| EHF European League | |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Sport: | Handball |
| Teams: | 10 (qualification stage) 32 (group stage) |
| Website: | ehfel.com |
| Champions: | (2nd title) |
| Runners-Up1: | Füchse Berlin |
| Matches: | 148 |
| Goals: | 7,530 (50.88 per match) |
| Top Scorer: |  Andrii Akimenko(95 goals) |
| Mvp: | Emil Jakobsen[1] |
| Previous: | 2022–23 |
| Next: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 EHF European League is the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 4th season since it was renamed from the EHF Cup to the EHF European League. This is the first season under the new revamped format. The defending champions are Füchse Berlin.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt won their second title after winning an all-German final against defending champions Füchse Berlin.[2]
The tournament is divided in the following phases:[3]
The rankings are based on the performances of each club from a respective country from a three year period.This season, the EHF decided to make separate rankings for each club competition.[4]
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| Rank[5] | Association | Average points | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 129.33 | align=center rowspan=2 | 4 |
| 2 | Portugal | 99.67 | ||
| 3 |  France | 78.67 | align=center rowspan=3 | 2 |
| 4 |  Poland | 77.00 | ||
| 5 | Denmark | 61.00 | ||
| 6 | Croatia | 53.00 | align=center rowspan=1 | 1 |
| 7 |  Sweden | 47.00 | 3 | |
| 8 | Switzerland | 46.00 | 2 | |
| 9 | 45.33 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Slovenia | 45.00 | 2 | |
| 11 | 39.67 | |||
| 12 |  Russia | 32,67 | 0 | |
| 13 |  Hungary | 31.33 |
| Rank | Association | Average points | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 |  Austria | 31.33 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 20.00 | 1 | |||
| 16 | 18.00 | 2 | |||
| 17 | Greece | 17.33 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 11.33 | 2 | |||
| 19 |  Turkey | 9.00 | 0 | ||
| 20 |  Finland | 8.67 | |||
| 21 |  Belarus | 8.00 | |||
| 22 |  Czech Republic | 7.67 | |||
| 22 | 7.67 | ||||
| 24 |  Iceland | 7.00 | |||
| 25 | 7.00 | ||||
| 26 |  Serbia | 4.33 | align=center rowspan=1 | 1 |
| Rank | Association | Average points | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 |  Israel | 4.33 | 0 | |
| 28 | 3.67 | |||
| 29 |  Italy | 3.00 | ||
| 30 | 1.00 | align=center rowspan=1 | 1 | |
| 30 |  Estonia | 1.00 | 0 | |
| 30 |  Great Britain | 1.00 | ||
| 30 |  Georgia | 1.00 | ||
| 30 |  Lithuania | 1.00 | ||
| 30 |  Montenegro | 1.00 | align=center rowspan=1 | 1 |
| 30 |  Malta | 1.00 | 0 | |
| 37 | Kosovo | 0.33 | ||
| 37 | Netherlands | 0.33 | ||
| 39 | Everyone else | 0.00 |
The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2023–24 EHF European League was announced on 10 July 2023.[6]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
| Füchse Berlin (3rd)EL | width=220px | Sporting CP (2nd) | width=220px | HBC Nantes (3rd) | width=220px |  REBI BM Cuenca (2nd) |
| Górnik Zabrze (3rd) | RK Nexe (2nd) | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (3rd) | Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st) | |||
| IFK Kristianstad (1st) |  HC Alkaloid (2nd) | MOL-Tatabánya KC (3rd) | RK Gorenje Velenje (2nd) | |||
 MŠK Považská Bystrica (1st) |  Dinamo București (1st) | AEK Athens (1st) |  Elverum Håndball (2nd) | |||
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt (4th) | SL Benfica (3rd) | Chambéry Savoie MBH (4th) | Logroño La Rioja (CR) | |||
| Chrobry Głogów (4th) | Skjern Håndbold (4th) | HC Kriens-Luzern (2nd) | IK Sävehof (2nd) | |||
| RK Vojvodina (1st)EC WC |  RK Izviđač (1st) WC | RK Lovćen (1st) WC |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen (5th) | width=220px | ABC Braga (4th) | width=220px | Fraikin BM Granollers (3rd) | width=220px | Pfadi Winterthur (3rd) |
| Ystads IF (3rd) | Vardar 1961 (3rd) | RK Trimo Trebnje (3rd) | CSM Constanța (CW) | |||
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (6th) | Águas Santas Milaneza (5th) |
All draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Round date[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualification round | First leg | 18 July 2023 | 26–27 August 2023 |
| Second leg | 2–3 September 2023 | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 21 July 2023 | 17 October 2023 |
| Matchday 2 | 24 October 2023 | ||
| Matchday 3 | 14 November 2023 | ||
| Matchday 4 | 21 November 2023 | ||
| Matchday 5 | 28 November 2023 | ||
| Matchday 6 | 5 December 2023 | ||
| Main Round | Matchday 7 | 13 February 2024 | |
| Matchday 8 | 20 February 2024 | ||
| Matchday 9 | 27 February 2024 | ||
| Matchday 10 | 5 March 2024 | ||
| Play offs | First leg | no draw | 26 March 2024 |
| Second leg | 2 April 2024 | ||
| Quarterfinals | First leg | no draw | 23 April 2024 |
| Second leg | 30 April 2025 | ||
| Final four | Semi-finals | 3 May 2024[8] | 25 May 2024 |
| Final and Third place game | 26 May 2024 |
The Draw took place on the 21 July 2023.[9] The only restriction was that clubs from the same country cannot be in the same group.
| width=25% | Pot 1 | width=25% | Pot 2 | width=25% | Pot 3 | width=25% | Pot 4 |
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| Füchse Berlin Sporting CP HBC Nantes REBI BM Cuenca Górnik ZabrzeRK Nexe Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Kadetten Schaffhausen | IFK Kristianstad HC Alkaloid MOL-Tatabánya KC RK Gorenje Velenje MŠK Považská Bystrica Dinamo București AEK Athens Elverum Håndball | SG Flensburg-Handewitt SL Benfica Chambéry Savoie MBH Logroño La Rioja Chrobry GłogówSkjern Håndbold HC Kriens-Luzern IK Sävehof | Play Off Winner 1 Play Off Winner 2 Play Off Winner 3 Play Off Winner 4 Play Off Winner 5 RK Vojvodina RK Izviđač RK Lovćen |
See main article: 2023–24 EHF European League Qualification Round. The draw for the qualification round was conducted on 18 July 2023. The first legs will be held on 26–27 August 2023 while the second legs will be held on 2–3 September 2023.[10] |}
The draw for the group stage was conducted on 21 July 2023 at the EHF office in Vienna.[11] [12]
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:
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In the main round, the remaining sixteen teams merge into four groups of four, where they play the teams they didn't play in the group stage. Points from the group stage against the teams that advanced with each other are carried over. At the end of the main round, The four group winners advance to the quarter-finals, while the 2nd and 3rd place teams qualify for the play-offs.
In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 2nd–3rd in Main round Groups I-IV play against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advance to the quarterfinals, where they are joined by the top teams of Main round Groups I-IV for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualify for the final four tournament at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, Germany.[13]
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The final four will held at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, Germany on 25 and 26 May 2024.[14] The draw took place on 3 May 2024.
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[15] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrii Akimenko | Dinamo București | 95 | |
| 2 | Niclas Kirkeløkke | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 94 | |
| 3 | Juri Knorr | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 91 | |
| 4 | Mathias Gidsel | Füchse Berlin | 82 | |
| 5 | Lasse Andersson | Füchse Berlin | 78 | |
| 6 | Jannik Kohlbacher | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 77 | |
| 7 | Francisco Costa | Sporting CP | 72 | |
| Gustaf Wedberg | IK Sävehof | |||
| 9 | Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 71 | |
| 10 | Lasse Møller | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 69 |