19 teams wants to play at EHF Champions League 2025/2026
EHF has confirmed the 19 clubs registered to compete in the 2025/26 season of Europe’s premiere men’s club competition.
A total of 10 clubs, including TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 finalists Magdeburg and Berlin, as well as fellow semifinalists Barça, have fixed spots in next season’s Machineseeker EHF Champions League.
A further nine clubs have applied for upgrade spots. All national federations except for the top-ranked one in the EHF European League Seeding List 2025/26, which is Germany, could apply for an upgrade for a maximum of one team.
In all cases, the eligibility for the 2025/26 EHF club competition must be given.
The playing system for the Machineseeker EHF Champions League remains unchanged, with a total of 16 teams playing the group phase, divided into two eight-team groups.
The upgrade requests will be assessed by the evaluation group and the final line-up for the Machineseeker EHF Champions League 2025/26 will be confirmed on 24 June.
Registered teams for the Machineseeker EHF Champions League 2025/26
Teams from countries with a fixed place in the EHF Champions League:
- CRO – HC Zagreb
- DEN – Aalborg Håndbold
- ESP – Barça
- FRA – Paris Saint-Germain Handball
- GER – Füchse Berlin
- GER – SC Magdeburg
- HUN – One Veszprém HC
- POL – Orlen Wisla Plock
- POR – Sporting CP
- ROU – Dinamo Bucuresti
Teams requesting an upgrade:
- DEN – GOG
- FRA – HBC Nantes
- HUN – OTP Bank – PICK Szeged
- MKD – HC Eurofarm Pelister
- NOR – Kolstad Håndbold
- POL – Industria Kielce
- POR – FC Porto
- SLO – RD LL Grosist Slovan
- SUI – Kadetten Schaffhausen
