2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 16 March with the playoffs and ended on 2 June 2024 with the final at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

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In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 3rd–6th in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary.[1]

Qualified teams

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The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Qualified for quarterfinals Qualified for playoffs
First place Second place Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place
A   Győri Audi ETO KC   Odense Håndbold   Brest Bretagne Handball   CSM București   DVSC Schaeffler   SG BBM Bietigheim
B   Metz Handball   Team Esbjerg   Ikast Håndbold   Vipers Kristiansand   RK Krim Mercator   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

Playoffs

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Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria   59–56   Brest Bretagne Handball 28–30 31–26
SG BBM Bietigheim   60–58   Ikast Håndbold 29–27 31–31
RK Krim Mercator   48–60   CSM București 24–30 24–30
DVSC Schaeffler   55–56   Vipers Kristiansand 28–29 27–27

Matches

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16 March 2024
16:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria   28–30   Brest Bretagne Handball Érd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Lekić 9 (15–14) Maslova 9
 5×  Report  6×  1× 
24 March 2024
18:00
Brest Bretagne Handball   26–31   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Brest Arena, Brest
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Maslova 7 (12–16) Malestein 10
Report   4× 

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 59–56 on aggregate.


17 March 2024
16:00
SG BBM Bietigheim   29–27   Ikast Håndbold Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
Attendance: 1,723
Referees: Petrušis, Barysas (LTU)
Smits 8 (13–14) Bakkerud 7
  2×  Report  4× 
24 March 2024
14:00
Ikast Håndbold   31–31   SG BBM Bietigheim Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 2,010
Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
Jeřábková 7 (13–18) Döll, Smits 6
  2×  Report  3× 

Ikast Håndbold won 60–58 on aggregate.


16 March 2024
18:00
RK Krim Mercator   24–30   CSM București Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,230
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Dmitrieva 7 (12–18) Neagu 9
 6×  Report   2× 
24 March 2024
16:00
CSM București   30–24   RK Krim Mercator Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Neagu 7 (14–13) Radičević 6
 3×  Report  3× 

CSM București won 60–48 on aggregate.


17 March 2024
14:00
DVSC Schaeffler   28–29   Vipers Kristiansand Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Szabó 6 (16–16) Abbingh 13
  5×  Report   5× 
23 March 2024
18:00
Vipers Kristiansand   27–27   DVSC Schaeffler Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
Attendance: 1,721
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Vyakhireva 10 (10–15) Szabó 8
  3×  Report   2× 

Vipers Kristiansand won 56–55 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

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Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vipers Kristiansand   49–54   Győri Audi ETO KC 23–30 26–24
CSM București   47–56   Metz Handball 24–27 23–29
SG BBM Bietigheim   60–58   Odense Håndbold 30–26 30–32
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria   49–55   Team Esbjerg 25–26 24–29

Matches

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27 April 2024
18:00
Vipers Kristiansand   23–30   Győri Audi ETO KC Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Tchaptchet 5 (9–15) Gros 6
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4 May 2024
18:00
Győri Audi ETO KC   24–26   Vipers Kristiansand Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 5,209
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (SRB)
Gros 6 (15–17) Roberts 8
 3×  Report  3× 

Győri Audi ETO KC won 54–49 on aggregate.


28 April 2024
16:00
CSM București   24–27   Metz Handball Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
Neagu 9 (14–15) three players 7
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4 May 2024
16:00
Metz Handball   29–23   CSM București Arènes de Metz, Metz
Attendance: 4,935
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Grijseels 7 (15–14) Neagu 6
 4×  Report   3× 

Metz Handball won 56–47 on aggregate.


28 April 2024
14:00
SG BBM Bietigheim   30–26   Odense Håndbold Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
Attendance: 2,417
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Döll 8 (15–12) Aagot 6
  4×  Report   2× 
5 May 2024
14:00
Odense Håndbold   32–30   SG BBM Bietigheim Sydbank Arena Odense, Odense
Attendance: 2,253
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Aagot 7 (17–16) Dulfer, X. Smits 7
  Report  

SG BBM Bietigheim won 60–58 on aggregate.


27 April 2024
16:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria   25–26   Team Esbjerg Érd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Lekić 7 (11–13) Reistad 10
  3×  Report  3× 
5 May 2024
16:00
Team Esbjerg   29–24   FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 3,143
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Solberg-Isaksen 6 (17–10) Klujber 8
 2×  Report   3× 

Team Esbjerg won 55–49 on aggregate.

Final four

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The final four was held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 1 and 2 June 2024. The draw was held on 7 May 2024.[2][3]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 June
 
 
  Team Esbjerg23
 
2 June
 
  Győri Audi ETO KC24
 
  Győri Audi ETO KC30
 
1 June
 
  SG BBM Bietigheim24
 
  Metz Handball29
 
 
  SG BBM Bietigheim36
 
Third place
 
 
2 June
 
 
  Team Esbjerg37
 
 
  Metz Handball33

Semifinals

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1 June 2024
15:00
Team Esbjerg   23–24   Győri Audi ETO KC MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 13,300
Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
Mørk 6 (9–13) Nze Minko 6
  3×  Report   4× 

1 June 2024
18:00
Metz Handball   29–36   SG BBM Bietigheim MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 12,800
Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Burgaard, Valentini 5 (15–14) X. Smits 9
  5×  Report   2× 

Third place game

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2 June 2024
15:00
Team Esbjerg   37–33   Metz Handball MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 14,200
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Mørk, Reistad 13 (18–18) Grijseels 10
  4×  Report   3× 

Final

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2 June 2024
18:00
Győri Audi ETO KC   30–24   SG BBM Bietigheim MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 18,500
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Brattset Dale, Gros 6 (17–12) Hvenfelt 5
  5×  Report   2× 

References

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  1. ^ "Teams set for EHF Champions League season 2023/24". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Semi-finals for both EHF FINAL4s to be drawn in Budapest". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "This season's elite teams discover first EHF FINAL4 opponents". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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