2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League

The tournament will run using the same format as the previous two seasons. The competition begins with a group stage featuring sixteen teams divided into two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures, fourteen in total for each team. In Groups A and B, the top two teams automatically qualify for the quarter-finals, with teams ranked 3rd to 6th entering the playoff round.

The knockout stage includes four rounds: the playoffs, quarter-finals, and a final-four tournament comprising two semifinals and the final. In the playoffs, eight teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches (third-placed in group A plays sixth-placed group B; fourth-placed group A plays fifth-placed group B, etc.). The four aggregate winners of the playoffs advance to the quarterfinals, joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B. The eight quarterfinalist teams are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches, with the four aggregate winners qualifying to the final-four tournament.

In the final four tournament, the semifinals and the final are played as single matches at a pre-selected host venue. For this tournament, it will be the MVM Dome.

Esbjerg

Odense

Kristiansand

Hamar

Brest

Metz

Győr

Ferencváros

Kastamonu

Budućnost

Baník

Zagreb

Bucharest

Bietigheim

Krim

Bucharest teams
CSM
Rapid

Location of teams of the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B.

17 teams applied for a place, with nine having a fixed place.[1][2] The final list was released on 27 June 2022.[3]

Storhamar HE and CS Rapid București will make their debut appearances in the Champions League group stage, while RK Lokomotiva, DHK Baník Most and SG BBM Bietigheim make their return.

Borussia Dortmund's application for a wild card got rejected.

RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	DHK Baník Most	Odense Håndbold	Team Esbjerg
Brest Bretagne Handball	Metz Handball	SG BBM Bietigheim	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
Győri Audi ETO KC	Budućnost BEMAX	Vipers Kristiansand	Storhamar HE
CS Rapid București	CSM București	RK Krim Mercator	Kastamonu Bld. GSK

The draw took place on 1 July 2022.[3][4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIP	BUC	ODE	FER	KRI	BRE	BIE	MOS
1	Vipers Kristiansand	14	11	1	2	456	373	+83	23	Quarterfinals		—	35–29	34–27	27–26	36–31	31–24	34–32	39–24
2	CSM București	14	10	2	2	439	386	+53	22			27–24	—	40–31	30–24	30–28	30–30	28–28	40–25
3	Odense Håndbold	14	8	0	6	398	373	+25	16	Playoffs		24–34	27–31	—	25–28	26–22	25–24	31–24	41–22
4	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	14	7	1	6	407	374	+33	15			26–26	29–33	27–23	—	37–26	20–21	28–23	43–19
5	RK Krim Mercator	14	6	0	8	399	405	−6	12[lower-alpha 1]			21–27	28–26	23–29	30–32	—	24–22	35–28	42–31
6	Brest Bretagne Handball	14	5	2	7	377	378	−1	12[lower-alpha 1]			29–36	26–33	21–25	24–21	22–24	—	32–28	31–26
7	SG BBM Bietigheim	14	5	2	7	432	388	+44	12[lower-alpha 1]			32–30	25–27	24–27	40–20	30–23	25–25	—	47–25
8	DHK Baník Most	14	0	0	14	347	578	−231	0			21–43	26–35	19–37	27–46	29–42	30–46	23–46	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Krim 6 Pts, +4 GD; Brest 3 Pts, 0 GD; Bietigheim 3 Pts, −4 GD

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MET	GYO	ESB	BUC	BUD	STO	KAS	ZAG
1	Metz Handball	14	12	1	1	429	352	+77	25	Quarterfinals		—	29–28	26–24	36–34	29–23	31–22	35–24	38–13
2	Győri Audi ETO KC	14	11	0	3	444	347	+97	22			24–28	—	29–28	32–30	32–19	39–26	44–25	32–16
3	Team Esbjerg	14	10	0	4	455	367	+88	20[lower-alpha 1]	Playoffs		35–28	29–31	—	35–30	30–20	35–25	39–31	33–20
4	CS Rapid București	14	9	2	3	441	404	+37	20[lower-alpha 1]			32–32	30–27	34–32	—	39–29	27–25	28–22	27–22
5	Budućnost BEMAX	14	6	1	7	346	366	−20	13			28–36	22–25	23–28	30–30	—	24–23	10–0	25–18
6	Storhamar HE	14	4	0	10	377	406	−29	8			24–26	21–35	25–34	29–36	25–27	—	31–29	37–13
7	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	14	1	1	12	341	452	−111	3			23–28	27–39	27–43	26–33	27–40	28–33	—	26–23
8	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	14	0	1	13	276	415	−139	1			18–27	16–27	18–30	27–31	24–25	22–31	26–26	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Esbjerg 67–64 Rapid București

As of 7 May 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[5]
1	Henny Reistad	Team Esbjerg	130
2	Cristina Neagu	CSM București	118
3	Markéta Jeřábková	Vipers Kristiansand	107
4	Katrin Klujber	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	106
5	Jovanka Radičević	RK Krim Mercator	92
6	Anniken Obaidli	Storhamar HE	91
7	Milena Raičević	Budućnost BEMAX	88
8	Bruna de Paula	Metz Handball	86
9	Daria Dmitrieva	RK Krim Mercator	85
10	Ana Gros	Győri Audi ETO KC	84

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