2024–25 EHF Champions League


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.
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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. 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.
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Teams

The first nine teams were revealed on 7 June 2024. The teams who applied for a wildcard were announced on 13 June 2024. On 21 June, the final list was announced.

Draw

The draw was held on 27 June 2024.

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. 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.

Knockout stage

Final four

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