2022–23 EHF Champions League

The tournament will run using the same format as the previous two seasons. The competition begins with a group stage featuring sixteen teams divided into two groups. Matches are 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 qualify for the quarter-finals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoff round.

The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarter-finals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are 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 advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are 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 are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue. For this tournament, it will be the Lanxess Arena.

There are ten guaranteed places, with the six additional spots being awarded as wildcards by the EHF. The league winners of Germany, France, Spain, Hungary, Denmark, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal and Romania will qualify for the group stage automatically.[1][2] 22 teams applied for a place.[3] Teams which have qualified for the 2022–23 EHF European League will have the opportunity to apply for an upgrade to the EHF Champions League. The final list was announced in June 2022.[4]

Participating teams

SC Magdeburg (1st)	Barcelona (1st)	Paris Saint-Germain (1st)	OTP Bank-Pick Szeged (1st)
GOG Håndbold (1st)	Industria Kielce (1st)	FC Porto (1st)	Dinamo București (1st)
THW Kiel (2nd)	HBC Nantes (WC)	Telekom Veszprém (WC)	Aalborg Håndbold (WC)
Orlen Wisła Płock (WC)	RK Zagreb (WC)	Celje Pivovarna Laško (WC)	Elverum (WC)

• RK Vardar, who were originally to qualify as winners of the 2021–22 Macedonian Handball Super League, were removed from EHF competitions for this season due to financial issues.[5]

Wildcard rejection

BM Granollers	Sporting CP	CS Minaur Baia Mare	Kadetten Schaffhausen
Ystads IF	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia

Zagreb

GOG

Aalborg

PSG

Nantes

Magdeburg

Kiel

Szeged

Veszprém

Porto

Kielce

Płock

Elverum

Dinamo

Celje

Barcelona

Location of teams of the 2022–23 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 July 2022.[4][6] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. From each pot, two teams were drawn into Group A and the other two in Group B. Teams from the same national association will not drawn into the same group.[7]

A total of 11 national associations were represented in the group stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	MAG	VES	GOG	BUC	ZAG	PLO	POR
1	Paris Saint-Germain (T)	12	10	0	2	423	378	+45	20	Quarterfinals		—	33–37	1 Mar	41–36	33–26	40–31	37–33	32–30
2	SC Magdeburg (T)	12	7	2	3	388	361	+27	16			22–29	—	32–25	36–34	2 Mar	35–25	33–27	41–36
3	Telekom Veszprém (T)	12	7	2	3	382	362	+20	16	Playoffs		36–35	35–35	—	36–37	33–30	32–28	32–22	23 Feb
4	GOG Håndbold (T)	12	6	1	5	399	395	+4	13			30–35	33–32	30–31	—	38–38	1 Mar	31–24	34–33
5	Dinamo București	12	4	3	5	353	368	−15	11			29–36	28–30	31–31	23 Feb	—	27–27	32–27	32–27
6	RK Zagreb	11	3	2	6	310	328	−18	8			30–33	22 Feb	29–26	27–31	28–29	—	26–26	29–23
7	Orlen Wisła Płock	12	3	1	8	320	353	−33	7			23 Feb	25–24	26–30	31–27	26–28	26–30	—	27–23
8	FC Porto	11	1	1	9	322	352	−30	3			33–35	31–31	28–35	26–33	32–23	TBD	2 Mar	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2023. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	KIE	NAN	THW	SZE	AAL	CEL	ELV
1	Barça (Q)	12	11	1	0	417	348	+69	23	Quarterfinals		—	32–28	34–29	26–24	22 Feb	32–26	38–30	40–30
2	Industria Kielce (Q)	12	10	0	2	401	365	+36	20			2 Mar	—	40–33	40–37	37–30	33–28	36–28	37–33
3	HBC Nantes (Q)	12	7	0	5	420	390	+30	14	Playoffs		33–37	23 Feb	—	38–30	35–30	35–28	31–32	41–30
4	THW Kiel (Q)	12	5	2	5	395	387	+8	12			30–30	32–29	37–33	—	34–29	36–36	22 Feb	36–26
5	OTP Bank-Pick Szeged	12	5	0	7	373	389	−16	10			28–35	28–31	1 Mar	36–33	—	29–41	36–27	30–23
6	Aalborg Håndbold	12	4	1	7	380	383	−3	9			33–39	28–30	33–34	26–30	33–27	—	36–32	22 Feb
7	Celje Pivovarna Laško	12	3	0	9	354	402	−48	6			15 Feb	30–33	24–35	38–36	28–36	1 Mar	—	29–26
8	Elverum (E)	12	1	0	11	348	424	−76	2			30–46	26–27	36–42	1 Mar	32–34	25–33	31–29	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2023. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

As of 9 February 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[8]
1	Aleks Vlah	Celje Pivovarna Laško	77
2	Kamil Syprzak	Paris Saint-Germain	72
3	Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson	SC Magdeburg	68
4	Emil Wernsdorf Madsen	GOG Håndbold	65
5	Simon Pytlick	GOG Håndbold	64
6	Arkadiusz Moryto	Industria Kielce	63
7	Dika Mem	Barça	62
	Morten Olsen	GOG Håndbold
9	Ómar Ingi Magnússon	SC Magdeburg	61
10	Andrii Akimenko	Dinamo București	60
	Mikkel Hansen	Aalborg Håndbold
	Dainis Krištopāns	Paris Saint-Germain

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