2023–24 Women's EHF European League

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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)Norway Anniken Obaidli
(64 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[edit]

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[edit]

Team allocation[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Round 2[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STO POD NFH VAC
1 Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite 6 5 0 1 169 138 +31 10 Quarterfinals — 31–22 27–26 35–17
2 Croatia Podravka Vegeta 6 3 1 2 147 148 −1 7 23–19 — 25–23 27–24
3 Denmark Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 6 2 0 4 154 155 −1 4 26–27 23–22 — 32–27
4 Hungary Praktiker-Vác 6 1 1 4 147 176 −29 3 24–33 28–28 27–24 —
Source: EHF

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN THC CHA LOK
1 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 6 5 0 1 176 150 +26 10[a] Quarterfinals — 33–23 27–21 34–26
2 Germany Thüringer HC 6 5 0 1 173 146 +27 10[a] 32–28 — 29–22 29–17
3 France Chambray Touraine HB 6 2 0 4 143 159 −16 4 19–24 25–32 — 27–25
4 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 6 0 0 6 140 177 −37 0 29–30 21–28 22–29 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b HC Dunărea Brăila 61–55 Thüringer HC

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GLO NAN BEN LUB
1 Romania CS Gloria Bistrița 6 5 1 0 176 148 +28 11 Quarterfinals — 19–19 33–24 26–23
2 France Neptunes de Nantes 6 3 1 2 190 177 +13 7 29–34 — 39–27 39–25
3 Germany HSG Bensheim-Auerbach 6 2 0 4 182 200 −18 4 27–35 37–30 — 35–29
4 Poland MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin 6 1 0 5 166 195 −29 2 26–29 29–34 34–32 —
Source: EHF

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SOL MOS COS TAR
1 Norway Sola HK 6 5 0 1 195 164 +31 10 Quarterfinals — 28–32 36–31 40–29
2 Hungary Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 6 4 0 2 167 161 +6 8 29–34 — 25–23 33–27
3 Spain Costa del Sol Malaga 6 3 0 3 170 164 +6 6 22–26 29–26 — 30–26
4 Romania CSM Târgu Jiu 6 0 0 6 148 191 −43 0 21–31 20–22 25–35 —
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Thüringer HC Germany 61–72 Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite 35–39 26–33
Podravka Vegeta Croatia 51–58 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 26–32 25–26
Neptunes de Nantes France 70–57 Norway Sola HK 31–27 39–30
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár Hungary 55–59 Romania CS Gloria Bistrița 30–32 25–27

Matches[edit]

17 March 2024
16:00 		Thüringer HC Germany 35–39 Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite Salza-Halle, Bad Langensalza
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Pagh, Pontoppidan (DEN)
Reichert 9 (17–19) Obaidli 10
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23 March 2024
16:00 		Storhamar Håndball Elite Norway 33–26 Germany Thüringer HC Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1,321
Referees: Fukala, Muhyla (CZE)
Obadili 9 (15–9) Rode 9
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16 March 2024
16:00 		Podravka Vegeta Croatia 26–32 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila ŠSD "Josip Samaržija-Bepo", Koprivnica
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Mamić 10 (13–21) Ježić 7
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24 March 2024
18:00 		HC Dunărea Brăila Romania 26–25 Croatia Podravka Vegeta Sala Sporturilor „Romeo Iamandi”, Buzău
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Ježić 7 (10–12) Šimara 5
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17 March 2024
18:00 		Neptunes de Nantes France 31–27 Norway Sola HK Complexe Sportif Mangin-Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 1,827
Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL)
Vollebregt 5 (16–15) Holta 10
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24 March 2024
16:00 		Sola HK Norway 30–39 France Neptunes de Nantes Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger
Attendance: 1,530
Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK)
Tveiten 6 (10–17) Sajka 8
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16 March 2024
20:00 		Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár Hungary 30–32 Romania CS Gloria Bistrița UFM Aréna, Mosonmagyaróvár
Attendance: 1,001
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Stranigg 6 (12–14) Laslo 8
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23 March 2024
14:00 		CS Gloria Bistrița Romania 27–25 Hungary Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár TeraPlast Arena, Bistrița
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Puksic, Satler (SLO)
Laslo 9 (15–15) Lancz 6
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Final Four[edit]

The Final Four is held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz, Austria on 11 and 12 May 2024.[8] The draw took place on 26 March 2024.

Bracket[edit]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May
 
 
Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite
 
12 May
 
France Neptunes de Nantes
 
 
 
11 May
 
 
 
Romania CS Gloria Bistrița
 
 
Romania HC Dunărea Brăila
 
Third place
 
 
12 May
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals[edit]

11 May 2024 Storhamar Håndball Elite Norway v France Neptunes de Nantes Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
11 May 2024 CS Gloria Bistrița Romania v Romania HC Dunărea Brăila Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz

Third place game[edit]

12 May 2024 LSF1 v LSF2 Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz

Final[edit]

12 May 2024 WSF1 v WSF2 Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 24 March 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1 Norway Anniken Obaidli Norway Storhamar HE 64
2 Hungary Csenge Kuczora Hungary Praktiker-Vác 59
3 Norway Camilla Herrem Norway Sola HK 54
Germany Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar Germany HSG Bensheim-Auerbach
5 France Tamara Horacek France Neptunes de Nantes 51
6 Norway Kristina Novak Norway Sola HK 50
7 Austria Katarina Pandza Croatia Podravka Vegeta 48
Austria Johanna Reichert Germany Thüringer HC
9 Croatia Katarina Ježić Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 45
10 Serbia Kristina Liščević Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 44

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.
  9. ^ Goalscorers

External links[edit]

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