2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League
2024–25 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | September 2024–June 2025 |
Teams | 16 |
Website | ehfcl.com |
The 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League will be as the 32nd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from September 2024 to June 2025.
Format
[edit]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.
Rankings
[edit]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.
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Teams
[edit]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]
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
Borussia Dortmund (4th) | DVSC Schaeffler (4th) | Sola HK (3rd) |
Draw
[edit]The draw will be held on 27 June 2024.[3]
Group stage
[edit]Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | |
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1 | A1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||||||
2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs | — | ||||||||
4 | A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
5 | A5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
6 | A6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
7 | A7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
8 | A8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | B8 | |
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1 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||||||
2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs | — | ||||||||
4 | B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
5 | B5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
6 | B6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
7 | B7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||
8 | B8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
See also
[edit]- 2024–25 EHF Champions League
- 2024–25 EHF European League
- 2024–25 EHF European Cup
- 2024–25 Women's EHF European League
- 2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/place-distribution-for-next-season-s-ehf-club-competitions-released/
- ^ https://www.eurohandball.com/media/3zlfocdq/placedistribution_final_24_25_women.pdf
- ^ a b "19 teams registered for EHF Champions League Women 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Line-up confirmed for EHF Champions League 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "EHF Court of Handball rejects Russia appeal against ban". insidethegames.biz. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.