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EHF European League
Current season, competition or edition:; 2023–24 EHF European League
Sport	Handball
Founded	1981
No. of teams	32
Country	EHF members
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent; champion(s)	Füchse Berlin; (3rd title)
Most titles	Frisch Auf Göppingen; THW Kiel; SC Magdeburg; (4 titles each)
Level on pyramid	2
Official website	ehfel.eurohandball.com

The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previously called the EHF Cup, the competition will be known as the EHF European League from the season 2020–21.^[1] Füchse Berlin are the current holders.

History[edit]

It was formerly known as the IHF Cup until 1993. Also, starting from the 2012–13 season the competition has been merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. The EHF coefficient rank decides, which teams have access and in which stage they enter.

Winners[edit]

IHF Cup[edit]

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Semifinal losers
Year	Final			Semifinal losers
1981–82 Details	VfL Gummersbach	23–14	Željezničar Sarajevo	Slavia Prague	Pfadi Winterthur
1982–83 Details	ZTR Zaporizhzhia	23–16 22–20	IFK Karlskrona	Füchse Berlin	BK-46 Karis
1983–84 Details	TV Grosswallstadt	16–15 20–19	HG Gladsaxe	Bányász Tatabánya	TK Lokomotiva Trnava
1984–85 Details	HC Minaur Baia Mare	22–17 14–18	ZTR Zaporizhzhia	Tecnisa Alicante	WAT Margareten Wien
1985–86 Details	Raba Vasas ETO Györ	23–17 20–24	Tecnisa Alicante	Proleter Zrenjanin	Lugi Lund
1986–87 Details	Granitas Kaunas	23–23 18–18	Atlético Madrid BM	VfL Gummersbach	Urædd Porsgrun
1987–88 Details	HC Minaur Baia Mare	20–21 23–20	Granitas Kaunas	FC Barcelona	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
1988–89 Details	TURU Düsseldorf	17–12 15–18	ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt	CD Cajamadrid	SKIF Krasnodar
1989–90 Details	SKIF Krasnodar	25–27 29–13	Proleter Zrenjanin	CD Cajamadrid	Dukla Prague
1990–91 Details	Borac Banja Luka	20–15 23–24	CSKA Moscow	TUSEM Essen	SKP Bratislava
1991–92 Details	SG Wallau-Massenheim	23–25 22–20	SKA Minsk	Alzira Avidesa	Proleter Zrenjanin
1992–93 Details	Cantabria	24–20 26–20	Bayer Dormagen	Steaua Bucuresti	SG Leutershausen

EHF Cup[edit]

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Semifinal losers
Year	Final			Semifinal losers
1993–94 Details	Alzira Avidesa	23–19 21–22	ASKÖ Linde Linz	Elgorriaga Bidasoa		Steaua Bucuresti
1994–95 Details	Granollers	26–24 23–21	Polyot Cheljabinsk	Gorenje Velenje		SG Vfl BHW Hameln
1995–96 Details	Granollers	28–18 28–27	Shakhtar-Academiya	Zadar Gortan		SG Flensburg-Handewitt
1996–97 Details	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	22–25 30–17	Virum Sorgenfri	Academia Octavio Vigo		Granollers
1997–98 Details	THW Kiel	23–25 26–21	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	CSKA Moscow		Brodomerkur
1998–99 Details	SC Magdeburg	22–30 31–22	BM Valladolid	TBV Lemgo		Sandefjord TIF
1999–00 Details	RK Metković Jambo	24–22 23–25	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	ABC Braga		Prevent
2000–01 Details	SC Magdeburg	27–27 26–22	RK Metković Jambo	Bidasoa Irun		Haukar
2001–02 Details	THW Kiel	36–29 24–28	FC Barcelona	SG Wallau-Massenheim		Gáldar
2002–03 Details	FC Barcelona	35–23 33–26	Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan	Dunaferr SE		Altea
2003–04 Details	THW Kiel	32–28 27–19	Altea	Dinamo-Romc. Bucuresti		Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan
2004–05 Details	TUSEM Essen	22–30 31–22	SC Magdeburg	VfL Gummersbach		Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan
2005–06 Details	TBV Lemgo	30–29 25–22	Frisch Auf Göppingen	US Créteil Handball		VfL Gummersbach
2006–07 Details	SC Magdeburg	30–30 31–28	CAI Aragón	Grasshopper Club Zürich		Skjern Handball
2007–08 Details	HSG Nordhorn	31–27 29–30	FCK Handball	CAI Aragón		Cimos Koper
2008–09 Details	VfL Gummersbach	29–28 26–22	Gorenje	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen		CAI Aragón
2009–10 Details	TBV Lemgo	24–18 28–30	Kadetten SH Handball	Naturhouse La Rioja		SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2010–11 Details	Frisch Auf Göppingen	23–21 30–26	TV Grosswallstadt	Naturhouse La Rioja		TBV Lemgo
2011–12 Details	Frisch Auf Göppingen	34–28 26–26	Dunkerque HB	Rhein-Neckar Löwen		SC Magdeburg
Year	Final – Four
Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2012–13 Details	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	26–24	HBC Nantes	Tvis Holstebro	28–27	Frisch Auf Göppingen
2013–14 Details	Pick Szeged	29–28	Montpellier AHB	Füchse Berlin	29–28	HCM Constanța
2014–15 Details	Füchse Berlin	30–27	Hamburg	Skjern Håndbold	27–22	Gorenje Velenje
2015–16 Details	Frisch Auf Göppingen	32–26	Nantes	Fraikin Granollers	25–21	Chambéry Savoie
2016–17 Details	Frisch Auf Göppingen	30–22	Füchse Berlin	SC Magdeburg	32–31	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
2017–18 Details	Füchse Berlin	28–25	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	SC Magdeburg	35–25	Frisch Auf Göppingen
2018–19 Details	THW Kiel	26–22	Füchse Berlin	FC Porto	28–26	TTH Holstebro
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[2]

EHF European League[edit]

Year
Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2020–21 Details	SC Magdeburg	28–25	Füchse Berlin	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	32–27	Orlen Wisła Płock
2021–22 Details	SL Benfica	40–39	SC Magdeburg	Orlen Wisła Płock	27–22	RK Nexe
2022–23 Details	Füchse Berlin	36–31	BM Granollers	Frisch Auf Göppingen	33–29	Montpellier HB

Statistics[edit]

Winning clubs[edit]

Performance in the EHF Cup/European League by club
Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
SC Magdeburg	4	2	1999, 2001, 2007, 2021	2005, 2022
Frisch Auf Göppingen	4	1	2011, 2012, 2016, 2017	2006
THW Kiel	4	0	1998, 2002, 2004, 2019	—
Füchse Berlin	3	3	2015, 2018, 2023	2017, 2019, 2021
BM Granollers	2	1	1995, 1996	2023
HC Minaur Baia Mare	2	0	1985, 1988	—
VfL Gummersbach	2	0	1982, 2009	—
TBV Lemgo	2	0	2006, 2010	—
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	1	2	1997	1998, 2000
ZTR Zaporizhzhia	1	1	1983	1985
Granitas Kaunas	1	1	1987	1988
RK Metković	1	1	2000	2001
FC Barcelona	1	1	2003	2002
TV Grosswallstadt	1	1	1984	2011
Raba Vasas ETO Györ	1	0	1986	—
TuRU Düsseldorf	1	0	1989	—
SKIF Krasnodar	1	0	1990	—
RK Borac Banja Luka	1	0	1991	—
SG Wallau-Massenheim	1	0	1992	—
CB Cantabria	1	0	1993	—
Alzira Avidesa	1	0	1994	—
TUSEM Essen	1	0	2005	—
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen	1	0	2008	—
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	1	0	2013	—
SC Pick Szeged	1	0	2014	—
SL Benfica	1	0	2022	—
HBC Nantes	0	2	—	2013, 2016
RK Željezničar	0	1	—	1982
IFK Karlskrona	0	1	—	1983
HG Gladsaxe	0	1	—	1984
Tecnisa Alicante	0	1	—	1986
Atlético Madrid BM	0	1	—	1987
ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt	0	1	—	1989
RK Proleter Zrenjanin	0	1	—	1990
CSKA Moscow	0	1	—	1991
SKA Minsk	0	1	—	1992
Bayer Dormagen	0	1	—	1993
ASKÖ Linde Linz	0	1	—	1994
Polyot Cheljabinsk	0	1	—	1995
Shakhtar-Academiya	0	1	—	1996
Virum Sorgenfri	0	1	—	1997
BM Valladolid	0	1	—	1999
Dynamo Astrakhan	0	1	—	2003
BM Altea	0	1	—	2004
CAI Aragón	0	1	—	2007
FCK Håndbold	0	1	—	2008
RK Gorenje	0	1	—	2009
Kadetten Schaffhausen	0	1	—	2010
Dunkerque HB	0	1	—	2012
Montpellier Handball	0	1	—	2014
HSV Hamburg	0	1	—	2015
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	0	1	—	2018

Titles by country[edit]

Rank	Country	Winners	Runners-up	Total finals
1	Germany	26	11	37
2	Spain	5	7	12
3	Soviet Union ^[A]	3	3	6
4	Romania	2	0	2
5	Hungary	2	0	2
6	Yugoslavia ^[B]	1	2	3
7	Croatia	1	1	2
8	Portugal	1	0	1
9	France	0	5	5
10	Denmark	0	3	3
11	Russia	0	2	2
12	Sweden	0	1	1
13	East Germany	0	1	1
14	Belarus	0	1	1
15	Austria	0	1	1
16	Ukraine	0	1	1
17	Slovenia	0	1	1
18	Switzerland	0	1	1

Notes[edit]

^A Results until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. One club from present day Ukraine won the title once and was runner-up another time, one club from present day Lithuania also won the title once and was runner-up another time, while one title and an additional one time runner-up were achieved by two clubs from present day Russia.
^B Results until the Breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. One Club from present day Bosnia and Herzegovina won the title once and another was runner-up one time, while a club from present day Serbia was also runner-up one time.

References[edit]

^ "EHF Executive Committee meets at EHF EURO 2020 in Stockholm". European Handball Federation. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^ "EHF Champions League – Latest News and Results | EHF".

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "EHF Executive Committee meets at EHF EURO 2020 in Stockholm". European Handball Federation. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

[2] "EHF Champions League – Latest News and Results | EHF".

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EHF Cup and EHF European League winners
IHF Cup	1981–82: VfL Gummersbach 1982–83: ZTR Zaporizhzhia 1983–84: TV Großwallstadt 1984–85: Minaur Baia Mare 1985–86: Győri ETO 1986–87: Granitas Kaunas 1987–88: Minaur Baia Mare 1988–89: TuRU Düsseldorf 1989–90: SKIF Krasnodar 1990–91: Borac Banja Luka 1991–92: Wallau-Massenheim 1992–93: TEKA Santander
EHF Cup	1993–94: Alzira Avidesa 1994–95: Granollers 1995–96: Granollers 1996–97: Flensburg 1997–98: THW Kiel 1998–99: Magdeburg 1999–2000: Metković 2000–01: Magdeburg 2001–02: THW Kiel 2002–03: Barcelona 2003–04: THW Kiel 2004–05: TUSEM Essen 2005–06: TBV Lemgo 2006–07: Magdeburg 2007–08: HSG Nordhorn 2008–09: VfL Gummersbach 2009–10: TBV Lemgo 2010–11: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2011–12: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2012–13: Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013–14: Pick Szeged 2014–15: Füchse Berlin 2015–16: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2016–17: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2017–18: Füchse Berlin 2018–19: THW Kiel 2019–20: (cancelled)
EHF European League	2020–21: SC Magdeburg 2021–22: S.L. Benfica 2022–23: Füchse Berlin