2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup

The 2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup was the 22nd edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 6 October 2018 to 19 May 2019.

EHF Challenge Cup

2018–19
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	6 October 2018–19 May 2019
Teams	48
Website	eurohandball.com
Final positions
Champions	CSM București
Runner-up	Madeira Andebol SAD
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Elledy Semedo (58 goals)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Overview

Team allocation

Round 3
HC Visé BM	HC Vogošća Poljine Hills	HC Dobrudja	HC Dukla Prague
AEK Athens	Ramat Hasharon HC	HC Berchem	KRAS Volendam
Madeira Andebol SAD	Bodø HK	CSM București	HC Neva SPb
MŠK Považská Bystrica	RK Partizan	Donbass	Göztepe SK
Round 2
Bregenz Handball	HC Baki	RK Borac m:tel	Estudiantes EHC Tournai
Masheka Mogilev	Parnassos Strovolou	HC Tallinn	HC Dicken
KHF Prishtina	MRK Jedinstvo	HC Olimpus-85 USEFS	Livingston HC
Pallamano Pressano	VHC Šviesa Vilnius	IMEDI Telavi	Celtnieks Riga
AC Diomidis Argous	ØIF Arendal	HB Dudelange	JD Techniek Hurry-Up
Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	Selka Eskişehir HSK	Holon Handball Club	London GD HC
KH Kastrioti	Colos SS4 Ciobruciu	Granitas Karys Kaunas	Aeropos Edessa
PGU Tiraspol	Olympia HC	HC Kauno Azuolas-KTU	HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.^[1]

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Round 2	17 July 2018	6–7 October 2018	13–14 October 2018
Round 3	17 July 2018	17–18 November 2018	24–25 November 2018
Last 16	27 November 2018	9–10 February 2019	16–17 February 2019
Quarter-final	19 February 2019	23–24 March 2019	30–31 March 2019
Semi-finals		20–21 April 2019	27–28 April 2019
Finals	30 April 2019	11–12 May 2019	18–19 May 2019

Round 2

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. The first legs were played on 6–7 October and the second legs were played on 13–14 October 2018.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
London GD HC	46–42 1	Livingston HC	23–19	23–23
HC Baki	43–69 2	RK Borac m:tel	19–36	24–33
Aeropos Edessa	41–58 3	Masheka Mogilev	20–24	21–34
MRK Jedinstvo	46–73 4	HC Kauno Azuolas-KTU	22–37	24–36
Celtnieks Riga	58–60 5	Holon Handball Club	33–31	25–29
Estudiantes EHC Tournai	56–57 6	Parnassos Strovolou	31–29	25–28
Selka Eskişehir HSK	63–69	ØIF Arendal	34–28	29–41
HB Dudelange	73–38 7	IMEDI Telavi	32–25	41–13
HC Dicken	66–46 8	PGU Tiraspol	37–26	29–20
Granitas Karys Kaunas	48–56	VHC Šviesa Vilnius	22–24	26–32
Colos SS4 Ciobruciu	34–114 9	Bregenz Handball	20–54	14–60
AC Diomidis Argous	47–70 10	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	19–38	28–32
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS	37–72 11	JD Techniek Hurry-Up	16–30	21–42
Olympia HC	39–77 12	Pallamano Pressano	16–40	23–37
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye	68–44 13	KHF Prishtina	32–19	36–25
HC Tallinn	47–51 14	KH Kastrioti	22–25	25–26

Notes

¹ Both legs were hosted by Livingston HC.

² Both legs were hosted by RK Borac m:tel.

³ Both legs were hosted by Masheka Mogilev.

⁴ Both legs were hosted by HC Kauno Azuolas-KTU.

⁵ Both legs were hosted by Celtnieks Riga.

⁶ Both legs were hosted by EHC Tournai.

⁷ Both legs were hosted by HB Dudelange.

⁸ Both legs were hosted by HC Dicken.

⁹ Both legs were hosted by Bregenz Handball.

¹⁰ Both legs were hosted by Dynamo-Victor.

¹¹ Both legs were hosted by HV Hurry-Up.

¹² Both legs were hosted by Pallamano Pressano.

¹³ Both legs were hosted by KHF Prishtina.

¹⁴ Both legs were hosted by KH Kastrioti.

Round 3

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. The first legs were played on 17–18 November and the second legs were played on 24–25 November 2018^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RK Partizan	58–60	HC Dicken	33–28	25–32
HC Vogošća Poljine Hills	40–53	RK Borac m:tel	22–23	18–30
KRAS Volendam	56–60	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	32–32	24–28
HC Neva SPb	55–28 1	HB Dudelange	31–12	24–16
AEK Athens	49–43	Bregenz Handball	29–25	20–18
Pallamano Pressano	47–57	MŠK Považská Bystrica	24–28	23–29
Holon Handball Club	57–65 2	HC Berchem	28–33	29–32
Masheka Mogilev	81–48 3	HC Dobrudja	34–25	47–23
HC Dukla Prague	55–48 4	HC Kauno Azuolas-KTU	27–20	28–28
Donbass	73–37 5	London GD HC	40–22	33–15
HC Visé BM	71–47	KH Kastrioti	33–21	38–26
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporozhye	57–60 6	Ramat Hasharon HC	32–27	25–33
VHC Šviesa Vilnius	58–49	Bodø HK	35–23	23–26
JD Techniek/Hurry-Up	49–69	Madeira Andebol SAD	21–37	28–32
CSM București	79–38 7	Parnassos Strovolou	32–24	47–14
ØIF Arendal	68–53	Göztepe SK	40–25	28–28

Notes

¹ Both legs were hosted by HC Neva SPb.

² Both legs were hosted by HC Berchem.

³ Both legs were hosted by Masheka Mogilev.

⁴ Both legs were hosted by HC Dukla Prague.

⁵ Both legs were hosted by Donbass.

⁶ Both legs were hosted by Ramat HaSharon HC.

⁷ Both legs were hosted by CSM București.

Last 16

The draw seeding pots for the Last 16 Knockout round were composed as follows:^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2
HC Visé BM AEK Athens VHC Šviesa Vilnius HC Berchem Madeira Andebol SAD CSM București Dinamo Viktor Stavropol HC Neva SPb	RK Borac m:tel Masheka Mogilev HC Dukla Prague HC Dicken Ramat Hasharon HC ØIF Arendal MŠK Považská Bystrica Donbass

The draw for the last 16 round was held on 27 November 2018.^[5] The first leg was scheduled for 9–10 February, while the second leg followed on 16–17 February 2019.Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ramat Hasharon HC	53–69	AEK Athens	28–34	25–35
MŠK Považská Bystrica	45–56	HC Neva SPb	21–31	24–25
Donbass	47–60 1	Madeira Andebol SAD	22–32	25–28
HC Dukla Prague	48–58	CSM București	23–28	25–30
Masheka Mogilev	65–68	HC Visé BM	31–32	34–36
ØIF Arendal	49–53	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	27–21	22–31
HC Berchem	50–56 2	HC Dicken	24–28	26–28
VHC Šviesa Vilnius	38–52	RK Borac m:tel	16–29	22–23

Notes

¹ Both legs were hosted by Madeira Andebol SAD.

² Both legs were hosted by HC Berchem.

Matches

9 February 2019 17:30	HC Berchem	24–28	HC Dicken	Hall Omnisports de Crauthem, Crauthem Attendance: 620 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Tsatso 8	(13–19)	Broman 8
	1× 2×	Report	3× 3×

10 February 2019 17:30	HC Dicken	28–26	HC Berchem	Hall Omnisports de Crauthem, Crauthem Attendance: 520 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	three players 4	(14–12)	Tsatso 8
	2× 7×	Report	1× 4×

HC Dicken won 56–50 on aggregate.

---

9 February 2019 18:00	MŠK Považská Bystrica	21–31	HC Neva SPb	Sporting Hall MSK, Považská Bystrica Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev (AZE)
	Vallo 8	(11–14)	Voronin 9
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

15 February 2019 17:15	HC Neva SPb	25–24	MŠK Považská Bystrica	Interuniversity sports center (MUSC), Saint Petersburg Attendance: 450 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Babkin, Voronin 5	(11–8)	Bystrický 6
	3×	Report	3× 1×

HC Neva SPb won 56–45 on aggregate.

---

9 February 2019 18:00	Ramat Hasharon HC	28-34	A.E.K. Athens	Oranim Sports hall, Ramat HaSharon Attendance: 267 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Pomeranz 9	(15–17)	Jakobsen 8
	4× 2×	Report	3× 5×

16 February 2019 14:00	A.E.K. Athens	35–25	Ramat Hasharon HC	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 700 Referees: Capoccia, Jucker (SUI)
	Jakobsen, Mylonas 5	(17–15)	Pomeranz 5
	1× 8×	Report	3× 3×

A.E.K. Athens won 69–53 on aggregate.

---

10 February 2019 18:00	ØIF Arendal	27–21	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	Sparebanken Sör Amfi, Arendal Attendance: 1,276 Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	Lindboe 12	(13–10)	Nekrasov 6
	2× 5×	Report	2× 5×

16 February 2019 15:00	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	31–22	ØIF Arendal	STC Lukomore, Budyonnovsk Attendance: 750 Referees: Frieser, Kavulič (CZE)
	Dashko 8	(18–13)	Lindell 6
	3× 3×	Report	4× 6× 1×

Dinamo Viktor Stavropol won 53–49 on aggregate.

---

10 February 2019 19:30	HC Dukla Prague	23–28	CSM București	DHC Sport Hall SK Slavia Praha, Prague Attendance: 300 Referees: Butskevich, Butskevich (BLR)
	Blecha 6	(10–19)	Rotaru 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

16 February 2019 16:00	CSM București	30–25	HC Dukla Prague	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 800 Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
	Mănescu, Teixeira 8	(15–10)	Klíma 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 2×

CSM București won 58–48 on aggregate.

---

9 February 2019 16:00	VHC Šviesa Vilnius	16–29	RK Borac m:tel	Lues Sport Hall, Vilnius Attendance: 400 Referees: Loshak, Shajbakov (UKR)
	Drabavičius 7	(8–12)	Daničić 6
	2×	Report	2× 5×

16 February 2019 20:00	RK Borac m:tel	23–22	VHC Šviesa Vilnius	Sportska Dvorana "Borik", Banja Luka Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Miljković, Unčanin 4	Report	Drabavičius 8
	3× 5×		3× 2×

RK Borac m:tel won 52–38 on aggregate.

---

10 February 2019 15:00	Masheka Mogilev	31–32	HC Visé BM	Sport Complex "Olympiets", Mogilev Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Tilnenko 10	(14–16)	Carvalhais, Hadžić 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 6×

17 February 2019 16:00	HC Visé BM	36–34	Masheka Mogilev	Hall Omnisports de Visé, Visé Attendance: 500 Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
	Rola 9	(18–14)	Mikhalchuk 10
	2× 5×	Report	1×

HC Visé BM won 68–65 on aggregate.

---

16 February 2019 20:00	Donbass	22–32	Madeira Andebol SAD	Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal Attendance: 350 Referees: Rosendo, Estévez (ESP)
	Honcharov, Ivanov 6	(12–13)	Landim 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5×

17 February 2019 18:00	Madeira Andebol SAD	28–25	Donbass	Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal Attendance: 350 Referees: Rosendo, Estévez (ESP)
	Semedo 8	(12–14)	Ivanov, Orlovskyi 7
	2× 5×	Report	4× 4×

Madeira Andebol SAD won 60–47 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 19 February 2019. The draw determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings. Teams listed first will play the first leg at home. For the quarter-finals, there was no seeding as all eight teams were drawn from the same pot one after another. There was also no country protection applied in the draw. The semi-final draw followed using the quarter-final pairings.^[6][7]

The first quarter-final leg is scheduled for 23–24 March, while the second leg will follow on 30–31 March 2019.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	49–51	AEK Athens	25–21	24–30
Madeira Andebol SAD	54–53	HC Dicken	28–27	26–26
HC Visé BM	45–74	HC Neva SPb	26–33	19–41
CSM București	54–42	RK Borac m:tel	25–19	29–23

Matches

23 March 2019 15:00	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	25–21	A.E.K. Athens	STC Lukomore, Budyonnovsk Attendance: 930 Referees: Kaludjerović, Vujacić (MNE)
	Krivenko 8	(13–13)	Jakobsen, Mylonas 5
	1×	Report	3× 5×

30 March 2019 14:00	A.E.K. Athens	30-24	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 800 Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
	Jakobsen 11	(14–9)	Otrezov 7
	3× 7×	Report	2× 3×

A.E.K. Athens won 51–49 on aggregate.

---

23 March 2019 16:00	CSM București	25–19	RK Borac m:tel	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 850 Referees: Chrzan, Janas (POL)
	Santos 8	(16–7)	Dakić, Savić 4
	3×	Report	3× 5×

30 March 2019 20:00	RK Borac m:tel	23–29	CSM București	Sportska Dvorana "Borik", Banja Luka Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Jovchev, Yonchev (BUL)
	Đurđević 7	(9–16)	Vražalić 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

CSM București won 54–42 on aggregate.

---

24 March 2019 17:00	Madeira Andebol SAD	28–27	HC Dicken	Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal Attendance: 475 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	Pereira, Ribeiro 5	(15–9)	Granlund 9
	2× 2×	Report	3× 1×

30 March 2019 14:30	HC Dicken	26–26	Madeira Andebol SAD	Pirkkola Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 500 Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
	Granlund 7	(10–12)	António, Semedo 7
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Madeira Andebol SAD won 54–53 on aggregate.

---

24 March 2019 16:00	HC Visé BM	26–33	HC Neva SPb	Hall Omnisports de Visé, Visé Attendance: 600 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
	Hodžić 7	(13–17)	Babkin, Turaev 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

31 March 2019 14:00	HC Neva SPb	41–19	HC Visé BM	Interuniversity sports center (MUSC), Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300 Referees: Jerlecki, Labun (POL)
	Makin 10	(22–10)	Lahonda 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

HC Neva SPb won 74–45 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The first semi-final legs was scheduled for 20–21 April 2019, while the second legs followed on 27–28 April 2019.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Neva SPb	44–51	CSM București	24–26	20–25
Madeira Andebol SAD	57–44	AEK Athens	27–22	30–22

Matches

20 April 2019 14:00	HC Neva SPb	24–26	CSM București	Interuniversity sports center (MUSC), Saint Petersburg Attendance: 400 Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
	Emelyanenko 6	(13–11)	Teixeira 7
	1× 4×	Report	4× 3×

27 April 2019 16:00	CSM București	25–20	HC Neva SPb	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 500 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Teixeira 8	(15–11)	Emelyanenko, Turaev 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

CSM București won 51–44 on aggregate.

---

20 April 2019 18:00	Madeira Andebol SAD	27–22	A.E.K. Athens	Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal Attendance: 640 Referees: Canbro, Kliko (SWE)
	Ribeiro 9	(12–10)	Baláž, Jakobsen 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

27 April 2019 15:00	A.E.K. Athens	22–30	Madeira Andebol SAD	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 800 Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
	Palevičius 7	(9-13)	António 7
	3× 7×	Report	2× 6× 1×

Madeira Andebol SAD won 57–44 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg was played on 11–12 May and the second was played on 18–19 May 2019. The final home rights draw was held on 30 April 2019 in Vienna.^[8]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madeira Andebol SAD	42–48	CSM București	22–22	20–26

Matches

12 May 2019 16:30	Madeira Andebol SAD	22–22	CSM București	Pavilhao Gimnodesportivo, Funchal Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
	António 7	(9–8)	A.Esteki 5
	3× 4×	Report	4× 5×

18 May 2019 13:30	CSM București	26–20	Madeira Andebol SAD	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Katsikis, Michailidis (GRE)
	S.Esteki, Rotaru 6	(16–9)	Semedo 6
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

CSM București won 48–42 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[9]
1	Elledy Semedo	Madeira Andebol SAD	58
2	Lars Jakobsen	AEK Athens	48
3	Ribeiro Ulisses	Madeira Andebol SAD	40

See also

• 2018–19 EHF Champions League
• 2018–19 EHF Cup
• 2018–19 Women's EHF Cup
• 2018–19 Women's EHF Challenge Cup