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
Sport	Handball
Dates	8 September 2017–11 May 2018
Teams	48+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	26–66^1	LC Brühl Handball	11–34	15–32
Váci NKSE	90–35^2	HC Holon	46–17	44–18
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin	80–47^3	LK Zug	37–24	43–23
HSG Blomberg-Lippe	88–35	HB Sint-Truiden	46–19	42–16
CSM Roman	82–34^4	HŽRK Grude	40–15	42–19
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	80–20^5	AC Latsia Nicosia	44–12	36–8
Cercle Dijon Bourgogne	51–40^6	Jomi Salerno	27–18	24–22
Super Amara Bera Bera	57–48	Colégio de Gaia	26–25	31–23
DHC Slavia Prague	48–49^7	HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk	24–25	24–24
KRAM Start Elbląg	47–62^8	Byåsen Handball Elite	29–34	18–28
ŽRK Medicinar	63–61^9	Succes Schoonmaak/VOC	34–33	29–28
Galychanka	46–52	Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen	26–22	20–30
Ankara Yenimahalle BSK	61–46^10	O.F.N. Ionias	31–24	30–22
Nur Mingechavir	53–51^11	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	52–52^1 (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	59–57^2	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	53–53^3 (a)	Zvezda Zvenigorod	25–29	28–24
Nur Mingechavir	36–81^4	Viborg HK	21–38	15–43
Issy Paris Hand	49–39^5	Glassverket IF	23–22	26–17
Astrakhanochka	61–55^6	Mecalia Atlético Guardés	28–25	33–30
ŽRK Medicinar	45–68^7	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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

• 2017–18 Women's EHF Champions League

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.

External links

• Official website