Handball Champions League opponents revealed | OneFootball

On their return to the Handball Champions League, FC Porto learned, in the draw held this Friday in Vienna, Austria, that they will face Hungary’s Veszprém HC, Germany’s Füchse Berlin and Serbia’s RK Partizan in Group A.

In the 2026/27 edition, the opening phase of the Champions will begin on 9 or 10 September and will feature six groups of four teams, who will play each other home and away. The top two in each group will advance to the next stage, while the third- and fourth-placed teams will move on to the European League.

In the Main Round, scheduled from 18 November to 4 March, there will be two groups of six teams. Each team will face the four opponents coming from other groups twice, for a total of eight matchdays. The top four in each group will progress to the quarter-finals of the competition on the road to the final four, while the fifth-placed team will go into the European League round of 16.

The quarter-finals will be played over two legs: the first ties are scheduled for 24 or 25 March and the second for 31 March or 1 April. The title will be decided on 12 and 13 June at the final four, which will take place at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.

Champions League 2026/27

Group A: Veszprém HC (Hungary), Füchse Berlin (Germany), FC Porto and RK Partizan (Serbia)Group B: HBC Nantes (France), MT Melsungen (Germany), Wisla Plock (Poland) and HC Vardar 1961 (North Macedonia)Group C: Aalborg Håndbold (Denmark), PSG (France), HC Zagreb (Croatia) and RK Celje (Slovenia)Group D: Sporting, Pick Szeged (Hungary), GOG (Denmark) and IFK Kristianstad (Sweden)Group E: FC Barcelona (Spain), Montpellier Handball (France), Dinamo Bucuresti (Romania) and SAH-Aarhus (Denmark)Group F: SC Magdeburg (Germany), Industria Kielce (Poland), Kolstad Håndball (Norway) and HC Kriens-Luzern (Switzerland)

Group stage schedule

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