Current Season: | 2024–25 Women's EHF European League |
Pixels: | 270px |
Sport: | Handball |
Founded: | 1981 |
Teams: | 32 |
Continent: | Europe |
Country: | EHF members |
Champion: | Storhamar HE (1st title) |
Most Champs: | Ikast Håndbold Viborg HK (3 titles each) |
Website: | ehfel.eurohandball.com |
Related Comps: | EHF Champions League |
The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League.
Previously called the Women's EHF Cup, the competition is known as the Women's EHF European League from the 2020–21 season.[1]
The first edition took place in 1981. It was called the IHF Cup until 1993. From the 2016–17 season, the competition merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.
The EHF Cup is a competition divided into seven rounds: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Group Phase, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final.[2]
Year | Final – Four (2020/21 to present) | |||||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
2020–21 Details | ![]() Nantes Atlantique | 36–31 | ![]() Siófok | ![]() Minaur Baia Mare | 33–31 | Ikast-Herning | ||
2021–22 Details | Bietigheim | 31–20 | Viborg | Herning-Ikast | 29–28 | ![]() Minaur Baia Mare | ||
2022–23 Details | Ikast | 31–24 | Nykøbing Falster | Borussia Dortmund | 28–23 | Thüringer | ||
2023–24 Details | ![]() Storhamar | 29–27 | ![]() Gloria Bistrița | ![]() Neptunes de Nantes | 39–38 | ![]() Dunărea Brăila | ||
2024–25 Details |
width=220 | Club | width=80 | Winner | width=80 | Runner-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Viborg | 3 | 1 | 1994, 1999, 2004 | 2022 | |||
Ikast | 3 | 1 | 2002, 2011, 2023 | 2007 | |||
![]() | 2 | 2 | 1995, 1996 | 1986, 1994 | |||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1998, 2016 | 2003 | |||
Leipzig | 2 | 1 | 1986, 1992 | 2009 | |||
Holstebro | 2 | 1 | 2013, 2015 | 2011 | |||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1984, 1989 | – | |||
Frankfurt an der Oder | 2 | 0 | 1985, 1990 | – | |||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2012, 2014 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 1988 | 1982, 1989 | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1987 | 1988 | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 2008 | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2017 | 2015 | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2021 | |||
Bietigheim | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 2017 | |||
Trešnjevka Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 1982 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1983 | – | |||
Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 1991 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1993 | – | |||
Olimpija Ljubljana | 1 | 0 | 1997 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2000 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2001 | – | |||
Slagelse | 1 | 0 | 2003 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2005 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2006 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2007 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2008 | – | |||
Randers | 1 | 0 | 2010 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2018 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2021 | – | |||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2024 | – | |||
![]() | 0 | 4 | – | 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005 | |||
Podravka Koprivnica | 0 | 2 | – | 2001, 2006 | |||
Esbjerg | 0 | 2 | – | 2014, 2019 | |||
Empor Rostock | 0 | 1 | – | 1983 | |||
Oldenburg | 0 | 1 | – | 1984 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 1985 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 1987 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 1990 | |||
Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 1 | – | 1991 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 1992 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 1993 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 1995 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 1996 | |||
Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 1 | – | 1997 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 1998 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2000 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2010 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2012 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2013 | |||
Metzingen | 0 | 1 | – | 2016 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2018 | |||
Nykøbing Falster | 0 | 1 | – | 2023 | |||
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2024 | |||
Total | 42 | 42 |
width=10 | width=130 | Country | width=80 | Winners | width=80 | Runners-up | width=80 | Total finals | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | ||||||
2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | ||||||
3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Total | 42 | 42 | 84 |