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 2017–20 May 2018
Teams40
Websiteeurohandball.com
Final positions
Champions AHC Potaissa Turda
Runner-up A.E.K. Athens
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Anton Otrezov (71 goals)

Overview

Team allocation
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

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

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. 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

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. 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

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. 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

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. 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
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
3× 2× Report 3× 4×
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× 1× Report 2× 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
3× 2× Report 3× 2×
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
3× 6× Report 3× 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× 3× Report 3× 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
2× 4× Report 3× 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
2× 1× Report 3× 1×
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
2× 3× Report 3× 4×

AHC Potaissa Turda won 59–56 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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. 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
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× 2× Report 2× 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
2× 7× Report 2× 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
3× 2× Report 2× 7×
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
1× 5× Report 2× 2×

AHC Potaissa Turda won 56–55 on aggregate.

Final

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

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

Matches
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
3× 2× Report 3× 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× 4× Report 2× 3× 1×

AHC Potaissa Turda won 59–49 on aggregate.

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See also

References
  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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