2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup

EHF Challenge Cup
2018–19
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates6 October 2018–19 May 2019
Teams48
Websiteeurohandball.com
Final positions
ChampionsRomania CSM București
Runner-upPortugal Madeira Andebol SAD
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Elledy Semedo
(58 goals)

The 2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup was the 22nd edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 6 October 2018 to 19 May 2019.

Overview

Team allocation

Round 3
Belgium HC Visé BM Bosnia and Herzegovina HC Vogošća Poljine Hills Bulgaria HC Dobrudja Czech Republic HC Dukla Prague
Greece AEK Athens Israel Ramat Hasharon HC Luxembourg HC Berchem Netherlands KRAS Volendam
Portugal Madeira Andebol SAD Norway Bodø HK Romania CSM București Russia HC Neva SPb
Slovakia MŠK Považská Bystrica Serbia RK Partizan Ukraine Donbass Turkey Göztepe SK
Round 2
Austria Bregenz Handball Azerbaijan HC Baki Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel Belgium Estudiantes EHC Tournai
Belarus Masheka Mogilev Cyprus Parnassos Strovolou Estonia HC Tallinn Finland HC Dicken
Kosovo KHF Prishtina Montenegro MRK Jedinstvo Moldova HC Olimpus-85 USEFS United Kingdom Livingston HC
Italy Pallamano Pressano Lithuania VHC Šviesa Vilnius Georgia (country) IMEDI Telavi Latvia Celtnieks Riga
Greece AC Diomidis Argous Norway ØIF Arendal Luxembourg HB Dudelange Netherlands JD Techniek Hurry-Up
Russia Dinamo Viktor Stavropol Turkey Selka Eskişehir HSK Israel Holon Handball Club United Kingdom London GD HC
Kosovo KH Kastrioti Moldova Colos SS4 Ciobruciu Lithuania Granitas Karys Kaunas Greece Aeropos Edessa
Moldova PGU Tiraspol United Kingdom Olympia HC Lithuania HC Kauno Azuolas-KTU Ukraine HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Round 2 17 July 2018 6–7 October 2018 13–14 October 2018
Round 3 17 July 2018 17–18 November 2018 24–25 November 2018
Last 16 27 November 2018 9–10 February 2019 16–17 February 2019
Quarter-final 19 February 2019 23–24 March 2019 30–31 March 2019
Semi-finals 20–21 April 2019 27–28 April 2019
Finals 30 April 2019 11–12 May 2019 18–19 May 2019

Round 2

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. The first legs were played on 6–7 October and the second legs were played on 13–14 October 2018.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
London GD HC United Kingdom 46–42 1 United Kingdom Livingston HC 23–19 23–23
HC Baki Azerbaijan 43–69 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel 19–36 24–33
Aeropos Edessa Greece 41–58 3 Belarus Masheka Mogilev 20–24 21–34
MRK Jedinstvo Montenegro 46–73 4 Lithuania HC Kauno Azuolas-KTU 22–37 24–36
Celtnieks Riga Latvia 58–60 5 Israel Holon Handball Club 33–31 25–29
Estudiantes EHC Tournai Belgium 56–57 6 Cyprus Parnassos Strovolou 31–29 25–28
Selka Eskişehir HSK Turkey 63–69 Norway ØIF Arendal 34–28 29–41
HB Dudelange Luxembourg 73–38 7 Georgia (country) IMEDI Telavi 32–25 41–13
HC Dicken Finland 66–46 8 Moldova PGU Tiraspol 37–26 29–20
Granitas Karys Kaunas Lithuania 48–56 Lithuania VHC Šviesa Vilnius 22–24 26–32
Colos SS4 Ciobruciu Moldova 34–114 9 Austria Bregenz Handball 20–54 14–60
AC Diomidis Argous Greece 47–70 10 Russia Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 19–38 28–32
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS Moldova 37–72 11 Netherlands JD Techniek Hurry-Up 16–30 21–42
Olympia HC United Kingdom 39–77 12 Italy Pallamano Pressano 16–40 23–37
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye Ukraine 68–44 13 Kosovo KHF Prishtina 32–19 36–25
HC Tallinn Estonia 47–51 14 Kosovo KH Kastrioti 22–25 25–26
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Livingston HC.
2 Both legs were hosted by RK Borac m:tel.
3 Both legs were hosted by Masheka Mogilev.
4 Both legs were hosted by HC Kauno Azuolas-KTU.
5 Both legs were hosted by Celtnieks Riga.
6 Both legs were hosted by EHC Tournai.
7 Both legs were hosted by HB Dudelange.
8 Both legs were hosted by HC Dicken.
9 Both legs were hosted by Bregenz Handball.
10 Both legs were hosted by Dynamo-Victor.
11 Both legs were hosted by HV Hurry-Up.
12 Both legs were hosted by Pallamano Pressano.
13 Both legs were hosted by KHF Prishtina.
14 Both legs were hosted by KH Kastrioti.

Round 3

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. The first legs were played on 17–18 November and the second legs were played on 24–25 November 2018[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RK Partizan Serbia 58–60 Finland HC Dicken 33–28 25–32
HC Vogošća Poljine Hills Bosnia and Herzegovina 40–53 Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel 22–23 18–30
KRAS Volendam Netherlands 56–60 Russia Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 32–32 24–28
HC Neva SPb Russia 55–28 1 Luxembourg HB Dudelange 31–12 24–16
AEK Athens Greece 49–43 Austria Bregenz Handball 29–25 20–18
Pallamano Pressano Italy 47–57 Slovakia MŠK Považská Bystrica 24–28 23–29
Holon Handball Club Israel 57–65 2 Luxembourg HC Berchem 28–33 29–32
Masheka Mogilev Belarus 81–48 3 Bulgaria HC Dobrudja 34–25 47–23
HC Dukla Prague Czech Republic 55–48 4 Lithuania HC Kauno Azuolas-KTU 27–20 28–28
Donbass Ukraine 73–37 5 United Kingdom London GD HC 40–22 33–15
HC Visé BM Belgium 71–47 Kosovo KH Kastrioti 33–21 38–26
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye Ukraine 57–60 6 Israel Ramat Hasharon HC 32–27 25–33
VHC Šviesa Vilnius Lithuania 58–49 Norway Bodø HK 35–23 23–26
JD Techniek/Hurry-Up Netherlands 49–69 Portugal Madeira Andebol SAD 21–37 28–32
CSM București Romania 79–38 7 Cyprus Parnassos Strovolou 32–24 47–14
ØIF Arendal Norway 68–53 Turkey Göztepe SK 40–25 28–28
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by HC Neva SPb.
2 Both legs were hosted by HC Berchem.
3 Both legs were hosted by Masheka Mogilev.
4 Both legs were hosted by HC Dukla Prague.
5 Both legs were hosted by Donbass.
6 Both legs were hosted by Ramat HaSharon HC.
7 Both legs were hosted by CSM București.

Last 16

The draw seeding pots for the Last 16 Knockout round were composed as follows:[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The draw for the last 16 round was held on 27 November 2018.[5] The first leg was scheduled for 9–10 February, while the second leg followed on 16–17 February 2019.Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ramat Hasharon HC Israel 53–69 Greece AEK Athens 28–34 25–35
MŠK Považská Bystrica Slovakia 45–56 Russia HC Neva SPb 21–31 24–25
Donbass Ukraine 47–60 1 Portugal Madeira Andebol SAD 22–32 25–28
HC Dukla Prague Czech Republic 48–58 Romania CSM București 23–28 25–30
Masheka Mogilev Belarus 65–68 Belgium HC Visé BM 31–32 34–36
ØIF Arendal Norway 49–53 Russia Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 27–21 22–31
HC Berchem Luxembourg 50–56 2 Finland HC Dicken 24–28 26–28
VHC Šviesa Vilnius Lithuania 38–52 Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel 16–29 22–23
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Madeira Andebol SAD.
2 Both legs were hosted by HC Berchem.

Matches

9 February 2019
17:30 		HC Berchem Luxembourg 24–28 Finland HC Dicken Hall Omnisports de Crauthem, Crauthem
Attendance: 620
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Tsatso 8 (13–19) Broman 8
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10 February 2019
17:30 		HC Dicken Finland 28–26 Luxembourg HC Berchem Hall Omnisports de Crauthem, Crauthem
Attendance: 520
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
three players 4 (14–12) Tsatso 8
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HC Dicken won 56–50 on aggregate.

9 February 2019
18:00 		MŠK Považská Bystrica Slovakia 21–31 Russia HC Neva SPb Sporting Hall MSK, Považská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev (AZE)
Vallo 8 (11–14) Voronin 9
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15 February 2019
17:15 		HC Neva SPb Russia 25–24 Slovakia MŠK Považská Bystrica Interuniversity sports center (MUSC), Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 450
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Babkin, Voronin 5 (11–8) Bystrický 6
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HC Neva SPb won 56–45 on aggregate.

9 February 2019
18:00 		Ramat Hasharon HC Israel 28-34 Greece A.E.K. Athens Oranim Sports hall, Ramat HaSharon
Attendance: 267
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Pomeranz 9 (15–17) Jakobsen 8
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16 February 2019
14:00 		A.E.K. Athens Greece 35–25 Israel Ramat Hasharon HC O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 700
Referees: Capoccia, Jucker (SUI)
Jakobsen, Mylonas 5 (17–15) Pomeranz 5
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A.E.K. Athens won 69–53 on aggregate.

10 February 2019
18:00 		ØIF Arendal Norway 27–21 Russia Dinamo Viktor Stavropol Sparebanken Sör Amfi, Arendal
Attendance: 1,276
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
Lindboe 12 (13–10) Nekrasov 6
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16 February 2019
15:00 		Dinamo Viktor Stavropol Russia 31–22 Norway ØIF Arendal STC Lukomore, Budyonnovsk
Attendance: 750
Referees: Frieser, Kavulič (CZE)
Dashko 8 (18–13) Lindell 6
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Dinamo Viktor Stavropol won 53–49 on aggregate.

10 February 2019
19:30 		HC Dukla Prague Czech Republic 23–28 Romania CSM București DHC Sport Hall SK Slavia Praha, Prague
Attendance: 300
Referees: Butskevich, Butskevich (BLR)
Blecha 6 (10–19) Rotaru 6
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16 February 2019
16:00 		CSM București Romania 30–25 Czech Republic HC Dukla Prague Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 800
Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
Mănescu, Teixeira 8 (15–10) Klíma 6
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CSM București won 58–48 on aggregate.

9 February 2019
16:00 		VHC Šviesa Vilnius Lithuania 16–29 Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel Lues Sport Hall, Vilnius
Attendance: 400
Referees: Loshak, Shajbakov (UKR)
Drabavičius 7 (8–12) Daničić 6
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16 February 2019
20:00 		RK Borac m:tel Bosnia and Herzegovina 23–22 Lithuania VHC Šviesa Vilnius Sportska Dvorana "Borik", Banja Luka
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Miljković, Unčanin 4 Report Drabavičius 8
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RK Borac m:tel won 52–38 on aggregate.

10 February 2019
15:00 		Masheka Mogilev Belarus 31–32 Belgium HC Visé BM Sport Complex "Olympiets", Mogilev
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
Tilnenko 10 (14–16) Carvalhais, Hadžić 5
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17 February 2019
16:00 		HC Visé BM Belgium 36–34 Belarus Masheka Mogilev Hall Omnisports de Visé, Visé
Attendance: 500
Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
Rola 9 (18–14) Mikhalchuk 10
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HC Visé BM won 68–65 on aggregate.

16 February 2019
20:00 		Donbass Ukraine 22–32 Portugal Madeira Andebol SAD Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal
Attendance: 350
Referees: Rosendo, Estévez (ESP)
Honcharov, Ivanov 6 (12–13) Landim 7
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17 February 2019
18:00 		Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 28–25 Ukraine Donbass Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal
Attendance: 350
Referees: Rosendo, Estévez (ESP)
Semedo 8 (12–14) Ivanov, Orlovskyi 7
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Madeira Andebol SAD won 60–47 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 19 February 2019. The draw determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings. Teams listed first will play the first leg at home. For the quarter-finals, there was no seeding as all eight teams were drawn from the same pot one after another. There was also no country protection applied in the draw. The semi-final draw followed using the quarter-final pairings.[6][7]

The first quarter-final leg is scheduled for 23–24 March, while the second leg will follow on 30–31 March 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Viktor Stavropol Russia 49–51 Greece AEK Athens 25–21 24–30
Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 54–53 Finland HC Dicken 28–27 26–26
HC Visé BM Belgium 45–74 Russia HC Neva SPb 26–33 19–41
CSM București Romania 54–42 Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel 25–19 29–23

Matches

23 March 2019
15:00 		Dinamo Viktor Stavropol Russia 25–21 Greece A.E.K. Athens STC Lukomore, Budyonnovsk
Attendance: 930
Referees: Kaludjerović, Vujacić (MNE)
Krivenko 8 (13–13) Jakobsen, Mylonas 5
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30 March 2019
14:00 		A.E.K. Athens Greece 30-24 Russia Dinamo Viktor Stavropol O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 800
Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
Jakobsen 11 (14–9) Otrezov 7
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A.E.K. Athens won 51–49 on aggregate.

23 March 2019
16:00 		CSM București Romania 25–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 850
Referees: Chrzan, Janas (POL)
Santos 8 (16–7) Dakić, Savić 4
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30 March 2019
20:00 		RK Borac m:tel Bosnia and Herzegovina 23–29 Romania CSM București Sportska Dvorana "Borik", Banja Luka
Attendance: 3,300
Referees: Jovchev, Yonchev (BUL)
Đurđević 7 (9–16) Vražalić 6
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CSM București won 54–42 on aggregate.

24 March 2019
17:00 		Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 28–27 Finland HC Dicken Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal
Attendance: 475
Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
Pereira, Ribeiro 5 (15–9) Granlund 9
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30 March 2019
14:30 		HC Dicken Finland 26–26 Portugal Madeira Andebol SAD Pirkkola Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 500
Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
Granlund 7 (10–12) António, Semedo 7
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Madeira Andebol SAD won 54–53 on aggregate.

24 March 2019
16:00 		HC Visé BM Belgium 26–33 Russia HC Neva SPb Hall Omnisports de Visé, Visé
Attendance: 600
Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
Hodžić 7 (13–17) Babkin, Turaev 8
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31 March 2019
14:00 		HC Neva SPb Russia 41–19 Belgium HC Visé BM Interuniversity sports center (MUSC), Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referees: Jerlecki, Labun (POL)
Makin 10 (22–10) Lahonda 5
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HC Neva SPb won 74–45 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The first semi-final legs was scheduled for 20–21 April 2019, while the second legs followed on 27–28 April 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Neva SPb Russia 44–51 Romania CSM București 24–26 20–25
Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 57–44 Greece AEK Athens 27–22 30–22

Matches

20 April 2019
14:00 		HC Neva SPb Russia 24–26 Romania CSM București Interuniversity sports center (MUSC), Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 400
Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
Emelyanenko 6 (13–11) Teixeira 7
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27 April 2019
16:00 		CSM București Romania 25–20 Russia HC Neva SPb Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 500
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Teixeira 8 (15–11) Emelyanenko, Turaev 4
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CSM București won 51–44 on aggregate.

20 April 2019
18:00 		Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 27–22 Greece A.E.K. Athens Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal
Attendance: 640
Referees: Canbro, Kliko (SWE)
Ribeiro 9 (12–10) Baláž, Jakobsen 6
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27 April 2019
15:00 		A.E.K. Athens Greece 22–30 Portugal Madeira Andebol SAD O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 800
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Palevičius 7 (9-13) António 7
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Madeira Andebol SAD won 57–44 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg was played on 11–12 May and the second was played on 18–19 May 2019. The final home rights draw was held on 30 April 2019 in Vienna.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 42–48 Romania CSM București 22–22 20–26

Matches

12 May 2019
16:30 		Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 22–22 Romania CSM București Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
António 7 (9–8) A.Esteki 5
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18 May 2019
13:30 		CSM București Romania 26–20 Portugal Madeira Andebol SAD Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Katsikis, Michailidis (GRE)
S.Esteki, Rotaru 6 (16–9) Semedo 6
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CSM București won 48–42 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1 Portugal Elledy Semedo Portugal Madeira Andebol SAD 58
2 Denmark Lars Jakobsen Greece AEK Athens 48
3 Portugal Ribeiro Ulisses Portugal Madeira Andebol SAD 40

See also

References

  1. ^ "British and Last season's finalists AEK Athens to enter the Challenge Cup in Round 3". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ "EHF Challenge Cup round 2".
  3. ^ "EHF Challenge Cup round 3".
  4. ^ "Pots revealed for the Challenge Cup Last 16 draw". EHF. 26 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Last season's runners-up to face Ramhat Hashron in the Last 16". EHF. 27 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Elite eight await Challenge Cup draws". 18 February 2019.
  7. ^ "2018 finalists A.E.K. Athens face trip to Russia in Challenge Cup Quarter-finals". 19 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Men's challenge cup final begins in Funchal". 30 April 2019.
  9. ^ Goalscorers