Road to Cologne Mapped Out: EHF Champions League 2025/26 Knockout Pairings Confirmed
The knockout bracket for the 2025/26 EHF Champions League season is now set.
In the play-offs, scheduled for April 1/2 and 8/9, 2026, Pick Szeged will face the third-placed team from Group A, while Orlen Wisla Plock will take on the sixth-placed side from the same group. GOG are set to meet the fourth-placed team from Group A, while Paris Saint-Germain will play against the fifth-placed side.
The quarter-finals will be played on April 29/30 and May 5/6, 2026. The winner of the clash between Paris Saint-Germain and the fifth-placed team from Group A will go on to face Füchse Berlin. The winner of the GOG vs fourth-placed Group A team match-up will meet Barcelona. The winner of the duel between Orlen Wisla Plock and the sixth-placed team from Group A will face Aalborg Håndbold, while the winner of the Pick Szeged vs third-placed Group A team tie will take on SC Magdeburg.
Group A
18:45
Kolstad – Industria Kielce
One Veszprém – Aalborg Håndbold
20:45
Füchse Berlin – HBC Nantes
Sporting – CS Dinamo București
Play-offs (01/02 April and 08/09 April 2026)
Pick Szeged – 3rd place in Group A
6th place in Group A – Orlen Wisla Plock
GOG – 4th place in Group A
5th place in Group A – Paris Saint-Germain
Quarter-finals (29/30 April and 05/06 May 2026)
Winner of Match 4 – Füchse Berlin
Winner of Match 3 – FC Barcelona
Winner of Match 2 – Aalborg Håndbold
Winner of Match 1 – SC Magdeburg
