2022–23 EHF European Cup

The 2022–23 EHF European Cup was the 26th season of Europe's tertiary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the EHF European Cup.

EHF European Cup
2022–23
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates10 September 20224 June 2023
Teams77 (qualification stage)
16 (main stage)
Websiteehfec.com
Final positions
ChampionsSerbia Vojvodina (1st title)
Runner-upNorway Nærbø IL
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Attendance27,274 (909 per match)

Qualified teams

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The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2022–23 EHF European Cup was announced on 12 July 2022.[1]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • EC: European Cup title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
    • SF: Semi-final league position
    • QF: Quarter-final league position
Round 2
  Nærbø IL EC   Sesvete (3rd)   Olympiacos   Alingsås HK
  ØIF Arendal   HCB Karviná   Gorenje Velenje (3rd)   KA
  Sabbianco A. Famagusta (1st)   Handball Esch   Pfadi Winterthur (2nd)   Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik
  Põlva Serviti   MŠK Považská Bystrica   Hapoel Ashdod   Förthof UHK Krems
  Donbas Donetsk Region   Borac m:tel   ZRHK Tenax Dobele   Vilnius VHC Sviesa
  KH Besa Famgas (1st)   Vojvodina (1st)   BK-46   Accademia Conversano 2014
  KRAS/Volendam   H71   Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa   HC Baku
  HC Visé BM   Lovćen Cetinje   Gorica (4th)   AEK Athens
  Runar Sandefjord   Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje   Riko Ribnica (4th)   Haukar
  Parnassos Strovolou   Red Boys Differdange   Wacker Thun (SF)   Beykoz Belediyesi GSK
  Viljandi HC   AS SGS Ramhat Hashron   Bregenz Handball   Sloboda Tuzla
  Granitas Kaunas   Rahoveci   Partizan   HIFK Handboll
  Junior Fasano   KEMBIT-Lions   PAOK
Round 1
  HC ROBE Zubří   ÍBV   APOEL   HC Berchem
  Spor Toto SK   HC Tallinn   Maccabi Rishon LeZion   HC Fivers Margareten
  Izviđač   Dragūnas Klaipėda   Kastrioti   Radnički Kragujevac
  Raimond Sassari   Drenth Groep Hurry-up   AESH Pylaia   TJ Sokol Nové Veselí
  HB Dudelange   İzmir BSB SK   HC Holon   Dinamo Pančevo
  AC Diomidis Argous   HC Dukla Prague   Slovenj Gradec   HC Linz AG
  Gračanica   SSV Brixen

Qualifying rounds

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Round 1

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A total of 26 teams were involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 10–11 September 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 17–18 September 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[2]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kastrioti   44–72   Gračanica 22–36 22–36
Dragūnas Klaipėda   52–58   Dinamo Pančevo 24–30 28–28
HC Berchem   56–61   Drenth Groep Hurry-up 30–32 26–29
AC Diomidis Argous   52–61   HC Fivers Margareten 27–30 25–31
Maccabi Rishon LeZion   63–65   Slovenj Gradec 31–27 32–38
HC Dukla Prague   55–54   Radnički Kragujevac 31–29 24–25
Raimond Sassari   49–53   SSV Brixen 29–24 20–29
İzmir BSB SK   56–86   HC ROBE Zubří 27–46 29–40
ÍBV   74–67   HC Holon 41–35 33–32
AESH Pylaia   60–33   APOEL 33–22 27–11
Spor Toto SK   52–50   HB Dudelange 25–26 27–24
TJ Sokol Nové Veselí   77–50   HC Tallinn 38–27 39–23
HC Linz AG   69–70   Izviđač 34–32 35–38

Round 2

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A total of 64 teams were involved in the second qualifying round, 13 teams advancing from the previous round and 51 teams entering this round. The first leg matches were held on 29–30 October 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 5–6 November 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[3]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SSV Brixen   50–75   Vojvodina 23–31 27–44
HIFK Handboll   60–62   KH Besa Famgas 28–27 32–35
ØIF Arendal   70–46   HC ROBE Zubří 34–20 36–26
Handball Esch   63–66   HC Dukla Prague 31–36 32–30
ZRHK Tenax Dobele   56–57   Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje 31–28 25–29
Põlva Serviti   60–54   Viljandi HC 27–26 33–28
Sesvete   56–45   PAOK 29–24 27–21
Junior Fasano   64–59   Hapoel Ashdod 32–33 32–26
Donbas Donetsk Region   48–81   ÍBV 28–36 20–45
Olympiacos   61–43   Sloboda Tuzla 34–24 27–19
Vilnius VHC Sviesa   50–65   Red Boys Differdange 28–31 22–34
H71   51–62   Partizan 21–27 30–35
Nærbø IL   58–55   Slovenj Gradec 29–28 29–27
Gorenje Velenje   59–55   Bregenz Handball 33–30 26–25
Beykoz Belediyesi GSK   49–78   Alingsås HK 28–32 21–46
Förthof UHK Krems   68–55   AESH Pylaia 34–25 34–30
HC Fivers Margareten   59–56   KA 29–30 30–26
Rahoveci   58–65   HCB Karviná 29–33 29–32
Runar Sandefjord   63–52   Lovćen Cetinje 32–21 31–31
Riko Ribnica   68–49   Borac m:tel 40–19 28–30
MŠK Považská Bystrica   66–61   Izviđač 34–25 32–36
HC Visé BM   62–40   Parnassos Strovolou 38–21 24–19
Granitas Kaunas   46–58   Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik 21–31 25–27
Pfadi Winterthur   58–61   AS SGS Ramhat Hashron 34–30 24–31
AEK Athens   60–47   Drenth Groep Hurry-up 35–30 25–17
KEMBIT-Lions   78–36   Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 39–17 39–19
BK-46   80–43   Spor Toto SK 37–20 43–23
KRAS/Volendam   52–54   Wacker Thun 27–31 25–23
Gorica   55–51   TJ Sokol Nové Veselí 27–25 28–26
Dinamo Pančevo   59–52   Accademia Conversano 2014 32–22 27–30
Gračanica   70–45   HC Baku 33–17 37–28
Sabbianco A. Famagusta   62–50   Haukar 26–22 36–28

Round 3

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A total of 32 teams were involved in the third qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 3–4 December 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 10–11 December 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[4]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sesvete   59–50   KH Besa Famgas 31–23 28–27
Dinamo Pančevo   61–55   Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik 30–28 31–27
ÍBV   59–65   HC Dukla Prague 34–33 25–32
Runar Sandefjord   76–66   Põlva Serviti 41–30 35–36
Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje   61–73   AS SGS Ramhat Hashron 28–39 33–34
Förthof UHK Krems   27–39   Vojvodina 27–29 0–10
AEK Athens   56–58   Alingsås HK 32–27 24–31
HCB Karviná   55–45   Gračanica 22–18 33–27
HC Visé BM   54–60   ØIF Arendal 24–31 30–29
Gorenje Velenje   55–49   Partizan 28–20 27–29
KEMBIT-Lions   60–62   Junior Fasano 25–35 35–27
Sabbianco A. Famagusta   48–46   Red Boys Differdange 23–20 25–26
HC Fivers Margareten   61–65   Riko Ribnica 33–35 28–30
MŠK Považská Bystrica   57–48   Gorica 29–24 28–24
Wacker Thun   48–41   Olympiacos 24–22 24–19
BK-46   55–61   Nærbø IL 28–26 27–35

Last 16

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The first leg matches were held on 11–12 February 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 18–19 February 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[5]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sabbianco A. Famagusta   47–58   Gorenje Velenje 26–31 21–27
HC Dukla Prague   68–64   Wacker Thun 28–26 40–38
Junior Fasano   56–70   Sesvete 34–35 22–35
MŠK Považská Bystrica   58–70   Nærbø IL 34–35 24–35
AS SGS Ramhat Hashron   52–69   Alingsås HK 21–31 31–38
HCB Karviná   56–53   Dinamo Pančevo 30–22 26–31
Runar Sandefjord   70–63   Riko Ribnica 38–29 32–34
Vojvodina   75–66   ØIF Arendal 42–29 33–37

Quarterfinals

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The first leg matches were held on 18–19 March 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 25–26 March 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[6]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sesvete   50–55   Nærbø IL 20–26 30–29
HCB Karviná   56–62   Runar Sandefjord 31–34 25–28
Alingsås HK   66–57   HC Dukla Prague 39–33 27–24
Vojvodina   61–56   Gorenje Velenje 31–30 30–26

Semifinals

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The first leg matches were held on 15–16 April 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 22–23 April 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[6]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Runar Sandefjord   63–65   Nærbø IL 27–29 36–36
Alingsås HK   49–56   Vojvodina 25–24 24–32

Final

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The first leg match was held on 28 May 2023, while the second leg match was held on 3 June 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.[7]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vojvodina   55–46   Nærbø IL 30–23 25–23

See also

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References

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