2017–18 EHF Cup

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EHF Cup
2017–18
EHF Cup logo.svg
Tournament information
Sport Handball
Dates 2 September 2017–20 May 2018
Teams 60+3 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
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The 2017–18 EHF Cup is 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

Teams

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
  • CR: Domestic cup runners-up
  • 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 Naturhouse La Rioja (3rd) Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (3rd) Sweden Lugi HF (2nd)
Germany SC Magdeburg (5th) Spain Fraikin Granollers (4th) Denmark Ribe-Esbjerg HH (4th) (CL QS)
Hungary Grundfos Tatabánya KC (3rd) France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball (4th) Slovenia RD Riko Ribnica (3rd) (CL QS)
Second qualifying round
Hungary Csurgói KK (5th) Denmark TTH Holstebro (5th) Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanţa (4th) Netherlands OCI-Lions (1st)
Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE (6th) Croatia RK Nexe Našice (2nd) Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur (2nd) (CL QS)
Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna (5th) Portugal FC Porto (2nd) Switzerland Wacker Thun (4th)  
France Chambéry Savoie Handball (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
Republic of 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 IEK Xyni Dikeas (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 FH Hafnarfjordur (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 (RS 2nd) Turkey Beykoz BLD SK (2nd) Estonia Põlva Serviti (1st)  
Norway ØIF Arendal (PO Fin) Austria SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien (3rd) Kosovo KH BESA Farm Gas (1st)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are 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

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.[1] The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) qualify 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

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 2–3 September and the second legs were played on 9–10 September 2017.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AC Doukas Greece Serbia Vojvodina
KH BESA Farm Gas Kosovo Turkey Beykoz BLD SK
Klaipėda Dragūnas Lithuania Croatia RK Dubrava
HC Dukla Praha Czech Republic Iceland FH Hafnarfjordur
Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň Czech Republic Greece IEK Xyni Dikeas
RK Partizan 1949 Tivat Montenegro Belgium Achilles Bocholt
Valur FC Iceland Italy SSV Bozen Loacker Volksbank
SL Benfica Portugal Serbia HC Dinamo Pančevo
HC Ohrid 2013 Republic of Macedonia Netherlands KRAS/Volendam
HC Kriens-Luzern Switzerland Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS Moldova Israel Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion
Afturelding Iceland Norway BSK Handball Elite
Handball Esch Luxembourg Norway ØIF Arendal
SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien Austria Austria Bregenz Handball
HRK Gorica Croatia Estonia Põlva Serviti

Round 2

Round 3

Group stage

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4













Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Ranking of the second-placed teams

Group Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

Final four

Semi-finals Final
19 May
     
     
 
20 May
       
     
Third place
19 May 20 May
       
         

See also

References

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