Current season, competition or edition: 2025–26 EHF European League | |
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| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Country | EHF members |
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
| Most recent champions |  Flensburg-Handewitt(3rd title) |
| Most titles | Frisch Auf GöppingenTHW KielSC Magdeburg (4 titles each) |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Official website | ehfel.eurohandball.com |
TheEHF European League is an annual men'shandball club competition organised by theEuropean Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below theEHF Champions League. Previously called theEHF Cup, the competition will be known as the EHF European League from the season 2020–21.[1]SG Flensburg-Handewitt are the current holders.
It was formerly known as the IHF Cup until 1993. Also, starting from the2012–13 season the competition has been merged with theEHF Cup Winners' Cup. TheEHF coefficient rank decides, which teams have access and in which stage they enter.
| Year | Final – Four | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
| 2020–21 Details | SC Magdeburg | 28–25 | Füchse Berlin | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 32–27 |  Orlen Wisła Płock | ||
| 2021–22 Details |  SL Benfica | 40–39 | SC Magdeburg | Orlen Wisła Płock | 27–22 |  RK Nexe | ||
| 2022–23 Details | Füchse Berlin | 36–31 |  BM Granollers | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 33–29 |  Montpellier HB | ||
| 2023–24 Details | Flensburg-Handewitt | 36–31 | Füchse Berlin | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 32–31 |  Dinamo București | ||
| 2024–25 Details | Flensburg-Handewitt | 32–25 | Montpellier HB | THW Kiel | 37–31 | MT Melsungen | ||
| Rank | Country | Winners | Runners-up | Total finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 28 | 12 | 40 |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union[A] | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Yugoslavia[B] | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 |  Denmark | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 |  Russia | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 |  East Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 |  Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 |  Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
