2017–18 Women's EHF Cup

The 2017–18 Women's EHF Cup was the 37th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 8 September 2017.

Women's EHF Cup
2017–18
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates8 September 2017–11 May 2018
Teams48+6 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Final positions
Champions SCM Craiova
Runner-up Vipers Kristiansand
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Linn Jørum Sulland
(78 goals)

SCM Craiova defeated Vipers Kristiansand 52–51 in the final to win their first title.

Overview

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[1]

  • TH: Title holders
  • CWC: EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • CW: Domestic cup winners
  • CR: Domestic cup runners-up
  • CL QT: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage.
  • CL Group: Losers from the Champions League group stage.
Group stage
Vistal Gdynia (4th CL Group A) Brest Bretagne Handball (4th CL Group B) Larvik HK (4th CL Group C) Vipers Kristiansand (4th CL Group D)
Round 3
Randers HK (CW) Érd HC (3rd) Podravka Vegeta (2nd CL QT1) H 65 Höör (2nd CL QT2)
Lada (2nd) SCM Craiova (CR) HC Gomel (3rd CL QT1) Hypo Niederösterreich (3rd CL QT2)
Round 2
København Håndbold (2nd) Zvezda Zvenigorod (4th) HC Zalău (3rd) DHK Baník Most (1st)
Viborg HK (4th) Astrakhanochka (6th) TusSies Metzingen (3rd) Kastamonu Belediyesi (4th CL QT1)
DKKA Dunaujvaros KA (4th) Glassverket IF (3rd) Buxtehuder SV (4th) Mecalia Atlético Guardés (4th CL QT2)
Debreceni VSC-TVP (Cup 3rd) Tertnes Bergen (CR) Issy Paris Hand (3rd)
Kuban (3rd) HC Dunărea Brăila (2nd) ES Besançon Feminin HB (4th)
Round 1
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM (5th) Metraco Zagłębie Lubin (2nd) Galychanka (1st) O.F.N. Ionias (1st)
Váci NKSE (5th) KRAM Start Elbląg (3rd) DHC Slavia Prague HB Sint-Truiden
Byåsen Handball Elite (4th) Ankara Yenimahalle BSK (2nd) LC Brühl Handball (1st) Nur Mingechavir
CSM Roman (5th) Super Amara Bera Bera (2nd) LK Zug (2nd) KHF Prishtina
HSG Blomberg-Lippe (9th) Succes Schoonmaak/VOC (1st) HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk HC Holon
Cercle Dijon Bourgogne (5th) Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen (2nd) Colégio de Gaia (1st) HŽRK Grude
Lugi HF ŽRK Medicinar Jomi Salerno (1st) AC Latsia Nicosia

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria):

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification First qualifying round 18 July 2017 9–10 September 2017 16–17 September 2017
Second qualifying round 14–15 October 2017 21–22 October 2017
Third qualifying round 24 October 2017 11–12 November 2017 18–19 November 2017
Group stage Matchday 1 23 November 2017 6–7 January 2018
Matchday 2 13–14 January 2018
Matchday 3 20–21 January 2018
Matchday 4 27–28 January 2018
Matchday 5 3–4 February 2018
Matchday 6 10–11 February 2018
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 13 February 2018 3–4 March 2018 10–11 March 2018
Semi finals 7–8 April 2018 14–15 April 2018
Final 17 April 2018 5–6 May 2018 12–13 May 2018

Qualification stage

Round 1

There is 28 teams participating in round 1.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KHF Prishtina 26–661 LC Brühl Handball 11–34 15–32
Váci NKSE 90–352 HC Holon 46–17 44–18
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin 80–473 LK Zug 37–24 43–23
HSG Blomberg-Lippe 88–35 HB Sint-Truiden 46–19 42–16
CSM Roman 82–344 HŽRK Grude 40–15 42–19
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 80–205 AC Latsia Nicosia 44–12 36–8
Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 51–406 Jomi Salerno 27–18 24–22
Super Amara Bera Bera 57–48 Colégio de Gaia 26–25 31–23
DHC Slavia Prague 48–497 HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk 24–25 24–24
KRAM Start Elbląg 47–628 Byåsen Handball Elite 29–34 18–28
ŽRK Medicinar 63–619 Succes Schoonmaak/VOC 34–33 29–28
Galychanka 46–52 Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen 26–22 20–30
Ankara Yenimahalle BSK 61–4610 O.F.N. Ionias 31–24 30–22
Nur Mingechavir 53–5111 Lugi HF 24–24 29–27
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by KHF Prishtina.
2 Both legs were hosted by Váci NKSE.
3 Both legs were hosted by Metraco Zagłębie Lubin.
4 Both legs were hosted by CSM Roman.
5 Both legs were hosted by Silkeborg-Voel KFUM.
6 Both legs were hosted by Cercle Dijon Bourgogne.
7 Both legs were hosted by DHC Slavia Prague.
8 Both legs were hosted by Byåsen Handball Elite.
9 Both legs were hosted by ŽRK Medicinar.
10 Both legs were hosted by Ankara Yenimahalle BSK.
11 Both legs were hosted by Nur Mingechavir.

Round 2

There is 32 teams participating in round 2.

14 teams who qualified from round 1 and 18 teams joining the draw.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin 45–49 Debreceni VSC-TVP 25–23 20–26
Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen 48–60 DHK Baník Most 28–32 20–28
HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk 52–521 (a) Tertnes Bergen 26–23 26–29
Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 50–60 København Håndbold 23–32 27–28
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 50–54 ES Besançon Feminin HB 27–26 23–28
HC Zalău 60–50 Ankara Yenimahalle BSK 26–21 34–29
Kastamonu Belediyesi 59–572 Super Amara Bera Bera 35–35 24–22
DKKA Dunaujvaros KA 56–51 CSM Roman 31–24 25–27
Byåsen Handball Elite 48–46 HC Dunărea Brăila 28–18 20–28
Buxtehuder SV 55–55 (a) Váci NKSE 33–26 22–29
TusSies Metzingen 60–51 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 32–24 28–27
LC Brühl Handball 53–533 (a) Zvezda Zvenigorod 25–29 28–24
Nur Mingechavir 36–814 Viborg HK 21–38 15–43
Issy Paris Hand 49–395 Glassverket IF 23–22 26–17
Astrakhanochka 61–556 Mecalia Atlético Guardés 28–25 33–30
ŽRK Medicinar 45–687 Kuban 23–33 22–35
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Tertnes Bergen.
2 Both legs were hosted by Kastamonu Belediyesi.
3 Both legs were hosted by Zvezda Zvenigorod.
4 Both legs were hosted by Viborg HK.
5 Order of legs reversed after original draw.
6 Both legs were hosted by CB Atlético Guardés.
7 Both legs were hosted by Kuban.

Round 3
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Byåsen Handball Elite 59–50 HC Gomel 32–28 27–22
HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk 46–48 Randers HK 23–22 23–26
Viborg HK 52–38 Podravka Vegeta 32–17 20–21
Lada 66–54 ES Besançon Feminin HB 30–22 36–32
SCM Craiova 48–45 Debreceni VSC-TVP 24–19 24–26
Váci NKSE 53–62 Kastamonu Belediyesi 24–26 29–36
Astrakhanochka 58–60 Kuban 29–27 29–33
H 65 Höör 53–52 TusSies Metzingen 24–24 29–28
København Håndbold 45–41 Dunaújvárosi KKA 22–21 23–20
Érd HC 51–52 Issy Paris Hand 31–21 20–31
Zvezda Zvenigorod 53–61 DHK Baník Most 31–28 22–33
Hypo Niederösterreich 43–59 HC Zalău 22–30 21–29

Group stage
Main article: 2017–18 Women's EHF Cup group stage

The seedings were announced on 23 November 2017.[2]

Teams in the draw will be protected against meeting teams from the same country in the same group. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE CRA KUB RAN
1 Brest Bretagne Handball 6 4 0 2 139 117 +22 8[lower-alpha 1] Quarterfinals — 25–22 30–16 23–15
2 SCM Craiova 6 4 0 2 146 134 +12 8[lower-alpha 1] 16–15 — 30–24 23–17
3 Kuban 6 3 0 3 141 155 −14 6 22–28 28–26 — 28–21
4 Randers HK 6 1 0 5 124 144 −20 2 26–18 25–29 20–23 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Brest Bretagne Handball HC 40–38 SCM Craiova

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LAD VIP PAR KOE
1 Lada 6 5 0 1 160 147 +13 10 Quarterfinals — 29–24 25–24 27–24
2 Vipers Kristiansand 6 3 0 3 156 150 +6 6 30–21 — 22–23 30–23
3 Issy Paris Hand 6 2 1 3 146 156 −10 5 17–27 24–25 — 28–28
4 København Håndbold 6 1 1 4 162 171 −9 3 28–31 30–25 29–30 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KAS VIB BYA VIS
1 Kastamonu Belediyesi 6 5 0 1 165 146 +19 10 Quarterfinals — 28–15 30–28 28–25
2 Viborg HK 6 4 0 2 157 148 +9 8 26–28 — 29–26 27–24
3 Byåsen Håndball Elite 6 3 0 3 166 152 +14 6 26–24 21–28 — 41–19
4 Vistal Gdynia 6 0 0 6 137 179 −42 0 26–27 21–32 22–24 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LAR ZAL HOO BAN
1 Larvik HK 6 4 1 1 166 146 +20 9 Quarterfinals — 28–23 34–23 34–29
2 HC Zalău 6 4 0 2 147 151 −4 8 25–22 — 24–21 31–28
3 H 65 Höör 6 3 0 3 158 150 +8 6 25–27 30–19 — 28–27
4 DHK Baník Most 6 0 1 5 146 170 −24 1 21–21 22–25 19–31 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 13 February at 11:00 hrs. The draw had determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings.[3]

Seeding
Pot 1 Pot 2

Brest Bretagne Handball
Larvik HK
Lada
Kastamonu Belediyesi

Viborg HK
Vipers Kristiansand
HC Zalău
SCM Craiova

The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 3 March, while the second leg followed one week later.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SCM Craiova 49–48 Lada 23–25 26–23
Vipers Kristiansand 55–51 Brest Bretagne Handball 26–17 29–34
Viborg HK 55–47 Larvik HK 28–21 27–26
HC Zalău 53–55 Kastamonu Belediyesi 29–28 24–27

Matches
3 March 2018
17:00 (UTC+2)		 SCM Craiova 23–25 Lada Polyvalent Hall, Craiova
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Lindenbaum, Laron (ISR)
Florianu 8 (9–15) Dmitrieva 8
3× 5× Report 1× 8×
10 March 2018
16:00 (UTC+4)		 Lada 23–26 SCM Craiova Olymp Sportkomplex, Togliatti
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Chrzan, Janas (POL)
Dmitrieva, Novoselova 4 (8–14) Ardean-Elisei 9
3× 2× Report 3× 3×

SCM Craiova won 49–48 on aggregate.

3 March 2018
17:00 (UTC+2)		 HC Zalău 29–28 Kastamonu Belediyesi Gheorge Tadici Sports Hall, Zalău
Attendance: 915
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Rob 9 (12–15) Marić, Uskova 6
2× 2× Report 3× 5×
11 March 2018
17:00 (UTC+3)		 Kastamonu Belediyesi 27–24 HC Zalău Atatürk Sports Hall, Kastamonu
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins (POR)
İskenderoğlu 7 (16–11) Rob, Tămaș 5
2× 6× Report 1× 2×

Kastamonu Belediyesi won 55–53 on aggregate.

3 March 2018
17:00 (UTC+1)		 Vipers Kristiansand 26–17 Brest Bretagne Handball Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
Attendance: 1,134
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Lunde-Borgersen 8 (12–10) Pineau 5
1× 3× Report 2× 5× 1×
10 March 2018
20:30 (UTC+1)		 Brest Bretagne Handball 34–29 Vipers Kristiansand Brest Arena, Brest
Attendance: 3,348
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Pineau 7 (18–17) Sulland 10
2× 3× Report 2× 5×

Vipers Kristiansand won 55–51 on aggregate.

3 March 2018
17:00 (UTC+1)		 Viborg HK 28–21 Larvik HK Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 1,564
Referees: Pech, Vagvölgyi (HUN)
Nørgaard 9 (9–8) Breistøl 6
3× 5× Report 2× 5×
10 March 2018
17:00 (UTC+1)		 Larvik HK 26–27 Viborg HK Boligmappa Arena, Larvik
Attendance: 652
Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
Breistøl 8 (13–15) Nørgaard 7
1× 1× Report

Viborg HK won 55–47 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The semi-finals were played in the first half of April.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kastamonu Belediyesi 40–41 SCM Craiova 22–23 18–18
Viborg HK 57–60 Vipers Kristiansand 34–31 23–29

Matches
7 April 2018
17:00		 Kastamonu Belediyesi 22–23 SCM Craiova Atatürk Sports Hall, Kastamonu
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Uskova 8 (15–11) Țicu 7
2× 4× Report 3× 4×
14 April 2018
18:00		 SCM Craiova 18–18 Kastamonu Belediyesi Polyvalent Hall, Craiova
Attendance: 4,215
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Țicu 6 (9−8) Uskova, Marić 5
4× 3× Report 3× 3×

SCM Craiova won 41–40 on aggregate.

7 April 2018
16:00		 Viborg HK 34–31 Vipers Kristiansand Vibocold Arena, Viborg
Attendance: 2,020
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Jørgensen 11 (18–16) Sulland 6
3× 3× Report 2× 2×
14 April 2018
16:00		 Vipers Kristiansand 29–23 Viborg HK Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
Attendance: 2,012
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Brattset 9 (15–14) Jørgensen 8
4× 2× Report

Vipers Kristiansand won 60–57 on aggregate.

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vipers Kristiansand 51–52 SCM Craiova 26–22 25–30

Matches
5 May 2018
17:00		 Vipers Kristiansand 26–22 SCM Craiova Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Kouz, Zhoba (UKR)
Kristiansen 9 (12–10) Florianu 9
3× 3× Report 3× 4×
11 May 2018
18:30		 SCM Craiova 30–25 Vipers Kristiansand Polyvalent Hall, Craiova
Attendance: 4,215
Referees: Marić, Masić (SRB)
Țicu 11 (19–12) Sulland 10
3× 3× Report 4× 1×

SCM Craiova won 52–51 on aggregate.[5]

Top goalscorers
As of 11 May 2018
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Linn Jørum Sulland Vipers Kristiansand 78
2 Cristina Florianu SCM Craiova 69
3 Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe Viborg HK 65

See also

References
  1. "2017/2018 Women's EHF Cup – Seeding list" (PDF). European Handball Federation. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. "Four pots for the group phase draw ready". European Handball Federation. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. "Quarter-final and Semi-final pairings to be decided in Vienna". European Handball Federation. 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. "Old rivalry renewed in the EHF Cup Quarter-final". European Handball Federation. 13 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "Inspired Craiova win Women'S EHF CUP in a thriller". European Handball Federation. 11 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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