11 of 120 group matches ended with a margin of 10 or more goals
11 different nations are still represented by the 16 participants of the knock-out stage – the same number as in the last season. Germany still have three teams in competition; Portugal, Spain and Denmark two; while France, Iceland, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, Ukraine and Croatia have one Last 16 participant each. Compared to 2022, North Macedonia, Slovenia and Poland are out, Iceland and Hungary are in. Three nations which were part of the group phase 2022/23 are out: Austria, North Macedonia and Slovakia
17 times there were at least 70 goals in a group match
17 goals was the biggest margin in a single group phase match, when Göppingen won 40:23 at Fejer Veszprem – the re-match ended with the second biggest margin of 16 goals (46:30)
20 points – the maximum – were won by Füchse Berlin, who are the first team since the introduction of the European League to have this clean record
42 goals in a single match was the lowest score in the group phase, when Presov beat Fejer Veszprem 22:20
56 times in the group phase the home teams were victorious, 46 times the away sides won
59 times 60 or more goals were scored in a group match
+77 goals was Berlin’s goal difference, an average of 7.7 goals per match. Göppingen finished on +49 goals, ahead of the third German team Flensburg (+47)
82 goals were scored in the highest-scoring match between Valur and FTC (43:39), ahead of 77 goals between Eurofarm Pelister and Füchse (34:43), and 76 goals in the duels Göppingen vs Veszprem (46:30) and Montpellier vs Schaffhausen (40:36)
85 goals were scored by Ihor Turchenko, the top scorer of the group phase – 30 per cent of all HC Motor strikes. He leads Odinn Thor Rikhardsson (Kadetten/67); and Bence Nagy (FTC) and Jonathan Svensson (Ystad), both on 66 goals
266 goals were conceded by Berlin to have the best defence ahead of Göppingen (274) and Skanderborg (276)
343 goals from Berlin was the best attacking performance, ahead of Valur (338) and Montpellier (330)
7,256 goals were scored in the 120 games in the group phase for an average of 60.4 goals per game
