A total of 54 teams are set to enter the long road to the title in the EHF European Cup Women 2026/27, and 44 of them will do so in the opening round in October. The draw for those 22 pairings in round 2 (there is no round 1) will be conducted on Tuesday (14 July) at 11:00 CEST at EHF's European Handball House in Vienna and streamed live on EHF's Home of Handball YouTube channel.