2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup

EHF Challenge Cup

2018–19
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	6 October 2018–19 May 2019
Teams	48
Website	eurohandball.com
Final positions
Champions	CSM București
Runner-up	Madeira Andebol SAD
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	(58 goals)
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The 2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup was the 22nd edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 6 October 2018 to 19 May 2019.

Overview[]

Team allocation[]

Round 3
HC Visé BM	HC Vogošća Poljine Hills	HC Dobrudja	HC Dukla Prague
AEK Athens	Ramat Hasharon HC	HC Berchem	KRAS Volendam
Madeira Andebol SAD	Bodø HK	CSM București	HC Neva SPb
MŠK Považská Bystrica	RK Partizan	Donbass	Göztepe SK
Round 2
Bregenz Handball		RK Borac m:tel
	Parnassos Strovolou	HC Tallinn
KHF Prishtina		HC Olimpus-85 USEFS
Pallamano Pressano	VHC Šviesa Vilnius		Celtnieks Riga
AC Diomidis Argous	ØIF Arendal	HB Dudelange	JD Techniek Hurry-Up
		Holon Handball Club	London GD HC
KH Kastrioti		Granitas Karys Kaunas
PGU Tiraspol	Olympia HC		HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye

Round and draw dates[]

All draws will be held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.^[1]

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Round 2	17 July 2018	6–7 October 2018	13–14 October 2018
Round 3	17 July 2018	17–18 November 2018	24–25 November 2018
Last 16	27 November 2018	9–10 February 2019	16–17 February 2019
Quarter Final	19 February 2019	23–24 March 2019	30–31 March 2019
Semi Finals		20–21 April 2019	27–28 April 2019
Finals	30 April 2019	11–12 May 2019	18–19 May 2019

Round 2[]

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. The first legs were played on 6–7 October and the second legs were played on 13–14 October 2018.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
London GD HC	46–42 1		23–19	23–23
	43–69 2	RK Borac m:tel	19–36	24–33
	41–58 3		20–24	21–34
	46–73 4		22–37	24–36
Celtnieks Riga	58–60 5	Holon Handball Club	33–31	25–29
	56–57 6	Parnassos Strovolou	31–29	25–28
	63–69	ØIF Arendal	34–28	29–41
HB Dudelange	73–38 7		32–25	41–13
	66–46 8	PGU Tiraspol	37–26	29–20
Granitas Karys Kaunas	48–56	VHC Šviesa Vilnius	22–24	26–32
	34–114 9	Bregenz Handball	20–54	14–60
AC Diomidis Argous	47��70 10		19–38	28–32
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS	37–72 11	JD Techniek Hurry-Up	16–30	21–42
Olympia HC	39–77 12	Pallamano Pressano	16–40	23–37
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye	68–44 13	KHF Prishtina	32–19	36–25
HC Tallinn	47–51 14	KH Kastrioti	22–25	25–26

Notes

Round 3[]

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. The first legs were played on 17–18 November and the second legs were played on 24–25 November 2018^[3]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RK Partizan	58–60		33–28	25–32
HC Vogošća Poljine Hills	40–53	RK Borac m:tel	22–23	18–30
KRAS Volendam	56–60		32–32	24–28
HC Neva SPb	55–28 1	HB Dudelange	31–12	24–16
AEK Athens	49–43	Bregenz Handball	29–25	20–18
Pallamano Pressano	47–57	MŠK Považská Bystrica	24–28	23–29
Holon Handball Club	57–65 2	HC Berchem	28–33	29–32
	81–48 3	HC Dobrudja	34–25	47–23
HC Dukla Prague	55–48 4		27–20	28–28
Donbass	73–37 5	London GD HC	40–22	33–15
HC Visé BM	71–47	KH Kastrioti	33–21	38–26
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye	57–60 6	Ramat Hasharon HC	32–27	25–33
VHC Šviesa Vilnius	58–49	Bodø HK	35–23	23–26
JD Techniek/Hurry-Up	49–69	Madeira Andebol SAD	21–37	28–32
CSM București	79–38 7	Parnassos Strovolou	32–24	47–14
ØIF Arendal	68–53	Göztepe SK	40–25	28–28

Notes

Last 16[]

The draw seeding pots for the Last 16 Knockout round were composed as follows:^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2
HC Visé BM AEK Athens VHC Šviesa Vilnius HC Berchem Madeira Andebol SAD CSM București HC Neva SPb	RK Borac m:tel HC Dukla Prague Ramat Hasharon HC ØIF Arendal MŠK Považská Bystrica Donbass

The draw for the last 16 round was held on 27 November 2018.^[5] The first leg was scheduled for 9–10 February, while the second leg followed on 16–17 February 2019.Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ramat Hasharon HC	53–69	AEK Athens	28–34	25–35
MŠK Považská Bystrica	45–56	HC Neva SPb	21–31	24–25
Donbass	47–60 1	Madeira Andebol SAD	22–32	25–28
HC Dukla Prague	48–58	CSM București	23–28	25–30
	65–68	HC Visé BM	31–32	34–36
ØIF Arendal	49–53		27–21	22–31
HC Berchem	50–56 2		24–28	26–28
VHC Šviesa Vilnius	38–52	RK Borac m:tel	16–29	22–23

Notes

Matches[]

9 February 2019 17:30	HC Berchem	24–28		, Crauthem Attendance: 620 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	8	(13–19)	8
	1× 2×	Report	3× 3×

10 February 2019 17:30		28–26	HC Berchem	, Crauthem Attendance: 520 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	three players 4	(14–12)	8
	2× 7×	Report	1× 4×

HC Dicken won 56–50 on aggregate.

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9 February 2019 18:00	MŠK Považská Bystrica	21–31	HC Neva SPb	, Považská Bystrica Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev (AZE)
	8	(11–14)	9
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

15 February 2019 17:15	HC Neva SPb	25–24	MŠK Považská Bystrica	, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 450 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	, 5	(11–8)	6
	3×	Report	3× 1×

HC Neva SPb won 56–45 on aggregate.

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9 February 2019 18:00	Ramat Hasharon HC	28-34	A.E.K. Athens	, Ramat HaSharon Attendance: 267 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	9	(15–17)	8
	4× 2×	Report	3× 5×

16 February 2019 14:00	A.E.K. Athens	35–25	Ramat Hasharon HC	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 700 Referees: Capoccia, Jucker (SUI)
	, 5	(17–15)	5
	1× 8×	Report	3× 3×

A.E.K. Athens won 69–53 on aggregate.

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10 February 2019 18:00	ØIF Arendal	27–21		, Arendal Attendance: 1,276 Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	Lindboe 12	(13–10)	6
	2× 5×	Report	2× 5×

16 February 2019 15:00		31–22	ØIF Arendal	, Budyonnovsk Attendance: 750 Referees: Frieser, Kavulič (CZE)
	Dashko 8	(18–13)	6
	3× 3×	Report	4× 6× 1×

Dinamo Viktor Stavropol won 53–49 on aggregate.

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10 February 2019 19:30	HC Dukla Prague	23–28	CSM București	, Prague Attendance: 300 Referees: Butskevich, Butskevich (BLR)
	6	(10–19)	Rotaru 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

16 February 2019 16:00	CSM București	30–25	HC Dukla Prague	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 800 Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
	, Teixeira 8	(15–10)	6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 2×

CSM București won 58–48 on aggregate.

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9 February 2019 16:00	VHC Šviesa Vilnius	16–29	RK Borac m:tel	, Vilnius Attendance: 400 Referees: Loshak, Shajbakov (UKR)
	7	(8–12)	6
	2×	Report	2× 5×

16 February 2019 20:00	RK Borac m:tel	23–22	VHC Šviesa Vilnius	, Banja Luka Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	, 4	Report	8
	3× 5×		3× 2×

RK Borac m:tel won 52–38 on aggregate.

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10 February 2019 15:00		31–32	HC Visé BM	, Mogilev Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	10	(14–16)	, 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 6×

17 February 2019 16:00	HC Visé BM	36–34		, Visé Attendance: 500 Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
	9	(18–14)	10
	2× 5×	Report	1×

HC Visé BM won 68–65 on aggregate.

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16 February 2019 20:00	Donbass	22–32	Madeira Andebol SAD	, Funchal Attendance: 350 Referees: Rosendo, Estévez (ESP)
	, 6	(12–13)	7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5×

17 February 2019 18:00	Madeira Andebol SAD	28–25	Donbass	, Funchal Attendance: 350 Referees: Rosendo, Estévez (ESP)
	8	(12–14)	, 7
	2× 5×	Report	4× 4×

Madeira Andebol SAD won 60–47 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals[]

The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 19 February 2019. The draw determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings. Teams listed first will play the first leg at home. For the quarter-finals, there was no seeding as all eight teams were drawn from the same pot one after another. There was also no country protection applied in the draw. The semi-final draw followed using the quarter-final pairings.^[6][7]

The first quarter-final leg is scheduled for 23–24 March, while the second leg will follow on 30–31 March 2019.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	49–51	AEK Athens	25–21	24–30
Madeira Andebol SAD	54–53		28–27	26–26
HC Visé BM	45–74	HC Neva SPb	26–33	19–41
CSM București	54–42	RK Borac m:tel	25–19	29–23

Matches[]

23 March 2019 15:00		25–21	A.E.K. Athens	, Budyonnovsk Attendance: 930 Referees: Kaludjerović, Vujacić (MNE)
	8	(13–13)	, 5
	1×	Report	3× 5×

30 March 2019 14:00	A.E.K. Athens	30-24		O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 800 Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
	11	(14–9)	7
	3× 7×	Report	2× 3×

A.E.K. Athens won 51–49 on aggregate.

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23 March 2019 16:00	CSM București	25–19	RK Borac m:tel	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 850 Referees: Chrzan, Janas (POL)
	Santos 8	(16–7)	, 4
	3×	Report	3× 5×

30 March 2019 20:00	RK Borac m:tel	23–29	CSM București	, Banja Luka Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Jovchev, Yonchev (BUL)
	7	(9–16)	Vražalić 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

CSM București won 54–42 on aggregate.

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24 March 2019 17:00	Madeira Andebol SAD	28–27		, Funchal Attendance: 475 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	, 5	(15–9)	9
	2× 2×	Report	3× 1×

30 March 2019 14:30		26–26	Madeira Andebol SAD	, Helsinki Attendance: 500 Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
	7	(10–12)	António, 7
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Madeira Andebol SAD won 54–53 on aggregate.

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24 March 2019 16:00	HC Visé BM	26–33	HC Neva SPb	, Visé Attendance: 600 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
	7	(13–17)	, 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

31 March 2019 14:00	HC Neva SPb	41–19	HC Visé BM	, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300 Referees: Jerlecki, Labun (POL)
	10	(22–10)	5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

HC Neva SPb won 74–45 on aggregate.

Semifinals[]

The first semi-final legs was scheduled for 20–21 April 2019, while the second legs followed on 27–28 April 2019.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Neva SPb	44–51	CSM București	24–26	20–25
Madeira Andebol SAD	57–44	AEK Athens	27–22	30–22

Matches[]

20 April 2019 14:00	HC Neva SPb	24–26	CSM București	, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 400 Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
	6	(13–11)	Teixeira 7
	1× 4×	Report	4× 3×

27 April 2019 16:00	CSM București	25–20	HC Neva SPb	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 500 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Teixeira 8	(15–11)	, 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

CSM București won 51–44 on aggregate.

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20 April 2019 18:00	Madeira Andebol SAD	27–22	A.E.K. Athens	, Funchal Attendance: 640 Referees: Canbro, Kliko (SWE)
	9	(12–10)	, 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

27 April 2019 15:00	A.E.K. Athens	22–30	Madeira Andebol SAD	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 800 Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
	7	(9-13)	António 7
	3× 7×	Report	2× 6× 1×

Madeira Andebol SAD won 57–44 on aggregate.

Final[]

The first leg was played on 11–12 May and the second was played on 18–19 May 2019. The final home rights draw was held on 30 April 2019 in Vienna.^[8]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madeira Andebol SAD	42–48	CSM București	22–22	20–26

Matches[]

12 May 2019 16:30	Madeira Andebol SAD	22–22	CSM București	, Funchal Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
	António 7	(9–8)	A.Esteki 5
	3× 4×	Report	4× 5×

18 May 2019 13:30	CSM București	26–20	Madeira Andebol SAD	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Katsikis, Michailidis (GRE)
	S.Esteki, Rotaru 6	(16–9)	6
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

CSM București won 48–42 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[9]
1		Madeira Andebol SAD	58
2		AEK Athens	48
3		Madeira Andebol SAD	40

See also[]

• 2018–19 EHF Champions League
• 2018–19 EHF Cup
• 2018–19 Women's EHF Cup
• 2018–19 Women's EHF Challenge Cup

References[]

External links[]

• EHF Challenge Cup (official website)