| EHF European League | |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Sport: | Handball |
| Teams: | 44 (qualification stage) 24 (group stage) |
| Website: | ehfel.com |
| Champions: | Füchse Berlin |
| Runners-Up1: |  Fraikin BM Granollers |
| Top Scorer: |  Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson(110 goals) |
| Mvp: | Fabian Wiede |
| Previous: | 2021–22 |
| Next: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 EHF European League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the EHF Cup to the EHF European League.
Füchse Berlin became champions, having defeated Fraikin BM Granollers in the final.[1]
The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2022–23 EHF European League was announced on 12 July 2022.[2]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
| SL Benfica (3rd)EL | width=220px | Füchse Berlin (3rd) | width=220px |  PAUC Handball (3rd) | width=220px | Skjern Håndbold (4th) |
 Ystads IF (1st) | Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st) | Fraikin BM Granollers (2nd) |  Eurofarm Pelister (2nd) | |||
 Balatonfüredi KSE (3rd) |  Tatran Prešov (1st) |  HC Motor (1st) | Valur (1st) |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt (4th) | width=220px | Bidasoa Irun (3rd) | width=220px | Frisch Auf Göppingen (5th) | width=220px | Sporting CP (2nd) |
| Montpellier HB (4th) |  KS Azoty-Puławy (3rd) | Skanderborg-Aarhus (5th) | BM Benidorm (4th) | |||
| Butel Skopje (3rd) | Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém (CR) |  CSA Steaua București (CR) | Belenenses (4th) | |||
| MMTS Kwidzyn (4th) | RK Nexe (2nd) |
| IK Sävehof (CW) | width=220px | GC Amicitia Zürich (CW) | width=220px | width=220px | RK Trimo Trebnje (2nd) | |
| Eurofarm Pelister 2 (5th) | Minaur Baia Mare (2nd) |  Drammen HK (SF) | Águas Santas Milaneza (5th) | |||
| Dobrogea Sud (3rd) | TBV Lemgo Lippe (6th) | Górnik Zabrze (5th) | ||||
| Bjerrinbro-Silkeborg (3rd) | Logroño La Rioja (6th) | FTC (4th) | Potaissa Turda (4th) | |||
| IFK Kristianstad (SF) |  Alpla HC Hard (1st) | Kolstad Håndball (QF) |  HC Cocks (1st) |
A total of 20 teams were involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 27–28 August 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 3–4 September 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[3]
The results of this round were:[4] [5]
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A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round, 10 teams advancing from the previous round and 14 teams entering this round. The first leg matches were held on 27 September 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 4 October 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[6]
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See main article: 2022–23 EHF European League group stage.
The 24 teams were divided into six pots of four teams, with a team from each pot being drawn to each group. Teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same group. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[7]
A total of 14 national associations were represented in the group stage.
See main article: 2022–23 EHF European League knockout stage.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[8] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 110 |
| 2 | Martim Costa | Sporting CP | 102 |
| 3 | Bence Nagy | FTC | 99 |
| 4 | Ihor Turchenko | HC Motor | 97 |
| 5 | Francisco Costa | Sporting CP | 95 |
| 6 | Antonio García Robledo | Fraikin BM Granollers | 94 |
| 7 | Marcel Schiller | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 78 |
| 8 |  Miloš Vujović | Füchse Berlin | 76 |
| 9 | Emil Jakobsen | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 75 |
| Josip Šarac | Frisch Auf Göppingen | ||
| Kyllian Villeminot | Montpellier HB |