EHF European Women's Cup Winners' Cup 2002/03

At the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup in 2002/03 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 27th edition of the cup winners' competition, ESBF Besançon was the first time a team from France won the cup.

3rd round

Since the European handball federation standardized the round names of all club competitions and the starting field in the cup winners' cup was relatively small, this only began with the games of the third round . The first legs of the 3rd round took place between 4th and 11th. January and the second legs between 5. – 12. January 2003.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Győri Graboplast ETO	74 : 46	ŽRK Željezničar Sarabon	41:21	33:25
KSK Luch Moscow	64 : 34	APS Makedonikos Thessaloniki	35:15	29:19
Drut Belpak Beliniche	36: 73	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	17:39 (1)	19:34
Juventude Desportiva do Lis	29: 58	AS Silcotub Zalau	14:31	15:27 (2)
Napredak Kruševac	53: 53 (3)	HC Florgarden FOS	28:27 (4)	25:26
Anadolu University SC	66 : 38	Maccabi Kiriat Sharet Holon	34:15	32:23 (5)
SSV Dornbirn Schoren	72 : 50	Pasvalio Svalia	35:22	37:28 (6)
KIF Kolding	73 : 36	Etar Veliko 64 Tarnovo	37:21	36:15
Skövde HF	44: 47	GZKS Sośnica Gliwice	22:22 (7)	22:25
Zeeman Vastgoed SEW	49: 60	LC Brühl Handball St. Gallen	29:31	20:29
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	59 : 22	Sparta IF Helsinki	31:12 (8)	28:10 (8)
Enosis Neoleas Athienou	33: 85	ESBF Besançon	20:40	13:45
ABU Baku	48 : 45	Jelovica Škofja Loka	23:19 (9)	25:26

With a bye , GK Rostov-Don , Alsa Elda Prestigio and Spartak Kiew moved directly into the 4th round.

⁽¹⁾both games were held in Zagreb instead

⁽²⁾both games were held in Leiria place

⁽³⁾HC Florgarden FOS moves into the 4th round due to the away goal rule

⁽⁴⁾both games were in Sassari place

⁽⁵⁾both games were held in Eskişehir held

⁽⁶⁾both games were held in Dornbirn place

⁽⁷⁾both games were in Skövde place

^(8th)both games took place in Germany ( first leg: in Burscheid and second leg: in Leverkusen )

⁽⁹⁾both games were in Loka place

4th round

In the 4th round, the first legs took place from 15. – 22. February and the second leg from 15. – 23. February 2003.

	total		First leg	Return leg
KSK Luch Moscow	49: 51	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	28:26	21:25
Spartak Kiev	58 : 51	GZKS Sośnica Gliwice	32:23	26:28
SSV Dornbirn Schoren	45: 73	KIF Kolding	19:36	26:37
AS Silcotub Zalau	57 : 37	Anadolu University SC	27:15 (10)	30:22
GK Rostov-Don	43: 47	Győri Graboplast ETO	26:22	17:25
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	63 : 44	LC Brühl Handball St. Gallen	31:19	32:25
HC Florgarden FOS	42: 65	Alsa Elda Prestigio	24:40 (11)	18:25
ABU Baku	43: 59	ESBF Besançon	20:28 (12)	23:31

⁽¹⁰⁾both games were held in Eskişehir held

⁽¹¹⁾both games were in Elda place

⁽¹²⁾The first leg was held in France in Vesoul instead

Quarter finals

In the quarterfinals, the first legs took place from 14. – 16. March and the second leg from 22. – 23. March 2003.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	44: 48	KIF Kolding	25:22	19:26
ESBF Besançon	51 : 50	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	28:27	23:23
AS Silcotub Zalau	50: 51	Győri Graboplast ETO	24:22	26:29
Alsa Elda Prestigio	46: 46 (13)	Spartak Kiev	29:21	17:25

⁽¹³⁾Spartak Kiev move into the semi-finals due to the away goals rule

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the first legs took place from 5. – 6. April and the second leg from 12-13. April 2003.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Spartak Kiev	51 : 48	KIF Kolding	27:24	24:24
ESBF Besançon	56 : 45	Győri Graboplast ETO	30:18	26:27

final

The first leg took place on May 10, 2003 in Brovary in the Palace of Sport BVUFK and the second leg on May 18, 2003 in Besançon in the Palais des Sports.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Spartak Kiev	45: 47	ESBF Besançon	30:27	15:20

swell

• 2002/03 Women's Cup Winners' Cup. European Handball Federation , accessed March 13, 2012 . 
• CWC Women 2003 on Todor66.com