Montenegrin women's handball clubs are participating in the EHF competitions since the season 1984/85.
At the earlier times, Montenegrin teams represented SFR Yugoslavia or FR Yugoslavia in European competitions, and from 2006 and Montenegrin independence, they qualify through Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball and Montenegrin Women's Handball Cup.
Montenegrin side ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica was extremely successful in the European Cups and today is among the best and most-trophied European and global women's handball teams. They are most successful Montenegrin sports team in European Cups, too. ŽRK Budućnost won six European titles, and among them are:
Except ŽRK Budućnost, until today, representatives of Montenegro in women's EHF competitions were ŽRK Rudar Pljevlja, ŽRK Biseri Pljevlja, ŽRK Danilovgrad, ŽRK Nikšić and ŽRK Petrol Bonus Podgorica.
Majority of matches are played by ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica.
Team | Seasons | G | W | D | L |
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ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica | 35 | 377 | 208 | 29 | 140 |
ŽRK Biseri Pljevlja | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
ŽRK Danilovgrad | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
ŽRK Petrol Bonus Podgorica | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
ŽRK Nikšić | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
ŽRK Rudar Pljevlja | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
As of the end of EHF competitions 2022–23 season.
Below is a list of games of all Montenegrin women's clubs in EHF competitions.
Below is the list of performances of Montenegrin clubs against opponents in EHF competitions by their countries (handball federations).
Opponents' country | G | W | D | L |
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Austria | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Belarus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Croatia | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Cyprus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark | 44 | 24 | 6 | 14 |
Faroe Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
France | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 |
Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Germany | 34 | 24 | 1 | 9 |
Hungary | 57 | 11 | 6 | 40 |
Israel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lithuania | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
North Macedonia | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Norway | 41 | 23 | 3 | 15 |
Poland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Romania | 27 | 12 | 2 | 15 |
Russia | 28 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
Serbia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Slovakia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Slovenia | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 |
Spain | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
Sweden | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Turkey | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Ukraine | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
As of the end of EHF competitions 2022–23 season.
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