Club Balonmano Femenino Elda, also known as Elda Prestigio for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish women's
handball team from
Elda
Elda is a city and municipality located in the province of Alicante, Spain. , it has a total population of 55,618 inhabitants, ranking as the 7th most populous city in the province. Elda joins together with the town of Petrer to form a conurba ...
,
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wi ...
founded in 1985.
Elda was promoted in 1992 to the
División de Honor, where it played for the next two decades. In the late 1990s it became a national powerhouse, winning four leagues and two
national cups between 1999 and 2008. The team's major success in European competition was reaching the 2005
Champions League quarter-finals and the 2010
EHF Cup
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Prev ...
final, lost to
Randers HK
Randers HK was a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competed in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and played their home matches in Arena Randers.
In November 2022, the club decided to declare itself bankrupt after failing to raise ove ...
. It also reached the EHF Cup and
Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
's semifinals in 1998, 2002 and 2007.
In June 2012 Elda asked to be relegated to the third tier due to financial strain.
Elda Prestigio will play in Primera Nacional
'' Marca'', 18 June 2012
Titles
* Liga ABF (4)
** 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008
* Copa de la Reina
Copa or COPA may refer to:
COPA
COPA may refer to:
* Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI
* Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet
* Canadian Owners and Pilots Ass ...
(2)
** 2002, 2005
* Supercopa de España (2)
** 2004, 2008
* Copa ABF
Copa or COPA may refer to:
COPA
COPA may refer to:
* Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI
* Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet
* Canadian Owners and Pilots Ass ...
(1)
** 2005
Season to season
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*20 seasons in División de Honor
References
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Handball clubs in Spain
Sports clubs and teams in the Valencian Community
Handball clubs established in 1985
1985 establishments in Spain