The 2026–27 EHF European League group stage will be played between 29 September and 2 December 2026 to determine the sixteen teams advancing to the play-offs of the 2026–27 EHF European League.
Format In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. The top two qualify for the play-offs.
Draw
The draw took place on the at 11:00 CET in Vienna on 17 July 2026. The only restriction was that no clubs from the same country cannot be in the same group.
Key to coloursTeams advancing to the Play-offs
+ Pot 1Team HC Izviđač RK Nexe Irudek Bidasoa Irún SG Flensburg-Handewitt MOL Tatabánya KC HC Eurofarm Pelister SL Benfica IK Sävehof + Pot 2Team HCB Karviná Fraikin BM Granollers Limoges Handball VfL Gummersbach Valur Elverum Håndball Kadetten Schaffhausen Tatran Prešov + Pot 3Team MRK Sesvete Fenix Toulouse BM Logroño La Rioja Bathco BM Torrelavega Chambéry SMB HB Saint-Raphaël Var Handball HC Buzău RD LL Grosist Slovan + Pot 4Team Mors-Thy Håndbold TTH Holstebro Bergischer HC PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk Águas Santas Madeira Andebol SAD CSM București Hammarby IF
Tiebreakers In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: Points in matches among tied teams; Goal difference in matches among tied teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Drawing lots.
Groups All times are local.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Notes
References
External links Official website