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2024–25 EHF Champions League

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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
SportHandball
Dates11 September 2024–15 June 2025
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored498 (62.25 per match)
Attendance36,644 (4,581 per match)
Top scorer(s)three players
(11 goals)
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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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Main article: 2024–25 EHF Champions League group stage

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUC SPO PAR VES BER PEL PLO FRE
1 Romania CS Dinamo București 1 1 0 0 37 28 +9 2 Quarterfinals — 23 Oct 5 Dec 12–13 Feb 31 Oct 26 Sep 26–27 Feb 37–28
2 Portugal Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 34 29 +5 2 28 Nov — 20 Nov 25 Sep 17 Oct 12–13 Feb 34–29 26–27 Feb
3 France Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 0 0 31 29 +2 2 Playoffs 17 Oct 30 Oct — 26–27 Feb 28 Nov 31–29 12–13 Feb 9 Oct
4 Hungary Telekom Veszprém 1 1 0 0 32 31 +1 2 10 Oct 19–20 Feb 19 Sep — 5–6 Mar 28 Nov 21 Nov 17 Oct
5 Germany Füchse Berlin 1 0 0 1 31 32 −1 0 21 Nov 5 Dec 24 Oct 31–32 — 26–27 Feb 10 Oct 12–13 Feb
6 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister 1 0 0 1 29 31 −2 0 19–20 Feb 9 Oct 5–6 Mar 24 Oct 18 Sep — 4 Dec 20 Nov
7 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 1 0 0 1 29 34 −5 0 18 Sep 5–6 Mar 26 Sep 30 Oct 19–20 Feb 17 Oct — 28 Nov
8 Denmark Fredericia HK 1 0 0 1 28 37 −9 0 5–6 Mar 19 Sep 19–20 Feb 4 Dec 26 Sep 31 Oct 23 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AAL KIE BAR SZE MAG KOL NAN ZAG
1 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold 1 1 0 0 38 31 +7 2 Quarterfinals — 27 Nov 12–13 Feb 16 Oct 25 Sep 20 Nov 38–31 26–27 Feb
2 Poland Industria Kielce 1 1 0 0 30 23 +7 2 23 Oct — 25 Sep 21 Nov 12–13 Feb 4 Dec 26–27 Feb 30–23
3 Spain Barça 1 1 0 0 35 30 +5 2 Playoffs 10 Oct 19–20 Feb — 19 Sep 24 Oct 5–6 Mar 21 Nov 5 Dec
4 Hungary OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 1 1 0 0 31 29 +2 2 5 Dec 30 Oct 26–27 Feb — 31–29 24 Oct 26 Sep 12–13 Feb
5 Germany SC Magdeburg 1 0 0 1 29 31 −2 0 19–20 Feb 10 Oct 27 Nov 5–6 Mar — 19 Sep 16 Oct 30 Oct
6 Norway Kolstad Håndball 1 0 0 1 30 35 −5 0 30 Oct 17 Oct 30–35 27 Nov 26–27 Feb — 12–13 Feb 25 Sep
7 France HBC Nantes 1 0 0 1 31 38 −7 0 5–6 Mar 18 Sep 31 Oct 19–20 Feb 4 Dec 10 Oct — 23 Oct
8 Croatia RK Zagreb 1 0 0 1 23 30 −7 0 18 Sep 5–6 Mar 16 Oct 9 Oct 20 Nov 19–20 Feb 27 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 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 12 September 2024[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Denmark Thomas Sommer Arnoldsen Denmark Aalborg Håndbold 11
France Nedim Remili Hungary Telekom Veszprém
Poland Kamil Syprzak France Paris Saint-Germain
4 Portugal Martim Costa Portugal Sporting CP 10
Denmark Mathias Gidsel Germany Füchse Berlin
6 Denmark Sebastian Henneberg Denmark Fredericia HK 8
North Macedonia Filip Kuzmanovski North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister
8 Poland Michał Daszek Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 7
Spain Valero Rivera Folch France HBC Nantes
10 12 players 6

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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