2022–23 EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2022–23 EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 22 March with the playoffs and ended on 18 June 2023 with the final at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, to decide the winners of the 2022–23 EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

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In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 3th–6th in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.[1]

Qualified teams

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The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Qualified for quarterfinals Qualified for playoffs
First place Second place Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place
A   Paris Saint-Germain   SC Magdeburg   Telekom Veszprém   GOG Håndbold   Dinamo București   Orlen Wisła Płock
B   Barça   Barlinek Industria Kielce   HBC Nantes   THW Kiel   Aalborg Håndbold   OTP Bank - Pick Szeged

All times are UTC+2 (matches on 22 and 23 March are UTC+1).

Playoffs

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Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
OTP Bank - Pick Szeged   56–74   Telekom Veszprém 23–36 33–38
Orlen Wisła Płock   57–57
5–4 (p)
  HBC Nantes 32–32 25–25
Aalborg Håndbold   54–60   GOG Håndbold 30–28 24–32
Dinamo București   60–72   THW Kiel 28–41 32–31

Matches

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22 March 2023
18:45
OTP Bank - Pick Szeged   23–36   Telekom Veszprém Pick Aréna, Szeged
Attendance: 7,700
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Radivojević 6 (7–20) Marguč 11
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30 March 2023
18:45
Telekom Veszprém   38–33   OTP Bank - Pick Szeged Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Lauge 9 (17–16) Garciandia 10
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Telekom Veszprém won 74–56 on aggregate.


22 March 2023
20:45
Orlen Wisła Płock   32–32   HBC Nantes Orlen Arena, Płock
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Lučin, Zhitnikov 6 (14–18) Rivera Folch 10
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29 March 2023
20:45
HBC Nantes   29–30   Orlen Wisła Płock H Arena, Nantes
Attendance: 5,902
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Minne 9 (14–11) Kosorotov, Lučin 5
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FT: 25–25 Pen: 4–5

57–57 on aggregate. Orlen Wisła Płock won 5–4 on penalties.


23 March 2023
18:45
Aalborg Håndbold   30–28   GOG Håndbold Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 5,020
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Munk 6 (16–12) Madsen 9
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30 March 2023
20:45
GOG Håndbold   32–24   Aalborg Håndbold Arena Fyn, Odense
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Pytlick 8 (15–11) Claar 7
 3×  1×  Report   6×  1× 

GOG Håndbold won 60–54 on aggregate.


22 March 2023
18:45
Dinamo București   28–41   THW Kiel Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 4,503
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Kašpárek, Kuduz 6 (11–19) three players 6
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29 March 2023
18:45
THW Kiel   31–32   Dinamo București Wunderino Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 5,621
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Ekberg 9 (16–17) Kuduz 5
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THW Kiel won 72–60 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

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Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
THW Kiel   56–63   Paris Saint-Germain 27–31 29–32
GOG Håndbold   61–73   Barça 30–37 31–36
Orlen Wisła Płock   50–52   SC Magdeburg 22–22 28–30
Telekom Veszprém   56–60   Barlinek Industria Kielce 29–29 27–31

Matches

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10 May 2023
20:45
THW Kiel   27–31   Paris Saint-Germain Wunderino Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 9,821
Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Sagosen 9 (12–13) four players 6
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17 May 2023
20:45
Paris Saint-Germain   32–29   THW Kiel Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris
Attendance: 3,185
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Krištopāns 6 (17–15) Ekberg, Øverby 5
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Paris Saint-Germain won 63–56 on aggregate.


11 May 2023
20:45
GOG Håndbold   30–37   Barça Arena Fyn, Odense
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Madsen 9 (15–19) Cindrić 9
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18 May 2023
20:45
Barça   36–31   GOG Håndbold Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Frade 6 (20–13) Madsen 5
Report   2× 

Barça won 73–61 on aggregate.


10 May 2023
18:45
Orlen Wisła Płock   22–22   SC Magdeburg Orlen Arena, Płock
Attendance: 5,460
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Kosorotov, Mihić 4 (9–12) Damgaard 8
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17 May 2023
18:45
SC Magdeburg   30–28   Orlen Wisła Płock GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 6,300
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Smits 14 (13–13) Kosorotov 8
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SC Magdeburg won 52–50 on aggregate.


11 May 2023
18:45
Telekom Veszprém   29–29   Barlinek Industria Kielce Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,221
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
El-Deraa, Štrlek 6 (13–16) A. Dujshebaev 6
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18 May 2023
18:45
Barlinek Industria Kielce   31–27   Telekom Veszprém Hala Legionów, Kielce
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
A. Dujshebaev, Sićko 6 (18–12) Remili 7
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Barlinek Industria Kielce won 60–56 on aggregate.

Final four

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The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 17 and 18 June 2023.[2] The draw took place on 23 May 2023.[3][4]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 June
 
 
  SC Magdeburg (pen.)38 (2)
 
18 June
 
  Barça38 (1)
 
  SC Magdeburg (ET)30
 
17 June
 
  Barlinek Industria Kielce29
 
  Paris Saint-Germain24
 
 
  Barlinek Industria Kielce25
 
Third place
 
 
18 June
 
 
  Barça37
 
 
  Paris Saint-Germain31

Semifinals

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17 June 2023
15:15
SC Magdeburg   40–39 (ET)   Barça Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,450
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Smits 12 (16–18) N'Guessan 9
  7×  1×  Report   3× 

FT: 31–31 ET: 7–7 Pen: 2–1


17 June 2023
18:00
Paris Saint-Germain   24–25   Barlinek Industria Kielce Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,750
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Steins 6 (14–16) A. Dujshebaev 6
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Third place game

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18 June 2023
15:15
Barça   37–31   Paris Saint-Germain Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,450
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Janc 7 (22–13) N'Tanzi, Syprzak 7
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Final

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18 June 2023
18:00
SC Magdeburg   30–29 (ET)   Barlinek Industria Kielce Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,750
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Smits 8 (13–15) A. Dujshebaev 8
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FT: 26–26 ET: 4–3

References

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  1. ^ "Regulations" (PDF). eurohandball.com. eurohandball.com. p. 18. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Playing times for Budapest and Cologne confirmed". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Truck-spotting in Cologne! The EHF FINAL4 Men draw takes place on Tuesday". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Semi-final pairings for TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 set". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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