European Cup Winners' Cup (handball) 2007/08

At the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2007/08 44 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 07/08 had been eliminated. It was the 33rd edition of the cup winners' competition. The cup games began on September 1, 2007, the second round final took place on May 10, 2008. The defending champion of the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup was the German club HSV Hamburg . The title winner in the season was the Hungarian club KC Veszprém .

1 round

14 teams took part that had previously qualified for the competition.
The first legs took place on 1/2/7/8. September 2007. The second legs took place on 2/8/9. September 2007.

	total		First leg	Return leg
HC Berane	56: 50	HC Berchem	28 : 27 (11 : 12)	28 : 23 (12 : 0 8)
Eurotech Bevo HC Panningen	72: 43	KH Kastrioti-Ferizaj	37 : 19 (19 : 10)	35 : 24 (16 : 16)
HC Lusis Kaunas	75: 58	Olimpus-85 UTM Chișinău	35 : 25 (14 : 11)	40 : 33 (18 : 18)
Wisla Plock SA	72: 46	DINHK Baku	39 : 22 (21 : 12)	33 : 24 (16 : 12)
Cyprus College	60: 54	Riihimae Cocks	31 : 24 (13 : 12)	29 : 30 (15 : 13)
SKA Minsk	69: 63	HC Gumarny Zubri	38 : 30 (15 : 13)	31 : 33 (14 : 16)
UMF Stjarnan	66: 53	TENAX Dobele	36 : 26 (20 : 16)	30 : 27 (17 : 12)

2nd round

The 7 winners of the 1st round and another 19 teams that had previously qualified for the competition took part.
The first legs took place on 28/29/30. September and 5th / 6th October 2007. The second legs took place on September 30 and 6/7. October 2007.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Borac Banja Luka	55 : 58	Bologna United	23 : 29 (10 : 13)	32 : 29 (14 : 16)
HC Pelister Bitola	45 : 73	Milli Piyango SK	23 : 37 (10 : 20)	22 : 36 (11 : 20)
RK Trimo Trebnje	54 : 55	PLER-Airport KC Budapest	28 : 28 (13 : 14)	26 : 27 (13 : 14)
AC Filippos Verias	42 : 59	Paris HB	21 : 28 (11 : 12)	21 : 31 (13 : 16)
UMF Stjarnan	47 : 47 1	HK Budiwelnik Brovary	25 : 26 (13 : 0 9)	22 : 21 (11 : 13)
Sandefjord TIF	67: 58	HC Lusis Kaunas	38 : 28 (22 : 12)	29 : 30 (13 : 14)
TV Suhr	60 : 71	UHC Goldmanndruck Tulln	30 : 33 (13 : 16)	30 : 38 (13 : 19)
KIF Kolding Elite A / S	84: 51	HC Berane	37 : 23 (19 : 10)	47 : 28 (17 : 16)
HRK Karlovac	50 : 54	SKA Minsk	32 : 28 (15 : 12)	18 : 26 (10 : 12)
RK Partizan Belgrade	76: 58	HC Tallas	39 : 29 (21 : 14)	37 : 29 (15 : 14)
Wisla Plock SA	56 : 59	Steaua Bucharest	29 : 28 (14 : 14)	27 : 31 (12 : 18)
Sungul Chelyabinsk	67: 57	Cyprus College	44 : 27 (19 : 16)	23 : 30 (12 : 15)
FC Porto	74: 50	Eurotech Bevo HC Panningen	39 : 21 (22 : 12)	35 : 29 (18 : 13)

¹HK Budiwelnik Brovary qualified for the next round due to the away goals rule .

3rd round

The 13 winners of the 2nd round and another 3 teams who had previously qualified for the competition took part.
The first leg took place on 17./18. November 2007. The second leg took place on 24./25. November 2007.

	total		First leg	Return leg
BM Valladolid	78: 58	Bologna United	38 : 31 (16 : 15)	40 : 27 (18 : 17)
UHC Goldmanndruck Tulln	58: 52	SKA Minsk	32 : 23 (14 : 12)	26 : 29 (14 : 17)
SC Magdeburg	77: 67	Sungul Chelyabinsk	41 : 27 (19 : 14)	36 : 40 (17 : 22)
Milli Piyango SK	56: 50	PLER-Airport KC Budapest	25 : 24 (13 : 10)	31 : 26 (17 : 15)
FC Porto	50: 49	Paris HB	30 : 23 (14 : 11)	20 : 26 ( 09 : 13)
Sandefjord TIF	52 : 58	Steaua Bucharest	27 : 28 (17 : 15)	25 : 30 (15 : 15)
KIF Kolding Elite A / S	57: 47	HK Budiwelnik Brovary	35 : 24 (19 : 10)	22 : 23 ( 09 : 12)
Rhine-Neckar lion	78: 44	RK Partizan Belgrade	46 : 19 (24 : 11)	32 : 25 (16 : 10)

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 9/11/15. February 2008. The second leg took place on 14./16./17. February 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Porto	55 : 61	Dynamo Astrakhan	27 : 30 (14 : 14)	28 : 31 (14 : 17)
STR Zaporizhia	58: 39	UHC Goldmanndruck Tulln	31 : 15 (19 : 0 7)	27 : 24 (15 : 13)
HC Bosna Sarajevo	53 : 62	KIF Kolding Elite A / S	27 : 25 (15 : 14)	26 : 37 (13 : 17)
Rhine-Neckar lion	67: 57	Hammarby IF HB	36 : 26 (17 : 17)	31 : 31 (17 : 16)
Tatran Presov	58 : 71	BM Valladolid	29 : 33 (10 : 17)	29 : 38 (16 : 17)
Milli Piyango SK	49 : 59	Cadets Schaffhausen GCZ	21 : 31 (11 : 19)	28 : 28 (14 : 15)
SC Magdeburg	58: 47	Drammen HK	31 : 25 (15 : 15)	27 : 22 (11 : 0 9)
MKB Veszprém KC	65: 49	Steaua Bucharest	31 : 23 (17 : 12)	34 : 26 (17 : 12)

Quarter finals

The eight winners from the round of 16 took part.
The first legs took place on 4th / 8th / 9th. March 2008. The second leg took place on 15./16. March 2008.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Rhine-Neckar lion	SC Magdeburg	04.03. Tuesday 7:30 p.m.	15.03. Sat 3 p.m.	59: 55
		28: 26 (10 : 12 )	31: 29 ( 13: 12)
KIF Kolding Elite A / S	MKB Veszprém KC	08.03. Sat 4:15 pm	16.03. Sun. 5:30 p.m.	56 : 62
		29 : 31 (14 : 18 )	27 : 31 (15 : 16 )
STR Zaporizhia	Cadets Schaffhausen	09.03. Sun. 5:00 p.m.	16.03. Sun 6 p.m.	47 : 50
		23: 21 ( 13: 0 9)	24 : 29 (12 : 17 )
Dynamo Astrakhan	BM Valladolid	09.03. Sunday 2:00 p.m.	15.03. Sat 8:00 p.m.	50 : 75
		25 : 36 (13 : 15 )	25 : 39 (11 : 20 )

Semifinals

The four winners from the quarterfinals took part.
The first legs took place on 5./6. April 2008. The second leg took place on April 12, 2008.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Rhine-Neckar lion	BM Valladolid	05.04. Sat 7:00 p.m.	04/12 Sat 8:00 p.m.	61: 58
		27 : 27 (10 : 14 )	34: 31 ( 15 : 15 )
Cadets Schaffhausen	KC Veszprém	06.04. Sun 6 p.m.	05/12 Sat 4:00 p.m.	52 : 58
		28 : 28 (12 : 18 )	24 : 30 (14 : 16 )

final

The two winners from the semifinals took part.
The first leg took place on May 3, 2008. The second leg took place on May 10, 2008.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
KC Veszprém	Rhine-Neckar lion	03.05. Sat 4:00 p.m.	05/10 Sat 4:00 p.m.	65: 60
		37: 32 ( 20 : 20 )	28 : 28 ( 14 : 14 )

KC Veszprém - Rhein-Neckar Löwen 37:32 (20:20)

May 3, 2008 in Veszprém , Veszprém Sports Center, 2,000 spectators.

KC Veszprém: Tatai , Perić - Vujin (9) , Pérez (7) , Iváncsik (6) , Iváncsik (4) , Ilyés (3) , Šešum (3) , Cozma (2) , Eklemović (2) , Putics (1 ) , Gál , Lapcević , Luschnikow

Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Szmal , Fritz - Gensheimer (6) , Jurasik (6) , Schelmenko (5) , Bielecki (4) , Tkaczyk (4) , Schwarzer (3) , Buday (2) , Harbok (2) , Groetzki , Roggisch , Szlezak

Referee: Rickard Canbro & Mikael Claesson

Source: match report

Rhein-Neckar Löwen - KC Veszprém 28:28 (14:14)

May 10, 2008 in Mannheim , SAP Arena , 13,500 spectators.

Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Szmal , Fritz - Gensheimer (7) , Jurasik (5) , Schwarzer (5) , Tkaczyk (5) , Schelmenko (4) , Harbok (2) , Bielecki , Buday , Groetzki , Roggisch , Szlezak

KC Veszprém: Tatai , Perić - Ilyés (6) , Iváncsik (5) , Vujin (4) , Iváncsik (3) , Putics (3) , Cozma (2) , Eklemović (2) , Pérez (2) , Luschnikow (1 ) , Gál , Lapcević , Šešum

Referee: Martin Gjeding & Mads Hansen

Source: match report

See also

• EHF Champions League 2007/08
• EHF Cup 2007/08

Web links

• Official website of the EHF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Match details KC Veszprém - Rhein-Neckar Löwen ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 20, 2019.