EHF European League 2026/2027 starts on September 29
The EHF European League gets underway in a format featuring eight groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stage, where the 16 qualified sides will be joined by 12 teams finishing third and fourth in the EHF Champions League.
A total of 28 teams will take part in the play-offs for a place in the TOP 16. The 14 winners will then be joined by the two fifth-placed teams from the Champions League Main Round groups.
EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE 2026/27 – ROUND 1
GROUP A
Nexe – Saint-Raphaël — 29 September, 20:45
Elverum – Hammarby — 29 September, 20:45
GROUP B
Bidasoa Irun – FH Hafnarfjörður — 30 September, 20:45
Limoges – Marítimo Madeira — 30 September, 20:45
GROUP C
Izviđač – Chambéry — 29 September, 18:45
Kadetten Schaffhausen – CSM București — 30 September, 18:45
GROUP D
Sävehof – Sesvete — 29 September, 18:45
Tatran Prešov – Bergischer HC — 30 September, 20:45
GROUP E
Buzău – Águas Santas — 29 September, 18:45
Flensburg-Handewitt – Granollers — 30 September, 18:45
GROUP F
Karviná – TTH Holstebro — 29 September, 18:45
Benfica – Torrelavega — 29 September, 20:45
GROUP G
Gummersbach – Wybrzeże Gdańsk — 29 September, 18:45
Eurofarm Pelister – Logroño La Rioja — 30 September, 20:45
GROUP H
Valur – Mors-Thy — 29 September, 20:45
Tatabánya – Slovan Ljubljana — 30 September, 18:45
