2023–24 EHF Champions League
2023–24 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | 13 September 2023–9 June 2024 |
Teams | 16 |
Website | ehfcl.com |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 120 |
Goals scored | 6972 (58.1 per match) |
Attendance | 537,554 (4,480 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Emil Wernsdorf Madsen (100 goals) |
The 2023–24 EHF Champions League is the 64th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 13 September 2023 to 9 June 2024. SC Magdeburg are the reigning champions.
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
This season, the EHF decided to make separate rankings for each club competition.[1]
- Associations 1–9 can have their league champion qualify for the Group Stage and apply for a wildcards.
- The Association that won the past season's EHF European League can have their league champion and runner up qualify for the Group Stage but cannot apply for a wildcard.
- Associations below the top 9 can only have their league champion apply for a Wildcard.
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Teams
20 teams applied for a place, with ten having a fixed place.[3] The final list was announced in June 20, 2023.[4][5]
The fixed place for Russia is vacant since the country and its clubs are currently not admitted to participate in the EHF competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]
GOG Håndbold (1st) | Paris Saint-Germain (1st) | Barcelona (1st) | THW Kiel (1st) |
SC Magdeburg (2nd) | Telekom Veszprém (1st) | RK Eurofarm Pelister (1st) | Industria Kielce (1st) |
FC Porto (1st) | Celje Pivovarna Laško (1st) | RK Zagreb (1st) WC | Aalborg Håndbold (1st) WC |
Montpellier Handball (2nd) WC | OTP Bank - Pick Szeged (2nd) WC | Kolstad Håndball (1st) WC | Orlen Wisła Płock (2nd) WC |
- WC Accepted wildcards
Sporting CP (2nd) | Dinamo București (1st) | Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st) | IFK Kristianstad (1st) |
Draw
The draw took place on 27 June 2023.[4][7][8]
Group stage
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. 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:
- Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
- Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
- Drawing of Lots
A total of 11 national associations will be represented in the group stage. North Macedonia are the only returnees, after Vardar 1961 was disqualified last season. Kolstad Håndball are the only debutants.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | THW | AAL | PAR | KIE | ZAG | SZE | KOL | PEL | |
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1 | THW Kiel | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 410 | 379 | +31 | 22 | Quarterfinals | — | 18–27 | 26–24 | 35–31 | 33–22 | 35–32 | 26–25 | 29–23 | |
2 | Aalborg Håndbold | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 430 | 382 | +48 | 19 | 27–27 | — | 30–32 | 35–35 | 32–22 | 31–26 | 27–25 | 38–23 | ||
3 | Paris Saint-Germain | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 431 | 412 | +19 | 17 | Playoffs | 28–34 | 33–30 | — | 35–26 | 35–31 | 37–33 | 28–28 | 31–26 | |
4 | Industria Kielce | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 413 | 402 | +11 | 16 | 36–36 | 31–34 | 30–29 | — | 28–24 | 27–27 | 31–23 | 35–25 | ||
5 | RK Zagreb | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 373 | 373 | 0 | 14 | 23–30 | 30–30 | 28–26 | 22–22 | — | 30–25 | 31–20 | 27–18 | ||
6 | OTP Bank - Pick Szeged | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 401 | 414 | −13 | 13 | 27–28 | 34–27 | 29–31 | 26–25 | 27–26 | — | 29–27 | 34–26 | ||
7 | Kolstad Håndball | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 393 | 401 | −8 | 11 | 34–30 | 18–29 | 36–31 | 30–34 | 25–34 | 37–24 | — | 34–27 | ||
8 | RK Eurofarm Pelister | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 333 | 421 | −88 | 0 | 20–23 | 28–33 | 25–31 | 21–24 | 22–23 | 27–28 | 22–31 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAG | BAR | VES | MON | GOG | PLO | POR | CEL | |
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1 | SC Magdeburg | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 439 | 384 | +55 | 24 | Quarterfinals | — | 29–28 | 28–33 | 28–24 | 35–27 | 28–22 | 37–33 | 39–23 | |
2 | Barça | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 473 | 409 | +64 | 22 | 32–20 | — | 36–41 | 34–37 | 38–30 | 32–25 | 40–33 | 39–30 | ||
3 | Telekom Veszprém | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 489 | 436 | +53 | 20 | Playoffs | 28–30 | 30–31 | — | 33–31 | 34–31 | 28–21 | 44–34 | 41–31 | |
4 | Montpellier Handball | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 411 | 396 | +15 | 14 | 25–28 | 25–30 | 31–37 | — | 36–25 | 30–28 | 35–24 | 32–21 | ||
5 | GOG Håndbold | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 429 | 445 | −16 | 13 | 25–32 | 23–30 | 36–30 | 32–27 | — | 32–32 | 35–27 | 38–36 | ||
6 | Orlen Wisła Płock | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 376 | 386 | −10 | 11 | 26–28 | 25–28 | 37–30 | 22–18 | 26–30 | — | 29–28 | 30–25 | ||
7 | FC Porto | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 409 | 480 | −71 | 8 | 31–40 | 30–38 | 26–40 | 25–29 | 32–31 | 24–23 | — | 32–30 | ||
8 | Celje Pivovarna Laško | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 400 | 490 | −90 | 0 | 27–37 | 31–37 | 33–40 | 29–31 | 30–34 | 25–30 | 29–30 | — |
Knockout stage
Playoffs
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
Quarterfinals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
Final four
The final four will be held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 8 and 9 June 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 |
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× |
Top goalscorers
- As of 4 April 2024
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[9] |
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1 | Kamil Syprzak | Paris Saint-Germain | 100 |
2 | Emil Wernsdorf Madsen | GOG Håndbold | 98 |
3 | Aaron Mensing | GOG Håndbold | 93 |
4 | Mario Šoštarič | OTP Bank - Pick Szeged | 88 |
5 | Mitja Janc | Celje Pivovarna Laško | 87 |
6 | Dika Mem | Barça | 82 |
7 | Niclas Ekberg | THW Kiel | 80 |
8 | Sigvaldi Guðjónsson | Kolstad Håndball | 79 |
9 | Nedim Remili | Telekom Veszprém | 78 |
10 | Elohim Prandi | Paris Saint-Germain | 77 |
See also
- 2023–24 EHF European League
- 2023–24 EHF European Cup
- 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League
- 2023–24 Women's EHF European League
- 2023–24 Women's EHF European Cup
References
- ^ "EHF improves club competitions ranking system". eurohandball.com. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/media/li0htc1s/new_placedistribution_final_men_23_24.pdf
- ^ "20 clubs registered for EHF Champions League Men 2023/24". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Teams set for EHF Champions League season 2023/24". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "EHF hat Wildcards vergeben: Diese Mannschaften spielen 2023/24 in der Handball Champions League". handball-world.news. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "EHF Court of Handball rejects Russia appeal against ban". insidethegames.biz. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Pots announced ahead EHF CL Men group phase draw". eurohandball.com. 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Exciting group phase awaits after EHF Champions League Men draw". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ Goalscorers