EHF

EHF Champions League 25/26 POWER RANKING: Magdeburg, Barca, Veszprem and Fuchse in TOP 4

By Editor

Posted on 9. September 2025.

Handball-Planet.com present a short POWER RANKING preview of the Men’s EHF Champions League season 2025/2026. SC Magdeburg as reigning champions are the biggest favorite to repeat the success in Cologne next June, while the biggest rivals should be FC Barcelona, One Veszprem and Fuchse Berlin.

POWER RANKING:

1. SC Magdeburg
2. FC Barcelona
3. One Veszprem
4. Fuchse Berlin
5. Aalborg
6. Sporting CP
7. Orlen Wisla Plock
8. HBC Nantes
9. Pick Szeged
10. PSG Handball
11. Industria Kielce
12. Dinamo Bucharest
13. RK Zagreb
14. GOG Handbold
15. Kolstad
16. RK Eurofarm Pelister

Player Predictions

Top Scorer: Mathias Gidsel (Fuchse Berlin)

Top Goalkeeper: Sergey Hernandez (SC Magdeburg)

Best Young Player: Kiko Costa (Sporting CP) / Oli Mittun (GOG)

MVP of the Season: Felix Claar (SC Magdeburg)

Best Defender: Ludovic Fabregas (FC Barcelona)

Breakthrough player: Juri Knoor (Aalborg) / Ivan Martinovi (One Veszprem) / Elvar Örn Jonsson (SC Magdeburg)

Team Outlook

Title Contenders: SC Magdeburg, FC Barcelona, One Veszprem

Dark Horses: Sporting CP / Orlen Wisla Plock

Potential Disappointments: Fuchse Berlin / PSG Handball

Men’s EHF Champions League 2025/26 — Group Stage

The tournament features 16 teams split into two groups of eight. Here’s how they’re organized:

Group A

• Aalborg Håndbold (DEN)

• Füchse Berlin (GER)

• One Veszprém HC (HUN)

• Industria Kielce (POL)

• HBC Nantes (FRA)

• Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)

• Dinamo București (ROU)

• Kolstad Håndball (NOR)
  

Group B

• Orlen Wisła Płock (POL)

• Barça (ESP)

• Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

• GOG (DEN)

• SC Magdeburg (GER)

• OTP Bank – PICK Szeged (HUN)

• HC Zagreb (CRO)

• HC Eurofarm Pelister (MKD)