2022–23 EHF Champions League

The 2022–23 EHF Champions League was the 63rd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 30th edition under the current EHF Champions League format. It ran from 14 September 2022 to 18 June 2023.

EHF Champions League
2022–23
Tournament information
SportHandball
LocationLanxess Arena (FINAL4)
Dates14 September 2022–18 June 2023
Teams16
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
ChampionsGermany SC Magdeburg
Runner-upPoland Barlinek Industria Kielce
Tournament statistics
Matches played132
Goals scored8230 (62.35 per match)
Attendance587,183 (4,448 per match)
Top scorer(s)Denmark Emil Wernsdorf Madsen
(107 goals)

SC Magdeburg defeated Barlinek Industria Kielce 30–29 in the final to capture their fourth title.[1]

Format

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The tournament used 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 entered 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 Lanxess Arena.

Teams

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

There were 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 qualified for the group stage automatically.[2][3] 22 teams applied for a place.[4] 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.[5]

Participating teams
  SC Magdeburg (1st)   Barça (1st)   Paris Saint-Germain (1st)   OTP Bank - Pick Szeged (1st)
  GOG Håndbold (1st)   Barlinek 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)   PPD Zagreb (WC)   Celje Pivovarna Laško (WC)   Elverum Håndball (WC)
Wildcard rejection
  BM Granollers   Sporting CP   CS Minaur Baia Mare   Kadetten Schaffhausen
  Ystads IF   HC Motor Zaporizhzhia

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 1 July 2022.[5][7] 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.[8]

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

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR MAG VES GOG BUC PLO ZAG POR
1   Paris Saint-Germain 14 12 0 2 492 439 +53 24 Quarterfinals 33–37 37–35 41–36 33–26 37–33 40–31 32–30
2   SC Magdeburg 14 9 2 3 453 419 +34 20 22–29 32–25 36–34 34–33 33–27 35–25 41–36
3   Telekom Veszprém 14 8 2 4 449 429 +20 18 Playoffs 36–35 35–35 36–37 33–30 32–22 32–28 32–30
4   GOG Håndbold 14 7 1 6 459 454 +5 15 30–35 33–32 30–31 38–38 31–24 33–29 34–33
5   Dinamo București 14 5 3 6 416 429 −13 13 29–36 28–30 31–31 30–27 32–27 27–27 32–27
6   Orlen Wisła Płock 14 4 1 9 374 412 −38 9 26–32 25–24 26–30 31–27 26–28 26–30 27–23
7   PPD Zagreb 14 3 2 9 390 420 −30 8 30–33 25–31 29–26 27–31 28–29 26–26 29–23
8   FC Porto 14 2 1 11 407 438 −31 5 33–35 31–31 28–35 26–33 32–23 27–28 28–26
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR KIE NAN THW AAL SZE CEL ELV
1   Barça 14 13 1 0 484 404 +80 27 Quarterfinals 32–28 34–29 26–24 32–26 35–25 38–30 40–30
2   Barlinek Industria Kielce 14 11 0 3 465 427 +38 22 31–32 40–33 40–37 33–28 37–30 36–28 37–33
3   HBC Nantes 14 7 1 6 478 451 +27 15[a] Playoffs 33–37 30–33 38–30 35–28 35–30 31–32 41–30
4   THW Kiel 14 6 3 5 460 440 +20 15[a] 30–30 32–29 37–33 36–36 34–29 39–27 36–26
5   Aalborg Håndbold 14 6 1 7 445 438 +7 13 33–39 28–30 33–34 26–30 33–27 36–32 31–24
6   OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 14 5 1 8 426 452 −26 11 28–35 28–31 28–28 36–33 29–41 36–27 30–23
7   Celje Pivovarna Laško 14 3 0 11 412 475 −63 6 27–28 30–33 24–35 38–36 31–34 28–36 29–26
8   Elverum Håndball 14 1 1 12 398 481 −83 3 30–46 26–27 36–42 26–26 25–33 32–34 31–29
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Nantes 71–67 Kiel

Knockout stage

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Playoffs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
OTP Bank - Pick Szeged   56–74   Telekom Veszprém 23–36 33–38
Orlen Wisła Płock   57–57
5–4 (p)
  HBC Nantes 32–32 25–25
Aalborg Håndbold   54–60   GOG Håndbold 30–28 24–32
Dinamo București   60–72   THW Kiel 28–41 32–31

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
THW Kiel   56–63   Paris Saint-Germain 27–31 29–32
GOG Håndbold   61–73   Barça 30–37 31–36
Orlen Wisła Płock   50–52   SC Magdeburg 22–22 28–30
Telekom Veszprém   56–60   Barlinek Industria Kielce 29–29 27–31

Final four

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The final four will be held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 17 and 18 June 2023.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 June
 
 
  SC Magdeburg (pen.)38 (2)
 
18 June
 
  Barça38 (1)
 
  SC Magdeburg (ET)30
 
17 June
 
  Barlinek Industria Kielce29
 
  Paris Saint-Germain24
 
 
  Barlinek Industria Kielce25
 
Third place
 
 
18 June
 
 
  Barça37
 
 
  Paris Saint-Germain31

Final

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18 June 2023
18:00
SC Magdeburg   30–29 (ET)   Barlinek Industria Kielce Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,750
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Smits 8 (13–15) A. Dujshebaev 8
  5×  1×  Report   4× 

FT: 26–26 ET: 4–3

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1   Emil Wernsdorf Madsen   GOG Håndbold 107
2   Kamil Syprzak   Paris Saint-Germain 103
3   Arkadiusz Moryto   Barlinek Industria Kielce 100
4   Kay Smits   SC Magdeburg 98
5   Simon Pytlick   GOG Håndbold 94
6   Aleks Vlah   Celje Pivovarna Laško 88
7   Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson   SC Magdeburg 87
  Dika Mem   Barça
9   Elohim Prandi   Paris Saint-Germain 86
10   Lukas Jørgensen   GOG Håndbold 84
  Dainis Krištopāns   Paris Saint-Germain
  Rasmus Lauge   Telekom Veszprém

References

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  1. ^ "21 years after, Magdeburg write history again". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Club Competitions 2022/23 MEN" (PDF). eurohandball.com. eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Regulations" (PDF). eurohandball.com. eurohandball.com. p. 18. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  4. ^ "39 teams registered for EHF Champions League 2022/23". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Teams set for EHF Champions League 2022/23". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  6. ^ "HC Vardar 1961 not admitted to European Cup competitions". eurohandball.com. EHF. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Group phase for men's 2022/23 top flight drawn". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Pots released for men's group phase draw". eurohandball.com. 28 June 2022.
  9. ^ Goalscorers
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