2023–24 EHF Champions League

The tournament used the same format as the previous three seasons. The competition began with a group stage featuring sixteen teams divided into two groups. Matches were 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 qualified for the quarter-finals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoff round.

The knockout stage included four rounds: the playoffs, quarter-finals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams were paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches (third-placed in group A played sixth-placed group B; fourth-placed group A plays fifth-placed group B, etc.). The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advanced to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams were 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 were played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.

This season, the EHF decided to make separate rankings for each club competition.^[2]

• Associations 1–9 had their league champion qualify for the group stage and apply for a wildcards.
• The Association that won the past season's EHF European League had their league champion and runner up qualify for the group stage but cannot apply for a wildcard.
• Associations below the top 9 had their league champion apply for a wildcard.

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Rank[3] Association Average points Teams 1 Spain 230.00 1 2 Germany 170.33 2 3 France 134.33 4 Hungary 132.67 5 Denmark 131.67 6 Poland 124.33 7 Portugal 82.00 1 8 North Macedonia 80.00 9 Slovenia 78.00 10 Romania 66.50 0

Rank Association Average points Teams 11 Belarus 57.67 0 12 Norway 57.00 1 13 Ukraine 48.00 0 14 Croatia 43.00 1 15 Sweden 38.00 0 16 Russia 34.00 17 Slovakia 33.00 18 Finland 32.00 18 Switzerland 32.00 20 Everyone else 0.00

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20 teams applied for a place, with ten having a fixed place.^[4] The final list was announced in June 20, 2023.^[5][6]

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.^[7]

Participating teams

GOG Håndbold (1st)	Paris Saint-Germain (1st)	Barcelona (1st)	THW Kiel (1st)
SC Magdeburg (2nd)	Telekom Veszprém (1st)	RK Eurofarm Pelister (1st)	Industria Kielce (1st)
FC Porto (1st)	Celje Pivovarna Laško (1st)	RK Zagreb (1st) WC	Aalborg Håndbold (1st[a]) WC
Montpellier Handball (2nd) WC	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged (2nd) WC	Kolstad Håndball (1st) WC	Orlen Wisła Płock (2nd) WC

• ^WC Accepted wildcards

Wildcard rejection

Sporting CP (2nd)

Dinamo București (1st)

Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st)

IFK Kristianstad (1st)

The draw took place on 27 June 2023.^[5][8][9]

Zagreb

GOG

Aalborg

Paris Saint Germain

Montpellier

Magdeburg

Kiel

Pick Szeged

Veszprém

Kolstad

Porto

Kielce

Wisla Płock

Pelister Bitola

Celje

Barcelona

Location of teams of the 2023–24 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.

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:

1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved;
4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
5. Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
6. Drawing of Lots

A total of 11 national associations will be represented in the group stage. North Macedonia are the only returnees, after Vardar 1961 was disqualified last season. Kolstad Håndball are the only debutants.

Group A

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		THW	AAL	PAR	KIE	ZAG	SZE	KOL	PEL
1	THW Kiel	14	10	2	2	410	379	+31	22	Quarterfinals		—	18–27	26–24	35–31	33–22	35–32	26–25	29–23
2	Aalborg Håndbold	14	8	3	3	430	382	+48	19			27–27	—	30–32	35–35	32–22	31–26	27–25	38–23
3	Paris Saint-Germain	14	8	1	5	431	412	+19	17	Playoffs		28–34	33–30	—	35–26	35–31	37–33	28–28	31–26
4	Industria Kielce	14	6	4	4	413	402	+11	16			36–36	31–34	30–29	—	28–24	27–27	31–23	35–25
5	RK Zagreb	14	6	2	6	373	373	0	14			23–30	30–30	28–26	22–22	—	30–25	31–20	27–18
6	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	14	6	1	7	401	414	−13	13			27–28	34–27	29–31	26–25	27–26	—	29–27	34–26
7	Kolstad Håndball	14	5	1	8	393	401	−8	11			34–30	18–29	36–31	30–34	25–34	37–24	—	34–27
8	RK Eurofarm Pelister	14	0	0	14	333	421	−88	0			20–23	28–33	25–31	21–24	22–23	27–28	22–31	—

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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAG	BAR	VES	MON	GOG	PLO	POR	CEL
1	SC Magdeburg	14	12	0	2	439	384	+55	24	Quarterfinals		—	29–28	28–33	28–24	35–27	28–22	37–33	39–23
2	Barça	14	11	0	3	473	409	+64	22			32–20	—	36–41	34–37	38–30	32–25	40–33	39–30
3	Telekom Veszprém	14	10	0	4	489	436	+53	20	Playoffs		28–30	30–31	—	33–31	34–31	28–21	44–34	41–31
4	Montpellier Handball	14	7	0	7	411	396	+15	14			25–28	25–30	31–37	—	36–25	30–28	35–24	32–21
5	GOG Håndbold	14	6	1	7	429	445	−16	13			25–32	23–30	36–30	32–27	—	32–32	35–27	38–36
6	Orlen Wisła Płock	14	5	1	8	376	386	−10	11			26–28	25–28	37–30	22–18	26–30	—	29–28	30–25
7	FC Porto	14	4	0	10	409	480	−71	8			31–40	30–38	26–40	25–29	32–31	24–23	—	32–30
8	Celje Pivovarna Laško	14	0	0	14	400	490	−90	0			27–37	31–37	33–40	29–31	30–34	25–30	29–30	—

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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

• 2023–24 EHF European League
• 2023–24 EHF European Cup
• 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League
• 2023–24 Women's EHF European League
• 2023–24 Women's EHF European Cup