The 2025–26 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 21 March with the playoffs and ended on 7 June 2026 with the final at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2025–26 Women's EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.
Format In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 3rd–6th in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary.
Qualified teams The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.
GroupQualified for quarterfinalsQualified for playoffsFirst placeSecond placeThird placeFourth placeFifth placeSixth place A Győri Audi ETO KC Metz Handball Team Esbjerg CS Gloria Bistrița DVSC Schaeffler Borussia Dortmund B Brest Bretagne Handball CSM București FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Odense Håndbold Ikast Håndbold HC Podravka Vegeta
Playoffs Overview
Matches
Team Esbjerg won 68–55 on aggregate.
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 58–52 on aggregate.
CS Gloria Bistrița won 72–62 on aggregate.
Odense Håndbold won 71–66 on aggregate.
Quarterfinals Overview
Matches
Győri Audi ETO KC won 76–53 on aggregate.
Brest Bretagne Handball won 72–65 on aggregate.
Metz Handball won 62–59 on aggregate.
CSM București won 62–53 on aggregate.
Final four The final four was at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 6 and 7 June 2026. The draw was held on 27 April 2026.
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
References
External links Official website