European Cup Winners' Cup (handball) 2004/05

At the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2004/05 40 handball club teams participated, who qualified in the previous season in their home countries in the cup competition for the competition or out of the Champions League 04/05 had been eliminated. It was the 30th edition of the cup winners' competition. The cup games began on October 8, 2004, the second round final took place on May 8, 2005. The defending champion of the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup was the Spanish club Portland San Antonio . The title winner that season was the Spanish club Ademar León .

2nd round

32 teams that had previously qualified for the competition took part.
The first legs took place on 8/9/10/16. October 2004. The second leg took place on 10/11/16/17. October 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Goldmann Druck Tulln	54 : 63	Sporting CP Liaboa	32 : 33 (16 : 19)	22 : 30 (12 : 13)
HC Victory Minsk Regia	52 : 78	HSV Hamburg	21 : 42 (12 : 20)	31 : 36 (15 : 19)
Cyprus College	47 : 57	Cankaya Bel. Ankara	29 : 27 (13 : 13)	18 : 30 (11 : 14)
Torggler Group Merano	47 : 73	Ademar León	28 : 38 (16 : 20)	19 : 35 ( 07 : 15)
"Olimpus" -85 Kishinev	47 : 76	FCK Håndbold	23 : 38 ( 09 : 18)	24 : 38 (15 : 16)
Haslum HK	67: 57	Maccabi Rishon Le Zion	31 : 31 (18 : 16)	36 : 26 (17 : 14)
RK "Bosna" Sarajevo	50: 49	RK "Pelister" Bitola	29 : 22 (14 : 12)	21 : 27 (11 : 15)
HK Drott Halmstad	67: 40	HK Tongeren	32 : 21 (15 : 0 6)	35 : 19 (17 : 10)
US Ivry Handball	63: 44	Bevo HC Panningen	33 : 26 (19 : 12)	30 : 18 (13 : 10)
RK Prevent Slovenj Gradec	71: 36	DINAMO Baku	36 : 16 (19 : 11)	35 : 20 (15 : 0 8)
HCM Piatra Neamț	43 : 82	Cadets Schaffhausen	20 : 44 ( 09 : 22)	23 : 38 (10 : 17)
BM Valladolid	56: 50	KS "Vive" Kielce	33 : 25 (16 : 0 9)	23 : 25 (11 : 10)
Szabolcs Nyiregyhazi	58 : 61	Medvescak Infosistem Zagreb	32 : 27 (19 : 12)	26 : 34 (12 : 18)
HC Chocolate Boys Tallinn	48 : 55	RK Partizan Belgrade	22 : 30 (12 : 15)	26 : 25 (12 : 12)
Caustic Volgograd	43 : 50	GAC Kilkis	23 : 27 (10 : 12)	20 : 23 (10 : 10)
Shakhtyor Akademiya Donetsk	65: 48	HC Bascharage	37 : 26 (16 : 14)	28 : 22 (13 : 10)

3rd round

The 16 winners of the 2nd round took part.
The first legs took place on 6/7/13. November 2004. The second leg took place on 13./14. November 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sporting CP Liaboa	48 : 53	HSV Hamburg	24 : 28 (10 : 18)	24 : 25 (10 : 11)
Cankaya Bel. Ankara	65 : 70	Medvescak Infosistem Zagreb	38 : 39 (16 : 19)	27 : 31 (15 : 13)
RK "Bosna" Sarajevo	61 : 85	Ademar León	33 : 42 (14 : 19)	28 : 43 (11 : 22)
US Ivry Handball	60: 53	Haslum HK	29 : 25 (14 : 10)	31 : 28 (14 : 16)
Shakhtyor Akademiya Donetsk	48 : 55	RK Partizan Belgrade	29 : 29 (16 : 12)	19 : 26 ( 09 : 13)
Cadets Schaffhausen	54 : 55	RK Prevent Slovenj Gradec	27 : 31 (12 : 16)	27 : 24 (10 : 13)
HK Drott Halmstad	63 : 69	FCK Håndbold	28 : 36 (12 : 17)	35 : 33 (19 : 17)
GAC Kilkis	55 : 70	BM Valladolid	29 : 30 (12 : 18)	26 : 40 (10 : 22)

Round of 16

The eight winners of the 3rd round and the eight third-placed winners of the Champions League group stage took part.
The first legs took place on 4th / 5th / 11th. December 2004. The second legs took place on 5./11./12. December 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Gorenje Velenje	57: 56	US Ivry Handball	32 : 30 (15 : 15)	25 : 26 (11 : 14)
HC Baník Karviná	58 : 76	Ademar León	30 : 38 (17 : 20)	28 : 38 (10 : 19)
BM Valladolid	53 : 53 1	RK Zagreb	31 : 26 (15 : 15)	22 : 27 ( 08 : 17)
Crvena Zvezda Beograd	48 : 62	HSV Hamburg	26 : 37 (10 : 17)	22 : 25 (13 : 12)
Haukar Hafnarfjordur	50 : 59	Medvescak Infosistem Zagreb	27 : 28 (13 : 17)	23 : 31 (14 : 13)
FCK Håndbold	51 : 56	Vardar Vatrost. Skopje	28 : 29 (16 : 12)	23 : 27 (10 : 13)
HC Granitas Kaunas	40 : 51	RK Partizan Belgrade	17 : 23 (10 : 0 8)	23 : 28 (13 : 14)
RK Prevent Slovenj Gradec	60 : 64	RK Izviđac Ljubuški	38 : 34 (18 : 13)	22 : 30 (13 : 16)

¹ RK Zagreb qualified for the next round due to the away goals rule .

Quarter finals

The eight winners from the round of 16 took part.
The first legs took place on 5./6. March 2005. The second leg took place on 12./13. March 2005.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Vardar Vatrost. Skopje	Medvescak Infosistem Zagreb	05.03. Sat. 5:30 p.m.	03/12 Sat. 5:30 p.m.	67: 46
		36: 20 ( 17: 13)	31: 26 ( 17: 0 6)
RK Gorenje Velenje	RK Izviđac Ljubuški	05.03. Sat 7:00 p.m.	03/12 Sat 8:15 pm	62 : 64
		37: 31 ( 21: 19)	25 : 33 (15 : 17 )
HSV Hamburg	Ademar León	05.03. Sat 7:00 p.m.	03/12 Sat 6 p.m.	52 : 54
		25 : 29 (11 : 17 )	27: 25 ( 12 : 12 )
RK Partizan Belgrade	RK Zagreb	06.03. Sun 7:00 p.m.	13.03. Sun 6 p.m.	41 : 42
		23: 20 ( 09: 0 6)	18 : 22 ( 07 : 13)

Semifinals

The four winners from the quarterfinals took part.
The first legs took place on 2/3. April 2005. The second leg took place on 9/10. April 2005.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Ademar León	RK Izviđac Ljubuški	04/02 Sat 6 p.m.	04/09 Sat 8:00 p.m.	75: 63
		37: 30 ( 17: 12)	38: 33 ( 18: 16)
Vardar Vatrost. Skopje	RK Zagreb	04/03 Sun 6 p.m.	04/10 Sun. 5:15 pm	49 : 55
		23: 21 (10 : 11 )	26 : 34 (11 : 16 )

final

The two winners from the semifinals took part.
The first leg took place on May 1, 2005. The second leg took place on May 8, 2005.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Ademar León	RK Zagreb	01.05. Sun. 5:00 p.m.	08.05. Sun. 5:30 p.m.	68: 50
		37: 25 ( 16:15 )	31: 25 ( 16: 0 9)

Ademar León - RK Zagreb 37:25 (16:15)

May 1st, 2005 in León , Palacio Municipal, -.--- spectators.

No goal scorer statistics available!

Referees: Svein Olav Øie & Øyvind Togstad

Source: match report

RK Zagreb - Ademar León 25:31 (9:16)

May 8, 2005 in Zagreb , Dom športova , 3,000 spectators.

No goal scorer statistics available!

Referees: Stefán Arnaldsson & Gunnar Viðarsson

Source: match report

See also

• EHF Champions League 2004/05
• EHF Cup 2004/05

Web links

• Official website of the EHF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Match Details Ademar León - RK Zagreb ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 19, 2019.