Who Are the EHF Champions League Favorites? POWER RANKING 2026/27
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Ahead of every EHF Champions League season, Handball-Planet.com publishes its traditional POWER RANKING, based on the current strength of the teams and the draw for the preliminary round.
This season, Europe’s elite club competition will feature the 24 best teams in Europe, competing under a new format.
The top two teams from each preliminary-round group will qualify for the TOP 12 stage, consisting of two groups of six teams. From there, the top four teams in each group will advance to the quarter-finals.
POWER RANKING:
- SC Magdeburg
- FC Barcelona
- ONE Veszprém
- Aalborg Håndbold
- Füchse Berlin
- Sporting CP
- Orlen Wisła Płock
- Industria Kielce
- HBC Nantes
- Pick Szeged
- PSG Handball
- Montpellier Handball
- MT Melsungen
- RK Zagreb
- FC Porto
- GOG
- Dinamo Bucharest
- Kriens-Luzern
- RK Vardar
- RK Partizan
- SAH Aarhus
- Kolstad IL
- IFK Kristianstad
- RK Celje Pivovarna Laško
