# EHF Women's European League

The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League.
Previously called the Women's EHF Cup, the competition is known as the Women's EHF European League from the 2020–21 season.

## History

The first edition took place in 1981. It was called the IHF Cup until 1993. From the 2016–17 season, the competition merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

### Tournament structure

The EHF Cup is a competition divided into seven rounds: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Group Phase, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final.

## Summary
### Women's IHF Cup

| Year | Final | Final | Final | Semi Final Losers | Semi Final Losers |
| Year | Champion | Score | Second Place | Semi Final Losers | Semi Final Losers |
| 1981–82 Details | Trešnjevka Zagreb | 30-27 17-19 | Eglė Vilnius | TSC Berlin | Swift Roermond |
| 1982–83 Details | Avtomobilist Baku | 20-14 18-15 | Empor Rostock | Topolniky | Veszprém |
| 1983–84 Details | Râmnicu Vâlcea | 22–18 29–21 | VfL Oldenburg | Iskra Partizánske | Budapesti Spartacus |
| 1984–85 Details | Vorwärts Frankfurt | 17-19 19-13 | Vasas Budapest | Iskra Partizánske | Lützellinden |
| 1985–86 Details | Leipzig | 16-22 25-15 | Debrecen | Druzstevnik Topolniky | Tyresö HF |
| 1986–87 Details | Budućnost Titograd | 21-23 34-27 | Start Bratislava | Avtomobilist Baku | Budapesti Spartacus |
| 1987–88 Details | Eglė Vilnius | 34-20 22-32 | Budućnost Titograd | Belinka Ljubljana | TSC Berlin |
| 1988–89 Details | Râmnicu Vâlcea | 26-18 21-26 | Eglė Vilnius | Bayer Leverkusen | Budapesti Spartacus |
| 1989–90 Details | Vorwärts Frankfurt | 19-22 21-16 | Spartak Kyiv | Mureșul Târgu Mureș | Budapesti Spartacus |
| 1990–91 Details | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 19-11 19-20 | Bayer Leverkusen | Frederiksberg | Vorwärts Frankfurt |
| 1991–92 Details | Leipzig | 24-19 28-18 | Tempo Partizánske | Kuban Krasnodar | Zalău |
| 1992–93 Details | Rapid București | 28-16 22-24 | Dijon | Gjerpen | Leipzig |

### Women's EHF Cup

| Year | Final | Final | Final | Semi Final Losers | Semi Final Losers |
| Year | Champion | Score | Second Place | Semi Final Losers | Semi Final Losers |
| 1993–94 Details | Viborg | 23–20 21–24 | Debrecen | Dijon | Valencia Urbana |
| 1994–95 Details | Debrecen | 22–14 22–30 | Baekkelaget Oslo | Buxtehuder | Slovan Duslo Šaľa |
| 1995–96 Details | Debrecen | 20–23 18–15 | Larvik | Valencia Urbana | Rostov-Don |
| 1996–97 Details | Olimpija Ljubljana | 26–18 26–30 | Borussia Dortmund | Vasas Budapest | Oţelul Galaţi |
| 1997–98 Details | Dunaújváros | 26–22 34–27 | Banská Bystrica | Oţelul Galaţi | Elda Prestigio |
| 1998–99 Details | Viborg | 21–24 28–21 | Győr | Tertnes | GKS Piotrkovia |
| 1999–00 Details | El Ferrobus Mislata | 24–22 18–19 | Tertnes | Borussia Dortmund | Slovan Duslo Šaľa |
| 2000–01 Details | Lublin | 28–21 24–24 | Podravka Koprivnica | Slavia Praha | Zagłębie Lubin |
| 2001–02 Details | Ikast | 25–30 36–23 | Győr | TV Giessen Luetzellinden | Baekkelaget Oslo |
| 2002–03 Details | Slagelse | 22–27 27–20 | Dunaújváros | Alba Fehérvár | Motor Zaporizhzhia |
| 2003–04 Details | Viborg | 27–27 37–21 | Győr | Nordstrand | Vipers Kristiansand |
| 2004–05 Details | Alba Fehérvár | 21–27 28–19 | Győr | HC Leipzig | Ferencváros |
| 2005–06 Details | Ferencváros | 37–36 33–32 | Podravka Koprivnica | Debrecen | Motor Zaporizhzhia |
| 2006–07 Details | Zvezda Zvenigorod | 25–30 32–22 | Ikast | Elda Prestigio | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 2007–08 Details | Dinamo Volgograd | 27–25 23–20 | Itxako Navarra | Dunaújváros | Ikast |
| 2008–09 Details | Itxako Navarra | 27–19 25–26 | HC Leipzig | Rulmentul Braşov | Dinamo Volgograd |
| 2009–10 Details | Randers | 20–22 30–24 | Elda Prestigio | Bayer Leverkusen | Le Havre |
| 2010–11 Details | Ikast | 26–24 21–28 | Holstebro | Oldenburg | Lada Togliatti |
| 2011–12 Details | Lada Togliatti | 30–24 20–21 | Zalău | Vejen | Mar Alicante |
| 2012–13 Details | Holstebro | 31–35 33–28 | Metz | Zalău | Ikast |
| 2013–14 Details | Lada Togliatti | 36–25 32–23 | Esbjerg | Astrakhanochka | Alba Fehérvár |
| 2014–15 Details | Holstebro | 33-20 22-33 | Rostov-Don | Muratpaşa | Érd |
| 2015–16 Details | Dunaújváros | 26-28 29-21 | Metzingen | Randers | Corona Braşov |
| 2016–17 Details | Rostov-Don | 28–25 25–21 | Bietigheim | Nykøbing | Metzingen |
| 2017–18 Details | Craiova | 22–26 30–25 | Vipers Kristiansand | Viborg | Kastamonu Belediyesi |
| 2018–19 Details | Siófok | 21–21 26–21 | Esbjerg | Viborg | Ikast-Herning |
| 2019–20 Details | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |

### Women's EHF European League

| Year | Final – Four (2020/21 to present) | Final – Four (2020/21 to present) | Final – Four (2020/21 to present) | Final – Four (2020/21 to present) | Final – Four (2020/21 to present) | Final – Four (2020/21 to present) |
| Year | Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2020–21 Details | Nantes Atlantique | 36–31 | Siófok | Minaur Baia Mare | 33–31 | Ikast-Herning |
| 2021–22 Details | Bietigheim | 31–20 | Viborg | Herning-Ikast | 29–28 | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 2022–23 Details | Ikast | 31–24 | Nykøbing Falster | Borussia Dortmund | 28–23 | Thüringer |
| 2023–24 Details | Storhamar | 29–27 | Gloria Bistrița | Neptunes de Nantes | 39–38 | Dunărea Brăila |
| 2024–25 Details | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### By club

| Club | Winner | Runner-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
| Viborg | 3 | 1 | 1994, 1999, 2004 | 2022 |
| Ikast | 3 | 1 | 2002, 2011, 2023 | 2007 |
| Debrecen | 2 | 2 | 1995, 1996 | 1986, 1994 |
| Dunaújváros | 2 | 1 | 1998, 2016 | 2003 |
| Leipzig | 2 | 1 | 1986, 1992 | 2009 |
| Holstebro | 2 | 1 | 2013, 2015 | 2011 |
| Râmnicu Vâlcea | 2 | 0 | 1984, 1989 | – |
| Frankfurt an der Oder | 2 | 0 | 1985, 1990 | – |
| Lada Togliatti | 2 | 0 | 2012, 2014 | – |
| Eglė Vilnius | 1 | 2 | 1988 | 1982, 1989 |
| Budućnost Podgorica | 1 | 1 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Itxako Navarra | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 2008 |
| Rostov-Don | 1 | 1 | 2017 | 2015 |
| Siófok | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2021 |
| Bietigheim | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 2017 |
| Trešnjevka Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 1982 | – |
| Avtomobilist Baku | 1 | 0 | 1983 | – |
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 1991 | – |
| Rapid București | 1 | 0 | 1993 | – |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 1 | 0 | 1997 | – |
| Mislata | 1 | 0 | 2000 | – |
| Lublin | 1 | 0 | 2001 | – |
| Slagelse | 1 | 0 | 2003 | – |
| Alba Fehérvár | 1 | 0 | 2005 | – |
| Ferencváros | 1 | 0 | 2006 | – |
| Zvezda Zvenigorod | 1 | 0 | 2007 | – |
| Dinamo Volgograd | 1 | 0 | 2008 | – |
| Randers | 1 | 0 | 2010 | – |
| Craiova | 1 | 0 | 2018 | – |
| Nantes Atlantique | 1 | 0 | 2021 | – |
| Storhamar | 1 | 0 | 2024 | – |
| Győr | 0 | 4 | – | 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005 |
| Podravka Koprivnica | 0 | 2 | – | 2001, 2006 |
| Esbjerg | 0 | 2 | – | 2014, 2019 |
| Empor Rostock | 0 | 1 | – | 1983 |
| Oldenburg | 0 | 1 | – | 1984 |
| Vasas Budapest | 0 | 1 | – | 1985 |
| Start Bratislava | 0 | 1 | – | 1987 |
| Spartak Kyiv | 0 | 1 | – | 1990 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 1 | – | 1991 |
| Tempo Partizánske | 0 | 1 | – | 1992 |
| Dijon | 0 | 1 | – | 1993 |
| Bækkelaget | 0 | 1 | – | 1995 |
| Larvik | 0 | 1 | – | 1996 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 1 | – | 1997 |
| Banská Bystrica | 0 | 1 | – | 1998 |
| Tertnes | 0 | 1 | – | 2000 |
| Elda Prestigio | 0 | 1 | – | 2010 |
| Zalău | 0 | 1 | – | 2012 |
| Metz | 0 | 1 | – | 2013 |
| Metzingen | 0 | 1 | – | 2016 |
| Vipers Kristiansand | 0 | 1 | – | 2018 |
| Nykøbing Falster | 0 | 1 | – | 2023 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 0 | 1 | – | 2024 |
| Total | 42 | 42 | | |

### By country

| # | Country | Winners | Runners-up | Total finals |
| 1 | Denmark | 10 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Hungary | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Romania | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Norway | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | France | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Croatia | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 42 | 42 | 84 |