2025–26 EHF European League

• Qualification Round: 24 teams will be drawn into 12 different home and away ties. The 12 winners will advance to the group stage.
• Group Stage: The 20 teams already qualified along with the 12 winners of the qualification round will be drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each, where they will play in a double round-robin format. The top 2 teams in each group will progress to the main round. Teams from the same country can't be drawn into the same group.
• Main Round: The 16 group winners and runners-up will be placed in 4 groups of 4 teams each where they will play a single round-robin. The winners will advance directly to the quarterfinals, while 2nd and 3rd placed teams will qualify for the play-offs.
• Play-offs: The 2nd and 3rd placed teams from each group in the main round will play in 4 different home and away ties. The winners will progress to the quarterfinals.
• Quarter-finals: The main round group winners will face a play-off winner to determine who makes it to the European League finals.
• EL finals: They will be played in a Final 4 format similar to the Champions League.

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 below the top 18 are allowed to enter apply one club for a potential wildcard.

More information Rank, Association ...

Rank[3] Association Average points Teams 1 Germany 145.67 4 2 Portugal 96.67 3 France 79.33 3 4 Croatia 68.33 4 5 Denmark 63.00 3 6 Switzerland 59.67 3 7 Spain 58.33 4 8 Sweden 55.00 9 Poland 46.33 2 10 Romania 38.00 11 Slovenia 30.67 12 North Macedonia 30,00 13 Hungary 29.33 1 14 Iceland 28.50 2

Rank Association Average points Teams 15 Russia 25.00 0 16 Ukraine 22.50 17 Slovakia 22.00 1 18 Finland 14.50 0 19 Greece 14.33 20 Norway 12.3 1 21 Serbia 10.67 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.00 0 22 Montenegro 10.00 24 Austria 9.33 25 Israel 0.50 25 Turkey 0.50 N/A Czech Republic 0.00 1 N/A Everyone else 0.00 0

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Ranking facts

More information Biggest rise, Pos ...

Biggest rise
Pos	Team	Old	New	Move
1	Romania	17	10	+7
2	Croatia	6	4	+2
	Denmark	7	5
	Slovenia	13	11
	Iceland	16	14
	Ukraine	18	16
	Norway	22	20

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More information Biggest fall, Pos ...

Biggest fall
Pos	Team	Old	New	Move
1	Austria	15	24	–9
2	Russia	10	15	–5
3	Poland	5	9	–4
	Turkey	21	25

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More information New entries ...

New entries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro

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More information Entries leaving ...

Entries leaving
Belarus
Luxembourg

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The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2024–25 EHF European League was announced on 8 July 2025.^[4][5]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• 1st, ..., 5th: League position of the previous season

More information Group stage, Qualification round ...

Group stage
MT Melsungen (3rd)	THW Kiel (4th)	SG Flensburg-Handewitt EL (5th)	FC Porto (2nd)
SL Benfica (3rd)	Montpellier Handball (3rd)	Fenix Toulouse (4th)	RK Nexe (2nd)
Fredericia HK (3rd)[A]	Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st)	Fraikin BM Granollers (2nd)	Abanca Ademar León (CR)
IFK Kristianstad (2nd)[B]	REBUD KPR Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski (3rd)	AHC Potaissa Turda (2nd)	RD LL Grosist Slovan (1st)
HC Vardar 1961 (2nd)	FTC-Green Collect (3rd)	Knattspyrnufélagið Fram (1st)	Tatran Prešov (1st)
Qualification round
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (6th)	Maritimo da Madeira Andebol SAD (4th)	ABC de Braga Lusíadas Saúde (5th)	Saint-Raphael Var Handball (5th)
MRK Sesvete (3rd)	MRK Čakovec (4th)	MRK Dugo Selo (CR[6])	Mors-Thy Håndbold (4th)[A]
SAH - Skanderborg (5th, CR)[A]	BSV Bern (2nd)	HC Kriens-Luzern (3rd, CW)	Bathco BM Torrelavega (3rd)
Irudek Bidasoa Irún (4th)	HK Malmö (3rd)[B]	HF Karlskrona (4th)[B]	IK Sävehof (5th)[B]
KGHM Chrobry Głogów (5th)	CS Minaur Baia Mare (4th)	RK Gorenje Velenje (2nd)	HC Alkaloid EC (3rd)
Stjarnan (CR)	Elverum Håndball (1st)	RK Partizan WC SPL (1st)	HCB Karviná WC SPL (1st)

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• ^EL: European League title holders
• ^EC: European Cup title holders
• ^WC: Accepted Wildcard
• ^SPL: Special Play Off teams

The draw for the qualification round was conducted on 15 July 2025 in Vienna, Austria.^[8][9] The eleven winners on aggregate advanced to the group stage. The first legs were held on 30 to 31 August 2025 while the second legs were held on 6–7 September 2025.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	66–55	HC Alkaloid	37–27	29–28
Mors-Thy Håndbold	64–80	Saint-Raphael Var Handball	32–45	32–35
RK Gorenje Velenje	50–59	HC Kriens-Luzern	25–27	25–32
Irudek Bidasoa Irún	65–50	ABC de Braga Lusíadas Saúde	35–26	30–24
KGHM Chrobry Głogów	65–70	HF Karlskrona	30–33	35–37
CS Minaur Baia Mare	53–52	Stjarnan	26–26	27–26
HK Malmö	60–71	IK Sävehof	24–33	36–38
MRK Dugo Selo	56–64	MRK Sesvete	32–29	24–35
Elverum Håndball	67–56	Bathco BM Torrelavega	38–28	29–28
MRK Čakovec	55–73	BSV Bern	28–31	27–42
SAH - Skanderborg	74–56	Maritimo da Madeira Andebol SAD	38–25	36–31

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Special Qualification Play off

Unlike the other Play offs, the losers of this tie will drop down to the European Cup.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RK Partizan	61–53	HCB Karviná	31–27	30–26

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Nexe

Sesvete

Fredericia

Skanderborg

Fenix

Montpellier

Saint-Raphaël

Flensburg

Kiel

Melsungen

Hannover

FTC

Fram

Vardar

Elverum

Porto

SLB

Ostrów

Turda

Minaur

Partizan

Tatran

Slovan

Granollers

Ademar

Irún

Kristianstad

Karlskrona

Sävehof

Kadetten

Bern

Kriens

Location of teams of the 2025–26 EHF European League group stage
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H

The draw for the group stage was conducted on 18 July 2025 at the EHF office in Vienna.

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:

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FLE	BID	SRA	POT
1	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	6	6	0	0	218	180	+38	12	Main Round		—	38–35	32–30	46–28
2	Irudek Bidasoa Irún	6	3	0	3	201	194	+7	6[c]			32–33	—	33–25	35–30
3	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	6	3	0	3	195	182	+13	6[c]			29–36	35–32	—	42–24
4	AHC Potaissa Turda	6	0	0	6	166	224	−58	0			26–33	33–34	25–34	—

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Source: EHF
Notes:

1. [a]

   From 17 countries.
2. [b]

   From 17 or 18 nations
3. [c]

   Irudek Bidasoa Irún 65–60 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KIE	MON	OST	BRN
1	THW Kiel	6	6	0	0	196	146	+50	12	Main Round		—	27–18	34–21	37–27
2	Montpellier Handball	6	4	0	2	195	168	+27	8			28–30	—	37–26	37–29
3	KPR Ostrovia	6	1	1	4	157	198	−41	3			25–33	25–38	—	32–28
4	BSV Bern	6	0	1	5	170	206	−36	1			27–35	31–37	28–28	—

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Group C

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAH	GRA	SLO	MIN
1	SAH - Skanderborg	6	5	0	1	214	168	+46	10	Main Round		—	28–29	34–30	39–26
2	Fraikin BM Granollers	6	3	1	2	169	175	−6	7			26–31	—	27–35	29–28
3	RD LL Grosist Slovan	6	2	0	4	181	189	−8	4			30–37	29–34	—	35–29
4	CS Minaur Baia Mare	6	1	1	4	162	194	−32	3			27–45	24–24	28–22	—

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Group D

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	ELV	LUZ	FRA
1	FC Porto	6	5	0	1	228	169	+59	10	Main Round		—	29–31	44–31	44–30
2	Elverum Håndball	6	4	0	2	198	179	+19	8			25–29	—	31–34	38–24
3	HC Kriens-Luzern	6	3	0	3	200	213	−13	6			26–44	34–38	—	40–25
4	Knattspyrnufélagið Fram	6	0	0	6	165	230	−65	0			26–38	29–35	31–35	—

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Group E

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MEL	BEN	FTC	KAR
1	MT Melsungen	6	6	0	0	180	163	+17	12	Main Round		—	28–26	33–27	35–34
2	SL Benfica	6	3	0	3	191	181	+10	6[a]			26–30	—	38–25	36–33
3	FTC-Green Collect	6	3	0	3	173	190	−17	6[a]			25–28	33–31	—	31–29
4	HF Karlskrona	6	0	0	6	184	194	−10	0			25–26	32–34	31–32	—

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Notes:

1. [a]

   SL Benfica 69–58 FTC-Green Collect

Group F

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAR	KRI	SEV	FEN
1	HC Vardar 1961	6	5	0	1	203	176	+27	10	Main Round		—	35–30	34–29	37–35
2	IFK Kristianstad	6	4	1	1	186	179	+7	9			32–31	—	28–27	34–26
3	MRK Sesvete	6	2	1	3	181	195	−14	5			24–38	32–32	—	32–31
4	Fenix Toulouse	6	0	0	6	178	198	−20	0			26–28	28–30	32–37	—

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Group G

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HAN	FRE	SAV	TAT
1	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	6	5	0	1	196	173	+23	10	Main Round		—	31–34	27–25	40–28
2	Fredericia HK	6	3	1	2	193	181	+12	7			29–31	—	29–33	38–30
3	IK Sävehof	6	2	2	2	178	173	+5	6			28–30	29–29	—	33–28
4	Tatran Prešov	6	0	1	5	172	212	−40	1			29–37	27–34	30–30	—

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Group H

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NEX	KAD	PAR	ADE
1	RK Nexe	6	3	1	2	175	169	+6	7	Main Round		—	29–30	30–22	29–28
2	Kadetten Schaffhausen	6	3	0	3	176	161	+15	6[a]			31–32	—	32–19	30–22
3	RK Partizan	6	3	0	3	147	162	−15	6[a]			30–27	29–26	—	25–18
4	Abanca Ademar León	6	2	1	3	155	161	−6	5			28–28	30–27	29–22	—

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Source: EHF
Notes:

1. [a]

   Kadetten Schaffhausen 58–48 RK Partizan

In the Main Round, the remaining sixteen teams played in four groups of four. Teams were matched with two opponents they had not previously played against in the Group Stage, while points against the teams that advanced from the same group were carried over. At the end of the Main Round, the four group winners advanced to the Quarterfinals, while 2nd- and 3rd-placed teams from each group qualified for the Play-offs.

Group I

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KIE	FLE	MON	BID
1	THW Kiel	6	6	0	0	189	157	+32	12	Quarterfinals		—	36–29	27–18	27–20
2	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	6	3	0	3	202	205	−3	6[a]	Play Offs		30–32	—	40–35	38–35
3	Montpellier Handball	6	3	0	3	190	196	−6	6[a]			28–30	35–32	—	38–33
4	Irudek Bidasoa Irún	6	0	0	6	186	209	−23	0			32–37	32–33	34–36	—

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Source: EHF
Notes:

1. [a]

   SG Flensburg-Handewitt 72–70 Montpellier Handball

Group II

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	ELV	SAH	GRA
1	FC Porto	6	4	0	2	179	178	+1	8[a]	Quarterfinals		—	29–31	28−33	34−33
2	Elverum Håndball	6	4	0	2	178	169	+9	8[a]	Play Offs		25–29	—	31−24	37−28
3	SAH - Skanderborg	6	3	0	3	177	169	+8	6			29−30	32−25	—	28–29
4	Fraikin BM Granollers	6	1	0	5	170	188	−18	2			27−29	27−29	26–31	—

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Notes:

1. [a]

   FC Porto 58–56 Elverum Håndball

Group III

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAR	MEL	KRI	BEN
1	HC Vardar 1961	6	4	0	2	205	187	+18	8	Quarterfinals		—	37−33	35–30	33−27
2	MT Melsungen	6	3	0	3	179	183	−4	6[a]	Play Offs		25−34	—	33−29	28–26
3	IFK Kristianstad	6	3	0	3	186	189	−3	6[a]			32–31	31–30	—	34−38
4	SL Benfica	6	2	0	4	179	190	−11	4			40−35	26–30	22−30	—

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Notes:

1. [a]

   MT Melsungen 63–60 IFK Kristianstad

Group IV

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HAN	NEX	FRE	KAD
1	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	6	4	0	2	186	168	+18	8	Quarterfinals		—	34−28	31–34	31−27
2	RK Nexe	6	3	0	3	181	178	+3	6[a]	Play Offs		26−23	—	33−34	29–30
3	Fredericia HK	6	3	0	3	183	189	−6	6[a]			29–31	26−33	—	30−32
4	Kadetten Schaffhausen	6	2	0	4	173	188	−15	4			24−36	31–32	29−30	—

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Source: EHF
Notes:

1. [a]

   RK Nexe 66–60 Fredericia HK

In the play-offs, eight teams ranked 2nd and 3rd in Main Round Groups I through IV played against each other in home-and-away matches.

The four winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals, where they wewre joined by winners of Main Round Groups I through IV for another round of home-and-away matches.

The four Quarterfinal winners qualified for the Final Four tournament.

Play-offs

Overview

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SAH - Skanderborg	65–71	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	32–38	33–33
Montpellier Handball	67–59	Elverum Håndball	36–24	31–35
Fredericia HK	61–64	MT Melsungen	35–29	26–35
IFK Kristianstad	61–68	RK Nexe	34–36	27–32

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Matches

31 March 2026 18:45	SAH - Skanderborg	32–38	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Djurslands Bank Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,522 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	Lærke 8	(15–18)	Golla 9
	3×	Report	1× 3×

7 April 2026 18:45	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	33–33	SAH - Skanderborg	GP Joule Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Sirbu, Serdiuc (MDA)
	Jakobsen 7	(16–13)	Kristján 11
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31 March 2026 20:45	Montpellier Handball	36–24	Elverum Håndball	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Thurin 8	(17–9)	Gjerdalen 7
	1× 6×	Report	3×

7 April 2026 20:45	Elverum Håndball	35–31	Montpellier Handball	Terningen Arena, Elverum Attendance: 1,446 Referees: Uhlir, Benus (CZE)
	Máthé, Lukács 6	(18–19)	Monte, Balaguer 5
	1× 5×	Report	5×

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31 March 2026 20:45	Fredericia HK	35–29	MT Melsungen	Middelfart Sparekasse Arena, Fredericia Attendance: 1,188 Referees: Cindric, Gonzurek (CRO)
	Pevnov 8	(19–13)	Kastening 7
	5×	Report	2×

7 April 2026 18:45	MT Melsungen	35–26	Fredericia HK	Rothenbach-Halle, Kassel Attendance: 1,617 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Darmoul 9	(17–12)	Kjeldgaard 7
	3×	Report	1×

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31 March 2026 18:45	IFK Kristianstad	34–36	RK Nexe	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,272 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Månsson 7	(21–18)	Lučin 8
	3×	Report	8× 1×

7 April 2026 20:45	RK Nexe	32–27	IFK Kristianstad	OS Kralja Tomislava, Našice Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Cernavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	Lučin 6	(14–15)	Månsson, Aðalsteinsson 5
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Quarterfinals

Overview

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RK Nexe	60–60 2–4 (p)	THW Kiel	33–30	27–30
MT Melsungen	47–46	FC Porto	28–23	19–23
Montpellier Handball	57–50	HC Vardar 1961	33–23	24–27
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	82–74	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	39–39	43–35

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Matches

28 April 2026 18:45	RK Nexe	33–30	THW Kiel	OS Kralja Tomislava, Našice Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	Lučin 9	(16–13)	Reinkind, Ankermann 5
	2× 1×	Report	1× 6× 1×

5 May 2026 20:45	THW Kiel	34–29	RK Nexe	Wunderino Arena, Kiel Attendance: 6,005 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Johansson, Zerbe 10	(17–15)	Lučin 10
	4×	Report	1× 4×
	FT: 30–27 Pen: 4–2

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28 April 2026 20:45	MT Melsungen	28–23	FC Porto	Rothenbach-Halle, Kassel Attendance: 2,561 Referees: Pagh, Thygesen (DEN)
	Mandić 8	(12–8)	Silva 6
	2×	Report	1× 2×

5 May 2026 20:45	FC Porto	23–19	MT Melsungen	Dragão Arena, Porto Attendance: 1,085 Referees: Budzak, Zahradnik (SVK)
	Silva, Martínez 4	(12–9)	Drosten 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

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28 April 2026 20:45	Montpellier Handball	33–23	HC Vardar 1961	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 2,950 Referees: Kull, Tint (EST)
	Villeminot, Monte 6	(12–10)	Mitrović, Silva 6
	2×	Report	1× 3× 1×

5 May 2026 20:45	HC Vardar 1961	27–24	Montpellier Handball	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Biro, Kiss (HUN)
	Malus 6	(17–12)	three players 5
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 2×

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29 April 2026 20:45	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	39–39	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	GP Joule Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 3,543 Referees: Pétursson, Þrastarson (ISL)
	Pytlick, Jakobsen 8	(20–19)	Pedersen 11
	4× 1×	Report	1× 4×

5 May 2026 18:45	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	35–43	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Swiss Life Hall, Hannover Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Tissier 10	(20–22)	Jakobsen 10
	3×	Report	1× 4× 1×

The Final Four tournament was held at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 May
	Montpellier Handball	28
					31 May
	THW Kiel	29
					THW Kiel	23
	30 May
					MT Melsungen	24
	MT Melsungen	37
	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	30
					Third place
					31 May
					Montpellier Handball	30
					SG Flensburg-Handewitt	32

Semifinals

30 May 2025 12:30	Montpellier Handball	28–29	THW Kiel	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 11,023 Referees: Cindric, Gonzurek (CRO)
	Balaguer 8	(12−15)	Johansson 6
	1×	Report	5×

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30 May 2025 15:30	MT Melsungen	37–30	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 11,023 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Krištopāns 9	(15−14)	Pytlick
	1× 1×	Report	3×

Third place game

31 May 2025 15:00	Montpellier Handball	30–32	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 12,200 Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	Srna 6	(16−16)	Pytlick, Jakobsen 7
	3×	Report	2× 1×

Final

31 May 2025 18:00	THW Kiel	23–24	MT Melsungen	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 12,200 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Zerbe 5	(12−13)	Krištopāns 4
	2× 4×	Report	1× 4×

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More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Axel Månsson	IFK Kristianstad	98
2	Marko Grgić	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	84
3	Johannes Golla	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	80
4	Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson	Kadetten Schaffhausen	74
5	Emil Jakobsen	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	72
6	Kevin Gulliksen	Elverum Håndball	69
7	Simon Pytlick	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	67
8	Tin Lučin	RK Nexe	66
9	Péter Lukács	Elverum Håndball	65
	Jaka Malus	HC Vardar 1961

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• 2025–26 Women's EHF European League
• 2025–26 Women's EHF European Cup