EHF European Cup
European handball cup competition
Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 EHF European Cup | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1993 |
No. of teams | 74 (total) |
Country | Europe |
Confederation | EHF members |
Most recent champion(s) | Valur (1st title) |
Most titles | CS UCM Reşiţa (3 titles) |
Level on pyramid | 3 |
Official website | ehfec.eurohandball.com |
The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Founded in 1993 as the EHF City Cup, the competition was renamed the EHF Challenge Cup in 2000 before adopting its current name in 2020.[1]
History
Before 2000, it was called EHF City Cup. Currently, the EHF coefficient rank decides which teams have access and in which stage they enter.[citation needed]
Winners
EHF City Cup
Year | Final | Semifinal losers | |||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | |||||
1993–94 Details | TUSEM Essen | 27–17 31–26 | HK Drott | BM Granollers | PSG Asnieres Hand-Ball | ||
1994–95 Details | TV Niederwürzbach | 26–29 32–26 | Cadagua Gáldar | TUSEM Essen | ABC/UMinho | ||
1995–96 Details | Drammen HK | 22–21 27–21 | SG Hameln | SC Pick Szeged | IFK Skövde HK | ||
1996–97 Details | TuS Nettelstedt | 32–19 27–23 | KIF Kolding | Drammen HK | Sandefjord TIF | ||
1997–98 Details | TuS Nettelstedt | 24–22 25–23 | IFK Skövde HK | SG Wallau-Massenheim | Academia Octavio Vigo | ||
1998–99 Details | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 27–27 26–21 | A.D.C. Ciudad Real | TuS Nettelstedt | Drammen HK | ||
1999–00 Details | TV Grosswallstadt | 30–23 27–32 | BM Valladolid | Pfadi Winterthur | RK Sintelon |
EHF Challenge Cup
Year | Final | Semifinal losers | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | ||||||
2000–01 Details | RK Jugović Kać | 27–27 26–22 | Pfadi Winterthur | SSV Forst Brixen | Śląsk Wrocław | |||
2001–02 Details | Skjern Handball | 20–27 34–17 | RK Pelister | Frederiksberg IF | US Ivry Handball | |||
2002–03 Details | Skjern Handball | 27–30 35–25 | Filippos Verias | US Créteil Handball | IK Sävehof | |||
2003–04 Details | IFK Skövde HK | 20–21 27–24 | US Dunkerque HB | HCM Constanța | Generali Pallamano Trieste | |||
2004–05 Details | Wacker Thun | 29–24 26–29 | ABC/UMinho | HC Superfund Hard | TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | |||
2005–06 Details | CSA Steaua București | 21–26 34–27 | SC Horta | Agram-Medvescak Zagreb | BSV Bern Muri | |||
2006–07 Details | CS UCM Reşiţa | 26–26 36–36 | Drammen HK | Zagłębie Lubin | Locomotiv-Polyot Cheljabinsk | |||
2007–08 Details | CS UCM Reşiţa | 28–29 26–18 | Alpla Hard | Benfica | Pfadi Winterthur | |||
2008–09 Details | CS UCM Reşiţa | 25–27 25–20 | CSU Bucovina Suceava | Beşiktaş JK | BSV Bern Muri | |||
2009–10 Details | Sporting CP | 27–25 27–26 | MMTS Kwidzyn | RD Slovan | Bologna United | |||
2010–11 Details | RK Cimos Koper | 27–27 31–27 | Benfica | RK Partizan Dunav Osiguranje | Ştiinţa Municipal Dedeman Bacău | |||
2011–12 Details | AC Diomidis Argous | 26–23 20–22 | Wacker Thun | Sporting CP | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
2012–13 Details | SKA Minsk | 31–26 32–24 | Handball Esch | IL Runar | CSU Bucovina Suceava | |||
2013–14 Details | IK Sävehof | 37–26 [A] | RK Metaloplastika Šabac | KS Azoty-Puławy | Águas Santas | |||
2014–15 Details | HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | 28–32 32–25 | ABC/UMinho | Benfica | Stord | |||
2015–16 Details | ABC/UMinho | 28–22 25–29 | Benfica | Dukla Prague | FyllingenBergen | |||
2016–17 Details | Sporting CP | 37–28 30–24 | AHC Potaissa Turda | JMS Hurry-Up | Valur | |||
2017–18 Details | AHC Potaissa Turda | 33–22 26–27 | AEK Athens | IBV Vestmannaeyjar | Madeira Andebol SAD | |||
2018–19 Details | CSM București | 22–22 26–20 | Madeira Andebol SAD | HC Neva SPb | AEK Athens | |||
2019–20 Details | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] |
EHF European Cup
Year | Final | Semifinal losers | |||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | |||||
2020–21 Details | AEK Athens | 30–26 24–20 [B] | Ystads | Gorenje Velenje | Anorthosis Famagusta | ||
2021–22 Details | Nærbø | 29–25 27–26 | Minaur Baia Mare | Drammen | Alingsås | ||
2022–23 Details | Vojvodina | 30–23 25–23 | Nærbø | Runar Sandefjord | Alingsås | ||
2023–24 Details | Valur | 30–26 32–35 | Olympiacos | Ferencvárosi | Minaur Baia Mare |
- A The first leg was canceled due to the flooding in Serbia, and the final was disputed in only one game.[3]
- B Both finals held in Chalkida, Greece, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.
Performances
By teams
Team | Won | Years won | Runner-up | Years runner-up |
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UCM Reşiţa | 3 | 2007, 2008, 2009 | ||
Nettelstedt | 2 | 1997, 1998 | ||
Skjern | 2 | 2002, 2003 | ||
Sporting CP | 2 | 2010, 2017 | ||
ABC/UMinho | 1 | 2016 | 2 | 2005, 2015 |
Skövde | 1 | 2004 | 1 | 1998 |
Drammen | 1 | 1996 | 1 | 2007 |
Wacker Thun | 1 | 2005 | 1 | 2012 |
Potaissa Turda | 1 | 2018 | 1 | 2017 |
AEK Athens | 1 | 2021 | 1 | 2018 |
Nærbø | 1 | 2022 | 1 | 2023 |
TUSEM Essen | 1 | 1994 | ||
Niederwürzbach | 1 | 1995 | ||
Flensburg-Handewitt | 1 | 1999 | ||
Großwallstadt | 1 | 2000 | ||
Jugović Kać | 1 | 2001 | ||
CSA Steaua București | 1 | 2006 | ||
Cimos Koper | 1 | 2011 | ||
Diomidis Argous | 1 | 2012 | ||
SKA Minsk | 1 | 2013 | ||
Sävehof | 1 | 2014 | ||
Odorheiu Secuiesc | 1 | 2015 | ||
CSM București | 1 | 2019 | ||
Vojvodina | 1 | 2023 | ||
Valur | 1 | 2024 | ||
S.L. Benfica | 2 | 2011, 2016 | ||
Drott | 1 | 1994 | ||
Cadagua Gáldar | 1 | 1995 | ||
Hameln | 1 | 1996 | ||
Kolding | 1 | 1997 | ||
Ciudad Real | 1 | 1999 | ||
BM Valladolid | 1 | 2000 | ||
Pfadi Winterthur | 1 | 2001 | ||
Eurofarm Pelister | 1 | 2002 | ||
Filippos Verias | 1 | 2003 | ||
US Dunkerque HB | 1 | 2004 | ||
SC Horta | 1 | 2006 | ||
Alpla Hard | 1 | 2008 | ||
Bucovina Suceava | 1 | 2009 | ||
Kwidzyn | 1 | 2010 | ||
Handball Esch | 1 | 2013 | ||
RK Metaloplastika Šabac | 1 | 2014 | ||
Madeira Andebol | 1 | 2019 | ||
Ystads | 1 | 2021 | ||
Minaur Baia Mare | 1 | 2022 | ||
Olympiacos | 1 | 2024 |
By countries
Nation | Titles | Runners-up | Finals |
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Romania | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Germany | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Portugal | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Greece | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Sweden | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Norway | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Denmark | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Serbia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Iceland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Spain | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Luxembourg | 0 | 1 | 1 |
North Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ "EHF Executive Committee meets at EHF EURO 2020 in Stockholm". European Handball Federation. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "EHF Champions League – Latest News and Results | EHF".
- ^ Bruun, Peter. "ALL OR NOTHING IN PARTILLE". eurohandball.com/. EHF. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
External links
- Official website
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