1997–98 EHF Women's Champions League

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The 1997–98 EHF Women's Champions League was the fifth edition of the modern era of the 1961-founded competition for European national champions women's handball clubs, running from 4 October 1997 to 16 May 1998. Hypo Niederösterreich defeated defending champion Mar Valencia in the final^[1] to win its seventh title.^[2]

Qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Madeira	32–74	SPR Lublin	13–36	19–38
Viborg HK	56–48	Egle Vilnius	30–22	26–26
Hapoel Petah Tikva	31–95	Podravka Koprivnica	18–50	13–45
Giessen-Lützellinden	35–47	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	25–20	10–27
Fémina Visé	34–70	Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea	18–32	16–38
Budućnost Podgorica	66–58	HC Ostrava	34–26	32–32
Gjorce Petrov	77–48	Slovan Duslo Sala	40–22	37–26
PF Rimini	43–43	Anagennisi Artas	22–18	21–25
Swift Roermond	40–53	Istochnik Rostov	21–25	19–28
Brühl	46–62	Larvik HK	25–30	21–32
Krim Ljubljana	67–52	YKM Istanbul	33–27	34–25
Politechnik Minsk	41–53	Amadeo Tortajada	24–32	17–21
ASPTT Metz	71–29	Volan Sofia	36–15	35–14
Kefalovrysos Kythreas	16–151	Ferencvárosi TC	7–69	9–82

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Podravka Koprivnica	6	6	0	0	170	134	+36	12
HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	6	2	1	3	127	142	−15	5
SPR Lublin	6	2	0	4	156	163	−7	4
Istochnik Rostov	6	1	1	4	135	149	−14	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Mar Valencia	6	6	0	0	189	138	+51	12
Krim Ljubljana	6	3	0	3	162	170	−8	6
Ferencvárosi TC	6	1	1	4	147	159	−12	3
ASPTT Metz	6	1	1	4	135	166	−31	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Gjorce Petrov	6	5	1	178	149	+29	10
Budućnost Podgorica	6	4	2	172	169	+3	8
Larvik HK	6	3	3	165	150	+15	6
Amadeo Tortajada	6	0	6	131	178	−47	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Viborg HK	6	4	2	141	121	+20	8
Hypo NÖ	6	4	2	141	125	+16	8
Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea	6	3	3	138	124	+14	6
PF Rimini	6	1	5	121	171	−50	2

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Krim Ljubljana	48–48	Podravka Koprivnica	28–23	20–25
Hypo NÖ	40–33	Gjorce Petrov	26–12	14–21
Budućnost Podgorica	66–57	Viborg HK	39–30	27–27
HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	47–65	Mar Valencia	21–33	26–32

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Podravka Koprivnica	36–38	Hypo NÖ	17–18	19–20
Budućnost Podgorica	54–79	Mar Valencia	26–40	28–39

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Hypo NÖ	56–47	Mar Sagunto	28–21	28–26

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References

↑ Results Archived 2014-04-20 at the Wayback Machine in the European Handball Federation's website
↑ List of finals in the-sports.org

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[1] Results Archived 2014-04-20 at the Wayback Machine in the European Handball Federation's website

[2] List of finals in the-sports.org

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