The 2024–25 EHF European Cup was the 28th season of Europe's tertiary club

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tournament organised by

European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, Au ...

(EHF), and the 5th season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the

EHF European Cup The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Founde ...

. Valur were the defending champions, but did not defend their title as they played in the

EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

. The winners were Macedonian handball club RK Alkaloid, who beat Greek side, AEK Athens HC, after they failed to appear for the second leg, giving RK Alkaloid a forfeit win.

Format

The tournament was played in a knockout format. Ties were played in a home-and-away format. Finalists played a total of seven rounds (Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Last 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and the Final).

Rankings

Rankings for the following federations were based on performances of clubs from each respective country during the most recent three-year period. For the following federations the number of spots in the EHF European Cup depended on the number spots in the other two European competitions.

Qualified teams

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2024–25 EHF European Cup was announced on 9 July 2024.https://ehfec.eurohandball.com/media/txfhf3vk/ehfec_men_system_2024_25.pdf Notes in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: *EC: European Cup title holders *CW: Cup winners *CR: Cup runners-up *2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position of the previous season

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

A total of 20 teams played in the first round. First leg matches were held on 14 and 15 September 2024, while second leg matches took place on 21 and 22 September 2024. The draw was on 16 July 2024.
Results

Round 2

A total of 64 teams played in the second round. First leg matches were held on 19 and 20 October 2024, while second leg matches took place on 26 and 27 October 2024.
Results

Round 3

A total of 32 teams played in the third round. First leg matches were held on 23 and 24 November 2024, while second leg matches took place on 30 November and 1 December 2024.
Results

Last 16

First leg matches were held on 15 and 16 February 2025, while second leg matches took place on 29 and 30 March 2025.
Results

Quarterfinals

Results

Matches

''HC Alkaloid won 63–56 on aggregate.'' ---- '' AEK Athens HC won 53–52 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Runar Sandefjord won 64–60 on aggregate.'' ---- ''RK Izviđač won 60–56 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

Results

Matches

'' HC Alkaloid won 74–72 on aggregate.'' ---- '' AEK Athens HC won 61–56 on aggregate.''

Final

Results

Matches

''Alkaloid won 39–25 on aggregate.''

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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Format

Rankings

Qualified teams

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Last 16

Quarterfinals

Matches

Semifinals

Matches

Final

Matches

Notes

See also

References

External links