| EHF Champions League | |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Sport: | Handball |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Website: | ehfcl.com |
| Matches: | 76 |
| Goals: | 4507 |
| Top Scorer: | three players (60 goals) |
| 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 11 September 2024 to 15 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 | 0 |
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.
The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.
In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:
A total of 11 national associations will be represented in the group stage, with the only difference being that Romania replace Slovenia. Fredericia HK return for the first time in 40 years. Sporting CP come back after five years.
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The final four will held at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany on 14 and 15 June 2025.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathias Gidsel | Füchse Berlin | 60 | |
| Mario Šoštarič | OTP Bank - Pick Szeged | |||
| Kamil Syprzak | Paris Saint-Germain | |||
| 4 | Martim Costa | Sporting CP | 55 | |
| 5 | Lasse Andersson | Füchse Berlin | 54 | |
| Filip Kuzmanovski | RK Eurofarm Pelister | |||
| 7 | Nedim Remili | Telekom Veszprém | 52 | |
| 8 | Aymeric Minne | HBC Nantes | 48 | |
| 9 | Francisco Costa | Sporting CP | 47 | |
| 10 | Luka Lovre Klarica | RK Zagreb | 45 |