2022–23 Women's EHF European League

The 2022–23 Women's EHF European League was the 42nd edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition, running from 8 October 2022 to 14 May 2023.[1]

Women's EHF European League
2022–23
Ikast Håndbold celebrates
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates8 October 202214 May 2023
Teams33 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
Websiteehfel.com
Final positions
ChampionsDenmark Ikast Håndbold
Runner-upDenmark Nykøbing Falster Håndbold
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Attendance85,355 (1,423 per match)
MVPDenmark Emma Friis
Top scorer(s)Germany Annika Lott
(86 goals)

SG BBM Bietigheim were the defending champions.

Overview

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Team allocation

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Group stage
  Ikast Håndbold   DVSC Schaeffler   Paris 92   Molde Elite
Round 3
  Podravka Vegeta   Viborg HK   ESBF Besançon   Neptunes de Nantes
  Borussia Dortmund   Buxtehuder SV   Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár   Praktiker-Vác
  Sola HK   MKS Zagłębie Lubin   CS Măgura Cisnădie   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
  Super Amara Bera Bera   H65 Höörs HK   IK Sävehof
Round 2
  Hypo Niederösterreich   HC Dalmatinka Ploce   ŽRK Bjelovar   DHC Plzeň
  Nykøbing Falster Håndbold   Chambray Touraine   Thüringer HC   VfL Oldenburg
  Siófok KC   Fana   MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin   SCM Gloria Buzău
  ZRK Zeleznicar – Indjija   Costa del Sol Malaga   Rocasa Gran Canaria   LC Brühl Handball
  SPONO Eagles   Yalikavksports Club

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[2]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification Second qualifying round 19 July 2022 8–9 October 2022 15–16 October 2022
Third qualifying round 18 October 2022 3–4 December 2022 10–11 December 2022
Group stage Matchday 1 15 December 2022 7–8 January 2023
Matchday 2 14–15 January 2023
Matchday 3 21–22 January 2023
Matchday 4 4–5 February 2023
Matchday 5 11–12 February 2023
Matchday 6 18–19 February 2023
Knockout phase Quarter-finals no draw 18–19 March 2023 25–26 March 2023
Semi finals 28 March 2023 13 May 2023
Final no draw 14 May 2023

Qualification stage

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Round 2

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There were 18 teams participating in round 2. The first legs were played on 8–9 October and the second legs were played on 15–16 October 2022.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chambray Touraine   52–58   Thüringer HC 28–31 24–27
LC Brühl Handball   58–52   DHC Plzeň 30–27 28–25
SCM Gloria Buzău   42–31   Costa del Sol Malaga 32–31 10–0
MKS FunFloor Perła Lublin   50–58   Siófok KC 18–27 32–31
Rocasa Gran Canaria   79–41   ŽRK Bjelovar 42–19 37–22
Hypo Niederösterreich   49–57   VfL Oldenburg 26–33 23–24
Yalikavksports Club   45–66   Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 21–29 24–37
HC Dalmatinka Ploce   55–61   ŽRK Železničar Inđija 25–32 30–29
SPONO Eagles   52–64   Fana 21–36 31–28

Round 3

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There were 24 teams participating in round 3. The first legs were played on 3–4 December and the second legs were played on 10–11 December 2022.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
H65 Höörs HK   48–63   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 24–31 24–32
Siófok KC   61–52   CS Măgura Cisnădie 33–24 28–28
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold   64–51   Viborg HK 34–21 30–30
Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár   52–51   SCM Gloria Buzău 29–26 23–25
MKS Zagłębie Lubin   48–50   Podravka Vegeta 24–24 24–26
IK Sävehof   52–65   Thüringer HC 22–30 30–35
Rocasa Gran Canaria   57–66   Sola HK 29–32 28–34
Borussia Dortmund   74–37   ZRK Zeleznicar – Indjija 43–22 31–15
Fana   51–46   Buxtehuder SV 28–21 23–25
ESBF Besançon   59–53   Super Amara Bera Bera 32–29 27–24
VfL Oldenburg   51–69   Neptunes de Nantes 27–34 24–35
Praktiker-Vác   68–55   LC Brühl Handball 30–26 38–29

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2022–23 Women's EHF European League group stage.
  Red: Group A;   Blue: Group B;   Yellow: Group C;   Green: Group D.

The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 15 December 2022. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.[5]

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). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:
  1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
  3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved;
  4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.

During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR SIO BES MOL
1   Borussia Dortmund 6 5 0 1 176 154 +22 10 Quarterfinals 26–23 31–21 33–32
2   Siófok KC 6 4 0 2 153 149 +4 8 27–24 20–18 30–22
3   ESBF Besançon 6 3 0 3 172 163 +9 6 27–30 30–21 35–32
4   Molde Elite 6 0 0 6 168 203 −35 0 24–32 29–32 29–41
Source: EHF

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IKA NAN MOS FAN
1   Ikast Håndbold 6 6 0 0 189 147 +42 12 Quarterfinals 30–20 28–26 29–23
2   Neptunes de Nantes 6 3 0 3 174 173 +1 6 28–33 36–29 29–21
3   Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár 6 2 0 4 174 185 −11 4 26–34 30–33 35–29
4   Fana 6 1 0 5 152 184 −32 2 24–35 30–28 25–28
Source: EHF

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NYK SOL DEB POD
1   Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 6 4 0 2 172 151 +21 8[a] Quarterfinals 26–28 34–22 28–23
2   Sola HK 6 4 0 2 171 156 +15 8[a] 26–28 30–25 35–29
3   DVSC Schaeffler 6 4 0 2 158 163 −5 8[a] 28–27 25–21 32–31
4   Podravka Vegeta 6 0 0 6 150 181 −31 0 24–29 23–31 20–26
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Nykøbing 4 Pts, +11 GD; Sola 4 Pts, +1 GD; DVSC 4 Pts, −12 GD

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification THC VAL P92 VAC
1   Thüringer HC 6 4 1 1 188 162 +26 9 Quarterfinals 38–31 28–24 31–21
2   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 3 1 2 183 178 +5 7 32–32 30–28 40–30
3   Paris 92 6 3 0 3 154 156 −2 6 26–25 24–22 26–24
4   Praktiker-Vác 6 1 0 5 156 185 −29 2 28–34 26–28 27–26
Source: EHF

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Neptunes de Nantes   50–51   Borussia Dortmund 28–19 22–32
Siófok KC   41–61   Ikast Håndbold 20–30 21–31
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea   61–67   Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 32–29 29–38
Sola HK   59–62   Thüringer HC 35–35 24–27

Matches

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19 March 2023
18:00
Neptunes de Nantes   28–19   Borussia Dortmund Complexe Sportif Mangin-Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 2,159
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Hagman 7 (14–7) Bleckmann 7
 3×  Report  6× 
26 March 2023
16:00
Borussia Dortmund   32–22   Neptunes de Nantes Westpress Arena, Hamm
Attendance: 1,208
Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
Grijseels 9 (13–11) Grandveau 5
 4×  Report   2× 

18 March 2023
20:00
Siófok KC   20–30   Ikast Håndbold Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok, Siófok
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Papp 5 (7–12) Bakkerud 8
 2×  Report   4× 
25 March 2023
20:00
Ikast Håndbold   31–21   Siófok KC IBF Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 1,205
Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
Scaglione 6 (17–8) Milosavljević 9
  2×  Report   2× 

18 March 2023
16:00
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea   32–29   Nykøbing Falster Håndbold Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,239
Referees: Fukala, Mohyla (CZE)
Glibko 7 (16–14) Halilcevic 6
  4×  Report   3× 
26 March 2023
18:00
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold   38–29   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Næstved Arena, Næstved
Attendance: 2,425
Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
Halilcevic 10 (17–14) Glibko, Kovačević 9
  3×  Report  6× 

19 March 2023
16:00
Sola HK   35–35   Thüringer HC Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger
Attendance: 939
Referees: Kull, Tint (EST)
Magnussen, Tveiten 6 (19–17) Lott 10
 5×  1×  Report   8× 
26 March 2023
14:00
Thüringer HC   27–24   Sola HK Salza-Halle, Bad Langensalza
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Lindenbaum, Laron (ISR)
Lott, Stockschläder 6 (16–12) Novak 8
  2×  Report  4× 

Final four

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The final four was held at the Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz, Austria on 13 and 14 May 2023.[6] The draw was made on 28 March 2023.[7]

Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May
 
 
  Borussia Dortmund33
 
14 May
 
  Nykøbing Falster Håndbold (Pen.)35
 
  Nykøbing Falster Håndbold24
 
13 May
 
  Ikast Håndbold31
 
  Ikast Håndbold31
 
 
  Thüringer HC26
 
Third place
 
 
14 May
 
 
  Borussia Dortmund28
 
 
  Thüringer HC23

Semifinals

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13 May 2023
15:30
Ikast Håndbold   31–26   Thüringer HC Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Bakkerud 8 (17–10) Hendrikse 10
  2×  1×  Report   6× 

13 May 2023
18:00
Borussia Dortmund   33–35 (ET)   Nykøbing Falster Håndbold Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
three players 6 (17–13) Svele 10
 3×  Report   5× 

FT: 29–29 ET: 32–32 Pen: 33–35


Third place game

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14 May 2023
15:30
Borussia Dortmund   28–23   Thüringer HC Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Hausherr 7 (12–10) Lott 7
 7×  Report   3× 

Final

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14 May 2023
18:00
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold   24–31   Ikast Håndbold Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Sajka 6 (15–14) Friis 11
  5×  Report   4× 

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1   Annika Lott   Thüringer HC 86
2   Elma Halilcevic   Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 82
3   Iryna Glibko   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 72
4   Nathalie Hendrikse   Thüringer HC 64
5   Asma Elghaoui   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 61
6   Mia Svele   Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 60
7   Tamara Mavsar   Siófok KC 59
8   Sara Berg   Fana 58
9   Nathalie Hagman   Neptunes de Nantes 57
  Csenge Kuczora   Praktiker-Vác

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "37 teams enter third season of EHF European League Women". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Final WEL System" (PDF). eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ Qualification Round 2 EHF
  4. ^ Qualification Round 3 EHF
  5. ^ "Four groups set for EHF European League Women". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  6. ^ Graz and Flensburg to host this season's EHF European League Finals EHF 3 February 2023
  7. ^ National derbies avoided in semi-finals EHF 28 March 2023
  8. ^ Goalscorers
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