2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup

The 2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup was the 21st edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 7 October 2017 to 20 May 2018.

EHF Challenge Cup
2017–18
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates7 October 201720 May 2018
Teams40
Websiteeurohandball.com
Final positions
ChampionsRomania AHC Potaissa Turda
Runner-upGreece A.E.K. Athens
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Anton Otrezov (71 goals)

Overview

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Team allocation

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Round 3
  HC Eurofarm Rabotnik   FyllingenBergen   IBV Vestmannaeyjar   Parnassos Strovolou
  AM Madeira Andebol SAD   HC Sloga Zmartforce   KH Trepça   PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol
  AHC Potaissa Turda   MŠK Považská Bystrica   HC Berchem   London GD HC
  HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye   HC Visé BM   SGS Ramhat Hashron HC   Granitas Karys Kaunas
  HC Gomel   Göztepe SK   HMRK Zrinjski Mostar   RK Lovćen
  SKIF Krasnodar   A.E.K. Athens   HC Dobrudja   B.S.B. Batumi
Round 2
  Donbass Donetsk Region   A.C. PAOK   RK Konjuh-Živinice   VHC Šviesa Vilnius
  Dynamo-Victor   Red Boys Differdange   HC Vogošća Poljine Hills   Kauno Azuolas-KTU Kaunas
  ORK Samot 65   HB Käerjeng   Proodeftikos Paphos   RK Mojkovac 2005
  Taşova Yibo SC   Holon Handball Club   Cambridge HC   Aloysians Prominent

Round and draw dates

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All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Round 2 18 July 2017 7–8 October 2017 14–15 October 2017
Round 3 18 July 2017 18–19 November 2017 25–26 November 2017
Last 16 28 November 2017 10–11 February 2018 17–18 February 2018
Quarter-final 20 February 2018 24–25 March 2018 31 March–1 April 2018
Semi-finals 21–22 April 2018 28–29 April 2018
Finals 1 May 2018 12–13 May 2018 19–20 May 2018

Round 2

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Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[1] Bolded teams qualified into Round 3.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Vogošća Poljine Hills   54–48   Holon Handball Club 31–24 23–24
Red Boys Differdange   57–52   Kauno Azuolas-KTU Kaunas 32–26 25–26
Taşova Yibo SC   0–20   RK Mojkovac 2005 0–10 0–10
Aloysians Prominent   32–73   A.C. PAOK 17–34 15–39
ORK Samot 65   75–45   Cambridge HC 43–21 32–24
HB Käerjeng   69–58   Donbass Donetsk Region 32–30 37–28
VHC Šviesa Vilnius   48–61   Dynamo-Victor 24–25 24–36
RK Konjuh-Živinice   72–39   Proodeftikos Paphos 39–15 33–24

Round 3

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Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[2] Bolded teams qualified into last 16.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RK Konjuh-Živinice   48–63   SGS Ramhat Hashron HC 25–30 23–33
HC Eurofarm Rabotnik   57–47   Granitas Karys Kaunas 28–24 29–23
London GD HC   37–81   A.E.K. Athens 16–40 21–41
AM Madeira Andebol SAD   81–32   Parnassos Strovolou 46–12 35–20
HC Gomel   54–63   IBV Vestmannaeyjar 27–31 27–32
KH Trepça   49–75   AHC Potaissa Turda 29–35 30–40
Göztepe SK   63–55   A.C. PAOK 35–26 28–29
HC Visé BM   79–63   PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol 38–31 41–32
B.S.B. Batumi   49–89   HMRK Zrinjski Mostar 17–47 32–42
Dynamo-Victor   66–57   HC Sloga Zmartforce 37–26 29–31
MŠK Považská Bystrica   58–50   RK Lovćen 34–26 24–24
HC Vogošća Poljine Hills   54–65   FyllingenBergen 33–35 21–30
SKIF Krasnodar   57–55   HB Käerjeng 31–27 26–28
HC Berchem   59–45   ORK Samot 65 26–21 33–24
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye   71–46   RK Mojkovac 2005 36–20 35–26
Red Boys Differdange   79–49   HC Dobrudja 43–23 36–26

Last 16

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The draw for the last 16 round was held on Tuesday, 28 November 2017. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[4] Bolded teams qualified into quarterfinals.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Eurofarm Rabotnik   50–61   FyllingenBergen 22–25 28–36
MŠK Považská Bystrica   49–53   AM Madeira Andebol SAD 25–23 24–30
IBV Vestmannaeyjar   53–46   SGS Ramhat Hashron HC 32–25 21–21
Dynamo-Victor   59–52   Red Boys Differdange 31–26 28–26
HMRK Zrinjski Mostar   57–67   SKIF Krasnodar 27–39 28–30
AHC Potaissa Turda   68–53   HC Visé BM 44–24 24–29
Göztepe SK   52–57   A.E.K. Athens 29–25 23–32
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye   59–65   HC Berchem 29–34 30–31

Quarterfinals

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The draw for the quarter-final and semi-final pairings was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on 20 February at 11:00 hrs. .[5]

The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 24–25 March, while the second leg followed on 31 March–1 April 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo-Victor   48–55   AM Madeira Andebol SAD 27–27 21–28
SKIF Krasnodar   51–66   IBV Vestmannaeyjar 23–25 28–41
A.E.K. Athens   64–43   HC Berchem 32–25 32–18
AHC Potaissa Turda   59–56   FyllingenBergen 29–24 30–32

Matches

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24 March 2018
19:00
Dynamo-Victor   27–27   AM Madeira Andebol SAD STC Lukomore, Budyonnovsk
Attendance: 750
Referees: Jerlecki, Labun (POL)
Otrezov 9 (12–14) Semedo 11
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31 March 2018
17:00
AM Madeira Andebol SAD   28–21   Dynamo-Victor Pavilhão Desportivo, Funchal
Attendance: 700
Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR)
Nekrushets 7 (13–11) Otrezov, Volkov 8
  1×  Report   4× 

Madeira Andebol SAD won 55–48 on aggregate.


25 March 2018
16:00
SKIF Krasnodar   23–25   IBV Vestmannaeyjar Olympus Arena, Krasnodar
Attendance: 800
Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
Koposov, Belevtsov 4 (10–15) Sveinsson, Kristijansson 7
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31 March 2018
15:00
IBV Vestmannaeyjar   41–28   SKIF Krasnodar Itrottamidstöd, Vestmannaeyjar
Attendance: 600
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Kristijansson 9 (19–15) Nikolaenkov 9
  6×  Report   3× 

IBV Vestmannaeyjar won 66–51 on aggregate.


24 March 2018
15:00
A.E.K. Athens   32–25   HC Berchem O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 800
Referees: Alyev, Aghakishiyev (AZE)
Zampounis 7 (17–13) Stupar 7
  3×  Report   5× 
31 March 2018
20:00
HC Berchem   18–32   A.E.K. Athens Hall Omnisports de Crauthem, Berchem
Attendance: 600
Referees: Sirbu, Suponicov (MDA)
Stein 4 (8–15) Lokken 6
  4×  Report   5×  1× 

A.E.K. Athens won 64–43 on aggregate.


24 March 2018
18:00
AHC Potaissa Turda   29–24   FyllingenBergen Sala de sport Gheorghe Bariţiu, Turda
Attendance: 600
Referees: Šniūrevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
Ghiță 9 (12–11) Mossestad 6
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2 April 2018
17:00
FyllingenBergen   32–30   AHC Potaissa Turda Framohallen, Bergen
Attendance: 666
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
Mossestad 9 (14–12) Ghiță 11
  3×  Report   4× 

AHC Potaissa Turda won 59–56 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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The first semi-final legs was scheduled for 21–22 April 2018, while the second legs followed on 28–29 April 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AM Madeira Andebol SAD   44–52   A.E.K. Athens 21–29 23–23
IBV Vestmannaeyjar   55–56   AHC Potaissa Turda 31–28 24–28

Matches

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21 April 2018
18:30
AM Madeira Andebol SAD   21–29   A.E.K. Athens Pavilhão Desportivo, Funchal
Attendance: 690
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Moreira 6 (6–16) Mylonas 8
  2×  Report   2× 
28 April 2018
15:00
A.E.K. Athens   23–23   AM Madeira Andebol SAD O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 800
Referees: Kiyashko, Kiselev (RUS)
Mylonas 5 (13–12) Semedo 7
  7×  Report   2× 

A.E.K. Athens won 52–44 on aggregate.


21 April 2018
15:00
IBV Vestmannaeyjar   31–28   AHC Potaissa Turda Itrottamidstöd, Vestmannaeyjar
Attendance: 612
Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (HUN)
Sigurbjörnsson 13 (15–13) Iancu 5
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29 April 2018
18:00
AHC Potaissa Turda   28–24   IBV Vestmannaeyjar Sala de sport Gheorghe Bariţiu, Turda
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Jorum, Kleven (NOR)
Ghiță 6 (13–11) Sigurbjörnsson, Sveinsson 5
  5×  Report   2× 

AHC Potaissa Turda won 56–55 on aggregate.

Final

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The first leg was played on 14 May and the second was played on 20 May.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AHC Potaissa Turda   59–49   A.E.K. Athens 33–22 26–27

Matches

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14 May 2018
19:00
AHC Potaissa Turda   33–22   A.E.K. Athens Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
three players 7 (14–11) Mylonas 7
  2×  Report   4× 
20 May 2018
19:00
A.E.K. Athens   27–26   AHC Potaissa Turda O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 5,600
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Argyrou 7 (11–18) Cîntec, Asoltanei 5
  4×  Report   3×  1× 

AHC Potaissa Turda won 59–49 on aggregate.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "EHF Challenge Cup round 2". 19 October 2017.
  2. ^ "EHF Challenge Cup round 3". 19 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Pots revealed for the Challenge cup last 16 draw". European Handball Federation. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Last season's runner-up to face Vise". 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Eight teams to learn the road to the Final". European Handball Federation. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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