The 2022–23 EHF Champions League group stage was played between 14 September 2022 and 2 March 2023 to determine the twelve teams advancing to the knockout stage of the 2022–23 EHF Champions League.
Draw The draw was held on 1 July 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
Seeding The composition of the seeding pots for the group stage draw was announced on 28 June 2022. 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.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 Barça SC Magdeburg Paris Saint-Germain OTP Bank - Pick Szeged GOG Håndbold Barlinek Industria Kielce FC Porto Celje Pivovarna Laško Dinamo București THW Kiel HBC Nantes Telekom Veszprém Elverum Håndball PPD Zagreb Aalborg Håndbold Orlen Wisła Płock
Format In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
Tiebreakers 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 the same number of points, the ranking was determined as follows:
Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved; Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved; Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved; Superior goal difference in all matches of the group; 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.
Groups The matchdays were 14–15 September, 21–22 September, 28–29 September, 5–6 October, 26–27 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, 30 November – 1 December, 7–8 December, 14–15 December 2022, 8–9 February, 15–16 February, 22–23 February, and 1–2 March 2023.
Times until 29 October 2022 are UTC+2, from 30 October 2022 on UTC+1.
Group A
Group B
Notes
References
External links Official website