2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League

2024–25
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	September 2024–June 2025
Teams	16
Website	ehfcl.com
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	908 (56.75 per match)
Attendance	39,281 (2,455 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Henny Reistad (25 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 September 2024 to June 2025.

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.

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.

Rank[2] 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

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]

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) 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

Rejected upgrades

Borussia Dortmund (4th)

DVSC Schaeffler (4th)

Sola HK (3rd)

The draw was held on 27 June 2024.^[3][6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FER	KRI	MET	BIS	BUC	STO	KOP	NYK
1	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	2	2	0	0	64	46	+18	4	Quarterfinals		—	19 Oct	18–19 Jan	5 Oct	17 Nov	8–9 Feb	33–24	31–22
2	RK Krim Mercator	2	2	0	0	59	48	+11	4			11–12 Jan	—	10 Nov	8–9 Feb	12 Oct	5 Oct	22–23 Feb	35–25
3	Metz Handball	2	1	1	0	57	55	+2	3	Playoffs		12 Oct	16 Nov	—	28–26	11–12 Jan	22–23 Feb	5 Oct	8–9 Feb
4	CS Gloria Bistrița	2	1	0	1	56	54	+2	2			25–26 Jan	21 Sep	15–16 Feb	—	30–26	11–12 Jan	12 Oct	9 Nov
5	CSM București	2	1	0	1	58	58	0	2			10 Nov	18–19 Jan	20 Oct	22–23 Feb	—	32–28	8–9 Feb	6 Oct
6	Storhamar HE	2	0	1	1	57	61	−4	1			22 Sep	25–26 Jan	29–29	20 Oct	15–16 Feb	—	9 Nov	18–19 Jan
7	HC Podravka Vegeta	2	0	0	2	47	57	−10	0			15–16 Feb	23–24	25–26 Jan	18–19 Jan	21 Sep	16 Nov	—	19 Oct
8	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	2	0	0	2	47	66	−19	0			22–23 Feb	15–16 Feb	22 Sep	16 Nov	25–26 Jan	12 Oct	11–12 Jan	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	GYO	BUC	ESB	ODE	VIP	LUD	BUD
1	Brest Bretagne Handball	2	2	0	0	65	49	+16	4	Quarterfinals		—	13 Oct	11–12 Jan	21 Sep	17 Nov	30–27	25–26 Jan	15–16 Feb
2	Győri Audi ETO KC	2	2	0	0	59	52	+7	4			18–19 Jan	—	9 Nov	28–26	19 Oct	21 Sep	15–16 Feb	25–26 Jan
3	CS Rapid București	2	1	1	0	62	57	+5	3	Playoffs		19 Oct	17 Nov	—	25–26 Jan	18–19 Jan	15–16 Feb	22 Sep	32–27
4	Team Esbjerg	2	1	0	1	65	58	+7	2			8–9 Feb	22–23 Feb	6 Oct	—	39–30	13 Oct	11–12 Jan	17 Nov
5	Odense Håndbold	2	1	0	1	58	61	−3	2			10 Nov	11–12 Jan	13 Oct	15–16 Feb	—	25–26 Jan	28–22	21 Sep
6	Vipers Kristiansand	2	0	1	1	57	60	−3	1			22–23 Feb	8–9 Feb	30–30	18–19 Jan	5 Oct	—	10 Nov	19 Oct
7	HB Ludwigsburg	2	0	0	2	48	59	−11	0			6 Oct	26–31	8–9 Feb	20 Oct	22–23 Feb	16 Nov	—	18–19 Jan
8	WHC Budućnost BEMAX	2	0	0	2	49	67	−18	0			22–35	6 Oct	22–23 Feb	9 Nov	8–9 Feb	11–12 Jan	13 Oct	—

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

As of 15 September 2024^[7]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henny Reistad	Team Esbjerg	25
2	Elizabeth Omoregie	CSM București	17
3	Dione Housheer	Győri Audi ETO KC	16
4	Lois Abbingh	Vipers Kristiansand	12
5	Sarah Bouktit	Metz Handball	12
	Anđela Janjušević	CS Rapid București
	Mathilde Rivas Toft	Storhamar HE
	Jelena Vukčević	WHC Budućnost BEMAX
9	Albertina Kassoma	CS Rapid București	11
	Michala Møller	Team Esbjerg
	Danila So Delgado	CS Gloria Bistrița
	Kristin Venn	Storhamar HE

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