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2023–24 Women's EHF European League

For the equivalent men's tournament, see 2023–24 EHF European League.

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]

Women's EHF European League
2023–24
The final four was held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz.
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates23 September 2023–12 May 2024
Teams34 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
Websiteehfel.com
Final positions
ChampionsNorway Storhamar Håndball Elite
(1st title)
Runner-upRomania CS Gloria Bistrița
Tournament statistics
Matches played96
Goals scored5,932 (61.79 per match)
Attendance115,838 (1,207 per match)
MVPBrazil Renata Arruda
Top scorer(s)Norway Anniken Obaidli
(82 goals)

Ikast Håndbold are the defending champions, but they won't be defending their title due to their involvement in this season's Champions League.

Storhamar Håndball Elite became the first Norwegian team to win the title, defeating Romanian side, CS Gloria Bistrița, in the final.[2]

Rankings edit

This season, the EHF decided to make separate rankings for each club competition.[3]

  • 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
  Nykøbing Falster Håndbold (4th)   Thüringer HC (2nd)   Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár (4th)   CS Gloria Bistrița (3rd)
Round 3
  RK Lokomotiva Zagreb (1st)   Podravka Vegeta (2nd)   DHK Baník Most (2nd)   København Håndbold (6th)
  Neptunes de Nantes (3rd)   Chambray Touraine HB (4th)   Borussia Dortmund (3rd)   HSG Bensheim/Auerbach (8th, 2nd Cup)
  Praktiker-Vác (5th)   Storhamar Håndball Elite (2nd)   Sola HK (3rd)   MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin (2nd)
  CSM Târgu Jiu (10th, 2nd Cup)   ŽORK Jagodina (1st)   Super Amara Bera Bera (3rd)   H65 Höörs HK (2nd)
  LC Brühl Handball (1st)   Kastamonu Bld. GSK (1st)
Round 2
  Hypo Niederösterreich (1st)   JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB (5th)   VfL Oldenburg (5th)   AC PAOK (1st)
  Valur (1st)   Larvik HK (4th)   Molde Elite (5th)   HC Dunărea Brăila (4th)
  ŽRK Železničar (2nd)   Costa del Sol Malaga (1st)   Önnereds HK (3rd)   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).[5]

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.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
VfL Oldenburg   62–47   AC PAOK 37–22 25–25
SPONO Eagles   63–62   ŽRK Železničar 30–28 33–34
Larvik HK   58–68   Costa del Sol Malaga 31–35 27–33
Hypo Niederösterreich   63–64   Önnereds HK 29–27 34–37 PS
Valur   43–60   HC Dunărea Brăila 29–30 14–30
JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB   52–75   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.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HSG Bensheim/Auerbach   55–44   VfL Oldenburg 27–19 28–25
LC Brühl Handball   43–53[a]   RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 23–28 20–25
Praktiker-Vác   70–53   Kastamonu Bld. GSK 37–21 33–32
Borussia Dortmund   46–52   HC Dunărea Brăila 24–25 22–27
Storhamar Håndball Elite   73–60   H65 Höörs HK 37–28 36–32
Chambray Touraine HB   60–47   DHK Baník Most 33–20 27–27
SPONO Eagles   43–58[b]   Podravka Vegeta 17–26 26–32
Neptunes de Nantes   75–52   Molde Elite 45–28 30–24
Sola HK   67–66   Super Amara Bera Bera 39–32 28–34
Önnereds HK   50–55[c]   CSM Târgu Jiu 27–29 23–26
ŽORK Jagodina   44–80   MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin 20–36 24–44
Costa del Sol Malaga   54–49   København Håndbold 29–29 25–20
  1. ^ Both matches were hosted by RK Lokomotiva Zagreb in Zagreb.
  2. ^ Both matches were hosted by Podravka Vegeta in Koprivnica.
  3. ^ Both matches were hosted by CSM Târgu Jiu, in Târgu Jiu.[9]

Group stage edit

Main article: 2023–24 Women's EHF European League Group stage
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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.[10] 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.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STO POD NFH VAC
1   Storhamar Håndball Elite 6 5 0 1 169 138 +31 10 Quarterfinals — 31–22 27–26 35–17
2   Podravka Vegeta 6 3 1 2 147 148 −1 7 23–19 — 25–23 27–24
3   Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 6 2 0 4 154 155 −1 4 26–27 23–22 — 32–27
4   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   HC Dunărea Brăila 6 5 0 1 176 150 +26 10[a] Quarterfinals — 33–23 27–21 34–26
2   Thüringer HC 6 5 0 1 173 146 +27 10[a] 32–28 — 29–22 29–17
3   Chambray Touraine HB 6 2 0 4 143 159 −16 4 19–24 25–32 — 27–25
4   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   CS Gloria Bistrița 6 5 1 0 176 148 +28 11 Quarterfinals — 19–19 33–24 26–23
2   Neptunes de Nantes 6 3 1 2 190 171 +19 7 29–34 — 39–27 39–25
3   HSG Bensheim/Auerbach 6 2 0 4 182 200 −18 4 27–35 37–30 — 35–29
4   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   Sola HK 6 5 0 1 195 164 +31 10 Quarterfinals — 28–32 36–31 40–29
2   Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 6 4 0 2 167 161 +6 8 29–34 — 25–23 33–27
3   Costa del Sol Malaga 6 3 0 3 170 164 +6 6 22–26 29–26 — 30–26
4   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   61–72   Storhamar Håndball Elite 35–39 26–33
Podravka Vegeta   51–58   HC Dunărea Brăila 26–32 25–26
Neptunes de Nantes   70–57   Sola HK 31–27 39–30
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár   55–59   CS Gloria Bistrița 30–32 25–27

Matches edit

17 March 2024
16:00 		Thüringer HC   35–39   Storhamar Håndball Elite Salza-Halle, Bad Langensalza
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Pagh, Pontoppidan (DEN)
Reichert 9 (17–19) Obaidli 10
1×  2×  Report 1×  2× 
23 March 2024
16:00 		Storhamar Håndball Elite   33–26   Thüringer HC Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1,321
Referees: Fukala, Muhyla (CZE)
Obadili 9 (15–9) Rode 9
1×  1×  Report 1×  3× 
16 March 2024
16:00 		Podravka Vegeta   26–32   HC Dunărea Brăila ŠSD "Josip Samaržija-Bepo", Koprivnica
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Mamić 10 (13–21) Ježić 7
 1×  Report 2×  2× 
24 March 2024
18:00 		HC Dunărea Brăila   26–25   Podravka Vegeta Sala Sporturilor „Romeo Iamandi”, Buzău
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Ježić 7 (10–12) Šimara 5
 3×  Report 2×  2× 
17 March 2024
18:00 		Neptunes de Nantes   31–27   Sola HK Complexe Sportif Mangin-Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 1,827
Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL)
Vollebregt 5 (16–15) Holta 10
1×  2×  Report 1×  3× 
24 March 2024
16:00 		Sola HK   30–39   Neptunes de Nantes Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger
Attendance: 1,530
Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK)
Tveiten 6 (10–17) Sajka 8
1×  4×  Report 1×  4× 
16 March 2024
20:00 		Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár   30–32   CS Gloria Bistrița UFM Aréna, Mosonmagyaróvár
Attendance: 1,001
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Stranigg 6 (12–14) Laslo 8
1×  4×  Report 2×  2× 
23 March 2024
14:00 		CS Gloria Bistrița   27–25   Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár TeraPlast Arena, Bistrița
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Puksic, Satler (SLO)
Laslo 9 (15–15) Lancz 6
 2×  Report  3× 

Final Four edit

The Final Four, (also known as the EHF Finals by the EHF), is held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz, Austria on 11 and 12 May 2024.[11] The draw took place on 26 March 2024.[12]

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May
 
 
  CS Gloria Bistrița37
 
12 May
 
  HC Dunărea Brăila26
 
  CS Gloria Bistrița27
 
11 May
 
  Storhamar HE29
 
  Storhamar HE28
 
 
  Neptunes de Nantes27
 
Third place
 
 
12 May
 
 
  HC Dunărea Brăila38
 
 
  Neptunes de Nantes39

Semifinals edit

11 May 2024
15:00 		CS Gloria Bistrița   37–26   HC Dunărea Brăila Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,650
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Laslo 9 (20–14) Ježić 7
1×  6×  Report  3× 
11 May 2024
18:00 		Storhamar Håndball Elite   28–27   Neptunes de Nantes Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,450
Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
Nestaker, Obaidli 9 (12–16) Sajka 7
 3×  Report  6× 

Third place game edit

12 May 2024
15:00 		HC Dunărea Brăila   38–39   Neptunes de Nantes Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Merisi, Pepe (ITA)
three players 6 (14–18) Ondono, Sajka 6
Report  3× 

FT: 33–33 Pen: 5–6

Final edit

12 May 2024
18:00 		CS Gloria Bistrița   27–29   Storhamar Håndball Elite Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Ünlü, Simsek (TUR)
Lima, Laslo 6 (15–14) Obaidli 9
1×  3×  2×  Report 2×  3× 

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[13]
1   Anniken Obaidli   Storhamar HE 82
2   Csenge Kuczora   Praktiker-Vác 59
3   Tamara Horacek   Neptunes de Nantes 58
4   Cristina Laslo   CS Gloria Bistrița 57
5   Katarina Ježić   HC Dunărea Brăila 55
6   Camilla Herrem   Sola HK 54
  Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar   HSG Bensheim-Auerbach
8   Kristina Liščević   HC Dunărea Brăila 51
  Oriane Ondono   Neptunes de Nantes
10   Kristina Novak   Sola HK 50

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "34 teams to enter EHF European League Women 2023/24". ehfel.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Storhamar raise the trophy in Graz". www.eurohandball.com.
  3. ^ "EHF improves club competitions ranking system". eurohandball.com. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. ^ Place distribution for 2023/24 eurohandball.com
  5. ^ "EHF League Final" (PDF). eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. ^ Qualification Round 2 EHF
  7. ^ a b "Season's first EHF EL draw takes place on Tuesday". www.eurohandball.com.
  8. ^ Qualification Round 3 EHF
  9. ^ "EHF European League Women, Turul 3. CSM Târgu Jiu – Onnereds". csmtargujiu.ro. Official website of CSM Târgu Jiu. 10 November 2023. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Groups drawn for next phase of EHF European League Women". www.eurohandball.com.
  11. ^ "Hamburg and Graz to host EHF Finals 2024". www.eurohandball.com.
  12. ^ "Semi-final pairings confirmed for the EHF Finals Women 2024". www.eurohandball.com.
  13. ^ "Player Stats". ehfel.eurohandball.com.

External links edit

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