Quarter-finals and play-off spots still up for grabs

European Handball Federation

28 February 2025, 12:00

The last match day of the EHF European League Men 2024/25 main round is coming up on Tuesday 4 March, and with only two quarter-final places booked a number of teams can still progress to the knockout rounds.

Group I

Montpellier qualified for the quarter-finals as first in group I.

GOG secure a play-off spot if:

Win or tie against Fraikin BM. Granollers
Lose against Granollers AND HC Kriens-Luzern lose

HC Kriens-Luzern secure play-off spot if:

Win or tie against Montpellier HB
Lose against Montpellier AND Fraikin BM. Granollers lose

Fraikin BM. Granollers secure play-off spot if:

Win against GOG
Tie against GOG AND HC Kriens-Luzern lose

In the case Fraikin BM. Granollers beat GOG and HC Kriens-Luzern ties against Montpellier HB, so the following three-team-direct-encounter table would be applied to rank the respective teams.

(Table with results as of main round, round 3)

Team	W	D	L	Goals		Difference	Points
HC Kriens-Luzern	2	0	2	140	142	-2	4
Fraikin BM. Granollers	1	1	1	109	108	+1	3
GOG	1	1	1	105	104	+1	3

Group II

Bidasoa Irun qualified for the quarter-finals as first in group II.

Limoges Handball will finish 2nd and secure play-offs.

Sport Lisboa e Benfica will finish 3rd and secure play-offs.

Ystads IF HF will finish 4th.

Group III

THW Kiel will finish 1st in group III if:

Win or tie against MT Melsungen

MT Melsungen will finish 1st in group III if:

Win against THW Kiel

FC Porto will finish 3rd in group III if:

Win or tie against Vojvodina

Vojvodina will finish 3rd in group III if:

Win against FC Porto

Group IV

SG Flensburg-Handewitt, VfL Gummersbach and FENIX Toulouse have secured their play-off spots.

SG Flensburg-Handewitt finishes 1st in group IV if:

Win or tie against VfL Gummersbach
Lose against VfL Gummersbach by no more than 5 goals AND FENIX Toulouse does not win

VfL Gummersbach finishes 1st in group IV if:

Win against SG Flensburg-Handewitt AND FENIX Toulouse win
Win against SG Flensburg-Handewitt by 6 goals or more AND FENIX Toulouse does not win

FENIX Toulouse cannot finish 1st.

If VfL Gummersbach win against SG Flensburg-Handewitt and FENIX Toulouse win against MOL Tatabanya KC, the following three-team-direct-encounter-table would be applied to rank the respective teams:

(Table with results as of main round, round 3)