2024–25 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	24
Goals scored	1435 (59.79 per match)
Attendance	103,348 (4,306 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nedim Remili Valero Rivera Folch (25 goals)
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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.

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.

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[1] 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 0

The first nine teams were revealed on 7 June 2024.^[2] The teams who applied for a wildcard were announced on 13 June 2024.^[3] On 21 June, the final list was announced.^[4]

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)

The draw was held on 27 June 2024.^[3][5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPO	BUC	BER	VES	PAR	PLO	PEL	FRE
1	Sporting CP	3	3	0	0	110	78	+32	6	Quarterfinals		—	28 Nov	17 Oct	39–30	20 Nov	34–29	12–13 Feb	26–27 Feb
2	CS Dinamo București	3	3	0	0	99	79	+20	6			23 Oct	—	31 Oct	12–13 Feb	5 Dec	26–27 Feb	34–25	37–28
3	Füchse Berlin	3	2	0	1	99	86	+13	4	Playoffs		5 Dec	21 Nov	—	31–32	24 Oct	10 Oct	26–27 Feb	12–13 Feb
4	Telekom Veszprém	3	2	0	1	103	98	+5	4			19–20 Feb	10 Oct	5–6 Mar	—	41–28	21 Nov	28 Nov	17 Oct
5	Paris Saint-Germain	3	2	0	1	83	93	−10	4			30 Oct	17 Oct	28 Nov	26–27 Feb	—	12–13 Feb	31–29	9 Oct
6	Orlen Wisła Płock	3	0	0	3	78	86	−8	0			5–6 Mar	26–28	19–20 Feb	30 Oct	23–24	—	17 Oct	28 Nov
7	RK Eurofarm Pelister	3	0	0	3	76	95	−19	0			9 Oct	19–20 Feb	22–30	24 Oct	5–6 Mar	4 Dec	—	20 Nov
8	Fredericia HK	3	0	0	3	79	112	−33	0			19–37	5–6 Mar	32–38	4 Dec	19–20 Feb	23 Oct	31 Oct	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	SZE	MAG	AAL	KIE	ZAG	NAN	KOL
1	Barça	3	3	0	0	98	88	+10	6	Quarterfinals		—	31–30	24 Oct	10 Oct	19–20 Feb	5 Dec	21 Nov	5–6 Mar
2	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	3	2	0	1	94	92	+2	4			26–27 Feb	—	31–29	5 Dec	30 Oct	12–13 Feb	33–32	24 Oct
3	SC Magdeburg	3	1	1	1	95	89	+6	3	Playoffs		27 Nov	5–6 Mar	—	19–20 Feb	10 Oct	30 Oct	16 Oct	33–25
4	Aalborg Håndbold	3	1	1	1	94	95	−1	3			12–13 Feb	16 Oct	33–33	—	27 Nov	26–27 Feb	38–31	20 Nov
5	Industria Kielce	3	1	0	2	78	78	0	2			28–32	21 Nov	12–13 Feb	23 Oct	—	30–23	26–27 Feb	4 Dec
6	RK Zagreb	3	1	0	2	79	82	−3	2			16 Oct	9 Oct	20 Nov	31–23	5–6 Mar	—	27 Nov	19–20 Feb
7	HBC Nantes	3	1	0	2	86	91	−5	2			31 Oct	19–20 Feb	4 Dec	5–6 Mar	23–20	23 Oct	—	10 Oct
8	Kolstad Håndball	3	1	0	2	84	93	−9	2			30–35	27 Nov	26–27 Feb	30 Oct	17 Oct	29–25	12–13 Feb	—

The final four will held at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany on 14 and 15 June 2025.

As of 26 September 2024^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nedim Remili	Telekom Veszprém	25
	Valero Rivera Folch	HBC Nantes
3	Mathias Gidsel	Füchse Berlin	23
	Kamil Syprzak	Paris Saint-Germain
5	Michał Daszek	Orlen Wisła Płock	22
	Mario Šoštarič	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged
7	Lasse Andersson	Füchse Berlin	21
	Martim Costa	Sporting CP
	Filip Kuzmanovski	RK Eurofarm Pelister
10	Luka Lovre Klarica	RK Zagreb	20

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