European Cup and EHF Champions League records and statistics

This page details statistics of the European Cup and Champions League.

General performances

By club

Performance in the European Cup/EHF Champions League by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Barcelona	11	5	1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2022	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
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
Aalborg Håndbold	0	1	—	2021

By nation

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Spain	16	13	Barcelona (10) Ciudad Real (3) TEKA Santander (1), Bidasoa Irún (1), Portland San Antonio (1)	Barcelona (5) Portland San Antonio (2), Ciudad Real (2) TEKA Santander (1), Bidasoa Irún (1), Atlético Madrid (1), Atlético de Madrid (1)
Germany	17	10	VfL Gummersbach (5) THW Kiel (4) Frisch Auf Göppingen (2), TV Großwallstadt (2) Magdeburg* (2), Hamburg (1), Flensburg-Handewitt(1)	THW Kiel (4) Flensburg-Handewitt (2) Frisch Auf Göppingen (1), VfL Gummersbach (1), TUSEM Essen (1), Wallau-Massenheim (1)
Soviet Union [A]	5	3	SKA Minsk (3) MAI Moscow (1), CSKA Moscow (1)	CSKA Moscow (2) MAI Moscow (1)
Yugoslavia [B]	4	7	Metaloplastika (2) Bjelovar (1), Borac Banja Luka (1)	Bjelovar (2) Medveščak Zagreb (1), Borac Banja Luka (1), Slovan Ljubljana (1), Metaloplastika (1), Proleter Zrenjanin (1)
East Germany	4	2	Magdeburg* (2) SC Leipzig (1), ASK Frankfurt/Oder (1)	Dynamo Berlin (1), Empor Rostock (1)
Romania	3	3	Steaua București (2) Dinamo București (1)	Steaua București (2) Dinamo București (1)
Czechoslovakia [C]	3	2	Dukla Prague (3)	Dukla Prague (2)
Croatia	2	4	Zagreb (2)	Zagreb (4)
France	2	2	Montpellier (2)	Paris Saint-Germain (1) HBC Nantes (1)
North Macedonia	2	0	RK Vardar (2)	—
Hungary	1	5	Honvéd (1)	Honvéd (1), MVM Veszprém (4)
Poland	1	5	PGE Vive Kielce (1)	Wybrzeże Gdańsk (2), PGE Vive Kielce (2), Śląsk Wrocław (1)
Sweden	1	1	Redbergslids IK (1)	Örebro SK (1)
Slovenia	1	0	Celje (1)	—
Denmark	0	3	—	Aarhus GF (1), Fredericia KFUM (1), Aalborg Håndbold (1)
Iceland	0	1	—	Valur (1)
Switzerland	0	1	—	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen (1)
Portugal	0	1	—	ABC Braga (1)

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

Nation	#	Clubs	Years
Denmark (11)	12	KIF Kolding	1994–95, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
	11	GOG Svendborg	1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
	9	Aalborg	2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	5	Skjern	1999–2000, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
	4	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2018–19
	2	Copenhagen	2008–09, 2009–10
	1	Virum-Sorgenfri	1997–98
	1	Aarhus GF	2005–06
	1	Viborg HK	2007–08
	1	AG København	2011–12
	1	Team Tvis Holstebro	2016–17
Spain (9)	27	Barcelona	1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	12	Ademar León	1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19
	9	Portland San Antonio	1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
	8	Ciudad Real	2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
	4	La Rioja	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
	3	TEKA Santander	1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97
	3	Valladolid	2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11
	3	Bidasoa Irún	1994–95, 1995–96, 2019–20
	2	Atlético Madrid	2011–12, 2012–13
Germany (9)	26	THW Kiel	1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	17	Flensburg	2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
	9	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
	7	Hamburg	2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
	6	Magdeburg	2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2022–23, 2023–24
	3	TBV Lemgo	1997–98, 2003–04, 2004–05
	2	VfL Gummersbach	2006–07, 2007–08
	2	Füchse Berlin	2011–12, 2012–13
	1	Wallau-Massenheim	1993–94
France (9)	22	Montpellier	1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24
	13	Paris Saint-Germain	1996–97, 2005–06, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	8	Chambéry	2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
	5	HBC Nantes	2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23
	2	Ivry	1997–98, 2007–08
	2	Dunkerque	2013–14, 2014–15
	1	USAM Nîmes	1993–94
	1	OM Vitrolles	1994–95
	1	Créteil	2004–05
Norway (7)	8	Elverum	2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
	5	Sandefjord TIF	1993–94, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07
	3	Drammen HK	1997–98, 2007–08, 2008–09
	2	IL Runar	1996–97, 2000–01
	1	Viking HK	1998–99
	1	Fyllingen	2009–10
	1	Kolstad	2023–24
Slovenia (5)	25	Celje	1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
	7	Gorenje	2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2017–18
	2	Prule 67	2002–03, 2003–04
	2	Cimos Koper	2008–09, 2011–12
	1	Kozina	2006–07
North Macedonia (5)	15	Vardar Skopje	2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
	10	Metalurg Skopje	2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
	2	Pelister	2019–20, 2023–24
	1	Prespa	1997–98
	1	Pelister 2	2005–06
Switzerland (5)	11	Kadetten Schaffhausen	2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
	6	Pfadi Winterthur	1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2004–05
	2	Amicitia Zürich	2008–09, 2009–10
	2	Wacker Thun	2013–14, 2018–19
	1	TV Suhr	1999–2000
Sweden (5)	6	IK Sävehof	2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2019–20
	5	Kristianstad	2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
	4	Redbergslids IK	1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04
	3	Hammarby IF	2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
	2	Alingsås HK	2009–10, 2014–15
	1	HK Drott	2013–14
Romania (5)	7	Constanța	2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
	7	Dinamo Bucureşti	2005–06, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
	1	Săvineşti	2002–03
	1	Steaua București	2008–09
	1	Minaur	2015–16
Greece (5)	2	Panellinios	2002–03, 2006–07
	1	Filippos Veria	2003–04
	1	Athinaikos	2005–06
	1	ASE Douka	2008–09
	1	PAOK	2009–10
Poland (4)	17	Kielce	1999–2000, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	15	Wisła Płock	2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
	1	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	2000–01
	1	Zagłębie Lubin	2007–08
Russia (4)	18	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
	4	St. Petersburg	2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
	2	Kaustik Volgograd	1998–99, 1999–2000
	1	Astrakhan	2007–08
Ukraine (4)	9	Motor Zaporizhia	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
	7	ZTR Zaporizhia	1998–99, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09
	2	Shaktar Donetsk	1996–97, 2002–03
	1	Portovyk Yuzhne	2006–07
Czech Republic (4)	8	Baník Karvina	2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
	1	Dukla Prague	1994–95
	1	Cabot Zubri	1997–98
	1	Kovopetrol Plzeň	1998–99
Italy (4)	4	Trieste	1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03
	2	Alpi Prato	1998–99, 1999–2000
	2	Conversano	2003–04, 2004–05
	1	Merano	2005–06
Iceland (4)	4	Haukar	2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09
	1	KA Akureyrar	1997–98
	1	Valur	2007–08
	1	Fram Reykjavik	2006–07
Hungary (3)	28	Veszprém	1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	21	Pick Szeged	1996–97, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	1	Dunaferr SE	2000–01
Belarus (3)	12	Meshkov Brest	2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2014–15, 2015–16,2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
	3	Dinamo-Minsk	2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14
	2	SKA Minsk	1996–97, 1998–99
Portugal (3)	7	Porto	2013–14, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	6	Braga	1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2016–17
	4	Sporting CP	2001–02, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Serbia (3)	5	Crvena zvezda	1996–97, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09
	4	Partizan	1999–2000, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2012–13
	1	Vojvodina	2015–16
Austria (3)	4	Bergenz	2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
	1	UHK West Wien	1993–94
	1	HC Hard	2003–04
Croatia (2)	30	Zagreb	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	3	Metković	2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05
Slovakia (2)	9	Tatran Prešov	2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20
	2	Považská Bystrica	2003–04, 2006–07
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)	6	Bosna Sarajevo	2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
	2	Izviđač	2004–05, 2005–06
Turkey (2)	5	Beşiktaş	2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
	2	ASKI Ankara	2000–01, 2003–04
Lithuania (1)	4	Granitas Kaunas	1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09
Israel (1)	3	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02
Finland (1)	2	Riihimäki Cocks	2018–19, 2019–20

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)

Main article: EHF Champions League clubs performance comparison

By semi-final appearances (European Cup and EHF Champions League)

Team	No.	Years in Semi-finals
Barcelona	24	1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
THW Kiel	16	1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022
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
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
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
Aalborg Håndbold	1	2021

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	Years in QF (not in SF)	Years in SF	QF Apps.	SF Apps.
Barcelona	2006, 2007, 2012, 2016	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023	22	19
THW Kiel	1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023	1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022	25	16
Veszprém KC	1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2021, 2023	2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022	23	10
Celje	1994, 2002, 2006	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005	10	7
Ciudad Real	2007	2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011	8	7
Portland San Antonio	2008	1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007	7	6
Paris Saint-Germain	2014, 2015, 2019, 2022	2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023	9	6
PGE Vive Kielce	2013	2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023	6	6
Zagreb	1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016	1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000	14	5
Flensburg-Handewitt	2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022	2004, 2006, 2007, 2014	14	4
HSV Hamburg	2010	2008, 2009, 2011, 2013	5	4
Montpellier	2001, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2022	2003, 2005, 2018	9	3
Vardar	2014, 2015, 2016	2017, 2018, 2019	6	3
SC Magdeburg	2003	2002, 2004, 2023	3	3
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	2010, 2014	2009, 2011	4	2
TEKA Santander	1997	1994, 1995	3	2
Bidasoa Irún		1995, 1996	2	2
HBC Nantes	2019	2018, 2021	3	2
ABC Braga	1996, 1997, 1998, 2001	1994	5	1
Chekhovskiye Medvedi	2008, 2009, 2011	2010	4	1
KIF Kolding	1995, 2003	2002	3	1
Pfadi Winterthur	1997, 1998	1996	3	1
TBV Lemgo	2004, 2005	1998	3	1
Atlético Madrid	2013	2012	2	1
Aalborg Håndbold	2022	2021	2	1
UHK West Wien		1994	1	1
USAM Nîmes		1994	1	1
Prule 67		2003	1	1
Valladolid		2007	1	1
AG København		2012	1	1
Füchse Berlin		2012	1	1
Pick Szeged	1997, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2019		5	0
Ademar León	1998, 2000, 2002, 2012		4	0
GOG Håndbold	1996, 2008, 2023		3	0
ZTR Zaporizhia	1999, 2000		2	0
VfL Gummersbach	2007, 2008		2	0
Metalurg Skopje	2013, 2014		2	0
Wallau-Massenheim	1994		1	0
Sandefjord TIF	1994		1	0
Dukla Prague	1995		1	0
OM Vitrolles	1995		1	0
Kaustik Volgograd	1999		1	0
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	2000		1	0
Lovćen Cetinje	2001		1	0
Metković	2002		1	0
Redbergslids IK	2002		1	0
Cimos Koper	2012		1	0
Skjern Håndbold	2018		1	0
Meshkov Brest	2021		1	0
Orlen Wisła Płock	2023		1	0

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

Season	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
2009–10	THW Kiel	Barcelona	Ciudad Real	Chekhovskiye Medvedi
2010–11	Barcelona	Ciudad Real	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	HSV Hamburg
2011–12	THW Kiel	Atlético Madrid	AG København	Füchse Berlin
2012–13	HSV Hamburg	Barcelona	Vive Targi Kielce	THW Kiel
2013–14	Flensburg-Handewitt	THW Kiel	Barcelona	MVM Veszprém
2014–15	Barcelona	MVM Veszprém	Vive Targi Kielce	THW Kiel
2015–16	Vive Targi Kielce	MVM Veszprém	Paris Saint-Germain	THW Kiel
2016–17	RK Vardar	Paris Saint-Germain	MVM Veszprém	Barcelona
2017–18	Montpellier Handball	HBC Nantes	Paris Saint-Germain	RK Vardar
2018–19	RK Vardar	Telekom Veszprém	Barcelona Lassa	PGE Vive Kielce
2019–20	THW Kiel	Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain	Telekom Veszprém
2020–21	Barcelona	Aalborg Håndbold	Paris Saint-Germain	HBC Nantes
2021–22	Barcelona	Vive Kielce	THW Kiel	Telekom Veszprém
2022–23	SC Magdeburg	Vive Kielce	Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain

Performance by club

Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Barcelona	4	3	3	1	11
THW Kiel	3	1	1	3	8
Vardar	2	–	–	1	3
PGE Vive Kielce	1	1	2	1	5
HSV Hamburg	1	–	–	1	2
Flensburg-Handewitt	1	–	–	–	1
Montpellier	1	–	–	–	1
Veszprém KC	–	3	1	3	7
Paris Saint-Germain	–	1	4	1	6
Ciudad Real	–	1	1	–	2
HBC Nantes	–	1	–	1	2
Atlético Madrid	–	1	–	–	1
Aalborg Håndbold	–	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

• EHF Champions League
• Women's EHF Champions League

External links

• Official website