The EHF Excellence Awards is an annual handball awards ceremony held by the European Handball Federation.^[1] It was first held in 2023 in Vienna, Austria. The best players of the season on each position both on the men's and women's side are awarded, as well as Rookie of the season, Defender of the season, and MVP of the season. The ceremony also includes Beach Handball MVP's.^[2]

Players can be shortlisted by their performance in the EHF Champions League, EHF European League, EHF Euro, and the IHF World Championship.^[3] The winners are decided by voting from players, coaches, media representatives and fans, each group representing 25% of the votes.^[4][5]

Position	Season 2022/23[6]	Season 2023/24[7]
Left wing	Timur Dibirov	Emil Jakobsen
Left back	Simon Pytlick	Elohim Prandi
Centre back	Luc Steins	Felix Claar
Right back	Mathias Gidsel	Dika Mem
Right wing	Hans Lindberg	Hans Lindberg (2)
Line player	Ludovic Fabregas	Ludovic Fabregas (2)
Goalkeeper	Niklas Landin	Emil Nielsen
Defender	Thiagus Petrus	Magnus Saugstrup
Rookie	Domen Makuc	none
MVP	Simon Pytlick	Emil Nielsen

Position	Season 2022/23[8]	Season 2023/24[9]
Left wing	Emma Friis	Chloé Valentini
Left back	Cristina Neagu	Henny Reistad (2)
Centre back	Henny Reistad	Stine Bredal Oftedal
Right back[a]	Nora Mørk Ana Gros	Anna Vyakhireva
Right wing	Angela Malestein	Viktória Győri-Lukács
Line player	Vilde Ingstad	Sarah Bouktit
Goalkeeper	Katrine Lunde	Sandra Toft
Defender	Kathrine Heindahl	Line Haugsted
Rookie	Pauletta Foppa	none
MVP	Katrine Lunde	Stine Bredal Oftedal

^a There was a complete tie in the voting results between the two players, and they both received the award.

Season	Men's MVP	Women's MVP
2022/23	Gabriel Conceição	Asun Batista