Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 EHF European League | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1981 |
No. of teams | 32 |
Country | EHF members |
Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | Flensburg-Handewitt (2nd title) |
Most titles | Frisch Auf Göppingen THW Kiel SC Magdeburg (4 titles each) |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Official website | ehfel.eurohandball.com |
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previously called the EHF Cup, the competition will be known as the EHF European League from the season 2020–21. [1] SG Flensburg-Handewitt are the current holders.
It was formerly known as the IHF Cup until 1993. Also, starting from the 2012–13 season the competition has been merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. The EHF coefficient rank decides, which teams have access and in which stage they enter.
Year | Final – Four (2020/21 to present) | |||||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
2020–21 Details | SC Magdeburg | 28–25 | Füchse Berlin | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 32–27 | Orlen Wisła Płock | ||
2021–22 Details | SL Benfica | 40–39 | SC Magdeburg | Orlen Wisła Płock | 27–22 | RK Nexe | ||
2022–23 Details | Füchse Berlin | 36–31 | BM Granollers | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 33–29 | Montpellier HB | ||
2023–24 Details | Flensburg-Handewitt | 36–31 | Füchse Berlin | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 32–31 | Dinamo București |
Rank | Country | Winners | Runners-up | Total finals |
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1 | Germany | 27 | 12 | 39 |
2 | Spain | 5 | 7 | 12 |
3 | Soviet Union [A] | 3 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Yugoslavia [B] | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | France | 0 | 5 | 5 |
10 | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
13 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 |
14 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 |
15 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
16 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 |
17 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
18 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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