EHF Challenge Cup 2005/06

At the EHF Challenge Cup 2005/06 40 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. It was the 6th edition of the Challenge Cup. The defending champion was the Swiss team Wacker Thun . The cup games began on September 30, 2005, the second final took place on April 29, 2006. In the final, the Romanian team Steaua Bucharest prevailed against the Portuguese representative Sporting Club Horta.

mode

The competition started in round 2 with a group phase with a group of 4 teams in which everyone played against everyone in a simple round . The first two of the group moved into round 3, in which other, higher-ranking teams entered. From this round, including the final, the game was played in a knockout system with a return leg.

round 2

All group matches took place from September 30, 2005 to October 2, 2005. Group A played in Dudelange , Luxembourg , Group B in Nittedal , Norway , Group C in Krasnodar , Russia , and Group D in Niš, Serbia .

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Turkey Çankaya Belediyesi Ankara	03	02	01	00	0120: 8000	+40	05
02.	Greece AO Diomidis Argos	03	02	01	00	0101: 8400	+17	05
03.	Luxembourg HB Dudelange	03	01	00	02	0101: 1050	−4	02
04th	England Great Dane HC London	03	00	00	03	0070: 1230	−53	00

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Romania SC Ploieşti	03	03	00	0139: 7300	+66	06th
02.	Norway NIT-HAK Nittedal	03	02	01	0128: 9300	+35	04th
03.	North Macedonia VV Tikveš Kavadarci	03	01	02	0105: 1010	+4	02
04th	Georgia HC Telavi	03	00	03	0057: 1620	−105	00

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Portugal Sporting Club Horta	03	02	01	00	0070:4700	+23	05
02.	Russia SKIF Krasnodar	03	02	01	00	0067:4700	+20	05
03.	Bulgaria HC Dobrudja Dobrich	03	01	00	02	0052:6500	−13	02
04th	Serbia and Montenegro KH Trepča Mitrovica	03	00	00	03	0000:3000	−30	00

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Serbia and Montenegro RK Zeleznicar 1949 Niš	03	02	01	0095:8600	+9	04th
02.	Ukraine Burewestnik Luhansk	03	02	01	0081:8100	± 0	04th
03.	Italy Bologna handball	03	02	01	0099:9100	+8	04th
04th	Moldova Republic Olimpus-85 Chișinău	03	00	03	0088: 1050	−17	00

Round 3

	total		First leg	Return leg
Youth Union Strovolos Cyprus Republic	51: 81	Austria UHK Krems	23:47	28:34
Çankaya Belediyesi Ankara Turkey	69 : 49	Luxembourg CHEV Handball Diekirch	34:28	35:21
RK Zeleznicar 1949 Niš Serbia and Montenegro	61 : 60	Turkey Milli Piyango SC	39:33	22:27
RK Split Croatia	41: 75	Croatia Medveščak Zagreb	20:38	21:37
SC Ploieşti Romania	54: 63	North Macedonia Vardar Skopje	30:34	24:29
KA Akureyri Iceland	95 : 30	Georgia HC Mamuli Tbilisi	45:15	50:15
BSV Bern Muri Switzerland	78 : 39	Estonia HC Tallas	40:22	38:17
HC Brovary Ukraine	58 : 53	Lithuania Lusis Akademikas Kaunas	36:26	22:27
E&O Emmen Netherlands	44: 67	Italy Pallamano Conversano	27:29	17:38
Sporting Club Horta Portugal	54:54 ^*	Portugal AA Águas Santas	26:26	28:28
Panellinios AC Athens Greece	47: 57	Norway NIT-HAK Nittedal	25:27	22:30
SKIF Krasnodar Russia	48: 49	Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Konjuh Živinice	28:23	20:26
RK Partizan Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro	67 : 48	Belgium HC Eynatten	38:19	29:29
Steaua Bucharest Romania	65 : 50	Greece AO Diomidis Argos	33:28	32:22
Neva St. Petersburg Russia	53 : 46	Ukraine Burewestnik Luhansk	30:24	23:22
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen Switzerland	55: 56	Norway IL Runar Sandefjord	32:25	23:31

^*Sporting Club Horta moved into the round of 16 due to the away goals rule .

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
Medveščak Zagreb Croatia	71 : 49	Austria UHK Krems	36:24	35:25
HC Brovary Ukraine	58: 64	Norway NIT-HAK Nittedal	30:27	28:37
RK Konjuh Živinice Bosnia and Herzegovina	41: 48	Portugal Sporting Club Horta	24:21	17:27
RK Zeleznicar 1949 Niš Serbia and Montenegro	63 : 61	Norway IL Runar Sandefjord	31:30	32:31
RK Partizan Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro	50: 53	Switzerland BSV Bern Muri	26:23	24:30
Çankaya Belediyesi Ankara Turkey	51:51 ^*	Russia Neva St. Petersburg	35:23	16:28
Pallamano Conversano Italy	55: 56	North Macedonia Vardar Skopje	32:28	23:28
KA Akureyri Iceland	45: 53	Romania Steaua Bucharest	24:23	21:30

^*Neva St. Petersburg moved into the quarter-finals due to the away goals rule .

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Vardar Skopje North Macedonia	64: 65	Romania Steaua Bucharest	35:31	29:34
RK Zeleznicar 1949 Niš Serbia and Montenegro	61: 65	Switzerland BSV Bern Muri	28:29	33:36
Neva St. Petersburg Russia	54: 60	Croatia Medveščak Zagreb	26:32	28:28
Sporting Club Horta Portugal	56 : 53	Norway NIT-HAK Nittedal	30:25	26:28

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Steaua Bucharest Romania	54 : 53	Croatia Medveščak Zagreb	30:28	24:25
Sporting Club Horta Portugal	60 : 53	Switzerland BSV Bern Muri	32:25	28:28

final

The first leg took place on April 22, 2006 in Horta and the second leg on April 29, 2006 in Bucharest . The last successes of the Romanians from Steaua Bucharest date back to the time before the fall of the Iron Curtain , the last European Cup victory in 1977 and the last participation in the finals in 1989 .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sporting Club Horta Portugal	53: 55	Romania Steaua Bucharest	26:21	27:34

Individual evidence

↑ 2005/06 Men's Challenge Cup. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed April 29, 2019 .
↑ chs: Romanian runner-up completes the field of participants in the SEHA league. In: hb-fr.handball-world.com. August 14, 2018, accessed April 29, 2019 .

[1] 2005/06 Men's Challenge Cup. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed April 29, 2019 .

[2] s: Romanian runner-up completes the field of participants in the SEHA league. In: hb-fr.handball-world.com. August 14, 2018, accessed April 29, 2019 .