EHF Challenge Cup 2014/15

At the EHF Challenge Cup 2014/15 31 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. It was the 15th edition of the Challenge Cup. The defending champion was the Swedish team IK Sävehof . The cup games began on November 22, 2014, the second final took place on May 24, 2015. In the final, the Romanian representative HC Odorheiu Secuiesc prevailed against the Portuguese club ABC Braga .

mode

The competition started with round 3 with 15 games. The winners advanced to the sixteenth finals, in which another higher ranked team entered. All rounds were played in a knockout system . The winner of the final was the winner of the EHF Challenge Cup in the 2014/15 season.

Round 3

	total		First leg	Return leg
BB Ankara Spor	47: 60	ZTR Zaporizhia	23:29	24:31
RK Radnički Kragujevac	62 : 54	AO Poseidon Loutrakiou	34:21	28:33
Red Boys Differdange	81 : 45	Ankara İl Özel İdare SK	33:17	48:28
Warrington Wolves HC	37: 51	Holon HC	15:27	22:24
RK Partizan 1949 Tivat	54: 75	HB Dudelange	28:38	26:37
Samtredia	51: 79	Riihimäki Cocks	25:41	26:38
Metaloplastika Šabac	44: 58	KS Puławy	20:26	24:32
HC Dobrudja Dobrich	50: 62	AS Ramat Hasharon	22:30	28:32
Pölva Serviti	57 : 53	Handball Carpi	36:24	21:29
Dukla Prague	52 : 48	Pelister Bitola	34:24	18:24
Stord IL	77 : 51	KH Prishtina	39:26	38:25
Ruislip Eagles	37: 81	HC Visé BM	22:42	15:39
Benfica Lisbon	61 : 57	Fyllingen mountains	33:32	28:25
GAS Kilkis	40 : 39	AC Doukas School	20:23	20:16
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	78 : 35	Cambridge HC	35:14	43:21

Sixteenth finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
AS Ramat Hasharon	59 : 46	GAS Kilkis	29:19	30:27
HC Visé BM	56: 67	KS Puławy	30:32	26:35
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	63 : 36	Red Boys Differdange	33:20	30:16
Benfica Lisbon	64 : 54	HB Dudelange	36:30	28:24
ABC Braga	74 : 57	Dukla Prague	42:27	32:30
Pölva Serviti	47: 49	ZTR Zaporizhia	24:21	23:28
Stord IL	54 : 50	RK Radnički Kragujevac	32:23	22:27
Holon HC	52: 75	Riihimäki Cocks	28:35	24:40

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Stord IL	60 : 52	AS Ramat Hasharon	36:26	24:26
ZTR Zaporizhia	38: 48	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	18:26	20:22
Riihimäki Cocks	49: 65	ABC Braga	22:27	27:38
KS Puławy	61: 68	Benfica Lisbon	29:37	32:31

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	58 : 54	Benfica Lisbon	31:29	27:25
ABC Braga	50 : 45	Stord IL	25:18	25:27

final

The first leg took place on May 17, 2015 in Braga and the second leg on May 24, 2015 in Odorheiu Secuiesc . In the first attempt HC Odorheiu Secuiesc wins a European cup and in this competition the 5th title of a Romanian team.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ABC Braga	57: 60	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	32:28	25:32

See also

• EHF Champions League 2014/15
• EHF Cup 2014/15

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2014/15 Men's Challenge Cup / Finals. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed on May 26, 2019 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Draw of the Men's Challenge Cup. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , July 22, 2014, accessed May 31, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Odorhei take first European title in first final. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed May 31, 2019 .