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2023–24 EHF European Cup

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2023–24 Women's EHF European Cup.

The 2023–24 EHF European Cup was the 27th season of Europe's tertiary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 4th season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the EHF European Cup.[2] RK Vojvodina were the defending champions, but they were not defending their title because they played in this season's EHF European League group stage.

EHF European Cup
2023–24
Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus hosted the second leg of the final.
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates9 September 2023–26 May 2024
Teams76
Websiteehfec.com
Final positions
ChampionsIceland Valur (1st title)
Runner-upGreece Olympiacos S.F.P.
Tournament statistics
Matches played146
Top scorer(s)Greece Savvas Savvas
(81 goals)[1]

Valur became the first Icelandic team to club handball competition, beating Olympiacos S.F.P. on penalties in the final.[3]

Format

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The tournament was played in a straight knockout format. The ties were held in a home and away format. Overall, there were seven rounds to navigate in order to win the trophy (Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Last 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final).

Rankings

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The rankings were based on the performances of each club from a respective country from a three year period.

Qualified teams

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The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2023–24 EHF European Cup was announced on 10 July 2023.[5][6]

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
  Förthof UHK Krems   HC Linz AG   Azeryol HC   Kur
  HC Visé BM   Sezoens Achilles Bocholt   RK Leotar   RK Vogošća
  MRK Sesvete   MRK Trogir   Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta   Parnassos Strovolou
  HCB Karviná   HK FCC Město Lovosice   Põlva Serviti   Viljandi HC
  H71   VÍF   BK-46   Riihimäki Cocks
  AC PAOK   Olympiacos S.F.P.   FTC-Green Collect   UMF Afturelding
  ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar   Hapoel Ashdod   Maccabi Rishon LeZion   Raimond Sassari
  Sidea Group Junior Fasano   KH Besa Famgas   KH Trepça-M   ZRHK Tenax Dobele
  HC Dragūnas Klaipėda   VHC Šviesa   Handball Esch   HB Red Boys Differdange
  RK Budućnost Podgorica   HV KRAS/Volendam   GRK Tikveš   Runar Sandefjord
  Nærbø IL   CSA Steaua București   CS Minaur Baia Mare   HC Metaloplastika Elixir Šabac
  HC Partizan   Tatran Prešov   MRK Krka   BSV Bern
  Beykoz BSK   Sakarya Büyüksehir BSK   Motor   Odesa
Round 1
  Bregenz Handball   Fivers   RK Sloboda   HC ROBE Zubří
  SKKP Handball Brno   HC Tallinn   Raasiku/Mistra   Neistin
  Team Klaksvík   IFK Handball Helsinki   Diomidis Argous   FH Hafnarfjarðar
  Valur   Yuvalim Holon HC   Handball Meran   SV Brixen Handball
  Granitas-Karys   HC Amber   HC Berchem   HB Käerjeng
  HC Dinamo   Beşiktaş   Spor Toto SK   Donbass

Qualifying rounds

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Round 1

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A total of 24 teams were involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 9–10 September 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 16–17 September 2023. The draw was on the 18 July 2023.[2]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Handball Meran   58–60   HC Dinamo 27–30 31–30
Beşiktaş   84–49   Donbass 41–30 43–19
Mistra   49–63   Bregenz Handball 25–30 24–33
HC Tallinn   50–60   HB Käerjeng 26–26 24–34
SKKP Handball Brno   56–54   HC ROBE Zubří 28–22 28–32
IFK Handball Helsinki   57–65   Spor Toto SK 28–29 29–36
Yuvalim Holon HC   64–49   Neistin 34–23 30–26
Diomidis Argous   50–58   FH Hafnarfjarðar 32–32 18–26
HC Berchem   56–66   Fivers 33–33 23–33
Team Klaksvik   37–53   RK Sloboda 19–30 18–23
Valur   60–52   Granitas-Karys 27–24 33–28
HC Amber   52–62   SV Brixen Handball 23–34 29–28

Round 2

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A total of 64 teams were involved in the second qualifying round, 12 teams advancing from the previous round and 52 teams entering this round. The first leg matches were held on 14–15 October 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 21–22 October 2023. The draw was on the 18 July 2023.[2]

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Dinamo   71–69   HV KRAS/Volendam 30–33 41–36
Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta[a]   0–20   HC Metaloplastika Elixir Šabac 0–10 0–10
Sidea Group Junior Fasano   49–56   SKKP Handball Brno 29–28 20–28
Viljandi HC   48–65   MRK Krka 23–32 25–33
FH Hafnarfjarðar   64–57   HC Partizan 34–34 30–23
Maccabi Rishon LeZion[b]   0–20   RK Sloboda 0–10 0–10
Riihimäki Cocks   51–69   BSV Bern 25–29 26–40
RK Leotar   53–48   ZRHK TENAX Dobele 24–22 29–26
FTC-Green Collect   84–47   Parnassos Strovolou 44–25 40–22
Beykoz BSK   58–62   HC Visé BM 31–29 27–33
Raimond Sassari   53–69   Olympiacos S.F.P. 24–31 29–38
Põlva Serviti   57–71   Valur 29–32 28–39
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar   69–64   HB Red Boys Differdange 34–30 35–34
VHC Šviesa   53–59   Bregenz Handball 23–32 30–27
MRK Sesvete   64–39   Kur 30–15 34–24
BK-46   20–0   Yuvalim Holon HC[b] 10–0 10–0
GRK Tikveš   58–62   Förthof UHK Krems 33–29 25–33
Azeryol HC   41–80   SV Brixen Handball 22–43 19–37
Nærbø IL   50–51   Afturelding 27–22 23–29
KH Besa Famgas   52–83   Beşiktaş 24–43 28–40
Handball Esch   58–61   VIF 30–31 28–30
Runar Sandefjord   80–61   Sakarya Büyüksehir BSK 42–29 38–32
MRK Trogir   58–44   H71 29–22 29–22
HB Käerjeng   57–64   Motor 27–31 30–33
Sezoens Achilles Bocholt   58–53   HC Dragūnas Klaipėda 32–27 26–26
HC Linz AG   52–51   AC PAOK 27–26 25–25
CSA Steaua București   20–0   Hapoel Ashdod[b] 10–0 10–0
CS Minaur Baia Mare   91–53   Odesa 52–26 39–27
HCB Karviná   64–62   Fivers 32–26 32–36
KH Trepça-M   57–58   RK Vogošća 27–27 30–31
HK FCC Město Lovosice   54–68   Tatran Prešov 28–32 26–36
Spor Toto SK   54–41   RK Budućnost Podgorica 31–24 23–17
  1. ^ Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta was disqualified from the competition due to fan trouble in the previous season. HC Metaloplastika Elixir Šabac advanced to the next round.[7]
  2. ^ a b c The Israeli teams Maccabi Rishon LeZion, Yuvalim Holon HC and Hapoel Ashdod withdrew from the tournament due to the Israel–Hamas war. RK Sloboda, BK-46 and CSA Steaua București advanced to the next round.[8]

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 25–26 November 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 2–3 December 2023. The draw was held on the 24 October 2023.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Förthof UHK Krems   62–60   ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar 30–28 32–32
HC Metaloplastika Elixir Šabac   61–59   BK-46 31–29 30–30
Bregenz Handball   61–58   Runar Sandefjord 33–29 28–29
HC Visé BM   58–68   MRK Krka 27–31 31–37
RK Sloboda   61–53   Spor Toto SK 34–25 27–28
Afturelding   49–55   Tatran Prešov 24–27 25–28
RK Leotar   48–56   HCB Karviná 27–28 21–28
SV Brixen Handball   75–72   VIF 37–35 38–37
CS Minaur Baia Mare   58–52   HC Dinamo 33–23 25–29
Motor   59–68   Valur 31–35 28–33
BSV Bern   57–62   FTC-Green Collect 33–29 24–33
RK Vogošća   57–52   SKKP Handball Brno 30–23 27–29
CSA Steaua București   64–53   HC Linz AG 33–23 31–30
MRK Trogir   54–63   Olympiacos S.F.P. 26–27 28–36
MRK Sesvete   63–65   Beşiktaş 34–27 29–38
FH Hafnarfjarðar   68–62   Sezoens Achilles Bocholt 35–26 33–36

Last 16

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The first leg matches were held on 10–11 February 2024, while the second leg matches were held on 17–18 February 2024. The draw was on the 5 December 2023.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SV Brixen Handball   48–66   Olympiacos S.F.P. 23–29 25–37
Beşiktaş   68–73   FTC-Green Collect 32–34 36–39
CS Minaur Baia Mare   70–51   RK Vogošća 36–26 34–25
RK Sloboda   41–48   MRK Krka 15–19 26–29
CSA Steaua București   57–56   HCB Karviná 28–27 29–29
Valur   57–54   HC Metaloplastika Elixir Šabac 27–26 30–28
Förthof UHK Krems   56–59   Bregenz Handball 26–26 30–33
FH Hafnarfjarðar   58–61   Tatran Prešov 35–30 23–31

Quarterfinals

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The first leg matches were held on 23–24 March 2024, while the second leg matches were held on 30–31 March 2024. The draw was on the 20 February 2024.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiacos S.F.P.   56–45   MRK Krka 31–26 25–19
FTC-Green Collect   63–57   Tatran Prešov 32–29 31–28
CSA Steaua București   65–72   Valur 35–36 30–36
CS Minaur Baia Mare   65–61   Bregenz Handball 37–31 28–30

Matches

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23 March 2024
20:30 		Olympiacos S.F.P.   31–26   MRK Krka Indoor Sports Hall of Ilioupolis, Ilioupolis
Attendance: 550
Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
Savvas 7 (16–13) Majstorović 9
1×  6×  Report  6× 
30 March 2024
17:00 		MRK Krka   19–25   Olympiacos S.F.P. Športna Dvorana Marof, Novo mesto
Attendance: 400
Referees: Jovic, Arnautovic (BIH)
Majstorović, Muhić 5 (10–10) Savvas , Vida 4
 5×  1×  Report 1×  4× 

Olympiacos S.F.P. won 56–45 on aggregate.

23 March 2024
20:00 		FTC-Green Collect   32–29   Tatran Prešov Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 800
Referees: Radcenko, Persis (LAT)
Imre 9 (17–15) Urban 7
2×  4×  1×  Report 2×  2× 
30 March 2024
18:00 		Tatran Prešov   28–31   FTC-Green Collect Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Ivanovic, Vujisic (MNE)
Cabarello Hernandez 9 (13–11) Nagy 7
1×  4×  Report 1×  6× 

FTC-Green Collect won 63–57 on aggregate.

23 March 2024
19:00 		CSA Steaua București   35–36   Valur Concordia Sports Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 325
Referees: Cipov, Klus (SVK)
Tarita 7 (14–18) Óskarsson, Thordarson 7
2×  4×  Report 2×  5× 
30 March 2024
19:00 		Valur   36–30   CSA Steaua București N1 höllin, Reykjavík
Attendance: 657
Referees: Maia, Nunes (POR)
Petersson 8 (21–12) Șandru 7
 5×  1×  Report  4× 

Valur won 72–65 on aggregate.

23 March 2024
18:00 		CS Minaur Baia Mare   37–31   Bregenz Handball Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare
Attendance: 2,218
Referees: Fahner, Kubis (POL)
Vujović 9 (17–14) Mahr 11
1×  4×  Report 1×  2× 
30 March 2024
18:00 		Bregenz Handball   30–28   CS Minaur Baia Mare Sporthalle Rieden-Vorkloster, Bregenz
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Doychinov, Gorestov (BUL)
Mahr 8 (18–16) Vujović 7
 2×  Report 1×  7×  1× 

CS Minaur Baia Mare won 65–61 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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The first leg matches were held on 20–21 April 2024, while the second leg matches were held on 27–28 April 2024. The draw was on the 20 February 2024.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FTC-Green Collect   60–67   Olympiacos S.F.P. 28–28 32–39
Valur   66–52   CS Minaur Baia Mare 36–28 30–24

Matches

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20 April 2024
14:00 		FTC-Green Collect   28–28   Olympiacos S.F.P. Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 857
Referees: Sniurevicius, Grigalionis (LTU)
Imre 8 (13–11) Savvas 8
 1×  Report 1×  3× 
27 April 2024
15:30 		Olympiacos S.F.P.   39–32   FTC-Green Collect Indoor Sports Hall of Ilioupolis, Ilioupolis
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Cernavskis, Ivars (LAT)
Savvas 10 (21–18) Nagy 8
1×  Report 2× 

Olympiacos S.F.P. won 67–60 on aggregate

20 April 2024
21:30 		Valur   36–28   CS Minaur Baia Mare N1 höllin, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,239
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Óskarsson 8 (18–14) Vujić 7
1×  5×  Report 3×  5× 
28 April 2024
17:00 		CS Minaur Baia Mare   24–30   Valur Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare
Attendance: 621
Referees: Mikelic, Paradina (CRO)
Botea 5 (8–17) Finnsson 9
1×  Report

Valur won 66–52 on aggregate

Final

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The first leg match was held on 18 May 2024, while the second leg match was held on 25 May 2024. The draw was on the 30 April 2024.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Valur   57–57
5–4 (p) 		  Olympiacos S.F.P. 30–26 27–31

Matches

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18 May 2024
19:00 		Valur   30–26   Olympiacos S.F.P. N1 höllin, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,750
Referees: Jerlecki, Labun (POL)
Óskarsson 10 (14–14) Savvas 10
 2×  Report 1×  4× 
25 May 2024
20:00 		Olympiacos S.F.P.   35–32   Valur Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Savvas 10 (16–11) Gústafsson 8
2×  3×  Report 2×  5× 

FT: 31–27 Pen: 4–5

57–57 on aggregate, Valur won 5–4 on penalties

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Player stats". ehfec.eurohandball.com.
  2. ^ a b c "First steps on the EHF European Cup Men road drawn". ehfec.eurohandball.com.
  3. ^ "Valur crowned EHF European Cup winners following a penalty shoot-out". ehfec.eurohandball.com.
  4. ^ Place distribution for 2023/24 eurohandball.com
  5. ^ "76 teams vie to succeed Vojvodina on EHF European Cup Men throne". ehfec.eurohandball.com.
  6. ^ Final MEC System eurohandball.com
  7. ^ "Court of Handball reaches decision in Famagusta case". www.eurohandball.com.
  8. ^ "Impact of the situation in Israel on EHF European Cup matches". ehfec.eurohandball.com.
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