EHF Cup 2000/01

At the EHF Cup 2000/01 57 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home leagues for the competition. It was the 20th edition of the EHF Cup or the IHF Cup. The cup games began on August 30, 2000, the second final took place on April 28, 2001. In the final, SC Magdeburg was able to prevail against the defending champion RK Metković .

mode

All rounds including the final were carried out in a knockout system with a return leg. In round 1, 18 lower-rated clubs started the competition. In round 2 there were another 15 teams who had also qualified in their home leagues in the previous season, and the 8 losers in qualifying round 1 from the EHF Champions League 2000/01 . In round 3, a further 8 higher-rated teams including the defending champion joined the team, plus the 8 losers from qualifying round 2 from the Champions League.

Round 1

The home and return games took place between August 30, 2000 and September 10, 2000.

	total		First leg	Return leg
GAS Kilkis	52 : 39	HK Lokomotiv Varna	28:16	24:23
Dennis Turku	57 : 47	Maccabi Kirjat Motzkin	30:23	27:24
Initia HC Hasselt	35: 71	RK Borac Banja Luka	19:35	16:36
HC Kehra Tallinn	48: 49	Red Boys Differdange	30:25	18:24
HV Sittardia	65 : 36	ASC Tbilisi	29:21	36:15
MHK Košice	45: 46	ATSV Innsbruck	25:23	20:23
Wisla Plock	67 : 34	Cyprus College	38:15	29:19
Lusis Akademikas Kaunas	80 : 37	SKAF Minsk	37:21	43:16
Beşiktaş Istanbul	55 : 44	GTU Martve Tbilisi	29:28	26:16

round 2

The home and return games took place between October 14, 2000 and October 22, 2000.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sporting Lisbon	61 : 53	HV Aalsmeer	31:23	30:30
HC Eynatten	34: 63	Viborg HK	16:30	18:33
Kiskőrös KKC	20 : 0	HRK Izviđač Ljubuški	10-0	10-0
HC Granitas Kaunas	39: 43	Pallamano Rubiera	22:19	17:24
Bodø HK	63 : 34	Red Boys Differdange	34:19	29:15
Panellinios AC Athens	51 : 49	Cadets Schaffhausen	27:22	24:27
Bidasoa Irun	58 : 42	HV Sittardia	28:19	30:23
ŠKP Sečovce	44: 53	SKP Frýdek-Místek	24:23	20:30
RK Slovenj Gradec	63 : 51	Dennis Turku	34:21	29:30
Wisla Plock	61 : 49	RK Medveščak Zagreb	28:24	33:25
TBV Lemgo	63 : 45	ATSV Innsbruck	32:29	31:16
Lusis Akademikas Kaunas	51: 53	RK Partizan Belgrade	25:28	26:25
Dinamo Astrakhan	56 : 37	PES Strovolou Nicosia	34:19	22:18
HC Berchem	34: 68	Chambery Savoie HB	19:31	15:37
Shakhtar Akademiya Donetsk	46: 55	RK Borac Banja Luka	31:22	15:33
GAS Kilkis	45: 49	Beşiktaş Istanbul	22:29	23:20

Round 3

The home and return games took place between November 8, 2000 and November 19, 2000.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ZTR Zaporizhia	57 : 28	Pallamano Rubiera	29:10	28:18
SKP Frýdek-Místek	45: 60	CB Cantabria Santander	26:27	19:33
RK Trimo Trebnje	45: 59	TBV Lemgo	25:28	20:31
RK Partizan Belgrade	56 : 47	HSG Remus Bärnbach / Köflach	32:20	24:27
RK Metković	52 : 44	Wisla Plock	29:19	23:25
Kiskőrös KKC	38: 56	CSKA Moscow	18:30	20:26
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	46 : 45	Chambery Savoie HB	28:21	18:24
Sporting Lisbon	49 : 41	SKA Minsk	31:23	18:18
Virum worried	49: 60	Bidasoa Irun	32:34	17:26
Panellinios AC Athens	44: 61	RK Split	26:29	18:32
Sandefjord TIF	48 : 47	RK Borac Banja Luka	29:21	19:26
Bodø HK	44: 45	Haukar Hafnarfjörður	20:27	24:18
TV Suhr	48:48 *	Dinamo Astrakhan	28:24	20:24
Viborg HK	63: 64	Steaua Bucharest	28:33	35:31
SC Szeged	69 : 51	Beşiktaş Istanbul	34:24	35:27
RK Slovenj Gradec	45: 51	SC Magdeburg	23:25	22:26

^*Dinamo Astrakhan moved into round 4 due to the away goals rule .

Round 4

The home and away games took place between December 9, 2000 and December 17, 2000.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Partizan Belgrade	42: 45	TBV Lemgo	19:20	23:25
Steaua Bucharest	47: 71	RK Metković	21:37	26:34
Sporting Lisbon	59 : 53	CB Cantabria Santander	29:27	30:26
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	40: 45	RK Split	22:22	18:23
SC Szeged	49 : 47	CSKA Moscow	26:19	23:28
Dinamo Astrakhan	49: 50	Bidasoa Irun	30:22	19:28
Haukar Hafnarfjörður	64 : 63	Sandefjord TIF	34:24	30:39
ZTR Zaporizhia	44: 51	SC Magdeburg	23:22	21:29

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 24./25. February 2001 and the second leg on 3/4. March 2001.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Metković	47 : 45	RK Split	27:18	20:27
TBV Lemgo	48: 51	SC Magdeburg	22:28	26:23
SC Szeged	51: 53	Bidasoa Irun	28:27	23:26
Sporting Lisbon	53: 54	Haukar Hafnarfjörður	21:21	32:33

Semifinals

The first leg took place on March 25, 2001 and the second leg on March 31, 2001.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SC Magdeburg	49 : 47	Bidasoa Irun	32:24	17:23
Haukar Hafnarfjörður	45: 51	RK Metković	20:22	25:29

final

The first leg took place on April 22, 2001 in Magdeburg , the second leg on April 28, 2001 in Metković . SC Magdeburg wins the EHF Cup for the second time within three years.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SC Magdeburg	51 : 40	RK Metković	23:22	28:18

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2000/01 Men's EHF Cup. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed September 15, 2018 .