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	4
Goals scored	257 (64.25 per match)
Attendance	16,169 (4,042 per match)

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	1

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

Main article: 2024–25 EHF Champions League group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPO	PAR	VES	FRE	BER	BUC	PEL	PLO
1	Sporting CP	1	1	0	0	34	29	+5	2	Quarterfinals		—	20 Nov	25 Sep	26–27 Feb	17 Oct	28 Nov	12–13 Feb	34–29
2	Paris Saint-Germain	1	1	0	0	31	29	+2	2			30 Oct	—	26–27 Feb	9 Oct	28 Nov	17 Oct	31–29	12–13 Feb
3	Telekom Veszprém	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs		19–20 Feb	19 Sep	—	17 Oct	5–6 Mar	10 Oct	28 Nov	21 Nov
4	Fredericia HK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			19 Sep	19–20 Feb	4 Dec	—	26 Sep	5–6 Mar	31 Oct	23 Oct
5	Füchse Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5 Dec	24 Oct	12 Sep	12–13 Feb	—	21 Nov	26–27 Feb	10 Oct
6	CS Dinamo București	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			23 Oct	5 Dec	12–13 Feb	12 Sep	31 Oct	—	26 Sep	26–27 Feb
7	RK Eurofarm Pelister	1	0	0	1	29	31	−2	0			9 Oct	5–6 Mar	24 Oct	20 Nov	18 Sep	19–20 Feb	—	4 Dec
8	Orlen Wisła Płock	1	0	0	1	29	34	−5	0			5–6 Mar	26 Sep	30 Oct	28 Nov	19–20 Feb	18 Sep	17 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2024. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AAL	BAR	MAG	KIE	SZE	ZAG	KOL	NAN
1	Aalborg Håndbold	1	1	0	0	38	31	+7	2	Quarterfinals		—	12–13 Feb	25 Sep	27 Nov	16 Oct	26–27 Feb	20 Nov	38–31
2	Barça	1	1	0	0	35	30	+5	2			10 Oct	—	24 Oct	19–20 Feb	19 Sep	5 Dec	5–6 Mar	21 Nov
3	SC Magdeburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs		19–20 Feb	27 Nov	—	10 Oct	5–6 Mar	30 Oct	19 Sep	16 Oct
4	Industria Kielce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			23 Oct	25 Sep	12–13 Feb	—	21 Nov	12 Sep	4 Dec	26–27 Feb
5	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5 Dec	26–27 Feb	12 Sep	30 Oct	—	12–13 Feb	24 Oct	26 Sep
6	RK Zagreb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18 Sep	16 Oct	20 Nov	5–6 Mar	9 Oct	—	19–20 Feb	27 Nov
7	Kolstad Håndball	1	0	0	1	30	35	−5	0			30 Oct	30–35	26–27 Feb	17 Oct	27 Nov	25 Sep	—	12–13 Feb
8	HBC Nantes	1	0	0	1	31	38	−7	0			5–6 Mar	31 Oct	4 Dec	18 Sep	19–20 Feb	23 Oct	10 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 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

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