European Cup and EHF Champions League records and statistics
This page details statistics of the European Cup and Champions League.
General performances
By club
| Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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Barcelona | 12 | 5 | 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2024 | 1990, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2020 |
VfL Gummersbach | 5 | 1 | 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1983 | 1972 |
THW Kiel | 4 | 4 | 2007, 2010, 2012, 2020 | 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014 |
SC Magdeburg | 4 | 0 | 1978, 1981, 2002, 2023 | — |
Dukla Prague | 3 | 2 | 1957, 1963, 1984 | 1967, 1968 |
Ciudad Real | 3 | 2 | 2006, 2008, 2009 | 2005, 2011 |
SKA Minsk | 3 | 0 | 1987, 1989, 1990 | — |
Zagreb | 2 | 4 | 1992, 1993 | 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
Steaua Bucureşti | 2 | 2 | 1968, 1977 | 1971, 1989 |
Frisch Auf Göppingen | 2 | 1 | 1960, 1962 | 1959 |
Metaloplastika | 2 | 1 | 1985, 1986 | 1984 |
TV Großwallstadt | 2 | 0 | 1979, 1980 | — |
Montpellier | 2 | 0 | 2003, 2018 | — |
RK Vardar | 2 | 0 | 2017, 2019 | — |
Bjelovar | 1 | 2 | 1972 | 1962, 1973 |
CSKA Moscow | 1 | 2 | 1988 | 1977, 1983 |
Portland San Antonio | 1 | 2 | 2001 | 2003, 2006 |
Flensburg-Handewitt | 1 | 2 | 2014 | 2004, 2007 |
Vive Kielce | 1 | 2 | 2016 | 2022, 2023 |
Dinamo Bucureşti | 1 | 1 | 1965 | 1963 |
MAI Moscow | 1 | 1 | 1973 | 1974 |
Borac Banja Luka | 1 | 1 | 1976 | 1975 |
Honvéd | 1 | 1 | 1982 | 1966 |
CB Cantabria | 1 | 1 | 1994 | 1992 |
Bidasoa Irún | 1 | 1 | 1995 | 1996 |
Redbergslids IK | 1 | 0 | 1959 | — |
DHfK Leipzig | 1 | 0 | 1966 | — |
ASK Frankfurt/Oder | 1 | 0 | 1975 | — |
Celje | 1 | 0 | 2004 | — |
HSV Hamburg | 1 | 0 | 2013 | — |
Veszprém KC | 0 | 4 | — | 2002, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 0 | 2 | — | 1986, 1987 |
Aalborg Håndbold | 0 | 2 | — | 2021, 2024 |
Örebro SK | 0 | 1 | — | 1957 |
Aarhus GF | 0 | 1 | — | 1960 |
Medveščak Zagreb | 0 | 1 | — | 1965 |
Dynamo Berlin | 0 | 1 | — | 1970 |
Fredericia KFUM | 0 | 1 | — | 1976 |
Śląsk Wrocław | 0 | 1 | — | 1978 |
Empor Rostock | 0 | 1 | — | 1979 |
Valur | 0 | 1 | — | 1980 |
Slovan Ljubljana | 0 | 1 | — | 1981 |
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | 0 | 1 | — | 1982 |
Atlético Madrid | 0 | 1 | — | 1985 |
TUSEM Essen | 0 | 1 | — | 1988 |
Proleter Zrenjanin | 0 | 1 | — | 1991 |
Wallau-Massenheim | 0 | 1 | — | 1993 |
ABC Braga | 0 | 1 | — | 1994 |
Atlético de Madrid | 0 | 1 | — | 2012 |
Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 1 | — | 2017 |
HBC Nantes | 0 | 1 | — | 2018 |
By nation
Some countries ceased to exist during the early 1990s. SC Magdeburg is the only handball club who has won the European club title while representing two different countries (e.g. East Germany and Germany).
Notes
- A Results until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Three out of five titles were won by clubs from present day Belarus, while two titles and the additional three times runners-up were achieved by clubs from present day Russia.
- B Results until the Breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Clubs from present day Serbia won the title two times and were runners-up additional two times, clubs from present day Croatia won the title once and were runners-up three times, clubs from present day Bosnia and Herzegovina won the title once and were runners-up once, while clubs from present day Slovenia were runners-up one time.
- C Results until the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993. Three titles and two times runners-up were all achieved by HC Dukla Prague.
Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era
The following is a list of clubs that have played in or qualified for the Champions League group stages.
As of June 2023[update]
- Notes
- Team in bold qualified for the knockout phase.
- Nation in italics means there is no separate wikipedia article for the nation's handball league.
Clubs
Performance review (from 1993–present)
By semi-final appearances (European Cup and EHF Champions League)
Team | No. | Years in Semi-finals |
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Barcelona | 25 | 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
THW Kiel | 16 | 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
VfL Gummersbach | 10 | 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984 |
Veszprém | 10 | 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022 |
Dukla Praha | 9 | 1957, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1980, 1984, 1985 |
Steaua București | 7 | 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1989 |
Zagreb | 7 | 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
Celje | 7 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 |
Ciudad Real | 7 | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
Dinamo București | 6 | 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1979 |
Metaloplastika | 6 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 |
Portland San Antonio | 6 | 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 |
Magdeburg | 6 | 1978, 1981, 1989, 2002, 2004, 2023, 2024 |
Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
PGE Vive Kielce | 6 | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023 |
Bjelovar | 5 | 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973 |
Honvéd | 5 | 1966, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984 |
Frisch Auf Göppingen | 4 | 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 |
CSKA Moscow | 4 | 1977, 1981, 1983, 1988 |
Flensburg-Handewitt | 4 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2014 |
HSV Hamburg | 4 | 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 |
MAI Moscow | 3 | 1972, 1973, 1974 |
TV Großwallstadt | 3 | 1979, 1980, 1982 |
Atlético Madrid | 3 | 1980, 1985, 1986 |
SKA Minsk | 3 | 1987, 1989, 1990 |
TUSEM Essen | 3 | 1987, 1988, 1990 |
Bidasoa Irún | 3 | 1988, 1995, 1996 |
TEKA Santander | 3 | 1992, 1994, 1995 |
Montpellier | 3 | 2003, 2005, 2018 |
RK Vardar | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Paris UC | 2 | 1957, 1960 |
Helsingør IF | 2 | 1959, 1982 |
Aarhus GF | 2 | 1960, 1966 |
IK Skovbakken | 2 | 1962, 1963 |
SC Leipzig | 2 | 1966, 1973 |
Dynamo Berlin | 2 | 1968, 1970 |
Borac Banja Luka | 2 | 1975, 1976 |
Fredericia KFUM | 2 | 1976, 1977 |
Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 2 | 1986, 1987 |
KIF Kolding | 2 | 1992, 2002 |
Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 2 | 2009, 2011 |
HBC Nantes | 2 | 2018, 2021 |
Aalborg Håndbold | 2 | 2021, 2024 |
Örebro SK | 1 | 1957 |
HG København | 1 | 1957 |
Redbergslids IK | 1 | 1959 |
Medveščak Zagreb | 1 | 1965 |
Grasshopper | 1 | 1965 |
Ajax København | 1 | 1965 |
SK Cuncevo | 1 | 1967 |
Crvenka | 1 | 1970 |
Sporting CP | 1 | 1971 |
Tatran Prešov | 1 | 1972 |
SolK Hellas | 1 | 1973 |
Oppsal | 1 | 1974 |
Ruda Hvezda Bratislava | 1 | 1974 |
ASK Frankfurt/Oder | 1 | 1975 |
IK Fredensborg | 1 | 1976 |
Śląsk Wrocław | 1 | 1978 |
Calpisa | 1 | 1978 |
Empor Rostock | 1 | 1979 |
Valur | 1 | 1980 |
Slovan Ljubljana | 1 | 1981 |
LUGI HF | 1 | 1981 |
St. Gallen | 1 | 1982 |
FH Hafnarfjördur | 1 | 1985 |
HK Drott | 1 | 1989 |
Créteil | 1 | 1990 |
Proleter Zrenjanin | 1 | 1991 |
Eskişehir ETİ | 1 | 1991 |
Dinamo Astrakhan | 1 | 1991 |
Wallau-Massenheim | 1 | 1993 |
Vénissieux | 1 | 1993 |
ABC Braga | 1 | 1994 |
USAM Nîmes | 1 | 1994 |
West Wien | 1 | 1994 |
Pfadi Winterthur | 1 | 1996 |
TBV Lemgo | 1 | 1998 |
Prule 67 | 1 | 2003 |
Valladolid | 1 | 2007 |
Chekhovskiye Medvedi | 1 | 2010 |
Atlético Madrid | 1 | 2012 |
AG København | 1 | 2012 |
Füchse Berlin | 1 | 2012 |
Team in Bold: | Finalist team in season |
Note: In the 1994, 1995 and 1996 seasons there were no semi-finals as the finalists qualified via a group stage. The winners (Braga and TEKA Santander in 1994, Zagreb and Bidasoa Irún in 1995, Bidasoa Irún and Barcelona in 1996) and runners-up (Nîmes and UHK West Wien in 1994, TEKA Santander and THW Kiel in 1995, THW Kiel and Pfadi Winterthur in 1996) of the two groups are still marked as semi-finalists in the table.
By quarter-final and semi-final appearances (EHF Champions League)
Team in Bold: | Finalist team in season |
EHF Champions League Final Four
The history of the EHF Champions League Final Four system, which was permanently introduced in the 2009–10 season.
By season
Performance by club
Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total |
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Barcelona | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
THW Kiel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Vardar | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
PGE Vive Kielce | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
HSV Hamburg | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
SC Magdeburg | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
Flensburg-Handewitt | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Montpellier | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Veszprém KC | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Paris Saint-Germain | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Aalborg Håndbold | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Ciudad Real | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
HBC Nantes | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
Atlético Madrid | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Rhein-Neckar Löwen | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
AG København | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Chekhovskiye Medvedi | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Füchse Berlin | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Countries
- Only on eight occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same country:
- 1996 Spain: Barcelona vs Bidasoa Irún 46–38 (23–15, 23–23)
- 2001 Spain: Portland San Antonio vs Barcelona 52–49 (30–24, 22–25)
- 2005 Spain: Barcelona vs Ciudad Real 56–55 (27–28, 29–27)
- 2006 Spain: Ciudad Real vs Portland San Antonio 62–47 (25–19, 37–28)
- 2007 Germany: THW Kiel vs Flensburg-Handewitt 57–55 (28–28, 29–27)
- 2011 Spain: Barcelona vs Ciudad Real 27–24
- 2014 Germany: Flensburg-Handewitt vs THW Kiel 30–28
- 2018 France: Montpellier vs HBC Nantes 32–26
- The country providing the highest number of wins is Germany with 15 victories, shared by eight teams, VfL Gummersbach (5), THW Kiel (3), Frisch Auf Göppingen (2), TV Grosswallstadt (2), Magdeburg (1), HSV Hamburg (1) and Flensburg-Handewitt (1)
See also
References
External links
- Official website