2023–24 Women's EHF European League

Women's EHF European League
2023–24
	The final four was held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz.
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	23 September 2023–12 May 2024
Teams	34 (qualification stage); 16 (group stage)
Website	ehfel.com
Final positions
Champions	Storhamar Håndball Elite; (1st title)
Runner-up	CS Gloria Bistrița
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	5,932 (61.79 per match)
Attendance	115,838 (1,207 per match)
MVP	Renata Arruda
Top scorer(s)	Anniken Obaidli; (82 goals)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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]

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

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.^[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.

Rank^[4]	Association	Average points	Teams
1	Denmark	101.00	2
2	Hungary	86.00	2
3	Germany	80.33	4
4	Romania	74.67	3
5	France	72.00	3
6	Russia	51.33	0
7	Croatia	47.00	2
8	Norway	46.00	4
9	Poland	37.00	1
10	Turkey	32.00
11	Czech Republic	19.00
12	Spain	18.00	2
13	Sweden	12.67	2
14	Serbia	8.00	2
15	Austria	4.67	1
16	Belarus	4.00	0

Rank	Association	Average points	Teams
16	Ukraine	4.00	0
18	Slovakia	3.67	0
19	Greece	3.67	1
20	Netherlands	2.67	0
21	Finland	1.50	0
21	Iceland	1.50	1
23	Switzerland	1.00	2
23	North Macedonia	1.00	0
23	Portugal	1.00
26	Luxembourg	0.50
27	Azerbaijan	0.33
27	Cyprus	0.33
27	Israel	0.33
27	Italy	0.33
27	Kosovo	0.33
32	Everyone else	0.00

Qualified teams

Team allocation

Group stage
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold (4th, CR)	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^[a])
Neptunes de Nantes (3rd)	Chambray Touraine HB (4th)	Borussia Dortmund (3rd)	HSG Bensheim/Auerbach (8th, CR)
Praktiker-Vác (5th)	Storhamar Håndball Elite (2nd)	Sola HK (3rd)	MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin (2nd)
CSM Târgu Jiu (10th, CR)	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 (4th)	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

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
Qualification	Third qualifying round	18 July 2023	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

Round 2

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]

Seeding^[7]
Seeded	Unseeded
Hypo Niederösterreich AC PAOK Valur Molde Elite Costa del Sol Malaga ŽRK Železničar	VfL Oldenburg JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB HC Dunărea Brăila Larvik HK Önnereds HK SPONO Eagles

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

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]

Seeding^[7]
Seeded	Unseeded
København Håndbold Praktiker-Vác Borussia Dortmund Neptunes de Nantes CSM Târgu Jiu Storhamar Håndball Elite MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin RK Lokomotiva Zagreb HSG Bensheim-Auerbach Chambray Touraine HB Sola HK Podravka Vegeta	Super Amara Bera Bera H65 Höörs HK Kastamonu Bld. GSK DHK Baník Most LC Brühl Handball ŽORK Jagodina Winner of Play off 1 Winner of Play off 2 Winner of Play off 3 Winner of Play off 4 Winner of Play off 5 Winner of Play off 6

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^[b]	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^[c]	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^[d]	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

^ 5th place Viborg HK declined
^ Both matches were hosted by RK Lokomotiva Zagreb in Zagreb.
^ Both matches were hosted by Podravka Vegeta in Koprivnica.
^ Both matches were hosted by CSM Târgu Jiu, in Târgu Jiu.^[9]

Group stage

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:

Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
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

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	Quarterfinals	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DUN	THC	CHA	LOK
1	HC Dunărea Brăila	6	5	1	176	150	+26	10^[a]	Quarterfinals	—	33–23	27–21	34–26
2	Thüringer HC	6	5	1	173	146	+27	10^[a]	Quarterfinals	32–28	—	29–22	29–17
3	Chambray Touraine HB	6	2	4	143	159	−16	4		19–24	25–32	—	27–25
4	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	6	0	6	140	177	−37	0		29–30	21–28	22–29	—

Source: EHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b HC Dunărea Brăila 61–55 Thüringer HC

Group C

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	Quarterfinals	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SOL	MOS	COS	TAR
1	Sola HK	6	5	1	195	164	+31	10	Quarterfinals	—	28–32	36–31	40–29
2	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	6	4	2	167	161	+6	8	Quarterfinals	29–34	—	25–23	33–27
3	Costa del Sol Malaga	6	3	3	170	164	+6	6		22–26	29–26	—	30–26
4	CSM Târgu Jiu	6	0	6	148	191	−43	0		21–31	20–22	25–35	—

Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

Semifinals		Final

11 May

CS Gloria Bistrița	37
		12 May
HC Dunărea Brăila	26
		CS Gloria Bistrița	27
11 May
		Storhamar HE	29
Storhamar HE	28

Neptunes de Nantes	27
		Third place

		12 May

		HC Dunărea Brăila	38

		Neptunes de Nantes	39

Semifinals

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

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

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

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
6	Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar	HSG Bensheim-Auerbach	54
8	Kristina Liščević	HC Dunărea Brăila	51
8	Oriane Ondono	Neptunes de Nantes	51
10	Kristina Novak	Sola HK	50

References

^ "34 teams to enter EHF European League Women 2023/24". ehfel.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ "Storhamar raise the trophy in Graz". www.eurohandball.com.
^ "EHF improves club competitions ranking system". eurohandball.com. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^ Place distribution for 2023/24 eurohandball.com
^ "EHF League Final" (PDF). eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ Qualification Round 2 EHF
^ ^a ^b "Season's first EHF EL draw takes place on Tuesday". www.eurohandball.com.
^ Qualification Round 3 EHF
^ "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.
^ "Groups drawn for next phase of EHF European League Women". www.eurohandball.com.
^ "Hamburg and Graz to host EHF Finals 2024". www.eurohandball.com.
^ "Semi-final pairings confirmed for the EHF Finals Women 2024". www.eurohandball.com.
^ "Player Stats". ehfel.eurohandball.com.

External links

[5] 5th place Viborg HK declined

[10] Both matches were hosted by RK Lokomotiva Zagreb in Zagreb.

[11] Both matches were hosted by Podravka Vegeta in Koprivnica.

[13] Both matches were hosted by CSM Târgu Jiu, in Târgu Jiu.^[9]

[table_hth_DUN0.53103015689693-15] HC Dunărea Brăila 61–55 Thüringer HC

[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

[6] "EHF League Final" (PDF). eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[7] Qualification Round 2 EHF

[auto-8] "Season's first EHF EL draw takes place on Tuesday". www.eurohandball.com.

[9] Qualification Round 3 EHF

[12] "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.

[14] "Groups drawn for next phase of EHF European League Women". www.eurohandball.com.

[16] "Hamburg and Graz to host EHF Finals 2024". www.eurohandball.com.

[17] "Semi-final pairings confirmed for the EHF Finals Women 2024". www.eurohandball.com.

[18] "Player Stats". ehfel.eurohandball.com.

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2023–24 Women's EHF European League

Contents

Rankings

Qualified teams

Team allocation

Round and draw dates

Qualification stage

Round 2

Round 3

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarterfinals

Matches

Final Four

Bracket

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links