EHF Women's European Cup

EHF Women's European Cup
Current season, competition or edition:; 2020–21 Women's EHF European Cup
	File:Women's EHF Challenge Cup logo.svg
Sport	Handball
Founded	1993
Country	EHF members
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Rocasa Gran Canaria
Most titles	Buxtehuder; Rocasa Gran Canaria; HBC Nîmes; Mios Biganos Handball; (2 titles each)
Related; competitions	EHF Champions League; EHF Cup
Official website	EHF Challenge Cup

The Women's EHF Challenge Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999–2000 season. It is currently the third-tier competition of European club handball.

From season 2020/21 the competition will be renamed EHF European Cup.^[1]

Summary

Year	Final			Semi Final Losers
Year	Champion	Score	Second Place
1993–94 Details	Buxtehuder	22-21; 23-22	Baekkelagets Oslo	Szegedi	Hidrotehnica Constanţa
1994–95 Details	Rotor Volgograd	24-19; 24-20	Vasas Budapest	Ikast F.S.	Granicar Djurdjevac
1995–96 Details	Silcotub Zalău	23-15; 19-27	Gjerpen IF Skien	Kuban Krasnodar	ES Besançon
1996–97 Details	Frankfurter	29-25; 26-24	Ikast F.S.	Junkeren Bodo	Silcotub Zalău
1997–98 Details	Ikast F.S.	27-22; 29-22	Frankfurter	Walle Bremen	AKVA Volgograd
1998–99 Details	"Napredak" Kruševac		Van Riet Nieuwegein	Nîmes	Oţelul Galaţi
1999–00 Details	Rapid CFR Bucureşti		Randers	Byåsen	Osijek
2000–01 Details	Nîmes	22-18; 18-16	Split Kaltenberg	FibrexNylon Săvinești	Luch Moscow
2001–02 Details	Universitatea Remin Deva	33-23; 31-25	Buxtehuder	Gil Eanes-Lagos	Rapid CFR Bucureşti
2002–03 Details	Borussia Dortmund	24-16; 21-27	Selmont Baia Mare	DJK/MJC Trier	Nata AZS AWFiS Gdańsk
2003–04 Details	1. FC Nürnberg	29-23; 29-33	Universitatea Remin Deva	ÍBV	Vitaral Jelfa Jelenia Góra
2004–05 Details	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	27-28; 25-22	Cercle Dijon Bourgogne	Split Kaltenberg	Buxtehuder
2005–06 Details	Rulmentul Braşov	30-22; 25-24	Tomis Constanţa	Mérignac	Valur
2006–07 Details	"Naisa" Nis	23-32; 30-21	Universitatea Jolidon Cluj-Napoca	Trešnjevka Zagreb	HCM Roman
2007–08 Details	Oldenburg	31-25; 29-26	Mérignac	Dunărea Brăila	ŠKP Bratislava
2008–09 Details	Nîmes	26-22; 30-25	Thüringer	ProVital Blomberg-Lippe	Izmir BSB SK
2009–10 Details	Buxtehuder	40-28; 28-26	Frisch Auf Göppingen	Vistal Gdynia	Metalurg Skopje
2010–11 Details	Mios Biganos	31–26; 30–29	Muratpaşa Bld. SK	HandbalAcademie	Nîmes
2011–12 Details	H.A.C. Handball	36-27; 27-30	Muratpaşa Bld. SK	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Fleury Loiret
2012–13 Details	Banik Most	20-24; 26-17	Samobor	Üsküdar B.S.K.	H 65 Höör
2013–14 Details	H 65 Höör	19-21; 23-21	Issy Paris	Galychanka Lviv	Mios Biganos
2014–15 Details	Mios Biganos	21-20;28-24	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	Galychanka Lviv	Le Havre
2015–16 Details	Rocasa Gran Canaria	29–25;33–29	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	EKS Start Elblag	HC Karpaty
2016–17 Details	Lokomotiva Zagreb	23–19;24–21	H 65 Höör	HV Quintus	DHC Sokol Poruba
2017–18 Details	MKS Lublin	22–22; 27–23	Rocasa Gran Canaria	Ardeşen GSK	Lokomotiva Zagreb
2018–19 Details	Rocasa Gran Canaria	30–23, 23–24	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	HV Quintus	Kristianstad Handboll
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[2]

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner Up
1	Buxtehuder	2 (1993–94, 2009–10)	1 (2001–02)
1	Rocasa Gran Canaria	2 (2015–16, 2018–19)	1 (2017–18)
3	Nîmes	2 (2000–01, 2008–09)	0 (-)
3	Mios Biganos	2 (2010–11, 2014–15)	0 (-)
5	Universitatea Remin Deva	1 (2001–02)	1 (2003–04)
5	Frankfurter HC	1 (1996–97)	1 (1997–98)
7	Rulmentul Braşov	1 (2005–06)	0 (-)
	Rapid CFR Bucureşti	1 (1999–00)	0 (-)
	Borussia Dortmund	1 (2002–03)	0 (-)
	Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold	1 (1997–98)	0 (-)
	ŽORK Napredak Kruševac	1 (1998–99)	0 (-)
	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1 (2004–05)	0 (-)
	Naisa Niš	1 (2006–07)	0 (-)
	1. FC Nürnberg	1 (2003–04)	0 (-)
	VfL Oldenburg	1 (2007–08)	0 (-)
	Rotor Volgograd	1 (1994–95)	0 (-)
	AS Silcotub Zalău	1 (1995–96)	0 (-)
	H.A.C. Handball	1 (2011–12)	0 (-)
	Banik Most	1 (2012–13)	0 (-)
	H 65 Höör	1 (2013–14)	0 (-)
	HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	1 (2016–17)	0 (-)
	MKS Lublin	1 (2017–18)	0 (-)

Titles by nations

Rank	Country	Champion	Runner-Up	Total finals
1	Germany	7	4	11
2	France	5	3	8
3	Romania	4	4	8
4	Spain	2	1	3
5	Serbia/ Serbia and Montenegro	2	0	2
6	Croatia	1	2	3
	Denmark	1	2	3
	Poland	1	2	3
9	Sweden	1	1	2
10	Czech Republic	1	0	1
10	Russia	1	0	1
12	Turkey	0	3	3
13	Norway	0	2	2
14	Hungary	0	1	1
14	Netherlands	0	1	1