2017–18 Women's EHF Cup

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)
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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.

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
Byåsen Handball Elite (4th)	Ankara Yenimahalle BSK (2nd)	LC Brühl Handball (1st)
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
(5th)	Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen (2nd)	Colégio de Gaia (1st)	HŽRK Grude
Lugi HF		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	26–661	LC Brühl Handball	11–34	15–32
Váci NKSE	90–352	HC Holon	46–17	44–18
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin	80–473	LK Zug	37–24	43–23
HSG Blomberg-Lippe	88–35		46–19	42–16
CSM Roman	82–344	HŽRK Grude	40–15	42–19
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	80–205	AC Latsia Nicosia	44–12	36–8
	51–406	Jomi Salerno	27–18	24–22
Super Amara Bera Bera	57–48	Colégio de Gaia	26–25	31–23
DHC Slavia Prague	48–497	HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk	24–25	24–24
KRAM Start Elbląg	47–628	Byåsen Handball Elite	29–34	18–28
	63–619	Succes Schoonmaak/VOC	34–33	29–28
Galychanka	46–52	Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen	26–22	20–30
Ankara Yenimahalle BSK	61–4610	O.F.N. Ionias	31–24	30–22
	53–5111	Lugi HF	24–24	29–27

Notes

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	52–521 (a)	Tertnes Bergen	26–23	26–29
	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	59–572	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	53–533 (a)	Zvezda Zvenigorod	25–29	28–24
	36–814	Viborg HK	21–38	15–43
Issy Paris Hand	49–395	Glassverket IF	23–22	26–17
Astrakhanochka	61–556	Mecalia Atlético Guardés	28–25	33–30
	45–687	Kuban	23–33	22–35

Notes

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 v t	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[a]	Quarterfinals		—	25–22	30–16	23–15
2	SCM Craiova	6	4	0	2	146	134	+12	8[a]			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	—

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	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	—

Group C[]

Pos	Team v t	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	—

Group D[]

Pos	Team v t	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	—

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]

Quarterfinals[]

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	, Togliatti Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Chrzan, Janas (POL)
	Dmitrieva, 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	, Zalău Attendance: 915 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Rob 9	(12–15)	, Uskova 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 5×

11 March 2018 17:00 (UTC+3)	Kastamonu Belediyesi	27–24	HC Zalău	, Kastamonu Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins (POR)
	İskenderoğlu 7	(16–11)	Rob, 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	, 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[]

External links[]

• Official website