2023–24 Women's EHF European League
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]
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Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | 23 September 2023–12 May 2024 |
Teams | 34 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage) |
Website | ehfel.com |
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.
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Qualified teams
Team allocation
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 |
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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 |
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VfL Oldenburg ![]() |
62–47 | ![]() |
37–22 | 25–25 |
SPONO Eagles ![]() |
63–62 | ![]() |
30–28 | 33–34 |
Larvik HK ![]() |
58–68 | ![]() |
31–35 | 27–33 |
Hypo Niederösterreich ![]() |
63–64 | ![]() |
29–27 | 34–37 PS |
Valur ![]() |
43–60 | ![]() |
29–30 | 14–30 |
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB ![]() |
52–75 | ![]() |
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 |
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HSG Bensheim-Auerbach ![]() |
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LC Brühl Handball ![]() |
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Praktiker-Vác ![]() |
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Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
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Storhamar Håndball Elite ![]() |
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– | – |
Chambray Touraine HB ![]() |
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– | – |
SPONO Eagles ![]() |
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– | – |
Neptunes de Nantes ![]() |
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Sola HK ![]() |
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Önnereds HK ![]() |
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ŽORK Jagodina ![]() |
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Costa del Sol Malaga ![]() |
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– | – |
Group stage




The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 23 November 2023. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
Tiebreakers |
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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:
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 | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 4 | |
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1 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||
2 | Team 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
3 | Team 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
4 | Team 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 4 | |
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1 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||
2 | Team 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
3 | Team 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
4 | Team 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 4 | |
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1 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||
2 | Team 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
3 | Team 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
4 | Team 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 4 | |
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1 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | — | ||||
2 | Team 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
3 | Team 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
4 | Team 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Quarterfinals
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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.[7] The draw was made on 26 March 2024.
Bracket
Semifinals | Final | |||||
11 May | ||||||
12 May | ||||||
11 May | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
12 May | ||||||
See also
- 2023–24 EHF Champions League
- 2023–24 EHF European League
- 2023–24 EHF European Cup
- 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League
- 2023–24 Women's EHF European Cup
References
- "34 teams to enter EHF European League Women 2023/24". ehfel.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- "EHF improves club competitions ranking system". eurohandball.com. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- https://www.eurohandball.com/media/dq1axkil/new_placedistribution_final_women_23_24.pdf
- "EHF League Final" (PDF). eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- Qualification Round 2 EHF
- Qualification Round 3 EHF
- Graz and Flensburg to host this season's EHF European League Finals EHF 3 February 2023