2026–27 EHF Champions League

The tournament will see a new format. The 24 teams will be split into six groups of four teams and play a round-robin with home and away matches. The top two-placed teams advance to the main round, which conists of two groups of six, also playing home and away matches against the teams they not played already. The top four-placed teams advance to the quarterfinals, from whereon a knockout system will be used.^[1]

The rankings are based on the performances from the three most recent seasons.^[2]

• Associations ranked 1–10 have their league champion qualify for the group stage and can apply for a wildcard for two more teams.
• Associations ranked outside the top ten can only have their league champion apply for a wildcard.

More information Rank, Association ...

Rank[3]	Association	Average points	Teams
1	Germany	210.33	1
2	Spain	186.33
3	France	139.33
4	Denmark	138.67
5	Poland	128.00
6	Hungary	118.00
7	Romania	77.50
8	Portugal	59.67
9	Croatia	48.67
10	Norway	34.33
11	Slovenia	29.00	0
12	North Macedonia	20.00
13	38 associations	0.00

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27 teams applied for a place, with ten having a fixed place.^[4] The full list was announced on 22 June 2026.^[5]

HC Zagreb (1st)	Aalborg Håndbold (1st)	Barça (1st)	Paris Saint-Germain (1st)
SC Magdeburg (1st)	One Veszprém HC (1st)	Kolstad Håndball (1st)	Industria Kielce (1st)
Sporting CP (1st)	CS Dinamo București (1st)	MT Melsungen (EL)	SAH Aarhus (2nd) U
GOG (3rd) U	HBC Nantes (2nd) U	Montpellier Handball (3rd) U	Füchse Berlin (2nd) U
OTP Bank – Pick Szeged (2nd) U	HC Vardar 1961 (1st) U	Orlen Wisła Płock (2nd) U	FC Porto (2nd) U
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško (1st) U	RK Partizan (1st) U	HC Kriens-Luzern (1st) U	IFK Kristianstad (1st) U

• ^EL: European League title holders
• ^U Confirmed upgrades

Rejected upgrades

MOL Tatabánya KC (3rd)

Valur (1st)

Elverum Håndball (3rd)

The draw took place on 26 June 2026.^[5][6]

In the group stage, teams are 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 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;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.

Veszprém

Berlin

Porto

Partizan

Nantes

Melsungen

Wisła Płock

Vardar

Aalborg

PSG

Zagreb

Celje

Sporting CP

Pick Szeged

GOG

Kristianstad

Barça

Montpellier

Dinamo București

SAH Aarhus

SC Magdeburg

Kielce

Kolstad

Kriens-Luzern

Location of teams of the 2026–27 EHF Champions League group phase.

Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Green: Group C;

Yellow: Group D; Orange: Group E; Purple: Group F.

As of 17 September 2026^[7]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mathias Gidsel	Füchse Berlin	19
	Noam Leopold	HBC Nantes
3	Óli Mittún	GOG	18
	Martim Costa	Sporting CP
5	Aleks Vlah	Industria Kielce	17
6	Hugo Descat	One Veszprém HC	16
	Yahia Omar	Paris Saint-Germain
	Manuel Zehnder	GOG
9	Mohab Abdelhak	HC Vardar 1961	15
	Ihar Bialiauski	HC Zagreb

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• 2026–27 EHF European League
• 2026–27 EHF European Cup
• 2026–27 Women's EHF Champions League
• 2026–27 Women's EHF European League
• 2026–27 Women's EHF European Cup