EHF Challenge Cup 2000/01

In the EHF Challenge Cup 2000/01 , 19 handball club teams took part, which had qualified for the competition in their home countries in the previous season. It was the 1st edition of the Challenge Cup, which replaced the EHF City Cup . The last winner was TV Großwallstadt . The cup games began on November 11, 2000 and the second final took place on April 28, 2001. In the final, the Yugoslav representative RK Jugović Kać prevailed against the Swiss club Pfadi Winterthur .

mode

The competition started with three games in round 3. The winners moved into round 4, in which other, higher-rated teams entered. All rounds including the final were carried out in a knockout system with a return leg. The winner of the final was the EHF Challenge Cup winner of the 2000/01 season.

Round 3

	total		First leg	Return leg
AC Doukas School	67 : 46	Željezničar Sarajevo	39:16	28:30
AC Latsia Nicosia	34: 52	HB Dudelange	16:24	18:28
Dragūnas Klaipėda	61 : 56	SK Reval Sport	37:29	24:27

Round 4

	total		First leg	Return leg
SSV Brixen	50 : 37	HBC Ajax Lebbeke	23:20	27:17
HC Hard	40: 52	HC Portovik Juschne	19:24	21:28
Madeira Andebol SAD	39: 40	Śląsk Wrocław	19:19	20:21
HB Dudelange	36: 61	RK Jugović Kać	21:34	15:27
US Ivry HB	49 : 46	AC Doukas School	26:21	23:25
Minaur Baia Mare	59 : 40	Trabzon Belediyespor	33:15	26:25
Pathfinder Winterthur	59 : 49	Dragūnas Klaipėda	28:24	31:25
E&O Emmen	34: 68	Chelyabinsk locomotive	14:35	20:33

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Pathfinder Winterthur	46 : 40	HC Hard	26:17	20:23
SSV Brixen	51 : 49	Chelyabinsk locomotive	29:26	22:23
RK Jugović Kać	49 : 48	US Ivry HB	33:25	16:23
Minaur Baia Mare	41: 54	Śląsk Wrocław	23:22	18:32

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Śląsk Wrocław	57:57 *	Pathfinder Winterthur	34:28	23:29
RK Jugović Kać	50 : 46	SSV Brixen	27:19	23:27

^*Pfadi Winterthur moved into the final due to the away goals rule .

final

The first leg took place on April 21, 2001 in Winterthur and the second leg on April 28 in Kać. In the premiere season, RK Jugović Kać was the first winner of the EHF Challenge Cup.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Pathfinder Winterthur	49: 53	RK Jugović Kać	27:27	22:26

See also

• EHF Champions League 2000/01
• EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2000/01
• EHF Cup 2000/01

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2000/01 Men's Challenge Cup / Finals. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed April 18, 2019 . 
2. ^ Pfadi Winterthur fights against depression. In: nzz.ch. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 23, 2001, accessed on April 20, 2019 . 
3. ↑ kil / sda: Handball: Scouts lost Challenge Cup final. In: news.ch. Vadian.net, April 28, 2001, accessed April 20, 2019 .