2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

The 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 16 March with the playoffs and ended on 2 June 2024 with the final at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

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In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 3rd–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]

Qualified teams

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

GroupQualified for quarterfinalsQualified for playoffs
First placeSecond placeThird placeFourth placeFifth placeSixth place
A Győri Audi ETO KC Odense Håndbold Brest Bretagne Handball CSM București DVSC Schaeffler SG BBM Bietigheim
B Metz Handball Team Esbjerg Ikast Håndbold Vipers Kristiansand RK Krim Mercator FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

Playoffs

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Overview

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 59–56 Brest Bretagne Handball28–3031–26
SG BBM Bietigheim 60–58 Ikast Håndbold29–2731–31
RK Krim Mercator 48–60 CSM București24–3024–30
DVSC Schaeffler 55–56 Vipers Kristiansand28–2927–27

Matches

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16 March 2024
16:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 28–30 Brest Bretagne HandballÉrd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Lekić 9(15–14)Maslova 9
 5× Report 6×  1×
24 March 2024
18:00
Brest Bretagne Handball 26–31 FTC-Rail Cargo HungariaBrest Arena, Brest
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Maslova 7(12–16)Malestein 10
Report  4×

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 59–56 on aggregate.


17 March 2024
16:00
SG BBM Bietigheim 29–27 Ikast HåndboldArena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
Attendance: 1,723
Referees: Petrušis, Barysas (LTU)
Smits 8(13–14)Bakkerud 7
 2× Report 4×
24 March 2024
14:00
Ikast Håndbold 31–31 SG BBM BietigheimIkast-Brande Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 2,010
Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
Jeřábková 7(13–18)Döll, Smits 6
 2× Report 3×

Ikast Håndbold won 60–58 on aggregate.


16 March 2024
18:00
RK Krim Mercator 24–30 CSM BucureștiArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,230
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Dmitrieva 7(12–18)Neagu 9
 6× Report  2×
24 March 2024
16:00
CSM București 30–24 RK Krim MercatorPolyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Neagu 7(14–13)Radičević 6
 3× Report 3×

CSM București won 60–48 on aggregate.


17 March 2024
14:00
DVSC Schaeffler 28–29 Vipers KristiansandHódos Imre Sportcsarnok, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Szabó 6(16–16)Abbingh 13
 5× Report  5×
23 March 2024
18:00
Vipers Kristiansand 27–27 DVSC SchaefflerAquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
Attendance: 1,721
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Vyakhireva 10(10–15)Szabó 8
 3× Report  2×

Vipers Kristiansand won 56–55 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

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Overview

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Vipers Kristiansand 49–54 Győri Audi ETO KC23–3026–24
CSM București 47–56 Metz Handball24–2723–29
SG BBM Bietigheim 60–58 Odense Håndbold30–2630–32
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 49–55 Team Esbjerg25–2624–29

Matches

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27 April 2024
18:00
Vipers Kristiansand 23–30 Győri Audi ETO KCAquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Tchaptchet 5(9–15)Gros 6
 3× Report 5×  1×
4 May 2024
18:00
Győri Audi ETO KC 24–26 Vipers KristiansandAudi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 5,209
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (SRB)
Gros 6(15–17)Roberts 8
 3× Report 3×

Győri Audi ETO KC won 54–49 on aggregate.


28 April 2024
16:00
CSM București 24–27 Metz HandballPolyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
Neagu 9(14–15)three players 7
 3× Report 4×
4 May 2024
16:00
Metz Handball 29–23 CSM BucureștiArènes de Metz, Metz
Attendance: 4,935
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Grijseels 7(15–14)Neagu 6
 4× Report  3×

Metz Handball won 56–47 on aggregate.


28 April 2024
14:00
SG BBM Bietigheim 30–26 Odense HåndboldArena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
Attendance: 2,417
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Döll 8(15–12)Aagot 6
 4× Report  2×
5 May 2024
14:00
Odense Håndbold 32–30 SG BBM BietigheimSydbank Arena Odense, Odense
Attendance: 2,253
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Aagot 7(17–16)Dulfer, X. Smits 7
Report

SG BBM Bietigheim won 60–58 on aggregate.


27 April 2024
16:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 25–26 Team EsbjergÉrd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Lekić 7(11–13)Reistad 10
 3× Report 3×
5 May 2024
16:00
Team Esbjerg 29–24 FTC-Rail Cargo HungariaBlue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 3,143
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Solberg-Isaksen 6(17–10)Klujber 8
 2× Report  3×

Team Esbjerg won 55–49 on aggregate.

Final four

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The final four was held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 1 and 2 June 2024. The draw was held on 7 May 2024.[2][3]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 June
 
 
Team Esbjerg23
 
2 June
 
Győri Audi ETO KC24
 
Győri Audi ETO KC30
 
1 June
 
SG BBM Bietigheim24
 
Metz Handball29
 
 
SG BBM Bietigheim36
 
Third place
 
 
2 June
 
 
Team Esbjerg37
 
 
Metz Handball33

Semifinals

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1 June 2024
15:00
Team Esbjerg 23–24 Győri Audi ETO KCMVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 13,300
Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
Mørk 6(9–13)Nze Minko 6
 3× Report  4×

1 June 2024
18:00
Metz Handball 29–36 SG BBM BietigheimMVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 12,800
Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Burgaard, Valentini 5(15–14)X. Smits 9
 5× Report  2×

Third place game

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2 June 2024
15:00
Team Esbjerg 37–33 Metz HandballMVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 14,200
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Mørk, Reistad 13(18–18)Grijseels 10
 4× Report  3×

Final

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2 June 2024
18:00
Győri Audi ETO KC 30–24 SG BBM BietigheimMVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 18,500
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Brattset Dale, Gros 6(17–12)Hvenfelt 5
 5× Report  2×

References

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  1. ^ "Teams set for EHF Champions League season 2023/24". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Semi-finals for both EHF FINAL4s to be drawn in Budapest". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "This season's elite teams discover first EHF FINAL4 opponents". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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