2022–23 EHF European Cup

The 2022–23 EHF European Cup was the 26th season of Europe's tertiary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the EHF European Cup.

EHF European Cup

2022–23
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	10 September 2022–4 June 2023
Teams	77 (qualification stage) 16 (main stage)
Website	ehfec.com
Final positions
Champions	Vojvodina (1st title)
Runner-up	Nærbø IL
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Attendance	27,274 (909 per match)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Qualified teams

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2022–23 EHF European Cup was announced on 12 July 2022.^[1]

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

Nærbø IL EC	Sesvete (3rd)	Olympiacos	Alingsås HK
ØIF Arendal	HCB Karviná	Gorenje Velenje (3rd)	KA
Sabbianco A. Famagusta (1st)	Handball Esch	Pfadi Winterthur (2nd)	Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik
Põlva Serviti	MŠK Považská Bystrica	Hapoel Ashdod	Förthof UHK Krems
Donbas Donetsk Region	Borac m:tel	ZRHK Tenax Dobele	Vilnius VHC Sviesa
KH Besa Famgas (1st)	Vojvodina (1st)	BK-46	Accademia Conversano 2014
KRAS/Volendam	H71	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	HC Baku
HC Visé BM	Lovćen Cetinje	Gorica (4th)	AEK Athens
Runar Sandefjord	Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje	Riko Ribnica (4th)	Haukar
Parnassos Strovolou	Red Boys Differdange	Wacker Thun (SF)	Beykoz Belediyesi GSK
Viljandi HC	AS SGS Ramhat Hashron	Bregenz Handball	Sloboda Tuzla
Granitas Kaunas	Rahoveci	Partizan	HIFK Handboll
Junior Fasano	KEMBIT-Lions	PAOK

Round 1

HC ROBE Zubří	ÍBV	APOEL	HC Berchem
Spor Toto SK	HC Tallinn	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	HC Fivers Margareten
Izviđač	Dragūnas Klaipėda	Kastrioti	Radnički Kragujevac
Raimond Sassari	Drenth Groep Hurry-up	AESH Pylaia	TJ Sokol Nové Veselí
HB Dudelange	İzmir BSB SK	HC Holon	Dinamo Pančevo
AC Diomidis Argous	HC Dukla Prague	Slovenj Gradec	HC Linz AG
Gračanica	SSV Brixen

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

A total of 26 teams were involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 10–11 September 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 17–18 September 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.^[2]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kastrioti	44–72	Gračanica	22–36	22–36
Dragūnas Klaipėda	52–58	Dinamo Pančevo	24–30	28–28
HC Berchem	56–61	Drenth Groep Hurry-up	30–32	26–29
AC Diomidis Argous	52–61	HC Fivers Margareten	27–30	25–31
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	63–65	Slovenj Gradec	31–27	32–38
HC Dukla Prague	55–54	Radnički Kragujevac	31–29	24–25
Raimond Sassari	49–53	SSV Brixen	29–24	20–29
İzmir BSB SK	56–86	HC ROBE Zubří	27–46	29–40
ÍBV	74–67	HC Holon	41–35	33–32
AESH Pylaia	60–33	APOEL	33–22	27–11
Spor Toto SK	52–50	HB Dudelange	25–26	27–24
TJ Sokol Nové Veselí	77–50	HC Tallinn	38–27	39–23
HC Linz AG	69–70	Izviđač	34–32	35–38

Round 2

A total of 64 teams were involved in the second qualifying round, 13 teams advancing from the previous round and 51 teams entering this round. The first leg matches were held on 29–30 October 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 5–6 November 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.^[3]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SSV Brixen	50–75	Vojvodina	23–31	27–44
HIFK Handboll	60–62	KH Besa Famgas	28–27	32–35
ØIF Arendal	70–46	HC ROBE Zubří	34–20	36–26
Handball Esch	63–66	HC Dukla Prague	31–36	32–30
ZRHK Tenax Dobele	56–57	Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje	31–28	25–29
Põlva Serviti	60–54	Viljandi HC	27–26	33–28
Sesvete	56–45	PAOK	29–24	27–21
Junior Fasano	64–59	Hapoel Ashdod	32–33	32–26
Donbas Donetsk Region	48–81	ÍBV	28–36	20–45
Olympiacos	61–43	Sloboda Tuzla	34–24	27–19
Vilnius VHC Sviesa	50–65	Red Boys Differdange	28–31	22–34
H71	51–62	Partizan	21–27	30–35
Nærbø IL	58–55	Slovenj Gradec	29–28	29–27
Gorenje Velenje	59–55	Bregenz Handball	33–30	26–25
Beykoz Belediyesi GSK	49–78	Alingsås HK	28–32	21–46
Förthof UHK Krems	68–55	AESH Pylaia	34–25	34–30
HC Fivers Margareten	59–56	KA	29–30	30–26
Rahoveci	58–65	HCB Karviná	29–33	29–32
Runar Sandefjord	63–52	Lovćen Cetinje	32–21	31–31
Riko Ribnica	68–49	Borac m:tel	40–19	28–30
MŠK Považská Bystrica	66–61	Izviđač	34–25	32–36
HC Visé BM	62–40	Parnassos Strovolou	38–21	24–19
Granitas Kaunas	46–58	Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik	21–31	25–27
Pfadi Winterthur	58–61	AS SGS Ramhat Hashron	34–30	24–31
AEK Athens	60–47	Drenth Groep Hurry-up	35–30	25–17
KEMBIT-Lions	78–36	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	39–17	39–19
BK-46	80–43	Spor Toto SK	37–20	43–23
KRAS/Volendam	52–54	Wacker Thun	27–31	25–23
Gorica	55–51	TJ Sokol Nové Veselí	27–25	28–26
Dinamo Pančevo	59–52	Accademia Conversano 2014	32–22	27–30
Gračanica	70–45	HC Baku	33–17	37–28
Sabbianco A. Famagusta	62–50	Haukar	26–22	36–28

Round 3

A total of 32 teams were involved in the third qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 3–4 December 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 10–11 December 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.^[4]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sesvete	59–50	KH Besa Famgas	31–23	28–27
Dinamo Pančevo	61–55	Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik	30–28	31–27
ÍBV	59–65	HC Dukla Prague	34–33	25–32
Runar Sandefjord	76–66	Põlva Serviti	41–30	35–36
Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje	61–73	AS SGS Ramhat Hashron	28–39	33–34
Förthof UHK Krems	27–39	Vojvodina	27–29	0–10
AEK Athens	56–58	Alingsås HK	32–27	24–31
HCB Karviná	55–45	Gračanica	22–18	33–27
HC Visé BM	54–60	ØIF Arendal	24–31	30–29
Gorenje Velenje	55–49	Partizan	28–20	27–29
KEMBIT-Lions	60–62	Junior Fasano	25–35	35–27
Sabbianco A. Famagusta	48–46	Red Boys Differdange	23–20	25–26
HC Fivers Margareten	61–65	Riko Ribnica	33–35	28–30
MŠK Považská Bystrica	57–48	Gorica	29–24	28–24
Wacker Thun	48–41	Olympiacos	24–22	24–19
BK-46	55–61	Nærbø IL	28–26	27–35

Last 16

The first leg matches were held on 11–12 February 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 18–19 February 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.^[5]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sabbianco A. Famagusta	47–58	Gorenje Velenje	26–31	21–27
HC Dukla Prague	68–64	Wacker Thun	28–26	40–38
Junior Fasano	56–70	Sesvete	34–35	22–35
MŠK Považská Bystrica	58–70	Nærbø IL	34–35	24–35
AS SGS Ramhat Hashron	52–69	Alingsås HK	21–31	31–38
HCB Karviná	56–53	Dinamo Pančevo	30–22	26–31
Runar Sandefjord	70–63	Riko Ribnica	38–29	32–34
Vojvodina	75–66	ØIF Arendal	42–29	33–37

Quarterfinals

The first leg matches were held on 18–19 March 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 25–26 March 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.^[6]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sesvete	50–55	Nærbø IL	20–26	30–29
HCB Karviná	56–62	Runar Sandefjord	31–34	25–28
Alingsås HK	66–57	HC Dukla Prague	39–33	27–24
Vojvodina	61–56	Gorenje Velenje	31–30	30–26

Semifinals

The first leg matches were held on 15–16 April 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 22–23 April 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.^[6]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Runar Sandefjord	63–65	Nærbø IL	27–29	36–36
Alingsås HK	49–56	Vojvodina	25–24	24–32

Final

The first leg match was held on 28 May 2023, while the second leg match was held on 3 June 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.^[7]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vojvodina	55–46	Nærbø IL	30–23	25–23

See also

• 2022–23 EHF Champions League
• 2022–23 EHF European League
• 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League
• 2022–23 Women's EHF European League
• 2022–23 Women's EHF European Cup