1996–97 Women's EHF Cup

The 1996–97 Women's EHF Cup was the 15th edition of the competition, running from 11 October 1996 to 11 May 1997. Olimpija Ljubljana defeated in the final to become the first Slovenian club to win the competition.^[1] Oțelul Galați (which defeated defending champion Debreceni VSC in the quarterfinals) and Vasas Budapest also reached the semifinals.^[2]

Qualifying Round[]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Olimpija Ljubljana	51–36	Kraš Zagreb	28–14	23–22
	40–51		20–21	20–31
Rostselmash	41–35		21–18	20–17
Kefalovrysos Kythreas	35–73	SPONO Nottwil	19–40	16–33
Amadeo Tortajada	94–20		48–6	46–14
Sosnica Gliwice	69–45		36–25	33–20
Borussia Dortmund	52–37		31–18	21–19
	82–24		46–17	36–7
Issy	66–24		30–10	33–14
	34–56		17–30	17–26
VOC Amsterdam	64–29		36–18	28–11
Oțelul Galați	68–43		31–24	37–19

Round of 16[]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Olimpija Ljubljana	53–37	GOG Gudme	28–13	25–24
	26–57	Rostselmash	11–30	15–27
SPONO Nottwil	34–58	Amadeo Tortajada	18–32	16–26
Sosnica Gliwice	43–57	Vasas Budapest	21–33	22–24
Borussia Dortmund	46–45	Baekkelagets	23–22	23–23
	44–41	Issy	19–19	25–22
	31–31	Debreceni	19–14	12–17
VOC Amsterdam	46–53	Oțelul Galați	24–24	22–29

Quarter-finals[]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Olimpija Ljubljana	43–42	Rostselmash	24–21	19–21
Amadeo Tortajada	40–40	Vasas Budapest	20–21	20–19
Borussia Dortmund	71–43		31–23	40–20
Debreceni	34–35	Oțelul Galați	17–14	17–21

Semifinals[]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Olimpija Ljubljana	47–41	Vasas Budapest	21–17	26–24
Borussia Dortmund	45–36	Oțelul Galați	26–16	19–20

Final[]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Olimpija Ljubljana	52–48	Borussia Dortmund	26–18	26–30

References[]