EHF Challenge Cup

The Challenge Cup before the final second leg Issy Paris Hand - H 65 Höör 2013/14

The EHF Challenge Cup is a European handball competition . It has been hosted by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 2000. The competition is the successor to the Euro City Cup . Since the name was changed to EHF Challenge Cup , only teams from countries that occupy a position from eighth place in the EHF nation ranking have taken part in the competition. The associations from places eight to 13 send one representative, the associations from places 14 to 27 send two representatives and the countries from ranks 28 to 40 send three representatives to the EHF Challenge Cup. From position 41 there are four representatives per country in order to compensate for these countries' missing starting place in the EHF Cup .

The previous finals

Men

season	winner	Game results	Second
2000/01	RK Jugovic Kać	27: 27/26: 22	Pathfinder Winterthur
2001/02	Skjern Håndbold	20: 27/34: 17	RK Pelister Bitola
2002/03	Skjern Håndbold	27: 30/35: 25	Filippos Verias
2003/04	IFK Skövde HK	20: 21/27: 24	US Dunkerque HB
2004/05	Wacker Thun	29: 24/26: 29	ABC Braga
2005/06	Steaua Bucharest	21: 26/34: 27	SC Horta
2006/07	UCM Sport Reșița	26: 26/36: 36	Drammen HK
2007/08	UCM Sport Reșița	28: 9/26: 18	HC Hard
2008/09	UCM Sport Reșița	25: 27/25: 20	CSU Suceava
2009/10	Sporting CP	27:25/27:26	MMTS Kwidzyn
2010/11	RK Koper	31: 27/27: 27	SL Benfica
2011/12	AO Diomidis Argos	26: 23/20: 22	Wacker Thun
2012/13	SKA Minsk	32: 24/26: 31	HB Esch
2013/14	IK Sävehof	37: 26	Metaloplastika Šabac
2014/15	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	28: 32/32: 25	ABC Braga
2015/16	ABC Braga	28: 22/25: 29	Benfica Lisbon
2016/17	Sporting CP	37: 28/30: 24	AHC Potaissa Turda
2017/18	AHC Potaissa Turda	33: 22/26: 27	AEK Athens
2018/19	CSM Bucharest	22:22/26:20	Madeira Andebol SAD
2019/20	Competition canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Women

season	winner	Game results	Second
2000/01	Handball Cercle Nîmes	22: 18/18: 16	Split Kaltenberg
2001/02	Universitatea Remin Deva	33: 23/31: 25	Buxtehuder SV
2002/03	Borussia Dortmund	24:16/21:27	HC Baia Mare
2003/04	1. FC Nuremberg	29: 23/29: 33	Universitatea Remin Deva
2004/05	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	27: 28/25: 22	Cercle Dijon Bourgogne
2005/06	CS Rulmentul Urban Brașov	30: 22/25: 24	Tomis Constanța
2006/07	ŽRK Naisa Niš	23: 32/30: 21	Univ. Jolidon Cluj Napoca
2007/08	VfL Oldenburg	31: 25/29: 26	Mérignac HB
2008/09	Handball Cercle Nîmes	26: 22/30: 25	Thuringian HC
2009/10	Buxtehuder SV	40: 28/28: 26	Fresh on Göppingen
2010/11	Mios Biganos	31: 26/30: 29	Muratpaşa Belediyesi SK
2011/12	HAC handball	36: 27/27: 30	Muratpaşa Belediyesi SK
2012/13	DHK Baník Most	20: 24/26: 17	ŽRK Fantasyland Samobor
2013/14	H 65 Höör	19:21/23:21	Issy Paris hand
2014/15	Union Mios Biganos-Bègles	21:20/28:24	SPR Pogoń Baltica Szczecin
2015/16	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	29: 25/33: 29	Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK
2016/17	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	23: 19/24: 21	H 65 Höör
2017/18	MKS Lublin	22:22/27:23	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE
2018/19	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	30: 23/23: 24	SPR Pogoń Szczecin
2019/20	Competition canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Most successful nations

All information including the Euro City Cup .

Men

German clubs have won the Challenge Cup and Euro City Cup six times so far. Most recently, the title was won by TV Großwallstadt in the 1999/2000 season. The most successful nation is Romania with seven successes in the final. UCM Sport Reșița was able to secure three of them, making it the club with the most title wins. The German association TUSEM Essen won its first title in the 1993/94 season.

rank	nation	last title	title
1.	Romania	2019	7th
2.	Germany	2000	6th
3.	Portugal	2017	3
4th	Denmark	2003	2
	Sweden	2014	2
6th	Norway	1996	1
	Serbia (as Yugoslavia )	2001	1
	Switzerland	2005	1
	Slovenia	2011	1
	Greece	2012	1
	Belarus	2013	1

Women

rank	nation	last title	title
1.	Germany	2010	7th
2.	France	2015	5
3.	Romania	2006	4th
4th	Serbia (also called Yugoslavia )	2007	2
	Spain	2019	2
6th	Russia	1995	1
	Denmark	1998	1
	Czech Republic	2013	1
	Sweden	2014	1
	Croatia	2017	1
	Poland	2018	1

Most successful teams

Men

rank	team	Victories	season	finalist	Final participation
1.	UCM Sport Reșița	3	2007, 2008, 2009		3
2.	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke	2	1997, 1998		2
	Skjern Håndbold	2	2002, 2003		2
	Sporting CP	2	2010, 2017		2
5.	Drammen HK	1	1996	2007	2
	IFK Skövde HK	1	2004	1998	2
	Wacker Thun	1	2005	2012	2
	ABC Braga	1	2016	2015	2
	AHC Potaissa Turda	1	2018	2017	2
10.	TUSEM food	1	1994		1
	TV Niederwürzbach	1	1995		1
	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	1	1999		1
	TV Großwallstadt	1	2000		1
	RK Jugovic Kać	1	2001		1
	Steaua Bucharest	1	2006		1
	RK Koper	1	2011		1
	AO Diomidis Argos	1	2012		1
	SKA Minsk	1	2013		1
	IK Sävehof	1	2014		1
	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	1	2015		1
	CSM Bucharest	1	2019		1

Women

rank	team	Victories	season	finalist	Final participation
1.	Buxtehuder SV	2	1994 , 2010	2002	3
	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	2	2016 , 2019	2018	3
3.	Handball Cercle Nîmes	2	2001, 2009		2
	Mios Biganos HB	2	2011 , 2015		2
5.	Frankfurt HC	1	1997	1998	2
	Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold	1	1998	1997	2
	Universitatea Remin Deva	1	2002	2004	2
	H 65 Höör	1	2014	2017	2
9.	Rotor Volgograd	1	1995		1
	Silcotub Zalau	1	1996		1
	ŽORK Napredak Kruševac	1	1999		1
	Rapid Bucharest	1	2000		1
	Borussia Dortmund	1	2003		1
	1. FC Nuremberg	1	2004		1
	Bayer Leverkusen	1	2005		1
	CS Rulmentul Urban Brașov	1	2006		1
	ŽRK Naisa Niš	1	2007		1
	VfL Oldenburg	1	2008		1
	HAC handball	1	2012		1
	DHK Baník Most	1	2013		1
	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	1	2017		1
	MKS Lublin	1	2018		1

See also

• EHF ranking
• EHF Champions League
• EHF European Cup Winners' Cup
• EHF Cup
• EHF Champions Trophy

Web links

• EHF Challenge Cup Men (English)
• EHF Challenge Cup Women (English)