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The 2024–25 EHF European League was the 44th season of Europe's secondary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 5th season since it was renamed from the EHF Cup to the EHF European League.
The defending champions were SG Flensburg-Handewitt, who won their third title after defeating French side Montpellier Handball in the final.[2]
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Format
- Qualification Round: 20 teams will be drawn into 10 different home and away ties. The 10 winners will advance to the group stage.
- Group Stage: The 22 teams already qualified along with the 10 winners of the qualification round will be drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each, where they will play in a double round-robin format. The top 2 teams in each group will progress to the main round. Teams from the same country can't be drawn into the same group.
- Main Round: The 16 group winners and runners-up will be placed in 4 groups of 4 teams each where they will play a single round-robin. The winners will advance directly to the quarterfinals, while 2nd and 3rd placed teams will qualify for the play-offs.
- Play-offs: The 2nd and 3rd placed teams from each group in the main round will play in 4 different home and away ties. The winners will progress to the quarterfinals.
- Quarter-finals: The main round group winners will face a play-off winner to determine who makes it to the European League finals.
- EL finals: They will be played in a Final 4 format similar to the Champions League.
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Rankings
The rankings are based on the performances of each club from a respective country from a three-year period.
- Associations 1–2 can have four clubs qualify.
- Associations 3–9 can have three clubs qualify.
- Associations 10–18 can have two clubs qualify.
- Associations below the top 18 are allowed to enter apply one club for a potential wildcard.
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Qualified teams
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The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2024–25 EHF European League was announced on 9 July 2024.[4][5]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- EL: European League title holders
- EC: European Cup title holders
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
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- WC Accepted Wildcard
Schedule
All draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
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Draw
The draw took place on the at 11:00 CET in Vienna on 19 July 2024.[6][7] The only restriction was that no clubs from the same country cannot be in the same group.
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Qualification round
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The draw for the qualification round was conducted on 16 July 2024.[4][8] The first legs will be held on 31 August to 1 September 2024 while the second legs will be held on 6–7 September 2024.
- Special Qualification Play off
Unlike the other Play offs, the losers of this tie will drop down to the European Cup.
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Group stage
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The draw for the group stage was conducted on 19 July 2024 at the EHF office in Vienna.
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 will be determined as follows:
Group A
Source: EHF
Group B
Source: EHF
Group C
Source: EHF
Group D
Source: EHF
Group E
Source: EHF
Group F
Source: EHF
Group G
Source: EHF
Group H
Source: EHF
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Main round
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In the Main Round, the remaining sixteen teams played in four groups of four. Teams were matched with two opponents they had not previously played against in the Group Stage, while points against the teams that advanced from the same group were carried over. At the end of the Main Round, the four group winners advanced to the Quarterfinals, while 2nd- and 3rd-placed teams from each group qualified for the Play-offs.
Group I
Source: EHF
Group II
Source: EHF
Notes:
Notes:
Group III
Source: EHF
Group IV
Source: EHF
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Knockout stage
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In the play-offs, eight teams ranked 2nd and 3rd in Main Round Groups I through IV played against each other in home-and-away matches.
The four winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals, where they were joined by winners of Main Round Groups I through IV for another round of home-and-away matches.
The four Quarterfinal winners qualified for the Final Four tournament.
Play-offs
Overview
Matches
25 March 2025 18:45 CET (UTC+1) |
HC Kriens-Luzern ![]() |
36–29 | ![]() |
Sursee Stadthalle, Sursee Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Kull, Tint (EST) |
Sigrist 11 | (17–14) | Turchenko, Monteiro 5 | ||
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1 April 2025 18:45 CET (UTC+1) |
Limoges Handball ![]() |
36–28 | ![]() |
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD) |
Turchenko 10 | (16–16) | Šipić 6 | ||
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25 March 2025 18:45 CET (UTC+1) |
VfL Gummersbach ![]() |
29–26 | ![]() |
Schwalbe-Arena, Gummersbach Attendance: 2,928 Referees: Bolić, Hurich (AUT) |
Schluroff 10 | (15–13) | Krištopāns 7 | ||
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1 April 2025 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
MT Melsungen ![]() |
29–25 | ![]() |
Rothenbach-Halle, Kassel Attendance: 2,851 Referees: Borge, Nygren (NOR) |
Kastening 7 | (14–13) | Vujović, Pregler 5 | ||
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25 March 2025 20:45 WET (UTC+0) |
SL Benfica ![]() |
33–31 | ![]() |
Pavilhão da Luz Nº 2, Lisbon Attendance: 482 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB) |
Izquierdo 7 | (17–15) | Tilsted 8 | ||
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1 April 2025 18:45 CET (UTC+1) |
GOG Håndbold ![]() |
34–31 | ![]() |
Arena Svendborg, Svendborg Attendance: 3,016 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE) |
Grøndahl 10 | (15–15) | Grigoraș 7 | ||
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25 March 2025 20:45 WET (UTC+0) |
FC Porto ![]() |
35–28 | ![]() |
Dragão Arena, Porto Attendance: 873 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE) |
Veitia Valdés 8 | (16–16) | Jarry 8 | ||
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1 April 2025 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
Fenix Toulouse Handball ![]() |
30–28 | ![]() |
Palais des Sports André-Brouat, Toulouse Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH) |
Feuchtmann 8 | (12–12) | Veitia Valdés 5 | ||
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Quarterfinals
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Matches
22 April 2025 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
FC Porto ![]() |
29–30 | ![]() |
Dragão Arena, Porto Attendance: 1,262 Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (TUR) |
Veitia Valdés 6 | (11–14) | Monte Dos Santos 8 | ||
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29 April 2025 CET (UTC+1) |
Montpellier Handball ![]() |
35–32 | ![]() |
FDI Stadium, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER) |
Simonet 7 | (18–15) | Caldeira Brandão 5 | ||
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22 April 2025 18:45 |
MT Melsungen ![]() |
28–27 | ![]() |
Rothenbach-Halle, Kassel Attendance: 2,907 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL) |
Barrufet 6 | (15–13) | Nieto 6 | ||
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29 April 2025 CET (UTC+1) |
CD Bidasoa Irun ![]() |
22–32 | ![]() |
Polideportivo Artaleku, Irún Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
three players 4 | (8–15) | Barrufet 9 | ||
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22 April 2025 CET (UTC+1) |
Limoges Handball ![]() |
26–26 | ![]() |
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Attendance: 4,798 Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO) |
El-Deraa 6 | (16–13) | Madsen, Imre 5 | ||
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29 April 2025 CET (UTC+1) |
THW Kiel ![]() |
35–30 | ![]() |
Wunderino Arena, Kiel Attendance: 6,294 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
Johansson 7 | (16–15) | Yusuf 7 | ||
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22 April 2025 CET (UTC+1) |
GOG Håndbold ![]() |
26–29 | ![]() |
Arena Svendborg, Svendborg Attendance: 3,579 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK) |
Grøndahl 7 | (15–15) | Jørgensen, Jakobsen 7 | ||
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29 April 2025 CET (UTC+1) |
SG Flensburg-Handewitt ![]() |
35–29 | ![]() |
GP JOULE Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 5,250 Referees: Mikelič, Paradina (CRO) |
Møller 9 | (17–12) | Grøndahl 8 | ||
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Final Four
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The Final Four tournament was held at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, Germany.
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
24 May | ||||||
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25 May | ||||||
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24 May | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
25 May | ||||||
![]() | 37 | |||||
![]() | 31 |
Semifinals
24 May 2025 15:00 |
MT Melsungen ![]() |
34–35 | ![]() |
Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (TUR) |
Kastening 8 | (15−16) | Jakobsen 9 | ||
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24 May 2025 18:00 |
THW Kiel ![]() |
31–32 | ![]() |
Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Pavicevic, Raznatovic (MNE) |
Johansson, Zerbe 7 | (17−16) | Karlsson 8 | ||
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Third place game
25 May 2025 15:00 |
THW Kiel ![]() |
37–31 | ![]() |
Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
Madsen 12 | (18−18) | Drosten 6 | ||
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Final
25 May 2025 18:00 |
Montpellier Handball ![]() |
25–32 | ![]() |
Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 12,000 Referees: A. Konjicanin, D. Konjicanin (BIH) |
Monte 6 | (13−19) | Jørgensen 10 | ||
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Top goalscorers
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Notes
- The eventual team in this slot was
Abanca Ademar León.
- The eventual team in this slot was
MT Melsungen.
- The eventual team in this slot was
Limoges Handball.
- The eventual team in this slot was
HC Kriens-Luzern.
- The eventual team in this slot was
VfL Gummersbach.
- The eventual team in this slot was
Valur.
- The eventual team in this slot was
Fraikin BM Granollers.
- The eventual team in this slot was
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.
- The eventual team in this slot was
Ystads IF.
- The eventual team in this slot was
HCB Karviná.
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References
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