2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

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The 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage began on 18 March with the playoffs and ended on 4 June 2023 with the final at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the winners of the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League. A total of twelve teams competed in the knockout phase.

Format

In the playoffs, the eight teams ranked 2nd–6th in Groups A and B played against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The four winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were joined by the top-two teams of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualified for the final four tournament at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary.[1]

Qualified teams

The top six teams from Groups A and B qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Qualified for quarterfinals Qualified for playoffs
First place Second place Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place
A Norway Vipers Kristiansand Romania CSM București Denmark Odense Håndbold Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Slovenia RK Krim Mercator France Brest Bretagne Handball
B France Metz Handball Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Denmark Team Esbjerg Romania CS Rapid București Montenegro WHC Budućnost BEMAX Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite

All times are UTC+2 (matches on 18, 19 and 25 March are UTC+1).

Playoffs

Overview

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Storhamar Håndball Elite Norway 52–60 Denmark Odense Håndbold 22–30 30–30
Brest Bretagne Handball France 49–55 Denmark Team Esbjerg 25–28 24–27
WHC Budućnost BEMAX Montenegro 46–55 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 24–28 22–27
RK Krim Mercator Slovenia 53–54 Romania CS Rapid București 29–24 24–30

Matches

18 March 2023
18:00
Storhamar Håndball Elite Norway 22–30 Denmark Odense Håndbold Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1,045
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Venn 6 (13–16) Abbingh, Housheer 5
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25 March 2023
18:00
Odense Håndbold Denmark 30–30 Norway Storhamar Håndball Elite Sydbank Arena Odense, Odense
Attendance: 2,117
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Iversen, Van Wetering 6 (13–16) Obaidli 10
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Odense Håndbold won 60–52 on aggregate.


19 March 2023
16:00
Brest Bretagne Handball France 25–28 Denmark Team Esbjerg Brest Arena, Brest
Attendance: 3,562
Referees: Palačković, Backović (SLO)
Fauske
7
(15–15) Reistad 8
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26 March 2023
14:00
Team Esbjerg Denmark 27–24 France Brest Bretagne Handball Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 2,563
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Reistad 6 (14–12) Carlson 5
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Team Esbjerg won 55–49 on aggregate.


18 March 2023
16:00
WHC Budućnost BEMAX Montenegro 24–28 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Raičević 9 (13–15) Malestein 7
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25 March 2023
16:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Hungary 27–22 Montenegro WHC Budućnost BEMAX Érd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
Malestein, Stolle 5 (14–13) Pavićević 7
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FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 55–46 on aggregate.


19 March 2023
14:00
RK Krim Mercator Slovenia 29–24 Romania CS Rapid București Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Hannes, Hannes (GER)
Radičević, Stanko 8 (12–13) Kanor 5
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26 March 2023
16:00
CS Rapid București Romania 30–24 Slovenia RK Krim Mercator Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Polman 8 (12–8) Rosiak 7
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CS Rapid București won 54–53 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Rapid București Romania 56–71 Norway Vipers Kristiansand 25–31 31–40
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Hungary 59–58 France Metz Handball 26–32 33–26
Team Esbjerg Denmark 65–59 Romania CSM București 32–28 33–31
Odense Håndbold Denmark 55–66 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 27–29 28–37

Matches

30 April 2023
14:00
CS Rapid București Romania 25–31 Norway Vipers Kristiansand Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Grozav 5 (12–18) Vyakhireva 7
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6 May 2023
16:00
Vipers Kristiansand Norway 40–31 Romania CS Rapid București Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Næs Andersen 7 (18–18) Grozav 7
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Vipers Kristiansand won 71–56 on aggregate.


29 April 2023
16:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Hungary 26–32 France Metz Handball Érd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
Bölk, Malestein 7 (13–15) Horacek 7
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7 May 2023
14:00
Metz Handball France 26–33 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Arènes de Metz, Metz
Attendance: 4,670
Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
Bouktit 8 (17–17) Malestein 8
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FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won 59–58 on aggregate.


30 April 2023
16:00
Team Esbjerg Denmark 32–28 Romania CSM București Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 2,960
Referees: Barysas, Petrusis (LTU)
Mørk 8 (17–13) Arntzen 10
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7 May 2023
16:00
CSM București Romania 31–33 Denmark Team Esbjerg Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Omoregie 8 (18–16) Breistøl, Mørk 7
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Team Esbjerg won 65–59 on aggregate.


29 April 2023
18:00
Odense Håndbold Denmark 27–29 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Sydbank Arena Odense, Odense
Attendance: 2,234
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Abbingh, Van Wetering 6 (17–12) Gros 9
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6 May 2023
18:00
Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary 37–28 Denmark Odense Håndbold Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 5,254[2]
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Gros 10 (21–14) Van Wetering 6
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Győri Audi ETO KC won 66–55 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four will be held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary on 3 and 4 June 2023.[3] The draw took place on 9 May 2023.[4][5]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 June
 
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC35
 
4 June
 
Norway Vipers Kristiansand37
 
Norway Vipers Kristiansand28
 
3 June
 
Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria24
 
Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria30
 
 
Denmark Team Esbjerg29
 
Third place
 
 
4 June
 
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC28
 
 
Denmark Team Esbjerg27

Semifinals

3 June 2023
15:15
Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary 35–37 Norway Vipers Kristiansand MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 18,734
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Oftedal 11 (18–23) Roberts 8
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3 June 2023
18:00
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Hungary 30–29 Denmark Team Esbjerg MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 20,022
Referees: Palačković, Backović (SLO)
Malestein 7 (13–17) Mørk, Reistad 7
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Third place game

4 June 2023
15:15
Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary 28–27 Denmark Team Esbjerg MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 18,387
Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Gros 6 (16–9) Ingstad 6
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Final

4 June 2023
18:00
Vipers Kristiansand Norway 28–24 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 20,022
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Næs Andersen, Vyakhireva 6 (14–13) Bölk, Lekić 5
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References

  1. ^ "Regulations" (PDF). eurohandball.com. eurohandball.com. p. 16. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Női kézilabda BL - Legyőzte a dán Odense HB csapatát az Audi ETO - Fotók". Kisalfold (in Hungarian). 6 May 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Playing times for Budapest and Cologne confirmed". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Excitement builds for Tuesday's EHF FINAL4 Women 2023 draw". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Semi-final pairings set by the EHF FINAL4 Women draw". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

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