After a three-month wait, the EHF Champions League Women is finally back this weekend, with 16 teams ready for throw-off. The dreams are big for all of them, but only four teams can secure tickets to the EHF FINAL4 and only one can win the title.

Analysing the transfers of the summer and the rosters of the teams, we have ranked the teams according to expectations for the season — remember, this is only an informal ranking.