The 2022–23 EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 22 March with the playoffs and ended on 18 June 2023 with the final at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, to decide the winners of the 2022–23 EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.
Format In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 3rd–6th in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
Qualified teams The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.
GroupQualified for quarterfinalsQualified for playoffsFirst placeSecond placeThird placeFourth placeFifth placeSixth place A Paris Saint-Germain SC Magdeburg Telekom Veszprém GOG Håndbold Dinamo București Orlen Wisła Płock B Barça Barlinek Industria Kielce HBC Nantes THW Kiel Aalborg Håndbold OTP Bank - Pick Szeged
All times are UTC+2 (matches on 22 and 23 March are UTC+1).
Playoffs Overview
Matches
Telekom Veszprém won 74–56 on aggregate.
57–57 on aggregate. Orlen Wisła Płock won 5–4 on penalties.
GOG Håndbold won 60–54 on aggregate.
THW Kiel won 72–60 on aggregate.
Quarterfinals Overview
Matches
Paris Saint-Germain won 63–56 on aggregate.
Barça won 73–61 on aggregate.
SC Magdeburg won 52–50 on aggregate.
Barlinek Industria Kielce won 60–56 on aggregate.
Final four The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 17 and 18 June 2023. The draw took place on 23 May 2023.
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
References
External links Official website