2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 2nd–6th in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary.^[1]

The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Qualified for quarterfinals		Qualified for playoffs
	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	Vipers Kristiansand	CSM București	Odense Håndbold	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	RK Krim Mercator	Brest Bretagne Handball
B	Metz Handball	Győri Audi ETO KC	Team Esbjerg	CS Rapid București	WHC Budućnost BEMAX	Storhamar Håndball Elite

All times are UTC+2 (matches on 18, 19 and 25 March are UTC+1).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Storhamar Håndball Elite	52–60	Odense Håndbold	22–30	30–30
Brest Bretagne Handball	49–55	Team Esbjerg	25–28	24–27
WHC Budućnost BEMAX	46–55	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	24–28	22–27
RK Krim Mercator	53–54	CS Rapid București	29–24	24–30

18 March 2023 18:00	Storhamar Håndball Elite	22–30	Odense Håndbold	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,045 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Venn 6	(13–16)	Abbingh, Housheer 5
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25 March 2023 18:00	Odense Håndbold	30–30	Storhamar Håndball Elite	Sydbank Arena Odense, Odense Attendance: 2,117 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Iversen, Van Wetering 6	(13–16)	Obaidli 10
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Odense Håndbold won 60–52 on aggregate.

19 March 2023 16:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	25–28	Team Esbjerg	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,562 Referees: Palačković, Backović (SLO)
	Fauske 7	(15–15)	Reistad 8
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26 March 2023 14:00	Team Esbjerg	27–24	Brest Bretagne Handball	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 2,563 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Reistad 6	(14–12)	Carlson 5
	1×	Report	2×

Team Esbjerg won 55–49 on aggregate.

18 March 2023 16:00	WHC Budućnost BEMAX	24–28	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Raičević 9	(13–15)	Malestein 7
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25 March 2023 16:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	27–22	WHC Budućnost BEMAX	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
	Malestein, Stolle 5	(14–13)	Pavićević 7
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FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 55–46 on aggregate.

19 March 2023 14:00	RK Krim Mercator	29–24	CS Rapid București	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Hannes, Hannes (GER)
	Radičević, Stanko 8	(12–13)	Kanor 5
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26 March 2023 16:00	CS Rapid București	30–24	RK Krim Mercator	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Polman 8	(12–8)	Rosiak 7
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CS Rapid București won 54–53 on aggregate.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CS Rapid București	56–71	Vipers Kristiansand	25–31	31–40
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	59–58	Metz Handball	26–32	33–26
Team Esbjerg	65–59	CSM București	32–28	33–31
Odense Håndbold	55–66	Győri Audi ETO KC	27–29	28–37

30 April 2023 14:00	CS Rapid București	25–31	Vipers Kristiansand	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Grozav 5	(12–18)	Vyakhireva 7
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6 May 2023 16:00	Vipers Kristiansand	40–31	CS Rapid București	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Næs Andersen 7	(18–18)	Grozav 7
	4×	Report	2×  5×

Vipers Kristiansand won 71–56 on aggregate.

29 April 2023 16:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	26–32	Metz Handball	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Bölk, Malestein 7	(13–15)	Horacek 7
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7 May 2023 14:00	Metz Handball	26–33	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,670 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
	Bouktit 8	(17–17)	Malestein 8
	4×	Report	1×  5×  1×

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 59–58 on aggregate.

30 April 2023 16:00	Team Esbjerg	32–28	CSM București	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 2,960 Referees: Barysas, Petrusis (LTU)
	Mørk 8	(17–13)	Arntzen 10
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7 May 2023 16:00	CSM București	31–33	Team Esbjerg	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Omoregie 8	(18–16)	Breistøl, Mørk 7
	4×  2×	Report	1×  3×

Team Esbjerg won 65–59 on aggregate.

29 April 2023 18:00	Odense Håndbold	27–29	Győri Audi ETO KC	Sydbank Arena Odense, Odense Attendance: 2,234 Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
	Abbingh, Van Wetering 6	(17–12)	Gros 9
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6 May 2023 18:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	37–28	Odense Håndbold	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,254[2] Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Gros 10	(21–14)	Van Wetering 6
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Győri Audi ETO KC won 66–55 on aggregate.

The final four will be held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 3 and 4 June 2023.^[3] The draw took place on 9 May 2023.^[4][5]

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 June
	Győri Audi ETO KC	35
					4 June
	Vipers Kristiansand	37
					Vipers Kristiansand	28
	3 June
					FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	24
	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	30
	Team Esbjerg	29
					Third place
					4 June
					Győri Audi ETO KC	28
					Team Esbjerg	27

3 June 2023 15:15	Győri Audi ETO KC	35–37	Vipers Kristiansand	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 18,734 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Oftedal 11	(18–23)	Roberts 8
	1×  7×	Report	3×

3 June 2023 18:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	30–29	Team Esbjerg	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 20,022 Referees: Palačković, Backović (SLO)
	Malestein 7	(13–17)	Mørk, Reistad 7
	1×  6×	Report	5×

4 June 2023 15:15	Győri Audi ETO KC	28–27	Team Esbjerg	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 18,387 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Gros 6	(16–9)	Ingstad 6
	3×	Report	1×  2×

4 June 2023 18:00	Vipers Kristiansand	28–24	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 20,022 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Næs Andersen, Vyakhireva 6	(14–13)	Bölk, Lekić 5
	1×  4×	Report	1×  2×  1×

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