EHF European League

EHF European League
Current season, competition or edition:; Current sports event 2025–26 EHF European League
	File:EHF European League Logo.svg
Sport	Handball
Founded	1981
No. of teams	32
Country	EHF members
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent; champions	Error creating thumbnail: Flensburg-Handewitt; (3rd title)
Most titles	Error creating thumbnail: Frisch Auf Göppingen; Error creating thumbnail: THW Kiel; Error creating thumbnail: SC Magdeburg; (4 titles each)
Level on pyramid	2
Official website	ehfel.eurohandball.com

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. Previously called the EHF Cup, the competition will be known as the EHF European League from the season 2020–21.^[1] SG Flensburg-Handewitt are the current holders.

History

It was formerly known as the IHF Cup until 1993. Also, starting from the 2012–13 season the competition has been merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. The EHF coefficient rank decides, which teams have access and in which stage they enter.

Winners

IHF Cup

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Semifinal losers
Year	Final			Semifinal losers
1981–82 Details	Error creating thumbnail: VfL Gummersbach	23–14	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar Sarajevo	Error creating thumbnail: Slavia Prague	Error creating thumbnail: Pfadi Winterthur
1982–83 Details	Soviet Union ZTR Zaporizhzhia	23–16 22–20	Error creating thumbnail: IFK Karlskrona	Error creating thumbnail: Füchse Berlin	Error creating thumbnail: BK-46 Karis
1983–84 Details	Error creating thumbnail: TV Grosswallstadt	16–15 20–19	Error creating thumbnail: HG Gladsaxe	Error creating thumbnail: Bányász Tatabánya	Error creating thumbnail: TK Lokomotiva Trnava
1984–85 Details	Romania HC Minaur Baia Mare	22–17 14–18	Soviet Union ZTR Zaporizhzhia	Spain Tecnisa Alicante	Error creating thumbnail: WAT Margareten Wien
1985–86 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Raba Vasas ETO Györ	23–17 20–24	Spain Tecnisa Alicante	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Proleter Zrenjanin	Error creating thumbnail: Lugi Lund
1986–87 Details	Soviet Union Granitas Kaunas	23–23 18–18	Spain Atlético Madrid BM	Error creating thumbnail: VfL Gummersbach	Error creating thumbnail: Urædd Porsgrun
1987–88 Details	Romania HC Minaur Baia Mare	20–21 23–20	Soviet Union Granitas Kaunas	Spain FC Barcelona	Error creating thumbnail: TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
1988–89 Details	Error creating thumbnail: TURU Düsseldorf	17–12 15–18	East Germany ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt	Spain CD Cajamadrid	Soviet Union SKIF Krasnodar
1989–90 Details	Soviet Union SKIF Krasnodar	25–27 29–13	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Proleter Zrenjanin	Spain CD Cajamadrid	Error creating thumbnail: Dukla Prague
1990–91 Details	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borac Banja Luka	20–15 23–24	Soviet Union CSKA Moscow	Error creating thumbnail: TUSEM Essen	Error creating thumbnail: SKP Bratislava
1991–92 Details	Error creating thumbnail: SG Wallau-Massenheim	23–25 22–20	Belarus SKA Minsk	Spain Alzira Avidesa	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Proleter Zrenjanin
1992–93 Details	Spain Cantabria	24–20 26–20	Error creating thumbnail: Bayer Dormagen	Romania Steaua Bucuresti	Error creating thumbnail: SG Leutershausen

EHF Cup

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Semifinal losers
Year	Final			Semifinal losers
1993–94 Details	Spain Alzira Avidesa	23–19 21–22	Error creating thumbnail: ASKÖ Linde Linz	Spain Elgorriaga Bidasoa		Romania Steaua Bucuresti
1994–95 Details	Spain Granollers	26–24 23–21	Error creating thumbnail: Polyot Cheljabinsk	Slovenia Gorenje Velenje		Error creating thumbnail: SG Vfl BHW Hameln
1995–96 Details	Spain Granollers	28–18 28–27	Error creating thumbnail: Shakhtar-Academiya	Croatia Zadar Gortan		Error creating thumbnail: SG Flensburg-Handewitt
1996–97 Details	Error creating thumbnail: SG Flensburg-Handewitt	22–25 30–17	Error creating thumbnail: Virum Sorgenfri	Spain Academia Octavio Vigo		Spain Granollers
1997–98 Details	Error creating thumbnail: THW Kiel	23–25 26–21	Error creating thumbnail: SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Error creating thumbnail: CSKA Moscow		Croatia Brodomerkur
1998–99 Details	Error creating thumbnail: SC Magdeburg	22–30 31–22	Spain BM Valladolid	Error creating thumbnail: TBV Lemgo		Error creating thumbnail: Sandefjord TIF
1999–00 Details	Croatia RK Metković Jambo	24–22 23–25	Error creating thumbnail: SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Portugal ABC Braga		Slovenia Prevent
2000–01 Details	Error creating thumbnail: SC Magdeburg	27–27 26–22	Croatia RK Metković Jambo	Spain Bidasoa Irun		Iceland Haukar
2001–02 Details	Error creating thumbnail: THW Kiel	36–29 24–28	Spain FC Barcelona	Error creating thumbnail: SG Wallau-Massenheim		Spain Gáldar
2002–03 Details	Spain FC Barcelona	35–23 33–26	Error creating thumbnail: Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan	Error creating thumbnail: Dunaferr SE		Spain Altea
2003–04 Details	Error creating thumbnail: THW Kiel	32–28 27–19	Spain Altea	Romania Dinamo-Romc. Bucuresti		Error creating thumbnail: Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan
2004–05 Details	Error creating thumbnail: TUSEM Essen	22–30 31–22	Error creating thumbnail: SC Magdeburg	Error creating thumbnail: VfL Gummersbach		Error creating thumbnail: Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan
2005–06 Details	Error creating thumbnail: TBV Lemgo	30–29 25–22	Error creating thumbnail: Frisch Auf Göppingen	Error creating thumbnail: US Créteil Handball		Error creating thumbnail: VfL Gummersbach
2006–07 Details	Error creating thumbnail: SC Magdeburg	30–30 31–28	Spain CAI Aragón	Error creating thumbnail: Grasshopper Club Zürich		Error creating thumbnail: Skjern Handball
2007–08 Details	Error creating thumbnail: HSG Nordhorn	31–27 29–30	Error creating thumbnail: FCK Handball	Spain CAI Aragón		Slovenia Cimos Koper
2008–09 Details	Error creating thumbnail: VfL Gummersbach	29–28 26–22	Slovenia Gorenje	Error creating thumbnail: TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen		Spain CAI Aragón
2009–10 Details	Error creating thumbnail: TBV Lemgo	24–18 28–30	Error creating thumbnail: Kadetten Schaffhausen	Spain Naturhouse La Rioja		Error creating thumbnail: SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2010–11 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Frisch Auf Göppingen	23–21 30–26	Error creating thumbnail: TV Grosswallstadt	Spain Naturhouse La Rioja		Error creating thumbnail: TBV Lemgo
2011–12 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Frisch Auf Göppingen	34–28 26–26	Error creating thumbnail: Dunkerque HB	Error creating thumbnail: Rhein-Neckar Löwen		Error creating thumbnail: SC Magdeburg
Year	Final – Four
Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2012–13 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Rhein-Neckar Löwen	26–24	Error creating thumbnail: HBC Nantes	Error creating thumbnail: Tvis Holstebro	28–27	Error creating thumbnail: Frisch Auf Göppingen
2013–14 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Pick Szeged	29–28	Error creating thumbnail: Montpellier AHB	Error creating thumbnail: Füchse Berlin	29–28	Romania HCM Constanța
2014–15 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Füchse Berlin	30–27	Error creating thumbnail: Hamburg	Error creating thumbnail: Skjern Håndbold	27–22	Slovenia Gorenje Velenje
2015–16 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Frisch Auf Göppingen	32–26	Error creating thumbnail: Nantes	Spain Fraikin Granollers	25–21	Error creating thumbnail: Chambéry Savoie
2016–17 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Frisch Auf Göppingen	30–22	Error creating thumbnail: Füchse Berlin	Error creating thumbnail: SC Magdeburg	32–31	Error creating thumbnail: Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
2017–18 Details	Error creating thumbnail: Füchse Berlin	28–25	Error creating thumbnail: Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	Error creating thumbnail: SC Magdeburg	35–25	Error creating thumbnail: Frisch Auf Göppingen
2018–19 Details	Error creating thumbnail: THW Kiel	26–22	Error creating thumbnail: Füchse Berlin	Portugal FC Porto	28–26	Error creating thumbnail: TTH Holstebro
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[2]