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2017–18 EHF Cup

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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)

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.

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
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen (TH) Hungary CYEB Budakalász (4th) Poland KS Azoty-Puławy (3rd) Slovenia RD Koper 2013 (4th)
Germany Füchse Berlin (4th) Spain BM Logroño La Rioja (3rd) Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (3rd) Sweden Lugi HF (2nd)
Germany SC Magdeburg (5th) Spain Fraikin Granollers (4th) Denmark Ribe-Esbjerg HH (4th) Austria Alpla HC Hard (CL QS)
Hungary Grundfos Tatabánya KC (3rd) France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball (4th) Slovenia RD Riko Ribnica (3rd) Slovakia Tatran Prešov (CL QS)
Second qualifying round
Hungary Csurgói KK (5th) Denmark TTH Holstebro (5th) Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța (4th) Netherlands OCI-Lions (1st)
Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE (6th) Croatia RK Nexe Našice (2nd) Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur (2nd) Finland Riihimäki Cocks (CL QS)
Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna (5th) Portugal FC Porto (2nd) Switzerland Wacker Thun (4th)  
France Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc (5th) Sweden HK Malmö (4th) Belarus SKA Minsk (2nd)
Poland Gwardia Opole (5th) Romania CSM București (2nd) Russia Saint Petersburg HC (2nd)
First qualifying round
North Macedonia HC Ohrid 2013 (3rd) Serbia Vojvodina (1st) Austria Bregenz Handball (5th) Luxembourg Handball Esch (1st)
Croatia RK Dubrava (3rd) Serbia HC Dinamo Pančevo (2nd) Greece Olympiacos SFP (1st) Israel Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion (1st)
Croatia HRK Gorica (4th) Czech Republic HC Dukla Praha (1st) Greece AC Doukas (2nd) Italy SSV Bozen Loacker Volksbank (1st)
Portugal SL Benfica (3rd) Czech Republic Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň (2nd) Iceland Valur FC (1st) Moldova HC Olimpus-85 USEFS (1st)
Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern (3rd) Belgium Achilles Bocholt (1st) Iceland Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (2nd) Lithuania Klaipėda Dragūnas (1st)
Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia (2nd) Netherlands KRAS/Volendam (2nd) Iceland Afturelding (3rd) Montenegro RK Partizan 1949 Tivat (1st)
Norway BSK Handball Elite (2nd) Turkey Beykoz BLD SK (2nd) Estonia Põlva Serviti (1st)  
Norway ØIF Arendal (4th) Austria SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien (3rd) Kosovo 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 Greece 37–59 Serbia Vojvodina 13–33 24–26
KH BESA Farm Gas Kosovo 52–56 Turkey Beykoz BLD SK 29–21 23–35
Klaipėda Dragūnas Lithuania 71–72 Croatia RK Dubrava 36–36 35–36
HC Dukla Praha Czech Republic 52–61 Iceland Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 27–30 25–31
Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň Czech Republic 50–391 Greece Olympiacos SFP 21–21 29–17
RK Partizan 1949 Tivat Montenegro 39–702 Belgium Achilles Bocholt 19–38 20–32
Valur FC Iceland 64–58 Italy SSV Bozen Loacker Volksbank 34–27 30–31
SL Benfica Portugal 74–483 Serbia HC Dinamo Pančevo 39–20 35–28
HC Ohrid 2013 North Macedonia 48–474 Netherlands KRAS/Volendam 24–24 24–23
HC Kriens-Luzern Switzerland 45–43 Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia 24–20 21–23
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS Moldova 48–845 Israel Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion 20–39 28–45
Afturelding Iceland 52–55 Norway BSK Handball Elite 25–26 27–29
Handball Esch Luxembourg 50–576 Norway ØIF Arendal 24–29 25–28
SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien Austria 57–55 Austria Bregenz Handball 30–28 27–27
HRK Gorica Croatia 43–46 Estonia 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 Switzerland 32–65 Denmark TTH Holstebro 16–27 16–38
Achilles Bocholt Belgium 65–72 Finland Riihimäki Cocks 40–35 25–37
Beykoz BLD SK Turkey 48–71 Sweden HK Malmö 27–36 21–35
RK Ohrid 2013 North Macedonia 46–811 Portugal FC Porto 20–37 26–44
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța Romania 51–462 Norway Bækkelagets SK 24–22 27–24
Põlva Serviti Estonia 46–59 Croatia RK Nexe Našice 25–27 21–32
Limburg Lions Netherlands 51–57 Norway ØIF Arendal 25–28 26–29
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar Iceland 59–59 Russia St. Petersburg HC 32–27 27–32 (p)3
Pfadi Winterthur Switzerland 61–394 Serbia RK Vojvodina 35–22 26–17
Helvetia Anaitasuna Spain 70–49 Czech Republic Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň 40–26 30–23
SG Handball West Wien Austria 49–59 Switzerland Wacker Thun 22–27 27–32
Balatonfüredi KSE Hungary 55–415 Iceland Valur FC 27–22 28–19
CSM București Romania 56–63 Belarus SKA Minsk 26–30 30–33
SL Benfica Portugal 49–50 Poland Gwardia Opole 28–24 21–26
Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion Israel 51–60 France Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc 24–29 27–31
Csurgói KK Hungary 59–60 Croatia 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 Hungary 48–61 Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna 27–35 21–26
KS Azoty-Puławy Poland 59–59 (a) Denmark TTH Holstebro 30–27 29–32
SC Magdeburg Germany 53–52 Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 27–25 26–27
FC Porto Portugal 52–63 Germany Füchse Berlin 27–30 25–33
Gwardia Opole Poland 51–52 Slovenia RD Koper 2013 30–25 21–27
Frisch Auf Göppingen Germany 58–48 Norway ØIF Arendal 27–27 31–21
Riihimäki Cocks Finland 49–46 Slovenia RD Riko Ribnica 24–17 25–29
Wacker Thun Switzerland 40–40 (a) Austria Alpla HC Hard 19–17 21–23
Grundfos Tatabánya KC Hungary 46–47 France Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc 25–24 21–23
Fraikin Granollers Spain 55–46 Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE 28–21 27–25
Lugi HF Sweden 51–46 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur 29–29 22–17
HK Malmö Sweden 50–59 Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 25–23 25–36
Ribe-Esbjerg HH Denmark 50–52 Croatia RK Nexe Našice 29–26 21–26
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball France 81–60 Croatia RK Dubrava 40–29 41–31
SKA Minsk Belarus 66–63 Spain BM Logroño La Rioja 36–28 30–35
Tatran Prešov Slovakia 47–47 (a) Iceland Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 24–21 23–26

Group stage

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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

Belarus SKA Minsk
France Chambéry Savoie
Germany Füchse Berlin
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen

Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna
Finland Riihimäki Cocks
Poland KS Azoty-Puławy

Croatia RK Nexe Našice
Spain Fraikin Granollers
France Saint-Raphaël
Germany SC Magdeburg

Slovenia RD Koper 2013
Switzerland Wacker Thun
Sweden Lugi HF
Slovakia Tatran Prešov

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MAG BJE MIN PRE
Germany SC Magdeburg 6 5 0 1 192 157 +35 10 33–26 35–30 36–24
Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 6 3 0 3 166 167 −1 6 27–26 32–30 27–19
Belarus SKA Minsk 6 2 1 3 177 178 −1 5 31–33 27–26 34–27
Slovakia 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
Germany Füchse Berlin 6 5 0 1 185 154 +31 10 21–26 34–23 34–25
France Saint-Raphaël 6 5 0 1 183 165 +18 10 25–34 36–27 28–26
Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna 6 2 0 4 174 201 −27 4 28–30 29–38 34–32
Sweden 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
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen 6 6 0 0 177 144 +33 12 30–27 31–26 33–27
Croatia RK Nexe Našice 6 4 0 2 164 152 +12 8 24–27 29–24 31–24
Slovenia RD Koper 2013 6 1 0 5 152 168 −16 2 20–25 27–31 23–25
Finland 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
Spain Fraikin Granollers 6 4 1 1 175 157 +18 9 28–21 32–26 25–24
France Chambéry Savoie 6 4 1 1 162 152 +10 9 30–30 28–22 27–22
Poland KS Azoty-Puławy 6 2 0 4 168 179 −11 4 30–37 25–27 31–29
Switzerland 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 France Saint-Raphaël 6 5 0 1 183 165 +18 10
D France Chambéry Savoie 6 4 1 1 162 152 +10 9
C Croatia RK Nexe Našice 6 4 0 2 164 152 +12 8
A Denmark 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 France 67–63 Spain Fraikin Granollers 37–23 30–40
RK Nexe Našice Croatia 44–45 Germany Füchse Berlin 28–20 16–25
Chambéry Savoie France 54–61 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen 27–30 27–31

Matches

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21 April
20:45
Saint-Raphaël France 37–23 Spain 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 Spain 40–30 France 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 Croatia 28–20 Germany 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 Germany 25–16 Croatia 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 France 27–30 Germany 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 Germany 31–27 France 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
 
 
France Saint-Raphaël28
 
20 May
 
Germany SC Magdeburg27
 
France Saint-Raphaël25
 
19 May
 
Germany Füchse Berlin28
 
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen24
 
 
Germany Füchse Berlin27
 
Third place
 
 
20 May
 
 
Germany SC Magdeburg35
 
 
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen25

Semifinals

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19 May 2018
14:45
Saint-Raphaël France 28–27 Germany 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 Germany 24–27 Germany 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 Germany 35–25 Germany 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 France 25–28 Germany 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 Denmark Hans Lindberg Germany Füchse Berlin 82
2 France Raphaël Caucheteux France Saint-Raphaël 81
3 Germany Marcel Schiller Germany 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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