2024–25 Women's EHF European League

For the equivalent men's tournament, see 2024–25 EHF European League.

Women's EHF European League
2024–25
The final four will be held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz.
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates5 October 2024–4 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 37 (from 19 countries)
Websiteehfel.com
Final positions
Champions Thüringer HC
(1st title)
Runner-up Ikast Håndbold
Tournament statistics
MVP Johanna Reichert
Top scorer(s) Johanna Reichert
(110 goals)

The 2024–25 Women's EHF European League is the 44th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 5 October 2024 to 4 May 2025.[1]

Storhamar Håndball Elite are the defending champions, but they won't be defending their title due to their involvement in this season's Champions League.

Thüringer HC won the title in a dramatic final against Danish side, Ikast Håndbold. The title marks the German club's first European trophy.[2]

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 19–31 can have one club qualify.
  • Associations below the top 31 can't participate in this competition.

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 9 July 2024.[1][4] Originally, TuS Metzingen entered the Group stage automatically, but this was an error and HSG Bensheim/Auerbach took their place in the group stage instead.[5] On 14 August 2024, Neptunes de Nantes, who had automatically qualified for the group stage, withdrew and as a result, Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár (who would've taken part in Round 3) took their place in the group stage.[6]

Team allocation

Group stage
Ikast Håndbold (4th) HSG Bensheim/Auerbach (2nd) Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár (3rd) HC Dunărea Brăila (4th)
Round 3
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb (2nd) ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec (3rd) Paris 92 (4th) Thüringer HC (3rd)
Borussia Dortmund (4th) TuS Metzingen (5th, CW) DVSC Schaeffler (4th) Sola HK (3rd)
Larvik HK (4th) KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin (1st) MKS FunFloor Lublin (3rd) Atticgo BM Elche (2nd)
LC Brühl Handball (1st) IK Sävehof (1st)
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich (1st) DHK Baník Most (1st) JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB (5th) HSG Blomberg-Lippe (6th)
Vác (5th) HC Gjorche Petrov-WHC Skopje (1st) Cabooter Fortes Venlo (1st) Fredrikstad BK (5th)
KPR Gminy Kobierzyce (2nd) SL Benfica (1st) SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (5th) SU ZRK Crvena Zvezda (1st)
HC DAC Dunajská Streda (1st) Super Amara Bera Bera (1st) H65 Höörs HK (5th, CR) GC Amicitia Zürich (2nd)
Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor (1st) Ankara Yenimahalle BSK (2nd)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[7]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 16 July 2024[8] 5/6 October 2024 12/13 October 2024
Third qualifying round 9–10 November 2024 16–17 November 2024
Group stage Matchday 1 21 November 2024 11–12 January 2025
Matchday 2 18–19 January 2025
Matchday 3 25–27 January 2025
Matchday 4 8–9 February 2025
Matchday 5 15–16 February 2025
Matchday 6 22–23 February 2025
Knockout phase Quarter-finals no draw 22–23 March 2025 29–30 March 2025
Semi finals TBD 3 May 2024
Final no draw 4 May 2024

Qualification round

Main article: 2024–25 Women's EHF European League qualification round

Round 2

There were 18 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 5–6 October and the second legs were played on 12–13 October 2024.[9]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
H65 Höörs HK 48–47 HC Gjorche Petrov-WHC Skopje 29–21 19–26
SL Benfica 60–62 Super Amara Bera Bera 28–30 32–32
Ankara Yenimahalle BSK 65–99 DHK Baník Most 31–55 34–44
Cabooter Fortes Venlo 46–69 Vác 22–37 24–32
Fredrikstad BK 61–41 GC Amicitia Zürich 33–21 28–20
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 70–42 Hypo Niederösterreich 42–26 28–16
HSG Blomberg-Lippe 65–52 SU ZRK Crvena Zvezda 39–24 26–28
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 61–52 HC DAC Dunajská Streda 28–26 33–26
KPR Gminy Kobierzyce 63–53 Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor 36–27 27–26

Round 3

There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 9–10 November and the second legs were played on 16–17 November 2024.[11]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Thüringer HC 68–51 Vác 34–22 34–29
Larvik HK 73–72 KPR Gminy Kobierzyce 30–29 43–43 PS
IK Sävehof 53–55 KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin 30–28 23–27
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 49–60 Atticgo BM Elche 21–28 28–32
Borussia Dortmund 73–55 DHK Baník Most 36–32 37–23
HSG Blomberg-Lippe 65–48 TuS Metzingen 30–21 35–27
Sola HK 70–55 LC Brühl Handball 33–23 37–32
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár [a] Fredrikstad BK – –
MKS FunFloor Lublin 43–45 Super Amara Bera Bera 23–19 20–26
H65 Höörs HK 48–63 Paris 92 25–30 23–33
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 64–59 DVSC Schaeffler 33–31 31–28
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 69–29 ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec 43–12 26–17
  1. ^ After Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár was given a spot in the group stage, this tie was cancelled and both teams advanced to the group stage.

Group stage

Main article: 2024–25 Women's EHF European League group stage
Location of teams of the 2024–25 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 21 November 2024. 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:

  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;

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN THC LHK ELC
1 HC Dunărea Brăila 6 4 1 1 179 161 +18 9 Quarterfinals — 26–22 33–33 33–15
2 Thüringer HC 6 4 0 2 183 180 +3 8 38–28 — 43–35 27–26
3 Larvik HK 6 3 1 2 189 167 +22 7 24–27 38–25 — 30–23
4 Atticgo BM Elche 6 0 0 6 136 179 −43 0 29–32 27–28 16–29 —
Source: EHF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAL IKA DOR SOL
1 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 4 1 1 194 183 +11 9 Quarterfinals — 27–26 32–27 32–29
2 Ikast Håndbold 6 4 0 2 185 176 +9 8 36–34 — 29–25 35–34
3 Borussia Dortmund 6 2 1 3 172 179 −7 5 31–31 30–27 — 29–28
4 Sola HK 6 1 0 5 183 196 −13 2 34–38 26–32 32–30 —
Source: EHF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIP DIJ LUB MOS
1 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 6 5 0 1 184 172 +12 10 Quarterfinals — 35–30 27–26 33–28
2 JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 6 3 0 3 190 175 +15 6[a] 27–28 — 27–29 38–29
3 KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin 6 3 0 3 164 175 −11 6[a] 29–27 24–32 — 31–29
4 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 6 1 0 5 181 197 −16 2 32–34 30–36 33–25 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 59–53 KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN BER FBK P92
1 HSG Bensheim-Auerbach 6 6 0 0 189 161 +28 12 Quarterfinals — 34–32 32–30 28–24
2 Super Amara Bera Bera 6 3 0 3 183 179 +4 6 29–31 — 32–26 33–28
3 Fredrikstad BK 6 2 0 4 173 182 −9 4 28–39 33–24 — 28–29
4 Paris 92 6 1 0 5 152 175 −23 2 18–25 27–33 26–28 —
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ikast Håndbold 61–60 HC Dunărea Brăila 32–30 29–30
Thüringer HC 65–61 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 35–29 30–32
Super Amara Bera Bera 51–52 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 25–28 26–24 PS
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 59–53 HSG Bensheim/Auerbach 31–27 28–26

Matches

23 March 2025
14:00 		Ikast Håndbold 32–30 HC Dunărea Brăila IBF Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 1,537
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Lindqvist 9 (16–17) Ježić 8
1× 1× Report 1× 3×
29 March 2025
19:00 		HC Dunărea Brăila 30–29 Ikast Håndbold Romeo Iamandi Sports Hall, Buzău
Attendance: 2,230
Referees: Lindenbaum, Laron (ISR)
González 11 (16–17) Lindqvist 7
1× 2× Report  4×

Ikast Håndbold won 61–60 on aggregate

22 March 2025
16:00 		Thüringer HC 35–29 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Salza Halle, Bad Langensalza
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Nygaard, Primdahl (DEN)
Reichert 15 (17–15) three players 5
2× 2× Report  3×
30 March 2025
15:00 		SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 32–30 Thüringer HC Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,239
Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
Hagman 14 (16–14) Reichert 11
1× 4× Report 2× 3×

Thüringer HC won 65–61 on aggregate

23 March 2025
18:00 		Super Amara Bera Bera 25–28 HSG Blomberg-Lippe Polideportivo Municipal José Antonio Gasca, San Sebastian
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
Ogonovszky 6 (12–14) Vegué 8
 3× Report  2×
30 March 2025
16:00 		HSG Blomberg-Lippe 24–26 Super Amara Bera Bera Phoenix Contact Arena, Lemgo
Attendance: 1,850
Referees: Watson, Welin (SWE)
Kühne 6 (11–10) Álvarez 7
1× 3× Report 1× 4×

FT: 19–22 Pen: 5–4

HSG Blomberg-Lippe won 52–51 on aggregate

23 March 2025
16:00 		JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 31–27 HSG Bensheim/Auerbach Palais des Sports JM Geoffroy, Dijon
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Schaad, Müller (SUI)
Vautier 7 (18–13) Berger, Engel 6
 5× Report  4×
29 March 2025
16:00 		HSG Bensheim/Auerbach 26–28 JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB Untermainhalle, Elsenfeld
Attendance: 1218
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Engel, Irion 6 (12–15) Dury 6
 2× Report  4×

JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB won 59–53 on aggregate

Final Four

The Final Four, (also known as the EHF Finals by the EHF), is held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz, Austria on 3 and 4 May 2025.[12]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 May
 
 
 HSG Blomberg-Lippe18
 
4 May
 
 Ikast Håndbold28
 
 Ikast Håndbold32
 
3 May
 
 Thüringer HC34
 
 Thüringer HC35
 
 
 JDA Bourgogne Dijon29
 
Third place
 
 
4 May
 
 
 HSG Blomberg-Lippe27
 
 
 JDA Bourgogne Dijon32

Semifinals

3 May 2025
15:00 		HSG Blomberg-Lippe 18–28 Ikast Håndbold Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Bocáková, Jánošíková (SVK)
Kühne, Hauf 5 (6–16) Scaglione 5
 3× Report 1× 3×
3 May 2025
18:00 		Thüringer HC 35–29 JDA Bourgogne Dijon Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Murariu, Paraschiv (ROU)
Reichert 16 (21–15) Vautier 6
 6× Report  5× 1×

Third place game

4 May 2025
15:00 		HSG Blomberg-Lippe 27–32 JDA Bourgogne Dijon Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Jakovljević, Kovačević (SRB)
Vegue I Pena 7 (10–16) Vautier 8
 2× Report  4×

Final

4 May 2025
18:00 		Ikast Håndbold 32–34 Thüringer HC Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Bakkerud 8 (16–15) Reichert 13
1× 1× 1× Report 1× 3×

Top goalscorers

[13]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Johanna Reichert Thüringer HC 110
2 Nieke Kühne HSG Blomberg-Lippe 71
3 Malin Holta Sola HK 59
4 Nina Engel HSG Bensheim/Auerbach 53
5 Elke Karsten Super Amara Bera Bera 50
6 Laetitia Quist HSG Blomberg-Lippe 48
7 Emma Lindqvist Ikast Håndbold 47
Stine Skogrand Ikast Håndbold
9 Mireya González HC Dunărea Brăila 46
10 Nathalie Hagman SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 45
Katarina Ježić HC Dunărea Brăila

Notes

  1. ^ Identity not known at the time of the draw.
  2. ^ Identity not known at the time of the draw.
  3. ^ Identity not known at the time of the draw.
  4. ^ Identity not known at the time of the draw.
  5. ^ Identity not known at the time of the draw.
  6. ^ Identity not known at the time of the draw.
  7. ^ Identity not known at the time of the draw.
  8. ^ Identity not known at the time of the draw.
  9. ^ Identity not known at the time of the draw.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "37 teams in search of 2024/25 EHF European League Women crown". www.eurohandball.com.
  2. ^ Willemsen, Eric (4 May 2025). "Thüringer beat Ikast in dramatic final for their first European trophy". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  3. ^ Place distribution for 2024/25 eurohandball.com
  4. ^ https://ehfel.eurohandball.com/media/bj4fwuk2/ehfel_women_system_2024_25_updated-list.pdf
  5. ^ "Update in seeding list for EHF European League Women 2024/25". ehfel.eurohandball.com.
  6. ^ "EHF European League Women updates after Neptunes Nantes withdrawal". ehfel.eurohandball.com.
  7. ^ https://ehfel.eurohandball.com/media/sygncrhi/ehfel_women_system_2024_25.pdf
  8. ^ "Draws set four EHF club competitions in motion". www.eurohandball.com.
  9. ^ "EHF European League Women 2024/25 - Standings". ehfel.eurohandball.com.
  10. ^ a b "Women's EHF European League updated team list" (PDF). ehfel.eurohandball.com.
  11. ^ "EHF European League Women 2024/25 - Standings". ehfel.eurohandball.com.
  12. ^ "Top handball teams look for greatness in Graz at EHF Finals Women 2025". www.eurohandball.com.
  13. ^ "Top Scorers". history.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
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