2019–20 Women's EHF Cup

Women's EHF Cup
2019–20
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	7 September 2019–10 May 2020
Teams	50 (qualification stage); 16 (group stage)
Website	eurohandball.com
Final positions
Champions	cancelled
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Elena Mikhaylichenko; (75 goals)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Women's EHF Cup was the 39th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 7 September 2019.^[1] Siófok KC were defending champions. On 24 April 2020 EHF announced that the competition would be cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Overview

Team allocation

Group stage
Podravka Vegeta	MKS Perła Lublin	SG BBM Bietigheim	DHK Baník Most
Round 3
Siófok KC	Nykøbing Falster	Érd HC	HC Lada
CS Gloria 2018 Bistrita	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	Rocasa Gran Canaria
Round 2
København Håndbold	OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball	Storhamar HE	Odense Håndbold
Váci NKSE	CS Măgura Cisnădie	Kuban	TUSSIES Metzingen
Tertnes HE	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	DVSC Schaeffler	^[A]~~CSM Corona Brașov~~
Zvezda Zvenigorod	Buxtehuder SV	Nantes Atlantique Handball	Thüringer HC
Fredrikstad BK	ŽORK Jagodina
Round 1
SCM Craiova	HC Astrakhanochka	TSV Bayer 04-Werkselfen	ESBF Besançon
Byåsen Handball Elite	DHC Slavia Prague	HC Gomel	Super Amara Bera Bera
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin	LC Brühl Handball	Muratpaşa BSK	Skuru IK
WAT Atzgersdorf	IUVENTA Michalovce	Azeryol HC	Quintus
HC Galychanka	KHF Istogu	Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan	AC Latsia Nicosia
Handball Käerjeng	Jomi Salerno	Colégio de Gaia Toyota	A.C. PAOK
ŽRK Metalurg	Valur	HIFK Handboll	SPONO Eagles
Hypo Niederösterreich	ŽRK Kumanovo	LK Zug	H 65 Höör

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).^[3]^[4] On 25 March, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[5]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualification	First qualifying round	16 July 2019	7–8 September 2019	14–15 September 2019
	Second qualifying round	16 July 2019	12–13 October 2019	19–20 October 2019
	Third qualifying round	22 October 2019	9–10 November 2019	16–17 November 2019
Group stage	Matchday 1	21 November 2019	4–5 January 2020
	Matchday 2		11–12 January 2020
	Matchday 3		18–19 January 2020
	Matchday 4		25–26 January 2020
	Matchday 5		1–2 February 2020
	Matchday 6		8–9 February 2020
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	11 February 2020	29 February–1 March 2020	7–8 March 2020
	Semi finals	11 February 2020	4–5 April 2020	11–12 April 2020
	Final	14 April 2020	2–3 May 2020	9–10 May 2020

Qualification stage

Round 1

There are 32 teams were participating in round 1. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:

Pot 1

Pot 2

The first legs was played on 7–8 and the second legs was played on 14–15 September 2019. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.^[6]^[7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Gomel	83–35 ¹	KHF Istogu	45–13	38–22
Colégio de Gaia Toyota	32–79	ESBF Besançon	12–37	20–42
Quintus	45–38 ²	HIFK Handboll	28–19	17–19
Super Amara Bera Bera	75–47 ³	LK Zug	30–16	45–31
ŽRK Kumanovo	51–54 ⁴	DHC Slavia Prague	27–23	24–31
H 65 Höör	75–43 ⁵	LC Brühl Handball	32–24	43–19
TSV Bayer 04-Werkselfen	76–10 ⁶	AC Latsia Nicosia	40–5	36–5
HC Astrakhanochka	61–34 ⁷	Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan	31–18	30–16
HC Galychanka	49–42 ⁸	Azeryol HC	26–24	23–18
SCM Craiova	59–38 ⁹	Jomi Salerno	30–21	29–17
IUVENTA Michalovce	63–50 ¹⁰	SPONO Eagles	31–25	32–25
Handball Käerjeng	25–86 ¹¹	Byåsen Handball Elite	13–40	12–46
Skuru IK	53–47 ¹²	Valur	22–23	31–24
A.C. PAOK	56–49 ¹³	Muratpaşa BSK	32–25	24–24
ŽRK Metalurg	28–87 ¹⁴	Metraco Zagłębie Lubin	14–44	14–43
Hypo Niederösterreich	41–31	WAT Atzgersdorf	22–17	19–14

Notes

¹ Both legs were hosted by HC Gomel.

² Both legs were hosted by Quintus.

³ Both legs were hosted by Super Amara Bera Bera.

⁴ Both legs were hosted by ŽRK Kumanovo.

⁵ Both legs were hosted by H 65 Höör.

⁶ Both legs were hosted by TSV Bayer 04-Werkselfen.

⁷ Both legs were hosted by HC Astrakhanochka.

⁸ Both legs were hosted by HC Galychanka.

⁹ Both legs were hosted by SCM Craiova.

¹⁰ Both legs were hosted by IUVENTA Michalovce.

¹¹ Both legs were hosted by Byåsen Handball Elite.

¹² Both legs were hosted by Valur.

¹³ Both legs were hosted by A.C. PAOK.

¹⁴ Both legs were hosted by Metraco Zagłębie Lubin.

Round 2

There were 34 teams participating in round 2. 16 teams who qualified from round 1 and 18 teams joining the draw. The first legs were played on 12–13 October and the second legs were played on 19–20 October 2019.^[8]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
A.C. PAOK	44–49	ŽORK Jagodina	25–23	19–26
Quintus	39–66 ¹	Nantes Atlantique HB	21–30	18–36
DHC Slavia Prague	39–72 ²	Odense Håndbold	25–34	14–38
H 65 Höör	55–59	Kuban	28–26	27–33
^[A]~~CSM Corona Brașov~~	67–63	Super Amara Bera Bera	35–30	32–33
IUVENTA Michalovce	44–48	OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball	21–23	23–25
ESBF Besançon	60–56	Fredrikstad BK	29–27	31–29
Herning-Ikast Håndbold	54–46 ³	HC Gomel	33–21	21–25
Metraco Zagłębie Lubin	42–65	Storhamar HE	22–38	20–27
Buxtehuder SV	40–53	HC Astrakhanochka	25–30	15–23
Zvezda Zvenigorod	53–44	Skuru IK	29–22	24–22
Váci NKSE	56–45	Hypo Niederösterreich	26–22	30–23
Thüringer HC	58–49	Byåsen Handball Elite	29–25	29–24
DVSC Schaeffler	69–58	TSV Bayer 04-Werkselfen	35–27	34–31
CS Măgura Cisnădie	45–42	HC Galychanka	31–23	14–19
Tertnes Bergen	57–46 ⁴	SCM Craiova	24–26	33–20
TUSSIES Metzingen	53–56	København Håndbold	30–22	23–34

Notes

¹ Both legs were hosted by Nantes Atlantique HB.

² Both legs were hosted by Odense Håndbold.

³ Both legs were hosted by HC Gomel.

⁴ Both legs were hosted by SCM Craiova.

Round 3

A total of 24 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 22 October 2019.^[9] The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:^[10]

Pot 1

Pot 2

The first legs were played on 9–10 November and the second legs were played on 16–17 November 2019.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Odense Håndbold	57–52	ESBF Besançon	25–23	32–29
Tertnes HE	44–65	Storhamar HE	31–26	13–39
Rocasa Gran Canaria	46–46 (a)	CS Măgura Cisnădie	28–24	18–22
HC Astrakhanochka	53–55	Thüringer HC	28–25	25–30
Érd HC	64–62	Kuban	39–32	25–30
Kastamonu Bld. GSK	58–56	Váci NKSE	33–26	25–30
DVSC Schaeffler	73–52	ŽORK Jagodina	37–26	36–26
CS Gloria 2018 Bistrita	49–49 ^[A]	~~CSM Corona Brașov~~	25–27	24–22
Nantes Atlantique HB	58–61	Siófok KC	24–32	34–29
Zvezda Zvenigorod	52–70	HC Lada	24–36	28–34
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	44–49	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	23–23	26–31
København Håndbold	62–46	OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball	32–23	30–23

Notes

^
Corona Brasov had been suspended from EHF competitions after players of the club were presumed to have participated in an intravenous laser therapy session considered a prohibited method under Section M1.3 of the 2019 Prohibited List of the World Anti-Doping Code.^[12]

Group stage

The draw for the group phase will be held on Thursday, 21 November 2019. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams were 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	THU	KAS	SCH	BAN
1	Thüringer HC	6	6	0	184	141	+43	12	Knockout stage	—	27–24	26–23	40–24
2	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	6	3	3	176	175	+1	6^[a]	Knockout stage	24–30	—	30–31	33–27
3	DVSC Schaeffler	6	3	3	170	173	−3	6^[a]		19–26	32–34	—	36–29
4	DHK Baník Most	6	0	6	163	204	−41	0		27–35	28–31	28–29	—

Source: EHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Kastamonu Bld. GSK 64–63 DVSC Schaeffler

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SIO	POD	KOB	MAG
1	Siófok KC	6	4	2	0	192	158	+34	10	Knockout stage	—	30–30	36–23	34–22
2	Podravka Vegeta	6	3	2	1	189	176	+13	8	Knockout stage	33–33	—	29–32	38–26
3	København Håndbold	6	3	0	3	174	171	+3	6		27–28	26–28	—	33–22
4	CS Măgura Cisnădie	6	0	0	6	150	200	−50	0		23–31	29–31	28–33	—

Source: EHF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ODE	GLO	ERD	LUB
1	Odense Håndbold	6	5	0	1	175	133	+42	10	Knockout stage	—	25–19	31–24	35–18
2	CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud	6	2	3	1	141	139	+2	7	Knockout stage	25–23	—	25–25	26–20
3	Érd HC	6	2	2	2	158	155	+3	6		27–28	24–24	—	29–24
4	MKS Perła Lublin	6	0	1	5	127	174	−47	1		20–33	22–22	23–29	—

Source: EHF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HER	LAD	STO	BIE
1	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	6	3	1	2	170	162	+8	7	Knockout stage	—	28–38	34–27	33–25
2	HC Lada	6	3	0	3	177	168	+9	6^[a]	Knockout stage	20–25	—	27–31	30–25
3	Storhamar HE	6	3	0	3	172	178	−6	6^[a]		26–24	28–33	—	33–32
4	SG BBM Bietigheim	6	2	1	3	167	178	−11	5		26–26	31–29	28–27	—

Source: EHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b HC Lada 60–59 Storhamar HE

Quarterfinals

The seedings were announced on 10 February 2020:^[13]

Pot 1	Pot 2
Herning-Ikast Håndbold Odense Håndbold Thüringer HC Siófok KC	Podravka Vegeta CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud HC Lada Kastamonu Bld. GSK

The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 11 February 2020. The draw determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings. Teams from the same group of the group phase could not meet in the next stage.^[14]

The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 29 February–1 March 2020, while the second leg followed one week later.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kastamonu Bld. GSK	49–78	Siófok KC	29–38	20–40
CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud	52–57	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	26–29	26–28
HC Lada	61–62	Odense Håndbold	31–28	30–34
HC Podravka Vegeta	61–51	Thüringer HC	27–23	34–28

Matches

1 March 2020 15:00	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	29–38	Siófok KC	Atatürk Sports Hall, Kastamonu Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
	İskit 10	(12–24)	Aoustin 8
	3× 3×	Report	1× 1×

7 March 2020 18:00	Siófok KC	40–20	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok, Siófok Attendance: 1,185 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
	Hársfalvi, Ježić 6	(19–10)	İskenderoğlu, Özel 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

Siófok KC won 78–49 on aggregate.

1 March 2020 17:00	CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud	26–29	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Sala Polivalentă, Bistrița Attendance: 950 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Ardean-Elisei 9	(13–10)	Fauske, Friis 7
	3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

8 March 2020 15:30	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	28–26	CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Kristiansen 9	(12–15)	Dincă 7
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

Herning-Ikast Håndbold won 57–52 on aggregate.

29 February 2020 14:00	HC Lada	31–28	Odense Håndbold	Sportkomplex USK Olimp, Tolyatti Attendance: 2,350 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Shamanouskaya 8	(15–14)	Bakkerud 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

8 March 2020 15:00	Odense Håndbold	34–30	HC Lada	Odense Idrætshal, Odense Attendance: 0 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Bakkerud 7	(20–16)	Kirdiasheva, Shamanouskaya 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Odense Håndbold won 62–61 on aggregate.

1 March 2020 15:00	HC Podravka Vegeta	27–23	Thüringer HC	Sports Hall "Fran Galović", Koprivnica Attendance: 2,080 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Tsàkalou 9	(15–12)	Lopes, Scheffknecht 6
	2× 6×	Report	1× 4×

8 March 2020 14:00	Thüringer HC	28–34	HC Podravka Vegeta	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
	Bölk 9	(15–17)	Mugoša, Tsàkalou 6
	1× 3×	Report	3× 5×

HC Podravka Vegeta won 61–51 on aggregate.

Final four

The semi-finals first legs were scheduled on 4–5 April 2020, while the second leg was scheduled for 11–12 April 2020, but the European Handball Federation announced on 13 March 2020, that the Semi-final matches will not be held as scheduled due to the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe.^[15] On 25 March, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic and Women's EHF Cup is foreseen to be played in an EHF FINAL4 format in one venue over two playing days.^[5] On 24 April 2020 the matches were cancelled.^[2]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final












					Third place

Semifinals

Odense Håndbold	Cancelled	Siófok KC

Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Cancelled	HC Podravka Vegeta

Third place game

LSF1	Cancelled	LSF2

Final

WSF1	Cancelled	WSF2

Top goalscorers

As of 8 March 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[16]
1	Elena Mikhaylichenko	HC Lada	75
2	Helene Gigstad Fauske	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	71
3	Aslı İskit	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	68

References

^ "Seven former winners, 57 teams line up for the last edition of the current format". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.
^ "European Cup draw to take place on 16 July". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ "Season overview" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "EHF presents feasibility study for potential re-start of European handball". eurohandball.com. 25 March 2020.
^ "2018 winners face Salerno in the Women's EHF Cup". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Women's EHF Cup round 1". Archived from the original on 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
^ "Women's EHF Cup round 2". Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
^ "National derbies galore in Women's EHF Cup round 3 draw". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ "Title-defending Siófok among the Pot 1 teams ahead of the draw". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
^ "Women's EHF Cup round 3". Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
^ "Bistrita-Nasaud replaces CSM Corona Brasov in Women's EHF Cup". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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^ "Title holders Siófok handed trip to Turkey". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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^ "Goalscorers". Archived from the original on 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-11-09.

External links

Official website

[cnote_A] 
Corona Brasov had been suspended from EHF competitions after players of the club were presumed to have participated in an intravenous laser therapy session considered a prohibited method under Section M1.3 of the 2019 Prohibited List of the World Anti-Doping Code.^[12]

[table_hth_KAS0.077579848038768-13] Kastamonu Bld. GSK 64–63 DVSC Schaeffler

[table_hth_LAD0.12052862910578-14] HC Lada 60–59 Storhamar HE

[1] "Seven former winners, 57 teams line up for the last edition of the current format". Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[Cancelled-2] "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.

[3] "European Cup draw to take place on 16 July". Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[4] "Season overview" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[Postponed-5] "EHF presents feasibility study for potential re-start of European handball". eurohandball.com. 25 March 2020.

[6] "2018 winners face Salerno in the Women's EHF Cup". Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[7] "Women's EHF Cup round 1". Archived from the original on 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2019-07-12.

[8] "Women's EHF Cup round 2". Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.

[9] "National derbies galore in Women's EHF Cup round 3 draw". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

[10] "Title-defending Siófok among the Pot 1 teams ahead of the draw". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2019.

[11] "Women's EHF Cup round 3". Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.

[12] "Bistrita-Nasaud replaces CSM Corona Brasov in Women's EHF Cup". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[15] "Two Danish clubs in the Women's EHF Cup quarter-final draw". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[16] "Title holders Siófok handed trip to Turkey". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

[17] "Information on EHF competition matches in March and April". eurohandball.com. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[18] "Goalscorers". Archived from the original on 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-11-09.

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