EHF Women's Cup 1997/98

The 1997/98 EHF Cup took part in handball club teams that had qualified for the competition in their home countries in the previous season by placing them in the domestic league. The EHF Cup was played for the fifth time this season. The defending champion from the previous season was the Slovenian team Robit Olimpija Ljubljana .

mode

The entire tournament was played in knockout rounds with first and second legs, up to the finals.

Round 1

Qualified teams

Austria tobacco ChK Pirin Blagoevgrad Samoborka Silex Samobor Kentro Neotitos Larnacos SK HC Veselí nad Moravou GOG Gudme ASU Lyon Vaulx en Velin Gymnastiki Enosi Verias Cassano Magnago

RK Pelister Bitola AAC 1899 Huissen EB start Elblag Académico Funchal SPONO Nottwil HK ŠKP Banská Bystrica TMO Ankara Karpaty Uzhhorod ŽRK Dunav Sombor

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
HK ŠKP Banská Bystrica	SK HC Veselí nad Moravou	04/10/1997	10/11/1997	52  : 47
		29  : 21	23: 26
		1000 spectators	600 spectators
ASU Lyon Vaulx en Velin	RK Pelister Bitola	not carried out	not carried out	20  : 0
		10  : 0	10  : 0
		- Spectator	- Spectator
Samoborka Silex Samobor	Académico Funchal	04/10/1997	10/11/1997	52  : 25
		27  : 14	25  : 11
		800 spectators	200 spectators
Cassano Magnago	ŽRK Dunav Sombor	04/10/1997	10/11/1997	34: 52
		19: 26	15: 26
		200 spectators	1000 spectators
Gymnastiki Enosi Verias	AAC 1899 Huissen	04/10/1997	10/11/1997	34: 48
		19: 22	15: 26
		100 spectators	500 spectators
EB start Elblag	GOG Gudme	04/10/1997	10/12/1997	47: 51
		23  : 22	24: 29
		1000 spectators	1200 spectators
TMO Ankara	Kentro Neotitos Larnacos	not carried out	not carried out	0: 20
		0: 10	0: 10
		- Spectator	- Spectator
Austria tobacco	Karpaty Uzhhorod	05/10/1997	10/12/1997	38: 44
		19: 23	19: 21
		300 spectators	800 spectators
ChK Pirin Blagoevgrad	SPONO Nottwil	04/10/1997	10/06/1997	36: 92
		18: 48	18: 44
		350 spectators	220 spectators

Round of 16

Qualified teams

Samoborka Silex Samobor Kentro Neotitos Larnacos GOG Gudme CB Elda Prestigio ASU Lyon Vaulx en Velin VfB Leipzig Dunaferr SE AAC 1899 Huissen

Byåsen IL Oțelul Galați Rostselmash Rostov ŽRK Juteks Zalec SPONO Nottwil HK ŠKP Banská Bystrica Karpaty Uzhhorod ŽRK Dunav Sombor

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Samoborka Silex Samobor	Dunaferr SE	11/08/1997	11/16/1997	42: 64
		21: 30	21: 34
		300 spectators	800 spectators
Kentro Neotitos Larnacos	ŽRK Juteks Zalec	11/08/1997	11/15/1997	34: 84
		18: 39	16: 45
		100 spectators	200 spectators
GOG Gudme	CB Elda Prestigio	11/08/1997	11/15/1997	32: 42
		20  : 18	12:24 pm
		825 spectators	- Spectator
ASU Lyon Vaulx en Velin	VfB Leipzig	11/09/1997	11/16/1997	47: 58
		25:25	22: 33
		800 spectators	700 spectators
Karpaty Uzhhorod	Oțelul Galați	11/08/1997	11/15/1997	42: 59
		16: 27	26: 32
		300 spectators	1000 spectators
AAC 1899 Huissen	Byåsen IL	11/08/1997	11/15/1997	30: 65
		17: 33	13: 32
		650 spectators	450 spectators
ŽRK Dunav Sombor	Rostselmash Rostov	11/09/1997	11/11/1997	48  : 42
		28  : 21	20: 21
		2100 spectators	2100 spectators
SPONO Nottwil	HK ŠKP Banská Bystrica	11/14/1997	11/15/1997	34: 65
		16: 35	18: 30
		1000 spectators	1000 spectators

Quarter finals

Qualified teams

CB Elda Prestigio VfB Leipzig Dunaferr SE Byåsen IL

Oțelul Galați ŽRK Juteks Zalec HK ŠKP Banská Bystrica ŽRK Dunav Sombor

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
VfB Leipzig	HK ŠKP Banská Bystrica	02/21/1998	02/28/1998	53: 54
		31  : 27	22: 27
		700 spectators	1500 spectators
ŽRK Dunav Sombor	CB Elda Prestigio	02/22/1998	02/28/1998	37: 43
		20: 21	17: 22
		2000 spectators	1300 spectators
Byåsen IL	Dunaferr SE	02/22/1998	03/01/1998	43: 58
		24  : 23	19: 35
		1000 spectators	1500 spectators
Oțelul Galați	ŽRK Juteks Zalec	02/21/1998	03/01/1998	67  : 46
		36  : 22	31  : 24
		1500 spectators	600 spectators

Semifinals

Qualified teams

CB Elda Prestigio Dunaferr SE

Oțelul Galați HK ŠKP Banská Bystrica

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Dunaferr SE	CB Elda Prestigio	04/04/1998	04/11/1998	61  : 49
		35  : 23	26: 26
		1000 spectators	900 spectators
Oțelul Galați	HK ŠKP Banská Bystrica	04/04/1998	04/12/1998	40: 48
		27  : 17	13: 31
		1200 spectators	1000 spectators

final

The two winners from the semifinals took part. The first leg took place on May 9, 1998. The second leg took place on May 16, 1998.

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
HK ŠKP Banská Bystrica	Dunaferr SE	05/09/1998	05/16/1998	49: 60
		22: 26	27: 34
		1200 spectators	2000 spectators

See also

• EHF Women's Champions League 1997/98
• EHF-City-Cup of women 1997/98

Web links

• EHF-Cup on the official website of the EHF

Individual evidence