EHF Challenge Cup

EHF Challenge Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 EHF Challenge Cup
Countries	Europe
Confederation	EHF members
Current champions	ABC/UMinho (1st title)
Most championships	CS UCM Reşiţa (3 Titles)

The EHF Challenge Cup is an official European Handball Federation competition for men's clubs of Europe and takes place every year. Before 1999–2000, it was called EHF City Cup.

The EHF coefficient rank decides which teams have access and in which stage they enter.

Winners

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Year		Final				Semi Final Losers
		Champion	Score	Second Place
1993–94 Details		TUSEM Essen	27–17, 31–26	HK Drott		BM Granollers	PSG Asnieres Hand-Ball
1994–95 Details		TV Niederwürzbach	26–29, 32–26	Cadagua Gáldar		TUSEM Essen	ABC/UMinho
1995–96 Details		Drammen HK	22–21, 27–21	SG Hameln		SC Pick Szeged	IFK Skövde HK
1996–97 Details		TuS Nettelstedt	32–19, 27–23	KIF Kolding		Drammen HK	Sandefjord TIF
1997–98 Details		TuS Nettelstedt	24–22, 25–23	IFK Skövde HK		SG Wallau-Massenheim	Academia Octavio Vigo
1998–99 Details		SG Flensburg-Handewitt	27–27, 26–21	A.D.C. Ciudad Real		TuS Nettelstedt	Drammen HK
1999–00 Details		TV Grosswallstadt	30–23, 27–32	BM Valladolid		Pfadi Winterthur	RK Sintelon
2000–01 Details		RK Jugović Kać	27–27, 26–22	Pfadi Winterthur		SSV Forst Brixen	WKS Śląsk Wrocław
2001–02 Details		Skjern Handball	20–27, 34–17	RK Pelister		Frederiksberg IF	US Ivry Handball
2002–03 Details		Skjern Handball	27–30, 35–25	Filippos Verias		US Créteil Handball	IK Sävehof
2003–04 Details		IFK Skövde HK	20–21, 27–24	US Dunkerque HB		HCM Constanţa	Generali Pallamano Trieste
2004–05 Details		Wacker Thun	29–24, 26–29	ABC Braga		HC Superfund Hard	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
2005–06 Details		CSA Steaua București	21–26, 34–27	SC Horta		Agram-Medvescak Zagreb	BSV Bern Muri
2006–07 Details		CS UCM Reşiţa	26–26, 36–36	Drammen HK		MKS Zagłębie Lubin	Locomotiv-Polyot Cheljabinsk
2007–08 Details		CS UCM Reşiţa	28–29, 26–18	Alpla Hard		Benfica	Pfadi Winterthur
2008–09 Details		CS UCM Reşiţa	25–27, 25–20	CSU Bucovina Suceava		Beşiktaş JK	BSV Bern Muri
2009–10 Details		Sporting CP	27–25, 27–26	MMTS Kwidzyn		RD Slovan	Bologna United
2010–11 Details		RK Cimos Koper	27–27, 31–27	Benfica		RK Partizan Dunav Osiguranje	Ştiinţa Municipal Dedeman Bacău
2011–12 Details		AC Diomidis Argous	26–23, 20–22	Wacker Thun		Sporting CP	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2012–13 Details		SKA Minsk	31–26, 32–24	Handball Esch		IL Runar	CSU Bucovina Suceava
2013–14 Details		IK Sävehof	0-0^[A], 37–26	RK Metaloplastika Šabac		KS Azoty-Puławy	Águas Santas
2014–15 Details		HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	28–32, 32–25	ABC/UMinho		Benfica	Stord
2015–16 Details		ABC/UMinho	28–22, 25–29	Benfica		Dukla Prague	FyllingenBergen

• ^A The first leg was canceled due to the flooding in Serbia, and the final was disputed in only one game.^[2]

Performances

By teams

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
CS UCM Reşiţa	3	0	2007, 2008, 2009	–
TuS Nettelstedt	2	0	1997, 1998	–
Skjern Handball	2	0	2002, 2003	–
ABC/UMinho	1	2	2016	2005, 2015
IFK Skövde HK	1	1	2004	1998
Drammen HK	1	1	1996	2007
Wacker Thun	1	1	2005	2012
TUSEM Essen	1	0	1994	–
TV Niederwürzbach	1	0	1995	–
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	1	0	1999	–
TV Grosswallstadt	1	0	2000	–
RK Jugović Kać	1	0	2001	–
CSA Steaua București	1	0	2006	–
Sporting CP	1	0	2010	–
RK Cimos Koper	1	0	2011	–
AC Diomidis Argous	1	0	2012	–
SKA Minsk	1	0	2013	–
IK Sävehof	1	0	2014	–
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	1	0	2015	–
S.L. Benfica	0	2	–	2011, 2016
HK Drott	0	1	–	1994
Cadagua Gáldar	0	1	–	1995
SG Hameln	0	1	–	1996
Kolding IF	0	1	–	1997
A.D.C. Ciudad Real	0	1	–	1999
BM Valladolid	0	1	–	2000
Pfadi Winterthur	0	1	–	2001
RK Pelister	0	1	–	2002
Filippos Verias	0	1	–	2003
US Dunkerque HB	0	1	–	2004
SC Horta	0	1	–	2006
Alpla Hard	0	1	–	2008
CSU Bucovina Suceava	0	1	–	2009
MMTS Kwidzyń	0	1	–	2010
Handball Esch	0	1	–	2013
RK Metaloplastika Šabac	0	1	–	2014

By countries

Nation	Won	Runner-up	Finals
Germany	6	1	7
Romania	5	1	5
Portugal	2	5	7
Sweden	2	2	4
Denmark	2	1	3
Switzerland	1	2	3
Norway	1	1	2
Greece	1	1	2
Serbia	1	1	2
Slovenia	1	0	1
Belarus	1	0	1
Spain	0	3	3
Macedonia	0	1	1
France	0	1	1
Austria	0	1	1
Poland	0	1	1
Luxembourg	0	1	1

See also

• Women's EHF Challenge Cup

References

1. http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/3_other_ec/3_download_pdf/MCC_Media_Info_14-15.pdf
2. Bruun, Peter. "ALL OR NOTHING IN PARTILLE". http://www.eurohandball.com/. EHF. Retrieved 25 February 2015. External link in |website= (help)

External links

• Official website