2018–19 EHF Cup

Teams

Third qualifying round
RK Nexe	TTH Holstebro	GOG Håndbold	BM Logroño La Rioja
Fraikin Granollers	Liberbank Ciudad Encantada	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	THW Kiel
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Füchse Berlin	SC Magdeburg	Grundfos Tatabánya KC
Balatonfüredi KSE	HC Eurofarm Rabotnik	KS Azoty-Puławy	HK Malmö
Second qualifying round
Alpla HC Hard	Achilles Bocholt	SKA Minsk	HC Baník Karviná
Aalborg Håndbold	Drammen HK	Pays d'Aix Université Club	Olympiacos
Sport36-Komló	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion	HC Prolet 62
HV Aalsmeer	Gwardia Opole	SL Benfica
HC Spartak Moscow	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	Vojvodina
Pfadi Winterthur	RD Ribnica	ZTR Zaporizhia
First qualifying round
SG Handball West Wien	GRK Varaždin	RK Dubrava	Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň
Põlva Serviti	Glasgow HC	B.S.B. Batumi	FH Hafnarfjordur
Selfoss	KH BESA Famgas	Klaipėda Dragūnas	Handball Käerjeng
OCI-Lions	FC Porto	AHC Potaissa Turda	Steaua București
RD Koper 2013	RK Gorenje Velenje	RK Železničar 1949
BSV Bern	Kadetten Schaffhausen	Alingsås HK

Round 1

A total of 22 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 17 July 2018. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:

The first legs were played on 1–2 and the second legs were played on 8–9 September 2018.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SG Handball West Wien	54–55	OCI-Lions	26–25	28–30
B.S.B. Batumi	42–67 1	KH BESA Famgas	20–30	22–37
Põlva Serviti	51–53	BSV Bern	26–26	25–27
Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň	69–24 2	Glasgow HC	39–12	30–12
FC Porto	68–45	AHC Potaissa Turda	41–21	27–24
RK Železničar 1949	56–59	Handball Käerjeng	30–27	26–32
RD Koper 2013	49–56	Kadetten Schaffhausen	25–25	24–31
Selfoss	60–55	Klaipėda Dragūnas	34–28	26–27
Alingsås HK	48–51	RK Gorenje Velenje	26–23	22–28
GRK Varaždin	50–55	Steaua București	25–26	25–29
RK Dubrava	61–63	FH Hafnarfjordur	29–33	32–30

Notes

Round 2

The first legs will be played on 6–7 October and the second legs will be played on 13–14 October 2018. ^[3]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vojvodina	55–44	HV Aalsmeer	29–21	26–23
RD Ribnica	56–59	Selfoss	30–27	26–32
Handball Käerjeng	64–74	Achilles Bocholt	29–33	35–41
HC Baník Karviná	58–47 1	HC Prolet 62	26–22	32–25
Sport36-Komló	56–56	Olympiacos	34–29	22–27
RK Gorenje Velenje	–	Gwardia Opole	26–22	–
Aalborg Håndbold	60–53	Pfadi Winterthur	31–29	29–24
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	57–44 2	Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň	28–21	29–23
Drammen HK	57–53	KH BESA Famgas	37–26	20–27
OCI-Lions	52–52 (a)	Alpla HC Hard	23–23	29–29
Steaua București	48–50	Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion	25–23	23–27
HC Spartak Moscow	–	BSV Bern	28–23	–
SL Benfica	71–63 3	FH Hafnarfjordur	37–32	34–31
FC Porto	58–54	SKA Minsk	34–29	24–25
ZTR Zaporizhia	–	Kadetten Schaffhausen	27–30	–
IBV Vestmannaeyjar	49–59	Pays d'Aix Université Club	24–23	25–36

Notes

Round 3

The first legs will be played on 17–18 November and the second legs will be played on 24–25 November 2018.

Draw and format

The draw of the EHF Cup group stage will take place on Thursday, 29 November 2018. The 16 teams allocated into four pots will be drawn into four groups of four teams.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 9–10 February, 16–17 February, 23–24 February, 2–3 March, 23–24 March, and 30–31 March 2019.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

1. number of points in matches of all teams directly involved;
2. goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved;
3. higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved;
4. goal difference in all matches of the group;
5. higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Ranking of the second-placed teams

The top three second-placed teams will qualify to the quarter-finals. The ranking of the second-placed teams will be determined on the basis of the team's results in the group stage.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-final pairing was held on Tuesday 2 April in the EHF headquarters in Vienna. The first leg is scheduled for 20 and 21 April and the second leg followed one week later.

Final four

The host of the seventh edition of the EHF Cup Finals in 2019 will be decided by the EHF Executive Committee. The tournament will take place on 17 and 19 May 2019. The draw will be held on 30 April 2019.^[4]