2022–23 EHF European League knockout stage

The 2022–23 EHF European League knockout stage began on 21 March with the Last 16 and ended on 28 May with the final at the Campushalle in Flensburg, Germany, to decide the winners of the 2022–23 EHF European League.^[1]

Format

In the Last 16, the 16 teams ranked 1st–4th in the group stage play against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The eight winning teams advance to the quarterfinals, for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualify for the final four tournament at the Campushalle (formerly Flens-Arena) in Flensburg, Germany.^[2]

Pairings

The pairings for the last 16 and the quarterfinals are based on group stage standings, according to the following bracket. This assures teams from the same group can only play each other again in the final four.

	Last 16						Quarterfinals
	21 March/28 March
	3D Bidasoa Irun	30	28	58
							11 April/18 April
	2C Sporting CP	27	34	61
							Sporting CP	32	30	62
	21 March/28 March
							Montpellier HB	32	31	63
	4B FTC	30	29	59
	1A Montpellier HB	36	43	79
	21 March/28 March
	3C Fraikin BM Granollers	32	30	62
							11 April/18 April
	2D Skanderborg-Aarhus	34	25	59
							Fraikin BM Granollers	30	35	65
	21 March/28 March
							SG Flensburg-Handewitt	31	27	58
	4A SL Benfica	26	28	54
	1B SG Flensburg-Handewitt	39	33	72
	21 March/28 March
	3B Valur	29	31	60
							11 April/18 April
	2A Frisch Auf Göppingen	36	33	69
							Frisch Auf Göppingen	32	31	63
	21 March/28 March
							RK Nexe	23	27	50
	4D HC Motor	23	29	52
	1C RK Nexe	27	27	54
	21 March/28 March
	3A Kadetten Schaffhausen	38	27	65
							11 April/18 April
	2B Ystads IF	32	25	57
							Kadetten Schaffhausen	37	24	61
	21 March/28 March
							Füchse Berlin	33	30	63
	4C Skjern Håndbold	23	32	55
	1D Füchse Berlin	28	38	66

Last 16

The last 16 first legs were played 21 March 2023, while the second legs followed on 28 March 2023.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bidasoa Irun	58–61	Sporting CP	30–27	28–34
FTC	59–79	Montpellier HB	30–36	29–43
Fraikin BM Granollers	62–59	Skanderborg-Aarhus	32–34	30–25
SL Benfica	54–72	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	26–39	28–33
Valur	60–69	Frisch Auf Göppingen	29–36	31–33
HC Motor	52–54	RK Nexe	23–27	29–27
Kadetten Schaffhausen	65–57	Ystads IF	38–32	27–25
Skjern Håndbold	55–66	Füchse Berlin	23–28	32–38

21 March 2023 20:45	Bidasoa Irun	30–27	Sporting CP	Pabellón Polideportivo Artaleku, Irun Attendance: 1,556 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Azkue Saizar 6	(11–12)	F. Costa 8
	4× 1×	Report	2× 5×

28 March 2023 20:45	Sporting CP	34–28	Bidasoa Irun	Pavilhão João Rocha, Lisbon Attendance: 1,784 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
	M. Costa 10	(15–12)	Azkue Saizar 10
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

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21 March 2023 20:45	FTC	30–36	Montpellier HB	Riz Levente Sport- és Rendezvényközpont, Budapest Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Jerlecki, Łabuń (POL)
	Nagy 9	(17–16)	Simonet 7
	3×	Report	3×

28 March 2023 20:45	Montpellier HB	43–29	FTC	FDI Stadium, Montpellier Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	Bos 7	(23–11)	Balogh 7
	3×	Report	3×

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21 March 2023 20:45	Fraikin BM Granollers	32–34	Skanderborg-Aarhus	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Gurri Aregay, García Robledo 6	(12–20)	West Av Teigum 9
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5×

28 March 2023 18:45	Skanderborg-Aarhus	25–30	Fraikin BM Granollers	Skanderborg Fælled, Skanderborg Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	T. Arnoldsen, Petersen 6	(13–16)	Gurri Aregay 8
	3×	Report	2× 3×

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21 March 2023 20:45	SL Benfica	26–39	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Pavilhão da Luz Nº 2, Lisbon Attendance: 890 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Semedo 5	(10–21)	Jakobsen 9
	4×	Report	1× 3×

28 March 2023 18:45	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	33–28	SL Benfica	Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 3,364 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Johannessen 6	(19–16)	Grigoraș 5
	1×	Report	1× 2×

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21 March 2023 20:45	Valur	29–36	Frisch Auf Göppingen	Origo-höllin, Reykjavík Attendance: 1,805 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Magnússon 8	(13–17)	Gulliksen 10
	2×	Report	1× 2×

28 March 2023 20:45	Frisch Auf Göppingen	33–31	Valur	EWS Arena, Göppingen Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Malus 6	(18–15)	Jónsson 11
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

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21 March 2023 18:45	HC Motor	23–27	RK Nexe	Castello Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany[note 1] Attendance: 1,583 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	three players 5	(8–13)	Vejin 7
	1× 4×	Report	2×

28 March 2023 18:45	RK Nexe	27–29	HC Motor	OS Kralja Tomislava, Našice Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Severec 8	(9–16)	Turchenko 7
	1× 2×	Report	2× 4×

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21 March 2023 20:45	Kadetten Schaffhausen	38–32	Ystads IF	BBC-Arena, Schaffhausen Attendance: 1,049 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Ríkharðsson 14	(21–17)	Andersson 8
	1× 6×	Report	5×

28 March 2023 18:45	Ystads IF	25–27	Kadetten Schaffhausen	Ystad Arena, Ystad Attendance: 1,212 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Fernebrand, Kalstrup 5	(9–14)	Ríkharðsson 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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21 March 2023 18:45	Skjern Håndbold	23–28	Füchse Berlin	Skjern Bank Arena, Skjern Attendance: 3,264 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	R. Rasmussen 5	(11–14)	Weber 9
	2× 2×	Report	1× 2×

28 March 2023 20:45	Füchse Berlin	38–32	Skjern Håndbold	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Attendance: 4,524 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Weber 8	(21–18)	Bergholt 11
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals first legs were played 11 April 2023, while the second legs followed on 18 April 2023.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	62–63	Montpellier HB	32–32	30–31
Fraikin BM Granollers	65–58	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	30–31	35–27
Frisch Auf Göppingen	63–50	RK Nexe	32–23	31–27
Kadetten Schaffhausen	61–63	Füchse Berlin	37–33	24–30

11 April 2023 20:45	Sporting CP	32–32	Montpellier HB	Pavilhão João Rocha, Lisbon Attendance: 1,931 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	F. Costa, M. Costa 7	(18–17)	Y. Lenne 7
	2× 6×	Report	1× 5×

18 April 2023 20:45	Montpellier HB	31–30	Sporting CP	FDI Stadium, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
	Bos 7	(16–14)	Salvador 8
	1× 4×	Report	2× 2× 1×

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11 April 2023 18:45	Fraikin BM Granollers	30–31	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 2,541 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	García Robledo, Salinas 6	(14–17)	Jakobsen 9
		Report	2× 2×

18 April 2023 20:45	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	27–35	Fraikin BM Granollers	Campushalle, Flensburg Attendance: 2,718 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Jakobsen 6	(12–16)	Faruk 10
	2× 1×	Report	3×

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11 April 2023 20:45	Frisch Auf Göppingen	32–23	RK Nexe	EWS Arena, Göppingen Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Gulliksen, Schiller 7	(15–9)	Kević 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 3×

18 April 2023 18:45	RK Nexe	27–31	Frisch Auf Göppingen	OS Kralja Tomislava, Našice Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Kević 8	(12–13)	Šarac 6
	3×	Report	4×

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11 April 2023 18:45	Kadetten Schaffhausen	37–33	Füchse Berlin	BBC-Arena, Schaffhausen Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Ríkharðsson 15	(19–18)	Andersson 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 6×

18 April 2023 18:45	Füchse Berlin	30–24	Kadetten Schaffhausen	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Attendance: 7,911 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Gidsel 10	(17–15)	Ríkharðsson 6
	1× 1× 1×	Report	5×

Final four

The final four was held at the Campushalle in Flensburg, Germany on 27 and 28 May 2023.^[5] The draw for the semifinals was held on 20 April 2023.^[6]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	27 May
	Montpellier HB	29
					28 May
	Füchse Berlin	35
					Füchse Berlin	36
	27 May
					Fraikin BM Granollers	31
	Fraikin BM Granollers	31
	Frisch Auf Göppingen	29
					Third place
					28 May
					Montpellier HB	29
					Frisch Auf Göppingen	33

Semifinals

27 May 2023 15:30	Montpellier HB	29–35	Füchse Berlin	Campushalle, Flensburg Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Bos, Y. Lenne 6	(16–16)	Lindberg 8
	7×	Report	3×

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27 May 2023 18:00	Fraikin BM Granollers	31–29	Frisch Auf Göppingen	Campushalle, Flensburg Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Gurri Aregay 9	(16–18)	Kozina, Šarac 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

Third place game

28 May 2023 15:30	Montpellier HB	29–33	Frisch Auf Göppingen	Campushalle, Flensburg Attendance: 4,300 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Bos 7	(17–16)	Schiller 6
	4×	Report	4× 1×

Final

28 May 2023 18:00	Füchse Berlin	36–31	Fraikin BM Granollers	Campushalle, Flensburg Attendance: 4,300 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Andersson 8	(16–12)	García Robledo, Salinas 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Notes

1. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, HC Motor played its home match at neutral venue.

References

1. "Graz and Flensburg to host this season's EHF European League Finals". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
2. "Media Guide" (PDF). eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
3. "Last 16". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
4. "Quarter-finals". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
5. "EHF European League Finals". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
6. "Semi-finals drawn for EHF FINALS men". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

External links

• Official website