European Cup and EHF Champions League records and statistics explained

This page details statistics of the European Cup and Champions League.

General performances

By nation

Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
18	13	Barcelona (12) Ciudad Real (3) TEKA Santander (1), Bidasoa Irún (1), Portland San Antonio (1)	Barcelona (5) Portland San Antonio (2), Ciudad Real (2) TEKA Santander (1), Bidasoa Irún (1), Atlético Madrid (1), Atlético de Madrid (1)
17	10	VfL Gummersbach (5) THW Kiel (4) Frisch Auf Göppingen (2), TV Großwallstadt (2) Magdeburg* (2), Hamburg (1), Flensburg-Handewitt(1)	THW Kiel (4) Flensburg-Handewitt (2) Frisch Auf Göppingen (1), VfL Gummersbach (1), TUSEM Essen (1), Wallau-Massenheim (1)
5	3	SKA Minsk (3) MAI Moscow (1), CSKA Moscow (1)	CSKA Moscow (2) MAI Moscow (1)
4	7	Metaloplastika (2) Bjelovar (1), Borac Banja Luka (1)	Bjelovar (2) Medveščak Zagreb (1), Borac Banja Luka (1), Slovan Ljubljana (1), Metaloplastika (1), Proleter Zrenjanin (1)
4	2	Magdeburg (2) SC Leipzig (1), ASK Frankfurt/Oder (1)	Dynamo Berlin (1), Empor Rostock (1)
3	3	Steaua București (2) Dinamo București (1)	Steaua București (2) Dinamo București (1)
3	2	Dukla Prague (3)	Dukla Prague (2)
2	4	Zagreb (2)	Zagreb (4)
2	2	Montpellier (2)	Paris Saint-Germain (1) HBC Nantes (1)
2	0	RK Vardar (2)
1	5	Honvéd (1)	Honvéd (1), MVM Veszprém (4)
1	5	PGE Vive Kielce (1)	Wybrzeże Gdańsk (2), PGE Vive Kielce (2), Śląsk Wrocław (1)
1	1	Redbergslids IK (1)	Örebro SK (1)
1	0	Celje (1)
0	4		Aarhus GF (1), Fredericia KFUM (1), Aalborg Håndbold (2)
0	1		Valur (1)
0	1		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen (1)
0	1		ABC Braga (1)

Some countries ceased to exist during the early 1990s. SC Magdeburg is the only handball club who has won the European club title while representing two different countries (e.g. East Germany and Germany).

Notes

Results until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Three out of five titles were won by clubs from present day Belarus, while two titles and the additional three times runners-up were achieved by clubs from present day Russia.
Results until the Breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Clubs from present day Serbia won the title two times and were runners-up additional two times, clubs from present day Croatia won the title once and were runners-up three times, clubs from present day Bosnia and Herzegovina won the title once and were runners-up once, while clubs from present day Slovenia were runners-up one time.
Results until the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993. Three titles and two times runners-up were all achieved by HC Dukla Prague.

Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era

The following is a list of clubs that have played in or qualified for the Champions League group stages.

Clubs

By semi-final appearances (European Cup and EHF Champions League)

Team	No.	Years in Semi-finals
Barcelona		1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
THW Kiel		1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024
VfL Gummersbach		1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984
Veszprém		2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022
Dukla Praha		1957, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1980, 1984, 1985
Steaua București		1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1989
Zagreb		1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Celje		1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
Ciudad Real		2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Dinamo București		1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1979
Metaloplastika		1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Portland San Antonio		1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007
Magdeburg		1978, 1981, 1989, 2002, 2004, 2023, 2024
Paris Saint-Germain		2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
PGE Vive Kielce		2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023
Bjelovar		1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973
Honvéd		1966, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984
Frisch Auf Göppingen		1959, 1960, 1962, 1963
CSKA Moscow		1977, 1981, 1983, 1988
Flensburg-Handewitt		2004, 2006, 2007, 2014
HSV Hamburg		2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
MAI Moscow		1972, 1973, 1974
TV Großwallstadt		1979, 1980, 1982
Atlético Madrid		1980, 1985, 1986
SKA Minsk		1987, 1989, 1990
TUSEM Essen		1987, 1988, 1990
Bidasoa Irún		1988, 1995, 1996
TEKA Santander		1992, 1994, 1995
Montpellier		2003, 2005, 2018
RK Vardar		2017, 2018, 2019
Paris UC		1957, 1960
Helsingør IF		1959, 1982
Aarhus GF		1960, 1966
IK Skovbakken		1962, 1963
SC Leipzig		1966, 1973
Dynamo Berlin		1968, 1970
Borac Banja Luka		1975, 1976
Fredericia KFUM		1976, 1977
Wybrzeże Gdańsk		1986, 1987
KIF Kolding		1992, 2002
Rhein-Neckar Löwen		2009, 2011
HBC Nantes		2018, 2021
Aalborg Håndbold		2021, 2024
Örebro SK		1957
HG København		1957
Redbergslids IK		1959
Medveščak Zagreb		1965
Grasshopper		1965
Ajax København		1965
SK Cuncevo		1967
Crvenka		1970
Sporting CP		1971
Tatran Prešov		1972
SolK Hellas		1973
Oppsal		1974
Ruda Hvezda Bratislava		1974
ASK Frankfurt/Oder		1975
IK Fredensborg		1976
Śląsk Wrocław		1978
Calpisa		1978
Empor Rostock		1979
Valur		1980
Slovan Ljubljana		1981
LUGI HF		1981
St. Gallen		1982
FH Hafnarfjördur		1985
HK Drott		1989
Créteil		1990
Proleter Zrenjanin		1991
Eskişehir ETİ		1991
Dinamo Astrakhan		1991
Wallau-Massenheim		1993
Vénissieux		1993
ABC Braga		1994
USAM Nîmes		1994
West Wien		1994
Pfadi Winterthur		1996
TBV Lemgo		1998
Prule 67		2003
Valladolid		2007
Chekhovskiye Medvedi		2010
Atlético Madrid		2012
AG København		2012
Füchse Berlin		2012

Finalist team in season

Note: In the 1994, 1995 and 1996 seasons there were no semi-finals as the finalists qualified via a group stage. The winners (Braga and TEKA Santander in 1994, Zagreb and Bidasoa Irún in 1995, Bidasoa Irún and Barcelona in 1996) and runners-up (Nîmes and UHK West Wien in 1994, TEKA Santander and THW Kiel in 1995, THW Kiel and Pfadi Winterthur in 1996) of the two groups are still marked as semi-finalists in the table.

By quarter-final and semi-final appearances (EHF Champions League)

width=18%	Team	width=25%	Years in QF (not in SF)	width=35%	Years in SF	width=8%	QF Apps.	width=8%	SF Apps.
Barcelona	2006, 2007, 2012, 2016	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
THW Kiel	1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023
Veszprém KC	1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2021, 2023, 2024	2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022
Celje	1994, 2002, 2006	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
Ciudad Real	2007	2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Portland San Antonio	2008	1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007
Paris Saint-Germain	2014, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2024	2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
PGE Vive Kielce	2013, 2024	2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023
Zagreb	1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016	1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Flensburg-Handewitt	2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022	2004, 2006, 2007, 2014
HSV Hamburg	2010	2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
Montpellier	2001, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2022, 2024	2003, 2005, 2018
Vardar	2014, 2015, 2016	2017, 2018, 2019
SC Magdeburg	2003	2002, 2004, 2023, 2024
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	2010, 2014	2009, 2011
TEKA Santander	1997	1994, 1995
Bidasoa Irún		1995, 1996
HBC Nantes	2019	2018, 2021
ABC Braga	1996, 1997, 1998, 2001	1994
Chekhovskiye Medvedi	2008, 2009, 2011	2010
KIF Kolding	1995, 2003	2002
Pfadi Winterthur	1997, 1998	1996
TBV Lemgo	2004, 2005	1998
Atlético Madrid	2013	2012
Aalborg Håndbold	2022	2021, 2024
UHK West Wien		1994
USAM Nîmes		1994
Prule 67		2003
Valladolid		2007
AG København		2012
Füchse Berlin		2012
Pick Szeged	1997, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2019
Ademar León	1998, 2000, 2002, 2012
GOG Håndbold	1996, 2008, 2023
ZTR Zaporizhia	1999, 2000
VfL Gummersbach	2007, 2008
Metalurg Skopje	2013, 2014
Wallau-Massenheim	1994
Sandefjord TIF	1994
Dukla Prague	1995
OM Vitrolles	1995
Kaustik Volgograd	1999
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	2000
Lovćen Cetinje	2001
Metković	2002
Redbergslids IK	2002
Cimos Koper	2012
Skjern Håndbold	2018
Meshkov Brest	2021
Orlen Wisła Płock	2023

Finalist team in season

EHF Champions League Final Four

The history of the EHF Champions League Final Four system, which was permanently introduced in the 2009–10 season.

By season

width=8%	Season	width=18%	1st place	width=18%	2nd place	width=18%	3rd place	width=18%	4th place
	THW Kiel	Barcelona	Ciudad Real	Chekhovskiye Medvedi
	Barcelona	Ciudad Real	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	HSV Hamburg
	THW Kiel	Atlético Madrid	AG København	Füchse Berlin
	HSV Hamburg	Barcelona	Vive Targi Kielce	THW Kiel
	Flensburg-Handewitt	THW Kiel	Barcelona	MVM Veszprém
	Barcelona	MVM Veszprém	Vive Targi Kielce	THW Kiel
	Vive Targi Kielce	MVM Veszprém	Paris Saint-Germain	THW Kiel
	RK Vardar	Paris Saint-Germain	MVM Veszprém	Barcelona
	Montpellier Handball	HBC Nantes	Paris Saint-Germain	RK Vardar
	RK Vardar	Telekom Veszprém	Barcelona Lassa	PGE Vive Kielce
	THW Kiel	Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain	Telekom Veszprém
	Barcelona	Aalborg Håndbold	Paris Saint-Germain	HBC Nantes
	Barcelona	Vive Kielce	THW Kiel	Telekom Veszprém
	SC Magdeburg	Vive Kielce	Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain
	Barcelona	Aalborg Håndbold	THW Kiel	SC Magdeburg

Performance by club

width=20%	Club	width=10%	1st	width=10%	2nd	width=10%	3rd	width=10%	4th	width=10%	Total
Barcelona	5	3	3	1	12
THW Kiel	3	1	2	3	9
Vardar	2	–	–	1	3
PGE Vive Kielce	1	2	2	1	6
HSV Hamburg	1	–	–	1	2
SC Magdeburg	1	–	–	1	2
Flensburg-Handewitt	1	–	–	–	1
Montpellier	1	–	–	–	1
Veszprém KC	–	3	1	3	7
Paris Saint-Germain	–	1	4	1	6
Aalborg Håndbold	–	2	–	–	2
Ciudad Real	–	1	1	–	2
HBC Nantes	–	1	–	1	2
Atlético Madrid	–	1	–	–	1
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	–	–	1	–	1
AG København	–	–	1	–	1
Chekhovskiye Medvedi	–	–	–	1	1
Füchse Berlin	–	–	–	1	1

Countries

Only on eight occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same country:
- 1996 Spain: Barcelona vs Bidasoa Irún 46–38 (23–15, 23–23)
- 2001 Spain: Portland San Antonio vs Barcelona 52–49 (30–24, 22–25)
- 2005 Spain: Barcelona vs Ciudad Real 56–55 (27–28, 29–27)
- 2006 Spain: Ciudad Real vs Portland San Antonio 62–47 (25–19, 37–28)
- 2007 Germany: THW Kiel vs Flensburg-Handewitt 57–55 (28–28, 29–27)
- 2011 Spain: Barcelona vs Ciudad Real 27–24
- 2014 Germany: Flensburg-Handewitt vs THW Kiel 30–28
- 2018 France: Montpellier vs HBC Nantes 32–26
The country providing the highest number of wins is Germany with 15 victories, shared by eight teams, VfL Gummersbach (5), THW Kiel (3), Frisch Auf Göppingen (2), TV Grosswallstadt (2), Magdeburg (1), HSV Hamburg (1) and Flensburg-Handewitt (1)

External links

Official website