2024–25 Women's EHF European League

For the equivalent men's tournament, see 2024–25 EHF European League.

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.^[1]

Women's EHF European League

2024–25
The final four will be held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz.
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	5 October 2024–4 May 2025
Teams	Competition proper: 16 Total: 37 (from 19 countries)
Website	ehfel.com
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

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.

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.

Rank[2] Association Average points Teams 1 Denmark 112.00 1 2 Germany 85.67 5 3 France 82.33 3 4 Romania 73.00 2 5 Hungary 67.00 3 6 Norway 50.33 7 Russia 44.50 0 8 Poland 28.33 3 9 Croatia 20.33 2 10 Spain 14.00 11 Sweden 13.33 12 Turkey 12.00 13 Czech Republic 6.00 1 14 Switzerland 5.33 2 15 Serbia 5.00 1 16 Austria 1.67

Rank Association Average points Teams 17 Slovakia 0.33 1 18 Belarus 0.00 0 19 Ukraine 0.00 20 Greece 0.00 21 Netherlands 0.00 1 21 Finland 0.00 0 23 Iceland 0.00 23 North Macedonia 0.00 1 23 Portugal 0.00 26 Luxembourg 0.00 0 27 Azerbaijan 0.00 27 Cyprus 0.00 27 Israel 0.00 27 Italy 0.00 27 Kosovo 0.00 32 Everyone else 0.00

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.^[1][3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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).^[6]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualification	Second qualifying round	16 July 2024[7]	5/6 October 2024	12/13 October 2024
	Third qualifying round		9–10 November 2024	16–17 November 2024
Group stage	Matchday 1	21 November 2024	11–12 January 2025
	Matchday 2		18–19 January 2025
	Matchday 3		25–27 January 2025
	Matchday 4		8–9 February 2025
	Matchday 5		15–16 February 2025
	Matchday 6		22–23 February 2025
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	no draw	22–23 March 2025	29–30 March 2025
	Semi finals	TBD	3 May 2024
	Final	no draw	4 May 2024

Qualification round

Main article: 2024–25 Women's EHF European League 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.^[8]

Seeding[9]
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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
H65 Höörs HK	48–47	HC Gjorche Petrov-WHC Skopje	29–21	19–26
SL Benfica	60–62	Super Amara Bera Bera	28–30	32–32
Ankara Yenimahalle BSK	65–99	DHK Baník Most	31–55	34–44
Cabooter Fortes Venlo	46–69	Vác	22–37	24–32
Fredrikstad BK	61–41	GC Amicitia Zürich	33–21	28–20
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	70–42	Hypo Niederösterreich	42–26	28–16
HSG Blomberg-Lippe	65–52	SU ZRK Crvena Zvezda	39–24	26–28
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	61–52	HC DAC Dunajská Streda	28–26	33–26
KPR Gminy Kobierzyce	63–53	Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor	36–27	27–26

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.^[10]

Seeding[9]
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[A] Super Amara Bera Bera[B] DHK Baník Most[C] Vác[D] Fredrikstad BK[E] JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB[F] HSG Blomberg-Lippe[G] SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea[H] KPR Gminy Kobierzyce[I]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thüringer HC	68–51	Vác	34–22	34–29
Larvik HK	73–72	KPR Gminy Kobierzyce	30–29	43–43 PS
IK Sävehof	53–55	KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin	30–28	23–27
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	49–60	Atticgo BM Elche	21–28	28–32
Borussia Dortmund	73–55	DHK Baník Most	36–32	37–23
HSG Blomberg-Lippe	65–48	TuS Metzingen	30–21	35–27
Sola HK	70–55	LC Brühl Handball	33–23	37–32
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	[a]	Fredrikstad BK	–	–
MKS FunFloor Lublin	43–45	Super Amara Bera Bera	23–19	20–26
H65 Höörs HK	48–63	Paris 92	25–30	23–33
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	64–59	DVSC Schaeffler	33–31	31–28
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	69–29	ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec	43–12	26–17

1. After Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár was given a spot in the group stage, this tie was cancelled and both teams advanced to the group stage.

Group stage

Main article: 2024–25 Women's EHF European League group stage

Ikast

Bourgogne Dijon

Paris

Bensheim/Auerbach

Thüringer

Borussia Dortmund

Blomberg-Lippe

Mosonmagyaróvár

Larvik

Sola

Fredrikstad

Lubin

Dunărea Brăila

Râmnicu Vâlcea

Elche

Bera Bera

Location of teams of the 2024–25 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 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:

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;

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DUN	THC	LHK	ELC
1	HC Dunărea Brăila	6	4	1	1	179	161	+18	9	Quarterfinals		—	26–22	33–33	33–15
2	Thüringer HC	6	4	0	2	183	180	+3	8			38–28	—	43–35	27–26
3	Larvik HK	6	3	1	2	189	167	+22	7			24–27	38–25	—	30–23
4	Atticgo BM Elche	6	0	0	6	136	179	−43	0			29–32	27–28	16–29	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: EHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	IKA	DOR	SOL
1	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	6	4	1	1	194	183	+11	9	Quarterfinals		—	27–26	32–27	32–29
2	Ikast Håndbold	6	4	0	2	185	176	+9	8			36–34	—	29–25	35–34
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	2	1	3	172	179	−7	5			31–31	30–27	—	29–28
4	Sola HK	6	1	0	5	183	196	−13	2			34–38	26–32	32–30	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: EHF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIP	DIJ	LUB	MOS
1	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	6	5	0	1	184	172	+12	10	Quarterfinals		—	35–30	27–26	33–28
2	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	6	3	0	3	190	175	+15	6			27–28	—	27–29	38–29
3	KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin	6	3	0	3	164	175	−11	6			29–27	24–32	—	31–29
4	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	6	1	0	5	181	197	−16	2			32–34	30–36	33–25	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: EHF

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BEN	BER	FBK	P92
1	HSG Bensheim-Auerbach	6	6	0	0	189	161	+28	12	Quarterfinals		—	34–32	32–30	28–24
2	Super Amara Bera Bera	6	3	0	3	183	179	+4	6			29–31	—	32–26	33–28
3	Fredrikstad BK	6	2	0	4	173	182	−9	4			28–39	33–24	—	28–29
4	Paris 92	6	1	0	5	152	175	−23	2			18–25	27–33	26–28	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ikast Håndbold	–	HC Dunărea Brăila	–	–
Thüringer HC	–	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	–	–
Super Amara Bera Bera	–	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	–	–
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	–	HSG Bensheim/Auerbach	–	–

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.^[11]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	3 May
					4 May
	3 May
					Third place
					4 May

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nieke Kühne	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	68
2	Johanna Reichert	Thüringer HC	62
3	Maja Furu Sæteren	Larvik HK	59
4	Malin Holta	Sola HK	58
5	Elke Karsten	Super Amara Bera Bera	46
6	Nathalie Hagman	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	44
7	Guro Ramberg	Larvik HK	43
	Anniken Wollik	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
9	Nina Dury	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	41
	Aneta Promis	KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin

Notes

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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