2024–25 EHF Champions League

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

EHF Champions League

2024–25
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	11 September 2024–15 June 2025
Teams	16
Website	ehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	3812 (59.56 per match)
Attendance	300,285 (4,692 per match)
Top scorer(s)	three players (53 goals)

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

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

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	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	0

Teams

The first nine teams were revealed on 7 June 2024. The teams who applied for a wildcard were announced on 13 June 2024. On 21 June, the final list was announced.

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)

Draw

The draw was held on 27 June 2024.

Group stage

Zagreb

Aalborg

Fredericia

PSG

Nantes

Füchse

Magdeburg

Szeged

Veszprém

Kolstad

Sporting

Kielce

Płock

Pelister

Dinamo

Barcelona

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

Main article: 2024–25 EHF Champions League group stage

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VES	PAR	SPO	BUC	BER	PEL	FRE	PLO
1	Telekom Veszprém	8	7	0	1	260	227	+33	14	Quarterfinals		—	41–28	20 Feb	36–24	6 Mar	28 Nov	34–32	30–26
2	Paris Saint-Germain	8	6	0	2	254	260	−6	12			27 Feb	—	30–28	35–32	28 Nov	31–29	38–30	13 Feb
3	Sporting CP	8	5	1	2	265	226	+39	11	Playoffs		39–30	39–28	—	28 Nov	35–33	13 Feb	26 Feb	34–29
4	CS Dinamo București	8	5	0	3	255	248	+7	10			13 Feb	5 Dec	33–29	—	38–31	34–25	37–28	26 Feb
5	Füchse Berlin	8	4	0	4	264	252	+12	8			31–32	38–40	5 Dec	38–29	—	27 Feb	13 Feb	25–24
6	RK Eurofarm Pelister	8	1	2	5	195	227	−32	4			23–30	6 Mar	24–24	20 Feb	22–30	—	29–29	4 Dec
7	Fredericia HK	8	1	1	6	221	263	−42	3			4 Dec	19 Feb	19–37	6 Mar	32–38	23–25	—	28–25
8	Orlen Wisła Płock	8	1	0	7	203	214	−11	2			24–27	23–24	6 Mar	26–28	20 Feb	26–18	28 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	SZE	NAN	AAL	KIE	KOL	MAG	ZAG
1	Barça	8	7	1	0	263	231	+32	15	Quarterfinals		—	31–30	36–30	35–27	20 Feb	5 Mar	32–26	5 Dec
2	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	8	5	0	3	247	238	+9	10			27 Feb	—	33–32	5 Dec	28–27	27–29	31–29	12 Feb
3	HBC Nantes	8	4	1	3	255	242	+13	9	Playoffs		31–31	19 Feb	—	5 Mar	23–20	44–27	4 Dec	32–29
4	Aalborg Håndbold	8	4	1	3	239	239	0	9			12 Feb	29–28	38–31	—	27 Nov	30–28	33–33	26 Feb
5	Industria Kielce	8	3	0	5	224	234	−10	6			28–32	31–35	26 Feb	28–35	—	4 Dec	12 Feb	30–23
6	Kolstad Håndball	8	3	0	5	225	251	−26	6			30–35	27 Nov	12 Feb	25–24	32–33	—	27 Feb	29–25
7	SC Magdeburg	8	2	1	5	229	226	+3	5			27 Nov	5 Mar	28–32	19 Feb	26–27	33–25	—	36–24
8	RK Zagreb	8	2	0	6	213	234	−21	4			29–31	30–35	27 Nov	31–23	5 Mar	19 Feb	22–18	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Playoffs

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

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

The final four will held at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany on 14 and 15 June 2025.

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 June
					15 June
	14 June
					Third place
					15 June

Top goalscorers

As of 21 November 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kamil Syprzak	Paris Saint-Germain	53
	Mario Šoštarič	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged
	Mathias Gidsel	Füchse Berlin
4	Nedim Remili	Telekom Veszprém	51
5	Filip Kuzmanovski	RK Eurofarm Pelister	48
6	Martim Costa	Sporting CP	47
7	Aymeric Minne	HBC Nantes	43
	Elohim Prandi	Paris Saint-Germain
9	Luka Lovre Klarica	RK Zagreb	42
10	Lasse Andersson	Füchse Berlin	41

See also

• 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

External links

• Official website