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The 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 16 March with the playoffs and ended on 2 June 2024 with the final at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2023–24 Women's EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 3rd–6th in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary.^[1]

Qualified teams

The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Qualified for quarterfinals		Qualified for playoffs
Group	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	Győri Audi ETO KC	Odense Håndbold	Brest Bretagne Handball	CSM București	DVSC Schaeffler	SG BBM Bietigheim
B	Metz Handball	Team Esbjerg	Ikast Håndbold	Vipers Kristiansand	RK Krim Mercator	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

Playoffs

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	59–56	Brest Bretagne Handball	28–30	31–26
SG BBM Bietigheim	60–58	Ikast Håndbold	29–27	31–31
RK Krim Mercator	48–60	CSM București	24–30	24–30
DVSC Schaeffler	55–56	Vipers Kristiansand	28–29	27–27

Matches

16 March 2024 16:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	28–30	Brest Bretagne Handball	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Lekić 9	(15–14)	Maslova 9
	5×	Report	6× 1×

24 March 2024 18:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	26–31	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Maslova 7	(12–16)	Malestein 10
		Report	1× 4×

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 59–56 on aggregate.

17 March 2024 16:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	29–27	Ikast Håndbold	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,723 Referees: Petrušis, Barysas (LTU)
	Smits 8	(13–14)	Bakkerud 7
	1× 2×	Report	4×

24 March 2024 14:00	Ikast Håndbold	31–31	SG BBM Bietigheim	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 2,010 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
	Jeřábková 7	(13–18)	Döll, Smits 6
	1× 2×	Report	3×

Ikast Håndbold won 60–58 on aggregate.

16 March 2024 18:00	RK Krim Mercator	24–30	CSM București	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 5,230 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Dmitrieva 7	(12–18)	Neagu 9
	6×	Report	1× 2×

24 March 2024 16:00	CSM București	30–24	RK Krim Mercator	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Neagu 7	(14–13)	Radičević 6
	3×	Report	3×

CSM București won 60–48 on aggregate.

17 March 2024 14:00	DVSC Schaeffler	28–29	Vipers Kristiansand	Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok, Debrecen Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Szabó 6	(16–16)	Abbingh 13
	2× 5×	Report	2× 5×

23 March 2024 18:00	Vipers Kristiansand	27–27	DVSC Schaeffler	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,721 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Vyakhireva 10	(10–15)	Szabó 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Vipers Kristiansand won 56–55 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vipers Kristiansand	49–54	Győri Audi ETO KC	23–30	26–24
CSM București	47–56	Metz Handball	24–27	23–29
SG BBM Bietigheim	60–58	Odense Håndbold	30–26	30–32
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	49–55	Team Esbjerg	25–26	24–29

Matches

27 April 2024 18:00	Vipers Kristiansand	23–30	Győri Audi ETO KC	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Tchaptchet 5	(9–15)	Gros 6
	3×	Report	5× 1×

4 May 2024 18:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	24–26	Vipers Kristiansand	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,209 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (SRB)
	Gros 6	(15–17)	Roberts 8
	3×	Report	3×

Győri Audi ETO KC won 54–49 on aggregate.

28 April 2024 16:00	CSM București	24–27	Metz Handball	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Neagu 9	(14–15)	three players 7
	3×	Report	4×

4 May 2024 16:00	Metz Handball	29–23	CSM București	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,935 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Grijseels 7	(15–14)	Neagu 6
	4×	Report	2× 3×

Metz Handball won 56–47 on aggregate.

28 April 2024 14:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	30–26	Odense Håndbold	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 2,417 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Döll 8	(15–12)	Aagot 6
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

5 May 2024 14:00	Odense Håndbold	32–30	SG BBM Bietigheim	Sydbank Arena Odense, Odense Attendance: 2,253 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
	Aagot 7	(17–16)	Dulfer, X. Smits 7
	2×	Report	2×

SG BBM Bietigheim won 60–58 on aggregate.

27 April 2024 16:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	25–26	Team Esbjerg	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Lekić 7	(11–13)	Reistad 10
	1× 3×	Report	3×

5 May 2024 16:00	Team Esbjerg	29–24	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 3,143 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Solberg-Isaksen 6	(17–10)	Klujber 8
	2×	Report	1× 3×

Team Esbjerg won 55–49 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 1 and 2 June 2024. The draw was held on 7 May 2024.^[2]^[3]

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

1 June

Team Esbjerg	23
		2 June
Győri Audi ETO KC	24
		Győri Audi ETO KC	30
1 June
		SG BBM Bietigheim	24
Metz Handball	29

SG BBM Bietigheim	36
		Third place

		2 June

		Team Esbjerg	37

		Metz Handball	33

Semifinals

1 June 2024 15:00	Team Esbjerg	23–24	Győri Audi ETO KC	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 13,300 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
	Mørk 6	(9–13)	Nze Minko 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

1 June 2024 18:00	Metz Handball	29–36	SG BBM Bietigheim	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 12,800 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Burgaard, Valentini 5	(15–14)	X. Smits 9
	1× 5×	Report	2× 2×

Third place game

2 June 2024 15:00	Team Esbjerg	37–33	Metz Handball	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 14,200 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
	Mørk, Reistad 13	(18–18)	Grijseels 10
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

Final

2 June 2024 18:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	30–24	SG BBM Bietigheim	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 18,500 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Brattset Dale, Gros 6	(17–12)	Hvenfelt 5
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

References

^ "Teams set for EHF Champions League season 2023/24". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Semi-finals for both EHF FINAL4s to be drawn in Budapest". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "This season's elite teams discover first EHF FINAL4 opponents". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "Teams set for EHF Champions League season 2023/24". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[2] "Semi-finals for both EHF FINAL4s to be drawn in Budapest". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[3] "This season's elite teams discover first EHF FINAL4 opponents". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

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