2024–25 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2024–25 EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 26 March with the playoffs and ended on 15 June 2025 with the final at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, to decide the winners of the 2024–25 EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked third to sixth in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.^[1]

Qualified teams

The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Qualified for quarterfinals		Qualified for playoffs
	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	Telekom Veszprém	Sporting CP	Füchse Berlin	Paris Saint-Germain	CS Dinamo București	Orlen Wisła Płock
B	Barça	Aalborg Håndbold	HBC Nantes	SC Magdeburg	OTP Bank – Pick Szeged	Industria Kielce

Playoffs

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Industria Kielce	64–70	Füchse Berlin	27–33	37–37
Orlen Wisła Płock	52–54	HBC Nantes	28–25	24–29
OTP Bank – Pick Szeged	65–56	Paris Saint-Germain	30–31	35–25
CS Dinamo București	55–65	SC Magdeburg	26–30	29–35

Matches

26 March 2025 20:45	Industria Kielce	27–33	Füchse Berlin	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Nahi 6	(14–12)	Andersson 13
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

2 April 2025 18:45	Füchse Berlin	37–37	Industria Kielce	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Attendance: 8,819 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Gidsel 12	(21–24)	Sićko 8
	5×	Report	1× 7×

Füchse Berlin won 70–64 on aggregate.

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27 March 2025 20:45	Orlen Wisła Płock	28–25	HBC Nantes	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 5,284 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Krajewski 8	(17–12)	Bos 6
	2×	Report	4×

2 April 2025 20:45	HBC Nantes	29–24	Orlen Wisła Płock	H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 5,902 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Abdi 6	(17–8)	Michałowicz 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 3× 1×

HBC Nantes won 54–52 on aggregate.

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27 March 2025 18:45	OTP Bank – Pick Szeged	30–31	Paris Saint-Germain	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 6,603 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kukić 6	(13–14)	Syprzak 8
	1× 3×	Report	4×

3 April 2025 20:45	Paris Saint-Germain	25–35	OTP Bank – Pick Szeged	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 2,716 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Syprzak 8	(11–17)	Šoštarić 7
	4×	Report	6× 1×

OTP Bank – Pick Szeged won 65–56 on aggregate.

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26 March 2025 18:45	CS Dinamo București	26–30	SC Magdeburg	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Akimenko 6	(11–16)	Magnússon 6
	1× 3×	Report	2×

2 April 2025 20:45	SC Magdeburg	35–29	CS Dinamo București	Anhalt-Arena, Dessau-Roßlau Attendance: 2,424 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Magnússon 8	(21–10)	Vujović 6
	1× 3×	Report	4×

SC Magdeburg won 65–55 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SC Magdeburg	54–53	Telekom Veszprém	26–26	28–27
OTP Bank – Pick Szeged	54–56	Barça	24–27	30–29
HBC Nantes	60–57	Sporting CP	28–27	32–30
Füchse Berlin	77–65	Aalborg Håndbold	37–29	40–36

Matches

23 April 2025 18:45	SC Magdeburg	26–26	Telekom Veszprém	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 6,263 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Lagergren 8	(11–14)	Fabregas 9
	1×	Report	3×

1 May 2025 18:45	Telekom Veszprém	27–28	SC Magdeburg	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,300 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Fabregas 7	(13–13)	Claar 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

SC Magdeburg won 54–53 on aggregate.

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24 April 2025 18:45	OTP Bank – Pick Szeged	24–27	Barça	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 7,993 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Šoštarić 8	(10–9)	Mem 10
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

1 May 2025 20:45	Barça	29–30	OTP Bank – Pick Szeged	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 4,268 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
	Mem 6	(16–14)	Frimmel 10
	2× 3×	Report	1× 6×

Barça won 56–54 on aggregate.

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23 April 2025 20:45	HBC Nantes	28–27	Sporting CP	H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 5,902 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Minne 7	(13–10)	M. Costa 8
	1×	Report	2× 1×

30 April 2025 20:45	Sporting CP	30–32	HBC Nantes	Pavilhão João Rocha, Lisbon Attendance: 2,667 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	M. Costa 8	(15–16)	Minne 8
	1× 1×	Report	3× 1×

HBC Nantes won 60–57 on aggregate.

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24 April 2025 20:45	Füchse Berlin	37–29	Aalborg Håndbold	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Attendance: 8,520 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Gidsel 11	(14–15)	Hangaard 7
	1× 4× 2×	Report	4×

30 April 2025 18:45	Aalborg Håndbold	36–40	Füchse Berlin	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Bjørnsen 9	(20–21)	Gidsel 9
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

Füchse Berlin won 77–65 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 14 and 15 June 2024. The draw took place on 2 May 2025.^[2][3]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 June
	Füchse Berlin	34
					15 June
	HBC Nantes	24
					Füchse Berlin	26
	14 June
					SC Magdeburg	32
	Barça	30
	SC Magdeburg	31
					Third place
					15 June
					HBC Nantes	30
					Barça	25

Semifinals

14 June 2025 15:00	Füchse Berlin	34–24	HBC Nantes	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,074 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Freihöfer 10	(18–12)	Tournat 6
	5× 1×	Report	1× 6×

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14 June 2025 18:00	Barça	30–31	SC Magdeburg	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,074 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Mem 8	(18–18)	Magnússon 11
	2× 3×	Report	4×

Third place game

15 June 2025 15:00	HBC Nantes	30–25	Barça	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,074 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Odriozola 6	(14–9)	Richardson 8
	1× 1×	Report	4×

Final

15 June 2025 18:00	Füchse Berlin	26–32	SC Magdeburg	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,074 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Gidsel, West av Teigum 7	(12–16)	Kristjánsson 8
	2× 5×	Report	1× 2× 1×