EHF Challenge Cup 2007/08
At the EHF Challenge Cup 2007/08 38 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. It was the 8th edition of the Challenge Cup. The cup games began on September 28, 2007, the second final took place on May 11, 2008. In the final, the defending champion UCM Sport Reșița from Romania prevailed against the Austrian representative HC Hard .
mode
The competition started in round 2 with 3 groups with 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. The winner of the final was the EHF Challenge Cup winner of the 2007/08 season.
round 2
All group matches took place from September 28, 2007 to September 30, 2007. Group A played in Minsk , Belarus , Group B in Sabac , Serbia and Group C in Thessaloniki , Greece .
Group A
Group B
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Metaloplastika Šabac | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99:65 | +34 | 6th |
2. | TJ Štart Nové Zámky | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88:72 | +16 | 4th |
3. | HRK Izviđač Ljubuški | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82:80 | +2 | 2 |
4th | University of Manchester HC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47:99 | −52 | 0 |
Group C
Round 3
The return games took place between November 17, 2007 and November 25, 2007.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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RK Moslavina Kutina | 76 : 59 | RK Prespa Resen | 45:27 | 31:32 |
BB Ankara Spor | 49:49 * | Burewestnik Luhansk | 30:25 | 19:24 |
Mornar Bar | 46: 53 | Arkatron Minsk | 28:27 | 18:26 |
LIF Lindesberg | 63: 74 | UCM Sport Reșița | 34:35 | 29:39 |
RK Mojkovac | 48: 90 | Sporting Lisbon | 22:46 | 26:44 |
Ankara İl Özel İdare SK | 44: 65 | Fram Reykjavík | 24:29 | 20:36 |
HC Granitas Kaunas | 58 : 46 | HC Eynatten | 31:18 | 27:28 |
Wacker Thun | 51: 54 | CSU Poli Timișoara | 27:26 | 24:28 |
HBC Schifflange | 43: 63 | Shakhtar Akademiya Donetsk | 23:27 | 20:36 |
HC Hard | 62 : 55 | Academica da Maia | 35:27 | 27:28 |
Junior Fasano | 43: 55 | KH Prishtina | 26:27 | 17:28 |
HC Kehra Tallinn | 57: 59 | GAS Kilkis | 32:28 | 25:31 |
SPR Chrobry Glogów | 58 : 51 | TJ Štart Nové Zámky | 28:24 | 30:27 |
RK Kolubara Lazarevac | 56: 60 | RK Sloga Doboj | 31:28 | 25:32 |
RK Čakovec | 66 : 55 | Metaloplastika Šabac | 35:25 | 31:30 |
SC Ploieşti | 52: 68 | Pathfinder Winterthur | 33:31 | 19:37 |
Round of 16
The home and away games took place between February 9, 2008 and February 17, 2008.
Quarter finals
The first leg took place on March 8, 2008 and the second leg on March 15, 2008.
Semifinals
The first leg took place on 4th / 5th. April 2008 and the second leg on 12./13. April 2008.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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HC Hard | 66 : 63 | Pathfinder Winterthur | 35:24 | 31:39 |
Sporting Lisbon | 56: 58 | UCM Sport Reșița | 31:26 | 25:32 |
final
The first leg took place on May 4, 2008 in Hard and the second leg on May 11, 2008 in Reșița . HC Hard was the second team from Austria to make it into a European Cup final. The Vorarlberg trainer , Gerald Gabl, was in the EHF Cup 1993/94 as a player for HC Linz AG when an Austrian team entered the finals for the first time. After a narrow first leg, UCM Sport Reșița was able to defend its title with a clear win in the second leg.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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HC Hard | 47: 54 | UCM Sport Reșița | 29:28 | 18:26 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2007/08 Men's Challenge Cup / Final. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed May 1, 2019 .
- ↑ 2007/08 Men's European Cup / Challenge Cup - Round 2. (PDF) In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed May 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b HC Hard missed first European Cup title. In: sport.oe24.at. sport24, May 11, 2008, accessed May 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Handball: historical throw. In: diepresse.com. Die Presse, April 13, 2008, accessed May 19, 2019 .