2024–25 EHF Champions League

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League.
EHF Champions League
2024–25
Tournament information
SportHandball
LocationLanxess Arena (FINAL4)
Dates11 September 2024–15 June 2025
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
Champions SC Magdeburg
Runner-up Füchse Berlin
Tournament statistics
Matches played132
Goals scored7760 (58.79 per match)
Attendance691,702 (5,240 per match)
MVP Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson
Top scorer(s) Mathias Gidsel
(135 goals)

The 2024–25 EHF Champions League was the 65th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 11 September 2024 to 15 June 2025.

FC Barcelona were the defending champions. SC Magdeburg won the final against Füchse Berlin to win their fifth title.[1]

Format

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.

Rankings

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.

Teams

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) Telekom Veszprém (1st) Kolstad Håndball (1st) Orlen Wisła Płock (1st)
Sporting CP (1st) RK Zagreb (1st)WC HBC Nantes (2nd)WC SC 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)

Draw

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

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2024–25 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.
Main article: 2024–25 EHF Champions League group stage

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VES SPO BER PAR BUC PLO PEL FRE
1 Telekom 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 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Sporting 4 Pts, +10 GD; Berlin 4 Pts, 0 GD; Paris 4 Pts, −10 GD.


Group B

Pos Team 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 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Magdeburg 2 Pts, +5 GD; Szeged 2 Pts, −5 GD.
  2. ^ a b Kielce 4 Pts; Kolstad 0 Pts.

Knockout stage

Main article: 2024–25 EHF Champions League knockout stage

Playoffs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Industria Kielce 64–70 Füchse Berlin 27–33 37–37
Orlen Wisła Płock 52–54 HBC Nantes 28–25 24–29
OTP Bank – Pick Szeged 65–56 Paris Saint-Germain 30–31 35–25
CS Dinamo București 55–65 SC Magdeburg 26–30 29–35

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SC Magdeburg 54–53 Telekom Veszprém 26–26 28–27
OTP Bank – Pick Szeged 54–56 Barça 24–27 30–29
HBC Nantes 60–57 Sporting CP 28–27 32–30
Füchse Berlin 77–65 Aalborg Håndbold 37–29 40–36

Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 14 and 15 June 2025.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 June
 
 
 Füchse Berlin34
 
15 June
 
 HBC Nantes24
 
 Füchse Berlin26
 
14 June
 
 SC Magdeburg32
 
 Barça30
 
 
 SC Magdeburg31
 
Third place
 
 
15 June
 
 
 HBC Nantes30
 
 
 Barça25

Final

15 June 2025
18:00 		Füchse Berlin 26–32 SC Magdeburg Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 20,074
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Gidsel, West av Teigum 7 (12–16) Kristjánsson 8
2× 5× Report 1× 2× 1×

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Mathias Gidsel Füchse Berlin 135
2 Mario Šoštarić OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 130
3 Lasse Andersson Füchse Berlin 115
4 Martim Costa Sporting CP 105
5 Kamil Syprzak Paris Saint-Germain 104
6 Aymeric Minne HBC Nantes 88
Valero Rivera Folch HBC Nantes
8 Filip Kuzmanovski RK Eurofarm Pelister 87
9 Tim Freihöfer Füchse Berlin 82
10 Francisco Costa Sporting CP 79
Nedim Remili Telekom Veszprém
Ómar Ingi Magnússon SC Magdeburg

See also

References

  1. ^ "Magdeburg win all-German final to take third title". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  2. ^ "EHF Club Competitions 2024/25" (PDF). eurohandball.com. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Diese Mannschaften spielen in der Saison 2024/25 in der EHF Champions League". handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b "21 teams registered for Machineseeker EHF Champions League 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Line-up confirmed for EHF Champions League 2024/25". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Thrilling groups set for Machineseeker EHF Champions League". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Top Scorers". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
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