2018–19 EHF Cup
2018–19 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | 1 September 2018–18 May 2019 |
Host(s) | THW Kiel (final four) |
Venue(s) | Sparkassen-Arena (final four) |
Teams | 59 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage) |
Website | eurohandball.com |
Final positions | |
Champions | THW Kiel |
Runner-up | Füchse Berlin |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Niclas Ekberg |
Top scorer(s) | Magnus Bramming (100 goals) |
The 2018–19 EHF Cup was the 38th 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
[edit]Teams
[edit]Round and draw dates
[edit]The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[1]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualification | First qualifying round | 17 July 2018 | 1-2 September 2018 | 8-9 September 2018 |
Second qualifying round | 6–7 October 2018 | 13–14 October 2018 | ||
Third qualifying round | 16 October 2018 | 17–18 November 2018 | 24–25 November 2018 | |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 29 November 2018 | 9–10 February 2019 | |
Matchday 2 | 16–17 February 2019 | |||
Matchday 3 | 23–24 February 2019 | |||
Matchday 4 | 2–3 March 2019 | |||
Matchday 5 | 23–24 March 2019 | |||
Matchday 6 | 30–31 March 2019 | |||
Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 2 April 2019 | 20–21 April 2019 | 27–28 April 2019 |
Final four | 30 April 2019 | 17–18 May 2019 |
Qualification stage
[edit]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 are allocated into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 facing teams from Pot 2. The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) qualified for the following round.
For each round, teams listed first will play the first leg at home. In some cases, teams agree to play both matches at the same venue.
Round 1
[edit]A total of 22 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 17 July 2018. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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The first legs were played on 1–2 and the second legs were played on 8–9 September 2018.[2]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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SG Handball West Wien | 54–55 | OCI-Lions | 26–25 | 28–30 |
B.S.B. Batumi | 42–67 1 | KH BESA Famgas | 20–30 | 22–37 |
Põlva Serviti | 51–53 | BSV Bern | 26–26 | 25–27 |
Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň | 69–24 2 | Glasgow HC | 39–12 | 30–12 |
FC Porto | 68–45 | AHC Potaissa Turda | 41–21 | 27–24 |
RK Železničar 1949 | 56–59 | Handball Käerjeng | 30–27 | 26–32 |
RD Koper 2013 | 49–56 | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 25–25 | 24–31 |
Selfoss | 60–55 | Klaipėda Dragūnas | 34–28 | 26–27 |
Alingsås HK | 48–51 | RK Gorenje Velenje | 26–23 | 22–28 |
GRK Varaždin | 50–55 | Steaua București | 25–26 | 25–29 |
RK Dubrava | 61–63 | FH Hafnarfjordur | 29–33 | 32–30 |
- Notes
Round 2
[edit]The first legs were played on 6–7 October and the second legs were played on 13–14 October 2018. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[3]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Vojvodina | 55–44 | HV Aalsmeer | 29–21 | 26–23 |
RD Ribnica | 56–59 | Selfoss | 30–27 | 26–32 |
Handball Käerjeng | 64–74 | Achilles Bocholt | 29–33 | 35–41 |
HC Baník Karviná | 58–47 1 | HC Prolet 62 | 26–22 | 32–25 |
Sport36-Komló | 56–56 (a) | Olympiacos | 34–29 | 22–27 |
RK Gorenje Velenje | 47–45 | Gwardia Opole | 26–22 | 21–23 |
Aalborg Håndbold | 60–53 | Pfadi Winterthur | 31–29 | 29–24 |
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța | 57–44 2 | Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň | 28–21 | 29–23 |
Drammen HK | 57–53 | KH BESA Famgas | 37–26 | 20–27 |
OCI-Lions | 52–52 (a) | Alpla HC Hard | 23–23 | 29–29 |
Steaua București | 48–50 | Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion | 25–23 | 23–27 |
HC Spartak Moscow | 46–47 | BSV Bern | 28–23 | 18–24 |
SL Benfica | 71–63 3 | FH Hafnarfjordur | 37–32 | 34–31 |
FC Porto | 58–54 | SKA Minsk | 34–29 | 24–25 |
ZTR Zaporizhia | 60–68 | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 27–30 | 33–38 |
IBV Vestmannaeyjar | 49–59 | Pays d'Aix Université Club | 24–23 | 25–36 |
- Notes
Round 3
[edit]A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 16 October 2018.[4] The draw seeding pots were composed as follows: [5]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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The first legs were played on 17–18 November and the second legs were played on 24–25 November 2018.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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HK Malmö | 50–57 | HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța | 22–23 | 28–34 |
SC Magdeburg | 53–57 | FC Porto | 26–23 | 27–34 |
Fraikin Granollers | 57–49 | RK Gorenje Velenje | 24–25 | 33–24 |
BM Logroño La Rioja | 50–50 (a) | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 26–22 | 24–28 |
KS Azoty-Puławy | 60–54 | Selfoss | 33–26 | 27–28 |
THW Kiel | 70–41 | Drammen HK | 34–23 | 36–18 |
Aalborg Håndbold | 54–57 | Füchse Berlin | 31–29 | 23–28 |
Olympiacos | 47–55 | RK Nexe | 22–25 | 25–30 |
HC Eurofarm Rabotnik | 59–47 | BSV Bern | 29–19 | 30–28 |
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 74–69 | SL Benfica | 41–36 | 33–33 |
Achilles Bocholt | 54–71 | Liberbank Cuenca | 29–34 | 25–37 |
Grundfos Tatabánya KC | 58–45 | OCI-Lions | 31–18 | 27–27 |
HC Baník Karviná | 62–66 | Balatonfüredi KSE | 33–34 | 29–32 |
Vojvodina | 52–70 | GOG Håndbold | 27–32 | 25–38 |
Pays d'Aix Université Club | 50–53 | TTH Holstebro | 25–25 | 25–28 |
Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion | 59–63 | Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | 29–36 | 30–27 |
Group stage
[edit]The draw of the EHF Cup group stage took place on Thursday, 29 November 2018. 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 9–10 February, 16–17 February, 23–24 February, 2–3 March, 23–24 March and 30–31 March 2019.
In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:
- Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
- Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
- Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.
During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FÜC | SRH | LOG | BAL | |
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1 | Füchse Berlin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 192 | 166 | +26 | 10 | Knockout stage | — | 33–29 | 29–27 | 36–23 | |
2 | Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 169 | +11 | 8 | Ranking of the second-placed teams | 34–31 | — | 30–26 | 27–23 | |
3 | Logroño La Rioja | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 174 | 180 | −6 | 4 | 29–34 | 29–28 | — | 29–24 | ||
4 | Balatonfüredi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 156 | 187 | −31 | 2 | 24–29 | 27–32 | 35–34 | — |
Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TAT | HAN | NEX | RAB | |
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1 | Tatabánya | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 154 | +18 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 28–25 | 27–28 | 30–27 | |
2 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 162 | 144 | +18 | 7 | Ranking of the second-placed teams | 27–27 | — | 32–22 | 24–21 | |
3 | Nexe | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 156 | 160 | −4 | 6 | 26–29 | 29–25 | — | 23–18 | ||
4 | Eurofarm Rabotnik | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 133 | 165 | −32 | 2 | 21–31 | 17–29 | 29–28 | — |
Group C
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | HOL | DOB | LIB | |
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1 | FC Porto | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 168 | +28 | 12 | Knockout stage | — | 32–29 | 30–27 | 37–26 | |
2 | TTH Holstebro | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 160 | +15 | 6 | Ranking of the second-placed teams | 31–33 | — | 29–25 | 34–22 | |
3 | Dobrogea Sud Constanța | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 165 | 174 | −9 | 4 | 29–35 | 22–28 | — | 34–26 | ||
4 | Liberbank Cuenca | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 186 | −34 | 2 | 26–29 | 26–24 | 26–28 | — |
Group D
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KIE | GOG | GRA | AZO | |
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1 | THW Kiel | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 144 | +47 | 12 | Knockout stage | — | 37–23 | 34–28 | 26–23 | |
2 | GOG Håndbold | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 180 | +2 | 6 | Ranking of the second-placed teams | 22–26 | — | 34–26 | 41–29 | |
3 | Fraikin Granollers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 174 | 195 | −21 | 5 | 22–33 | 34–31 | — | 30–29 | ||
4 | Azoty-Puławy | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 169 | 197 | −28 | 1 | 26–35 | 28–31 | 34–34 | — |
Ranking of the second-placed teams
[edit]The top three second-placed teams will qualify to the quarter-finals. The ranking of the second-placed teams will be determined on the basis of the team's results in the group stage.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | A | Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 169 | +11 | 8 | Knockout stage |
2 | B | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 162 | 144 | +18 | 7 | |
3 | C | TTH Holstebro | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 160 | +15 | 6 | |
4 | D | GOG Håndbold | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 180 | +2 | 6 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Quarter-finals
[edit]Since THW Kiel won their group, they qualified directly for the EHF Cup Finals and will not have to play the quarter-finals. In this case, the quarter-finals will consist of only three two-legged fixtures. The draw for the quarter-final pairings was held on Tuesday, 2 April, at 11:00 CET in the EHF headquarters in Vienna.[6] The three group winners were placed in Pot 1, and the three best second-ranked teams were placed in Pot 2. The group winners started the quarter-finals with an away match on 20 and 21 April, and played the second leg at home on 27 and 28 April.[7]
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 54–64 | Füchse Berlin | 26–34 | 28–30 |
TTH Holstebro | 52–50 | Tatabánya | 29–24 | 23–26 |
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | 60–64 | FC Porto | 30–30 | 30–34 |
Matches
[edit]21 April 2019 15:00 |
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 26–34 | Füchse Berlin | Swiss Life Hall, Hanover Attendance: 3,937 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
Olsen 11 | (14–15) | Lindberg 6 | ||
4× | Report | 3× 6× |
28 April 2019 15:00 |
Füchse Berlin | 30–28 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Attendance: 7,165 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
Lindberg 8 | (18–11) | Kastening 9 | ||
2× 8× | Report | 1× 3× |
Füchse Berlin won 64–54 on aggregate.
20 April 2019 17:45 |
TTH Holstebro | 29–24 | Tatabánya | Gråkjær Arena, Holstebro Attendance: 2,021 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER) |
Bramming 9 | (12–9) | Vranković 6 | ||
2× 6× | Report | 3× 5× |
27 April 2019 16:00 |
Tatabánya | 26–23 | TTH Holstebro | Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 2,650 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT) |
Vujović 8 | (14–12) | Bramming 5 | ||
2× 5× 1× | Report | 1× 4× |
TTH Holstebro won 52–50 on aggregate.
20 April 2019 20:00 |
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | 30–30 | FC Porto | Palais des Sports JF Krakowski, Saint-Raphaël Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Boričič, Marković (SRB) |
Caucheteux 9 | (17–17) | Areia, Branquinho 7 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 1× 7× |
27 April 2019 18:00 |
FC Porto | 34–30 | Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | Dragão Caixa, Porto Attendance: 2,099 Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI) |
Areia 8 | (17–15) | Caucheteux 10 | ||
4× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 2× 1× |
FC Porto won 64–60 on aggregate.
Final four
[edit]The seventh edition of the EHF Cup Finals in 2019 was hosted by THW Kiel after the EHF Executive Committee decided to award the hosting rights to the German club at its meeting on 6 December 2018. The tournament took place at Sparkassen-Arena in Kiel, on 17 and 18 May 2019.[8] The draw was held on 30 April 2019.[9][10]
As group winners, THW Kiel avoided playing the quarter-finals and qualified directly for the EHF Cup Finals.[8]
Bracket
[edit]Semifinals | Final | |||||
17 May | ||||||
TTH Holstebro | 26 | |||||
18 May | ||||||
THW Kiel | 32 | |||||
THW Kiel | 26 | |||||
17 May | ||||||
Füchse Berlin | 22 | |||||
Füchse Berlin | 24 | |||||
FC Porto | 20 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
18 May | ||||||
TTH Holstebro | 26 | |||||
FC Porto | 28 |
Semifinals
[edit]17 May 2019 18:00 |
TTH Holstebro | 26–32 | THW Kiel | Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 10,200 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
Bramming 7 | (14–16) | Ekberg 6 | ||
2× 4× 1× | Report | 2× 1× |
17 May 2019 20:45 |
Füchse Berlin | 24–20 | FC Porto | Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 10,011 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR) |
Drux 6 | (12–8) | Alves 6 | ||
1× 2× | Report | 1× 4× |
Third place game
[edit]18 May 2019 18:00 |
TTH Holstebro | 26–28 | FC Porto | Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 10,045 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
Smits 6 | (16–14) | Branquinho 7 | ||
1× 3× | Report | 1× 3× |
Final
[edit]18 May 2019 20:45 |
THW Kiel | 26–22 | Füchse Berlin | Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 10,285 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO) |
Ekberg 7 | (16–10) | Elísson 6 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[11] |
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1 | Magnus Bramming | TTH Holstebro | 100 |
2 | Hans Lindberg | Füchse Berlin | 79 |
3 | Raphaël Caucheteux | Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | 62 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "New season, new European Cup website". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "2018/19 EHF Cup – Qualification Round 1". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "2018/19 EHF Cup – Qualification Round 2". European Handball Federation.
- ^ "Füchse start the title defence afainst Alborg, Kiel vs Drammen". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Defending champions Füchse in pot 1 for last qualification draw". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Defending champions Berlin in all-German quarter-final". 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Standout scorer Magnus Bramming fears no one". 1 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Kiel to host Men's EHF Cup Finals". European Handball Federation. 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Kiel to host finals draw on Tuesday". European Handball Federation. 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Hosts Kiel and defending champions Berlin avoid each other in AKQUINET EHF Cup Finals draw". European Handball Federation. 30 April 2019.
- ^ Goalscorers