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Revision as of 09:16, 27 June 2022
Handball tournament| 2022–23 | |
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Handball |
| Location | Lanxess Arena (FINAL4) |
| Dates | September 2022–June 2023 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Website | ehfcl.com |
| ← 2021–222023–24 → | |
The 2022–23 EHF Champions League will be the 63rd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 30th edition under the current EHF Champions League format. The FINAL4 event (featuring both semi-finals, third-place match and final) will be held at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne.
Format
The tournament will run using the same format as the previous two 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. For this tournament, it will be the Lanxess Arena.
Teams
The final list of teams participating in the tournament will be announced in June 2022. There are ten guaranteed places, with the six additional spots being awarded as wildcards by the EHF. The league winners of Germany, France, Spain, Hungary, Denmark, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal and Romania will qualify for the group stage automatically. 22 teams applied for a place. Teams which have qualified for the 2022–23 EHF European League will have the opportunity to apply for an upgrade to the EHF Champions League.
 SC Magdeburg (1st)
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 Paris Saint-Germain (1st)
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 Barcelona (1st)
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 Pick Szeged (1st)
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 GOG Håndbold (1st)
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TBC |  Łomża Vive Kielce (1st)
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 FC Porto (1st)
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 Dinamo București (1st)
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THW Kiel (2nd)
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Wildcard | Wildcard |
| Wildcard | Wildcard | Wildcard | Wildcard |
RK Vardar, originally qualified as winners of the 2021–22 Macedonian Handball Super League, has been removed from EHF competitions for this season due to financial issues.
References
- "Club Competitions 2022/23 MEN" (PDF). eurohandball.com. eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- "Regulations" (PDF). eurohandball.com. eurohandball.com. p. 11. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- "39 teams registered for EHF Champions League 2022/23". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- "HC Vardar 1961 not admitted to European Cup competitions". eurohandball.com. EHF. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
External links
| European Cup and EHF Champions League | |
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| European Cup era (1956–1993) | |
| Champions League era (1993–present) | |