The 2017–18
Women's EHF Cup
The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the European Handball Federation, EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the ...
was the 37th edition of
EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 8 September 2017.
SCM Craiova defeated
Vipers Kristiansand
Vipers Kristiansand was a professional handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. The team competed in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001.
They claimed their first Norwegian championship in 2018, ending ...
52–51 in the final to win their first title.
Overview
Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
*TH: Title holders
*CWC: EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup holders
*1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
*CW: Domestic cup winners
*CR: Domestic cup runners-up
*CL QT: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage.
*CL Group: Losers from the Champions League group stage.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in
Vienna
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, Austria):
Qualification stage
Round 1
There is 28 teams participating in round 1.
;Notes:
1 Both legs were hosted by KHF Prishtina.
2 Both legs were hosted by Váci NKSE.
3 Both legs were hosted by Metraco Zagłębie Lubin.
4 Both legs were hosted by CSM Roman.
5 Both legs were hosted by Silkeborg-Voel KFUM.
6 Both legs were hosted by Cercle Dijon Bourgogne.
7 Both legs were hosted by DHC Slavia Prague.
8 Both legs were hosted by Byåsen Handball Elite.
9 Both legs were hosted by ŽRK Medicinar.
10 Both legs were hosted by Ankara Yenimahalle BSK.
11 Both legs were hosted by Nur Mingechavir.
Round 2
There is 32 teams participating in round 2.
14 teams who qualified from round 1 and 18 teams joining the draw.
;Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Tertnes Bergen.
2 Both legs were hosted by Kastamonu Belediyesi.
3 Both legs were hosted by Zvezda Zvenigorod.
4 Both legs were hosted by Viborg HK.
6 Both legs were hosted by CB Atlético Guardés.
7 Both legs were hosted by Kuban.
Round 3
Group stage
The seedings were announced on 23 November 2017.
Teams in the draw will be protected against meeting teams from the same country in the same group. In each group, teams played against each other in a
double round-robin
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format, with home and away matches.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 13 February at 11:00 hrs. The draw had determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings.
Quarterfinals
Seeding
The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 3 March, while the second leg followed one week later.
Matches
''SCM Craiova won 49–48 on aggregate.''
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''Kastamonu Belediyesi won 55–53 on aggregate.''
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''Vipers Kristiansand won 55–51 on aggregate.''
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''Viborg HK won 55–47 on aggregate.''
Semifinals
The semi-finals were played in the first half of April.
Matches
''SCM Craiova won 41–40 on aggregate.''
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''Vipers Kristiansand won 60–57 on aggregate.''
Final
Matches
''SCM Craiova won 52–51 on aggregate.''
Top goalscorers
See also
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2017–18 Women's EHF Champions League
The 2017–18 EHF Champions League was the 25th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.
Győri Audi ETO KC defended their title by defeating HC Vardar in the final.
Competition format
16 teams participated in the competition, divid ...
References
External links
Official website
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Women's EHF Cup seasons
EHF Cup Women
EHF Cup Women