EHF Challenge Cup 2011/12

This article describes the men's EHF Challenge Cup 2011/12 , for the women's competition see EHF Women's Challenge Cup 2011/12 .

RK Maribor Branik CSU Suceava Sporting CP Kolubara Lazarevac SSV Bolzano AC Doukas HC Kriens-Lucerne Portovik Yuzhny 1 HC add HC Caras Severin AO Diomidis Argos Wacker Thun 2 RK Gradačac Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv

1 RK Bjelovar; 2 RK Siscia participants in the EHF Challenge Cup 2011/12: reached the quarterfinals Eliminated in the second round winner of the EHF Challenge Cup

In the EHF Challenge Cup 2011/12 , 36 handball club teams took part, which had qualified for the competition in their home countries in the previous season. It was the 12th edition of the Challenge Cup under this name. The cup games began on September 30, 2011, the second round final took place on May 28, 2012. The defending champion of the EHF Challenge Cup was the Slovenian club RK Koper . The title winner in the season was the Greek club AO Diomidis Argos .

2nd round

Qualified teams

Dublin International HC Great Dane HC Aloysians ProMinent Ruislip Eagles

decisions

Participation in the group stage

Group A

The Group A tournament was held from September 30th to October 2nd at Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall in Msida .
The first in the table qualified for the 3rd round. The last three were eliminated from the tournament.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	Great Dane HC	3	3	0	0	90	79	+ 11	6-0
2.	Ruislip Eagles HC	3	2	0	1	86	79	+ 07	4: 2
3.	Aloysians ProMinent	3	1	0	2	67	75	- 08	2: 4
4th	Dublin International HC	3	0	0	3	72	82	- 10	0: 6

September 30, 2011, Friday 5:00 p.m. in Msida, Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall	150 spectators Match report	Dublin International HC Martinonis 6	19:21 ( 08: 08)	Aloysians ProMinent 6 Kirov
September 30, 2011, Friday 7:30 p.m. in Msida, Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall	150 spectators Match report	Great Dane HC Oil hammer 10	30: 29 (14: 14)	Ruislip Eagles HC 8 cros
October 1, 2011, Saturday 3:30 p.m. in Msida, Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall	100 spectators Match report	Ruislip Eagles HC Cros 10	30: 27 (13: 14)	Dublin International HC 8 martinonis
October 1, 2011, Sat 6:00 p.m. in Msida, Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall	250 spectators Match report	Aloysians ProMinent Mifsud 6	24:29 (14:15)	Great Dane HC 8 Altong
October 2, 2011, Sunday 2:30 p.m. in Msida, Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall	250 spectators Match report	Aloysians ProMinent Naudi 5	22:27 (11: 12)	Ruislip Eagles HC 6 cros
October 2, 2011, Sun. 5 p.m. in Msida, Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall	150 spectators Match report	Dublin International HC Brezak 9	26:31 (12: 16)	Great Dane HC 8 Altong

Round 3

The winner of the 2nd round and the 31 teams that had previously qualified for the competition took part.
The draw for the third round took place on July 26, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. (UTC + 2) in Vienna.
The first legs took place on 26./27. November and 2/3 December 2011. The second legs took place on November 27th and 3rd / 4th. December 2011.

Qualified teams

Pot 1: RK Maribor Branik CSU Suceava Sporting CP SPR Stal Mielec Kolubara Lazarevac SSV Bolzano AC Doukas HC Kriens-Lucerne BB Ankara Spor Portovik Yuzhny Tinek's Prolet RK Bjelovar HC Spartak-Varna MRK Goražde HC Masheka Mogilev Alytaus Almeida Strong

Pot 2: Quintus HC add Bney Hertzeliya KH Prishtina HC Caras Severin Aguas Santas KS Azoty-Pulawy RK Radnički Kragujevac AO Diomidis Argos Wacker Thun Trabzon Hentbol RK Siscia RK Gradačac GHC Gomel Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv Great Dane HC (2nd round winner)

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
BB Ankara Spor Örnek 10	Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv Halifi 15th	11/26 Sat 3 p.m.	03.12. Sat 8:00 p.m.	48: 50
		25: 18 (14: 07)	23: 32 (10: 14)
		450 spectators	400 spectators
Aguas Santas Salgado 10	HC Kriens-Lucerne Belyansky 9	11/26 Sat 6 p.m.	03.12. Sat. 5:30 p.m.	43: 46
		29: 22 (13: 09)	14: 24 ( 07: 09)
		1,050 spectators	1,000 spectators
CSU Suceava Gavriloaia 12	Bney Hertzeliya Tica 9	11/26 Sat 11:00 a.m.	27.12. Sunday 11:00 am	70  : 48
		38: 26 (18: 13)	32: 22 (16: 09)
		400 spectators	400 spectators
GHC Gomel Yashchanka 16	Portovik Yuzhny Zakharov 14	03.12. Sat 6 p.m.	04.12. Sun 6 p.m.	54: 69
		26: 34 (10: 19)	28: 35 (15: 16)
		600 spectators	400 spectators
Tinek's Prolet Naumovski 7	Wacker Thun Linder 16	02.12. Friday 8:00 p.m.	03.12. Sat. 5:00 p.m.	39: 52
		19: 27 ( 09: 08)	20:25 ( 08:11)
		800 spectators	750 spectators
RK Maribor Branik Mirkovic 9	RK Radnički Kragujevac Cvetinovic 12	11/27 Sun 6 p.m.	04.12. Sun 6 p.m.	49  : 49 *
		26: 22 (11: 13)	23: 27 (12: 13)
		650 spectators	2,100 spectators
AC Doukas Tziras 18	Great Dane HC Altong 8	03.12. Sa. 2:30 p.m.	04.12. Sunday 4:00 p.m.	66  : 35
		30: 20 (12: 09)	36: 15 (16: 07)
		200 spectators	200 spectators
KS Azoty-Pulawy Zydron 10	RK Bjelovar Djurkovic 13	11/26 Sat 6 p.m.	03.12. Sat 7:00 p.m.	42: 43
		20: 19 (10: 09)	22: 24 ( 09: 12)
		750 spectators	1,500 spectators
HC add Jurka 14	MRK Goražde Biljaka 15	11/26 Sat 6 p.m.	03.12. Sat 6 p.m.	66  : 57
		40: 26 (20: 14)	26: 31 (10: 14)
		1,000 spectators	1,500 spectators
Quintus Okkers 12	Kolubara Lazarevac Lomic 11	11/26 Sat 4:00 p.m.	03.12. Sat 7:30 p.m.	51: 54
		28: 26 (14: 14)	23: 28 ( 09: 11)
		700 spectators	700 spectators
Alytaus Almeida Strong Vaicikauskas 8	RK Siscia Nuic 12	11/26 Sat 4:00 p.m.	04.12. Sun 6 p.m.	37: 62
		17:33 ( 08:15)	20: 29 ( 08: 14)
		1,000 spectators	700 spectators
RK Gradačac Sijaković 12	HC Masheka Mogilev Babichau 13	11/26 Sat 7:00 p.m.	11/27 Sun. 5:00 p.m.	66  : 57
		32: 21 (17: 10)	34: 36 (20: 19)
		700 spectators	300 spectators
Trabzon Hentbol Georgiyevski 15	Sporting CP Silva Osorio Solha 20	11/26 Sat. 5:00 p.m.	03.12. Sat. 5:00 p.m.	47: 72
		29: 31 (15: 12)	18:41 ( 07:18)
		800 spectators	600 spectators
SPR Stal Mielec Chodara 11	AO Diomidis Argos Taskovic 15	03.12. Sat 6 p.m.	04.12. Sun 6 p.m.	54: 57
		28: 27 (14: 11)	26: 30 (12: 17)
		1,000 spectators	1,000 spectators
KH Prishtina Hoxha 11	SSV Bolzano Radovcic 16	11/26 Sat 7:15 pm	03.12. Sat 7:00 p.m.	47: 77
		27: 34 (10: 17)	20: 43 (13: 23)
		1,000 spectators	400 spectators
HC Caras Severin Martha 13	HC Spartak-Varna Milenov Nikolov 9	11/26 Sat. 12:00 p.m.	03.12. Sat. 5:30 p.m.	73  : 47
		42: 23 (22: 11)	31: 24 (16: 10)
		600 spectators	550 spectators

^* RK Maribor Branik qualified for the next round due to the away goals rule .

Round of 16

The 16 winners of the 3rd round took part.
The draw for the round of 16 took place on December 6, 2011 at 11:00 (UTC + 2) in Vienna.
The first legs took place on 10/11/18. February 2012. The second leg took place on 11/18/19. February 2012.

Qualified teams

RK Maribor Branik CSU Suceava Sporting CP Kolubara Lazarevac SSV Bolzano AC Doukas HC Kriens-Lucerne Portovik Yuzhny

RK Bjelovar HC add HC Caras Severin AO Diomidis Argos Wacker Thun RK Siscia RK Gradačac Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
HC Caras Severin Grozavescu 9	SSV Bolzano Turkovic 11	02/18 Sat 7:00 p.m.	19.02. Sun 7:00 p.m.	44: 49
		19:27 ( 08:14)	25: 22 (13: 08)
		300 spectators	400 spectators
Wacker Thun Linder 11	Kolubara Lazarevac Tomic 9	02/10 Friday 8:00 p.m.	02/11 Sat. 5:00 p.m.	68  : 62
		32: 32 (16: 12)	36: 30 (15: 09)
		800 spectators	630 spectators
Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv Boskovic 15	AC Doukas Mountzouridis 9	02/11 Sat. 5:00 p.m.	02/18 Sat. 5:00 p.m.	48  : 46
		27: 26 (14: 14)	21:20 (11:12)
		400 spectators	350 spectators
CSU Suceava Gavriloaia 11	RK Bjelovar Djurkovic 11	02/11 Sat 11:00 a.m.	02/18 Sat 7:00 p.m.	55  : 47
		27: 16 (12: 08)	28: 31 (13: 10)
		400 spectators	1,000 spectators
AO Diomidis Argos Taskovic 13	Portovik Yuzhny Poltoratskyi 15	02/11 Sat 6 p.m.	02/18 Sat 6 p.m.	53  : 53 *
		27: 24 (11: 08)	26: 29 (12: 17)
		300 spectators	800 spectators
HC add Strzinek 14	Sporting CP Campos Pinto 13	02/11 Sat 6 p.m.	02/18 Sat. 5:00 p.m.	48: 48 *
		26: 23 (11: 11)	22: 25 (12: 11)
		1,200 spectators	800 spectators
RK Siscia Tojcic 12	HC Kriens-Lucerne Stankovic 16	02/11 Sat 6 p.m.	02/18 Sat. 5:30 p.m.	47: 64
		28: 30 (14: 16)	19:34 ( 09:16)
		800 spectators	850 spectators
RK Maribor Branik Sostaric 13	RK Gradačac Sijakovic 17	02/11 Sat 6 p.m.	02/18 Sat 7:00 p.m.	56  : 53
		30: 22 (12: 09)	26: 31 (14: 13)
		650 spectators	650 spectators

^* AC Diomidis Argos and Sporting CP qualified for the next round due to the away goals rule .

Quarter finals

The eight winners from the round of 16 took part.
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on February 21, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. (UTC + 2) in Vienna.
The first legs took place on 17/18/24. March 2012. The second leg took place on 24./25. March 2012.

Qualified teams

RK Maribor Branik CSU Suceava Sporting CP SSV Bolzano

HC Kriens-Lucerne AO Diomidis Argos Wacker Thun Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Wacker Thun Linder 21	SSV Bolzano Turkovic 16	17.03. Sat. 5:00 p.m.	24.03. Sat 7:00 p.m.	64  : 57
		33: 32 (12: 19)	31: 25 (16: 09)
		600 spectators	400 spectators
HC Kriens-Lucerne Stanković 18	AO Diomidis Argos Taskovic 11	18.03. Sun. 5:00 p.m.	25.03. Sun 6:30 p.m.	49: 53
		28: 28 (14: 15)	21:25 (10:15)
		800 spectators	1,200 spectators
CSU Suceava Gavriloaia 12	Sporting CP Silva Osorio Solha 10	17.03. Sat 11:00 a.m.	24.03. Sat. 5:00 p.m.	48: 63
		24: 33 (13: 18)	24: 30 (17: 13)
		500 spectators	400 spectators
RK Maribor Branik Klec 14	Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv Bošković 21	24.03. Sat 8:00 p.m.	25.03. Sun 8:00 p.m.	58: 59
		29: 28 (13: 12)	29: 31 (10: 14)
		500 spectators	600 spectators

Semifinals

The four winners from the quarterfinals took part.
The semi-final draw took place on March 27, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. (UTC + 2) in Vienna.
The first leg took place on April 21, 2012. The second leg took place on 28/29. April 2012.

Qualified teams

Sporting CP AO Diomidis Argos

Wacker Thun Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv Bošković 15	AO Diomidis Argos Mallios 12	04/21 Sat 8:00 p.m.	04/29 Sun 6:30 p.m.	47: 50
		26: 29 (11: 11)	21: 21 (12: 08)
		400 spectators	1,500 spectators
Sporting CP Almeida Moreira 14	Wacker Thun Linder 14	04/21 Sat 7:00 p.m.	04/28 Sat. 5:00 p.m.	57: 57 *
		31: 29 (12:15)	26: 28 (14: 15)
		600 spectators	1,550 spectators

^* Wacker Thun qualified for the next round due to the away goals rule .

final

The two winners from the semifinals took part.
The draw for the finals took place on May 2, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. (UTC + 2) in Cologne .
The first leg took place on May 20, 2012. The second leg took place on May 28, 2012.

Qualified teams

AO Diomidis Argos Wacker Thun

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
AO Diomidis Argos	Wacker Thun	05/20 Sun 6 p.m.	05/28 Mon. 5:00 p.m.	46  : 45
		26: 23 (13: 08)	20:22 ( 09:10)

First leg

AO Diomidis Argos - Wacker Thun 26:23 (13: 8)

May 20, 2012 in Loutraki , Georgios Galanopoulos Stadium, 1,400 spectators.

AO Diomidis Argos: Tsoulos, Nungovitch - Mallios (6), Taskovic (5), Marango (4), Samaras (3), Zaravinas (3), Megaloikonomu (2), Priobolos (2), Urosevic (1), Eleftherios, Kontoulis, Kremastiotis, Passias, Spentzos

Wacker Thun: Merz , Weber - Caspar (6), Franic (5), Isailovic (5), Buri (2), Linder (2), Dähler (1), Friedli (1), Von Deschwanden (1), Getzmann, Hess, Rathgeb, Studer , Szymanski

Referees: Jiří Opava and Pavel Válek

Source: match report

Return leg

Wacker Thun - AO Diomidis Argos 22:20 (10: 9)

May 28, 2012 in Thun , Lachen sports hall, 2,000 spectators.

Wacker Thun: Merz , Weber - Franic (7), Linder (7), Von Deschwanden (4), Dähler (3), Caspar (1), Buri, Friedli, Getzmann, Hess, Isailovic , Rathgeb, Studer , Szymanski, Winkler

AO Diomidis Argos: Tsoulos, Nungovitch - Mallios (9), Megaloikonomu (4), Taskovic (3), Marango (1), Priobolos (1), Samaras (1), Urosevic (1), Eleftherios, Kremastiotis, Passias, Spentzos , Zaravinas

Referees: Evgenij Zotin and Nikolaj Volodkov

Source: match report

See also

• EHF Champions League 2011/12
• EHF Cup 2011/12
• EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2011/12

Web links

• EHF Challenge Cup on the official website of the EHF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Match details AO Diomidis Argos - Wacker Thun ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
2. ↑ Match details Wacker Thun - AO Diomidis Argos ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 17, 2019.