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Deutsch2024–25 Women's EHF European League
| 2024–25 | |
 The final four will be held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz. | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Handball |
| Dates | 5 October 2024–4 May 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 37 (from 19 countries) |
| Website | ehfel.com |
The 2024–25 Women's EHF European League is the 44th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 5 October 2024 to 4 May 2025.[1]
Storhamar Håndball Elite are the defending champions, but they won't be defending their title due to their involvement in this season's Champions League.
Rankings[edit]
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 19–31 can have one club qualify.
- Associations below the top 31 can't participate in this competition.
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Qualified teams[edit]
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
The list of entered teams was announced on 9 July 2024.[3][4] Originally, TuS Metzingen entered the Group stage automatically, but this was an error and HSG Bensheim/Auerbach took their place in the group stage instead.[5]
Team allocation[edit]
Round and draw dates[edit]
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[6]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualification | Second qualifying round | 16 July 2024[7] | 5/6 October 2024 | 12/13 October 2024 |
| Third qualifying round | 9–10 November 2024 | 16–17 November 2024 | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 21 November 2024 | 11–12 January 2025 | |
| Matchday 2 | 18–19 January 2025 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 25–27 January 2025 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 8–9 February 2025 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 15–16 February 2025 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 22–23 February 2025 | |||
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | no draw | 22–23 March 2025 | 29–30 March 2025 |
| Semi finals | TBD | 3 May 2024 | ||
| Final | no draw | 4 May 2024 | ||
Qualification stage[edit]
Round 2[edit]
There were 18 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 5–6 October and the second legs were played on 12–13 October 2024.[8]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
H65 Höörs HK  | – |  HC Gjorche Petrov-WHC Skopje | – | – |
SL Benfica  | – |  Super Amara Bera Bera | – | – |
Ankara Yenimahalle BSK  | – |  DHK Baník Most | – | – |
Cabooter Fortes Venlo  | – |  Vác | – | – |
Fredrikstad BK  | – |  GC Amicitia Zürich | – | – |
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB  | – |  Hypo Niederösterreich | – | – |
HSG Blomberg-Lippe  | – |  SU ZRK Crvena Zvezda | – | – |
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea  | – |  HC DAC Dunajská Streda | – | – |
KPR Gminy Kobierzyce  | – | Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor | – | – |
Round 3[edit]
There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 9–10 November and the second legs were played on 16–17 November 2024.[10]
| Seeding[11] | |
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| Seeded | Unseeded |
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| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Thüringer HC | – | Play Off 4 | – | – |
| Larvik HK | – | Play Off 9 | – | – |
| IK Sävehof | – | KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin | – | – |
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb  | – | Atticgo BM Elche | – | – |
| Borussia Dortmund | – | Play Off 3 | – | – |
| Play Off 7 | – | TuS Metzingen | – | – |
| Sola HK | – | LC Brühl Handball | – | – |
| Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár | – | Play Off 5 | – | – |
| MKS FunFloor Lublin | – | Play Off 2 | – | – |
| Play Off 1 | – | Paris 92 | – | – |
| Play Off 8 | – | DVSC Schaeffler | – | – |
| Play Off 6 | – | ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec | – | – |
Group stage[edit]
Red: Group A; 
Blue: Group B; 
Yellow: Group C; 
Green: Group D.The draw for the group phase was held on 21 November 2024. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
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:
- Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
- Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
Group A[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 4 | |
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| 1 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||
| 2 | Team 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
| 3 | Team 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
| 4 | Team 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group B[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||
| 2 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
| 3 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
| 4 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group C[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||
| 2 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
| 3 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
| 4 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group D[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||
| 2 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
| 3 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
| 4 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Quarterfinals[edit]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Group B Runners-up | – | Group Winner A | – | – |
| Group A Runners-up | – | Group Winner B | – | – |
| Group D Runners-up | – | Group Winner C | – | – |
| Group C Runners-up | – | Group Winner D | – | – |
Final Four[edit]
The Final Four, (also known as the EHF Finals by the EHF), is held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz, Austria on 3 and 4 May 2024.
Bracket[edit]
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 3 May | ||||||
| 4 May | ||||||
| 3 May | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 4 May | ||||||
Top goalscorers[edit]
See also[edit]
- 2024–25 EHF Champions League
- 2024–25 EHF European League
- 2024–25 EHF European Cup
- 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League
- 2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/37-teams-in-search-of-202425-ehf-european-league-women-crown/
- ^ Place distribution for 2024/25 eurohandball.com
- ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/37-teams-in-search-of-202425-ehf-european-league-women-crown/
- ^ https://ehfel.eurohandball.com/media/bj4fwuk2/ehfel_women_system_2024_25_updated-list.pdf
- ^ https://ehfel.eurohandball.com/women/2024-25/news/en/update-in-seeding-list-for-ehf-european-league-women-202425/
- ^ https://ehfel.eurohandball.com/media/sygncrhi/ehfel_women_system_2024_25.pdf
- ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/draws-set-four-ehf-club-competitions-in-motion/
- ^ Qualification Round 2
- ^ https://ehfel.eurohandball.com/media/bj4fwuk2/ehfel_women_system_2024_25_updated-list.pdf
- ^ Qualification Round 3
- ^ https://ehfel.eurohandball.com/media/bj4fwuk2/ehfel_women_system_2024_25_updated-list.pdf