EHF Challenge Cup 2001/02

At the EHF Challenge Cup 2001/02 41 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. It was the 2nd edition of the Challenge Cup. The defending champion was RK Jugović Kać. The cup games began on October 6, 2001, the second final took place on April 28, 2002. In the final, Skjern Håndbold was able to prevail against Pelister Bitola .

mode

The competition started with 9 games in round 2. The winners moved into round 3, 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 EHF Challenge Cup winner of the 2001/02 season.

round 2

	total		First leg	Return leg
SSV Brixen	40: 50	US Ivry HB	19:21	21:29
Belenenses Lisbon	77 : 59	CSU Galai	43:30	34:29
Youth Union Strovolos	53: 59	HC KAI Zilant Kazan	25:25	28:34
RK Metalurg Skopje	46: 67	Skjern Håndbold	21:34	25:33
SC Melitopol	68 : 30	CS Baracuda	34:20	34:10
SK Reval Sport	20 : 0	RK Borac Banja Luka	10-0	10-0
HC Fivers Margareten	43: 51	Wacker Thun	22:21	21:30
IFK Skövde HK	46 : 41	Ionikos Athens	22:21	24:20
HC Tbilisi	32: 91	HRK Izviđač Ljubuški	16:47	16:44

Round 3

	total		First leg	Return leg
AA Águas Santas	44: 47	Skjern Håndbold	26:20	18:27
SC Melitopol	27: 55	Śląsk Wrocław	14:28	13:27
Wacker Thun	54 : 42	E&O Emmen	29:20	25:22
Belenenses Lisbon	58: 63	SKIF Krasnodar	31:30	27:33
Novopolotsk	55: 57	HC Bascharage	25:35	30:22
SK Reval Sport	56 : 52	Trabzon Belediyespor	31:25	25:27
RK Jugović Kać	47: 50	HCM Constanța	31:23	16:27
GAS Kilkis	75 : 56	Cyprus College	41:26	34:30
HC KAI Zilant Kazan	48: 49	Pelister Bitola	23:22	25:27
Paris handball	50 : 45	Fram Reykjavík	24:23	26:22
Shakhtar Akademiya Donetsk	54 : 41	Initia HC Hasselt	30:24	24:17
RK Bugojno	48: 60	Pallamano Rubiera	18:28	30:32
Ūla Varėna	38: 56	TV Suhr	17:34	21:22
Frederiksberg IF	45 : 41	HRK Izviđač Ljubuški	25:23	20:18
US Ivry HB	40 : 38	H 43 Lund	23:19	17:19
IFK Skövde HK	55:55 *	HC Hard	32:28	23:27

^*HC Hard moved into round 4 due to the away goals rule .

Round 4

	total		First leg	Return leg
Shakhtar Akademiya Donetsk	55: 56	Skjern Håndbold	31:31	24:25
Paris handball	59:59 *	Pelister Bitola	33:30	26:29
HCM Constanța	46: 50	Śląsk Wrocław	30:26	16:24
Pallamano Rubiera	58 : 49	HC Bascharage	34:22	24:27
SKIF Krasnodar	46: 47	GAS Kilkis	26:19	20:28
Frederiksberg IF	39 : 38	HC Hard	27:18	12:20
SK Reval Sport	37: 67	US Ivry HB	20:37	17:30
Wacker Thun	52: 62	TV Suhr	31:30	21:32

^*Pelister Bitola moved into the quarter-finals due to the away goals rule .

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Pelister Bitola	52 : 51	GAS Kilkis	27:22	25:29
Śląsk Wrocław	48:48 *	US Ivry HB	30:24	18:24
Frederiksberg IF	56 : 52	TV Suhr	34:24	22:28
Pallamano Rubiera	46: 58	Skjern Håndbold	20:30	26:28

^*US Ivry HB moved into the semi-finals due to the away goals rule .

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Frederiksberg IF	60: 61	Pelister Bitola	31:25	29:36
US Ivry HB	47: 59	Skjern Håndbold	24:26	23:33

final

The first leg took place on April 21, 2002 in Bitola and the second leg on April 28, 2002 in Herning. Skjern Håndbold is the first team from Denmark to win a European handball cup.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Pelister Bitola	44: 54	Skjern Håndbold	27:20	17:34

See also

• EHF Champions League 2001/02
• EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2001/02
• EHF Cup 2001/02

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2001/02 Men's Challenge Cup / Finals. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed April 18, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Peter ELSNAB: Skjern vandt Challenge Cup i håndbold. In: jyllands-posten.dk. Jyllands-Posten , April 28, 2002, accessed April 23, 2019 (Danish).