| EHF Champions League | |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Sport: | Handball |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Website: | ehfcl.com |
| Previous: | 2023–24 |
| Next: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 EHF Champions League is the 65th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from September 2024 to June 2025.
The tournament will run using the same format as the previous three seasons. The competition begins with a group stage featuring sixteen teams divided into two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures, fourteen in total for each team. In Groups A and B, the top two teams automatically qualify for the quarter-finals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoff round.
The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarter-finals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches (third-placed in group A plays sixth-placed group B; fourth-placed group A plays fifth-placed group B, etc.). The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.
In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue.
Ten of the sixteen teams competing in the group stage will be determined through the EHF association ranking for the 2024–25 season, based on the results of the three previous seasons. The remaining six places will be awarded as wildcards.
| Rank[1] | Association | Average points | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain | 217,00 | align=center | 1 |
| 2 | Germany | 170.00 | align=center rowspan=5 | 2 |
| 3 |  Poland | 156.67 | ||
| 4 |  France | 140.33 | ||
| 5 | Denmark | 137.00 | ||
| 6 |  Hungary | 124.33 | ||
| 7 |  Belarus | 69.50 | 0 | |
| 8 | Portugal | 61.67 | align=center rowspan=1 | 1 |
| Rank | Association | Average points | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 57.00 | align=center rowspan=1 | 1 | ||
| 10 |  Ukraine | 57.00 | align=center | 0 | |
| 11 |  Romania | 56.50 | align=center | 1 | |
| 12 | Slovenia | 52.00 | align=center | 0 | |
| 13 |  North Macedonia | 50.33 | align=center rowspan=2 | 1 | |
| 14 | Croatia | 44.00 | |||
| 15 | 36 associations | 0.00 | align=center rowspan=1 | 1 |
The first nine teams were revealed on 7 June 2024.[2] The teams who applied for a wildcard were announced on 13 June 2024.[3] On 21 June, the final list was announced.[4]
| Aalborg Håndbold (1st) | Paris Saint-Germain (1st) | Barcelona (1st) | SC Magdeburg (1st) | |
| Füchse Berlin (2nd) | Telekom Veszprém (1st) |  Kolstad Håndball (1st) | Orlen Wisła Płock (1st) | |
| Sporting CP (1st) | RK Zagreb (1st)WC | HBC Nantes (2nd)WC | SC Pick Szeged (2nd)WC | |
| RK Eurofarm Pelister (1st)WC | Industria Kielce (2nd)WC | CS Dinamo București (1st)WC | Fredericia HK (2nd)WC |
Rejected upgrades
| CD Bidasoa Irun (2nd) | Elverum Håndball (2nd) | FC Porto (2nd) |
| Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st) |  HT Tatran Prešov (1st) |
The draw was held on 27 June 2024.[5]
See main article: 2024–25 EHF Champions League group stage.