The 2024–25 EHF European Cup is the 28th season of Europe's tertiary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 5th season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the EHF European Cup.^[1] Valur are the defending champions, but will not defend their title due to their involvement in this season's EHF European League.

The tournament is played in a straight knockout format. The ties are held in a home and away format. Overall, there are seven rounds to navigate in order to win the trophy (Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Last 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final).

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

Rank[2] Association Average points Teams 1 Greece 36.33 5 2 Czech Republic 29.67 3 3 Serbia 29.33 4 Cyprus 23.33 2 5 Estonia 17.33 3 6 Luxembourg 14.67 7 Israel 13.33 1 8 Italy 12.00 5 9 Turkey 12.00 4 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.00 5 11 Kosovo 11.33 3 12 Finland 9.67 2

Rank Association Average points Teams 13 Latvia 9.67 1 14 Lithuania 7.67 4 15 Netherlands 7.33 2 16 Belgium 5.00 2 17 Bulgaria 4.33 0 18 Faroe Islands 4.00 2 19 Montenegro 2.33 1 20 Azerbaijan 2.00 2 21 Moldova 0.33 0 N/A Great Britain 0.00 1 N/A Everyone else 0.00 0

Federations where their places in the EHF European Cup that depend on the number of places in the other two competitions.

Rank	Association	Average points	Teams
22	Sweden	48.00	0
23	Norway	45.33	3
24	Romania	42.50	2
25	Croatia	35.00	1
26	Russia	28.50	0
27	Slovenia	28.33	3
28	Belarus	18.00	0
29	Switzerland	17.33	1
30	Slovakia	16.33
31	Austria	13.33	3
32	Iceland	12.67	1
33	Ukraine	9.67
N/A	North Macedonia	0.00	3

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2024–25 EHF European Cup was announced on 9 July 2024.^[3][4]

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

• EC: European Cup title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
  • SF: Semi-final league position
  • QF: Quarter-final league position

Round 2

Förthof UHK Krems	Handball Westwien	HC Baki	Kur
HC Visé BM	Sezoens Achilles Bocholt	RK Gračanica	RK Borac m:tel
RK Izviđač[a]	Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta	Parnassos Strovolou	HK FCC Město Lovosice
HC Robe Zubří	SKKP Handball Brno	Põlva Serviti	Mistra
H71	VÍF	BK-46	HC Cocks
AC PAOK	Olympiacos SFP	AEK Athens HC	London GD
Haukar	Holon Yuvalim HC	Junior Fasano	SSV Brixen Handball
KH Besa Famgas	KH Rahoveci	ZRHK Tenax Dobele	VHC Šviesa
Dragūnas Klaipėda	Handball Esch	HC Berchem	HC Lovcen-Cetinje
HV KRAS/Volendam	JD Techniek Hurry-Up	RK Alkaloid	GRK Ohrid
Runar Sandefjord	ØIF Arendal	AHC Potaissa Turda	CS Minaur Baia Mare
RK Partizan AdmiralBet	HC Metaloplastika Elixir	HC Dinamo Pancevo	MŠK Považská Bystrica
MRK Krka	Celje Pivovarna Laško	Pfadi Winterthur	Beykoz BLD SK
Beşiktaş	HC Motor

Round 1

HC Fivers WAT Margareten	RK Sloboda	RK Leotar	RK Poreč
Viljandi HC	Diomidis Argous	Bianco Monte Drama 1986	Pallamano Conversano 1973
Black Devils Meran	Raimond Sassari	KH Kastrioti	Granitas-Karys
HC Amber	HB Dudelange	Drammen HK	GRK Tikveš
CSM București	RK Jeruzalem Ormož	Köycegiz BLD SK	Spor Toto SK

A total of 20 teams are involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 14–15 September 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 21–22 September 2024. The draw was on 16 July 2024.^[5]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viljandi HC	48–71	CSM București	24–35	24–36
Köycegiz BLD SK	65–66	RK Leotar	37–33	28–33
RK Jeruzalem Ormož	67–54	Granitas-Karys	32–26	35–28
Bianco Monte Drama 1986	57–53	GRK Tikveš	31–27	26–26
KH Kastrioti	58–61	RK Sloboda	30–29	28–32
Pallamano Conversano 1973	58–81	Drammen HK	31–43	27–38
HC Amber	49–57	HC Fivers WAT Margareten	27–35	22–22
Black Devils Meran	54–64	Diomidis Argous	24–35	30–29
HB Dudelange	74–75	Raimond Sassari	36–36	38–39
Spor Toto SK	52–61	RK Poreč	26–32	26–29

A total of 64 teams are involved in the second qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 19–20 October 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 26–27 October 2024. The draw was on 16 July 2024.

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
H71	63–74	SSV Brixen Handball	33–40	30–34
VÍF	56–59	Handball Westwien	22–29	34–30
HC Visé BM	51–63	Diomidis Argous	21–26	30–37
JD Techniek Hurry-Up	48–61	Põlva Serviti	21–25	27–36
Raimond Sassari	66–71	RK Izviđač	38–39	28–32
Pfadi Winterthur	53–46	RK Sloboda	24–26	29–20
RK Poreč	69–42	London GD	36–24	33–18
RK Borac m:tel	45–53	RK Jeruzalem Ormož	26–20	19–33
CSM București	51–66	Runar Sandefjord	25–37	26–29
ZRHK Tenax Dobele	49–51	RK Leotar	24–26	25–25
Olympiacos SFP	59–56	HC Fivers WAT Margareten	30–21	29–35
ØIF Arendal	73–59	Bianco Monte Drama 1986	37–35	36–24
Drammen HK	70–51	Holon Yuvalim HC	35–29	35–22
VHC Šviesa	59–61	Mistra	34–30	25–31
Beşiktaş	56–53	HC Dinamo Pancevo	34–27	22–26
HK FCC Město Lovosice	65–63	KH Besa Famgas	38–28	27–35
RK Partizan AdmiralBet	62–46	HC Berchem	35–24	27–22
MŠK Považská Bystrica	52–49	HC Robe Zubří	25–20	27–29
HC Metaloplastika Elixir	58–60	MRK Krka	30–32	28–28
RK Gračanica	61–76	RK Celje Pivovarna Laško	35–43	26–33
GRK Ohrid	60–64	AHC Potaissa Turda	31–25	29–39
HC Alkaloid	79–62	Dragūnas Klaipėda	42–31	37–31
Förthof UHK Krems	64–59	HV KRAS/Volendam	29–26	35–33
Handball Esch	55–78	HC Motor	26–32	29–46
Sezoens Achilles Bocholt	57–66	KH Rahoveci	32–29	25–37
BK-46	70–49	SKKP Handball Brno	41–26	29–23
Haukar	64–53	HC Cocks	35–26	29–27
CS Minaur Baia Mare	91–69	Beykoz BLD SK	44–30	47–39
Junior Fasano	46–77	AEK Athens HC	20–38	26–39
Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta	67–57	A.C. PAOK	30–24	37–33
Parnassos Strovolou	60–67	Kur	31–35	29–32
HC Baki	44–78	HC Lovcen-Cetinje	21–41	23–37

A total of 32 teams are involved in the third qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 23–24 November 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 30 November to 1 December 2024. The draw is on 29 October 2024.

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Drammen HK	65–51	RK Leotar	33–30	32–21
Põlva Serviti	53–56	Beşiktaş	26–24	27–32
MŠK Považská Bystrica	54–65	BK-46	28–31	26–34
ØIF Arendal	52–59	Diomidis Argous	19–23	33–36
AHC Potaissa Turda	58–59	Olympiacos SFP	27–32	31–27
SSV Brixen Handball	66–55	HK FCC Město Lovosice	32–26	34–29
Förthof UHK Krems	45–54	RK Partizan AdmiralBet	25–24	20–30
RK Poreč	45–52	MRK Krka	21–23	24–29
KH Rahoveci	71–73	CS Minaur Baia Mare	31–38	40–35
Mistra	56–69	RK Jeruzalem Ormož	30–34	26–35
Runar Sandefjord	71–60	RK Celje Pivovarna Laško	41–28	30–32
HC Motor	72–73	RK Izviđač	33–32	39–41
Anorthosis Famagusta	69–64	Pfadi Winterthur	37–28	32–36
HC Alkaloid	70–56	Handball Westwien	38–27	32–29
Haukar	68–52	Kur	30–25	38–27
AEK Athens HC	86–57	HC Lovcen-Cetinje	45–26	41–31

The Last 16 first leg matches are held on 15–16 February 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 22–23 February 2025. The draw is on 3 December 2024.

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Runar Sandefjord	–	Beşiktaş	–	–
Drammen HK	–	Olympiacos SFP	–	–
RK Partizan AdmiralBet	–	AC Diomidis Argous	–	–
AEK Athens HC	–	MRK Krka	–	–
SSV Brixen Handball	–	HC Alkaloid	–	–
Anorthosis Famagusta	–	RK Izviđač	–	–
Haukar	–	RK Jeruzalem Ormož	–	–
CS Minaur Baia Mare	–	BK-46	–	–

The first leg matches are held on 22–23 March 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 29–30 March 2025. The draw is on 25 February 2025.

Results

The first leg matches are held on 19–20 April 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 26–27 April 2025. The draw is on 25 February 2025.

Results

The first leg match is held on 17–18 May 2025, while the second leg match is held on 24–25 May 2025. The draw is on 29 April 2025.

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