The new EHF Champions League Women season starts this weekend with highly entertaining matches. Metz Handball open their title defence away from home, playing at Storhamar Håndball Elite. Group B also features the Match of the Week, as HC Podravka face seven-time winners and last season's runners-up Györi Audi ETO KC, while an exciting Danish derby between Nykøbing Falster Håndbold and Odense Håndbold takes place in the same group.

Two more EHF FINAL4 2026 participants begin their campaigns in group A, with CSM Bucuresti facing perennial participants RK Krim OTP Group Mercator and Brest Bretagne Handball taking on Norwegian champions Sola Håndballklubb. OTP Group Buducnost add another chapter to their long history in the competition against FTC-Toyota Kovács, while Team Esbjerg start their journey away at BV Borussia Dortmund.