Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 EHF European Cup | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1993 |
No. of teams | 74 (total) |
Country | Europe |
Confederation | EHF members |
Most recent champion(s) | Valur (1st title) |
Most titles | CS UCM Reşiţa (3 titles) |
Level on pyramid | 3 |
Official website | ehfec.eurohandball.com |
The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Founded in 1993 as the EHF City Cup, the competition was renamed the EHF Challenge Cup in 2000 before adopting its current name in 2020. [1]
Before 2000, it was called EHF City Cup. Currently, the EHF coefficient rank decides which teams have access and in which stage they enter.[ citation needed ]
Year | Final | Semifinal losers | |||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | |||||
1993–94 Details | TUSEM Essen | 27–17 31–26 | HK Drott | BM Granollers | PSG Asnieres Hand-Ball | ||
1994–95 Details | TV Niederwürzbach | 26–29 32–26 | Cadagua Gáldar | TUSEM Essen | ABC/UMinho | ||
1995–96 Details | Drammen HK | 22–21 27–21 | SG Hameln | SC Pick Szeged | IFK Skövde HK | ||
1996–97 Details | TuS Nettelstedt | 32–19 27–23 | KIF Kolding | Drammen HK | Sandefjord TIF | ||
1997–98 Details | TuS Nettelstedt | 24–22 25–23 | IFK Skövde HK | SG Wallau-Massenheim | Academia Octavio Vigo | ||
1998–99 Details | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 27–27 26–21 | A.D.C. Ciudad Real | TuS Nettelstedt | Drammen HK | ||
1999–00 Details | TV Grosswallstadt | 30–23 27–32 | BM Valladolid | Pfadi Winterthur | RK Sintelon | ||
Year | Final | Semifinal losers | |||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | |||||
2020–21 Details | AEK Athens | 30–26 24–20 [B] | Ystads | Gorenje Velenje | Anorthosis Famagusta | ||
2021–22 Details | Nærbø | 29–25 27–26 | Minaur Baia Mare | Drammen | Alingsås | ||
2022–23 Details | Vojvodina | 30–23 25–23 | Nærbø | Runar Sandefjord | Alingsås | ||
2023–24 Details | Valur | 30–26 32–35 | Olympiacos | Ferencvárosi | Minaur Baia Mare |
Team | Won | Years won | Runner-up | Years runner-up |
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UCM Reşiţa | 3 | 2007, 2008, 2009 | ||
Nettelstedt | 2 | 1997, 1998 | ||
Skjern | 2 | 2002, 2003 | ||
Sporting CP | 2 | 2010, 2017 | ||
ABC/UMinho | 1 | 2016 | 2 | 2005, 2015 |
Skövde | 1 | 2004 | 1 | 1998 |
Drammen | 1 | 1996 | 1 | 2007 |
Wacker Thun | 1 | 2005 | 1 | 2012 |
Potaissa Turda | 1 | 2018 | 1 | 2017 |
AEK Athens | 1 | 2021 | 1 | 2018 |
Nærbø | 1 | 2022 | 1 | 2023 |
TUSEM Essen | 1 | 1994 | ||
Niederwürzbach | 1 | 1995 | ||
Flensburg-Handewitt | 1 | 1999 | ||
Großwallstadt | 1 | 2000 | ||
Jugović Kać | 1 | 2001 | ||
CSA Steaua București | 1 | 2006 | ||
Cimos Koper | 1 | 2011 | ||
Diomidis Argous | 1 | 2012 | ||
SKA Minsk | 1 | 2013 | ||
Sävehof | 1 | 2014 | ||
Odorheiu Secuiesc | 1 | 2015 | ||
CSM București | 1 | 2019 | ||
Vojvodina | 1 | 2023 | ||
Valur | 1 | 2024 | ||
S.L. Benfica | 2 | 2011, 2016 | ||
Drott | 1 | 1994 | ||
Cadagua Gáldar | 1 | 1995 | ||
Hameln | 1 | 1996 | ||
Kolding | 1 | 1997 | ||
Ciudad Real | 1 | 1999 | ||
BM Valladolid | 1 | 2000 | ||
Pfadi Winterthur | 1 | 2001 | ||
Eurofarm Pelister | 1 | 2002 | ||
Filippos Verias | 1 | 2003 | ||
US Dunkerque HB | 1 | 2004 | ||
SC Horta | 1 | 2006 | ||
Alpla Hard | 1 | 2008 | ||
Bucovina Suceava | 1 | 2009 | ||
Kwidzyn | 1 | 2010 | ||
Handball Esch | 1 | 2013 | ||
RK Metaloplastika Šabac | 1 | 2014 | ||
Madeira Andebol | 1 | 2019 | ||
Ystads | 1 | 2021 | ||
Minaur Baia Mare | 1 | 2022 | ||
Olympiacos | 1 | 2024 |
Nation | Titles | Runners-up | Finals |
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Romania | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Germany | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Portugal | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Greece | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Sweden | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Norway | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Denmark | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Serbia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Iceland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Spain | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Luxembourg | 0 | 1 | 1 |
North Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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