Women's handball: CSM Bucharest and Gloria Bistrita have learned their opponents in the Champions League groups.

The teams CSM Bucharest and Gloria Bistrita learned on Friday their opponents in the group stage of the Women's Handball Champions League.

CSM Bucharest, ranked third in the recently concluded season of the competition, and Brest Bretagne Handball (France), ranked fourth, are part of Group A, which also includes Team Esbjerg (Denmark), FTC-Toyota Kovacs (Hungary), RK Krim OTP Group Mercator Ljubljana (Slovenia), BV Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Sola Handballklubb (Norway), and OTP Group Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro).

Champion CS Gloria Bistrita will begin its adventure in the EHF Champions League 2026/2027 in Group B, alongside some of the strongest clubs on the continent.

The opponents will be:

Metz (France)

Győr (Hungary)

Odense (Denmark)

Podravka (Croatia)

Storhamar (Norway)

Blomberg-Lippe (Germany)

Nykøbing (Denmark)

The 2026/27 season will start on September 5/6, and at the end, the top two teams will qualify directly for the quarter-finals, while the teams ranked 3rd to 6th will play a playoff for access to the quarter-finals.