2024–25 EHF European Cup

EHF European Cup
2024–25
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates14 September 202425 May 2025
Teams74
Websiteehfec.com
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The 2024–25 EHF European Cup is the 28th season of Europe's tertiary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 5th season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the EHF European Cup.[1] Valur are the defending champions, but will not defend their title due to their involvement in this season's EHF European League.

Format

The tournament is played in a straight knockout format. The ties are held in a home and away format. Overall, there are seven rounds to navigate in order to win the trophy (Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Last 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final).

Rankings

The rankings are based on the performances of each club from a respective country from a three year period.

Rank[2] Association Average points Teams
1 Greece Greece 36.33 5
2 Czech Republic Czech Republic 29.67 3 or 4
3 Serbia Serbia 29.33 3
4 Cyprus Cyprus 23.33 2
5 Estonia Estonia 17.33 3
6 Luxembourg Luxembourg 14.67
7 Israel Israel 13.33 1
8 Italy Italy 12.00 5
9 Turkey Turkey 12.00 4
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.00 4 or 5
11 Kosovo Kosovo 11.33 3
12 Finland Finland 9.67 2
Rank Association Average points Teams
13 Latvia Latvia 9.67 1
14 Lithuania Lithuania 7.67 4
15 Netherlands Netherlands 7.33 2
16 Belgium Belgium 5.00 2
17 Bulgaria Bulgaria 4.33 0
18 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 4.00 2
19 Montenegro Montenegro 2.33 1
20 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2.00 2
21 Moldova Moldova 0.33 0
N/A United Kingdom Great Britain 0.00 1
N/A N/A Everyone else 0.00 0

Federations where their places in the EHF European Cup that depend on the number of places in the other two competitions.
Rank Association Average points Teams
22 Sweden Sweden 48.00 0
23 Norway Norway 45.33 3
24 Romania Romania 42.50 2
25 Croatia Croatia 35.00 1
26 Russia Russia 28.50 0
27 Slovenia Slovenia 28.33 3
28 Belarus Belarus 18.00 0
29 Switzerland Switzerland 17.33 1
30 Slovakia Slovakia 16.33
31 Austria Austria 13.33 3
32 Iceland Iceland 12.67 1
33 Ukraine Ukraine 9.67
N/A North Macedonia North Macedonia 0.00 3

Qualified teams

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2024–25 EHF European Cup was announced on 9 July 2024.[3][4]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • EC: European Cup title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
    • SF: Semi-final league position
    • QF: Quarter-final league position


Qualifying rounds

Round 1

A total of 20 teams are involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 14–15 September 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 21–22 September 2024. The draw was on the 16 of July 2024.[5]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

Round 2

A total of 64 teams are involved in the second qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 19–20 October 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 26–27 October 2024. The draw was on the 16 of July 2024.

Results


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

Round 3

A total of 32 teams are involved in the third qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 23–24 November 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 30 November to 1 December 2024. The draw is on the 29 of October 2024.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg


Last 16

The Last 16 first leg matches are held on 15–16 February 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 22–23 February 2025. The draw is on the 3 of December 2024.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

Quarterfinals

The first leg matches are held on 22–23 March 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 29–30 March 2025. The draw is on the 25 February 2025.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

Semifinals

The first leg matches are held on 19–20 April 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 26–27 April 2025. The draw is on the 25 February 2025.


Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

Final

The first leg match is held on 17–18 May 2025, while the second leg match is held on 24–25 May 2025. The draw is on the 29 April 2025.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

See also

References

  1. ^ "Teams on the start line for EHF European Cup Men 2024/25". www.eurohandball.com.
  2. ^ Place distribution for 2024/25 eurohandball.com
  3. ^ "Teams on the start line for EHF European Cup Men 2024/25". ehfec.eurohandball.com.
  4. ^ https://ehfec.eurohandball.com/media/txfhf3vk/ehfec_men_system_2024_25.pdf
  5. ^ "Draws set four EHF club competitions in motion". www.eurohandball.com.
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