It is the premier club tournament of Europe for indoor hockey and contested by the champions of the eight strongest EHF national associations.

German clubs have the highest number of victories (27 wins), followed by Poland (2 wins), a club from Spain, Russia, Switzerland and Sweden have also won the tournament.

Rot-Weiss Köln is the most successful club in the tournament's history, having won it 9 times.

Harvestehuder THC are the current European champions, having beaten HDM 3–2 after a shoot-out in the 2024 final for their fifth title.

A total of eight teams competes in the EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, the champions of those nations ranked one to six in the previous year's Cup and the champions of those 2 nations promoted from the previous year's Trophy, the second level.