Champions League: New Season Opponents Have Been Decided

Champions League: Opponents for the New Season Are Decided

Next season, 24 clubs will play in Europe’s top handball competition.

This is 8 more clubs than last season.

The teams will start in 6 groups. Each group has 4 teams.

The top 2 teams in each group will move to the main round.

The teams that finish 3rd and 4th will play in the EHF European League.

SC Magdeburg’s Group

• SC Magdeburg will play in Group F.
• Other teams in Group F are:
• Industria Kielce from Poland
• Kolstad Handball from Norway
• HC Kriens-Luzern from Switzerland

The group stage starts on September 9 or 10, 2026.

Exact dates and ticket details will be shared later on the usual channels.

You can also see this post on SC Magdeburg’s Instagram.

What the SC Magdeburg Director Says

Marc-Henrik Schmedt is the Managing Director of Handball Magdeburg GmbH.

He said, “This is an attractive group. Kielce is a famous team. Kolstad is well known in Norway. Lucerne is new in the competition and has Andy Schmid as coach. They will try to surprise us.”

He added, “We look forward to the preliminary round and the Champions League. Our first goal is to reach the main round. After that, we want to go back to Cologne. But we have a long way to go.”

About the Main Round and Future Matches

• The main round will have 2 groups of 6 teams.
• The best 4 teams in each group will go to the quarterfinals.
• The team in 5th place will go to the EHF European League.
• The team in 6th (last) place will be out of the competition.

The semi-finals and final will be played at the TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 in Cologne.

This will happen on June 12 and 13, 2027, at the LANXESS arena.

You can find all group information and more on the EHF website.