2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage explained

The 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 18 March with the playoffs and ended on 4 June 2023 with the final at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

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]

Qualified teams

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 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).

Playoffs

Overview

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Matches

Odense Håndbold won 60–52 on aggregate.----Team Esbjerg won 55–49 on aggregate.----FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 55–46 on aggregate.----CS Rapid București won 54–53 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

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Matches

Vipers Kristiansand won 71–56 on aggregate.----FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 59–58 on aggregate.----Team Esbjerg won 65–59 on aggregate.----Győri Audi ETO KC won 66–55 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four will be held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 3 and 4 June 2023.[2] The draw took place on 9 May 2023.[3] [4]

Bracket

Semifinals

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Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regulations. eurohandball.com . eurohandball.com . 29 May 2022. 16.
  2. Web site: Playing times for Budapest and Cologne confirmed. eurohandball.com. 5 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Excitement builds for Tuesday's EHF FINAL4 Women 2023 draw. eurohandball.com. 8 May 2023.
  4. Web site: Semi-final pairings set by the EHF FINAL4 Women draw. eurohandball.com. 9 May 2023.