The EHF has announced the field for the Champions League group stage. DVSC SCHAEFFLER also received the free card, so our team can participate in the BL from autumn.

Following a meeting of the Evaluation Group on Monday in Cologne, the EHF Executive Committee has confirmed the 16 teams each participating in the men’s and women’s EHF Champions League in the 2023/24 season.

In the EHF Champions League Women, upgrade requests from the following teams have been confirmed:

• Ikast Håndbold (Denmark)
• Brest Bretagne Handball (France)
• DVSC Schaeffler (Hungary)
• FTC Rail-Cargo Hungaria (Hungary)
• MKS Zaglebie Lubin (Poland)
• CS Rapid Bucuresti (Romania)
• IK Sävehof (Sweden)

Teams with a fixed place are: Odense Håndbold, Team Esbjerg (both Denmark), Metz Handball (France), SG BBM Bietigheim (Germany), Györi Audi ETO KC (Hungary), WHC Buducnost (Montenegro), Vipers Kristiansand (Norway), CSM Bucuresti (Romania), and Krim Mercator Ljubljana (Slovenia).

The upgrade requests from Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia), Neptunes de Nantes (France), Sola HK, Storhamar Handball Elite (both Norway) and Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK (Türkiye) were not confirmed. The clubs subsequently have a place in the EHF European League Women.

Next steps
The draw for the men’s and women’s EHF Champions League will take place on 27 June at 11:00 CEST in Vienna. For both competitions, teams will be drawn in two groups of eight.

The first playing day for the EHF Champions League Women is the weekend of 9-10 September 2023.