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Women's EHF Champions League

2024–25
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	7 September 2024–June 2025
Teams	16
Website	ehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Goals scored	4328 (56.95 per match)
Attendance	193,319 (2,544 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Henny Reistad (87 goals)
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The 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League is the 32nd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 7 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.

• Associations 1–9 had their league champion qualify for the Group Stage and apply up to two wildcards.
• The best-ranked association in the Women's EHF European League can have its league champion and runner-up qualified for the Group Stage and can apply for one wildcard.
• Associations below the top 9 had their league champion apply for a wildcard.

Rank Association Average points Teams 1 Norway 240.00 2 2 Hungary 182.00 3 France 155.33 4 Russia 133.00 0 5 Denmark 128.33 3 6 Romania 113.00 7 Slovenia 85.00 1 8 Montenegro 71.67 9 Germany 61.33

Rank Association Average points Teams 10 Croatia 53.50 1 11 Sweden 49.00 0 12 Turkey 48.00 13 Czech Republic 46.00 14 Everyone else 0.00

Teams

19 teams applied for a place, with nine having a fixed place. The final list was announced on 21 June 2024.

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.

Participating teams

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)	Odense Håndbold (3rd)	Brest Bretagne Handball (2nd)
Győri Audi ETO KC (2nd)	Storhamar HE (2nd)	CS Rapid București (2nd)	CS Gloria Bistrița (3rd)

• Accepted wildcards

Rejected upgrades

Borussia Dortmund (4th)

DVSC Schaeffler (4th)

Sola HK (3rd)

Draw

The draw was held on 27 June 2024.

Group stage

The 16 teams were drawn into 2 groups of eight. In regards to Denmark and Romania, who have three clubs in the Group Stage, a maximum of two clubs from those countries could 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 was 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

This season, nine national associations were present. Poland and Sweden both miss out while Croatia return after a one season absence. CS Gloria Bistrița make their debut in the Champions League.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MET	FER	KOP	BUC	KRI	BIS	STO	NYK
1	Metz Handball	10	9	1	0	297	265	+32	19	Quarterfinals		—	24–19	35–31	27–24	34–30	28–26	22 Feb	8 Feb
2	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	10	8	0	2	279	247	+32	16			23–26	—	33–24	31–28	28–27	32–28	8 Feb	31–22
3	HC Podravka Vegeta	10	5	1	4	269	273	−4	11	Playoffs		25 Jan	15 Feb	—	28–29	23–24	26–25	25–24	27–27
4	CSM București	10	5	0	5	290	282	+8	10			31–32	26–28	9 Feb	—	36–23	22 Feb	32–28	27–26
5	RK Krim Mercator	10	4	0	6	274	291	−17	8			25–34	22–27	22 Feb	29–31	—	8 Feb	25–23	35–25
6	CS Gloria Bistrița	10	3	0	7	279	290	−11	6			15 Feb	25 Jan	25–29	30–26	30–35	—	31–28	37–29
7	Storhamar HE	9	2	1	6	234	245	−11	5			29–29	21–27	23–25	16 Feb	26 Jan	25–23	—	19 Jan
8	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	9	1	1	7	244	273	−29	3			27–28	22 Feb	28–31	26 Jan	15 Feb	32–24	28–33	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GYO	ESB	BRE	ODE	LUD	VIP	BUC	BUD
1	Győri Audi ETO KC	11	9	1	1	303	270	+33	19	Quarterfinals		—	28–26	28–27	28–35	16 Feb	27–22	31–20	25 Jan
2	Team Esbjerg	10	7	1	2	295	255	+40	15			23 Feb	—	9 Feb	39–30	30–30	30–29	39–32	26–19
3	Brest Bretagne Handball	11	7	0	4	338	296	+42	14	Playoffs		34–35	33–32	—	36–38	25 Jan	30–27	33–21	15 Feb
4	Odense Håndbold	10	7	0	3	296	271	+25	14			32–34	16 Feb	36–33	—	28–22	10–0	32–24	31–29
5	HB Ludwigsburg	9	3	1	5	264	271	−7	7			26–31	31–36	26–33	23 Feb	—	33–29	9 Feb	19 Jan
6	Vipers Kristiansand	14	3	1	10	245	296	−51	7			0–10	0–10	0–10	26–24	30–23	—	30–30	32–23
7	CS Rapid București	10	2	1	7	254	291	−37	5			25–28	26 Jan	31–34	19 Jan	29–37	10–0	—	32–27
8	WHC Budućnost BEMAX	9	1	1	7	217	262	−45	3			23–23	23–27	22–35	8 Feb	25–36	26–20	23 Feb	—

1. Vipers Kristiansand declared bankruptcy on 13 January 2025 with the results that every game scheduled after that date was counted as a 10–0 win for the opponent.

Knockout stage

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Final four

The final four will held at the MVM Dome, Budapest, Hungary on 31 May and 1 June 2025.

Top goalscorers

As of 12 January 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henny Reistad	Team Esbjerg	87
2	Elizabeth Omoregie	CSM București	64
3	Sarah Bouktit	Metz Handball	58
4	Chloé Valentini	Metz Handball	56
5	Dione Housheer	Győri Audi ETO KC	54
6	Ana Gros	RK Krim Mercator	53
7	Andrea Hansen	Odense Håndbold	52
8	Clarisse Mairot	Brest Bretagne Handball	49
	Jelena Vukčević	WHC Budućnost BEMAX
10	Daria Dmitrieva	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	48
	Anđela Janjušević	Rapid București

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

1. https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/place-distribution-for-next-season-s-ehf-club-competitions-released/
2. https://www.eurohandball.com/media/3zlfocdq/placedistribution_final_24_25_women.pdf
3. ^ "19 teams registered for EHF Champions League Women 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
4. "Line-up confirmed for EHF Champions League 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
5. "EHF Court of Handball rejects Russia appeal against ban". insidethegames.biz. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
6. "Draw promises exciting group phase in women's top flight". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
7. "Draw promises exciting group phase in women's top flight". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
8. "Court of Handball rules in Vipers case". eurohandball.com. 16 January 2025.
9. "Top Scorers". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

External links

• Official website

• 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League
• Women's EHF Champions League
• 2024 in women's handball
• 2025 in women's handball
• 2024 in European sport
• 2025 in European sport
• Current handball seasons