2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage explained

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

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

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

Overview

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Matches

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 59–56 on aggregate.----Ikast Håndbold won 60–58 on aggregate.----CSM București won 60–48 on aggregate.----Vipers Kristiansand won 56–55 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

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Matches

Győri Audi ETO KC won 54–49 on aggregate.----Metz Handball won 56–47 on aggregate.----SG BBM Bietigheim won 60–58 on aggregate.----Team Esbjerg won 55–49 on aggregate.

Final four

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

Semifinals

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Final

External links

Notes and References

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