2019–20 EHF Cup

The 2019–20 EHF Cup was the 39th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the seventh edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[1] On 24 April 2020 EHF announced that EHF Cup would be cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

EHF Cup
2019–20
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates31 August 2019–24 May 2020
Teams64 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Websiteeurohandball.com
Final positions
ChampionsCancelled
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Mohammad Sanad
(49 goals)

Team allocation

Teams
Third qualifying round
SC Magdeburg Rhein-Neckar Löwen Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc MT Melsungen
HBC Nantes Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Liberbank Cuenca Grundfos Tatabánya KC
Gwardia Opole Metalurg Skopje Füchse Berlin USAM Nîmes Gard
TTH Holstebro BM Logroño La Rioja Balatonfüredi KSE RK Nexe
Second qualifying round
NMC Górnik Zabrze RK Gorenje Velenje SCM Politehnica Timișoara Wacker Thun
SKA Minsk Hapoel Ashdod ØIF Arendal Elite Selfoss
HC Butel Skopje PAUC Handball Skjern Håndbold CB Ademar León
Csurgói KK KS Azoty-Puławy RK Pelister SL Benfica
First qualifying round
RK Dubrava RD Ribnica HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța Maccabi Rishon LeZion
FH Hafnarfjordur Spartak Moscow SSK Talent M.A.T.Plzeň ZTR Zaporizhia
RK Vojvodina HC Achilles Bocholt Olympiacos S.F.P. Alpla HC Hard
KRAS Volendam KH BESA Famgas Handball Esch Beşiktaş Aygaz
Põlva Serviti Dragūnas Klaipėda SSV Bozen Loacker London GD
B.S.B. Batumi RK Lovćen RK Borac m:tel Swieqi Phoenix Handball Club
RK Metaloplastika HC Visé BM CIP Travel Antalyaspo A.Ş. RK Poreč
HK Malmö Pfadi Winterthur Haukar Handball SG Handball West Wien

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws will be held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[3][4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification First qualifying round 16 July 2019 31 August-1 September 2019 7-8 September 2019
Second qualifying round 5–6 October 2019 12–13 October 2019
Third qualifying round 15 October 2019 16–17 November 2019 23–24 November 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 28 November 2019 8–9 February 2020
Matchday 2 15–16 February 2020
Matchday 3 22–23 February 2019
Matchday 4 29 February–1 March 2020
Matchday 5 21–22 March 2020
Matchday 6 28–29 March 2020
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 31 March 2020 25–26 April 2020 2–3 May 2020
Final four 5 May 2020 23–24 May 2020

Qualification stage

The qualification stage consists of three rounds, which will be played as two-legged ties using a home-and-away system. In the draws for each round, teams are allocated into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 facing teams from Pot 2. The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) will qualify for the following round.

For each round, teams listed first will play the first leg at home. In some cases, teams agree to play both matches at the same venue.

Round 1

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 16 July 2019.[5] The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 31 August–1 September and the second legs were played on 7–8 September 2019. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KH BESA Famgas 54–67 1 Pfadi Winterthur 24–33 30–34
Olympiacos S.F.P. 60–46 RK Borac m:tel 30–21 30–25
HK Malmö 61–52 HC Spartak Moscow 31–23 30–29
Maccabi Rishon LeZion 57–48 2 Dragūnas Klaipėda 34–28 23–20
RK Poreč 60–51 KRAS Volendam 29–23 31–28
HC Visé BM 48–56 FH Hafnarfjordur 27–27 21–29
RD Riko Ribnica 59–48 Põlva Serviti 32–22 27–26
ZTR Zaporizhia 78–34 3 London GD 39–20 39–14
CIP Travel Antalyaspor A.Ş. 40–53 HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 24–24 16–29
SSV Bozen Loacker 50–51 Alpla HC Hard 24–23 26–28
Beşiktaş Aygaz 49–49 (a)4 RK Metaloplastika 25–25 24–24
Haukar Handball 45–51 SSK Talent M.A.T. Plzeň 20–25 25–26
HC Achilles Bocholt 48–47 SG Handball West Wien 26–22 22–25
Handball Esch 80–38 5 B.S.B. Batumi 38–16 42–22
RK Vojvodina 79–52 6 RK Lovćen 38–23 41–29
RK Dubrava 81–43 7 Swieqi Phoenix Handball Club 45–22 36–21
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by KH BESA Famgas.
2 Both legs were hosted by Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
3 Both legs were hosted by ZTR Zaporizhia.
4 Both legs were hosted by Beşiktaş Aygaz.
5 Both legs were hosted by Handball Esch.
6 Both legs were hosted by RK Vojvodina.
7 Both legs were hosted by RK Dubrava.

Round 2

The first legs were played on 5–6 October and the second legs were played on 12–13 October 2019. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[7]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SCM Politehnica Timișoara 57–58 Olympiacos S.F.P. 31–29 26–29
PAUC Handball 64–46 RK Poreč 38–26 26–20
SSK Talent M.A.T. Plzeň 58–44 1 Hapoel Ashdod 32–23 26–21
RD Riko Ribnica 56–61 SKA Minsk 33–33 23–28
HK Malmö 64–56 Selfoss 33–27 31–29
Alpla HC Hard 60–59 (p)3 Skjern Håndbold 25–26 26–25
RK Vojvodina 43–58 CB Ademar León 20–28 23–30
SL Benfica 63–44 2 RK Dubrava 29–28 34–16
RK Metaloplastika 53–64 RK Gorenje Velenje 24–32 29–32
HC Butel Skopje 42–43 ZTR Zaporizhia 18–14 24–29
KS Azoty-Puławy 57–53 Handball Esch 31–28 26–25
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 43–43 (a) Csurgói KK 22–24 21–19
NMC Górnik Zabrze 50–48 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 29–26 21–22
HC Achilles Bocholt 59–52 Wacker Thun 34–33 25–19
FH Hafnarfjordur 52–58 ØIF Arendal Elite 25–30 27–28
Pfadi Winterthur 72–37 RK Pelister 39–16 33–21
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Talent M.A.T. Plzeň.
2 Both legs were hosted by SL Benfica.
3 A penalty shootout – which lasted nine shots for each team – was necessary to determine the winner of the tie between ALPLA HC Hard and Skjern Handbold. ALPLA HC Hard won 9–8.

Round 3

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 15 October 2019.[8] The draw seeding pots were composed as follows: [9]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 16–17 November and the second legs were played on 23–24 November 2019.[10]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Balatonfüredi KSE 51–56 CB Ademar León 30–27 21–29
SKA Minsk 45–61 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 28–32 17–29
NMC Górnik Zabrze 51–74 SC Magdeburg 25–37 26–37
Pfadi Winterthur 63–70 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 33–36 30–34
Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc 43–44 PAUC Handball 20–25 23–19
Liberbank Cuenca 59–50 Alpla HC Hard 34–18 25–32
Grundfos Tatabánya KC 53–51 ZTR Zaporizhia 27–24 26–27
HBC Nantes 60–59 ØIF Arendal Elite 30–29 30–30
RK Nexe 54–54 (a) SL Benfica 30–26 24–28
RK Gorenje Velenje 47–42 Metalurg Skopje 24–19 23–23
HK Malmö 53–61 Füchse Berlin 27–34 26–27
MT Melsungen 52–47 Olympiacos S.F.P. 32–28 20–19
SSK Talent M.A.T. Plzeň 46–67 TTH Holstebro 25–30 21–37
BM Logroño La Rioja 73–57 HC Achilles Bocholt 37–26 36–31
Gwardia Opole 54–53 KS Azoty-Puławy 26–24 28–29
Csurgói KK 48–54 USAM Nîmes Gard 28–25 20–29

Group stage
Main article: 2019–20 EHF Cup group stage

The draw of the EHF Cup group stage will take place on Thursday, 28 November 2019. 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 8–9 February, 15–16 February, 22–23 February, 29 February–1 March, 21–22 March and 28–29 March 2020.

On 25 March 2020, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic.[11]

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:

  1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
  3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
  4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.

During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN MEL BJE GWA
1 SL Benfica 4 4 0 0 121 97 +24 8 Knockout stage — 29–26 Cancelled 29–24
2 MT Melsungen 4 2 0 2 118 118 0 4 Ranking of the second-placed teams Cancelled — 35–33 26–21
3 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 4 2 0 2 124 128 −4 4 Eliminated 24–33 35–31 — Cancelled
4 Gwardia Opole 4 0 0 4 97 117 −20 0 23–30 Cancelled 29–32 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2020. Source: EHF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RNL NIM LIB HOL
1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 4 4 0 0 136 111 +25 8 Knockout stage — 32–31 36–25 Cancelled
2 USAM Nîmes Gard 4 2 1 1 123 117 +6 5 Ranking of the second-placed teams Cancelled — 29–29 33–28
3 Liberbank Cuenca 4 1 1 2 111 125 −14 3 Eliminated 28–33 Cancelled — 29–27
4 TTH Holstebro (E) 4 0 0 4 110 127 −17 0 27–35 28–30 Cancelled —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2020. Source: EHF
(E) Eliminated.

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG NAN GOR ADE
1 SC Magdeburg 4 4 0 0 123 109 +14 8 Knockout stage — 29–28 32–26 Cancelled
2 HBC Nantes 4 2 0 2 125 116 +9 4 Ranking of the second-placed teams 28–31 — Cancelled 34–28
3 Gorenje Velenje 4 2 0 2 110 115 −5 4 Eliminated Cancelled 28–35 — 30–25
4 Abanca Ademar León 4 0 0 4 103 121 −18 0 27–31 Cancelled 23–26 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020. Source: EHF

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FUC PAU TAT LOG
1 Füchse Berlin 4 2 1 1 110 102 +8 5 Knockout stage — Cancelled 27–27 33–26
2 PAUC Handball 4 1 2 1 102 100 +2 4 Ranking of the second-placed teams 23–25 — 26–22 Cancelled
3 Grundfos Tatabánya KC 4 1 2 1 99 102 −3 4 Eliminated Cancelled 24–24 — 26–25
4 BM Logroño La Rioja 4 1 1 2 106 113 −7 3 26–25 29–29 Cancelled —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020. Source: EHF

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.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B USAM Nîmes Gard 4 2 1 1 123 117 +6 5 Knockout stage
2 C HBC Nantes 4 2 0 2 125 116 +9 4
3 D PAUC Handball 4 1 2 1 102 100 +2 4
4 A MT Melsungen 4 2 0 2 118 118 0 4 Eliminated
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-final pairings was scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 31 March, in the EHF headquarters in Vienna, but due to the postponed matches of the group stage, EHF will announce any further updates accordingly. On 24 April 2020 the matches were cancelled.[2]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
– – –
– – –
– – –
– – –

Final four

The eighth edition of the EHF Cup Finals in 2020 will be hosted by Füchse Berlin after the EHF Executive Committee decided to award the hosting rights to the German club at its meeting on 22 November 2019. The tournament was scheduled to take place at Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, on 23 and 24 May 2020, but was rescheduled to 29 and 30 August 2020.[12][13][11] On 24 April 2020 EHF announced that in agreement with the organizers, Füchse Berlin, the MEN’S EHF Cup Finals scheduled for 29 and 30 August are cancelled. The tournament will not be carried out.[2]

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals
TBD Cancelled TBD Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Report
TBD Cancelled TBD Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Report

Third place game
LSF1 Cancelled LSF2 Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Report

Final

WSF1 Cancelled WFF2 Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Report

Top goalscorers
As of 29 February 2020
Rank Player Club Goals[14]
1 Mohammad Sanad USAM Nîmes Gard 49
2 Magnus Bramming TTH Holstebro 44
Petar Đorđić S.L. Benfica

See also

References
  1. "Almost 50 clubs to learn their opponents in the EHF cup". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  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". EHF European cup. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  4. "Season overview" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  5. "Besiktas face Sabac in the Men's EHF Cup qualification". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. "EHF Cup Round 1".
  7. "EHF Cup Round 2".
  8. "Füchse handed tough draw in round 3". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  9. "Füchse and Holstebro in pot 1 for last qualification draw". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  10. "EHF Cup Round 3".
  11. "EHF presents feasibility study for potential re-start of European handball". eurohandball.com. 25 March 2020.
  12. "Two clubs bid to host the EHF Cup Finals 2020". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  13. "EXEC awards the EHF Cup Finals 2020 to Berlin". European Handball Federation. 22 November 2019.
  14. Goalscorers
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