EHF Cup 2008/09

A total of 51 handball club teams took part in the 2008/09 EHF Cup and had qualified for the competition in their home countries in the previous season. It was the 28th edition of the EHF Cup . The cup games began on September 6, 2008, the second round final took place on May 17, 2009. The winner of the EHF Cup this year was the German club VfL Gummersbach . The defending champion of the EHF Cup from the previous year was the German club HSG Nordhorn .

qualification

Round 1

The games took place on 6./13. September and on 13./14. September 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
HV KRAS / Volendam	78 : 55	SHK DIU Shumen	37 : 29	41 : 26
HC Lovcen Cetinje	67 : 54	HC Neistin	35 : 21	32 : 33
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	20 * : 0	HK Tbilisi	10 * : 0	10 1 : 0

¹Because of the Caucasus conflict in 2008 , the Georgian Association withdrew its representative HK Tbilisi ; Maccabi Rischon LeZion thus moved into the next round without a fight.

round 2

The games took place on 11/12/18. October and on 12/17/18/19. October 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Cyprus collage	50 : 57	Aon Fivers Margareten	26 : 27 (12 : 14 )	24 : 30 ( 15 : 10)
Omni SV Hellas	45 : 65	Fram Reykjavík	23 : 32 (8 : 17 )	22 : 33 (12 : 14 )
HB Dudelange	51 : 54	Milli Piyango SK Ankara	28 : 27 (17 : 18 )	23 : 27 (10 : 12 )
KV Sasja HC	43 : 55	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	20 : 22 ( 10 : 8)	23 : 33 (12 : 16 )
HC Berane	58 : 63	OS Belenenses Lisbon	36 : 32 ( 15 : 14)	22 : 31 (13 : 14 )
SKA Minsk	51 : 57	HK Meshkov Brest	23 : 25 (10 : 12 )	28 : 32 (11 : 13 )
HB Kilkis	34 : 62	HK Lazarevac	23 : 33 (13 : 14 )	11 : 29 (7 : 16 )
HRK Izvidac Ljubuški	52 : 55	ASK Riga	23 : 31 (13 : 14 )	29 : 24 ( 11 : 10)
Izmir Büyüksehir	55 : 65	Elverum HB	28 : 30 ( 14 : 14 )	27 : 35 (11 : 17 )
IK Sävehof	59 : 62	PM Conversano	36 : 30 ( 16 : 15)	23 : 32 (12 : 14 )
HV KRAS Volendam	49 : 55	Põlva Serviti	27 : 26 (9 : 11 )	22 : 29 (12 : 13 )
HC locomotive Varna	47 : 45	PM Casarano	24 : 27 (11 : 13 )	23 : 18 ( 11 : 11 )
HK Portowyk Yuschne	64 : 45	Intercollege Nicosia	38 : 22 ( 18 : 14)	26 : 23 ( 11 : 11 )
HC Lovcen Cetinje	51 : 50	Benfica Lisbon	28 : 26 ( 13 : 9)	23 : 24 (10 : 13 )
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	55 : 61	HC Kehra Tallinn	31 : 31 (16 : 20 )	24 : 30 (14 : 15 )
RK Našice	69 : 54	KH Prishtina	34 : 24 ( 17 : 12)	35 : 30 ( 15 : 14)

Main round

Round 3

The games took place on 15./16./21./22. November and on 19/22/23 November 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
DKSE-Airport Debrecen	72 : 57	HK Portowyk Yuschne	44 : 33 ( 20 : 13)	28 : 24 ( 12 : 12 )
RK Našice	51 : 62	BM Aragon	27 : 29 (14 : 18 )	24 : 33 (10 : 15 )
HK Lazarevac	52 : 52 2	JD Arrate	28 : 31 (8 : 13 )	24 : 21 ( 15 : 10)
Põlva Serviti	53 : 62	US Ivry HB	27 : 32 ( 17 : 16)	26 : 30 (10 : 18 )
Elverum HB	47 : 61	US Créteil HB	27 : 26 ( 15 : 13)	20 : 35 (7 : 17 )
VfL Gummersbach	80 : 56	Fram Reykjavík	38 : 27 ( 16 : 14)	42 : 29 ( 21 : 15)
RK Velenje	68 : 44	HC Lovcen Cetinje	35 : 16 ( 18 : 5)	33 : 28 (14 : 15 )
HC Kehra Tallinn	49 : 63	SC Magdeburg	24 : 29 ( 14 : 13)	25 : 34 (14 : 16 )
RD Škofja Loka	59 : 56	Aon Fivers Margareten	33 : 29 ( 17 : 17 )	26 : 27 (12 : 13 )
Zarya Kaspija Astrakhan	60 : 59	HK Meshkov Brest	31 : 23 ( 13 : 12)	29 : 36 (13 : 17 )
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	66 : 65	Milli Piyango SK Ankara	39 : 29 ( 22 : 12)	27 : 36 (13 : 18 )
ASK Riga	57 : 77	TBV Lemgo	30 : 42 (13 : 23 )	27 : 35 (13 : 17 )
OS Belenenses Lisbon	65 : 55	MKS Zaglebie Lubin	35 : 29 (18 : 20 )	30 : 26 ( 15 : 8)
Bjerringbro FH Silkeborg	71 : 48	HC locomotive Varna	39 : 26 ( 18 : 11)	32 : 22 ( 17 : 8)
PM Conversano	56 : 62	Aarhus GF	30 : 39 (11 : 23 )	26 : 23 (11 : 15 )
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	75 : 63	Izmir Büyüksehir	40 : 27 ( 18 : 12)	35 : 36 ( 20 : 18)

²JD Arrate qualified for the next round due to the away goals rule .

Round of 16

The games took place on 11./14./15. February and on 18/21/22 February 2009.

	total		First leg	Return leg
OS Belenenses Lisbon	63 : 80	BM Aragon	33 : 37 (14 : 21 )	30 : 43 (14 : 21 )
JD Arrate	47 : 46	Aarhus GF	27 : 21 ( 17 : 9)	20 : 25 (10 : 12 )
VfL Gummersbach	56 : 44	SC Magdeburg	26 : 24 ( 12 : 10)	30 : 20 ( 10 : 8)
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	52 : 56	Zarya Kaspija Astrakhan	29: 21 ( 15: 12)	23 : 35 (9 : 14 )
RK Velenje	61 : 50	DKSE-Airport Debrecen	35: 24 ( 22: 12)	26 : 26 (11 : 12 )
Bjerringbro FH Silkeborg	51 3  : 51	TBV Lemgo	26: 23 (12: 12)	25 : 28 ( 12: 11)
US Ivry HB	52: 47	US Créteil HB	28: 19 (13: 13)	24: 28 (10: 10)
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	62 : 50	RD Škofja Loka	35 : 27 ( 16 : 12)	27 : 23 ( 12 : 10)

³Bjerringbro FH Silkeborg qualified for the next round due to the away goals rule .

Quarter finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on March 9, 2009 at 11:00 (GMT + 2) in Vienna.
The first leg took place on 28/29. March 2009. The second leg took place on 4th / 5th. April 2009.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
RK Velenje	Bjerringbro FH Silkeborg	29.03. 17:30	04/04 4:15 p.m.	52: 50
		27 : 26 (12 : 14 )	25 : 24 (12 : 14 )
US Ivry HB	VfL Gummersbach	29.03. 17:00 o'clock	04/04 3:00 p.m.	51 : 74
		27 : 33 (12 : 19 )	24 : 41 (10 : 21 )
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	Zarya Kaspija Astrakhan	29.03. 6:00 p.m.	05.04. 14:00 clock	60: 56
		35 : 31 (15 : 18 )	25 : 25 (11 : 12 )
JD Arrate	BM Aragon	28.03. 5:45 pm	04/04 4:45 p.m.	52 : 58
		27 : 30 (12 : 17 )	25 : 28 (14 : 15 )

Semifinals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on April 7, 2009 at 11:00 (GMT + 2) in Vienna.
The first leg took place on April 25, 2009. The second legs took place on 1/3. May 2009.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
RK Velenje	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	04/25 6:00 p.m.	03.05. - 6:00 p.m.	52 : 47
		27 : 20 ( 15 : 10)	25 : 27 ( 15 : 13)
VfL Gummersbach	BM Aragon	04/25 - 3:00 p.m.	01.05. - 17:30	67 : 57
		39 : 25 ( 16 : 11)	28 : 32 (12 : 14 )

final

The drawing of the finals took place on May 5th, 2009 at 11:00 am (GMT + 2) in Vienna.
The first leg took place on May 23, 2009, the second leg on June 1, 2009.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
RK Velenje	VfL Gummersbach	05/23 - 3:30 p.m.	01.06. - 6:30 p.m.	50 : 55
		28 : 29 (11 : 13 )	22 : 26 (8 : 16 )

RK Velenje - VfL Gummersbach 28:29 (11:13)

May 23, 2009 in Velenje , Rdeca Dvorana

RK Velenje: Gajic , Skok - Harmandic (11) , Stefanic (4) , Mlakar (3) , Rnić (3) , Bezjak (2) , Datukashwili (1) , Dobelšek (1) , Gromyko (1) , Kavas (1 ) , Sovic (1) , Golcar , Ostir

VfL Gummersbach: Fazekas , Stojanović - Ilić (8) , Wagner (6) , Gunnarsson (5) , Zrnić (4) , Szilágyi (3) , Lützelberger (2) , Vuković (1) , Alvanos , Krantz , Pfahl , Rahmel , Tuzolana

Referee: Péter Horváth & Balazs Marton

VfL Gummersbach - RK Velenje 26:22 (16: 8)

June 1, 2009 in Cologne , Lanxess-Arena , 14,329 spectators

VfL Gummersbach: Fazekas , Stojanović - Ilić (7) , Zrnić (7) , Gunnarsson (3) , Krantz (2) , Vuković (2) , Wagner (2) , Alvanos (1) , Lützelberger (1) , Szilágyi (1 ) , Eisenkrätzer , Jahn , Pfahl , Rahmel , Tuzolana

RK Velenje: Gajic , Skok - Bezjak (5) , Dobelšek (5) , Harmandic (4) , Datukashwili (3) , Gromyko (2) , Golcar (1) , Mlakar (1) , Stefanic (1) , Kavas , Ostir , Rnić , Sirk , Sovic

Referees: Gerhard Reisinger & Christian Kaschütz

See also

• EHF Champions League 2008/09
• EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2008/09

Web links

• Official EHF website for the European Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Stein: Tbilisi withdraws from the EHF Cup. In: handball-world.com. August 13, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .