The 2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup is the 32nd 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] Atticgo BM Elche are the defending champions.

The tournament is played in a straight knockout format. The ties are held in a home and away format. Overall, there are six rounds to navigate in order to win the trophy (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 Spain 63.33 3 2 Croatia 58.00 2 3 Turkey 40.67 3 4 Ukraine 26.00 1 5 Serbia 24.00 2 6 Slovakia 22.33 7 Czech Republic 18.67 8 Portugal 15.00 3 9 Greece 14.67 5 10 Iceland 14.00 2 11 Faroe Islands 13.67 12 Switzerland 13.33 13 Belarus 12.50 0 14 North Macedonia 11.67 2 15 Italy 11.67 4 16 Israel 10.67 0

Rank Association Average points Teams 17 Netherlands 10.67 2 18 Montenegro 9.00 1 19 Poland 8.67 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.33 4 21 Sweden 8.00 1 22 Austria 6.67 3 23 Luxembourg 5.67 24 Azerbaijan 4.67 25 Kosovo 4.67 26 Malta 2.67 0 27 Finland 1.33 28 Lithuania 1.00 2 29 Bulgaria 0.67 0 30 Slovenia 0.67 2 31 Cyprus 0.33 N/A Belgium 0.00 1 N/A Everyone else 0.00 0

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup was announced on 9 July 2024.^[1][3]

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

WAT Atzgersdorf (2nd)	UHC Müllner Bau Stockerau (4th)	Greenpower JAGS Roomz Hotels (7th)	Azeryol HC
Garabagh HC	Kur	KTSV Eupen (2nd)	HRK Grude
RK Hadžići	ŽRK Borac	ŽRK Krivaja	DC Dalmatinka Ploče (4th)
ŽRK Bjelovar (5th)	Cyview Developers Latsia	Youth Union of Athienou	Hazena Kynzvart (2nd)
DHC Slavia Praha (3rd)	H71 (3rd)	VÍF (4th)	OFN Ionias (1st)
AC PAOK (2nd, CW)	AESH Pylea Thessaloniki (3rd)	Anagennisi Artas (4th)	AEP Panorama (5th)
Valur (1st)	Haukar (2nd)	SSV Brixen Südtirol (1st)	SSD Handball Erice ARL (2nd, CW)
Jomi Salerno (3rd)	A.S.D. Handball Cassa Rurale Pontinia (4th)	KHF Istogu (1st)	KHF Ferizaj (2nd, CW)
KHF Samadrexha (3rd)	Cascada-HC Garliava SM (1st)	Žalgiris Kaunas (4th)	HB Dudelange (CW)
HB Red Boys Differdange	HB Käerjeng (CW)	ZRK Tivat (2nd)	JuRo Unirek VZV (3rd)
Venéco VELO (4th)	Westfriesland SEW (5th)	WHC Cair Skopje (2nd)	WHC Metalurg Avtokomanda (3rd)
MKS Urbis Gniezno (4th)	Madeira Andebol SAD (2nd)	Colégio de Gaia (3rd)	ADA Sao Pedro do Sul (4th)
ŽRK Železničar (2nd)	ŽORK Jagodina (3rd)	MKS Iuventa Michalovce (2nd)	HK Slovan Duslo Sala (3rd)
ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina (2nd, CW)	ŽRD Litija (3rd)	Costa del Sol Malaga (3rd)	Conservas Orbe Zendal BM Porrino (4th)
Caja Rural Aula Valladolid (6th)	Kristianstad HK (5th)	SPONO Eagles (3rd)	HSC Kreuzlingen (4th)
Görele BSK (5th)	Bursa Büyüksehir BS (6th)	Üsküdar B.S.K. (7th)	HC Galychanka Lviv (1st)

A total of 64 teams are involved in the second qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 5–6 October 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 12–13 October 2024. The draw was on the 16 of July 2024.^[4][5]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Görele BSK	70–65	WHC Metalurg Avtokomanda	36–28	34–37
Hazena Kynzvart	62–45	ŽRD Litija	32–22	30–23
DC Dalmatinka Ploče	55–45	ŽRK Borac	24–23	31–22
SSV Brixen Südtirol	37–70	Conservas Orbe Zendal BM Porrino	21–36	16–34
SPONO Eagles	48–58	PAOK	27–33	21–25
ZRK Tivat	43–72	Bursa Büyüksehir BS	25–34	18–38
Kristianstad HK	67–48	Westfriesland SEW	32–23	35–25
KHF Istogu	68–52	AESH Pylea Thessaloniki	33–25	35–27
HB Dudelange	52–35	Venéco VELO	22–17	30–18
Garabagh HC	53–49	HB Red Boys Differdange	27–24	26–25
KTSV Eupen	33–68	Haukar	16–38	17–30
Cascada-HC Garliava SM	51–72	SSD Handball Erice ARL	24–31	27–41
Caja Rural Aula Valladolid	79–30	KHF Ferizaj	39–12	40–18
Colégio de Gaia	79–61	KHF Samadrexha	42–31	37–30
ŽORK Jagodina	62–46	RK Hadžići	30–27	32–19
DHC Slavia Praha	63–56	ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina	34–30	29–26
H71	91–35	Cyview Developers Latsia	50–14	41–21
HSC Kreuzlingen	43–54	MKS Iuventa Michalovce	24–27	19–27
UHC Müllner Bau Stockerau	42–70	ŽRK Železničar	27–38	15–32
HB Käerjeng	50–58	WHC Cair Skopje	24–26	26–32
Kur	47–65	OFN Ionias	25–32	22–33
Žalgiris Kaunas	45–65	Valur	17–31	28–34
Youth Union of Athienou	36–78	HRK Grude	21–39	15–39
ADA Sao Pedro do Sul	52–52 4–3 (p)	HK Slovan Duslo Sala	28–25	24–27
Jomi Salerno	53–48	VÍF	27–21	26–27
Greenpower JAGS Roomz Hotels	44–57	WAT Atzgersdorf	19–27	25–30
Azeryol HC	38–68	HC Galychanka Lviv	22–36	16–32
A.S.D. Handball Cassa Rurale Pontinia	47–63	Costa del Sol Malaga	25–32	22–31
Anagennisi Artas	43–60	Madeira Andebol SAD	20–30	23–30
ŽRK Krivaja	52–65	JuRo Unirek VZV	25–35	27–30
ŽRK Bjelovar	50–64	Üsküdar B.S.K.	26–32	24–32
AEP Panorama	34–57	MKS Urbis Gniezno	17–31	17–26

A total of 32 teams are involved in the third qualifying round. The first leg matches are held on 9–10 November 2024, while the second leg matches are held on 16–17 November 2024. The draw will be on the 15 of October 2024.

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KHF Istogu	62–78	Hazena Kynzvart	30–44	32–34
H71	53–54	PAOK	23–31	30–23
Conservas Orbe Zendal BM Porrino	58–52	Bursa Büyüksehir BS	34–26	24–26
OFN Ionias	50–43	ŽORK Jagodina	27–20	23–23
MKS Iuventa Michalovce	83–42	HRK Grude	44–20	39–22
HC Galychanka Lviv	67–39	Garabagh HC	33–20	34–19
Üsküdar B.S.K.	45–64	Madeira Andebol SAD	25–28	20–36
Costa del Sol Malaga	56–38	ADA Sao Pedro do Sul	32–15	24–23
ŽRK Železničar	41–55	Caja Rural Aula Valladolid	20–32	21–23
MKS Urbis Gniezno	56–44	SSD Handball Erice ARL	30–18	26–26
Jomi Salerno	52–61	DHC Slavia Praha	20–32	32–29
Görele BSK	58–70	WAT Atzgersdorf	32–35	26–35
Valur	56–48	Kristianstad HK	27–24	29–24
Colégio de Gaia	51–57	WHC Cair Skopje	25–29	26–28
HB Dudelange	53–66	JuRo Unirek VZV	22–30	31–36
DC Dalmatinka Ploče	39–41	Haukar	23–24	16–17

The Last 16 first leg matches are held on 11–12 January 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 18–19 January 2025. The draw will be on the 19 of November 2024.

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
OFN Ionias	–	JuRo Unirek VZV	–	–
DHC Slavia Praha	–	WHC Cair Skopje	–	–
HC Galychanka Lviv	–	Haukar	–	–
WAT Atzgersdorf	–	Conservas Orbe Zendal BM Porrino	–	–
Costa del Sol Malaga	–	Valur	–	–
Madeira Andebol SAD	–	Hazena Kynzvart	–	–
PAOK	–	MKS Iuventa Michalovce	–	–
MKS Urbis Gniezno	–	Caja Rural Aula Valladolid	–	–

The first leg matches are held on 15–16 February 2025, while the second leg matches are held on 22–23 February 2025. The draw will be on 21 January 2025.

Results

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 will be on 21 January 2025.

Results

The first leg match is held on 10–11 May 2025, while the second leg match is held on 17–18 May 2025. The draw will be on 1 April 2025.

Results

• 2024–25 EHF Champions League
• 2024–25 EHF European League
• 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League
• 2024–25 Women's EHF European League
• 2024–25 EHF European Cup

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