2025–26 Women's EHF European League

For the equivalent men's tournament, see 2025–26 EHF European League.

Women's EHF European League
2025–26
The final four will be held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz.
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates27 September 2025–17 May 2026
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 36 (from 20 countries)
Websiteehfel.com

The 2025–25 Women's EHF European League is the 45th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 27 September 2025 to 17 May 2026.[1]

Thüringer HC are the defending champions.

Rankings

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

  • 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 19–29 can have one club qualify.
  • Associations below the top 30 can't participate in this competition.

Qualified teams

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

  • EL: European League title holders
  • EC: European Cup title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season

The list of entered teams was announced on 15 July 2025.[3] Sola HK was originally among the four clubs directly qualified for the group phase of the EHF European League Women 2025/26, but EHF's decision on Tuesday 5 August announced Sola HK as the replacement for HB Ludwigsburg in group B of the 2025–26 Women's EHF Champions League, leaving a spot open in the seeding list for the EHF European League. Tertnes Bergen, a Norwegian club seeded initially in the qualification round 3, has been upgraded to the group phase.[4]

Team allocation

Group stage
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (4th) Thüringer HC (3rd) Tertnes Bergen (5th) CS Corona Brașov (2nd)
Round 3
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb (2nd) HC Dalmatinka Ploče (3rd) Viborg HK (6th) JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB (3rd)
Chambray Touraine Handball (4th) HSG Blomberg-Lippe (3rd HSG Bensheim/Auerbach (5th Vfl Oldenburg (6th
MOL Esztergom (3rd) Larvik HK (3rd) KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin (1st) PGE MKS El-Volt Lublin (2nd)
CS Minaur Baia Mare (4th) Super Amara Bera Bera (1st)
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich (1st) DHK Baník Most (1st) HH Elite (7th) ESBF Besançon (5th)
OF Nea Ionia (1st) Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE (5th) Valur (1st) JuRo Unirek VZV (1st)
Molde Elite (4th) SL Benfica (1st) CS Rapid București (5th) ŽRK Crvena zvezda (1st)
IK Sävehof (1st) Skara HF (6th) LC Brühl Handball (1st) Spono Eagles (2nd)
GC Amicitia Zürich (3rd) Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor (1st)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 15 July 2025 27–28 September 2025 4–5 October 2025
Third qualifying round 8–9 November 2025 15–16 November 2025
Group stage Matchday 1 20 November 2025 10–11 January 2026
Matchday 2 17–18 January 2026
Matchday 3 24–25 January 2026
Matchday 4 7–8 February 2026
Matchday 5 14–15 February 2026
Matchday 6 21–22 February 2026
Knockout phase Quarter-finals no draw 21–22 March 2026 28–29 March 2026
Semi finals TBD 16 May 2026
Final no draw 17 May 2026

Qualification round

Round 2

There were 18 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 27–28 September and the second legs were played on 4–5 October 2025.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Molde Elite 53–51 Skara HF 27–24 26–27
Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor 48–64 HH Elite 25–24 23–40
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár[A] 63–36 O.F.N. Ionia 31–17 32–19
Spono Eagles 47–66 ŽRK Crvena zvezda 23–37 24–29
Hypo Niederösterreich 43–62 CS Rapid București 24–32 19–30
LC Brühl Handball 53–61 GC Amicitia Zürich 23–36 30–25
IK Sävehof 58–55 SL Benfica 29–28 29–27
ESBF Besançon 64–57 DHK Baník Most 34–28 30–29
JuRo Unirek VZV 56–61 Valur 30–31 26–30

Round 3

There were 22 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 8–9 November and the second legs were played on 15–16 November 2025.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PGE MKS El-Volt Lublin 54–64 KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin 24–29 30–35
Super Amara Bera Bera 46–49 JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 22–19 24–30
MOL Esztergom 56–52 ŽRK Crvena zvezda 29–28 27–24
IK Sävehof 61–70 Viborg HK 31–31 30–39
Chambray Touraine Handball 57–46 ESBF Besançon 29–25 28–21
Larvik HK 66–56 Molde Elite 34–23 32–33
CS Rapid București 60–55 HSG Bensheim/Auerbach 28–34 32–21
HSG Blomberg-Lippe 59–46 Valur 37–24 22–22
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 54–47 GC Amicitia Zürich 28–22 26–25
HH Elite 49–54 CS Minaur Baia Mare 27–21 22–33
Vfl Oldenburg 75–35 HC Dalmatinka Ploče 36–14 39–21

Group stage

The draw for the group phase was held on 20 November 2025. 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;

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification THC MOS BAI LHK
1 Thüringer HC 6 4 0 2 195 181 +14 8 Quarterfinals — 34–24 33–32 36–33
2 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 6 4 0 2 174 176 −2 8 36–34 — 28–26 31–22
3 CS Minaur Baia Mare 6 3 0 3 176 170 +6 6 28–24 34–28 — 28–31
4 Larvik HK 6 1 0 5 166 184 −18 2 28–34 26–27 26–28 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2026. Source: EHF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESZ NYK HSG CHA
1 MOL Esztergom 6 4 1 1 181 174 +7 9 Quarterfinals — 30–25 33–32 24–22
2 Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 6 2 3 1 167 163 +4 7 34–32 — 30–30 21–21
3 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 6 1 2 3 171 176 −5 4 31–31 22–29 — 25–26
4 Chambray Touraine Handball 6 1 2 3 154 160 −6 4 30–31 28–28 27–31 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. Source: EHF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAP LOK TER OLD
1 CS Rapid București 6 3 2 1 182 170 +12 8 Quarterfinals — 24–29 32–32 34–30
2 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 6 3 1 2 167 160 +7 7 28–28 — 26–29 28–29
3 Tertnes Bergen 6 2 1 3 177 180 −3 5 28–30 26–29 — 26–31
4 Vfl Oldenburg 6 2 0 4 169 185 −16 4 23–34 24–27 32–36 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. Source: EHF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JDA VHK COR LUB
1 JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB 6 4 1 1 191 175 +16 9 Quarterfinals — 30–30 26–30 31–26
2 Viborg HK 6 3 2 1 203 188 +15 8 32–33 — 33–33 42–38
3 CS Corona Brașov 6 3 1 2 193 189 +4 7 30–35 28–34 — 33–30
4 KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin 6 0 0 6 178 213 −35 0 27–36 26–32 31–39 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2026. Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub – Thüringer HC – –
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár – MOL Esztergom – –
Viborg HK – CS Rapid București – –
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb – JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB – –

Final Four

The Final Four, (also known as the EHF Finals by the EHF), will be held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz, Austria on 16 and 17 May 2025.

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 May
 
 
 
 
17 May
 
 
 
 
 
16 May
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
17 May
 
 
 
 
 
 

Top goalscorers

As of 22 February 2026 [5]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Johanna Reichert Thüringer HC 71
2 Katarina Krpež Šlezak CSM Corona Brașov 49
Maja Furu Sæteren Larvik HK
4 Marielle Martinsen Viborg HK 47
5 Alba Spugnini CS Minaur Baia Mare 46
6 Gabriella Tóth Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE 45
Estavana Polman CS Rapid București
8 Nieke Kühne HSG Blomberg-Lippe 44
9 Paula Posavec RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 43
Kinga Jakubowska Zagłębie Lubin

Notes

  1. ^ Directly advanced to the group phase

See also

References

  1. ^ Mishov, Filip (25 September 2025). "EHF European League Women road begins with exciting clashes". www.eurohandball.com.
  2. ^ Place distribution for 2025/26 eurohandball.com
  3. ^ "Path to EHFEL Women group phase set after qualification draws". eurohandball.com. 15 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Updates to EHF European League Women 2025/26 playing system". eurohandball.com. 8 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Player Stats". ehfel.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
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