Women's EHF European League
2023–24
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates23 September 2023–12 May 2024
Teams34 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
Websiteehfel.com
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Spain Mireya Gonzalez
(30 goals)

The 2023–24 Women's EHF European League is the 43rd edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 23 September 2023 to 12 May 2024.[1]

Ikast Håndbold are the defending champions, but they won't be defending their title due to their involvement in this season's Champions League.

Rankings

This season, the EHF decided to make separate rankings for each club competition.[2]

  • 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.

Qualified teams

Team allocation

Group stage
Denmark Nykøbing Falster Håndbold (4th) Germany Thüringer HC (2nd) Hungary Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár (4th) Romania CS Gloria Bistrița (3rd)
Round 3
Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb (1st) Croatia Podravka Vegeta (2nd) Czech Republic DHK Baník Most (2nd) Denmark København Håndbold (6th)
France Neptunes de Nantes (3rd) France Chambray Touraine HB (4th) Germany Borussia Dortmund (3rd) Germany HSG Bensheim-Auerbach (8th, 2nd Cup)
Hungary Praktiker-Vác (5th) Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite (2nd) Norway Sola HK (3rd) Poland MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin (2nd)
Romania CSM Târgu Jiu (10th, 2nd Cup) Serbia ŽORK Jagodina (1st) Spain Super Amara Bera Bera (3rd) Sweden H65 Höörs HK (2nd)
Switzerland LC Brühl Handball (1st) Turkey Kastamonu Bld. GSK (1st)
Round 2
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich (1st) France JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB (5th) Germany VfL Oldenburg (5th) Greece AC PAOK (1st)
Iceland Valur (1st) Norway Larvik HK (4th) Norway Molde Elite (5th) Romania HC Dunărea Brăila (4th)
Serbia ŽRK Železničar (2nd) Spain Costa del Sol Malaga (1st) Sweden Önnereds HK (3rd) Switzerland SPONO Eagles (2nd)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 18 July 2023 23 September 2023 30 September 2023
Third qualifying round 11–12 November 2023 18–19 November 2023
Group stage Matchday 1 23 November 2023 6–7 January 2024
Matchday 2 13–14 January 2024
Matchday 3 20–21 January 2024
Matchday 4 3–4 February 2024
Matchday 5 10–11 February 2024
Matchday 6 17–18 February 2024
Knockout phase Quarter-finals no draw 16–17 March 2024 23–24 March 2024
Semi finals 26 March 2024 11 May 2024
Final no draw 12 May 2024

Qualification stage

Round 2

There were 12 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 23 September and the second legs were played on 30 September–1 October 2023.[5]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
VfL Oldenburg Germany 62–47 Greece AC PAOK 37–22 25–25
SPONO Eagles Switzerland 63–62 Serbia ŽRK Železničar 30–28 33–34
Larvik HK Norway 58–68 Spain Costa del Sol Malaga 31–35 27–33
Hypo Niederösterreich Austria 63–64 Sweden Önnereds HK 29–27 34–37 PS
Valur Iceland 43–60 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 29–30 14–30
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB France 52–75 Norway Molde Elite 29–35 23–40

Round 3

There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 11–12 November and the second legs were played on 18–19 November 2023.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HSG Bensheim-Auerbach Germany 55–44 Germany VfL Oldenburg 27–19 28–25
LC Brühl Handball Switzerland 43–53 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 23–28 20–25
Praktiker-Vác Hungary 70–53 Turkey Kastamonu Bld. GSK 37–21 33–32
Borussia Dortmund Germany 46–52 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 24–25 22–27
Storhamar Håndball Elite Norway 73–60 Sweden H65 Höörs HK 37–28 36–32
Chambray Touraine HB France 60–47 Czech Republic DHK Baník Most 33–20 27–27
SPONO Eagles Switzerland 43–58 Croatia Podravka Vegeta 17–26 26–32
Neptunes de Nantes France 75–52 Norway Molde Elite 45–28 30–24
Sola HK Norway 67–66 Spain Super Amara Bera Bera 39–32 28–34
Önnereds HK Sweden 50–55 Romania CSM Târgu Jiu 27–29 23–26
ŽORK Jagodina Serbia 44–80 Poland MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin 20–36 24–44
Costa del Sol Malaga Spain 54–49 Denmark København Håndbold 29–29 25–20

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2023–24 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, 23 November 2023.[7] 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;


This season, nine national associations are present. For the first time since the 2018–19 season, Spain has a qualified team, while Romania has the most teams in the group stage with three.

Seeding

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STO POD VAC NFH
1 Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite 2 2 0 0 62 43 +19 4 Quarterfinals — 35–17
2 Croatia Podravka Vegeta 2 1 1 0 53 51 +2 3 — 25–23
3 Hungary Praktiker-Vác 2 0 1 1 45 63 −18 1 28–28 —
4 Denmark Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 2 0 0 2 49 52 −3 0 26–27 —
Source: EHF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification THC DUN CHA LOK
1 Germany Thüringer HC 2 2 0 0 60 49 +11 4 Quarterfinals — 32–28
2 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 2 1 0 1 55 53 +2 2 — 27–21
3 France Chambray Touraine HB 2 1 0 1 48 52 −4 2 — 27–25
4 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 2 0 0 2 46 55 −9 0 21–28 —
Source: EHF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAN GLO LUB BEN
1 France Neptunes de Nantes 2 2 0 0 73 56 +17 4 Quarterfinals — 39–27
2 Romania CS Gloria Bistrița 2 2 0 0 61 50 +11 4 — 26–23
3 Poland MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin 2 0 0 2 52 60 −8 0 29–34 —
4 Germany HSG Bensheim-Auerbach 2 0 0 2 54 74 −20 0 27–35 —
Source: EHF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOS COS SOL TAR
1 Hungary Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 2 2 0 0 65 55 +10 4 Quarterfinals — 33–27
2 Spain Costa del Sol Malaga 2 1 0 1 57 51 +6 2 — 22–26
3 Norway Sola HK 2 1 0 1 54 54 0 2 28–32 —
4 Romania CSM Târgu Jiu 2 0 0 2 52 68 −16 0 25–35 —
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Group B Runners-up – Group Winner A – –
Group A Runners-up – Group Winner B – –
Group D Runners-up – Group Winner C – –
Group C Runners-up – Group Winner D – –

Final Four

The final Four was held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz, Austria on 11 and 12 May 2024.[8] The draw was made on 26 March 2024.

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May
 
 
 
 
12 May
 
 
 
 
 
11 May
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
12 May
 
 
 
 
 
 

See also


References

  1. ↑ "34 teams to enter EHF European League Women 2023/24". ehfel.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "EHF improves club competitions ranking system". eurohandball.com. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Place distribution for 2023/24 eurohandball.com
  4. ↑ "EHF League Final" (PDF). eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Qualification Round 2 EHF
  6. ↑ Qualification Round 3 EHF
  7. ↑ "Groups drawn for next phase of EHF European League Women". www.eurohandball.com.
  8. ↑ "Hamburg and Graz to host EHF Finals 2024". www.eurohandball.com.
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