IHF Cup 1988/89

In the IHF Cup 1988/89 , 25 handball club teams took part, which had qualified for the competition in their home leagues in the previous season. It was the 7th edition of the IHF Cup. The defending champion was the Romanian club Minaur Baia Mare. In the domestic German duel in the final, TuRU Düsseldorf was able to prevail against ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt / Oder .

mode

The competition started with 9 games in the 1st round, the winners advanced to the 2nd round and the quarter-finals followed. TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen , CD Cajamadrid, Hellerup IK , USM Gagny, ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt / Oder , Minaur Baia Mare and SKIF Krasnodar moved into the 2nd round by bye. All rounds including the final were carried out in a knockout system with a return leg. The winner of the final was the IHF Cup winner of the 1988/89 season.

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
HC Baník Karviná	38 : 24	HV Tachos Waalwijk	22:12	16:12
PES Strovolou Nicosia	35: 93	Pelister Bitola	15:45	20:48
Pargas IF	39: 62	IFK Ystad HK	24:29	15:33
Fredensborg / Ski IL	55:55 *	FH Hafnarfjörður	30:25	25:30
HC Fivers Margareten	45 : 39	Red Boys Differdange	21:16	24:23
TuRU Düsseldorf	49 : 36	Hapoel Ramat Gan	25:19	24:17
Benfica Lisbon	53 : 44	SC Gaeta	29:19	24:25
Politechnica Timișoara	62 : 33	Mas Mea Elveta	31:14	31:19
Initia HC Hasselt	30 : 29	Dózsa Debrecen	15:11	15:18

^* FH Hafnarfjörður moved into the second round after throwing seven meters.

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
TuRU Düsseldorf	31 : 26	Benfica Lisbon	19:15	12:11
Politechnica Timișoara	41 : 35	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	21:18	20:17
CD Cajamadrid	54 : 38	Initia HC Hasselt	35:13	19:25
USM Gagny	35: 41	Hellerup IK	18:18	17:23
Pelister Bitola	50 : 46	HC Baník Karviná	27:20	23:26
IFK Ystad HK	32: 60	ASK forward Frankfurt / Oder	21:30	11:30
Minaur Baia Mare	58: 63	FH Hafnarfjörður	39:31	19:32
HC Fivers Margareten	33: 46	SKIF Krasnodar	16:20	17:26

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
TuRU Düsseldorf	40 : 32	Politechnica Timișoara	22:12	18:20
Hellerup IK	47: 61	CD Cajamadrid	29:27	18:34
ASK forward Frankfurt / Oder	38 : 35	Pelister Bitola	22:13	16:22
FH Hafnarfjörður	33: 49	SKIF Krasnodar	14:24	19:25

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Cajamadrid	37: 40	TuRU Düsseldorf	20:16	17:24
SKIF Krasnodar	31: 32	ASK forward Frankfurt / Oder	19:14	12:18

final

The first leg took place on May 7, 1989 in Düsseldorf and the second leg on May 21, 1989 in Frankfurt an der Oder . Only five years after being promoted to the Bundesliga , TuRU Düsseldorf wins the European Cup at the first attempt.

	total		First leg	Return leg
TuRU Düsseldorf	32 : 30	ASK forward Frankfurt / Oder	17:12	15:18

Web links

• Men Handball European IHF Cup 1989 / Sport Statistics - International Competitions Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dates are fixed . In: Kicker . No. 36 , 1989, ISSN  0023-1290 , pp. 83 .
2. ↑ Debut was a triumphal procession . In: Kicker . No. 42 , 1998, ISSN  0023-1290 , pp. 65 .