EHF Cup 1997/98

In the 1997/98 EHF Cup , 33 handball club teams took part, which had qualified for the competition in their home leagues in the previous season. It was the 17th edition of the EHF Cup and the IHF Cup. The cup games began on September 13, 1998, the second final took place on April 22, 1999. In the final, THW Kiel was able to prevail against the defending champion SG Flensburg-Handewitt .

mode

The competition started with an elimination round with one game. The winner made it to the sixteenth finals. All rounds including the final were carried out in a knockout system with a return leg.

Elimination round

	total		First leg	Return leg
HC Kehra Tallinn	46: 48	Lusis Akademikas Kaunas	22:20	24:28

Sixteenth finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	49 : 46	Montpellier HB	28:25	21:21
HC Brovary	43: 44	HSG Remus Bärnbach / Köflach	25:20	18:24
THW Kiel	56 : 54	FC Porto	35:23	21:31
Ajax København	42: 45	Sandefjord TIF	23:25	19:20
CBM Valladolid	59 : 58	HK Drott Halmstad	34:29	25:29
RK Slovenj Gradec	82 : 29	Intercollege AC Nicosia	42:14	40:15
CSKA Moscow	55 : 51	ZMC Amicitia Zurich	26:23	29:28
Pallamano Modena	48 : 46	Beşiktaş Istanbul	28:20	20:26
Lusis Akademikas Kaunas	41: 64	HK Topoľčany	21:28	20:36
Handball Esch	40: 75	Dunaferr SE	24:38	16:37
HC Baník Karviná	64 : 43	AC Xini Athens	33:19	31:24
SKAF Minsk	49: 91	RK Split	24:54	25:37
RK Pelister Bitola	83 : 49	Spodriba HSK Dobele	46:28	37:21
Union Beynoise	41: 52	HV Aalsmeer	24:21	17:31
RK Lovćen Podgorica	42: 45	Minaur Baia Mare	25:20	17:25
Maccabi Rechovot	55: 60	Iskra Kielce	27:26	28:34

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
HV Aalsmeer	48: 63	CBM Valladolid	30:29	18:34
RK Split	48 : 43	HSG Remus Bärnbach / Köflach	32:24	16:19
HC Baník Karviná	45:45 *	Sandefjord TIF	24:19	21:26
Dunaferr SE	45: 49	THW Kiel	24:23	21:26
RK Pelister Bitola	48: 55	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	27:24	21:31
HK Topoľčany	46 : 43	RK Slovenj Gradec	28:19	18:24
Minaur Baia Mare	50: 57	CSKA Moscow	29:22	21:35
Iskra Kielce	65 : 41	Pallamano Modena	32:15	33:26

^*HC Baník Karvináz og reached the quarter-finals due to the away goals rule .

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Split	57 : 53	HK Topoľčany	32:22	25:31
HC Baník Karviná	49: 53	CSKA Moscow	29:23	20:30
Iskra Kielce	54: 58	THW Kiel	28:27	26:31
CBM Valladolid	56: 60	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	30:28	26:32

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CSKA Moscow	46: 58	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	24:30	22:28
THW Kiel	57 : 49	RK Split	29:26	28:23

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	46: 49	THW Kiel	25:23	21:26

First leg on April 18, 1998

SG Flensburg-Handewitt : Holpert , Bulei , Hagen (1), Fegter (1), Momsen , Lache , Hjermind (3), Hahn (8), Mau , Leidreiter (3), Bjerre (1), Jørgensen (4), Christiansen (3/2), Schneider (1) Trainer: Anders Dahl-Nielsen

THW Kiel : Stojanović , Krieter , Wislander (2), Siemens , Schwenke (1), Menzel (2), Peruničić (4), Petersen , Knorr (5), Schmidt (1), Scheffler (1), Olsson (5)
Coach: Zvonimir Serdarušić

Referee : Vujnović / Vladinić Location : Fördehalle, Flensburg Spectators : 4000 (sold out)

Second leg on April 22, 1998

THW Kiel : Stojanović , Krieter , Wislander (2), Siemens (1), Schwenke (1), Menzel (3), Peruničić (7), Petersen , Knorr (5), Schmidt , Scheffler (4), Olsson (3) Coach: Zvonimir Serdarušić

SG Flensburg-Handewitt : Holpert , Bulei , Hagen (1), Fegter (3), Momsen , Hjermind (3), Hahn (2), Mau , Leidreiter (1), Bjerre (3), Jørgensen (2), Christiansen ( 4), Schneider Trainer: Anders Dahl-Nielsen

Referee : Nachevski / Nachevski Venue : Ostseehalle , Kiel Spectators : 7250 (sold out)

Web links

• Men Handball European EHF Cup 1998 / Sport Statistics - International Competitions Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1997/98 Men's EHF Cup. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed October 4, 2018 .