2019–20 Women's EHF Cup

The 2019–20 Women's EHF Cup was the 39th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 7 September 2019.[1] Siófok KC were defending champions. On 24 April 2020 EHF announced that the competition would be cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Women's EHF Cup
2019–20
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates7 September 2019–10 May 2020
Teams50 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Websiteeurohandball.com
Final positions
Championscancelled
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Elena Mikhaylichenko
(75 goals)

Overview

Team allocation
Group stage
Podravka Vegeta MKS Perła Lublin SG BBM Bietigheim DHK Baník Most
Round 3
Siófok KC Nykøbing Falster Érd HC HC Lada
CS Gloria 2018 Bistrita Kastamonu Bld. GSK Rocasa Gran Canaria
Round 2
København Håndbold OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball Storhamar HE Odense Håndbold
Váci NKSE CS Măgura Cisnădie Kuban TUSSIES Metzingen
Tertnes HE Herning-Ikast Håndbold DVSC Schaeffler [A]CSM Corona Brașov
Zvezda Zvenigorod Buxtehuder SV Nantes Atlantique Handball Thüringer HC
Fredrikstad BK ŽORK Jagodina
Round 1
SCM Craiova HC Astrakhanochka TSV Bayer 04-Werkselfen ESBF Besançon
Byåsen Handball Elite DHC Slavia Prague HC Gomel Super Amara Bera Bera
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin LC Brühl Handball Muratpaşa BSK Skuru IK
WAT Atzgersdorf IUVENTA Michalovce Azeryol HC HV Quintus
HC Galychanka KHF Istogu Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan AC Latsia Nicosia
Handball Käerjeng Jomi Salerno Colégio de Gaia Toyota A.C. PAOK
ŽRK Metalurg Valur HIFK Handboll SPONO Eagles
Hypo Niederösterreich ŽRK Kumanovo LK Zug H 65 Höör

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition will be as follows (all draws are held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[3][4] On 25 March, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic.[5]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification First qualifying round 16 July 2019 7–8 September 2019 14–15 September 2019
Second qualifying round 12–13 October 2019 19–20 October 2019
Third qualifying round 22 October 2019 9–10 November 2019 16–17 November 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 21 November 2019 4–5 January 2020
Matchday 2 11–12 January 2020
Matchday 3 18–19 January 2020
Matchday 4 25–26 January 2020
Matchday 5 1–2 February 2020
Matchday 6 8–9 February 2020
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 11 February 2020 29 February–1 March 2020 7–8 March 2020
Semi finals 4–5 April 2020 11–12 April 2020
Final 14 April 2020 2–3 May 2020 9–10 May 2020

Qualification stage

Round 1

There are 32 teams were participating in round 1. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs was played on 7–8 and the second legs was played on 14–15 September 2019. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[6][7]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Gomel 83–35 1 KHF Istogu 45–13 38–22
Colégio de Gaia Toyota 32–79 ESBF Besançon 12–37 20–42
HV Quintus 45–38 2 HIFK Handboll 28–19 17–19
Super Amara Bera Bera 75–47 3 LK Zug 30–16 45–31
ŽRK Kumanovo 51–54 4 DHC Slavia Prague 27–23 24–31
H 65 Höör 75–43 5 LC Brühl Handball 32–24 43–19
TSV Bayer 04-Werkselfen 76–10 6 AC Latsia Nicosia 40–5 36–5
HC Astrakhanochka 61–34 7 Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan 31–18 30–16
HC Galychanka 49–42 8 Azeryol HC 26–24 23–18
SCM Craiova 59–38 9 Jomi Salerno 30–21 29–17
IUVENTA Michalovce 63–50 10 SPONO Eagles 31–25 32–25
Handball Käerjeng 25–86 11 Byåsen Handball Elite 13–40 12–46
Skuru IK 53–47 12 Valur 22–23 31–24
A.C. PAOK 56–49 13 Muratpaşa BSK 32–25 24–24
ŽRK Metalurg 28–87 14 Metraco Zagłębie Lubin 14–44 14–43
Hypo Niederösterreich 41–31 WAT Atzgersdorf 22–17 19–14
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by HC Gomel.
2 Both legs were hosted by HV Quintus.
3 Both legs were hosted by Super Amara Bera Bera.
4 Both legs were hosted by ŽRK Kumanovo.
5 Both legs were hosted by H 65 Höör.
6 Both legs were hosted by TSV Bayer 04-Werkselfen.
7 Both legs were hosted by HC Astrakhanochka.
8 Both legs were hosted by HC Galychanka.
9 Both legs were hosted by SCM Craiova.
10 Both legs were hosted by IUVENTA Michalovce.
11 Both legs were hosted by Byåsen Handball Elite.
12 Both legs were hosted by Valur.
13 Both legs were hosted by A.C. PAOK.
14 Both legs were hosted by Metraco Zagłębie Lubin.

Round 2

There were 34 teams participating in round 2. 16 teams who qualified from round 1 and 18 teams joining the draw. The first legs were played on 12–13 October and the second legs were played on 19–20 October 2019.[8]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
A.C. PAOK 44–49 ŽORK Jagodina 25–23 19–26
HV Quintus 39–66 1 Nantes Atlantique HB 21–30 18–36
DHC Slavia Prague 39–72 2 Odense Håndbold 25–34 14–38
H 65 Höör 55–59 Kuban 28–26 27–33
[A]CSM Corona Brașov 67–63 Super Amara Bera Bera 35–30 32–33
IUVENTA Michalovce 44–48 OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball 21–23 23–25
ESBF Besançon 60–56 Fredrikstad BK 29–27 31–29
Herning-Ikast Håndbold 54–46 3 HC Gomel 33–21 21–25
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin 42–65 Storhamar HE 22–38 20–27
Buxtehuder SV 40–53 HC Astrakhanochka 25–30 15–23
Zvezda Zvenigorod 53–44 Skuru IK 29–22 24–22
Váci NKSE 56–45 Hypo Niederösterreich 26–22 30–23
Thüringer HC 58–49 Byåsen Handball Elite 29–25 29–24
DVSC Schaeffler 69–58 TSV Bayer 04-Werkselfen 35–27 34–31
CS Măgura Cisnădie 45–42 HC Galychanka 31–23 14–19
Tertnes Bergen 57–46 4 SCM Craiova 24–26 33–20
TUSSIES Metzingen 53–56 København Håndbold 30–22 23–34
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Nantes Atlantique HB.
2 Both legs were hosted by Odense Håndbold.
3 Both legs were hosted by HC Gomel.
4 Both legs were hosted by SCM Craiova.

Round 3

A total of 24 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 22 October 2019.[9] The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:[10]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 9–10 November and the second legs were played on 16–17 November 2019.[11]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Odense Håndbold 57–52 ESBF Besançon 25–23 32–29
Tertnes HE 44–65 Storhamar HE 31–26 13–39
Rocasa Gran Canaria 46–46 (a) CS Măgura Cisnădie 28–24 18–22
HC Astrakhanochka 53–55 Thüringer HC 28–25 25–30
Érd HC 64–62 Kuban 39–32 25–30
Kastamonu Bld. GSK 58–56 Váci NKSE 33–26 25–30
DVSC Schaeffler 73–52 ŽORK Jagodina 37–26 36–26
CS Gloria 2018 Bistrita 49–49 [A] CSM Corona Brașov 25–27 24–22
Nantes Atlantique HB 58–61 Siófok KC 24–32 34–29
Zvezda Zvenigorod 52–70 HC Lada 24–36 28–34
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 44–49 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 23–23 26–31
København Håndbold 62–46 OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball 32–23 30–23
Notes
  1. ^
    Corona Brasov had been suspended from EHF competitions after players of the club were presumed to have participated in an intravenous laser therapy session considered a prohibited method under Section M1.3 of the 2019 Prohibited List of the World Anti-Doping Code.[12]

Group stage
Main article: 2019–20 Women's EHF Cup group stage

The draw for the group phase will be held on Thursday, 21 November 2019. 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 THU KAS SCH BAN
1 Thüringer HC 6 6 0 0 184 141 +43 12 Knockout stage — 27–24 26–23 40–24
2 Kastamonu Bld. GSK 6 3 0 3 176 175 +1 6[lower-alpha 1] 24–30 — 30–31 33–27
3 DVSC Schaeffler 6 3 0 3 170 173 −3 6[lower-alpha 1] 19–26 32–34 — 36–29
4 DHK Baník Most 6 0 0 6 163 204 −41 0 27–35 28–31 28–29 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. Kastamonu Bld. GSK 64–63 DVSC Schaeffler

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIO POD KOB MAG
1 Siófok KC 6 4 2 0 192 158 +34 10 Knockout stage — 30–30 36–23 34–22
2 Podravka Vegeta 6 3 2 1 189 176 +13 8 33–33 — 29–32 38–26
3 København Håndbold 6 3 0 3 174 171 +3 6 27–28 26–28 — 33–22
4 CS Măgura Cisnădie 6 0 0 6 150 200 −50 0 23–31 29–31 28–33 —
Source: EHF

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ODE GLO ERD LUB
1 Odense Håndbold 6 5 0 1 175 133 +42 10 Knockout stage — 25–19 31–24 35–18
2 CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud 6 2 3 1 141 139 +2 7 25–23 — 25–25 26–20
3 Érd HC 6 2 2 2 158 155 +3 6 27–28 24–24 — 29–24
4 MKS Perła Lublin 6 0 1 5 127 174 −47 1 20–33 22–22 23–29 —
Source: EHF

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HER LAD STO BIE
1 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 3 1 2 170 162 +8 7 Knockout stage — 28–38 34–27 33–25
2 HC Lada 6 3 0 3 177 168 +9 6[lower-alpha 1] 20–25 — 27–31 30–25
3 Storhamar HE 6 3 0 3 172 178 −6 6[lower-alpha 1] 26–24 28–33 — 33–32
4 SG BBM Bietigheim 6 2 1 3 167 178 −11 5 26–26 31–29 28–27 —
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. HC Lada 60–59 Storhamar HE

Quarterfinals

The seedings were announced on 10 February 2020:[13]

Pot 1 Pot 2
Herning-Ikast Håndbold
Odense Håndbold
Thüringer HC
Siófok KC		 Podravka Vegeta
CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud
HC Lada
Kastamonu Bld. GSK

The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 11 February 2020. The draw determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings. Teams from the same group of the group phase could not meet in the next stage.[14]

The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 29 February–1 March 2020, while the second leg followed one week later.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kastamonu Bld. GSK 49–78 Siófok KC 29–38 20–40
CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud 52–57 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 26–29 26–28
HC Lada 61–62 Odense Håndbold 31–28 30–34
HC Podravka Vegeta 61–51 Thüringer HC 27–23 34–28

Matches
1 March 2020
15:00		 Kastamonu Bld. GSK 29–38 Siófok KC Atatürk Sports Hall, Kastamonu
Attendance: 1,750
Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
İskit 10 (12–24) Aoustin 8
3× 3× Report 1× 1×
7 March 2020
18:00		 Siófok KC 40–20 Kastamonu Bld. GSK Kiss Szilárd Aréna, Siófok
Attendance: 1,185
Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
Hársfalvi, Ježić 6 (19–10) İskenderoğlu, Özel 6
1× 2× Report 1× 5×

Siófok KC won 78–49 on aggregate.

1 March 2020
17:00		 CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud 26–29 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Sala Polivalentă, Bistrița
Attendance: 950
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Ardean-Elisei 9 (13–10) Fauske, Friis 7
3× 1× Report 2× 4×
8 March 2020
15:30		 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 28–26 CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Kristiansen 9 (12–15) Dincă 7
2× 4× Report 1× 3×

Herning-Ikast Håndbold won 57–52 on aggregate.

29 February 2020
14:00		 HC Lada 31–28 Odense Håndbold Sportkomplex USK Olimp, Tolyatti
Attendance: 2,350
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Shamanouskaya 8 (15–14) Bakkerud 7
2× 3× Report 3× 3×
8 March 2020
15:00		 Odense Håndbold 34–30 HC Lada Odense Idrætshal, Odense
Attendance: 0
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Bakkerud 7 (20–16) Kirdiasheva, Shamanouskaya 6
2× 1× Report 3× 3×

Odense Håndbold won 62–61 on aggregate.

1 March 2020
15:00		 HC Podravka Vegeta 27–23 Thüringer HC Sports Hall "Fran Galović", Koprivnica
Attendance: 2,080
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Tsàkalou 9 (15–12) Lopes, Scheffknecht 6
2× 6× Report 1× 4×
8 March 2020
14:00		 Thüringer HC 28–34 HC Podravka Vegeta Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Bölk 9 (15–17) Mugoša, Tsàkalou 6
1× 3× Report 3× 5×

HC Podravka Vegeta won 61–51 on aggregate.

Final four

The semi-finals first legs were scheduled on 4–5 April 2020, while the second leg was scheduled for 11–12 April 2020, but the European Handball Federation announced on 13 March 2020, that the Semi-final matches will not be held as scheduled due to the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe.[15] On 25 March, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic and Women's EHF Cup is foreseen to be played in an EHF FINAL4 format in one venue over two playing days.[5] On 24 April 2020 the matches were cancelled.[2]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals
Odense Håndbold Cancelled Siófok KC
Herning-Ikast Håndbold Cancelled HC Podravka Vegeta

Third place game
LSF1 Cancelled LSF2

Final
WSF1 Cancelled WSF2

Top goalscorers
As of 8 March 2020
Rank Player Club Goals[16]
1 Elena Mikhaylichenko HC Lada 75
2 Helene Gigstad Fauske Herning-Ikast Håndbold 71
3 Aslı İskit Kastamonu Bld. GSK 68

See also

References
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  2. "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.
  3. "European Cup draw to take place on 16 July". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  4. "Season overview" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  5. "EHF presents feasibility study for potential re-start of European handball". eurohandball.com. 25 March 2020.
  6. "2018 winners face Salerno in the Women's EHF Cup". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  7. "Women's EHF Cup Round 1".
  8. "Women's EHF Cup Round 2".
  9. "National derbies galore in Women's EHF Cup round 3 draw". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  10. "Title-defending Siófok among the Pot 1 teams ahead of the draw". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  11. "Women's EHF Cup Round 3".
  12. "Bistrita-Nasaud replaces CSM Corona Brasov in Women's EHF Cup". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  13. "Two Danish clubs in the Women's EHF Cup quarter-final draw". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  14. "Title holders Siófok handed trip to Turkey". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  15. "Information on EHF competition matches in March and April". eurohandball.com. 13 March 2020.
  16. Goalscorers
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