Women's EHF European League

Women's EHF European League

Current season, competition or edition: 2021–22 Women's EHF European League
Sport	Handball
Founded	1981
No. of teams	32
Country	EHF members
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Nantes Atlantique (1st title)
Most titles	Viborg HK (3 titles)
Related competitions	EHF Champions League
Official website	EHF European League

The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League.

Previously called the Women's EHF Cup, the competition will been known as the Women's EHF European League from the 2020–21 season.^[1]

History[]

The first edition took place in 1981. It was called the IHF Cup until 1993. From the 2016–17 season, the competition merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

Tournament structure[]

The EHF Cup is a competition divided into seven rounds: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Group Phase, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final.^[2]

Summary[]

Year		Final				Semi Final Losers
		Champion	Score	Second Place
1981–82 Details			30-27 17-19	Eglė Vilnius		TSC Berlin	Swift Roermond
1982–83 Details			20-14 18-15	Empor Rostock			Veszprém
1983–84 Details		Râmnicu Vâlcea	22–18 29–21	VfL Oldenburg		Iskra Partizánske	Budapesti Spartacus
1984–85 Details		Vorwärts Frankfurt	17-19 19-13	Vasas Budapest		Iskra Partizánske	Lützellinden
1985–86 Details		Leipzig	16-22 25-15	Debrecen			Tyresö HF
1986–87 Details		Budućnost Titograd	21-23 34-27				Budapesti Spartacus
1987–88		Eglė Vilnius	34-20 22-32	Budućnost Titograd
1988–89		Râmnicu Vâlcea	26-18 21-26	Eglė Vilnius		Bayer Leverkusen	Budapesti Spartacus
1989–90		Vorwärts Frankfurt	19-22 21-16	Spartak Kyiv		Mureșul Târgu Mureș	Budapesti Spartacus
1990–91		Lokomotiva Zagreb	19-11 19-20	Bayer Leverkusen		Frederiksberg	Vorwärts Frankfurt
1991–92		Leipzig	24-19 28-18			Kuban Krasnodar	Zalău
1992–93		Rapid București	28-16 22-24			Gjerpen	Leipzig
1993–94 Details		Viborg	23–20 21–24	Debrecen			Valencia Urbana
1994–95 Details		Debrecen	22–14 22–30	Baekkelaget Oslo		Buxtehuder	Slovan Duslo Šaľa
1995–96 Details		Debrecen	20–23 18–15	Larvik		Valencia Urbana
1996–97 Details		Olimpija Ljubljana	26–18 26–30	Borussia Dortmund		Vasas Budapest	Oţelul Galaţi
1997–98		Dunaújváros	26–22 34–27			Oţelul Galaţi	Elda Prestigio
1998–99		Viborg	21–24 28–21	Győr		Tertnes
1999–00		El Ferrobus Mislata	24–22 18–19	Tertnes		Borussia Dortmund	Slovan Duslo Šaľa
2000–01		Lublin	28–21 24–24	Podravka Koprivnica		Slavia Praha	Zagłębie Lubin
2001–02		Ikast	25–30 36–23	Győr			Baekkelaget Oslo
2002–03		Slagelse	22–27 27–20	Dunaújváros		Alba Fehérvár	Motor Zaporizhzhia
2003–04		Viborg	27–27 37–21	Győr		Nordstrand	Vipers Kristiansand
2004–05		Alba Fehérvár	21–27 28–19	Győr		HC Leipzig	Ferencváros
2005–06		Ferencváros	37–36 33–32	Podravka Koprivnica		Debrecen	Motor Zaporizhzhia
2006–07 Details		Zvezda Zvenigorod	25–30 32–22	Ikast		Elda Prestigio
2007–08 Details		Dinamo Volgograd	27–25 23–20	Itxako Navarra		Dunaújváros	Ikast
2008–09 Details		Itxako Navarra	27–19 25–26	HC Leipzig		Rulmentul Braşov	Dinamo Volgograd
2009–10 Details		Randers	20–22 30–24	Elda Prestigio		Bayer Leverkusen	Le Havre
2010–11 Details		Ikast	26–24 21–28	Holstebro		Oldenburg	Lada Togliatti
2011–12 Details		Lada Togliatti	30–24 20–21	Zalău		Vejen	Mar Alicante
2012–13 Details		Holstebro	31–35 33–28	Metz		Zalău	Ikast
2013–14 Details		Lada Togliatti	36–25 32–23	Esbjerg		Astrakhanochka	Alba Fehérvár
2014–15 Details		Holstebro	33-20 22-33	Rostov-Don		Muratpaşa	Érd
2015–16 Details		Dunaújváros	26-28 29-21	Metzingen		Randers	Corona Braşov
2016–17 Details		Rostov-Don	28–25, 25–21 (53–46)	Bietigheim		Nykøbing	Metzingen
2017–18 Details		Craiova	22–26, 30–25 (52–51)	Vipers Kristiansand		Viborg	Kastamonu Belediyesi
2018–19 Details		Siófok	21–21, 26–21 (47–42)	Esbjerg		Viborg	Ikast-Herning
2019–20 Details		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]				Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2020–21 Details		Nantes Atlantique	36–31	Siófok		Minaur Baia Mare	Ikast-Herning

Statistics[]

By club[]

Club	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Viborg	3	0	1994, 1999, 2004	–
Debrecen	2	2	1995, 1996	1986, 1994
Dunaújváros	2	1	1998, 2016	2003
Leipzig	2	1	1986, 1992	2009
Ikast	2	1	2002, 2011	2007
Holstebro	2	1	2013, 2015	2011
Râmnicu Vâlcea	2	0	1984, 1989	–
Frankfurt an der Oder	2	0	1985, 1990	–
Lada Togliatti	2	0	2012, 2014	–
Eglė Vilnius	1	2	1988	1982, 1989
Budućnost Podgorica	1	1	1987	1988
Itxako Navarra	1	1	2009	2008
Rostov-Don	1	1	2017	2015
Siófok	1	1	2019	2021
Trešnjevka Zagreb	1	0	1982	–
	1	0	1983	–
Lokomotiva Zagreb	1	0	1991	–
Rapid București	1	0	1993	–
Olimpija Ljubljana	1	0	1997	–
Mislata	1	0	2000	–
Lublin	1	0	2001	–
Slagelse	1	0	2003	–
Alba Fehérvár	1	0	2005	–
Ferencváros	1	0	2006	–
Zvezda Zvenigorod	1	0	2007	–
Dinamo Volgograd	1	0	2008	–
Randers	1	0	2010	–
Craiova	1	0	2018	–
Nantes Atlantique	1	0	2021	–
Győr	0	4	–	1999, 2002, 2004, 2005
Podravka Koprivnica	0	2	–	2001, 2006
Esbjerg	0	2	–	2014, 2019
Empor Rostock	0	1	–	1983
Oldenburg	0	1	–	1984
Vasas Budapest	0	1	–	1985
	0	1	–	1987
Spartak Kyiv	0	1	–	1990
Bayer Leverkusen	0	1	–	1991
	0	1	–	1992
	0	1	–	1993
Bækkelagets Oslo	0	1	–	1995
Larvik	0	1	–	1996
Borussia Dortmund	0	1	–	1997
	0	1	–	1998
Tertnes Bergen	0	1	–	2000
Elda Prestigio	0	1	–	2010
Zalău	0	1	–	2012
Metz	0	1	–	2013
Metzingen	0	1	–	2016
Bietigheim	0	1	–	2017
Vipers Kristiansand	0	1	–	2018
Total	39	39

By country[]

#	Country	Winners	Runners-up	Total finals
1	Denmark	9	4	13
2	Hungary	7	9	16
3	Russia	5	1	6
4	Romania	4	1	5
5	East Germany	3	1	4
	Yugoslavia	3	1	4
7	Soviet Union	2	3	5
8	Spain	2	2	4
9	Germany	1	6	7
10	France	1	2	3
11	Slovenia	1	0	1
	Poland	1	0	1
12	Norway	0	4	4
13	Croatia	0	2	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	2	2
14	Slovakia	0	1	1
Total		39	39	78

See also[]

• EHF European League
• Women's EHF Champions League

References[]

External links[]

• Official website