EHF European Women's Cup Winners' Cup 1997/98

On EHF UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1997/98 took 29 Handball -Vereinsmannschaften part from 28 countries. They qualified in the previous season in their home countries in the cup competition for the European Cup . At the 22nd edition of the cup winners' competition, Bækkelagets SK was the first time a team from Norway won the cup.

1 round

The first legs of the 1st round took place between the 2nd and 11th. October and the second leg between 4th and 12th October 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Maccabi Kiriat Sharet Holon	32: 93	ŽORK Napredak Kruševac	13:49 (1)	19:44
CD Infante Madeira	41: 71	Automobilist Brovary	21:37	20:34
ASB Athinaikos Athens	20: 60	Kras Zagreb	11:27	09:33
Robit Olimpija Ljubljana	45: 56	Bækkelagets SK	24:23	21:33
CS Silcotub Zalau	40 : 37	Vasas Dreher Budapest	24:15	16:22
Corteblanco Bidebieta	59: 63	Frederikshavn FI	32:29	27:34
Anadolu Uni Eskişehir	48: 49	Jarosławski KS	24:23	24:26 (2)
UHC Stockerau	41: 49	Plastika Nitra	21:22	20:27
Zeeman Vastgoed - SEW	106 : 270	Polisportiva Cingoli	54:10	52:17 (3)
Arena Prijzenklopper Hechtel	37: 48	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	21:24	16:24
VVV University of Gomel	47: 61	Novesta Zlín	22:35	25:26 (4)
HC Bascharage	16: 74	ES Besançon	12:33	04:41
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	44: 46	RK Zora SOK Gevgelija	28:21	16:25

By a bye attracted Borussia Dortmund , KSK Luch Moscow and Kuban Krasnodar directly into the knockout stages.

⁽¹⁾both games were held in Krusevac place

⁽²⁾both games were held in Eskişehir held

⁽³⁾both games were in Wognum place

⁽⁴⁾both games were in Zlín held

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the first legs from 7th – 9th November and the second leg from 9-16. November 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Borussia Dortmund	72 : 51	Plastika Nitra	37:19	35:32
KSK Luch Moscow	49 : 38	Jarosławski KS	23:15 (5)	26:23
CS Silcotub Zalau	66 : 40	Zeeman Vastgoed - SEW	33:22	33:18
Kuban Krasnodar	52 : 48	ES Besançon	33:22	19:26
Automobilist Brovary	60 : 42	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	36:18	24:24
ŽORK Napredak Kruševac	57 : 51	Frederikshavn FI	31:23	26:28
Kras Zagreb	73 : 30	RK Zora SOK Gevgelija	39:12	34:18 (6)
Bækkelagets SK	54 : 37	Novesta Zlín	29:16	25:21 (7)

⁽⁵⁾both games were in Jarosław place

⁽⁶⁾both games were held in Zagreb instead

⁽⁷⁾both games were held in Oslo instead

Quarter finals

In the quarterfinals, the first legs from 21. – 27. February and the return matches from February 28th –1. March 1998.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Automobilist Brovary	48: 64	Borussia Dortmund	25:35 (8)	23:29
ŽORK Napredak Kruševac	46: 49	Kras Zagreb	24:23	22:26
CS Silcotub Zalau	40 : 35	KSK Luch Moscow	26:13	14:22
Kuban Krasnodar	43: 47	Bækkelagets SK	24:19	19:28

^(8th)The first leg was held in Dorsten place

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the first leg took place on April 5 and the second leg on April 12, 1998.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Kras Zagreb	53 : 51	Borussia Dortmund	32:24	21:27
CS Silcotub Zalau	39: 59	Bækkelagets SK	22:27	17:32

final

The first leg took place on May 9, 1998 in the Zagreb Cathedral športova and the second leg on May 16, 1998 in the Oslo spectrum.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Kras Zagreb	40: 51	Bækkelagets SK	23:23	17:28

European Cup winner Bækkelagets SK

Goal: Cecilie Leganger , Monica Kyvåg Field players: Tonje Wikstrøm , Mette Ruud-Johansen , Sahra Hausmann , Eli Fallingen , Siv Heim Sæbøe , Kari Anne Hole , Gro Engstrøm , Sorina Teodorovic , Anja Andersen , Pia Løkenflaen , Reyes Baello Vidal , Nina Gullingsrud , Heidi Berg , Vibeke Cook-Jensen , Hanne-Cathrine Eliesen , Hilde Gaupset , Line Olsen , Ellen Beate Guttormsen , Tone Langbakken , Mette Malm Coach: Frode Kyvåg

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• 1997/98 Women's Cup Winners' Cup. European Handball Federation , accessed March 5, 2012 . 
• CWC Women 1998 on Todor66.com