2023–24 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | 13 September 2023–9 June 2024 |
Teams | 16 |
Website | ehfcl.com |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 124 |
Goals scored | 7209 (58.14 per match) |
Attendance | 553,343 (4,462 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Kamil Syprzak (107 goals) |
The 2023–24 EHF Champions League is the 64th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 13 September 2023 to 9 June 2024. SC Magdeburg are the reigning champions.
The tournament will run using the same format as the previous three seasons. The competition begins with a group stage featuring sixteen teams divided into two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures, fourteen in total for each team. In Groups A and B, the top two teams automatically qualify for the quarter-finals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoff round.
The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarter-finals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches (third-placed in group A plays sixth-placed group B; fourth-placed group A plays fifth-placed group B, etc.). The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.
In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.
This season, the EHF decided to make separate rankings for each club competition. [1]
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20 teams applied for a place, with ten having a fixed place. [3] The final list was announced in June 20, 2023. [4] [5]
The fixed place for Russia is vacant since the country and its clubs are currently not admitted to participate in the EHF competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [6]
GOG Håndbold (1st) | Paris Saint-Germain ( 1st) | Barcelona ( 1st) | THW Kiel ( 1st) |
SC Magdeburg ( 2nd) | Telekom Veszprém ( 1st) | RK Eurofarm Pelister ( 1st) | Industria Kielce ( 1st) |
FC Porto ( 1st) | Celje Pivovarna Laško (1st) | RK Zagreb (1st) WC | Aalborg Håndbold (1st) WC |
Montpellier Handball ( 2nd) WC | OTP Bank - Pick Szeged ( 2nd) WC | Kolstad Håndball (1st) WC | Orlen Wisła Płock ( 2nd) WC |
Sporting CP ( 2nd) | Dinamo București (1st) | Kadetten Schaffhausen ( 1st) | IFK Kristianstad ( 1st) |
The draw took place on 27 June 2023. [4] [7] [8]
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.
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:
A total of 11 national associations will be represented in the group stage. North Macedonia are the only returnees, after Vardar 1961 was disqualified last season. Kolstad Håndball are the only debutants.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | THW | AAL | PAR | KIE | ZAG | SZE | KOL | PEL | |
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1 | THW Kiel | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 410 | 379 | +31 | 22 | Quarterfinals | — | 18–27 | 26–24 | 35–31 | 33–22 | 35–32 | 26–25 | 29–23 | |
2 | Aalborg Håndbold | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 430 | 382 | +48 | 19 | 27–27 | — | 30–32 | 35–35 | 32–22 | 31–26 | 27–25 | 38–23 | ||
3 | Paris Saint-Germain | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 431 | 412 | +19 | 17 | Playoffs | 28–34 | 33–30 | — | 35–26 | 35–31 | 37–33 | 28–28 | 31–26 | |
4 | Industria Kielce | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 413 | 402 | +11 | 16 | 36–36 | 31–34 | 30–29 | — | 28–24 | 27–27 | 31–23 | 35–25 | ||
5 | RK Zagreb | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 373 | 373 | 0 | 14 | 23–30 | 30–30 | 28–26 | 22–22 | — | 30–25 | 31–20 | 27–18 | ||
6 | OTP Bank - Pick Szeged | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 401 | 414 | −13 | 13 | 27–28 | 34–27 | 29–31 | 26–25 | 27–26 | — | 29–27 | 34–26 | ||
7 | Kolstad Håndball | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 393 | 401 | −8 | 11 | 34–30 | 18–29 | 36–31 | 30–34 | 25–34 | 37–24 | — | 34–27 | ||
8 | RK Eurofarm Pelister | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 333 | 421 | −88 | 0 | 20–23 | 28–33 | 25–31 | 21–24 | 22–23 | 27–28 | 22–31 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAG | BAR | VES | MON | GOG | PLO | POR | CEL | |
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1 | SC Magdeburg | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 439 | 384 | +55 | 24 | Quarterfinals | — | 29–28 | 28–33 | 28–24 | 35–27 | 28–22 | 37–33 | 39–23 | |
2 | Barça | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 473 | 409 | +64 | 22 | 32–20 | — | 36–41 | 34–37 | 38–30 | 32–25 | 40–33 | 39–30 | ||
3 | Telekom Veszprém | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 489 | 436 | +53 | 20 | Playoffs | 28–30 | 30–31 | — | 33–31 | 34–31 | 28–21 | 44–34 | 41–31 | |
4 | Montpellier Handball | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 411 | 396 | +15 | 14 | 25–28 | 25–30 | 31–37 | — | 36–25 | 30–28 | 35–24 | 32–21 | ||
5 | GOG Håndbold | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 429 | 445 | −16 | 13 | 25–32 | 23–30 | 36–30 | 32–27 | — | 32–32 | 35–27 | 38–36 | ||
6 | Orlen Wisła Płock | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 376 | 386 | −10 | 11 | 26–28 | 25–28 | 37–30 | 22–18 | 26–30 | — | 29–28 | 30–25 | ||
7 | FC Porto | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 409 | 480 | −71 | 8 | 31–40 | 30–38 | 26–40 | 25–29 | 32–31 | 24–23 | — | 32–30 | ||
8 | Celje Pivovarna Laško | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 400 | 490 | −90 | 0 | 27–37 | 31–37 | 33–40 | 29–31 | 30–34 | 25–30 | 29–30 | — |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Orlen Wisła Płock | 59–64 | Paris Saint-Germain | 26–30 | 33–34 |
OTP Bank - Pick Szeged | 62–76 | Telekom Veszprém | 30–37 | 32–39 |
GOG Håndbold | 53–66 | Industria Kielce | 25–33 | 28–33 |
RK Zagreb | 51–57 | Montpellier Handball | 27–27 | 24–30 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Montpellier Handball | – | THW Kiel | 39–30 | 2 May |
Industria Kielce | – | SC Magdeburg | 27–26 | 1 May |
Telekom Veszprém | – | Aalborg Håndbold | 32–31 | 1 May |
Paris Saint-Germain | – | Barça | 22–30 | 2 May |
The final four will be held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 8 and 9 June 2024.
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
8 June | ||||||
9 June | ||||||
8 June | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
9 June | ||||||
9 June 2024 | WSF1 | v | WSF2 | Lanxess Arena, Cologne |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [9] |
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1 | Kamil Syprzak | Paris Saint-Germain | 107 |
2 | Emil Wernsdorf Madsen | GOG Håndbold | 98 |
3 | Aaron Mensing | GOG Håndbold | 93 |
4 | Dika Mem | Barça | 89 |
5 | Mario Šoštarič | OTP Bank - Pick Szeged | 88 |
6 | Mitja Janc | Celje Pivovarna Laško | 87 |
7 | Nedim Remili | Telekom Veszprém | 84 |
8 | Niclas Ekberg | THW Kiel | 81 |
9 | Sigvaldi Guðjónsson | Kolstad Håndball | 79 |
10 | Ómar Ingi Magnússon | SC Magdeburg | 77 |
Elohim Prandi | Paris Saint-Germain |