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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]

Dates5 October 20244 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 37 (from 19 countries)
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Women's EHF European League
2024–25
The final four will be held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz.
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates5 October 20244 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 37 (from 19 countries)
Websiteehfel.com
Final positions
ChampionsGermany Thüringer HC
(1st title)
Runner-upDenmark Ikast Håndbold
Tournament statistics
MVPAustria Johanna Reichert
Top scorer(s)Austria Johanna Reichert
(110 goals)
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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.

Thüringer HC won the title in a dramatic final against Danish side, Ikast Håndbold. The title marks the German club's first European trophy.[2]

Rankings

The 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

The 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][4] 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.[5] On 14 August 2024, Neptunes de Nantes, who had automatically qualified for the group stage, withdrew and as a result, Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár (who would've taken part in Round 3) took their place in the group stage.[6]

Team allocation

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[7]

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Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 16 July 2024[8] 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
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Qualification round

Round 2

There 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.[9]

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Round 3

There 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.[11]

  1. After Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár was given a spot in the group stage, this tie was cancelled and both teams advanced to the group stage.

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2024–25 Women's EHF European League group stage.
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:

  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;

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN THC LHK ELC
1 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 6 4 1 1 179 161 +18 9 Quarterfinals 26–22 33–33 33–15
2 Germany Thüringer HC 6 4 0 2 183 180 +3 8 38–28 43–35 27–26
3 Norway Larvik HK 6 3 1 2 189 167 +22 7 24–27 38–25 30–23
4 Spain Atticgo BM Elche 6 0 0 6 136 179 43 0 29–32 27–28 16–29
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAL IKA DOR SOL
1 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 4 1 1 194 183 +11 9 Quarterfinals 27–26 32–27 32–29
2 Denmark Ikast Håndbold 6 4 0 2 185 176 +9 8 36–34 29–25 35–34
3 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 2 1 3 172 179 7 5 31–31 30–27 29–28
4 Norway Sola HK 6 1 0 5 183 196 13 2 34–38 26–32 32–30
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIP DIJ LUB MOS
1 Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe 6 5 0 1 184 172 +12 10 Quarterfinals 35–30 27–26 33–28
2 France JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 6 3 0 3 190 175 +15 6[a] 27–28 27–29 38–29
3 Poland KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin 6 3 0 3 164 175 11 6[a] 29–27 24–32 31–29
4 Hungary Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 6 1 0 5 181 197 16 2 32–34 30–36 33–25
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Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 59–53 KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN BER FBK P92
1 Germany HSG Bensheim-Auerbach 6 6 0 0 189 161 +28 12 Quarterfinals 34–32 32–30 28–24
2 Spain Super Amara Bera Bera 6 3 0 3 183 179 +4 6 29–31 32–26 33–28
3 Norway Fredrikstad BK 6 2 0 4 173 182 9 4 28–39 33–24 28–29
4 France Paris 92 6 1 0 5 152 175 23 2 18–25 27–33 26–28
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Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ikast Håndbold Denmark 61–60 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 32–30 29–30
Thüringer HC Germany 65–61 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 35–29 30–32
Super Amara Bera Bera Spain 51–52 Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe 25–28 26–24 PS
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB France 59–53 Germany HSG Bensheim/Auerbach 31–27 28–26
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Matches

23 March 2025
14:00
Ikast Håndbold Denmark 32–30 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila IBF Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 1,537
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Lindqvist 9 (16–17) Ježić 8
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29 March 2025
19:00
HC Dunărea Brăila Romania 30–29 Denmark Ikast Håndbold Romeo Iamandi Sports Hall, Buzău
Attendance: 2,230
Referees: Lindenbaum, Laron (ISR)
González 11 (16–17) Lindqvist 7
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Ikast Håndbold won 61–60 on aggregate


22 March 2025
16:00
Thüringer HC Germany 35–29 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Salza Halle, Bad Langensalza
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Nygaard, Primdahl (DEN)
Reichert 15 (17–15) three players 5
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30 March 2025
15:00
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Romania 32–30 Germany Thüringer HC Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,239
Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
Hagman 14 (16–14) Reichert 11
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Thüringer HC won 65–61 on aggregate


23 March 2025
18:00
Super Amara Bera Bera Spain 25–28 Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe Polideportivo Municipal José Antonio Gasca, San Sebastián
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
Ogonovszky 6 (12–14) Vegué 8
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30 March 2025
16:00
HSG Blomberg-Lippe Germany 24–26 Spain Super Amara Bera Bera Phoenix Contact Arena, Lemgo
Attendance: 1,850
Referees: Watson, Welin (SWE)
Kühne 6 (11–10) Álvarez 7
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FT: 19–22 Pen: 5–4

HSG Blomberg-Lippe won 52–51 on aggregate


23 March 2025
16:00
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB France 31–27 Germany HSG Bensheim/Auerbach Palais des Sports JM Geoffroy, Dijon
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Schaad, Müller (SUI)
Vautier 7 (18–13) Berger, Engel 6
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29 March 2025
16:00
HSG Bensheim/Auerbach Germany 26–28 France JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB Untermainhalle, Elsenfeld
Attendance: 1m218
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Engel, Irion 6 (12–15) Dury 6
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JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB won 59–53 on aggregate

Final Four

The 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 2025.[12]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 May
 
 
Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe18
 
4 May
 
Denmark Ikast Håndbold28
 
Denmark Ikast Håndbold32
 
3 May
 
Germany Thüringer HC34
 
Germany Thüringer HC35
 
 
France JDA Bourgogne Dijon29
 
Third place
 
 
4 May
 
 
Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe27
 
 
France JDA Bourgogne Dijon32

Semifinals

3 May 2025
15:00
HSG Blomberg-Lippe Germany 18–28 Denmark Ikast Håndbold Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Bocáková, Jánošíková (SVK)
Kühne, Hauf 5 (6–16) Scaglione 5
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3 May 2025
18:00
Thüringer HC Germany 35–29 France JDA Bourgogne Dijon Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Murariu, Paraschiv (ROU)
Reichert 16 (21–15) Vautier 6
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Third place game

4 May 2025
15:00
HSG Blomberg-Lippe Germany 27–32 France JDA Bourgogne Dijon Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Jakovljević, Kovačević (SRB)
Vegue I Pena 7 (10–16) Vautier 8
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Final

4 May 2025
18:00
Ikast Håndbold Denmark 32–34 Germany Thüringer HC Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Bakkerud 8 (16–15) Reichert 13
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Top goalscorers

Notes

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See also

References

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