2023–24 EHF Champions League

The tournament will run using the same format as the previous three seasons. The competition begins with a group stage featuring sixteen teams divided into two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures, fourteen in total for each team. In Groups A and B, the top two teams automatically qualify for the quarter-finals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoff round.

The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarter-finals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches (third-placed in group A plays sixth-placed group B; fourth-placed group A plays fifth-placed group B, etc.). The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.

In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.

This season, the EHF decided to make separate rankings for each club competition.[1]

• Associations 1–9 can have their league champion qualify for the Group Stage and apply for a wildcards.
• The Association that won the past season's EHF European League can have their league champion and runner up qualify for the Group Stage but cannot apply for a wildcard.
• Associations below the top 9 can only have their league champion apply for a Wildcard.

Rank[2] Association Average points Teams 1 Spain 230.00 1 2 Germany 170.33 2 3 France 134.33 4 Hungary 132.67 5 Denmark 131.67 6 Poland 124.33 7 Portugal 82.00 1 8 North Macedonia 80.00 9 Slovenia 78.00 10 Romania 66.50 0

Rank Association Average points Teams 11 Belarus 57.67 0 12 Norway 57.00 1 13 Ukraine 48.00 0 14 Croatia 43.00 1 15 Sweden 38.00 0 16 Russia 34.00 17 Slovakia 33.00 18 Finland 32.00 18 Switzerland 32.00 20 Everyone else 0.00

20 teams applied for a place, with ten having a fixed place.[3] The final list was announced in June 20, 2023.[4][5]

The fixed place for Russia is vacant since the country and its clubs are currently not admitted to participate in the EHF competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

Participating teams

GOG Håndbold (1st)	Paris Saint-Germain (1st)	Barcelona (1st)	THW Kiel (1st)
SC Magdeburg (2nd)	Telekom Veszprém (1st)	RK Eurofarm Pelister (1st)	Industria Kielce (1st)
FC Porto (1st)	Celje Pivovarna Laško (1st)	RK Zagreb (1st) WC	Aalborg Håndbold (1st) WC
Montpellier Handball (2nd) WC	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged (2nd) WC	Kolstad Håndball (1st) WC	Orlen Wisła Płock (2nd) WC

• ^WC Accepted wildcards

Wildcard rejection

Sporting CP (2nd)

Dinamo București (1st)

Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st)

IFK Kristianstad (1st)

The draw took place on 27 June 2023.[4][7][8]

Zagreb

GOG

Aalborg

PSG

Montpellier

Magdeburg

Kiel

Szeged

Veszprém

Kolstad

Porto

Kielce

Płock

Pelister

Celje

Barcelona

Location of teams of the 2023–24 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.

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;
6. Drawing of Lots

A total of 11 national associations will be represented in the group stage. North Macedonia are the only returnees, after Vardar 1961 was disqualified last season. Kolstad Håndball are the only debutants.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		THW	PAR	AAL	KIE	KOL	ZAG	SZE	PEL
1	THW Kiel	6	5	0	1	187	168	+19	10	Quarterfinals		—	30 Nov	16 Nov	35–31	6 Dec	6 Mar	35–32	22 Feb
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	0	2	187	180	+7	8			28–34	—	33–30	22 Feb	22 Nov	35–31	6 Mar	31–26
3	Aalborg Håndbold	6	3	1	2	186	176	+10	7	Playoffs		22 Nov	7 Dec	—	6 Mar	27–25	15 Feb	21 Feb	38–23
4	Industria Kielce	6	3	1	2	175	176	−1	7			14 Feb	30–29	31–34	—	29 Feb	23 Nov	27–27	30 Nov
5	Kolstad Håndball	6	3	0	3	177	166	+11	6			34–30	15 Nov	29 Nov	30–34	—	21 Feb	37–24	6 Mar
6	RK Zagreb	6	2	1	3	168	160	+8	5			14 Sep	29 Feb	30–30	16 Nov	31–20	—	30 Nov	27–18
7	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	6	2	1	3	173	183	−10	5			28 Feb	13 Sep	34–27	6 Dec	15 Feb	27–26	—	16 Nov
8	RK Eurofarm Pelister	6	0	0	6	130	174	−44	0			20–23	14 Feb	28 Feb	21–24	22–31	7 Dec	22 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	VES	GOG	MAG	POR	MON	PLO	CEL
1	Barça	6	5	0	1	211	177	+34	10	Quarterfinals		—	36–41	38–30	32–20	22 Feb	7 Mar	23 Nov	7 Dec
2	Telekom Veszprém	6	5	0	1	209	186	+23	10			30 Nov	—	22 Feb	7 Mar	44–34	33–31	28–21	23 Nov
3	GOG Håndbold	6	4	0	2	197	189	+8	8	Playoffs		14 Feb	36–30	—	23 Nov	29 Nov	32–27	28 Feb	38–36
4	SC Magdeburg	6	4	0	2	180	172	+8	8			29 Feb	28–33	16 Nov	—	37–33	30 Nov	15 Feb	39–23
5	FC Porto	6	3	0	3	183	202	−19	6			30–38	15 Feb	32–31	7 Dec	—	23 Nov	24–23	28 Feb
6	Montpellier Handball	6	2	0	4	169	180	−11	4			25–30	29 Feb	6 Dec	25–28	15 Nov	—	30–28	14 Feb
7	Orlen Wisła Płock	6	1	0	5	154	165	−11	2			16 Nov	7 Dec	26–30	26–28	7 Mar	21 Feb	—	30–25
8	Celje Pivovarna Laško	6	0	0	6	173	205	−32	0			31–37	15 Nov	7 Mar	21 Feb	29–30	29–31	29 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

As of 19 October 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[9]
1	Sigvaldi Guðjónsson	Kolstad Håndball	37
2	Szymon Sićko	Industria Kielce	36
3	Aaron Mensing	GOG Håndbold	34
	Kamil Syprzak	Paris Saint-Germain
5	Dika Mem	Barça	33
	Mario Šoštarić	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged
7	Mikkel Hansen	Aalborg Håndbold	31
8	Emil Wernsdorf Madsen	GOG Håndbold	29
	Ómar Ingi Magnússon	SC Magdeburg
10	Niclas Ekberg	THW Kiel	28
	Mitja Janc	Celje Pivovarna Laško
	Nedim Remili	Telekom Veszprém

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