2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup

The 2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup was the 21st edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 7 October 2017 to 20 May 2018.

EHF Challenge Cup

2017–18
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	7 October 2017–20 May 2018
Teams	40
Website	eurohandball.com
Final positions
Champions	AHC Potaissa Turda
Runner-up	A.E.K. Athens
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Anton Otrezov (71 goals)
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Overview

Team allocation

Round 3
HC Eurofarm Rabotnik	FyllingenBergen	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	Parnassos Strovolou
AM Madeira Andebol SAD	HC Sloga Zmartforce	KH Trepça	PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol
AHC Potaissa Turda	MŠK Považská Bystrica	HC Berchem	London GD HC
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye	HC Visé BM	SGS Ramhat Hashron HC	Granitas Karys Kaunas
HC Gomel	Göztepe SK	HMRK Zrinjski Mostar	RK Lovćen
SKIF Krasnodar	A.E.K. Athens	HC Dobrudja	B.S.B. Batumi
Round 2
Donbass Donetsk Region	A.C. PAOK	RK Konjuh-Živinice	VHC Šviesa Vilnius
Dynamo-Victor	Red Boys Differdange	HC Vogošća Poljine Hills	Kauno Azuolas-KTU Kaunas
ORK Samot 65	HB Käerjeng	Proodeftikos Paphos	RK Mojkovac 2005
Taşova Yibo SC	Holon Handball Club	Cambridge HC	Aloysians Prominent

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Round 2	18 July 2017	7–8 October 2017	14–15 October 2017
Round 3	18 July 2017	18–19 November 2017	25–26 November 2017
Last 16	28 November 2017	10–11 February 2018	17–18 February 2018
Quarter-final	20 February 2018	24–25 March 2018	31 March–1 April 2018
Semi-finals		21–22 April 2018	28–29 April 2018
Finals	1 May 2018	12–13 May 2018	19–20 May 2018

Round 2

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.^[1] Bolded teams qualified into Round 3.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Vogošća Poljine Hills	54–48	Holon Handball Club	31–24	23–24
Red Boys Differdange	57–52	Kauno Azuolas-KTU Kaunas	32–26	25–26
Taşova Yibo SC	0–20	RK Mojkovac 2005	0–10	0–10
Aloysians Prominent	32–73	A.C. PAOK	17–34	15–39
ORK Samot 65	75–45	Cambridge HC	43–21	32–24
HB Käerjeng	69–58	Donbass Donetsk Region	32–30	37–28
VHC Šviesa Vilnius	48–61	Dynamo-Victor	24–25	24–36
RK Konjuh-Živinice	72–39	Proodeftikos Paphos	39–15	33–24

Round 3

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.^[2] Bolded teams qualified into last 16.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RK Konjuh-Živinice	48–63	SGS Ramhat Hashron HC	25–30	23–33
HC Eurofarm Rabotnik	57–47	Granitas Karys Kaunas	28–24	29–23
London GD HC	37–81	A.E.K. Athens	16–40	21–41
AM Madeira Andebol SAD	81–32	Parnassos Strovolou	46–12	35–20
HC Gomel	54–63	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	27–31	27–32
KH Trepça	49–75	AHC Potaissa Turda	29–35	30–40
Göztepe SK	63–55	A.C. PAOK	35–26	28–29
HC Visé BM	79–63	PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol	38–31	41–32
B.S.B. Batumi	49–89	HMRK Zrinjski Mostar	17–47	32–42
Dynamo-Victor	66–57	HC Sloga Zmartforce	37–26	29–31
MŠK Považská Bystrica	58–50	RK Lovćen	34–26	24–24
HC Vogošća Poljine Hills	54–65	FyllingenBergen	33–35	21–30
SKIF Krasnodar	57–55	HB Käerjeng	31–27	26–28
HC Berchem	59–45	ORK Samot 65	26–21	33–24
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye	71–46	RK Mojkovac 2005	36–20	35–26
Red Boys Differdange	79–49	HC Dobrudja	43–23	36–26

Last 16

The draw for the last 16 round was held on Tuesday, 28 November 2017. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2
A.E.K. Athens IBV Vestmannaeyjar HC Berchem FyllingenBergen AM Madeira Andebol SAD AHC Potaissa Turda Dynamo-Victor SKIF Krasnodar	HC Visé BM HMRK Zrinjski Mostar SGS Ramhat Hashron HC Red Boys Differdange HC Eurofarm Rabotnik MŠK Považská Bystrica Göztepe SK HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.^[4] Bolded teams qualified into quarterfinals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Eurofarm Rabotnik	50–61	FyllingenBergen	22–25	28–36
MŠK Považská Bystrica	49–53	AM Madeira Andebol SAD	25–23	24–30
IBV Vestmannaeyjar	53–46	SGS Ramhat Hashron HC	32–25	21–21
Dynamo-Victor	59–52	Red Boys Differdange	31–26	28–26
HMRK Zrinjski Mostar	57–67	SKIF Krasnodar	27–39	28–30
AHC Potaissa Turda	68–53	HC Visé BM	44–24	24–29
Göztepe SK	52–57	A.E.K. Athens	29–25	23–32
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye	59–65	HC Berchem	29–34	30–31

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarter-final and semi-final pairings was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on 20 February at 11:00 hrs. .^[5]

The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 24–25 March, while the second leg followed on 31 March–1 April 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo-Victor	48–55	AM Madeira Andebol SAD	27–27	21–28
SKIF Krasnodar	51–66	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	23–25	28–41
A.E.K. Athens	64–43	HC Berchem	32–25	32–18
AHC Potaissa Turda	59–56	FyllingenBergen	29–24	30–32

Matches

24 March 2018 19:00	Dynamo-Victor	27–27	AM Madeira Andebol SAD	STC Lukomore, Budyonnovsk Attendance: 750 Referees: Jerlecki, Labun (POL)
	Otrezov 9	(12–14)	Semedo 11
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

31 March 2018 17:00	AM Madeira Andebol SAD	28–21	Dynamo-Victor	Pavilhão Desportivo, Funchal Attendance: 700 Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR)
	Nekrushets 7	(13–11)	Otrezov, Volkov 8
	1× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Madeira Andebol SAD won 55–48 on aggregate.

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25 March 2018 16:00	SKIF Krasnodar	23–25	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	Olympus Arena, Krasnodar Attendance: 800 Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
	Koposov, Belevtsov 4	(10–15)	Sveinsson, Kristijansson 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

31 March 2018 15:00	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	41–28	SKIF Krasnodar	Itrottamidstöd, Vestmannaeyjar Attendance: 600 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
	Kristijansson 9	(19–15)	Nikolaenkov 9
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

IBV Vestmannaeyjar won 66–51 on aggregate.

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24 March 2018 15:00	A.E.K. Athens	32–25	HC Berchem	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 800 Referees: Alyev, Aghakishiyev (AZE)
	Zampounis 7	(17–13)	Stupar 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

31 March 2018 20:00	HC Berchem	18–32	A.E.K. Athens	Hall Omnisports de Crauthem, Berchem Attendance: 600 Referees: Sirbu, Suponicov (MDA)
	Stein 4	(8–15)	Lokken 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

A.E.K. Athens won 64–43 on aggregate.

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24 March 2018 18:00	AHC Potaissa Turda	29–24	FyllingenBergen	Sala de sport Gheorghe Bariţiu, Turda Attendance: 600 Referees: Šniūrevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
	Ghiță 9	(12–11)	Mossestad 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 1×

2 April 2018 17:00	FyllingenBergen	32–30	AHC Potaissa Turda	Framohallen, Bergen Attendance: 666 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Mossestad 9	(14–12)	Ghiță 11
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

AHC Potaissa Turda won 59–56 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The first semi-final legs was scheduled for 21–22 April 2018, while the second legs followed on 28–29 April 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AM Madeira Andebol SAD	44–52	A.E.K. Athens	21–29	23–23
IBV Vestmannaeyjar	55–56	AHC Potaissa Turda	31–28	24–28

Matches

21 April 2018 18:30	AM Madeira Andebol SAD	21–29	A.E.K. Athens	Pavilhão Desportivo, Funchal Attendance: 690 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Moreira 6	(6–16)	Mylonas 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

28 April 2018 15:00	A.E.K. Athens	23–23	AM Madeira Andebol SAD	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 800 Referees: Kiyashko, Kiselev (RUS)
	Mylonas 5	(13–12)	Semedo 7
	2× 7×	Report	2× 2×

A.E.K. Athens won 52–44 on aggregate.

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21 April 2018 15:00	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	31–28	AHC Potaissa Turda	Itrottamidstöd, Vestmannaeyjar Attendance: 612 Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (HUN)
	Sigurbjörnsson 13	(15–13)	Iancu 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 7×

29 April 2018 18:00	AHC Potaissa Turda	28–24	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	Sala de sport Gheorghe Bariţiu, Turda Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Jorum, Kleven (NOR)
	Ghiță 6	(13–11)	Sigurbjörnsson, Sveinsson 5
	1× 5×	Report	2× 2×

AHC Potaissa Turda won 56–55 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg was played on 14 May and the second was played on 20 May.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AHC Potaissa Turda	59–49	A.E.K. Athens	33–22	26–27

Matches

14 May 2018 19:00	AHC Potaissa Turda	33–22	A.E.K. Athens	Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
	three players 7	(14–11)	Mylonas 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

20 May 2018 19:00	A.E.K. Athens	27–26	AHC Potaissa Turda	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 5,600 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Argyrou 7	(11–18)	Cîntec, Asoltanei 5
	4× 4×	Report	2× 3× 1×

AHC Potaissa Turda won 59–49 on aggregate.

See also

• 2017–18 EHF Champions League
• 2017–18 EHF Cup
• 2017–18 Women's EHF Cup