The 2017–18 EHF Cup was the 37th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the sixth edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

EHF Cup
2017–18
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates2 September 201720 May 2018
Host(s)SC Magdeburg (final four)
Venue(s)GETEC Arena (final four)
Teams60+3 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
Final positions
ChampionsGermany Füchse Berlin
Runner-upFrance Saint-Raphaël
Tournament statistics
MVPSlovenia Marko Bezjak
Top scorer(s)Denmark Hans Lindberg
(82 goals)

Team allocation

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Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[1]

  • TH: Title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • CW: Domestic cup winners
  • CL QS: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage.
Third qualifying round
  Frisch Auf Göppingen (TH)   CYEB Budakalász (4th)   KS Azoty-Puławy (3rd)   RD Koper 2013 (4th)
  Füchse Berlin (4th)   BM Logroño La Rioja (3rd)   Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (3rd)   Lugi HF (2nd)
  SC Magdeburg (5th)   Fraikin Granollers (4th)   Ribe-Esbjerg HH (4th)   Alpla HC Hard (CL QS)
  Grundfos Tatabánya KC (3rd)   Saint-Raphaël Var Handball (4th)   RD Riko Ribnica (3rd)   Tatran Prešov (CL QS)
Second qualifying round
  Csurgói KK (5th)   TTH Holstebro (5th)   HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța (4th)   OCI-Lions (1st)
  Balatonfüredi KSE (6th)   RK Nexe Našice (2nd)   Pfadi Winterthur (2nd)   Riihimäki Cocks (CL QS)
  Helvetia Anaitasuna (5th)   FC Porto (2nd)   Wacker Thun (4th)  
  Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc (5th)   HK Malmö (4th)   SKA Minsk (2nd)
  Gwardia Opole (5th)   CSM București (2nd)   Saint Petersburg HC (2nd)
First qualifying round
  HC Ohrid 2013 (3rd)   Vojvodina (1st)   Bregenz Handball (5th)   Handball Esch (1st)
  RK Dubrava (3rd)   HC Dinamo Pančevo (2nd)   Olympiacos SFP (1st)   Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion (1st)
  HRK Gorica (4th)   HC Dukla Praha (1st)   AC Doukas (2nd)   SSV Bozen Loacker Volksbank (1st)
  SL Benfica (3rd)   Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň (2nd)   Valur FC (1st)   HC Olimpus-85 USEFS (1st)
  HC Kriens-Luzern (3rd)   Achilles Bocholt (1st)   Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (2nd)   Klaipėda Dragūnas (1st)
  ZTR Zaporizhia (2nd)   KRAS/Volendam (2nd)   Afturelding (3rd)   RK Partizan 1949 Tivat (1st)
  BSK Handball Elite (2nd)   Beykoz BLD SK (2nd)   Põlva Serviti (1st)  
  ØIF Arendal (4th)   SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien (3rd)   KH BESA Farm Gas (1st)

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria):[2]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification First qualifying round 18 July 2017 2-3 September 2017 9-10 September 2017
Second qualifying round 7–8 October 2017 14–15 October 2017
Third qualifying round 17 October 2017 18–19 November 2017 25–26 November 2017
Group stage Matchday 1 30 November 2017 10–11 February 2018
Matchday 2 17–18 February 2018
Matchday 3 24–25 February 2018
Matchday 4 3–4 March 2018
Matchday 5 24–25 March 2018
Matchday 6 31 March–1 April 2018
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 3 April 2018 21–22 April 2018 28–29 April 2018
Final four 1 May 2018 19–20 May 2018

Qualification stage

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The qualification stage consists of three rounds, which are played as two-legged ties using a home-and-away system. In the draws for each round, teams were allocated into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 facing teams from Pot 2.[1] The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) qualified for the following round.

For each round, teams listed first played the first leg at home. In some cases, teams agreed to play both matches at the same venue.

Round 1

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A total of 30 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 18 July 2017. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:[1]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 1–3 and 8–9 September and the second legs were played on 2-3 and 9–10 September 2017.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AC Doukas   37–59   Vojvodina 13–33 24–26
KH BESA Farm Gas   52–56   Beykoz BLD SK 29–21 23–35
Klaipėda Dragūnas   71–72   RK Dubrava 36–36 35–36
HC Dukla Praha   52–61   Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 27–30 25–31
Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň   50–391   Olympiacos SFP 21–21 29–17
RK Partizan 1949 Tivat   39–702   Achilles Bocholt 19–38 20–32
Valur FC   64–58   SSV Bozen Loacker Volksbank 34–27 30–31
SL Benfica   74–483   HC Dinamo Pančevo 39–20 35–28
HC Ohrid 2013   48–474   KRAS/Volendam 24–24 24–23
HC Kriens-Luzern   45–43   ZTR Zaporizhia 24–20 21–23
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS   48–845   Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion 20–39 28–45
Afturelding   52–55   BSK Handball Elite 25–26 27–29
Handball Esch   50–576   ØIF Arendal 24–29 25–28
SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien   57–55   Bregenz Handball 30–28 27–27
HRK Gorica   43–46   Põlva Serviti 21–21 22–25
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň.
2 Both legs were hosted by RK Partizan 1949 Tivat.
3 Both legs were hosted by SL Benfica.
4 Both legs were hosted by HC Ohrid 2013.
5 Both legs were hosted by Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion.
6 Both legs were hosted by Handball Esch.

Round 2

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Kriens-Luzern   32–65   TTH Holstebro 16–27 16–38
Achilles Bocholt   65–72   Riihimäki Cocks 40–35 25–37
Beykoz BLD SK   48–71   HK Malmö 27–36 21–35
RK Ohrid 2013   46–811   FC Porto 20–37 26–44
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța   51–462   Bækkelagets SK 24–22 27–24
Põlva Serviti   46–59   RK Nexe Našice 25–27 21–32
Limburg Lions   51–57   ØIF Arendal 25–28 26–29
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar   59–59   St. Petersburg HC 32–27 27–32 (p)3
Pfadi Winterthur   61–394   RK Vojvodina 35–22 26–17
Helvetia Anaitasuna   70–49   Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň 40–26 30–23
SG Handball West Wien   49–59   Wacker Thun 22–27 27–32
Balatonfüredi KSE   55–415   Valur FC 27–22 28–19
CSM București   56–63   SKA Minsk 26–30 30–33
SL Benfica   49–50   Gwardia Opole 28–24 21–26
Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion   51–60   Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc 24–29 27–31
Csurgói KK   59–60   RK Dubrava 33–24 26–36
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by FC Porto.
2 Both legs were hosted by HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța.
3 A special penalty shoot-out was hosted by St. Petersburg HC due to refereeing mistakes. FH won 4-3.
4 Both legs were hosted by Pfadi Winterthur.
5 Both legs were hosted by Balatonfüredi KSE.

Round 3

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CYEB Budakalász   48–61   Helvetia Anaitasuna 27–35 21–26
KS Azoty-Puławy   59–59 (a)   TTH Holstebro 30–27 29–32
SC Magdeburg   53–52   HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 27–25 26–27
FC Porto   52–63   Füchse Berlin 27–30 25–33
Gwardia Opole   51–52   RD Koper 2013 30–25 21–27
Frisch Auf Göppingen   58–48   ØIF Arendal 27–27 31–21
Riihimäki Cocks   49–46   RD Riko Ribnica 24–17 25–29
Wacker Thun   40–40 (a)   Alpla HC Hard 19–17 21–23
Grundfos Tatabánya KC   46–47   Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc 25–24 21–23
Fraikin Granollers   55–46   Balatonfüredi KSE 28–21 27–25
Lugi HF   51–46   Pfadi Winterthur 29–29 22–17
HK Malmö   50–59   Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 25–23 25–36
Ribe-Esbjerg HH   50–52   RK Nexe Našice 29–26 21–26
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball   81–60   RK Dubrava 40–29 41–31
SKA Minsk   66–63   BM Logroño La Rioja 36–28 30–35
Tatran Prešov   47–47 (a)   Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 24–21 23–26

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2017–18 EHF Cup group stage.
  Red: Group A;   Blue: Group B;   Green: Group C;   Yellow: Group D.

Draw and format

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The draw of the EHF Cup group stage took place on Thursday, 30 November 2017. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were drawn into four groups of four teams.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 10–11 February, 17–18 February, 24–25 February, 3–4 March, 24–25 March, and 31 March–1 April 2018.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

  1. number of points in matches of all teams directly involved;
  2. goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved;
  3. higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved;
  4. goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club.

Seeding

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On 27 November 2017, EHF announced the composition of the group stage seeding pots:[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  SKA Minsk
  Chambéry Savoie
  Füchse Berlin
  Frisch Auf Göppingen

  Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
  Helvetia Anaitasuna
  Riihimäki Cocks
  KS Azoty-Puławy

  RK Nexe Našice
  Fraikin Granollers
  Saint-Raphaël
  SC Magdeburg

  RD Koper 2013
  Wacker Thun
  Lugi HF
  Tatran Prešov

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MAG BJE MIN PRE
  SC Magdeburg 6 5 0 1 192 157 +35 10 33–26 35–30 36–24
  Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 6 3 0 3 166 167 −1 6 27–26 32–30 27–19
  SKA Minsk 6 2 1 3 177 178 −1 5 31–33 27–26 34–27
  Tatran Prešov 6 1 1 4 146 179 −33 3 19–29 32–28 25–25
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FCH SRH ANA LUG
  Füchse Berlin 6 5 0 1 185 154 +31 10 21–26 34–23 34–25
  Saint-Raphaël 6 5 0 1 183 165 +18 10 25–34 36–27 28–26
  Helvetia Anaitasuna 6 2 0 4 174 201 −27 4 28–30 29–38 34–32
  Lugi HF 6 0 0 6 169 191 −22 0 27–32 28–30 31–33
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GÖP NEX KOP RCO
  Frisch Auf Göppingen 6 6 0 0 177 144 +33 12 30–27 31–26 33–27
  RK Nexe Našice 6 4 0 2 164 152 +12 8 24–27 29–24 31–24
  RD Koper 2013 6 1 0 5 152 168 −16 2 20–25 27–31 23–25
  Riihimäki Cocks 6 1 0 5 143 172 −29 2 20–31 20–22 27–32
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GRA CHA AZO THU
  Fraikin Granollers 6 4 1 1 175 157 +18 9 28–21 32–26 25–24
  Chambéry Savoie 6 4 1 1 162 152 +10 9 30–30 28–22 27–22
  KS Azoty-Puławy 6 2 0 4 168 179 −11 4 30–37 25–27 31–29
  Wacker Thun 6 1 0 5 152 169 −17 2 26–23 25–29 26–34
Source: [citation needed]

Ranking of the second-placed teams

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Because the German side SC Magdeburg, the organizers of the Final 4 tournament, finished on top of their group they qualified directly to the final tournament and only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals. The ranking of the second-placed teams was determined on the basis of the team's results in the group stage.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
B   Saint-Raphaël 6 5 0 1 183 165 +18 10
D   Chambéry Savoie 6 4 1 1 162 152 +10 9
C   RK Nexe Našice 6 4 0 2 164 152 +12 8
A   Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 6 3 0 3 166 167 −1 6
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-final pairing was held on Tuesday 3 April at 11:00 hrs in the EHF headquarters in Vienna. The first leg was scheduled for 21 and 22 April and the second leg followed one week later.[5]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saint-Raphaël   67–63   Fraikin Granollers 37–23 30–40
RK Nexe Našice   44–45   Füchse Berlin 28–20 16–25
Chambéry Savoie   54–61   Frisch Auf Göppingen 27–30 27–31

Matches

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21 April
20:45
Saint-Raphaël   37–23   Fraikin Granollers Palais des Sports J.F. Krakowski, Saint-Raphaël, Var
Attendance: 1,462
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Caucheteux, Dipanda 7 (17—10) Coloma 7
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29 April
20:00
Fraikin Granollers   40–30   Saint-Raphaël Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Kouz, Zhoba (UKR)
Resina 9 (16–15) Karalek 7
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Saint-Raphaël won 67–63 on aggregate.


21 April
19:00
RK Nexe Našice   28–20   Füchse Berlin Sportska Dvorana Kralja Tomislava, Našice
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Horváth. Marton (HUN)
Barišić - Jaman 8 (12–9) Lindberg, Wiede 5
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28 April
19:00
Füchse Berlin   25–16   RK Nexe Našice Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
Wiede 6 (14–9) Zrnić 7
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Füchse Berlin won 45–44 on aggregate.


22 April
17:00
Chambéry Savoie   27–30   Frisch Auf Göppingen Le Phare (Chambéry), Chambéry
Attendance: 2,647
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Melić, Minel 6 (11–19) Fontaine, Schiller 6
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29 April
17:30
Frisch Auf Göppingen   31–27   Chambéry Savoie EWS Arena, Göppingen
Attendance: 2,900
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Fontaine, Schiller 5 (18–13) Minel 7
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Frisch Auf Göppingen won 61–54 on aggregate.

Final four

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The sixth edition of the EHF Cup Finals in 2018 was hosted by SC Magdeburg after the EHF Executive Committee decided to award the hosting rights to the German club at its meeting on 16 December in Hamburg. The tournament took place on 19 and 20 May 2018.[6] The draw was held on 2 May 2018 in Magdeburg, Germany at 11:00.[7][8]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 May
 
 
  Saint-Raphaël28
 
20 May
 
  SC Magdeburg27
 
  Saint-Raphaël25
 
19 May
 
  Füchse Berlin28
 
  Frisch Auf Göppingen24
 
 
  Füchse Berlin27
 
Third place
 
 
20 May
 
 
  SC Magdeburg35
 
 
  Frisch Auf Göppingen25

Semifinals

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19 May 2018
14:45
Saint-Raphaël   28–27   SC Magdeburg GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 6,209
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Caucheteux 11 (13–13) Musche 7
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19 May 2018
17:00
Frisch Auf Göppingen   24–27   Füchse Berlin GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 6,209
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Schiller 6 (13–13) Lindberg 9
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Third place game

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20 May 2018
12:45
SC Magdeburg   35–25   Frisch Auf Göppingen GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 6,209
Referees: Pandžić, Mosorinski (SRB)
Musche 10 (16–15) four players 4
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Final

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20 May 2018
15:15
Saint-Raphaël   25–28   Füchse Berlin GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 6,209
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Caucheteux 8 (13–14) Zachrisson 9
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Top goalscorers

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As of 20 May 2018
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Hans Lindberg   Füchse Berlin 82
2   Raphaël Caucheteux   Saint-Raphaël 81
3   Marcel Schiller   Frisch Auf Göppingen 67

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "2017/2018 Men's EHF Cup – Seeding list" (PDF). European Handball Federation. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ "European Handball Calendar 2016/2017" (PDF). European Handball Federation.
  3. ^ "2017/18 EHF Cup – Qualification Round 1". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 23 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Göppingen in the group phase with Cocks, Nexe and Koper". European Handball Federation. 30 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Quarter-final draw to determine three pairings". European Handball Federation. 2 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Magdeburg to host EHF Cup Finals 2018". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Noon draw at a familiar place". European Handball Federation. 24 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Defending champions face Füchse Berlin in the EHF Cup semi-final". European Handball Federation. 2 May 2018. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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