2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League


The 2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League was the 26th edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.
Győri ETO defended their title by defeating Rostov-Don 25–24 in the final, to win their fifth overall and third straight title.

Competition format

16 teams participated in the competition, divided in four groups who played in a round robin, home and away format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the main round.
;Main round
The 12 qualified teams were divided in two groups who played in a round robin, home and away format. The points and the goal difference gained against the qualified teams in the first round were carried over. The top four teams in each group qualified for the quarterfinals.
;Knockout stage
After the quarterfinals, the culmination of the season, the Women's EHF Final four, continued in its existing format, with the four top teams from the competition competing for the title.

Team allocation

14 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.

Round and draw dates

Qualification stage

The draw was held on 27 June 2018. The two winners of the qualification tournaments advanced to the group stage. The second and third placed teams were translate to the third round of EHF Cup; the fourth places entered in the second round.

Qualification tournament 1

Qualification tournament 2

Group stage

The draw was held on 29 June 2018. In each group, teams play against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points. After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:
  1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
  3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved ;
  4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.
During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round

In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. Points against teams from the same group are carried over.

Group 1

Group 2

Knockout stage

The top four placed teams from each of the two main round groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Quarterfinals

Final four

Final

Awards and statistics

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 10 May 2019.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Linn Jørum Sulland Vipers Kristiansand89
2 Noémi Háfra FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria80
2 Jovanka Radičević CSM București80
4 Ana Gros Brest Bretagne Handball76
5 Andrea Lekić CSM București73
5 Nycke Groot Győri Audi ETO73
7 Iveta Luzumová Thüringer HC71
7 Henny Reistad Vipers Kristiansand71
7 Grâce Zaadi Metz Handball71
10 Nerea Pena FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria69