2024–25 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 third to sixth entered 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 played 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.

Ten of the sixteen teams competing in the group stage were determined through the EHF association ranking for the 2024–25 season, based on the results of the three previous seasons. The remaining six places were awarded as wildcards.

• Associations ranked 1–9 had their league champion qualify for the group stage and could apply their league runner-up for a wildcard.
• The best-ranked association in the EHF European League could had its league champion and runner-up qualify for the group stage, but could not apply for a wildcard.
• Associations ranked outside the top nine could only had their league champion apply for a wildcard.

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Rank[2] Association Average points Teams 1 Spain 217,00 1 2 Germany 170.00 2 3 Poland 156.67 4 France 140.33 5 Denmark 137.00 6 Hungary 124.33 7 Belarus 69.50 0 8 Portugal 61.67 1

Rank Association Average points Teams 9 Norway 57.00 1 10 Ukraine 57.00 0 11 Romania 56.50 1 12 Slovenia 52.00 0 13 North Macedonia 50.33 1 14 Croatia 44.00 15 36 associations 0.00 0

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The first nine teams were revealed on 7 June 2024.^[3] The teams who applied for a wildcard were announced on 13 June 2024.^[4] On 21 June, the final list was announced.^[5]

Aalborg Håndbold (1st)	Paris Saint-Germain (1st)	Barcelona (1st)	SC Magdeburg (1st)
Füchse Berlin (2nd)	One Veszprém (1st)	Kolstad Håndball (1st)	Orlen Wisła Płock (1st)
Sporting CP (1st)	RK Zagreb (1st)WC	HBC Nantes (2nd)WC	OTP Bank – Pick Szeged (2nd)WC
RK Eurofarm Pelister (1st)WC	Industria Kielce (2nd)WC	CS Dinamo București (1st)WC	Fredericia HK (2nd)WC

Rejected upgrades

CD Bidasoa Irun (2nd)	Elverum Håndball (2nd)	FC Porto (2nd)
Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st)	HT Tatran Prešov (1st)

The draw was held on 27 June 2024.^[4][6]

Zagreb

Aalborg

Fredericia

Paris Saint Germain

Nantes

Füchse Berlin

Magdeburg

Pick Szeged

Veszprém

Kolstad

Sporting

Kielce

Wisla Płock

Pelister Bitola

Dinamo București

Barcelona

Location of teams of the 2024–25 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 were represented in the group stage, with the only difference being that Romania replace Slovenia. Fredericia HK returned for the first time in 40 years. Sporting CP came back after five years.

Group A

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VES	SPO	BER	PAR	BUC	PLO	PEL	FRE
1	One Veszprém	14	12	0	2	468	408	+60	24	Quarterfinals		—	33–32	32–33	41–28	36–24	30–26	33–26	34–32
2	Sporting CP	14	8	2	4	454	399	+55	18[a]			39–30	—	35–33	39–28	34–25	34–29	30–24	32–29
3	Füchse Berlin	14	9	0	5	469	440	+29	18[a]	Playoffs		31–32	33–32	—	38–40	38–29	25–24	39–29	36–29
4	Paris Saint-Germain	14	9	0	5	462	456	+6	18[a]			33–37	30–28	34–37	—	35–32	28–31	31–29	38–30
5	CS Dinamo București	14	6	0	8	426	439	−13	12			26–33	33–29	38–31	33–40	—	26–27	34–25	37–28
6	Orlen Wisła Płock	14	5	1	8	370	366	+4	11			24–27	29–29	32–27	23–24	26–28	—	26–18	30–21
7	RK Eurofarm Pelister	14	3	2	9	346	406	−60	8			23–30	24–24	22–30	26–35	25–24	21–18	—	29–29
8	Fredericia HK	14	1	1	12	395	476	−81	3			31–40	19–37	32–38	32–38	32–37	28–25	23–25	—

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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. [a]

   Sporting 4 Pts, +10 GD; Berlin 4 Pts, 0 GD; Paris 4 Pts, −10 GD.

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	AAL	NAN	MAG	SZE	KIE	KOL	ZAG
1	Barça	14	10	2	2	454	409	+45	22	Quarterfinals		—	35–27	36–30	32–26	31–30	30–28	36–27	38–30
2	Aalborg Håndbold	14	8	2	4	434	421	+13	18			36–35	—	38–31	33–33	29–28	34–26	30–28	33–30
3	HBC Nantes	14	7	3	4	426	407	+19	17	Playoffs		31–31	29–29	—	29–28	32–29	23–20	44–27	32–29
4	SC Magdeburg	14	6	1	7	404	389	+15	13[a]			28–23	32–31	28–32	—	31–24	26–27	33–25	36–24
5	OTP Bank – Pick Szeged	14	6	1	7	421	422	−1	13[a]			29–29	30–32	33–32	31–29	—	28–27	27–29	26–27
6	Industria Kielce	14	5	1	8	389	411	−22	11[b]			28–32	28–35	28–28	25–29	31–35	—	31–30	30–23
7	Kolstad Håndball	14	5	1	8	400	434	−34	11[b]			30–35	25–24	29–28	31–27	33–36	32–33	—	29–25
8	RK Zagreb	14	3	1	10	373	408	−35	7			29–31	31–23	22–25	22–18	30–35	26–27	25–25	—

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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. [a]

   Magdeburg 2 Pts, +5 GD; Szeged 2 Pts, −5 GD.
2. [b]

   Kielce 4 Pts; Kolstad 0 Pts.

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