determined by the overall performance of a federation, as it used to be. The performances are separated by competitions (e.g.: good performance by french teams in the Champions League would not allocate more places for french teams in the European League). Thus, the new system includes separate rankings for the Champions League and the European League. Place distribution for 2023/24 Women's EHF Club competitions - France's place attribution: EHF Champions League (EHF CL): 1 place EHF European League (EHF EL): 3 places The Champions League has 7 other spots open for clubs that are not national champions but have qualified for the European League (1 spot for the best seeded Federation of the EHF EL and 6 spots open for upgrades). The EHF European League has 8 spots open in for upgrades. A club needs to fulfill set technical and organizational or administrative requirements to be able to play in European competitions (finances, adequate playing hall, etc.). List of champions {{Quote box | class = | title = | quote = Note - former names of clubs: Brest Bretagne Handball: Arvor 29 ES Colombes: CSA Molière JDA Dijon Bourgogne HB: CSL Dijon & Cercle Dijon Bourgogne Mérignac Handball: Sport athlétique mérignacais Metz Handball: ASPTT Metz, HB Metz métropole [[Nantes Atlantique Handball|Neptunes de Nantes]]: Nantes Atlantique HB Paris 92: Issy-les-Moulineaux & Issy Paris Hand Stade nantais université club: SNUC Atlantique / Stade Nantes UCA Toulon Métropole Var HB: Toulon Saint-Cyr Var HB | author = | source = | align = right | width = | border = | fontsize = | bgcolor = | style = | title_bg = | title_fnt = | tstyle = | qalign = | qstyle = | quoted = | salign = | sstyle = }} Media coverage Free Sport en France (national wide sport TV channel) usually broadcasts 2 matches per "competition day". Moselle TV (local TV channel) broadcasts a few of Metz Handball home matches. NA TV (local TV channel) broadcasts a few of HBC Celles-sur-Belle home matches, since the 2022/23 season. Tébéo (local TV channel) broadcasts a few of Brest Bretagne Handball home matches. Pay-to-watch "Handball TV"': For the 2022-23 handball season, the French Federation of Handball launched its own subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service: It re-broadcasts the live feeds of free TV channels (that broadcast matches). it also broadcasts live some exclusive matches. VODs (replays) of all broadcast matches. Notable