The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previously called the EHF Cup, the competition will be known as the EHF European League from the season 2020–21.[1] SG Flensburg-Handewitt are the current holders.
Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 EHF European League | |
 | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Country | EHF members |
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Flensburg-Handewitt(2nd title) |
| Most titles | Frisch Auf Göppingen THW Kiel SC Magdeburg (4 titles each) |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Official website | ehfel.eurohandball.com |
History
editIt was formerly known as the IHF Cup until 1993. Also, starting from the 2012–13 season the competition has been merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. The EHF coefficient rank decides, which teams have access and in which stage they enter.
Winners
editIHF Cup
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EHF Cup
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EHF European League
edit| Year | Final – Four (2020/21 to present) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
| 2020–21 Details |
 SC Magdeburg |
28–25 | Füchse Berlin |
Rhein-Neckar Löwen |
32–27 |  Orlen Wisła Płock | ||
| 2021–22 Details |
 SL Benfica |
40–39 | SC Magdeburg |
Orlen Wisła Płock |
27–22 |  RK Nexe | ||
| 2022–23 Details |
Füchse Berlin |
36–31 |  BM Granollers |
Frisch Auf Göppingen |
33–29 |  Montpellier HB | ||
| 2023–24 Details |
Flensburg-Handewitt |
36–31 | Füchse Berlin |
Rhein-Neckar Löwen |
32–31 |  Dinamo București | ||
Statistics
editWinning clubs
edit| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Magdeburg
|
4 | 2 | 1999, 2001, 2007, 2021 | 2005, 2022 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen
|
4 | 1 | 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 | 2006 |
| THW Kiel
|
4 | 0 | 1998, 2002, 2004, 2019 | — |
| Füchse Berlin
|
3 | 4 | 2015, 2018, 2023 | 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt
|
2 | 2 | 1997, 2024 | 1998, 2000 |
 BM Granollers
|
2 | 1 | 1995, 1996 | 2023 |
 HC Minaur Baia Mare
|
2 | 0 | 1985, 1988 | — |
| VfL Gummersbach
|
2 | 0 | 1982, 2009 | — |
| TBV Lemgo
|
2 | 0 | 2006, 2010 | — |
 ZTR Zaporizhzhia
|
1 | 1 | 1983 | 1985 |
| Granitas Kaunas
|
1 | 1 | 1987 | 1988 |
 RK Metković
|
1 | 1 | 2000 | 2001 |
| FC Barcelona
|
1 | 1 | 2003 | 2002 |
| TV Grosswallstadt
|
1 | 1 | 1984 | 2011 |
 Raba Vasas ETO Györ
|
1 | 0 | 1986 | — |
| TuRU Düsseldorf
|
1 | 0 | 1989 | — |
| SKIF Krasnodar
|
1 | 0 | 1990 | — |
 RK Borac Banja Luka
|
1 | 0 | 1991 | — |
| SG Wallau-Massenheim
|
1 | 0 | 1992 | — |
| CB Cantabria
|
1 | 0 | 1993 | — |
| Alzira Avidesa
|
1 | 0 | 1994 | — |
| TUSEM Essen
|
1 | 0 | 2005 | — |
| HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
|
1 | 0 | 2008 | — |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen
|
1 | 0 | 2013 | — |
| SC Pick Szeged
|
1 | 0 | 2014 | — |
 SL Benfica
|
1 | 0 | 2022 | — |
 HBC Nantes
|
0 | 2 | — | 2013, 2016 |
| RK Željezničar
|
0 | 1 | — | 1982 |
 IFK Karlskrona
|
0 | 1 | — | 1983 |
 HG Gladsaxe
|
0 | 1 | — | 1984 |
| Tecnisa Alicante
|
0 | 1 | — | 1986 |
| Atlético Madrid BM
|
0 | 1 | — | 1987 |
 ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt
|
0 | 1 | — | 1989 |
| RK Proleter Zrenjanin
|
0 | 1 | — | 1990 |
| CSKA Moscow
|
0 | 1 | — | 1991 |
 SKA Minsk
|
0 | 1 | — | 1992 |
| Bayer Dormagen
|
0 | 1 | — | 1993 |
 ASKÖ Linde Linz
|
0 | 1 | — | 1994 |
 Polyot Cheljabinsk
|
0 | 1 | — | 1995 |
 Shakhtar-Academiya
|
0 | 1 | — | 1996 |
| Virum Sorgenfri
|
0 | 1 | — | 1997 |
| BM Valladolid
|
0 | 1 | — | 1999 |
| Dynamo Astrakhan
|
0 | 1 | — | 2003 |
| BM Altea
|
0 | 1 | — | 2004 |
| CAI Aragón
|
0 | 1 | — | 2007 |
| FCK Håndbold
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0 | 1 | — | 2008 |
 RK Gorenje
|
0 | 1 | — | 2009 |
 Kadetten Schaffhausen
|
0 | 1 | — | 2010 |
| Dunkerque HB
|
0 | 1 | — | 2012 |
| Montpellier Handball
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0 | 1 | — | 2014 |
| HSV Hamburg
|
0 | 1 | — | 2015 |
| Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
|
0 | 1 | — | 2018 |
Titles by country
edit| Rank | Country | Winners | Runners-up | Total finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany
|
27
|
12
|
39
|
| 2 | Spain
|
5
|
7
|
12
|
| 3 | Soviet Union [A]
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
| 4 | Romania
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
| 5 | Hungary
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
| 6 | Yugoslavia [B]
|
1
|
2
|
3
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| 7 | Croatia
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
| 8 | Portugal
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
| 9 | France
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
| 10 | Denmark
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
| 11 | Russia
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| 12 | Sweden
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 13 | East Germany
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 14 |  Belarus
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0
|
1
|
1
|
| 15 | Austria
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 16 | Ukraine
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0
|
1
|
1
|
| 17 | Slovenia
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 18 |  Switzerland
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Notes
edit- A Results until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. One club from present day Ukraine won the title once and was runner-up another time, one club from present day Lithuania also won the title once and was runner-up another time, while one title and an additional one time runner-up were achieved by two clubs from present day Russia.
- B Results until the Breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. One Club from present day Bosnia and Herzegovina won the title once and another was runner-up one time, while a club from present day Serbia was also runner-up one time.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "EHF Executive Committee meets at EHF EURO 2020 in Stockholm". European Handball Federation. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "EHF Champions League – Latest News and Results | EHF".