2025 EHF Youth Club Trophy

EHF Youth Club Trophy

2025
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	15 April 2025–15 June 2025
Teams	16
Website	www.eurohandball.com
Final positions
Champions	GOG Håndbold (1st title)
Runner-up	Veszprém Handball Academy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	1030 (64.38 per match)
Attendance	7,541 (471 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alem Hadžić (26 goals)
2026 →

The 2025 EHF Youth Club Trophy was the 1sth edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament for under-18 teams, running from 15 April to 15 June 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Friday 13 December 2024 the EHF Executive Committee confirmed to create a youth club league in Europe in 2025. In 2026 a women's league will follow. ^[3]

Teams & Venues

The map shows the location of the 16 teams. the underlined teams will host a qualification tournament. In Dormagen will be the Final Four.

Semifinals and Third place game		Dormagen TSV Bayer Sportcenter Capacity: 3,002
Qualification Tournament 3	Zagreb Szeged Veszprém Vojvodina Paris Sporting Barça Nantes Berlin Sävehof GOG Magdeburg Kielce Pelister București Płock Dormagen Cologne	Qualification Tournament 1
Potsdam	Veszprém
MBS Arena Capacity: 2,050	Veszprém Arén Capacity: 5,340
Qualification Tournament 2	Qualification Tournament 4
Barcelona	Bucharest
Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper Capacity: 251	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall Capacity: 2,538
Final		Cologne Lanxess Arena Capacity: 19,500

Format

13 out of 16 of the clubs of the 2024–25 EHF Champions League and 3 clubs of the 2024–25 EHF European League will play at this tournament. Aalborg Håndbold, Fredericia Håndbold Klub and Kolstad Håndball form the Champions League will not participating and have been replaced by GOG, Vojvodina and IK Sävehof from the European League.

Four qualification tournaments with each four teams from the same region will play a knock out tournament in April. The winners of this tournament will play the Final 4 tournament in June. The Final will be played on Sunday 15 June 2025 in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne before the small and big final of the Champions League Final four. ^{[4] [5]}

Qualification Phase

Qualification Tournament 1

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	RK Zagreb		20
	SC Pick Szeged		26
						SC Pick Szeged		30
						Veszprém Handball Academy		31
	Veszprém Handball Academy		48
	RK Vojvodina		37			Third place
						RK Zagreb		43
						RK Vojvodina		41

Semifinals

15 April 2025 15:30	RK Zagreb	20-26	SC Pick Szeged	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 450 Referees: B. Moncusi Cunillera & J. Moncusi Cunillera (ESP)
	Šprem 10	(10-13)	Vincze & Mrdjan 5
	3×	Report	3×

15 April 2025 18:00	Veszprém Handball Academy	48-37	RK Vojvodina	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 851 Referees: Badea & Sandor (ROU)
	Gáncs-Peto 12	(19-20)	Stankov 13
	4×	Report	3×

Third place game

16 April 2025 15:30	RK Zagreb	43-41	RK Vojvodina	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 354 Referees: B. Moncusi Cunillera & J. Moncusi Cunillera (ESP)
	Šprem & Raguž 6	(22-22)	Pavlovic 12
	4× 1×	Report	2×

Final

16 April 2025 18:00	SC Pick Szeged	30-31	Veszprém Handball Academy	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 933 Referees: Badea & Sandor (ROU)
	Mrdjan 8	(13-14)	Gáncs-Peto 9
	1× 5×	Report	6×

Qualification Tournament 2

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	U18 – Paris Saint-Germain Handball		34
	Sporting CP		31
						U18 – Paris Saint-Germain Handball		28
						Barça		37
	Barça		43
	HBC Nantes		27			Third place
						Sporting CP		29
						HBC Nantes		22

Semifinals

16 April 2025 18:30	U18 – Paris Saint-Germain Handball	34-31	Sporting CP	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Barcelona Attendance: 177 Referees: L. Bärmann & N. Bärmann (GER)
	Omeyer 12	(16-14)	Vasconcelos 8
	1× 6×	Report	1× 2×

16 April 2025 21:00	Barça	43-27	HBC Nantes	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Barcelona Attendance: 201 Referees: Andela Maloca & Srdanovic (CRO)
	Collado Carrión 7	(24-13)	Douglas 8
	2× 4×	Report	3×

Third place game

17 April 2025 18:30	Sporting CP	29-22	HBC Nantes	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Barcelona Attendance: 184 Referees: Andela Maloca & Srdanovic (CRO)
	Vasconcelos 20	(16-13)	Gendronneau
	7×	Report	2×

Final

17 April 2025 21:00	U18 – Paris Saint-Germain Handball	28-37	Barça	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Barcelona Attendance: 251 Referees: L. Bärmann & N. Bärmann (GER)
	Omeyer 6	(15-18)	Collado Carrión & Basterra 8
	2×	Report

Qualification Tournament 3

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	Füchse Berlin		33
	IK Sävehof		31
						Füchse Berlin		33
						GOG Håndbold		40
	GOG Håndbold		38
	SC Magdeburg		36			Third place
						IK Sävehof		31
						SC Magdeburg		35

Semifinals

17 April 2025 13:30	Füchse Berlin	33-31	IK Sävehof	MBS Arena, Potsdam Attendance: 530 Referees: A. Gaard & H. Gaard (FRO)
	Nowak 17	(15-13)	Lagerkvist 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

17 April 2025 16:00	GOG Håndbold	38-36	SC Magdeburg	MBS Arena, Potsdam Attendance: 530 Referees: Ludvig & Gal (HUN)
	Sørensen 9	(17-18)	Elze & Kleinsteuber 7
	2×	Report	4×

Third place game

18 April 2025 11:00	IK Sävehof	31-35	SC Magdeburg	MBS Arena, Potsdam Attendance: 640 Referees: A. Gaard & H. Gaard (FRO)
	Blomberg Romero 11	(15-20)	Pakebusch 8
	1× 3×	Report	2×

Final

18 April 2025 13:30	Füchse Berlin	33-40	GOG Håndbold	MBS Arena, Potsdam Attendance: 1140 Referees: Ludvig & Gal (HUN)
	Kusche 10	(15-18)	Jakobsen 11
	6×	Report	6×

Qualification Tournament 4

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	CS Dinamo București		31
	Orlen Wisła Płock		28
						CS Dinamo București		36
						RK Eurofarm Pelister		37
	KS Iskra Kielce		29
	RK Eurofarm Pelister		37			Third place
						Orlen Wisła Płock		27
						KS Iskra Kielce		32

Semifinals

17 April 2025 15:30	KS Iskra Kielce	29-37	RK Eurofarm Pelister	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 300 Referees: Carmaux & Diar (FRA)
	Peczkowicz 6	(11-22)	Hadžić 14
	4×	Report	3×

17 April 2025 18:00	CS Dinamo București	31-28	Orlen Wisła Płock	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 400 Referees: Stylianos Gkogkas & Sachinoglou (GRE)
	Stanciu 8	(19-13)	Maryszczyk 13
	4×	Report	4×

Third place game

18 April 2025 16:30	Orlen Wisła Płock	27-32	KS Iskra Kielce	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 200 Referees: Carmaux & Diar (FRA)
	Blaszczak 7	(14-14)	Osuch 11
	8×	Report

Final

18 April 2025 18:00	CS Dinamo București	36-37	RK Eurofarm Pelister	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 400 Referees: Stylianos Gkogkas & Sachinoglou (GRE)
	Stanciu & Domitru 11	(15-18)	Hadžić 12
	1×	Report	3×

Final Four

Draw

The draw was held on 2 May 2025 before the draw of the Champions League Final Four. ^[6]

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	RK Eurofarm Pelister		21
	GOG Håndbold		36
						Veszprém Handball Academy		28
						GOG Håndbold		37
	Barça		42
	Veszprém Handball Academy		43			Third place
						Barça		55
						RK Eurofarm Pelister		28

Semifinals

14 June 2025 9:00	RK Eurofarm Pelister	21-36	GOG Håndbold	TSV Bayer Sportcenter, Dormagen
	Alem Hadzic, Karlo 4	(12-17)	Emil Darling 8
	1× 1×	Report	2× 1×

14 June 2025 11:30	Barça	42-43	Veszprém Handball Academy	TSV Bayer Sportcenter, Dormagen
	Anselmo, Adrian 9	(21-20, 35-35)	János, Zalán 10
	3×	Report	4× 1×

Third place game

15 June 2025 9:00	Barça	55-28	RK Eurofarm Pelister	TSV Bayer Sportcenter, Dormagen
	Anselmo 11	(26-14)	Alem Hadzic 10
	2×	Report	5×

Final

15 June 2025 11:30	GOG Håndbold	37-28	Veszprém Handball Academy	Lanxess Arena, Cologne
	Magnus 9	Report	Four Players 4
	1× 4×		3×

Top goalscorers

As of 18 April 2025

#	Player	Nat.	Club	Goals
1	Alem Hadžić	North Macedonia	RK Eurofarm Pelister	26
2	Leo Nowak	Germany	Füchse Berlin	24
3	Máte Gáncs-Peto	Hungary	Veszprém Handball Academy	21
4	Rafael Vasconcelos	Portugal	Sporting CP	20
5	Vukasin Pavlovic	Serbia	RK Vojvodina	19
	Cosmin Alexandru Stanciu	Romania	CS Dinamo București
7	Thomas Omeyer	France	U18 – Paris Saint-Germain Handball	18
8	Oskar Møller Jakobsen	Denmark	GOG Håndbold	17
	Fabian Blomberg Romero	Sweden	IK Sävehof
10	Alexandru Cosmin Dumitru	Romania	CS Dinamo București	16
	Maksym Matyszczyk	Poland	Orlen Wisła Płock

Broadcasters

Country	Channel
Czech Republic	AMC (Sport 1 & Sport 2)
Hungary
Slovakia
Germany	Dyn Media
Romania	TVR
Spain	Barça One & TV3 Catalunya
Rest	EHFTV

Source: ^[7]

References

1. Becsei, Dávid (9 April 2025). "Veszprémben játszanak a Pick Szeged fiataljai a Bajnokok Ligája négyes döntőért". Delmagyar (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
2. "Veszprémben vívhatják ki a kölni részvételt a szegedi fiatalok". szegedma (in Hungarian). 9 April 2025. Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
3. "EXEC confirms EHF youth club handball competition as of 2025". European Handball Federation. 13 December 2024. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
4. "Dates set for inaugural EHF youth club competition". European Handball Federation. 10 February 2025. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
5. "EHF launches 'Youth Trophy' as its first-ever younger age category event for clubs". European Handball Federation. 26 February 2025. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
6. "Semi-finals set for inaugural EHF Youth Club Trophy". European Handball Federation. 2 May 2025. Archived from the original on 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
7. "Where to watch the inaugural EHF Youth Club Trophy". European Handball Federation. 10 April 2025. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

External links

• Official website