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.
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.
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.
RankPlace distribution for 2024/25 eurohandball.comAssociationAverage pointsTeams1 Denmark112.0012 Germany85.6753 France82.3334 Romania 73.0025 Hungary67.0036 Norway 50.337 Russia44.5008 Poland 28.3339 Croatia20.33210 Spain14.0011 Sweden13.3312 Turkey12.0013 Czech Republic6.00114 Switzerland5.33215 Serbia5.00116 Austria1.67
RankAssociationAverage pointsTeams17 Slovakia0.33118 Belarus0.00019 Ukraine0.0020 Greece0.0021 Netherlands0.00121 Finland0.00023 Iceland0.0023 North Macedonia0.00123 Portugal0.0026 Luxembourg0.00027 Azerbaijan0.0027 Cyprus0.0027 Israel0.0027 Italy0.0027 Kosovo0.0032 Everyone else0.00
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. 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. 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.
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).
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualificationSecond qualifying round16 July 20245/6 October 202412/13 October 2024Third qualifying round9–10 November 202416–17 November 2024Group stageMatchday 121 November 202411–12 January 2025Matchday 218–19 January 2025Matchday 325–27 January 2025Matchday 48–9 February 2025Matchday 515–16 February 2025Matchday 622–23 February 2025Knockout phaseQuarter-finals no draw22–23 March 202529–30 March 2025Semi finalsTBD3 May 2024Finalno draw4 May 2024
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.
Seeding Seeded Unseeded SU ZRK Crvena Zvezda DHK Baník Most Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor Hypo Niederösterreich HC DAC Dunajská Streda Cabooter Fortes Venlo HC Gjorche Petrov-WHC Skopje SL Benfica Fredrikstad BK KPR Gminy Kobierzyce Super Amara Bera Bera H65 Höörs HK GC Amicitia Zürich Ankara Yenimahalle BSK HSG Blomberg-Lippe SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB Vác
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.
Seeding Seeded Unseeded Thüringer HC TuS Metzingen Sola HK Paris 92 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár RK Lokomotiva Zagreb KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin Borussia Dortmund Larvik HK DVSC Schaeffler ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec MKS FunFloor Lublin Atticgo BM Elche LC Brühl Handball IK Sävehof H65 Höörs HK Super Amara Bera Bera DHK Baník Most Vác Fredrikstad BK JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB HSG Blomberg-Lippe SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea KPR Gminy Kobierzyce
Group stage
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:
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;
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Quarterfinals
Matches
Ikast Håndbold won 61–60 on aggregate
Thüringer HC won 65–61 on aggregate
HSG Blomberg-Lippe won 52–51 on aggregate
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.
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Johanna Reichert Thüringer HC1102 Nieke Kühne HSG Blomberg-Lippe713 Malin Holta Sola HK594 Nina Engel HSG Bensheim/Auerbach535 Elke Karsten Super Amara Bera Bera 506 Laetitia Quist HSG Blomberg-Lippe487 Emma Lindqvist Ikast Håndbold47 Stine Skogrand Ikast Håndbold9 Mireya González HC Dunărea Brăila4610 Nathalie Hagman SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea45 Katarina Ježić HC Dunărea Brăila
Notes
See also 2024–25 EHF Champions League 2024–25 EHF European League 2024–25 EHF European Cup 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League 2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup
References
External links Official website