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Foreword EHF President
Dear handball friends,
16 elite teams ready for captivating Machineseeker EHF Champions League 2024/25 season!
While memories are still fresh of Barça clinching their record-extending 11th EHF Champions League
title just a few months ago, the new season is ready for throw-off. A total of 16 elite teams from all
over the continent are set to start another enthralling race to the most coveted trophy in men’s club
handball. Welcome to the Machineseeker EHF Champions League 2024/25!
Barça returned to the throne by winning the TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 in Cologne last June, defeating
Aalborg Håndbold in a high-class final that concluded yet another captivating season of Europe’s topflight competition.
Both Barça and Aalborg are back on the starting grid for the 2024/25 campaign – and fans don’t have
to wait long to see them lock horns again, as the finalists from last season will already meet in the
group phase of the new season, since they were both drawn into group B.
The same section of the competition includes several more teams that have played EHF Champions
League finals in the past, most notably two-time winners SC Magdeburg – who lifted the trophy as
recent as 2023 – and 2016 champions Industria Kielce.
With HC Zagreb and HBC Nantes, the group has two more former finalists in the mix, while the
experienced OTP Bank - PICK Szeged and the ambitious Kolstad Håndbold complete a strong line-up
in this half of the competition.
Over in group A, the race to the play-off and quarter-final spots will be just as intense, with eight teams
that make for a well-balanced section. Veszprém HC and Paris Saint-Germain Handball are two
perennial contenders for the trophy, who both hope that 2024/25 will finally become their season of
ultimate success.
Again, Orlen Wisla Plock and HC Eurofarm Pelister will be high hurdles to clear for any team, while a
trio that rocked the EHF European League in recent years now aim to do nothing but the same at
Europe’s top level: Füchse Berlin, Sporting CP and Dinamo Bucuresti.
Group A also includes the only EHF Champions League debutants this season, as Danish outfit
Fredericia Håndbold Klub will be eager to make their first steps at the continental top level
unforgettable ones.
The stage is set for another tantalising season as handball fans across the globe are following their
favourite teams and players during the group phase matches, traditionally played on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings.
Enjoy the Machineseeker EHF Champions League 2024/25!
Michael Wiederer
EHF President
