2025–26 Women's EHF European League

Women's EHF European League

2025–26
The final four will be held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz.
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	27 September 2025–17 May 2026
Teams	Competition proper: 16 Total: 36 (from 20 countries)
Website	ehfel.com

The 2025–25 Women's EHF European League is the 45th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 27 September 2025 to 17 May 2026.^[1]

Thüringer HC are the defending champions.

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

• Associations 1–2 can have four clubs qualify.
• Associations 3–9 can have three clubs qualify.
• Associations 10–18 can have two clubs qualify.
• Associations 19–29 can have one club qualify.
• Associations below the top 30 can't participate in this competition.

Rank[2] Association Average points Teams 1 Denmark 96.00 4 2 Germany 94.67 3 Norway 85.67 3 4 Romania 81.67 5 France 64.00 6 Hungary 48.67 7 Croatia 38.67 8 Russia 44.50 0 9 Poland 27.33 3 10 Spain 21.00 2 11 Sweden 13.33 12 Switzerland 9.67 13 Serbia 9.67 14 Czech Republic 6.33 15 Turkey 5.33 16 Austria 2.33

Rank Association Average points Teams 17 Greece 0.67 2 18 Iceland 0.67 19 Azerbaijan 0.00 1 19 Cyprus 0.00 19 Finland 0.00 19 Israel 0.00 19 Italy 0.00 19 Kosovo 0.00 19 Luxembourg 0.00 19 North Macedonia 0.00 19 Netherlands 0.00 19 Portugal 0.00 19 Ukraine 0.00 30 Everyone else 0.00

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

• EL: European League title holders
• EC: European Cup title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season

The list of entered teams was announced on 15 July 2025.^[3] Sola HK was originally among the four clubs directly qualified for the group phase of the EHF European League Women 2025/26, but EHF's decision on Tuesday 5 August announced Sola HK as the replacement for HB Ludwigsburg in group B of the 2025–26 Women's EHF Champions League, leaving a spot open in the seeding list for the EHF European League. Tertnes Bergen, a Norwegian club seeded initially in the qualification round 3, has been upgraded to the group phase.^[4]

Group stage
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (4th)	Thüringer HC (3rd)	Tertnes Bergen (5th)	CS Corona Brașov (2nd)
Round 3
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb (2nd)	HC Dalmatinka Ploče (3rd)	Viborg HK (6th)	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB (3rd)
Chambray Touraine Handball (4th)	HSG Blomberg-Lippe (3rd	HSG Bensheim/Auerbach (5th	Vfl Oldenburg (6th
MOL Esztergom (3rd)	Larvik HK (3rd)	KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin (1st)	PGE MKS El-Volt Lublin (2nd)
CS Minaur Baia Mare (4th)	Super Amara Bera Bera (1st)
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich (1st)	DHK Baník Most (1st)	HH Elite (7th)	ESBF Besançon (5th)
OF Nea Ionia (1st)	Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE (5th)	Valur (1st)	JuRo Unirek VZV (1st)
Molde Elite (4th)	SL Benfica (1st)	CS Rapid București (5th)	ŽRK Crvena zvezda (1st)
IK Sävehof (1st)	Skara HF (6th)	LC Brühl Handball (1st)	Spono Eagles (2nd)
GC Amicitia Zürich (3rd)	Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor (1st)

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).

There were 18 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 27–28 September and the second legs were played on 4–5 October 2025.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde Elite	53–51	Skara HF	27–24	26–27
Armada Praxis Yalikavakspor	48–64	HH Elite	25–24	23–40
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár[A]	63–36	O.F.N. Ionia	31–17	32–19
Spono Eagles	47–66	ŽRK Crvena zvezda	23–37	24–29
Hypo Niederösterreich	43–62	CS Rapid București	24–32	19–30
LC Brühl Handball	53–61	GC Amicitia Zürich	23–36	30–25
IK Sävehof	58–55	SL Benfica	29–28	29–27
ESBF Besançon	64–57	DHK Baník Most	34–28	30–29
JuRo Unirek VZV	56–61	Valur	30–31	26–30

There were 22 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 8–9 November and the second legs were played on 15–16 November 2025.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PGE MKS El-Volt Lublin	54–64	KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin	24–29	30–35
Super Amara Bera Bera	46–49	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	22–19	24–30
MOL Esztergom	56–52	ŽRK Crvena zvezda	29–28	27–24
IK Sävehof	61–70	Viborg HK	31–31	30–39
Chambray Touraine Handball	57–46	ESBF Besançon	29–25	28–21
Larvik HK	66–56	Molde Elite	34–23	32–33
CS Rapid București	60–55	HSG Bensheim/Auerbach	28–34	32–21
HSG Blomberg-Lippe	59–46	Valur	37–24	22–22
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	54–47	GC Amicitia Zürich	28–22	26–25
HH Elite	49–54	CS Minaur Baia Mare	27–21	22–33
Vfl Oldenburg	75–35	HC Dalmatinka Ploče	36–14	39–21

The draw for the group phase was held on 20 November 2025. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

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). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:

1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved;
4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
5. Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		THC	BAI	MOS	LHK
1	Thüringer HC	5	3	0	2	161	153	+8	6	Quarterfinals		—	33–32	34–24	36–33
2	CS Minaur Baia Mare	5	3	0	2	150	142	+8	6			28–24	—	34–28	28–31
3	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár	5	3	0	2	146	150	−4	6			36–34	–	—	31–22
4	Larvik HK	5	1	0	4	138	150	−12	2			–	26–28	26–27	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESZ	NYK	HSG	CHA
1	MOL Esztergom	5	4	0	1	150	143	+7	8	Quarterfinals		—	30–25	33–32	24–22
2	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	5	2	2	1	146	142	+4	6			34–32	—	30–30	–
3	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	5	1	1	3	140	145	−5	3			–	22–29	—	25–26
4	Chambray Touraine Handball	5	1	1	3	133	139	−6	3			30–31	28–28	27–31	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAP	LOK	OLD	TER
1	CS Rapid București	5	3	2	0	158	141	+17	8	Quarterfinals		—	–	34–30	32–32
2	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	5	2	1	2	138	136	+2	5			28–28	—	28–29	26–29
3	Vfl Oldenburg	5	2	0	3	137	149	−12	4			23–34	24–27	—	–
4	Tertnes Bergen	5	1	1	3	141	148	−7	3			28–30	26–29	26–31	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VHK	JDA	COR	LUB
1	Viborg HK	5	3	2	0	171	155	+16	8	Quarterfinals		—	–	33–33	42–38
2	JDA Bourgogne Dijon HB	5	3	1	1	158	143	+15	7			30–30	—	26–30	31–26
3	CS Corona Brașov	5	2	1	2	160	159	+1	5			28–34	30–35	—	–
4	KGHM MKS Zagłębie Lubin	5	0	0	5	148	180	−32	0			26–32	27–36	31–39	—

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	–	A1	–	–
A2	–	MOL Esztergom	–	–
D2	–	CS Rapid București	–	–
C2	–	D1	–	–

As of 25 January 2026 ^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Johanna Reichert	Thüringer HC	40
2	Kinga Jakubowska	Zagłębie Lubin	34
3	Marielle Martinsen	Viborg HK	33
4	Albertina Kassoma	CS Rapid București	32
	Estavana Polman	CS Rapid București
6	Katarina Krpež Šlezak	CSM Corona Brașov	31
	Nieke Kühne	HSG Blomberg-Lippe
	Lucie Modenel	Chambray Touraine Handball
9	Paula Posavec	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	30
	Jovana Stoiljković	Chambray Touraine Handball

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