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2024–25 EHF European Cup

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup.

The 2024–25 EHF European Cup is the 28th season of Europe's tertiary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 5th season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the EHF European Cup.[1] Valur are the defending champions, but will not defend their title due to their involvement in this season's EHF European League.

EHF European Cup
2024–25
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates14 September 2024–25 May 2025
Teams74
Websiteehfec.com

Format

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The tournament is played in a straight knockout format. The ties are held in a home and away format. Overall, there are seven rounds to navigate in order to win the trophy (Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Last 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final).

Rankings

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The rankings are based on the performances of each club from a respective country from a three-year period.

Federations where their places in the EHF European Cup that depend on the number of places in the other two competitions.
Rank Association Average points Teams
22   Sweden 48.00 0
23   Norway 45.33 3
24   Romania 42.50 2
25   Croatia 35.00 1
26   Russia 28.50 0
27   Slovenia 28.33 3
28   Belarus 18.00 0
29   Switzerland 17.33 1
30   Slovakia 16.33
31   Austria 13.33 3
32   Iceland 12.67 1
33   Ukraine 9.67
N/A   North Macedonia 0.00 3

Qualified teams

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The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2024–25 EHF European Cup was announced on 9 July 2024.[3][4]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • EC: European Cup title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
    • SF: Semi-final league position
    • QF: Quarter-final league position
Round 2
  Förthof UHK Krems   Handball Westwien   HC Baki   Kur
  HC Visé BM   Sezoens Achilles Bocholt   RK Gračanica   RK Borac m:tel
  RK Izviđač[a]   Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta   Parnassos Strovolou   HK FCC Město Lovosice
  HC Robe Zubří   SKKP Handball Brno   Põlva Serviti   Mistra
  H71   VÍF   BK-46   HC Cocks
  AC PAOK   Olympiacos SFP   AEK Athens HC   London GD
  Haukar   Holon Yuvalim HC   Junior Fasano   SSV Brixen Handball
  KH Besa Famgas   KH Rahoveci   ZRHK Tenax Dobele   VHC Šviesa
  Dragūnas Klaipėda   Handball Esch   HC Berchem   HC Lovcen-Cetinje
  HV KRAS/Volendam   JD Techniek Hurry-Up   RK Alkaloid   GRK Ohrid
  Runar Sandefjord   ØIF Arendal   AHC Potaissa Turda   CS Minaur Baia Mare
  RK Partizan AdmiralBet   HC Metaloplastika Elixir   HC Dinamo Pancevo   MŠK Považská Bystrica
  MRK Krka   Celje Pivovarna Laško   Pfadi Winterthur   Beykoz BLD SK
  Beşiktaş   HC Motor
Round 1
  HC Fivers WAT Margareten   RK Sloboda   RK Leotar   RK Poreč
  Viljandi HC   Diomidis Argous   Bianco Monte Drama 1986   Pallamano Conversano 1973
  Black Devils Meran   Raimond Sassari   KH Kastrioti   Granitas-Karys
  HC Amber   HB Dudelange   Drammen HK   GRK Tikveš
  CSM București   RK Jeruzalem Ormož   Köycegiz BLD SK   Spor Toto SK
  1. ^ As the loser of the special play off in the European League, RK Izviđač dropped down to the European Cup.

Qualifying rounds

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Round 1

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A total of 20 teams are involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 14–15 September 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 21–22 September 2024. The draw was on 16 July 2024.[5]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Viljandi HC   48–71   CSM București 24–35 24–36
Köycegiz BLD SK   65–66   RK Leotar 37–33 28–33
RK Jeruzalem Ormož   67–54   Granitas-Karys 32–26 35–28
Bianco Monte Drama 1986   57–53   GRK Tikveš 31–27 26–26
KH Kastrioti   58–61   RK Sloboda 30–29 28–32
Pallamano Conversano 1973   58–81   Drammen HK 31–43 27–38
HC Amber   49–57   HC Fivers WAT Margareten 27–35 22–22
Black Devils Meran   54–64   Diomidis Argous 24–35 30–29
HB Dudelange   74–75   Raimond Sassari 36–36 38–39
Spor Toto SK   52–61   RK Poreč 26–32 26–29

Round 2

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A total of 64 teams are involved in the second qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 19–20 October 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 26–27 October 2024. The draw was on 16 July 2024.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
H71   63–74   SSV Brixen Handball 33–40 30–34
VÍF   56–59   Handball Westwien 22–29 34–30
HC Visé BM   51–63   Diomidis Argous 21–26 30–37
JD Techniek Hurry-Up   48–61   Põlva Serviti 21–25 27–36
Raimond Sassari   66–71   RK Izviđač 38–39 28–32
Pfadi Winterthur   53–46   RK Sloboda 24–26 29–20
RK Poreč   69–42   London GD 36–24 33–18
RK Borac m:tel   45–53   RK Jeruzalem Ormož 26–20 19–33
CSM București   51–66   Runar Sandefjord 25–37 26–29
ZRHK Tenax Dobele   49–51   RK Leotar 24–26 25–25
Olympiacos SFP   59–56   HC Fivers WAT Margareten 30–21 29–35
ØIF Arendal   73–59   Bianco Monte Drama 1986 37–35 36–24
Drammen HK   70–51   Holon Yuvalim HC 35–29 35–22
VHC Šviesa   59–61   Mistra 34–30 25–31
Beşiktaş   56–53   HC Dinamo Pancevo 34–27 22–26
HK FCC Město Lovosice   65–63   KH Besa Famgas 38–28 27–35
RK Partizan AdmiralBet   62–46   HC Berchem 35–24 27–22
MŠK Považská Bystrica   52–49   HC Robe Zubří 25–20 27–29
HC Metaloplastika Elixir   58–60   MRK Krka 30–32 28–28
RK Gračanica   61–76   RK Celje Pivovarna Laško 35–43 26–33
GRK Ohrid   60–64   AHC Potaissa Turda 31–25 29–39
HC Alkaloid   79–62   Dragūnas Klaipėda 42–31 37–31
Förthof UHK Krems   64–59   HV KRAS/Volendam 29–26 35–33
Handball Esch   55–78   HC Motor 26–32 29–46
Sezoens Achilles Bocholt   57–66   KH Rahoveci 32–29 25–37
BK-46   70–49   SKKP Handball Brno 41–26 29–23
Haukar   64–53   HC Cocks 35–26 29–27
CS Minaur Baia Mare   91–69   Beykoz BLD SK 44–30 47–39
Junior Fasano   46–77   AEK Athens HC 20–38 26–39
Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta   67–57   A.C. PAOK 30–24 37–33
Parnassos Strovolou   60–67   Kur 31–35 29–32
HC Baki   44–78   HC Lovcen-Cetinje 21–41 23–37

Round 3

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A total of 32 teams are involved in the third qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 23–24 November 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 30 November to 1 December 2024. The draw is on 29 October 2024.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Drammen HK   –   RK Leotar – –
Põlva Serviti   –   Beşiktaş – –
MŠK Považská Bystrica   –   BK-46 – –
ØIF Arendal   –   Diomidis Argous – –
AHC Potaissa Turda   –   Olympiacos SFP – –
SSV Brixen Handball   –   HK FCC Město Lovosice – –
Förthof UHK Krems   –   RK Partizan AdmiralBet – –
RK Poreč   –   MRK Krka – –
KH Rahoveci   –   CS Minaur Baia Mare – –
Mistra   –   RK Jeruzalem Ormož – –
Runar Sandefjord   –   RK Celje Pivovarna Laško – –
HC Motor   –   RK Izviđač – –
Anorthosis Famagusta   –   Pfadi Winterthur – –
HC Alkaloid   –   Handball Westwien – –
Haukar   –   Kur – –
AEK Athens HC   –   HC Lovcen-Cetinje – –

Last 16

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The Last 16 first leg matches are held on 15–16 February 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 22–23 February 2025. The draw is on 3 December 2024.

Results

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Quarterfinals

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The first leg matches are held on 22–23 March 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 29–30 March 2025. The draw is on 25 February 2025.

Results

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Semifinals

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The first leg matches are held on 19–20 April 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 26–27 April 2025. The draw is on 25 February 2025.


Results

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Final

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The first leg match is held on 17–18 May 2025, while the second leg match is held on 24–25 May 2025. The draw is on 29 April 2025.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Teams on the start line for EHF European Cup Men 2024/25". www.eurohandball.com.
  2. ^ Place distribution for 2024/25 eurohandball.com
  3. ^ "Teams on the start line for EHF European Cup Men 2024/25". ehfec.eurohandball.com.
  4. ^ https://ehfec.eurohandball.com/media/txfhf3vk/ehfec_men_system_2024_25.pdf
  5. ^ "Draws set four EHF club competitions in motion". www.eurohandball.com.
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