2025–26 Women's EHF European League

The 2025–25 Women's EHF European League is the 45th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 27 September 2025 to 17 May 2026.^[1]

SportHandball

Dates27 September 2025–17 May 2026

TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 36 (from 20 countries)

Websiteehfel.com

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Women's EHF European League
Tournament information
2025–26
The final four will be held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz.
Sport	Handball
Dates	27 September 2025–17 May 2026
Teams	Competition proper: 16 Total: 36 (from 20 countries)
Website	ehfel.com
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

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Thüringer HC are the defending champions.

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 19–29 can have one club qualify.
Associations below the top 30 can't participate in this competition.

More information Rank, Association ...

Rank^[2]	Association	Average points	Teams
1	Denmark	96.00	4
2	Germany	94.67	4
3	Norway	85.67	3
4	Romania	81.67
5	France	64.00
6	Hungary	48.67
7	Croatia	38.67
8	Russia	44.50	0
9	Poland	27.33	3
10	Spain	21.00	2
11	Sweden	13.33
12	Switzerland	9.67
13	Serbia	9.67
14	Czech Republic	6.33
15	Turkey	5.33
16	Austria	2.33

Rank	Association	Average points	Teams
17	Greece	0.67	2
18	Iceland	0.67	2
19	Azerbaijan	0.00	1
19	Cyprus	0.00
19	Finland	0.00
19	Israel	0.00
19	Italy	0.00
19	Kosovo	0.00
19	Luxembourg	0.00
19	North Macedonia	0.00
19	Netherlands	0.00
19	Portugal	0.00
19	Ukraine	0.00
30	Everyone else	0.00

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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 15 July 2025.^[3] Sola HK was originally among the four clubs directly qualified for the group phase of the EHF European League Women 2025/26, but EHF's decision on Tuesday 5 August announced Sola HK as the replacement for HB Ludwigsburg in group B of the 2025–26 Women's EHF Champions League, leaving a spot open in the seeding list for the EHF European League. Tertnes Bergen, a Norwegian club seeded initially in the qualification round 3, has been upgraded to the group phase.^[4]

Team allocation

More information Group stage, Round 3 ...

Group stage
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (4th)	Thüringer HC (3rd)	Tertnes Bergen (5th)	CS Corona Brașov (2nd)
Round 3
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb (2nd)	HC Dalmatinka Ploče (3rd)	Viborg HK (6th)	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB (3rd)
Chambray Touraine Handball (4th)	HSG Blomberg-Lippe (3rd	HSG Bensheim/Auerbach (5th	Vfl Oldenburg (6th
MOL Esztergom (3rd)	Larvik HK (3rd)	KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin (1st)	PGE MKS El-Volt Lublin (2nd)
CS Minaur Baia Mare (4th)	Super Amara Bera Bera (1st)
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich (1st)	DHK Baník Most (1st)	HH Elite (7th)	ESBF Besançon (5th)
OF Nea Ionia (1st)	Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE (5th)	Valur (1st)	JuRo Unirek VZV (1st)
Molde Elite (4th)	SL Benfica (1st)	CS Rapid București (5th)	ŽRK Crvena zvezda (1st)
IK Sävehof (1st)	Skara HF (6th)	LC Brühl Handball (1st)	Spono Eagles (2nd)
GC Amicitia Zürich (3rd)	Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor (1st)

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Round and draw dates

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

More information Phase, Round ...

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualification	Second qualifying round	15 July 2025	27–28 September 2025	4–5 October 2025
Qualification	Third qualifying round	15 July 2025	8–9 November 2025	15–16 November 2025
Group stage	Matchday 1	20 November 2025	10–11 January 2026
	Matchday 2		17–18 January 2026
	Matchday 3		24–25 January 2026
	Matchday 4		7–8 February 2026
	Matchday 5		14–15 February 2026
	Matchday 6		21–22 February 2026
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	no draw	21–22 March 2026	28–29 March 2026
	Semi finals	TBD	16 May 2026
	Final	no draw	17 May 2026

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Qualification round

Round 2

There were 18 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 27–28 September and the second legs were played on 4–5 October 2025.

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde Elite	53–51	Skara HF	27–24	26–27
Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor	48–64	HH Elite	25–24	23–40
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár^[A]	63–36	O.F.N. Ionia	31–17	32–19
Spono Eagles	47–66	ŽRK Crvena zvezda	23–37	24–29
Hypo Niederösterreich	43–62	CS Rapid București	24–32	19–30
LC Brühl Handball	53–61	GC Amicitia Zürich	23–36	30–25
IK Sävehof	58–55	SL Benfica	29–28	29–27
ESBF Besançon	64–57	DHK Baník Most	34–28	30–29
JuRo Unirek VZV	56–61	Valur	30–31	26–30

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Round 3

There were 22 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 8–9 November and the second legs were played on 15–16 November 2025.

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PGE MKS El-Volt Lublin	54–64	KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin	24–29	30–35
Super Amara Bera Bera	46–49	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	22–19	24–30 ET
MOL Esztergom	56–52	ŽRK Crvena zvezda	29–28	27–24
IK Sävehof	61–70	Viborg HK	31–31	30–39
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	^[B]	Tertnes Bergen	–	–
Chambray Touraine Handball	57–46	ESBF Besançon	29–25	28–21
Larvik HK	66–56	Molde Elite	34–23	32–33
CS Rapid București	60–55	HSG Bensheim/Auerbach	28–34	32–21
HSG Blomberg-Lippe	59–46	Valur	37–24	22–22
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	54–47	GC Amicitia Zürich	28–22	26–25
HH Elite	49–54	CS Minaur Baia Mare	27–21	22–33
Vfl Oldenburg	75–35	HC Dalmatinka Ploče	36–14	39–21

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Group stage

Location of teams of the 2025–26 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 20 November 2025. 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:

Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	THÜ	MOS	MIN	LAR
1	Thüringer HC	6	4	2	195	181	+14	8^[a]	Quarterfinals	—	34–24	33–32	36–33
2	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	6	4	2	174	176	−2	8^[a]	Quarterfinals	36–34	—	28–26	31–22
3	CS Minaur Baia Mare	6	3	3	176	170	+6	6		28–24	34–28	—	28–31
4	Larvik HK	6	1	5	166	184	−18	2		28–34	26–27	26–28	—

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Source: EHF
Notes:

[a]
Thüringer HC 68–60 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ESZ	NYK	BLO	CHA
1	MOL Esztergom	6	4	1	1	181	174	+7	9	Quarterfinals	—	30–25	33–32	24–22
2	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	6	2	3	1	167	163	+4	7	Quarterfinals	34–32	—	30–30	21–21
3	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	6	1	2	3	171	176	−5	4^[a]		31–31	22–29	—	25–26
4	Chambray Touraine Handball	6	1	2	3	154	160	−6	4^[a]		30–31	28–28	27–31	—

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Source: EHF
Notes:

[a]
HSG Blomberg-Lippe 56–53 Chambray Touraine Handball

Group C

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BUC	ZAG	BRG	OLD
1	CS Rapid București	6	3	2	1	182	170	+12	8	Quarterfinals	—	24–29	32–32	34–30
2	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	6	3	1	2	167	160	+7	7	Quarterfinals	28–28	—	26–29	28–29
3	Tertnes Bergen	6	2	1	3	177	180	−3	5		28–30	26–29	—	26–31
4	VfL Oldenburg	6	2	0	4	169	185	−16	4		23–34	24–27	32–36	—

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Source: EHF

Group D

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DIJ	VIB	BRA	LUB
1	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	6	4	1	1	191	175	+16	9	Quarterfinals	—	30–30	26–30	31–26
2	Viborg HK	6	3	2	1	203	188	+15	8	Quarterfinals	32–33	—	33–33	42–38
3	CS Corona Brașov	6	3	1	2	193	189	+4	7		30–35	28–34	—	33–30
4	KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin	6	0	0	6	178	213	−35	0		27–36	26–32	31–39	—

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Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	64–67	Thüringer HC	27–31	37–36
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	52–68	MOL Esztergom	25–36	27–32
Viborg HK	61–58	CS Rapid București	35–26	26–32
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	40–58	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	20–30	20–28

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Matches

22 March 2026 18:00	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	27–31	Thüringer HC	SPAR NORD Boxen, Nykøbing Attendance: 1,794 Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD)
	Bang 7	(14–13)	Reichert 12
	4×	Report	3×

29 March 2026 18:00	Thüringer HC	36–37	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	Salza-Halle. Bad Langensalza Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Ivanović, Kaluđerović (MNE)
	Reichert 15	(18–22)	Lerby 11
	1× 3×	Report	3×

Thüringer HC won 67–64 on aggregate

21 March 2026 20:00	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	25–36	MOL Esztergom	UFM Aréna, Mosonmagyaróvár Attendance: 922 Referees: Cazan, Suliman (ROU)
	Stranigg 7	(13–19)	Faragó 12
	3×	Report	2× 4×

29 March 2026 14:00	MOL Esztergom	32–27	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	Suzuki Aréna, Esztergom Attendance: 950 Referees: Jakovljević, Kovačević (SRB)
	Jacques 7	(18–13)	Tóth 10
	4×	Report	1×

MOL Esztergom won 68–52 on aggregate

21 March 2026 18:00	Viborg HK	35–26	CS Rapid București	BioCirc Arena, Viborg Attendance: 688 Referees: Cournil, Lamour (FRA)
	Martinsen 9	(19–14)	four players 4
	2× 2×	Report	5×

28 March 2026 17:00	CS Rapid București	32–26	Viborg HK	Polyvalent Hall, București Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
	Kassoma 10	(13–11)	Schmidt
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

Viborg HK won 61–58 on aggregate

22 March 2026 14:00	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	20–30	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	Sutinska Vrela, Zagreb Attendance: 400 Referees: Maia, Nunes (POR)
	Posavec 10	(9–16)	Lønborg 13
	1× 7× 1×	Report	6×

28 March 2026 20:00	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	28–20	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy, Dijon Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Murariu, Chiruță (ROU)
	Lønborg 7	(12–13)	Tabak 7
	6×	Report	3×

JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB won 58–40 on aggregate

Final Four

The Final Four, (also known as the EHF Finals by the EHF), will be held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz, Austria on 16 and 17 May 2025.

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final

	16 May

	Thüringer HC
					17 May
	Viborg HK

	16 May

	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB

	MOL Esztergom
					Third place

					17 May

Top goalscorers

As of 29 March 2026 ^[5]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Johanna Reichert	Thüringer HC	98
2	Paula Posavec	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	61
3	Stine Nørklit Lønborg	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	60
4	Marielle Martinsen	Viborg HK	58
5	Gabriella Tóth	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	56
5	Lea Faragó	MOL Esztergom	56
7	Albertina Kassoma	CS Rapid București	55
8	Clara Lerby	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	53
9	Estavana Polman	CS Rapid București	52
10	Lucie Modenel	Chambray Touraine Handball	51

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Notes

[A]
Directly advanced to the group phase
[B]
After Tertnes Bergen was given a spot in the group stage, this tie was cancelled and both teams advanced to the group stage.

2025–26 Women's EHF European League

Rankings

Qualified teams

Team allocation

Round and draw dates

Qualification round

Round 2

Round 3

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarterfinals

Matches

Final Four

Bracket

Top goalscorers

Notes

See also

References

External links

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