2022–23 Women's EHF European League

The 2022–23 Women's EHF European League was the 42nd edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 8 October 2022 to 14 May 2023.^[1]

Women's EHF European League

2022–23
Ikast Håndbold celebrates
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	8 October 2022–14 May 2023
Teams	33 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage)
Website	ehfel.com
Final positions
Champions	Ikast Håndbold
Runner-up	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Attendance	85,355 (1,423 per match)
MVP	Emma Friis
Top scorer(s)	Annika Lott (86 goals)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

SG BBM Bietigheim were the defending champions.

Overview

Team allocation

Group stage
Ikast Håndbold	DVSC Schaeffler	Paris 92	Molde Elite
Round 3
Podravka Vegeta	Viborg HK	ESBF Besançon	Neptunes de Nantes
Borussia Dortmund	Buxtehuder SV	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	Praktiker-Vác
Sola HK	MKS Zagłębie Lubin	CS Măgura Cisnădie	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
Super Amara Bera Bera	H65 Höörs HK	IK Sävehof
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich	HC Dalmatinka Ploce	ŽRK Bjelovar	DHC Plzeň
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	Chambray Touraine	Thüringer HC	VfL Oldenburg
Siófok KC	Fana	MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin	SCM Gloria Buzău
ZRK Zeleznicar – Indjija	Costa del Sol Malaga	Rocasa Gran Canaria	LC Brühl Handball
SPONO Eagles	Yalikavksports Club

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).^[2]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualification	Second qualifying round	19 July 2022	8–9 October 2022	15–16 October 2022
	Third qualifying round	18 October 2022	3–4 December 2022	10–11 December 2022
Group stage	Matchday 1	15 December 2022	7–8 January 2023
	Matchday 2		14–15 January 2023
	Matchday 3		21–22 January 2023
	Matchday 4		4–5 February 2023
	Matchday 5		11–12 February 2023
	Matchday 6		18–19 February 2023
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	no draw	18–19 March 2023	25–26 March 2023
	Semi finals	28 March 2023	13 May 2023
	Final	no draw	14 May 2023

Qualification stage

Round 2

There were 18 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 8–9 October and the second legs were played on 15–16 October 2022.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chambray Touraine	52–58	Thüringer HC	28–31	24–27
LC Brühl Handball	58–52	DHC Plzeň	30–27	28–25
SCM Gloria Buzău	42–31	Costa del Sol Malaga	32–31	10–0
MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin	50–58	Siófok KC	18–27	32–31
Rocasa Gran Canaria	79–41	ŽRK Bjelovar	42–19	37–22
Hypo Niederösterreich	49–57	VfL Oldenburg	26–33	23–24
Yalikavksports Club	45–66	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	21–29	24–37
HC Dalmatinka Ploce	55–61	ŽRK Železničar Inđija	25–32	30–29
SPONO Eagles	52–64	Fana	21–36	31–28

Round 3

There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 3–4 December and the second legs were played on 10–11 December 2022.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
H65 Höörs HK	48–63	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	24–31	24–32
Siófok KC	61–52	CS Măgura Cisnădie	33–24	28–28
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	64–51	Viborg HK	34–21	30–30
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	52–51	SCM Gloria Buzău	29–26	23–25
MKS Zagłębie Lubin	48–50	Podravka Vegeta	24–24	24–26
IK Sävehof	52–65	Thüringer HC	22–30	30–35
Rocasa Gran Canaria	57–66	Sola HK	29–32	28–34
Borussia Dortmund	74–37	ZRK Zeleznicar – Indjija	43–22	31–15
Fana	51–46	Buxtehuder SV	28–21	23–25
ESBF Besançon	59–53	Super Amara Bera Bera	32–29	27–24
VfL Oldenburg	51–69	Neptunes de Nantes	27–34	24–35
Praktiker-Vác	68–55	LC Brühl Handball	30–26	38–29

Group stage

NFH

Ikast

Fana

Molde

Sola

Besançon

Nantes

Paris

Debrecen

Mosonmagyaróvár

Vác

Siófok

Borussia

Thüringer

Podravka

Vâlcea

Location of teams of the 2022–23 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 Thursday, 15 December 2022. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.^[5]

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 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; 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. During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DOR	SIO	BES	MOL
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	5	0	1	176	154	+22	10	Quarterfinals		—	26–23	31–21	33–32
2	Siófok KC	6	4	0	2	153	149	+4	8			27–24	—	20–18	30–22
3	ESBF Besançon	6	3	0	3	172	163	+9	6			27–30	30–21	—	35–32
4	Molde Elite	6	0	0	6	168	203	−35	0			24–32	29–32	29–41	—

Source: EHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IKA	NAN	MOS	FAN
1	Ikast Håndbold	6	6	0	0	189	147	+42	12	Quarterfinals		—	30–20	28–26	29–23
2	Neptunes de Nantes	6	3	0	3	174	173	+1	6			28–33	—	36–29	29–21
3	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	6	2	0	4	174	185	−11	4			26–34	30–33	—	35–29
4	Fana	6	1	0	5	152	184	−32	2			24–35	30–28	25–28	—

Source: EHF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NYK	SOL	DEB	POD
1	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	6	4	0	2	172	151	+21	8[lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals		—	26–28	34–22	28–23
2	Sola HK	6	4	0	2	171	156	+15	8[lower-alpha 1]			26–28	—	30–25	35–29
3	DVSC Schaeffler	6	4	0	2	158	163	−5	8[lower-alpha 1]			28–27	25–21	—	32–31
4	Podravka Vegeta	6	0	0	6	150	181	−31	0			24–29	23–31	20–26	—

Source: EHF
Notes:

1. Nykøbing 4 Pts, +11 GD; Sola 4 Pts, +1 GD; DVSC 4 Pts, −12 GD

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		THC	VAL	P92	VAC
1	Thüringer HC	6	4	1	1	188	162	+26	9	Quarterfinals		—	38–31	28–24	31–21
2	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	6	3	1	2	183	178	+5	7			32–32	—	30–28	40–30
3	Paris 92	6	3	0	3	154	156	−2	6			26–25	24–22	—	26–24
4	Praktiker-Vác	6	1	0	5	156	185	−29	2			28–34	26–28	27–26	—

Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neptunes de Nantes	50–51	Borussia Dortmund	28–19	22–32
Siófok KC	41–61	Ikast Håndbold	20–30	21–31
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	61–67	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	32–29	29–38
Sola HK	59–62	Thüringer HC	35–35	24–27

Matches

19 March 2023 18:00	Neptunes de Nantes	28–19	Borussia Dortmund	Complexe Sportif Mangin-Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 2,159 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Hagman 7	(14–7)	Bleckmann 7
	3×	Report	6×

26 March 2023 16:00	Borussia Dortmund	32–22	Neptunes de Nantes	Westpress Arena, Hamm Attendance: 1,208 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Grijseels 9	(13–11)	Grandveau 5
	4×	Report	1× 2×

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18 March 2023 20:00	Siófok KC	20–30	Ikast Håndbold	Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok, Siófok Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Papp 5	(7–12)	Bakkerud 8
	2×	Report	1× 4×

25 March 2023 20:00	Ikast Håndbold	31–21	Siófok KC	IBF Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,205 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
	Scaglione 6	(17–8)	Milosavljević 9
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

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18 March 2023 16:00	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	32–29	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,239 Referees: Fukala, Mohyla (CZE)
	Glibko 7	(16–14)	Halilcevic 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

26 March 2023 18:00	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	38–29	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Næstved Arena, Næstved Attendance: 2,425 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
	Halilcevic 10	(17–14)	Glibko, Kovačević 9
	1× 3×	Report	6×

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19 March 2023 16:00	Sola HK	35–35	Thüringer HC	Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 939 Referees: Kull, Tint (EST)
	Magnussen, Tveiten 6	(19–17)	Lott 10
	5× 1×	Report	1× 8×

26 March 2023 14:00	Thüringer HC	27–24	Sola HK	Salza-Halle, Bad Langensalza Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Lindenbaum, Laron (ISR)
	Lott, Stockschläder 6	(16–12)	Novak 8
	2× 2×	Report	4×

Final four

The final four was held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz, Austria on 13 and 14 May 2023.^[6] The draw was made on 28 March 2023.^[7]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	13 May
	Borussia Dortmund	33
					14 May
	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold (Pen.)	35
					Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	24
	13 May
					Ikast Håndbold	31
	Ikast Håndbold	31
	Thüringer HC	26
					Third place
					14 May
					Borussia Dortmund	28
					Thüringer HC	23

Semifinals

13 May 2023 15:30	Ikast Håndbold	31–26	Thüringer HC	Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Bakkerud 8	(17–10)	Hendrikse 10
	1× 2× 1×	Report	1× 6×

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13 May 2023 18:00	Borussia Dortmund	33–35 (ET)	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	three players 6	(17–13)	Svele 10
	3×	Report	2× 5×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 32–32 Pen: 33–35

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Third place game

14 May 2023 15:30	Borussia Dortmund	28–23	Thüringer HC	Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Hausherr 7	(12–10)	Lott 7
	7×	Report	1× 3×

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Final

14 May 2023 18:00	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	24–31	Ikast Håndbold	Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Sajka 6	(15–14)	Friis 11
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[8]
1	Annika Lott	Thüringer HC	86
2	Elma Halilcevic	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	82
3	Iryna Glibko	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	72
4	Nathalie Hendrikse	Thüringer HC	64
5	Asma Elghaoui	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	61
6	Mia Svele	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	60
7	Tamara Mavsar	Siófok KC	59
8	Sara Berg	Fana	58
9	Nathalie Hagman	Neptunes de Nantes	57
	Csenge Kuczora	Praktiker-Vác

See also

• 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League

References

1. "37 teams enter third season of EHF European League Women". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
2. "Final WEL System" (PDF). eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
3. Qualification Round 2 EHF
4. Qualification Round 3 EHF
5. "Four groups set for EHF European League Women". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
6. Graz and Flensburg to host this season's EHF European League Finals EHF 3 February 2023
7. National derbies avoided in semi-finals EHF 28 March 2023
8. Goalscorers

External links

• Official website