EHF Cup 2002/03

At the EHF Cup 2002/03 57 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home leagues for the competition. It was the 22nd edition of the EHF Cup and the IHF Cup. The defending champion was THW Kiel . The cup games began on September 7, 2002, the second final took place on May 3, 2003. In the final, FC Barcelona prevailed against Dinamo Astrakhan .

mode

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 2002/03 . In round 3, another 9 higher rated teams including the defending champion and the 8 losers of qualifying round 2 from the Champions League entered. All rounds including the final were carried out in a knockout system with a return leg.

Round 1

The home and return games took place between September 7, 2002 and September 15, 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
US Dunkerque HB	59 : 44	Pölva Serviti	33:23	26:21
HC Linz AG	43: 49	Alpi Prato	24:24	19:25
HC Bosna Visoko	50: 56	HC Berchem	26:28	24:28
Intercollege AC Nicosia	45: 70	IFK Ystad HK	21:31	24:39
HC Herstal	44: 49	Polis Akad. Ankara	25:24	19:25
CS Baracuda	47: 61	Dinamo Bucharest	26:24	21:37
HC Tallas	46: 50	HV Aalsmeer	24:21	22:29
HC Portovik Juschne	74 : 29	HC Tbilisi	34:14	40:15
SK Riga	68 : 48	SKAF Minsk	36:25	32:23

round 2

The first and second legs took place between October 5, 2002 and October 13, 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Orosházi FKSE	52: 60	HC Portovik Juschne	26:34	26:26
SK Riga	47: 64	Dinamo Astrakhan	21:29	26:35
RK Trimo Trebnje	58: 64	ASKI Ankara	35:28	23:36
US Dunkerque HB	46 : 40	Pelister Bitola	27:13	19:27
Dunaferr SE	67 : 33	GTU Shevardeni Tbilisi	34:11	33:22
Polis Akad. Ankara	50: 61	Medveščak Zagreb	27:28	23:33
AC Doukas School	51 : 42	HC Eynatten	26:20	25:22
HK Lokomotiv Varna	38: 59	RK Jugović Kać	17:30	21:29
Śląsk Wrocław	55 : 50	Dinamo Bucharest	29:17	26:33
SKA Minsk	44: 49	Zamet-Crotek Rijeka	20:28	24:21
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	51: 53	IFK Ystad HK	33:27	18:26
TUSEM food	74 : 44	HC Berchem	39:23	35:21
Handball Esch	41: 59	BM Altea	21:35	20:24
Stord IL	49: 50	PES Strovolou Nicosia	27:18	22:32
HRK Izviđač Ljubuški	61 : 53	HV Aalsmeer	32:25	29:28

Round 3

The home and away games took place between November 9, 2002 and November 17, 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Sintelon	57 : 51	RK Jugović Kać	34:23	23:28
US Dunkerque HB	36: 38	HC Granitas Kaunas	18:18	18:20
AC Doukas School	50: 54	Sandefjord TIF	21:23	29:31
RK Partizan Belgrade	49: 56	Dunaferr SE	26:25	23:31
Medveščak Zagreb	56: 62	Pathfinder Winterthur	31:35	25:27
HK Drott Halmstad	51: 57	ASKI Ankara	28:32	23:25
HSG Nordhorn	70 : 46	PES Strovolou Nicosia	36:16	34:30
HRK Izviđač Ljubuški	46: 70	FC Barcelona	27:31	19:39
Zamet-Crotek Rijeka	47 : 42	V&L Geleen	27:24	20:18
RK Velenje	58: 60	Dinamo Astrakhan	30:27	28:33
MŠK Považská Bystrica	45: 56	TUSEM food	21:27	24:29
HC Portovik Juschne	62 : 47	Sporting Club Horta	31:22	31:25
Śląsk Wrocław	81 : 63	IL Runar Sandefjord	41:25	40:38
Alpi Prato	46: 47	Bregenz handball	26:21	20:26
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	53 : 49	IFK Ystad HK	27:23	26:26
BM Altea	54 : 49	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	25:23	29:26

Round 4

The first and second legs took place between December 7, 2002 and December 15, 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	50 : 43	Sandefjord TIF	25:21	25:22
Śląsk Wrocław	56: 58	HC Granitas Kaunas	31:25	25:33
HSG Nordhorn	55 : 54	Bregenz handball	29:24	26:30
Pathfinder Winterthur	58 : 48	HC Portovik Juschne	29:21	29:27
ASKI Ankara	41: 49	BM Altea	21:26	20:23
Dinamo Astrakhan	39 : 18	Zamet-Crotek Rijeka	29:18	10-0
FC Barcelona	64 : 58	TUSEM food	36:26	28:32
Dunaferr SE	51 : 41	RK Sintelon	27:19	24:22

Quarter finals

The home and away games took place between February 28, 2003 and March 9, 2003.

	total		First leg	Return leg
HSG Nordhorn	55: 58	Dinamo Astrakhan	27:25	28:33
BM Altea	48 : 43	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	24:23	24:20
HC Granitas Kaunas	50: 67	FC Barcelona	25:33	25:34
Pathfinder Winterthur	50: 55	Dunaferr SE	24:27	26:28

Semifinals

The first leg took place on 29./30. March 2003 and the second leg on April 5, 2003.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dinamo Astrakhan	53 : 52	Dunaferr SE	23:25	30:27
FC Barcelona	59 : 42	BM Altea	29:20	30:22

final

The first leg took place on April 27, 2003 in Astrakhan , the second leg on May 3, 2003 in Barcelona . For the next ten years, Barcelona was the last EHF Cup winner who did not come from Germany.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dinamo Astrakhan	49: 68	FC Barcelona	23:35	26:33

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2002/03 Men's EHF Cup. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed September 15, 2018 .