2025–26 EHF European League main round

The 2025–26 EHF European League main round will be played between 17 February and 10 March 2025 to determine the twelve teams advancing to the knockout stage of the 2025–26 EHF European League.^[1]

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Irudek Bidasoa Irún
B	THW Kiel	Montpellier Handball
C	SAH - Skanderborg	Fraikin BM Granollers
D	FC Porto	Elverum Håndball
E	MT Melsungen	SL Benfica
F	HC Vardar 1961	IFK Kristianstad
G	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Fredericia HK
H	RK Nexe	Kadetten Schaffhausen

In each group, teams played against the teams they didn't play in the group stage. Games involving teams who advanced from the same group in the previous round are carried over to the main round.

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

1. Points in matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in matches among tied teams;
3. Goal difference in all group matches;
4. Goals scored in all group matches;
5. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
6. Drawing lots.

All times are local

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KIE	FLE	MON	BID
1	THW Kiel	3	3	0	0	89	76	+13	6	Quarterfinals		—	–	27–18	–
2	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	3	2	0	1	101	99	+2	4	Play Offs		30–32	—	–	38–35
3	Montpellier Handball	3	1	0	2	84	90	−6	2			28–30	–	—	38–33
4	Irudek Bidasoa Irún	3	0	0	3	100	109	−9	0			–	32–33	–	—

17 February 2026 18:45	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	30–32	THW Kiel	GP Joule Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 6,300 Referees: Vesovic, Mitrovic (MNE)
	Jakobsen 10	(15–13)	Bilyk, Imre 7
	3×	Report	2× 3×

17 February 2026 20:45	Montpellier Handball	38–33	Irudek Bidasoa Irún	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
	Balaguer 10	(17–17)	Mielczarski 7
	1×	Report	1× 2×

24 February 2026 18:45	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	–	Montpellier Handball	GP Joule Arena, Flensburg
		(–)
		Report

24 February 2026 20:45	Irudek Bidasoa Irún	–	THW Kiel	Pabellón Polideportivo Artaleku, Irun
		(–)
		Report

3 March 2026 18:45	THW Kiel	–	Irudek Bidasoa Irún	Wunderino Arena, Kiel
		(–)
		Report

3 March 2026 20:45	Montpellier Handball	–	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier
		(–)
		Report

10 March 2026 20:45	THW Kiel	–	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Wunderino Arena, Kiel
		(–)
		Report

10 March 2026 20:45	Irudek Bidasoa Irún	–	Montpellier Handball	Pabellón Polideportivo Artaleku, Irun
		(–)
		Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAH	ELV	POR	GRA
1	SAH - Skanderborg	3	2	0	1	92	83	+9	4	Quarterfinals		—	−	−	28–29
2	Elverum Håndball	3	2	0	1	93	86	+7	4	Play Offs		−	—	25–29	37−28
3	FC Porto	3	1	0	2	86	89	−3	2			28−33	29–31	—	−
4	Fraikin BM Granollers	3	1	0	2	83	96	−13	2			26–31	−	−	—

17 February 2026 18:45	Elverum Håndball	37–28	Fraikin BM Granollers	Terningen Arena, Elverum Attendance: 1,643 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Gulliksen 11	(20–10)	three players 5
	2×	Report	5×

17 February 2026 19:45	FC Porto	28–33	SAH - Skanderborg	Pavilhao Dragão Arena, Porto Attendance: 856 Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
	Costa 9	(17–15)	Lærke, Hansen 8
		Report	2×

24 February 2026 18:45	SAH - Skanderborg	–	Elverum Håndball	Djurslands Bank Arena, Aarhus
		(–)
		Report

24 February 2026 20:45	Fraikin BM Granollers	–	FC Porto	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
		(–)
		Report

3 March 2026 18:45	Elverum Håndball	–	SAH - Skanderborg	Terningen Arena, Elverum
		(–)
		Report

3 March 2026 19:45	FC Porto	–	Fraikin BM Granollers	Pavilhao Dragão Arena, Porto
		(–)
		Report

10 March 2026 18:45	SAH - Skanderborg	–	FC Porto	Terningen Arena, Elverum
		(–)
		Report

10 March 2026 18:45	Fraikin BM Granollers	–	Elverum Håndball	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
		(–)
		Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MEL	VAR	BEN	KRI
1	MT Melsungen	3	3	0	0	91	81	+10	6	Quarterfinals		—	−	28–26	33−29
2	HC Vardar 1961	3	1	0	2	101	102	−1	2	Play Offs		−	—	−	35–30
3	SL Benfica	3	1	0	2	92	93	−1	2			26–30	40−35	—	−
4	IFK Kristianstad	3	1	0	2	91	99	−8	2			–	32–31	−	—

17 February 2026 19:45	SL Benfica	40–35	HC Vardar 1961	Pavilhão da Luz Nᵒ 2, Lisbon Attendance: 813 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	Vailupau 7	(24–16)	Horiha 9
	2×	Report	2× 6× 1×

17 February 2026 20:45	MT Melsungen	33–29	IFK Kristianstad	Rothenbach-Halle, Kassel Attendance: 1,650 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Stefánsson 7	(17–18)	Månsson 6
	2×	Report	2×

24 February 2026 18:45	IFK Kristianstad	–	SL Benfica	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
		(–)
		Report

24 February 2026 20:45	HC Vardar 1961	–	MT Melsungen	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
		(–)
		Report

3 March 2026 18:45	IFK Kristianstad	–	MT Melsungen	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
		(–)
		Report

3 March 2026 20:45	HC Vardar 1961	–	SL Benfica	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
		(–)
		Report

10 March 2026 19:45	SL Benfica	–	IFK Kristianstad	Pavilhão da Luz Nᵒ 2, Lisbon
		(–)
		Report

10 March 2026 20:45	MT Melsungen	–	HC Vardar 1961	Rothenbach-Halle, Kassel
		(–)
		Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HAN	KAD	FRE	NEX
1	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	3	2	0	1	96	91	+5	4	Quarterfinals		—	−	31–34	34−28
2	Kadetten Schaffhausen	3	2	0	1	93	91	+2	4	Play Offs		−	—	−	31–32
3	Fredericia HK	3	1	0	2	93	94	−1	2			29–31	30−32	—	−
4	RK Nexe	3	1	0	2	89	95	−6	2			−	29–30	−	—

17 February 2026 18:45	Fredericia HK	30–32	Kadetten Schaffhausen	Middelfart Sparekasse Arena, Fredericia Attendance: 1,115 Referees: Jovic, Arnautovic (BIH)
	Martinusen 6	(12–15)	Ríkharðsson, Maros 9
	2× 2×	Report	3×

17 February 2026 20:45	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	34–28	RK Nexe	Swiss Life Hall, Hannover Attendance: 2,302 Referees: Fremstad, Jørstad (NOR)
	Fischer 9	(18–11)	Krupić 5
	2×	Report	4×

24 February 2026 18:45	Kadetten Schaffhausen	–	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	BBC-Arena, Schaffhausen
		(–)
		Report

24 February 2026 20:45	RK Nexe	–	Fredericia HK	OS Kralja Tomislava, Našice
		(–)
		Report

3 March 2026 20:45	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	–	Kadetten Schaffhausen	Swiss Life Hall, Hannover
		(–)
		Report

3 March 2026 20:45	Fredericia HK	–	RK Nexe	Middelfart Sparekasse Arena, Fredericia
		(–)
		Report

10 March 2026 18:45	RK Nexe	–	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	OS Kralja Tomislava, Našice
		(–)
		Report

10 March 2026 18:45	Kadetten Schaffhausen	–	Fredericia HK	BBC-Arena, Schaffhausen
		(–)
		Report

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