2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup

EHF Challenge Cup
2017–18
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates7 October 2017–20 May 2018
Teams40
Websiteeurohandball.com
Final positions
ChampionsRomania AHC Potaissa Turda
Runner-upGreece A.E.K. Athens
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Anton Otrezov (71 goals)

The 2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup was the 21st edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 7 October 2017 to 20 May 2018.

Overview

Team allocation

Round 3
North Macedonia HC Eurofarm Rabotnik Norway FyllingenBergen Iceland IBV Vestmannaeyjar Cyprus Parnassos Strovolou
Portugal AM Madeira Andebol SAD Serbia HC Sloga Zmartforce Kosovo KH Trepça Moldova PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol
Romania AHC Potaissa Turda Slovakia MŠK Považská Bystrica Luxembourg HC Berchem United Kingdom London GD HC
Ukraine HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye Belgium HC Visé BM Israel SGS Ramhat Hashron HC Lithuania Granitas Karys Kaunas
Belarus HC Gomel Turkey Göztepe SK Bosnia and Herzegovina HMRK Zrinjski Mostar Montenegro RK Lovćen
Russia SKIF Krasnodar Greece A.E.K. Athens Bulgaria HC Dobrudja Georgia (country) B.S.B. Batumi
Round 2
Ukraine Donbass Donetsk Region Greece A.C. PAOK Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Konjuh-Živinice Lithuania VHC Šviesa Vilnius
Russia Dynamo-Victor Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange Bosnia and Herzegovina HC Vogošća Poljine Hills Lithuania Kauno Azuolas-KTU Kaunas
Serbia ORK Samot 65 Luxembourg HB Käerjeng Cyprus Proodeftikos Paphos Montenegro RK Mojkovac 2005
Turkey Taşova Yibo SC Israel Holon Handball Club United Kingdom Cambridge HC Malta Aloysians Prominent

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Round 2 18 July 2017 7–8 October 2017 14–15 October 2017
Round 3 18 July 2017 18–19 November 2017 25–26 November 2017
Last 16 28 November 2017 10–11 February 2018 17–18 February 2018
Quarter-final 20 February 2018 24–25 March 2018 31 March–1 April 2018
Semi-finals 21–22 April 2018 28–29 April 2018
Finals 1 May 2018 12–13 May 2018 19–20 May 2018

Round 2

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[1] Bolded teams qualified into Round 3.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Vogošća Poljine Hills Bosnia and Herzegovina 54–48 Israel Holon Handball Club 31–24 23–24
Red Boys Differdange Luxembourg 57–52 Lithuania Kauno Azuolas-KTU Kaunas 32–26 25–26
Taşova Yibo SC Turkey 0–20 Montenegro RK Mojkovac 2005 0–10 0–10
Aloysians Prominent Malta 32–73 Greece A.C. PAOK 17–34 15–39
ORK Samot 65 Serbia 75–45 United Kingdom Cambridge HC 43–21 32–24
HB Käerjeng Luxembourg 69–58 Ukraine Donbass Donetsk Region 32–30 37–28
VHC Šviesa Vilnius Lithuania 48–61 Russia Dynamo-Victor 24–25 24–36
RK Konjuh-Živinice Bosnia and Herzegovina 72–39 Cyprus Proodeftikos Paphos 39–15 33–24

Round 3

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[2] Bolded teams qualified into last 16.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RK Konjuh-Živinice Bosnia and Herzegovina 48–63 Israel SGS Ramhat Hashron HC 25–30 23–33
HC Eurofarm Rabotnik North Macedonia 57–47 Lithuania Granitas Karys Kaunas 28–24 29–23
London GD HC United Kingdom 37–81 Greece A.E.K. Athens 16–40 21–41
AM Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 81–32 Cyprus Parnassos Strovolou 46–12 35–20
HC Gomel Belarus 54–63 Iceland IBV Vestmannaeyjar 27–31 27–32
KH Trepça Kosovo 49–75 Romania AHC Potaissa Turda 29–35 30–40
Göztepe SK Turkey 63–55 Greece A.C. PAOK 35–26 28–29
HC Visé BM Belgium 79–63 Moldova PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol 38–31 41–32
B.S.B. Batumi Georgia (country) 49–89 Bosnia and Herzegovina HMRK Zrinjski Mostar 17–47 32–42
Dynamo-Victor Russia 66–57 Serbia HC Sloga Zmartforce 37–26 29–31
MŠK Považská Bystrica Slovakia 58–50 Montenegro RK Lovćen 34–26 24–24
HC Vogošća Poljine Hills Bosnia and Herzegovina 54–65 Norway FyllingenBergen 33–35 21–30
SKIF Krasnodar Russia 57–55 Luxembourg HB Käerjeng 31–27 26–28
HC Berchem Luxembourg 59–45 Serbia ORK Samot 65 26–21 33–24
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye Ukraine 71–46 Montenegro RK Mojkovac 2005 36–20 35–26
Red Boys Differdange Luxembourg 79–49 Bulgaria HC Dobrudja 43–23 36–26

Last 16

The draw for the last 16 round was held on Tuesday, 28 November 2017. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[4] Bolded teams qualified into quarterfinals.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Eurofarm Rabotnik North Macedonia 50–61 Norway FyllingenBergen 22–25 28–36
MŠK Považská Bystrica Slovakia 49–53 Portugal AM Madeira Andebol SAD 25–23 24–30
IBV Vestmannaeyjar Iceland 53–46 Israel SGS Ramhat Hashron HC 32–25 21–21
Dynamo-Victor Russia 59–52 Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange 31–26 28–26
HMRK Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 57–67 Russia SKIF Krasnodar 27–39 28–30
AHC Potaissa Turda Romania 68–53 Belgium HC Visé BM 44–24 24–29
Göztepe SK Turkey 52–57 Greece A.E.K. Athens 29–25 23–32
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye Ukraine 59–65 Luxembourg HC Berchem 29–34 30–31

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarter-final and semi-final pairings was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on 20 February at 11:00 hrs. .[5]

The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 24–25 March, while the second leg followed on 31 March–1 April 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo-Victor Russia 48–55 Portugal AM Madeira Andebol SAD 27–27 21–28
SKIF Krasnodar Russia 51–66 Iceland IBV Vestmannaeyjar 23–25 28–41
A.E.K. Athens Greece 64–43 Luxembourg HC Berchem 32–25 32–18
AHC Potaissa Turda Romania 59–56 Norway FyllingenBergen 29–24 30–32

Matches

24 March 2018
19:00 		Dynamo-Victor Russia 27–27 Portugal AM Madeira Andebol SAD STC Lukomore, Budyonnovsk
Attendance: 750
Referees: Jerlecki, Labun (POL)
Otrezov 9 (12–14) Semedo 11
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31 March 2018
17:00 		AM Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 28–21 Russia Dynamo-Victor Pavilhão Desportivo, Funchal
Attendance: 700
Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR)
Nekrushets 7 (13–11) Otrezov, Volkov 8
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Madeira Andebol SAD won 55–48 on aggregate.

25 March 2018
16:00 		SKIF Krasnodar Russia 23–25 Iceland IBV Vestmannaeyjar Olympus Arena, Krasnodar
Attendance: 800
Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
Koposov, Belevtsov 4 (10–15) Sveinsson, Kristijansson 7
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31 March 2018
15:00 		IBV Vestmannaeyjar Iceland 41–28 Russia SKIF Krasnodar Itrottamidstöd, Vestmannaeyjar
Attendance: 600
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Kristijansson 9 (19–15) Nikolaenkov 9
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IBV Vestmannaeyjar won 66–51 on aggregate.

24 March 2018
15:00 		A.E.K. Athens Greece 32–25 Luxembourg HC Berchem O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 800
Referees: Alyev, Aghakishiyev (AZE)
Zampounis 7 (17–13) Stupar 7
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31 March 2018
20:00 		HC Berchem Luxembourg 18–32 Greece A.E.K. Athens Hall Omnisports de Crauthem, Berchem
Attendance: 600
Referees: Sirbu, Suponicov (MDA)
Stein 4 (8–15) Lokken 6
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A.E.K. Athens won 64–43 on aggregate.

24 March 2018
18:00 		AHC Potaissa Turda Romania 29–24 Norway FyllingenBergen Sala de sport Gheorghe Bariţiu, Turda
Attendance: 600
Referees: Šniūrevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
Ghiță 9 (12–11) Mossestad 6
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2 April 2018
17:00 		FyllingenBergen Norway 32–30 Romania AHC Potaissa Turda Framohallen, Bergen
Attendance: 666
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
Mossestad 9 (14–12) Ghiță 11
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AHC Potaissa Turda won 59–56 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The first semi-final legs was scheduled for 21–22 April 2018, while the second legs followed on 28–29 April 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AM Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 44–52 Greece A.E.K. Athens 21–29 23–23
IBV Vestmannaeyjar Iceland 55–56 Romania AHC Potaissa Turda 31–28 24–28

Matches

21 April 2018
18:30 		AM Madeira Andebol SAD Portugal 21–29 Greece A.E.K. Athens Pavilhão Desportivo, Funchal
Attendance: 690
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Moreira 6 (6–16) Mylonas 8
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28 April 2018
15:00 		A.E.K. Athens Greece 23–23 Portugal AM Madeira Andebol SAD O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 800
Referees: Kiyashko, Kiselev (RUS)
Mylonas 5 (13–12) Semedo 7
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A.E.K. Athens won 52–44 on aggregate.

21 April 2018
15:00 		IBV Vestmannaeyjar Iceland 31–28 Romania AHC Potaissa Turda Itrottamidstöd, Vestmannaeyjar
Attendance: 612
Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (HUN)
Sigurbjörnsson 13 (15–13) Iancu 5
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29 April 2018
18:00 		AHC Potaissa Turda Romania 28–24 Iceland IBV Vestmannaeyjar Sala de sport Gheorghe Bariţiu, Turda
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Jorum, Kleven (NOR)
Ghiță 6 (13–11) Sigurbjörnsson, Sveinsson 5
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AHC Potaissa Turda won 56–55 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg was played on 14 May and the second was played on 20 May.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AHC Potaissa Turda Romania 59–49 Greece A.E.K. Athens 33–22 26–27

Matches

14 May 2018
19:00 		AHC Potaissa Turda Romania 33–22 Greece A.E.K. Athens Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
three players 7 (14–11) Mylonas 7
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20 May 2018
19:00 		A.E.K. Athens Greece 27–26 Romania AHC Potaissa Turda O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 5,600
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Argyrou 7 (11–18) Cîntec, Asoltanei 5
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AHC Potaissa Turda won 59–49 on aggregate.

See also

References

  1. ^ "EHF Challenge Cup round 2". 19 October 2017.
  2. ^ "EHF Challenge Cup round 3". 19 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Pots revealed for the Challenge cup last 16 draw". European Handball Federation. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Last season's runner-up to face Vise". 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Eight teams to learn the road to the Final". European Handball Federation. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.