European Handball Federation - EHF Champions League / News overview

Throw-off times confirmed for Hamburg, Budapest, Cologne

25.02.2026 - Start times released for three of the four season-ending events in the EHF club competitions

Xenia Smits’ game: Defending, reading the game, and maintaining harmony

25.02.2026 - German defence specialist made it from a Belgian academy to the EHF Champions League Women final and the Olympic Games

Semi-finals set for EHF Youth Club Trophy qualification

24.02.2026 - The 16 men's and 16 women's teams across eight qualification tournaments know their first opponents

Gros: “I never could have dreamed I would get here”

23.02.2026 - Slovenian right back Ana Gros became only the fifth player in history to reach 1,000 goals in the EHF Champions League Women

Race for the Machineseeker EHF Champions League play-offs speeds up

23.02.2026 - While the quarter-finalists were confirmed last week, Kolstad, Zagreb and Pelister aim to grab the remaining play-off tickets

Dortmund book last play-offs ticket; Storhamar eliminated

22.02.2026 - Despite a defeat, Dortmund proceed to the EHF Champions League Women 2025/26 play-offs, while reigning champions Györ secured the top spot in the standings

Brest and CSM reach quarter-finals, Gros joins 1,000 Club

21.02.2026 - Brest Bretagne Handball and CSM Bucuresti joined Györi Audi ETO KC and Metz Handball in the quarter-finals, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria win Match of the Week

Daria Dmitrieva: "I hope we have learned our lesson"

20.02.2026 - FTC's Russian centre back is looking forward to a crucial MOTW against Odense on Saturday

Füchse, Aalborg lock up quarter-final spots as Veszprém lose MOTW in Kielce

19.02.2026 - The top-two spots in both groups have been locked up after this week's round 11 of the group phase

Race for the final quarter-final spots going down to the wire

19.02.2026 - In the last round of the EHF Champions League Women group phase, four teams will be fighting for the two remaining direct quarter-final tickets

Barça and Magdeburg book first quarter-final tickets

18.02.2026 - Aalborg win Scandinavian derby, while PSG restart with an away bang in the first matches of 2026

Men's and women's teams await fate as EHF Youth Club Trophy returns

18.02.2026 - Draws on 24 February to determine men's and women's clubs route to the EHF Youth Club Trophy 2026

Clinching scenarios: What teams need in last round of the group phase

18.02.2026 - All the different permutations ahead of the final round of the EHF Champions League Women group phase

Ana Gros closes in on Club of 1,000

17.02.2026 - Slovenian right back only fifth player to reach 1,000-goal milestone in EHF Champions League Women

Former heroes on show as usual when Kielce meet Veszprém in MOTW

17.02.2026 - When Industria Kielce host One Veszprém HC on Thursday, the duel will include many personal stories

Nail-biting duels await as final group phase sprint begins

16.02.2026 - Race for the quarter-finals and play-offs tickets remains undecided with four rounds left to play in the Machineseeker EHF Champions League 2025/26

Metz clinch quarter-finals spot, Odense beat Ikast to shake up Group B

15.02.2026 - The EHF Champions League Women 2025/26 round 13 saw Storhamar stay in the Play-offs race, Gloria secure fourth place, while the Group B battle remains wide open