2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League
European handball tournament
| 2024–25 | |
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Handball |
| Dates | September 2024–June 2025 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Website | ehfcl.com |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League will be as the 32nd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from September 2024 to 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
The rankings are based on the performances from the three most recent seasons.[1]
- Associations 1–9 had their league champion qualify for the Group Stage and apply up to two wildcards.
- The Association that won the past season's Women's EHF European League had their league champion and runner up qualified for the Group Stage and applied for one wildcard.
- Associations below the top 9 had their league champion apply for a wildcard.
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Teams
19 teams applied for a place, with nine having a fixed place.[3] The final list was announced on 21 June 2024.[4]
The fixed place for Russia was vacant since the country and its clubs were not admitted to participate in the EHF competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
 Team Esbjerg (1st) | Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (2nd) |  Metz Handball (1st) |  HB Ludwigsburg (1st) |
 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (1st) |  WHC Budućnost BEMAX (1st) |  Vipers Kristiansand (1st) |  CSM București (1st) |
 RK Krim Mercator (1st) |  HC Podravka Vegeta (1st) WC | Odense Håndbold (3rd) WC | Brest Bretagne Handball (2nd) WC |
| Győri Audi ETO KC (2nd) WC | Storhamar HE (2nd) WC | CS Rapid București (2nd) WC | CS Gloria Bistrița (3rd) WC |
- WC Accepted wildcards
| Borussia Dortmund (4th) | DVSC Schaeffler (4th) | Sola HK (3rd) |
Draw
The draw was held on 27 June 2024.[3][6]
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FER | MET | BUC | KRI | STO | NYK | KOP | BIS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||||||
| 2 | Metz Handball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 3 | CSM București | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs | — | ||||||||
| 4 | RK Krim Mercator | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 5 | Storhamar HE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 6 | Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 7 | HC Podravka Vegeta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 8 | CS Gloria Bistrița | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
First match(es) will be played: 7 September 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group B
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIP | ESB | BUD | LUD | GYO | BRE | BUC | ODE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vipers Kristiansand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||||||
| 2 | Team Esbjerg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 3 | WHC Budućnost BEMAX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs | — | ||||||||
| 4 | HB Ludwigsburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 5 | Győri Audi ETO KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 6 | Brest Bretagne Handball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 7 | CS Rapid București | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
| 8 | Odense Håndbold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
First match(es) will be played: 7 September 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
See also
- 2024–25 EHF Champions League
- 2024–25 EHF European League
- 2024–25 EHF European Cup
- 2024–25 Women's EHF European League
- 2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup
References
- ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/place-distribution-for-next-season-s-ehf-club-competitions-released/
- ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/media/3zlfocdq/placedistribution_final_24_25_women.pdf
- ^ a b "19 teams registered for EHF Champions League Women 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Line-up confirmed for EHF Champions League 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "EHF Court of Handball rejects Russia appeal against ban". insidethegames.biz. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Draw promises exciting group phase in women's top flight". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
External links
- Official website
