EHF ranking

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The EHF ranking is drawn up by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It shows how strong the club teams of the member states are or how strong the league is. In handball it is the equivalent of the UEFA five-year rating in football.

calculation

  • 2 points for a win
  • 1 point for a tie
  • no points for defeat
  • 1 bonus point for every team that reaches the first group stage of the EHF Champions League
  • 1 bonus point for each team that reaches the quarter-finals or the main round in the Champions League, semi-finals or finals in one of the four European Cup competitions ( EHF Champions League , EHF Cup , European Cup Winners' Cup , EHF Challenge Cup )
  • Points achieved in the Challenge Cup or in qualifying rounds are halved

The total points of a country are added up and the sum of the points from the three years under consideration is divided by the number of competitions in which the country concerned had representatives. (Example Germany: 3 × Champions League, EHF Cup and Cup winners' Cup = divisor 9. Countries from which clubs regularly take part in all four competitions usually have the divisor 12 etc.).

In each season, the current ranking serves as a qualification slide for the following European Cup season. The three previous years are always included in the evaluation for the calculation of the current ranking. That is, z. For example, the results of the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 seasons are taken into account for the ranking list valid in the 2009/10 season. At the end of the 2009/10 season, the teams from the individual national associations will qualify for the 2010/11 European Cup on this basis.

Importance for the European Cup places

The defending champions from the EHF-Pokal and EHF Challenge Cup have no influence on the nations ranking. Each nation is guaranteed a starting place in the European Cup Winners' Cup and in the EHF Cup.

The two first-placed nations in the EHF ranking will receive:

  • 2 starting places in the Champions League
  • 3 starting places in the EHF Cup
  • 0 starting places in the Challenge Cup

The placements 3–7 receive:

  • 1 starting places in the Champions League
  • 3 starting places in the EHF Cup
  • 0 starting places in the Challenge Cup

The placements 8–13 received:

  • 1 starting place in the Champions League
  • 2 starting place in the EHF-Cup
  • 1 starting place in the Challenge Cup

The placements 14–27 received:

  • 1 starting places in the Champions League
  • 1 starting place in the EHF Cup
  • 2 starting places in the Challenge Cup

All nations from 28th place receive:

  • 0 starting places in the Champions League
  • 1 starting place in the EHF Cup
  • 3 starting places in the Challenge Cup

Special feature of the EHF Champions League

Since the 2009/10 season, four clubs have been invited to a qualifying tournament for the EHF Champions League. These clubs are selected according to the strength of the league in order to raise the level of the Champions League. Four more starting places will be created for the participants in qualifying for the Champions League. These clubs are actually qualified for the EHF Cup, but this gives them a chance to qualify for the Champions League group stage. The fourth place in the 1st Bundesliga will not compete in the EHF Cup, but will have the opportunity to qualify for the EHF Champions League group phase in the qualifying tournament.

Current ranking

Men

The ranking for the 2019/2020 season is based on the results of the 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 European Cup seasons. It was published by the EHF on June 25, 2018. Fifty national handball associations are listed in the ranking.

space nation flag Points CL EP CC
01. France FranceFrance 146.67 1 4th 0
02. Germany GermanyGermany 130.33 1 4th 0
03. Spain SpainSpain 090.17 1 3 0
04th Hungary HungaryHungary 086.33 1 3 0
05. Poland PolandPoland 082.33 1 3 0
06th Denmark DenmarkDenmark 063.67 1 3 0
07th Macedonia North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 058.11 1 3 0
08th. Portugal PortugalPortugal 036.33 1 2 1
09. Belarus BelarusBelarus 035.67 1 2 1
10. Croatia CroatiaCroatia 032.00 1 2 1
11. Romania RomaniaRomania 030.44 1 2 1
12. Slovenia SloveniaSlovenia 029.33 1 2 1
13. Ukraine UkraineUkraine 026.11 1 2 1
14th Sweden SwedenSweden 026.56 1 1 2
15th Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland 023.33 1 1 2
16. Norway NorwayNorway 022.00 1 1 2
17th Iceland IcelandIceland 019.71 1 1 2
18th Russia RussiaRussia 018.67 1 1 2
19th Slovakia SlovakiaSlovakia 016.33 1 1 2
20th Netherlands NetherlandsNetherlands 016.14 1 1 2
21st Turkey TurkeyTurkey 014.44 1 1 2
space nation flag Points CL EP CC
22nd Greece GreeceGreece 012.56 1 1 2
23. Belgium BelgiumBelgium 010.67 1 1 2
24. Israel IsraelIsrael 010.25 1 1 2
25th Finland FinlandFinland 010.13 1 1 2
26th Serbia SerbiaSerbia 010.00 1 1 2
26th Czech Republic Czech RepublicCzech Republic 010.00 1 1 2
28. Luxembourg LuxembourgLuxembourg 009.38 0 1 3
29 Austria AustriaAustria 008.89 0 1 3
30th Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina 008.71 0 1 3
31. Estonia EstoniaEstonia 006.17 0 1 3
32. Kosovo KosovoKosovo 005.83 0 1 3
33. Bulgaria BulgariaBulgaria 004.50 0 1 3
34. Montenegro MontenegroMontenegro 003.83 0 1 3
35. Moldova Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova 003.33 0 1 3
36. Great Britain and northern Ireland United KingdomUnited Kingdom 003.00 0 1 3
36. Cyprus Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus 003.00 0 1 3
38. Italy ItalyItaly 002.83 0 1 3
39. Lithuania LithuaniaLithuania 002.00 0 1 3
39. Georgia GeorgiaGeorgia 002.00 0 1 3
41. Malta MaltaMalta 000.25 0 1 3

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein and Monaco have 0.00 points. These nations have no places for the EHF Champions League or for the EHF Cup. For this they have 4 places in the EHF Challenge Cup.

For the year 2019/2020 this means that at least five teams from the German Bundesliga will take part in European Cup competitions.

Until the 2008/09 season, the winner of the Champions League was automatically qualified for the Champions League. In the 2007/2008 season, a total of nine Bundesliga teams took part in the European Cup, as the EHF Champions League, the EHF Cup and the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup were won by German teams in the previous season.

Women

The ranking for the 2016/2017 season is based on the results of the 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 European Cup seasons. It was published by the EHF on June 21, 2016. Fifty national handball associations are in the ranking.

space nation flag Points CHL EHF CHC
01. Denmark DenmarkDenmark 113.33 2 3 0
02. Hungary HungaryHungary 110.56 2 3 0
03. Russia RussiaRussia 091.44 1 3 0
04th Norway NorwayNorway 068.33 1 3 0
05. Romania RomaniaRomania 066.22 1 3 0
06th Germany GermanyGermany 064.67 1 3 0
07th France FranceFrance 056.64 1 3 0
08th. Montenegro MontenegroMontenegro 047.33 1 1 2
09. Macedonia North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 041.58 1 1 2
10. Sweden SwedenSweden 034.67 1 1 2
11. Slovenia SloveniaSlovenia 026.08 1 1 2
12. Poland PolandPoland 026.00 1 1 2
13. Turkey TurkeyTurkey 024.36 1 1 2
14th Austria AustriaAustria 023.92 1 1 2
15th Croatia CroatiaCroatia 022.75 1 1 2
16. Spain SpainSpain 022.30 1 1 2
17th Netherlands NetherlandsNetherlands 015.00 1 1 2
18th Serbia SerbiaSerbia 012.92 1 1 2
19th Ukraine UkraineUkraine 012.00 1 1 2
20th Czech Republic Czech RepublicCzech Republic 010.00 1 1 2
space nation flag Points CHL EHF CHC
21st Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland 0 9.41 1 1 2
22nd Slovakia SlovakiaSlovakia 08.33 1 1 2
23. Belarus BelarusBelarus 07.75 1 1 2
24. Portugal PortugalPortugal 06.25 1 1 2
25th Italy ItalyItaly 06.00 0 1 3
26th Iceland IcelandIceland 04.67 0 1 3
27. Greece GreeceGreece 04.58 0 1 3
28. Belgium BelgiumBelgium 04.44 0 1 3
29 Luxembourg LuxembourgLuxembourg 03.00 0 1 3
30th Azerbaijan AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 02.44 0 1 3
31. Kosovo KosovoKosovo 02.13 0 1 3
32. Israel IsraelIsrael 00.78 0 1 3
33. Lithuania LithuaniaLithuania 00.56 0 1 3
33. Great Britain and northern Ireland United KingdomUnited Kingdom 00.56 0 1 3
35. Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina 00.44 0 1 3
36. Faroe Islands FaroeseFaroe Islands 00.33 0 1 3
36. Bulgaria BulgariaBulgaria 00.33 0 1 3
38. Finland FinlandFinland 00.22 0 1 3
39. Cyprus Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus 00.11 0 1 3

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Malta and Monaco have 0.00 points. These nations have no places for the EHF Champions League or for the EHF Cup. For this they have 4 places in the EHF Challenge Cup.

For 2013/2014 this means that at least four teams from the German Bundesliga will take part in European Cup competitions.

special cases

A special regulation applies to Montenegro, whose association broke away from the previously joint association with Serbia in 2006. The previous joint starting place in the Champions League has been given to Serbia since the 2006/2007 season (place 21 in the ranking). Montenegro (27th place) can only get a place in the Champions League in 2009 (after three independent seasons in the European Cup) via the ranking list. Instead, Montenegro gets an additional place in the EHF Cup.

Since the 2006/2007 season, Kosovo has been taking part in the European Cup with its own association. He was granted a starting place in the EHF Cup, Cup Winners Cup and Challenge Cup. Kosovo is the only association that does not receive at least five European Cup places. After two years, the Kosovar teams have already 'lifted' their association to 39th place in the ranking.

Israel , although geographically located in Asia, is, as in almost all other sports, including handball, for political reasons a member of the European Continental Federation and thus also takes part in the EHF competitions.

Up until 2012, England and Scotland each had their own national associations that participated in European Cup competitions. There are national teams in England and Scotland. They have been running together as Great Britain since 2012 . However, handball is still in development and the first division teams have only been involved in EHF Cup and Challenge Cup competitions so far. As a national team, the guaranteed participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London as the host country provided an opportunity for international comparison.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Men: Ranking for 2019/20 ( English , PDF) European Handball Federation. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ Woman: Ranking for 2017/18 ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 20, 2019.