EHF Champions League

Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League
Sport	Handball
Founded	1961; 64 years ago (1961)
No. of teams	16
Country	EHF members
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Győri Audi ETO KC (6th title) (2023–24)
Most titles	Spartak Kyiv (13 titles)
Related competitions	EHF European League
Official website	ehfcl.eurohandball.com

The EHF Women's Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top national leagues participating.

Each year, the EHF publishes a ranking list of its member federations. The first 27 nations are allowed to participate in the tournament with their national champion. The national federations are allowed to request extra places or upgrades from the EHF European League.

The EHF Champions League is divided into five stages. Depending on the ranking of their national federation and of the criteria list, teams can enter the competition in either qualification or the group phase.

The current playing system changed for the 2020–21 season.

Groups of four teams are formed. The number of groups can vary each season. Teams from each group play semi-finals and finals, in a single venue over a weekend. The winning team from each group advance to the group phase, while teams from lower ranks continue in the EHF European League.

Each year, the EHF publishes a ranking list of its member federations. The first nine nations are allowed to participate in the tournament with their national champion. In addition, the tenth spot is reserved for the best ranked national federation of the EHF European League. The national federations are allowed to request upgrades for their teams eligible to play in the EHF European League and based on the criteria list the EHF Executive Committee approves six upgrades.

The EHF Champions League is divided into four stages. All participating teams enter the competition in the group phase.

The current playing system has been introduced before the 2020–21 season.

Since the 2020–21 season, the format sees two groups formed, with eight teams each in Group A and B. All the teams in each group play each other twice, in home and away matches (14 rounds in total). The first two teams in Groups A and B advance directly to the quarter-finals, while teams from positions three to six in each of these groups proceed to the play off. The season is over for the last two teams in each group after the completion of the group phase.

The pairings for the play off are decided by the placement of the teams at the end of the group phase (A6 vs B3, B6 vs A3, A5 vs B4 and B5 vs A4). Each pairing is decided via a home and away format, with the aggregate winners over the two legs advancing to the quarter-finals. The higher ranked teams in the group phase have the home right advantage in the second leg.

Quarter-finals

The pairings for the quarter-finals are also decided by the placement in the group phase (Winner of A5/B4 vs A1, Winner B5/A4 vs B1, Winner A6/B3 vs A2, Winner B6/A3 vs B2). The ties are decided through a home and away format, with the four winners over the two legs played in each pairing advancing to the EHF FINAL4. The higher ranked teams in the group phase have the home right advantage in the second leg.

EHF FINAL4

The participating EHF FINAL4 teams are paired for the semi-finals through a draw and play the last two matches of the season over a single weekend at one venue. The two semi-finals are played on a Saturday, with the third-place game and final on a Sunday.

Year		Final				Semi-finals losers
		Champion	Score	Runner-up
1961 Details		Știința București	13–5 (8–1 / 5–4)	Dynamo Prague		Žalgiris Kaunas	RSF Mulheim
1961–62 Details		Sparta Prague	11–7 (2–3 / 9–4)	ORK Belgrade		RSF Mulheim	Știința București
1962–63 Details		Trud Moscow	11–8	Frederiksberg IF		Fortschritt Weissenfels	Rapid București
1963–64 Details		Rapid București	14–13	Helsingør IF		Spartacus Budapest	Eimsbütteler TV
1964–65 Details		HG København	21–16 (14–6 / 7–10)	Spartacus Budapest		Swift Roermond	Lokomotiva Zagreb
1965–66 Details		SC Leipzig	17–11 (10–5 / 7–6)	HG København		Spartacus Budapest	Sparta Prague
1966–67 Details		Žalgiris Kaunas	8–7	SC Leipzig		Universitatea Timișoara	Bohemians Prague
1967–68 Details		Žalgiris Kaunas	13–11	Empor Rostock		KS Cracovia	Rapid București
1969–70 Details		Spartak Kyiv	9–7	SC Leipzig		Žalgiris Kaunas	HG København
1970–71 Details		Spartak Kyiv	11–9	Ferencvárosi TC		1.FC Nürnberg	HG København
1971–72 Details		Spartak Kyiv	12–8	SC Leipzig		Bakony Veszprém	Universitatea București
1972–73 Details		Spartak Kyiv	17–8	Universitatea Timișoara		NILOC Amsterdam	SC Leipzig
1973–74 Details		SC Leipzig	12–10	Spartak Kyiv		Eintracht Minden	Radnički Belgrade
1974–75 Details		Spartak Kyiv	14–10	Lokomotiva Zagreb		IEFS București	Vasas Budapest
1975–76 Details		Radnicki Belgrade	22–12	Swift Roermond		Admira Wien	Stockholmspolisens IF
1976–77 Details		Spartak Kyiv	15–7	SC Leipzig		Radnicki Belgrade	IL Vestar
1977–78 Details		TSC Berlin	19–14	Vasas Budapest		IL Vestar	Ruch Chorzów
1978–79 Details		Spartak Kyiv	27–26 (13–17 / 14–9)	Vasas Budapest		Eintracht Minden	SC Leipzig
1979–80 Details		RK Radnicki Belgrade	45–29 (22–19 / 23–10 )	Inter Bratislava		Stockholmspolisens IF	VIG G. Dimitrov
1980–81 Details		Spartak Kyiv	39–26 (17–13 / 22–13)	Radnicki Belgrade		VIG G. Dimitrov	RK Osijek
1981–82 Details		Vasas Budapest	50–43 (29–19 / 21–24)	Radnicki Belgrade		Spartak Kyiv	Rulmentul Braşov
1982–83 Details		Spartak Kyiv	48–36 (23–19 / 25–17)	Radnicki Belgrade		Bayer Leverkusen	Vasas Budapest
1983–84 Details		Radnicki Belgrade	42–35 (22–16 / 20–19)	Bayer Leverkusen		Hypo Niederösterreich	Vasas Budapest
1984–85 Details		Spartak Kyiv	41–31 (23–16 / 18–15)	Radnicki Belgrade		SC Leipzig	Hypo Niederösterreich
1985–86 Details		Spartak Kyiv	52–45 (29–23 / 23–22)	Ştiinţa Bacău		Vasas Budapest	Budućnost Titograd
1986–87 Details		Spartak Kyiv	50–37 (25–17 / 25–20)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Ştiinţa Bacău	ZVL Prešov
1987–88 Details		Spartak Kyiv	33–31 (16–14 / 17–17)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Spartacus Budapest	Radnicki Belgrade
1988–89 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	37–33 (16–14 / 21–19)	Spartak Kyiv		Debreceni VSC	CS Mureșul
1989–90 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	59–50 (29–24 / 30–26)	Kuban Krasnodar		Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	SC Brühl
1990–91 Details		TV Giessen-Lützellinden	43–40 (21–15 / 22–25)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Rostselmash	Építők SC
1991–92 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	34–32 (15–14 / 19–18)	TV Giessen-Lützellinden		Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	Walle Bremen
1992–93 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	40–25 (17–14 / 23–11)	Vasas Budapest		Mar Valencia	Walle Bremen

Year		Final				Semi-finals losers
		Champion	Score	Runner-up
1993–94 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	45–39 (18–20 / 25–21)	Vasas Budapest		Mar Valencia	TV Giessen-Lützellinden
1994–95 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	40–36 (17–14 / 26–19)	Podravka Koprivnica		Mar Valencia	Walle Bremen
1995–96 Details		Podravka Koprivnica	38–37 (17–13 / 25–20)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Mar Valencia	Ferencvárosi TC
1996–97 Details		Mar Valencia	58–50 (35–26 / 24–23)	Viborg HK		Hypo Niederösterreich	Ferencvárosi TC
1997–98 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	56–47 (28–21 / 26–28)	Mar Valencia		Podravka Koprivnica	Budućnost Podgorica
1998–99 Details		Dunaferr NK	51–49 (25–23 / 26–26)	Krim Ljubljana		Hypo Niederösterreich	Budućnost Podgorica
1999–00 Details		Hypo Niederösterreich	52–45 (32–23 / 22–20)	Kometal Gjorče Petrov		Buducnost Podgorica	Volgograd Akva
2000–01 Details		Krim Ljubljana	47–41 (22–22 / 25–19)	Viborg HK		Budućnost Podgorica	Ferencvárosi TC
2001–02 Details		Kometal Gjorče Petrov	51–49 (27–25 / 26–22)	Ferencvárosi TC		Larvik HK	Budućnost Podgorica
2002–03 Details		Krim Ljubljana	63–58 (30–27 / 36–28)	Mar Valencia		Ikast EH	Viborg HK
2003–04 Details		Slagelse FH	61–56 (25–24 / 32–36)	Krim Ljubljana		Dunaferr NK	Larvik HK
2004–05 Details		Slagelse FH	54–43 (27–23 / 20–27)	Kometal Gjorče Petrov		Dunaferr NK	Hypo Niederösterreich
2005–06 Details		Viborg HK	44–43 (22–24 / 20–21)	Krim Ljubljana		BM Sagunto	Aalborg DH
2006–07 Details		Slagelse FH	61–53 (29–29 / 32–24)	Lada Togliatti		Győri Audi ETO KC	Hypo Niederösterreich
2007–08 Details		Zvezda Zvenigorod	56–53 (25–24 / 29–31)	Hypo Niederösterreich		Győri Audi ETO KC	Lada Togliatti
2008–09 Details		Viborg HK	50–49 (24–26 / 23–26)	Győri Audi ETO KC		Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Hypo Niederösterreich
2009–10 Details		Viborg HK	60–52 (28–21 / 32–31)	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea		Győri Audi ETO KC	Larvik HK
2010–11 Details		Larvik HK	47–46 (23–21 / 25–24)	SD Itxako		ŽRK Budućnost	Győri Audi ETO KC
2011–12 Details		ŽRK Budućnost	54–54 (29–27 / 27–25)	Győri Audi ETO KC		Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Larvik HK
2012–13 Details		Győri Audi ETO KC	47–43 (21–24 / 23–22)	Larvik HK		Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Krim Ljubljana

Year		Final				Semi-finals losers
		Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Fourth place
2013–14 Details		Győri Audi ETO KC	27–21	ŽRK Budućnost		HC Vardar	FC Midtjylland
2014–15 Details		ŽRK Budućnost	26–22	Larvik HK		HC Vardar	Dinamo Volgograd
2015–16 Details		CSM București	29–26 (Pen)	Győri Audi ETO KC		HC Vardar	ŽRK Budućnost
2016–17 Details		Győri Audi ETO KC	31–30 (OT)	HC Vardar		CSM București	ŽRK Budućnost
2017–18 Details		Győri Audi ETO KC	27–26 (OT)	HC Vardar		CSM București	Rostov-Don
2018–19 Details		Győri Audi ETO KC	25–24	Rostov-Don		Vipers Kristiansand	Metz Handball
2019–20 Details		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]				Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
2020–21 Details		Vipers Kristiansand	34–28	Brest Bretagne Handball		Győri Audi ETO KC	CSKA Moscow
2021–22 Details		Vipers Kristiansand	33–31	Győri Audi ETO KC		Metz Handball	Team Esbjerg
2022–23 Details		Vipers Kristiansand	28–24	Ferencvárosi TC		Győri Audi ETO KC	Team Esbjerg
2023–24 Details		Győri Audi ETO KC	30–24	SG BBM Bietigheim		Team Esbjerg	Metz Handball

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Spartak Kyiv	13	2	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988	1974, 1989
Hypo Niederösterreich	8	5	1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000	1987, 1988, 1991, 1996, 2008
Győri ETO KC	6	4	2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024	2009, 2012, 2016, 2022
Radnički Belgrade	3	4	1976, 1980, 1984	1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
Viborg HK	3	2	2006, 2009, 2010	1997, 2001
Slagelse DT	3	0	2004, 2005, 2007
Vipers Kristiansand	3	0	2021, 2022, 2023
SC Leipzig	2	4	1966, 1974	1967, 1970, 1972, 1977
Krim Ljubljana	2	3	2001, 2003	1999, 2004, 2006
ŽRK Budućnost	2	1	2012, 2015	2014
Žalgiris Kaunas	2	0	1967, 1968
Vasas Budapest	1	4	1982	1978, 1979, 1993, 1994
Sagunto	1	2	1997	1998, 2003
Kometal Skopje	1	2	2002	2000, 2005
Larvik HK	1	2	2011	2013, 2015
HG København	1	1	1965	1966
TV Giessen-Lützellinden	1	1	1991	1992
Podravka Koprivnica	1	1	1996	1995
Știința București	1	0	1961
Sparta Prague	1	0	1962
Trud Moscow	1	0	1963
Rapid București	1	0	1964
TSC Berlin	1	0	1978
Dunaferr NK	1	0	1999
Zvezda Zvenigorod	1	0	2008
CSM București	1	0	2016

Rank	Country	Winners	Runners-up	Semi-finals	Total
1	Soviet Union	16	3	4	23
2	Hungary	8	12	21	41
3	Austria	8	5	8	21
4	Denmark	7	5	9	21
5	Norway	4	2	7	13
6	Yugoslavia	3	6	11	20
7	East Germany	3	5	4	12
8	Romania	3	3	16	22
9	Slovenia	2	3	1	6
10	Montenegro	2	1	3	6
11	North Macedonia	1	4	3	8
12	Germany	1	3	11	15
13	Spain	1	3	5	9
14	Russia	1	2	5	8
15	Czechoslovakia	1	2	3	6
16	France	0	1	3	4
17	Croatia	1	1	1	3
18	Netherlands	0	1	2	3
19	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
20	Poland	0	0	2	2
21	Sweden	0	0	2	2
22	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Total		61	61	122	244

• Since 2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League have Third Place Match.

All-time top scorers Last updated after the 2023–24 season[2][3] Rank Players Goals Ssn pld Ref 1 Jovanka Radičević 1141 20 [4] 2 Cristina Neagu 1155 16 [5] 3 Andrea Lekić 1155 16 [6] 4 Anita Görbicz 1016 18 [7] 5 Nora Mørk 898 15 [8] 6 Ana Gros 870 15 [9] 7 Katarina Bulatović 842 16 [10] 8 Eduarda Amorim 747 17 [11] 9 Bojana Popović 733 1 14 [12] 10 Andrea Penezić 720 11 [13] 11 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth 683 14 [14] 12 Heidi Løke 622 12 [15] 13 Milena Raičević 581 17 [16] 14 Alexandra do Nascimento 560 13 [17] 15 Isabelle Gulldén 544 13 [18]

All-time top scorers of the WOMEN'S EHF FINAL4 Last updated after the 2023–24 season Rank Players Goals FF apps 1 Henny Reistad 78 5 2 Nora Mørk 70 8 3 Nycke Groot 57 5 Anita Görbicz 57 6 Andrea Lekić 57 6 6 Cristina Neagu 56 5 7 Isabelle Gulldén 55 5 8 Eduarda Amorim 49 6 9 Stine Bredal Oftedal 48 6 10 Andrea Penezić 42 4 Katarina Bulatović 42 5 12 Ana Gros 41 3 13 Jovanka Radičević 40 5 14 Markéta Jeřábková 30 2 15 Kari Brattset Dale 30 4

Top scorers by season Top scorers by season[20] Season Player Club Goals 1993–94 Natalia Morskova Mar Valencia 102 1994–95 Snježana Petika Podravka Koprivnica 072 1995–96 Snježana Petika (2) Podravka Koprivnica 077 1996–97 Natalia Morskova (2) Mar Valencia 150 1997–98 Natalia Morskova (3) Mar Valencia 127 1998–99 / Nataliya Derepasko Krim Ljubljana 120 1999–00 Ausra Fridrikas Hypo Niederösterreich 097 2000–01 Ausra Fridrikas (2) Bækkelagets SK Oslo 083 2001–02 Ágnes Farkas Ferencvárosi TC 112 2002–03 Nataliya Derepasko (2) RK Krim 081 2003–04 Bojana Popović Slagelse FH 098 2004–05 Tatjana Logvin Hypo Niederösterreich 085 2005–06 Nataliya Derepasko (3) RK Krim 086 2006–07 Bojana Popović (2) Slagelse FH 096 2007–08 Tímea Tóth Hypo Niederösterreich 127 2008–09 Grit Jurack Viborg HK 113 2009–10 Cristina Vărzaru Viborg HK 101 2010–11 Heidi Løke Larvik HK 099 2011–12 Anita Görbicz Győri ETO KC 133 2012–13 Zsuzsanna Tomori Ferencvárosi TC 095 2013–14 Anita Görbicz (2) Győri ETO KC 087 2014–15 Cristina Neagu ŽRK Budućnost 102 Andrea Penezić HC Vardar 102 2015–16 Isabelle Gulldén CSM București 108 2016–17 Andrea Penezić (2) HC Vardar 098 2017–18 Cristina Neagu (2) CSM București 110 2018–19 Linn Jørum Sulland Vipers Kristiansand 089 2019–20 Jovanka Radičević ŽRK Budućnost 097 2020–21 Ana Gros Brest Bretagne 135 2021–22 Cristina Neagu (3) CSM București 110 2022–23 Henny Reistad Team Esbjerg 142 2023–24 Anna Vyakhireva Vipers Kristiansand 113 2024–25

WOMEN'S EHF FINAL4 MVPs by season MVP by season Season Player Club Playing position 2013–14 Katrine Lunde Győri ETO KC Goalkeeper 2014–15 Clara Woltering ŽRK Budućnost Goalkeeper 2015–16 Jelena Grubišić CSM București Goalkeeper 2016–17 Nycke Groot Győri ETO KC Centre back 2017–18 Amandine Leynaud HC Vardar Goalkeeper 2018–19 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø Győri ETO KC Goalkeeper 2020–21 Henny Reistad Vipers Kristiansand Centre back 2021–22 Markéta Jeřábková Vipers Kristiansand Left back 2022–23 Anna Vyakhireva Vipers Kristiansand Right back 2023–24 Stine Bredal Oftedal Győri ETO KC Centre back 2024–25

All goals (2199) scored in the Final Four by the nationality of the players.

Last updated after the 2023/24 season.

Rank Nation Goals 1 Norway 474 2 France 212 3 Montenegro 183 4 Russia 177 5 Hungary 176 6 Denmark 153 7 Romania 105 8 Netherlands 104 9 Sweden 97 10 Serbia 91 11 Croatia 75 12 Brazil 71

Rank Nation Goals 13 Germany 63 14 Czech Republic 61 15 Slovenia 60 16 Spain 31 17 North Macedonia 18 18 Poland 16 19 South Korea 8 20 Ukraine 7 21 Tunisia 7 22 Turkey 7 23 Belarus 3

Top Scorers by Team Title Team Record 3 Hypo Niederösterreich 127 CSM București 110 Mar Valencia 150 RK Krim 120 2 RK Podravka Koprivnica 77 Slagelse FH 98 Viborg HK 113 Ferencvárosi TC 112 Győri ETO KC 133 ŽRK Budućnost 102 HC Vardar 102 Vipers Kristiansand 113 1 Team Esbjerg 142 Brest Bretagne Handball 135 Bækkelagets SK 83 Larvik HK 99

Top Scorers by Country (Nationality of the Top Scorer Players) Rank Country Titles Record 1 Hungary 5 133 2 Croatia 4 102 Romania 4 110 Russia 4 150 Slovenia 4 135 4 Austria 3 97 Montenegro 3 98 Norway 3 142 9 Germany 1 113 Sweden 1 108

bold - active players

Players	Titles	Winning years and clubs
		#	List
/ Zinaida Turchyna	13	1	Spartak Kyiv 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
// Nataliya Rusnachenko	9or10	2	Spartak Kyiv 1986, 1987, 1988, Hypo Niederösterreich 1990(??), 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000
/ Larysa Karlova	8	1	Spartak Kyiv 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Katrine Lunde	7	3	Viborg 2009, 2010, Győri ETO KC 2013, 2014, Vipers Kristiansand 2021, 2022, 2023
/ Marianna Racz	7	2	Vasas Budapest 1982, Hypo Niederösterreich 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
/ Stanka Božović	7	1	Hypo Niederösterreich 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000
/ Nataliya Tymoshkina	7	1	Spartak Kyiv 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979
Nora Mørk	6	3	Larvik HK 2011, Győri ETO KC 2017, 2018, 2019, Vipers Kristiansand 2021, 2022
Bojana Popović	6	3	Slagelse FH 2004, 2005, 2007, Viborg HK 2009, 2010, ŽRK Budućnost 2012
/ Ausra Fridrikas	6	2	Hypo Niederösterreich 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, Slagelse FH 2004, 2005
Jana Knedlíková	6	2	Győri ETO KC 2017, 2018, 2019, Vipers Kristiansand 2021, 2022, 2023
/ Lyudmyla Poradnyk	6or7	1	Spartak Kyiv 1970(??), 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979
/ Olha Zubaryeva	6	1	Spartak Kyiv 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986
Heidi Løke	5	3	Larvik HK 2011, Győri ETO KC 2013, 2014, 2017, Vipers Kristiansand 2021
Eduarda Amorim	5	1	Győri ETO KC 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
Anita Görbicz	5	1	Győri ETO KC 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
/ Nataliya Matryuk	5or7	1	Spartak Kyiv 1979(??), 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988(??)
/ Tetyana Kocherhina	5	1	Spartak Kyiv 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981
/ Marina Bazanova	5	1	Spartak Kyiv 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
/ Rima Sypkus	4	1	Hypo 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000
// Tanja Dshandshagava	4	1	Hypo 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000
Cristina Varzaru	4	2	Viborg 2006, 2009, 2010, Bucuresti 2016
Katarina Bulatovic	4	3	Slagelse 2007, Budućnost 2012, 2015, Györi ETO KC2014
/ Lyubov Odynokova	3or4	1	Spartak Kyiv 1979(??), 1981, 1983, 1985

As of the end of 2023/24 season no player has won 3 titles with 3 different clubs.^[21]

Coach	Titles	Clubs
		#	List
/ Ihor Turchyn	13	1	Spartak Kyiv 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Ambros Martin	4[22]	1	Győri ETO KC 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
Vinko Kandija	4	2	Radnički Belgrade 1976, 1980, Hypo 1989, 1990
Ole Gustav Gjekstad	4	2	Larvik HK 2011, Vipers 2021, 2022, 2023
Anja Andersen	3	1	Slagelse DT 2004, 2005, 2007

Player/Coach	Titles	as Player		as Coach
		#	List	#	List
Ambros Martin	5	1	San Antonio 2001	4	Győri ETO KC 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018

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