EHF Women's European League

EHF Women's European League
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024–25 Women's EHF European League
Sport	Handball
Founded	1981
No. of teams	32
Country	EHF members
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Thüringer HC ; (1st title)
Most titles	Ikast Håndbold ; Viborg HK ; (3 titles each)
Related; competitions	EHF Champions League
Official website	ehfel.eurohandball.com

Last updated August 27, 2025

The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League.

History

The first edition took place in 1981. It was called the IHF Cup until 1993. From the 2016–17 season, the competition merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

Tournament structure

The EHF Cup is a competition divided into seven rounds: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Group Phase, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final.^[2]

Summary

Women's IHF Cup

Year	Final			Semi Final Losers
Year	Champion	Score	Second Place	Semi Final Losers
1981–82 Details	Trešnjevka Zagreb	30–27 17–19	Eglė Vilnius	TSC Berlin	Swift Roermond
1982–83 Details	Avtomobilist Baku	20–14 18–15	Empor Rostock	Topolniky	Veszprém
1983–84 Details	Râmnicu Vâlcea	22–18 29–21	VfL Oldenburg	Iskra Partizánske	Budapesti Spartacus
1984–85 Details	Vorwärts Frankfurt	17–19 19–13	Vasas Budapest	Iskra Partizánske	Lützellinden
1985–86 Details	Leipzig	16–22 25–15	Debrecen	Druzstevnik Topolniky	Tyresö HF
1986–87 Details	Budućnost Titograd	21–23 34–27	Start Bratislava	Avtomobilist Baku	Budapesti Spartacus
1987–88 Details	Eglė Vilnius	34–20 22–32	Budućnost Titograd	Belinka Ljubljana	TSC Berlin
1988–89 Details	Râmnicu Vâlcea	26–18 21–26	Eglė Vilnius	Bayer Leverkusen	Budapesti Spartacus
1989–90 Details	Vorwärts Frankfurt	19–22 21–16	Spartak Kyiv	Mureșul Târgu Mureș	Budapesti Spartacus
1990–91 Details	Lokomotiva Zagreb	19–11 19–20	Bayer Leverkusen	Frederiksberg	Vorwärts Frankfurt
1991–92 Details	Leipzig	24–19 28–18	Tempo Partizánske	Kuban Krasnodar	Zalău
1992–93 Details	Rapid București	28–16 22–24	Dijon	Gjerpen	Leipzig

Women's EHF Cup

Year	Final			Semi Final Losers
Year	Champion	Score	Second Place	Semi Final Losers
1993–94 Details	Viborg	23–20 21–24	Debrecen	Dijon	Valencia Urbana
1994–95 Details	Debrecen	22–14 22–30	Baekkelaget Oslo	Buxtehuder	Slovan Duslo Šaľa
1995–96 Details	Debrecen	20–23 18–15	Larvik	Valencia Urbana	Rostov-Don
1996–97 Details	Olimpija Ljubljana	26–18 26–30	Borussia Dortmund	Vasas Budapest	Oţelul Galaţi
1997–98 Details	Dunaújváros	26–22 34–27	Banská Bystrica	Oţelul Galaţi	Elda Prestigio
1998–99 Details	Viborg	21–24 28–21	Győr	Tertnes	GKS Piotrkovia
1999–00 Details	El Ferrobus Mislata	24–22 18–19	Tertnes	Borussia Dortmund	Slovan Duslo Šaľa
2000–01 Details	Lublin	28–21 24–24	Podravka Koprivnica	Slavia Praha	Zagłębie Lubin
2001–02 Details	Ikast	25–30 36–23	Győr	TV Giessen-Lützellinden	Baekkelaget Oslo
2002–03 Details	Slagelse	22–27 27–20	Dunaújváros	Alba Fehérvár	Motor Zaporizhzhia
2003–04 Details	Viborg	27–27 37–21	Győr	Nordstrand	Vipers Kristiansand
2004–05 Details	Alba Fehérvár	21–27 28–19	Győr	HC Leipzig	Ferencváros
2005–06 Details	Ferencváros	37–36 33–32	Podravka Koprivnica	Debrecen	Motor Zaporizhzhia
2006–07 Details	Zvezda Zvenigorod	25–30 32–22	Ikast	Elda Prestigio	Bayer Leverkusen
2007–08 Details	Dinamo Volgograd	27–25 23–20	Itxako Navarra	Dunaújváros	Ikast
2008–09 Details	Itxako Navarra	27–19 25–26	HC Leipzig	Rulmentul Braşov	Dinamo Volgograd
2009–10 Details	Randers	20–22 30–24	Elda Prestigio	Bayer Leverkusen	Le Havre
2010–11 Details	Ikast	26–24 21–28	Holstebro	Oldenburg	Lada Togliatti
2011–12 Details	Lada Togliatti	30–24 20–21	Zalău	Vejen	Mar Alicante
2012–13 Details	Holstebro	31–35 33–28	Metz	Zalău	Ikast
2013–14 Details	Lada Togliatti	36–25 32–23	Esbjerg	Astrakhanochka	Alba Fehérvár
2014–15 Details	Holstebro	33–20 22–33	Rostov-Don	Muratpaşa	Érd
2015–16 Details	Dunaújváros	26–28 29–21	Metzingen	Randers	Corona Braşov
2016–17 Details	Rostov-Don	28–25 25–21	Bietigheim	Nykøbing	Metzingen
2017–18 Details	Craiova	22–26 30–25	Vipers Kristiansand	Viborg	Kastamonu Belediyesi
2018–19 Details	Siófok	21–21 26–21	Esbjerg	Viborg	Ikast-Herning
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[3]			Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[3]

Women's EHF European League

Year
Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2020–21 Details	Nantes Atlantique	36–31	Siófok	Minaur Baia Mare	33–31	Ikast-Herning
2021–22 Details	Bietigheim	31–20	Viborg	Herning-Ikast	29–28	Minaur Baia Mare
2022–23 Details	Ikast	31–24	Nykøbing Falster	Borussia Dortmund	28–23	Thüringer
2023–24 Details	Storhamar	29–27	Gloria Bistrița	Neptunes de Nantes	39–38	Dunărea Brăila
2024–25 Details	Thüringer HC	34–32	Ikast Håndbold	JDA Bourgogne Dijon	32–27	HSG Blomberg-Lippe

Statistics

By club

Club	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Ikast	3	2	2002, 2011, 2023	2007, 2025
Viborg	3	1	1994, 1999, 2004	2022
Debrecen	2	2	1995, 1996	1986, 1994
Dunaújváros	2	1	1998, 2016	2003
Leipzig	2	1	1986, 1992	2009
Holstebro	2	1	2013, 2015	2011
Râmnicu Vâlcea	2	0	1984, 1989	–
Frankfurt an der Oder	2	0	1985, 1990	–
Lada Togliatti	2	0	2012, 2014	–
Eglė Vilnius	1	2	1988	1982, 1989
Budućnost Podgorica	1	1	1987	1988
Itxako Navarra	1	1	2009	2008
Rostov-Don	1	1	2017	2015
Siófok	1	1	2019	2021
Bietigheim	1	1	2022	2017
Trešnjevka Zagreb	1	0	1982	–
Avtomobilist Baku	1	0	1983	–
Lokomotiva Zagreb	1	0	1991	–
Rapid București	1	0	1993	–
Olimpija Ljubljana	1	0	1997	–
Mislata	1	0	2000	–
Lublin	1	0	2001	–
Slagelse	1	0	2003	–
Alba Fehérvár	1	0	2005	–
Ferencváros	1	0	2006	–
Zvezda Zvenigorod	1	0	2007	–
Dinamo Volgograd	1	0	2008	–
Randers	1	0	2010	–
Craiova	1	0	2018	–
Nantes Atlantique	1	0	2021	–
Storhamar	1	0	2024	–
Thüringer HC	1	0	2025	–
Győr	0	4	–	1999, 2002, 2004, 2005
Podravka Koprivnica	0	2	–	2001, 2006
Esbjerg	0	2	–	2014, 2019
Empor Rostock	0	1	–	1983
Oldenburg	0	1	–	1984
Vasas Budapest	0	1	–	1985
Start Bratislava	0	1	–	1987
Spartak Kyiv	0	1	–	1990
Bayer Leverkusen	0	1	–	1991
Tempo Partizánske	0	1	–	1992
Dijon	0	1	–	1993
Bækkelaget	0	1	–	1995
Larvik	0	1	–	1996
Borussia Dortmund	0	1	–	1997
Banská Bystrica	0	1	–	1998
Tertnes	0	1	–	2000
Elda Prestigio	0	1	–	2010
Zalău	0	1	–	2012
Metz	0	1	–	2013
Metzingen	0	1	–	2016
Vipers Kristiansand	0	1	–	2018
Nykøbing Falster	0	1	–	2023
Gloria Bistrița	0	1	–	2024
Total	43	43

By country

#	Country	Winners	Runners-up	Total finals
1	Denmark	10	7	17
2	Hungary	7	9	16
3	Russia	5	1	6
4	Romania	4	2	6
5	Germany	3	6	9
6	East Germany	3	1	4
6	Yugoslavia	3	1	4
8	Soviet Union	2	3	5
9	Spain	2	2	4
10	Norway	1	4	5
11	France	1	2	3
12	Slovenia	1	0	1
12	Poland	1	0	1
14	Croatia	0	2	2
14	Czechoslovakia	0	2	2
16	Slovakia	0	1	1
Total		43	43	86

Top Scorers by Season

Season	Player	Club	Goals
2005/06	Tímea Tóth	FTC Budapest	73
2006/07	Oana Şoit	Elda Prestigio	64
2007/08	Gro Hammerseng	FC Midtjylland	66
2008/09	Mette Ommundsen	HC Leipzig	68
2009/10	Oana Şoit (2)	Elda Prestigio	82
2010/11	Kristina Kristiansen Ann Grete Nørgaard	Team Tvis Holstebro	71
2011/12	Ekaterina Davydenko	Handball Club Lada	60
2012/13	Ann Grete Nørgaard	Team Tvis Holstebro	92
2013/14	Johanna Ahlm Estavana Polman	Team Esbjerg	59
2014/15	Nathalie Hagman	Team Tvis Holstebro	73
2015/16	Anna Loerper Krisztina Triscsuk Cristina Zamfir	TuS Metzingen Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA Corona Brașov	57
2016/17	Susann Müller	SG BBM Bietigheim	77
2017/18	Linn Jørum Sulland	Vipers Kristiansand	78
2018/19	Andrea Kobetić	Siófok KC	75
2019/20	Elena Mikhaylichenko	Handball Club Lada	75
2020/21	Bruna de Paula	Neptunes de Nantes	68
2021/22	Camilla Herrem	Sola HK	74
2022/23	Annika Lott	Thüringer HC	86
2023/24	Anniken Obaidli	Storhamar HE	82
2024/25	Johanna Reichert	Thüringer HC	110

References

↑ "EHF Executive Committee meets at EHF EURO 2020 in Stockholm". European Handball Federation. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
↑ "EHF European Cup 2013/14 – Legs Overview". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
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[1] "EHF Executive Committee meets at EHF EURO 2020 in Stockholm". European Handball Federation. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2020-03-04.

[2] "EHF European Cup 2013/14 – Legs Overview". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2014-07-10.

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v t e Women's IHF Cup, EHF Cup and Women's EHF European League
IHF Cup era (1981–1993)	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
EHF Cup era (1993–2020)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
European League era (2020–present)	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25