The 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League was the 30th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 10 September 2022 to 4 June 2023.
Vipers Kristiansand won their third title in a row by defeating FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria in the final.
Format The tournament was using the same format as the previous two seasons. The competition began with a group stage featuring sixteen teams divided into two groups. Matches were 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 qualified for the quarter-finals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoff round.
The knockout stage included four rounds: the playoffs, quarter-finals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams were 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 advanced to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams were 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 were played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue. For this tournament, it was the MVM Dome.
Team allocation
17 teams applied for a place, with nine having a fixed place. The final list was released on 27 June 2022.
Storhamar HE and CS Rapid București will make their debut appearances in the Champions League group stage, while RK Lokomotiva, DHK Baník Most and SG BBM Bietigheim make their return.
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb DHK Baník Most Odense Håndbold Team Esbjerg Brest Bretagne Handball Metz Handball SG BBM Bietigheim FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Győri Audi ETO KC WHC Budućnost BEMAX Vipers Kristiansand Storhamar HE CS Rapid București CSM București RK Krim Mercator Kastamonu Bld. GSK
+Wildcard rejection Borussia Dortmund
Group stage
The draw took place on 1 July 2022.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Final four The final four will be held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 3 and 4 June 2023.
Bracket
Final
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club GoalsGoalscorers1 Henny Reistad Team Esbjerg1422 Markéta Jeřábková Vipers Kristiansand118 Cristina Neagu CSM București4 Katrin Klujber FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria1145 Ana Gros Győri Audi ETO KC996 Emily Bölk FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria92 Angela Malestein FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Jovanka Radičević RK Krim Mercator9 Anniken Obaidli Storhamar Håndball Elite9110 Milena Raičević WHC Buducnost BEMAX88
References
External links Official website