1998–99 EHF Women's Champions League

The 1998–99 EHF Women's Champions League was the sixth edition of the modern era of the 1961-founded competition for European national champions women's handball clubs, running from 4 September 1998 to 16 May 1999. Dunaújvárosi NKS defeated Krim Ljubljana in the final to follow the steps of Vasas SC as the second Hungarian club to win the competition.^[1] Defending champion Hypo Niederösterreich was defeated by the Slovenians in the semifinals.^[2]

Preliminary Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Kefalovrysos Kythreas	39–46	Martve Tbilisi	20–19	19–27
Sparta Espoo	38–33	Bascharage	20–17	18–16

Round of 32

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Swift Roermond	32–65	Motor Zaporizhia	18–34	14–31
Lublin	76–20	Sparta Espoo	40–10	36–10
Istochnik Rostov	44–46	Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea	23–20	21–26
Podravka Koprivnica	70–42	Rimini	40–18	30–24
Saint Otmar	46–67	Budućnost Podgorica	24–35	22–32
ACDF Madeira	38–76	Byasen	18–36	20–40
Anagennisi Artas	61–51	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	32–24	29–27
ESBF Besançon	62–30	Fémina Vise	33–13	29–17
Ikast	83–27	Hapoel Petah Tikva	49–8	34–19
Niederösterreich	95–10	Inter Mostar	41–4	54–6
Krim Ljubljana	69–51	Politechnik Minsk	39–29	30–22
Dunaújvárosi	60–47	Slovan Duslo Sala	34–26	26–21
Egle Vilnius	45–41	Stockerau	23–18	22–23
Martve Tbilisi	21–86	Leipzig	10–41	11–45
Ostrava	50–59	Mar Valencia	26–35	24–24
Istanbul	40–63	Gjorce Petrov	18–33	22–30

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Krim Ljubljana	6	4	0	2	139	132	+7	8
Besançon	6	3	0	3	142	156	−14	6
Podravka Koprivnica	6	3	0	3	148	152	−4	6
Gjorce Petrov	6	2	0	4	153	142	+11	4

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Budućnost Podgorica	6	5	1	0	177	130	+47	11
Mar Valencia	6	3	0	3	149	154	−5	6
Egle Vilnius	6	2	0	4	152	164	−12	4
Leipzig	6	1	1	4	140	170	−30	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Niederösterreich	6	5	0	1	171	140	+31	10
Dunaújvárosi	6	4	0	2	165	142	+23	8
Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea	6	2	0	4	154	157	−3	4
Anagennisi Artas	6	1	0	5	147	198	−52	2

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Ikast	6	3	2	1	150	123	+27	8
Byasen	6	3	1	2	135	139	−4	7
Lublin	6	2	2	2	142	143	−1	6
Motor Zaporizhia	6	0	3	3	127	149	−22	3

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Byasen	44–57	Niederösterreich	26–27	18–30
Mar Valencia	46–52	Krim Ljubljana	21–29	25–23
Besançon	50–62	Budućnost Podgorica	29–32	21–30
Dunaújvárosi	50–48	Ikast	28–23	22–25

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Budućnost Podgorica	58–58	Krim Ljubljana	29–32	29–26
Niederösterreich	49–50	Dunaújvárosi	24–20	25–30

^[3]

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Dunaújvárosi	51–49	Krim Ljubljana	25–23	26–26

References

1. List of champions in the-sports.org
2. Results in the European Handball Federation's website
3. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/1998-99/round/4/1%2f2-finals