2022–23 EHF Champions League

EHF Champions League
2022–23
Tournament information
SportHandball
LocationLanxess Arena (FINAL4)
Dates14 September 2022–18 June 2023
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
Champions SC Magdeburg
Runner-up Barlinek Industria Kielce
Tournament statistics
Matches played132
Goals scored8230 (62.35 per match)
Attendance587,183 (4,448 per match)
Top scorer(s) Emil Wernsdorf Madsen
(107 goals)

The 2022–23 EHF Champions League was the 63rd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 30th edition under the current EHF Champions League format. It ran from 14 September 2022 to 18 June 2023.

SC Magdeburg defeated Barlinek Industria Kielce 30–29 in the final to capture their fourth title.[1]

Format

The tournament used the same format as the previous two 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 3rd to 6th 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 plays sixth-placed group B; fourth-placed group A plays 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. For this tournament, it was the Lanxess Arena.

Teams

Location of teams of the 2022–23 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

There were ten guaranteed places, with the six additional spots being awarded as wildcards by the EHF. The league winners of Germany, France, Spain, Hungary, Denmark, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal and Romania qualified for the group stage automatically.[2][3] 22 teams applied for a place.[4] Teams which have qualified for the 2022–23 EHF European League will have the opportunity to apply for an upgrade to the EHF Champions League. The final list was announced in June 2022.[5]

Participating teams
SC Magdeburg (1st) Barça (1st) Paris Saint-Germain (1st) OTP Bank - Pick Szeged (1st)
GOG Håndbold (1st) Barlinek Industria Kielce (1st) FC Porto (1st) Dinamo București (1st)
THW Kiel (2nd) HBC Nantes (WC) Telekom Veszprém (WC) Aalborg Håndbold (WC)
Orlen Wisła Płock (WC) PPD Zagreb (WC) Celje Pivovarna Laško (WC) Elverum Håndball (WC)
Wildcard rejection
BM Granollers Sporting CP CS Minaur Baia Mare Kadetten Schaffhausen
Ystads IF HC Motor Zaporizhzhia

Group stage

Main article: 2022–23 EHF Champions League group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 July 2022.[5][7] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. From each pot, two teams were drawn into Group A and the other two in Group B. Teams from the same national association will not drawn into the same group.[8]

A total of 11 national associations were represented in the group stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR MAG VES GOG BUC PLO ZAG POR
1 Paris Saint-Germain 14 12 0 2 492 439 +53 24 Quarterfinals — 33–37 37–35 41–36 33–26 37–33 40–31 32–30
2 SC Magdeburg 14 9 2 3 453 419 +34 20 22–29 — 32–25 36–34 34–33 33–27 35–25 41–36
3 Telekom Veszprém 14 8 2 4 449 429 +20 18 Playoffs 36–35 35–35 — 36–37 33–30 32–22 32–28 32–30
4 GOG Håndbold 14 7 1 6 459 454 +5 15 30–35 33–32 30–31 — 38–38 31–24 33–29 34–33
5 Dinamo București 14 5 3 6 416 429 −13 13 29–36 28–30 31–31 30–27 — 32–27 27–27 32–27
6 Orlen Wisła Płock 14 4 1 9 374 412 −38 9 26–32 25–24 26–30 31–27 26–28 — 26–30 27–23
7 PPD Zagreb 14 3 2 9 390 420 −30 8 30–33 25–31 29–26 27–31 28–29 26–26 — 29–23
8 FC Porto 14 2 1 11 407 438 −31 5 33–35 31–31 28–35 26–33 32–23 27–28 28–26 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR KIE NAN THW AAL SZE CEL ELV
1 Barça 14 13 1 0 484 404 +80 27 Quarterfinals — 32–28 34–29 26–24 32–26 35–25 38–30 40–30
2 Barlinek Industria Kielce 14 11 0 3 465 427 +38 22 31–32 — 40–33 40–37 33–28 37–30 36–28 37–33
3 HBC Nantes 14 7 1 6 478 451 +27 15[a] Playoffs 33–37 30–33 — 38–30 35–28 35–30 31–32 41–30
4 THW Kiel 14 6 3 5 460 440 +20 15[a] 30–30 32–29 37–33 — 36–36 34–29 39–27 36–26
5 Aalborg Håndbold 14 6 1 7 445 438 +7 13 33–39 28–30 33–34 26–30 — 33–27 36–32 31–24
6 OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 14 5 1 8 426 452 −26 11 28–35 28–31 28–28 36–33 29–41 — 36–27 30–23
7 Celje Pivovarna Laško 14 3 0 11 412 475 −63 6 27–28 30–33 24–35 38–36 31–34 28–36 — 29–26
8 Elverum Håndball 14 1 1 12 398 481 −83 3 30–46 26–27 36–42 26–26 25–33 32–34 31–29 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Nantes 71–67 Kiel

Knockout stage

Main article: 2022–23 EHF Champions League knockout stage

Playoffs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 56–74 Telekom Veszprém 23–36 33–38
Orlen Wisła Płock 57–57
5–4 (p) 		HBC Nantes 32–32 25–25
Aalborg Håndbold 54–60 GOG Håndbold 30–28 24–32
Dinamo București 60–72 THW Kiel 28–41 32–31

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
THW Kiel 56–63 Paris Saint-Germain 27–31 29–32
GOG Håndbold 61–73 Barça 30–37 31–36
Orlen Wisła Płock 50–52 SC Magdeburg 22–22 28–30
Telekom Veszprém 56–60 Barlinek Industria Kielce 29–29 27–31

Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 17 and 18 June 2023.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 June
 
 
 SC Magdeburg (pen.)38 (2)
 
18 June
 
 Barça38 (1)
 
 SC Magdeburg (ET)30
 
17 June
 
 Barlinek Industria Kielce29
 
 Paris Saint-Germain24
 
 
 Barlinek Industria Kielce25
 
Third place
 
 
18 June
 
 
 Barça37
 
 
 Paris Saint-Germain31

Final

18 June 2023
18:00 		SC Magdeburg 30–29 (ET) Barlinek Industria Kielce Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,750
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Smits 8 (13–15) A. Dujshebaev 8
2× 5× 1× Report 1× 4×

FT: 26–26 ET: 4–3

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1 Emil Wernsdorf Madsen GOG Håndbold 107
2 Kamil Syprzak Paris Saint-Germain 103
3 Arkadiusz Moryto Barlinek Industria Kielce 100
4 Kay Smits SC Magdeburg 98
5 Simon Pytlick GOG Håndbold 94
6 Aleks Vlah Celje Pivovarna Laško 88
7 Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson SC Magdeburg 87
Dika Mem Barça
9 Elohim Prandi Paris Saint-Germain 86
10 Lukas Jørgensen GOG Håndbold 84
Dainis Krištopāns Paris Saint-Germain
Rasmus Lauge Telekom Veszprém

References

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  2. ^ "Club Competitions 2022/23 MEN" (PDF). eurohandball.com. eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Regulations" (PDF). eurohandball.com. eurohandball.com. p. 18. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  4. ^ "39 teams registered for EHF Champions League 2022/23". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Teams set for EHF Champions League 2022/23". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  6. ^ "HC Vardar 1961 not admitted to European Cup competitions". eurohandball.com. EHF. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Group phase for men's 2022/23 top flight drawn". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Pots released for men's group phase draw". eurohandball.com. 28 June 2022.
  9. ^ Goalscorers
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