 4 211 204 +7 5 27 Nov 28–32 5 Mar 19 Feb 26–27 33–25 36–24
8 Croatia RK Zagreb 7 1 0 6 191 216 −25 2 29–31 27 Nov 30–35 31–23 5 Mar 19 Feb 20 Nov
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 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 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 31 October 2024[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Poland Kamil Syprzak France Paris Saint-Germain 53
2 Croatia Mario Šoštarič Hungary OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 47
3 Denmark Mathias Gidsel Germany Füchse Berlin 46
4 France Nedim Remili Hungary Telekom Veszprém 45
5 North Macedonia Filip Kuzmanovski North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister 43
France Elohim Prandi France Paris Saint-Germain
7 Portugal Martim Costa Portugal Sporting CP 38
8 France Aymeric Minne France HBC Nantes 37
9 Denmark Lasse Andersson Germany Füchse Berlin 35
Croatia Luka Lovre Klarica Croatia RK Zagreb
10 Iceland Ómar Ingi Magnússon Germany SC Magdeburg 31

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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