2018–19 Women's EHF Cup

The 2018–19 Women's EHF Cup was the 38th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 8 September 2018.

Women's EHF Cup
2018–19
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates8 September 2018–12 May 2019
Teams48+6 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Websiteeurohandball.com
Final positions
Champions Siófok KC
Runner-up Team Esbjerg
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Andrea Kobetić
(75 goals)

Siófok KC defeated Team Esbjerg 47–42 in the final.

Overview

Team allocation
Group stage
Larvik HK IK Sävehof Podravka Koprivnica SG BBM Bietigheim
Round 3
DHK Baník Most Team Esbjerg MKS Lublin SCM Craiova
Érd HC HC Lada BM Bera Bera ŽORK Jagodina
Round 2
Hypo Niederösterreich Herning-Ikast Håndbold SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea HC Astrakhanochka
Buxtehuder SV Dunaújvárosi KKA Besançon Feminin Jomi Salerno
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold CS Măgura Cisnădie Kuban Krasnodar Muratpaşa BSK
Siófok KC Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball Byåsen Handball Elite
Borussia Dortmund Handball HC Zalău Storhamar HE
Round 1
Viborg HK Zvezda Zvenigorod TuS Metzingen GVM Europe-Vác
Issy Paris Hand Fredrikstad BK DHC Slavia Prague Kastamonu Belediyesi
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin H 65 Höör SPONO Eagles Mecalia Atlético Guardés
HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk VOC Amsterdam IUVENTA Michalovce RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
HC Galychanka HC Azersu ŽRK Metalurg KHF Shqiponja
Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan HŽRK Grude Youth Union Athienou Handball Käerjeng
UHC Stockerau LC Brühl Handball Morrenhof Jansen Dalfsen LK Zug

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws are held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[1]


Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification First qualifying round 17 July 2018 8–9 September 2018 14–15 September 2018
Second qualifying round 13–14 October 2018 20–21 October 2018
Third qualifying round 23 October 2018 10–11 November 2018 17–18 November 2018
Group stage Matchday 1 22 November 2018 5–6 January 2019
Matchday 2 12–13 January 2019
Matchday 3 19–20 January 2019
Matchday 4 26–27 January 2019
Matchday 5 2–3 February 2019
Matchday 6 9–10 February 2019
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 12 February 2019 2–3 March 2019 9–10 March 2019
Semi finals 6–7 April 2019 13–14 April 2019
Final 16 April 2019 4–5 May 2019 11–12 May 2019

Qualification stage

Round 1

There were 28 teams participating in round 1. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 8–9 and the second legs were played on 15–16 September 2018. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[2]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin 57–47 1 HC Azersu 27–21 30–26
ŽRK Metalurg 26–64 2 Issy Paris Hand 15–31 11–33
Zvezda Zvenigorod 58–47 LK Zug 30–24 28–23
VOC Amsterdam 50–67 3 IUVENTA Michalovce 24–37 26–30
Viborg HK 66–44 4 HC Galychanka 33–22 33–22
HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk 62–33 5 Handball Käerjeng 33–17 29–16
HŽRK Grude 41–90 6 TuS Metzingen 24–43 17–47
SPONO Eagles 71–28 7 KHF Shqiponja 35–14 36–14
Mecalia Atlético Guardés 83–21 8 Youth Union Athienou 42–9 41–12
Morrenhof Jansen Dalfsen 43–54 9 Fredrikstad BK 27–28 16–26
H 65 Höör 45–37 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 22–18 23–19
DHC Slavia Prague 56–53 12 UHC Stockerau 32–23 24–30
LC Brühl Handball 46–58 10 Kastamonu Belediyesi 19–31 27–27
GVM Europe-Vác 84–54 11 Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan 39–27 45–27
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Metraco Zagłębie Lubin.
2 Both legs were hosted by ŽRK Metalurg.
3 Both legs were hosted by IUVENTA Michalovce.
4 Both legs were hosted by Viborg HK.
5 Both legs were hosted by Handball Käerjeng.
6 Both legs were hosted by TuS Metzingen.
7 Both legs were hosted by KHF Shqiponja.
8 Both legs were hosted by Mecalia Atlético Guardés.
9 Both legs were hosted by Fredrikstad BK.
10 Both legs were hosted by Kastamonu Belediyesi.
11 Both legs were hosted by GVM Europe-Vác.
12 Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Round 2

There were 32 teams participating in round 2. 14 teams who qualified from round 1 and 18 teams joining the draw. The first legs was played on 13–14 October and the second legs was played on 20–21 October 2018. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
GVM Europe-Vác 48–67 Siófok KC 22–35 26–32
IUVENTA Michalovce 48–59 Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 26–29 22–29
DHC Slavia Prague 45–57 1 CS Măgura Cisnădie 25–28 20–29
Kuban Krasnodar 54–42 2 HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk 29–22 25–20
Jomi Salerno 47–67 Zvezda Zvenigorod 22–32 25–35
H 65 Höör 62–51 Muratpaşa BSK 31–25 31–26
Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball 49–49 (a) Paris 92 31–26 18–23
SPONO Eagles 35–78 Dunaújvárosi KKA 21–35 14–43
HC Astrakhanochka 53–64 TuS Metzingen 27–28 26–38
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 55–47 Kastamonu Belediyesi 35–26 20–21
Viborg HK 59–49 Buxtehuder SV 27–24 32–25
Herning-Ikast Håndbold 52–45 Metraco Zagłębie Lubin 31–19 21–26
Besançon Feminin 53–49 Fredrikstad BK 31–23 22–26
Hypo Niederösterreich 44–48 Metraco Atlético Guardés 22–20 22–28
Storhamar HE 51–34 Byåsen Handball Elite 29–20 22–14
HC Zalău 45–49 Borussia Dortmund Handball 25–25 20–24
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by CS Măgura Cisnădie.
2 Both legs were hosted by Kuban Krasnodar.

Round 3

A total of 24 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which will held on Tuesday, 23 October 2018.[4]

The draw seeding pots were composed as follows: [5]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 10–11 November and the second legs were played on 17–18 November 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Viborg HK 57–27 ŽORK Jagodina 31–16 26–11
Kuban Krasnodar 59–58 Mecalia Atlético Guardés 26–27 33–31
Team Esbjerg 60–53 Paris 92 29–28 31–25
HC Lada 56–63 Siófok KC 30–26 26–37
DHK Baník Most 43–63 TuS Metzingen 19–28 24–35
Borussia Dortmund Handball 35–38 SCM Craiova 17–19 18–19
MKS Lublin 50–53 Besançon Feminin 22–22 28–31
Herning-Ikast Håndbold 43–35 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 22–16 21–19
Érd HC 56–60 Storhamar HE 29–28 27–32
Dunaújvárosi KKA 41–48 BM Bera Bera 18–26 23–22
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 54–47 H 65 Höör 27–24 27–23
Zvezda Zvenigorod 47–50 CS Măgura Cisnădie 29–24 18–26

Group stage
Main article: 2018–19 Women's EHF Cup group stage

The draw for the group phase was held on Thursday, 22 November 2018. 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 ESB STO BIE MAG
1 Team Esbjerg 6 5 1 0 186 139 +47 11 Knockout stage — 25–20 28–27 41–18
2 Storhamar HE 6 3 1 2 156 150 +6 7 28–28 — 29–28 28–23
3 SG BBM Bietigheim 6 3 0 3 173 151 +22 6 27–32 28–25 — 29–17
4 CS Măgura Cisnădie 6 0 0 6 115 190 −75 0 19–32 18–26 20–34 —
Source: EHF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIO HER TUS SAV
1 Siófok KC 6 6 0 0 188 149 +39 12 Knockout stage — 25–21 32–25 34–21
2 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 4 0 2 164 157 +7 8 22–34 — 31–28 29–22
3 TuS Metzingen 6 2 0 4 172 173 −1 4 26–33 25–28 — 29–22
4 IK Sävehof 6 0 0 6 139 184 −45 0 24−30 23–33 27–29 —
Source: EHF

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIB KUB BES LAR
1 Viborg HK 6 6 0 0 178 155 +23 12 Knockout stage — 26–25 35–26 26–23
2 Kuban Krasnodar 6 2 1 3 161 158 +3 5 27–31 — 28–29 32–26
3 Besançon Feminin 6 2 0 4 162 172 −10 4 26–29 23–26 — 32–25
4 Larvik HK 6 1 1 4 152 170 −18 3 28–31 23–23 29–26 —
Source: EHF

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POD NYK CRA BER
1 Podravka Koprivnica 6 4 0 2 160 154 +6 8 Knockout stage — 25–28 23–18 32–29
2 Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 6 3 1 2 151 145 +6 7 24–28 — 20–20 31–26
3 SCM Craiova 6 2 1 3 126 136 −10 5 23–26 18–12 — 26–23
4 BM Bera Bera 6 2 0 4 170 172 −2 4 32–26 28–36 32–21 —
Source: EHF

Knockout stage

The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 12 February 2019. The draw determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings. The country protection rule was not applied in the draw, which means the four Danish teams can face their domestic rivals in the quarter-finals. However, teams from the same group could not meet in the next stage.[6][7]

Quarterfinals

Seeding
Pot 1 Pot 2

Team Esbjerg
Viborg HK
Podravka Koprivnica
Siófok KC

Herning-Ikast Håndbold
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold
Storhamar HE
Kuban Krasnodar

The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 2–3 March 2019, while the second leg followed one week later.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Storhamar HE 55–63 Siófok KC 24–31 31–32
Herning-Ikast Håndbold 52–50 Podravka Koprivnica 34–26 18–24
Kuban Krasnodar 55–74 Team Esbjerg 24–37 31–37
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 39–52 Viborg HK 20–28 19–24

Matches
3 March 2019
16:30		 Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 20–28 Viborg HK Næstved Arena, Nykøbing Falster
Attendance: 2,325
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Housheer 6 (11–16) Nørgaard 9
3× 6× Report 1× 3×
9 March 2019
14:00		 Viborg HK 24–19 Nykøbing Falster Håndbold Vibocold Arena Viborg, Viborg
Attendance: 1,501
Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
three players four (13–9) Kristiansen 4
3× 3× Report 3× 4×

Viborg HK won 52–39 on aggregate

1 March 2019
19:00		 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 34–26 Podravka Koprivnica Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Friis 10 (17–12) Ikhneva 7
2× 1× Report 3× 2×
10 March 2019
17:00		 Podravka Koprivnica 24–18 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Gimnazija "Fran Galović", Koprivnica
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Chigirinova 7 (12–6) Friis 5
2× 2× Report 2× 5×

Herning-Ikast Håndbold won 52–50 on aggregate

3 March 2019
16:00		 Kuban Krasnodar 24–37 Team Esbjerg Olympus Arena, Krasnodar
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Pech, Vagvölgyi (HUN)
Golub 7 (15–14) Ingstad, Polman 8
1× 4× Report 2× 3×
10 March 2019
13:00		 Team Esbjerg 37–31 Kuban Krasnodar Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 1,348
Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
Breistøl, Liščević 7 (21–20) Dudina 9
2× 4× Report 2× 5×

Team Esbjerg won 74–55 on aggregate

3 March 2019
18:00		 Storhamar HE 24–31 Siófok KC Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1,151
Referees: Sa, Sa (POR)
Riegelhuth (12–13) Kobetić
3× 1× Report 2× 3×
10 March 2019
17:00		 Siófok KC 32–31 Storhamar HE Kiss Szilárd Aréna, Siófok
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Minko 8 (23–15) Folkvord 8
3× Report 3× 2×

Siófok KC won 63–55 on aggregate

Semifinals

The semi-finals first legs were played on 6–7 April 2019, while the second leg was scheduled for 13–14 April 2019.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Siófok KC 53–51 Viborg HK 28–24 25–27
Herning-Ikast Håndbold 36–53 Team Esbjerg 20–23 16–30

Matches
6 April 2019
17:00		 Siófok KC 28–24 Viborg HK Kiss Szilárd Aréna, Siófok
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Kobetić 7 (15–13) Högdahl 6
4× 2× Report 3× 6×
14 April 2019
14:00		 Viborg HK 27–25 Siófok KC Vibocold Arena Viborg, Viborg
Attendance: 1,431
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Nørgaard 5 (12–11) Kobetić 8
2× 2× Report 3× 2×

Siófok KC won 53–51 on aggregate

6 April 2019
17:00		 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 20–23 Team Esbjerg Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 986
Referees: Sa, Sa (POR)
Fauske 4 (10–12) Polman 8
3× 5× Report 2× 3×
14 April 2019
13:00		 Team Esbjerg 30–16 Herning-Ikast Håndbold Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 1,530
Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
Liščević 8 (20–8) Fauske 4
3× 3× Report 3× 3×

Team Esbjerg won 53–36 on aggregate

Final

The first leg was played on 4–5 May and the second legs was played on 11–12 May 2019. The final home rights draw was held on 16 April in Vienna.[8]


Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Team Esbjerg 42–47 Siófok KC 21–21 21–26

Matches
5 May 2019
15:00		 Team Esbjerg 21–21 Siófok KC Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg
Attendance: 2,556
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Solberg 6 (12–10) Kobetić 6
3× 3× Report 3× 5×
11 May 2019
20:30		 Siófok KC 26–21 Team Esbjerg Kiss Szilárd Aréna, Siófok
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
Minko 7 (14–10) Liščević, Polman 6
3× 4× Report 3× 4×

Siófok KC won 47–42 on aggregate

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1 Andrea Kobetić Siófok KC 75
2 Helene Gigstad Fauske Herning-Ikast Håndbold 70
3 Estelle Nze Minko Siófok KC 65
4 Estavana Polman Team Esbjerg 61
5 Betina Riegelhuth Storhamar HE 55
6 Kristina Liščević Team Esbjerg 54
Ann Grete Nørgaard Viborg HK
8 Diana Golub HC Kuban Krasnodar 50
9 Mireya González Siófok KC 48
10 Simone Böhme Siófok KC 45

See also

References
  1. "Old Challenge cup foes off in Women'S EHF Cup". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. "2018/19 EHF Women's Cup – Qualification Round 1". European Handball Federation.
  3. "2018/19 EHF Women's Cup – Qualification Round 2". European Handball Federation.
  4. "Craiova begin title defence against Borussia Dortmund". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  5. "Defending champions Craiova and six former winners to learn next hurdle". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  6. "Four Danish clubs in the Women's EHF Cup Quarter-final draw". European Handball Federation. 11 February 2019.
  7. "All-Danish clash in the Women's EHF Cup quarter-final". European Handball Federation. 12 February 2019.
  8. "Two-leg finals throw off in Denmark and Poland". Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  9. Goalscorers
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