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]
| 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 |
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
editThe 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
editThe 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.[1][3] 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.[4]
Team allocation
editRound and draw dates
editThe schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[5]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualification | Second qualifying round | 16 July 2024[6] | 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
editRound 2
editThere 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.[7]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
H65 Höörs HK 
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– |  HC Gjorche Petrov-WHC Skopje
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– | – |
SL Benfica 
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– |  Super Amara Bera Bera
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– | – |
Ankara Yenimahalle BSK 
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– |  DHK Baník Most
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– | – |
Cabooter Fortes Venlo 
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– |  Vác
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– | – |
Fredrikstad BK 
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– |  GC Amicitia Zürich
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– | – |
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 
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– |  Hypo Niederösterreich
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– | – |
HSG Blomberg-Lippe 
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– |  SU ZRK Crvena Zvezda
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– | – |
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 
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– |  HC DAC Dunajská Streda
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– | – |
KPR Gminy Kobierzyce 
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– | Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor
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– | – |
Round 3
editThere 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.[8]
| Seeding[3] | |
|---|---|
| Seeded | Unseeded |
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| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thüringer HC
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– | Play Off 4 | – | – |
| Larvik HK
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– | Play Off 9 | – | – |
| IK Sävehof
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– | KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin
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– | – |
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 
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– | Atticgo BM Elche
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– | – |
| Borussia Dortmund
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– | Play Off 3 | – | – |
| Play Off 7 | – | TuS Metzingen
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– | – |
| Sola HK
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– | LC Brühl Handball
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– | – |
| Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár
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– | Play Off 5 | – | – |
| MKS FunFloor Lublin
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– | Play Off 2 | – | – |
| Play Off 1 | – | Paris 92
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– | – |
| Play Off 8 | – | DVSC Schaeffler
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– | – |
| Play Off 6 | – | ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec
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– | – |
Group stage
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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
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
editThe 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
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "37 teams in search of 2024/25 EHF European League Women crown". www.eurohandball.com.
- ^ Place distribution for 2024/25 eurohandball.com
- ^ a b c https://ehfel.eurohandball.com/media/bj4fwuk2/ehfel_women_system_2024_25_updated-list.pdf
- ^ "Update in seeding list for EHF European League Women 2024/25". ehfel.eurohandball.com.
- ^ https://ehfel.eurohandball.com/media/sygncrhi/ehfel_women_system_2024_25.pdf
- ^ "Draws set four EHF club competitions in motion". www.eurohandball.com.
- ^ "EHF European League Women 2023/24 - Standings". ehfel.eurohandball.com.
- ^ "EHF European League Women 2023/24 - Standings". ehfel.eurohandball.com.