EHF Challenge Cup 2018/19

At the EHF Challenge Cup 2018/19 48 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. It was the 19th edition of the Challenge Cup. The defending champion was the Romanian team AHC Potaissa Turda. The cup games began on October 5, 2018, the second final took place on May 18, 2019. In the final, the Romanian club CSM Bucharest prevailed against the Portuguese team Madeira Andebol SAD.

mode

The competition started with round 2 and 16 games. The winners moved into round 3, in which other higher ranked teams entered. 16 matches were played again, the winners of which made it to the round of 16. All rounds were played in a knockout system . The winner of the final was the winner of the EHF Challenge Cup in the 2018/19 season.

round 2

	total		First leg	Return leg
London DG HC	46 : 42	Livingston Handball Club	23:19	23:23
Baku HC	43: 69	RK Borac Banja Luka	19:36	24:33
Pas Aeropos Edessas	44: 55	GK Masheka Mahiljou	20:24	24:31
MRK Jedinstvo	46: 73	HC Kauno Ąžuolas	22:37	24:36
Celtnieks Riga	58: 60	Holon Yuvalim HC	33:31	25:29
Estudiantes HC Tournai	56: 57	Parnassos Strovolou	31:29	25:28
Selka Eskişehir Hentbol SK	63: 69	ØIF Arendal	34:28	29:41
HB Dudelange	73 : 38	Imedi Telavi	32:25	41:13
Drumsö IK thick	66 : 46	PGU Tiraspol	37:26	29:20
HC Granitas Kaunas	48: 57	Vilniaus VHC Šviesa	22:24	26:33
Colos SS4 Ciobruciu	34: 57	Bregenz handball	20:54	14:60
AC Diomidis Argous	47: 70	Dynamo Victor Stavropol	19:38	28:32
Olimpus-85 Chișinău	37: 72	HV Hurry-Up	16:30	21:42
Olympia HC	39: 77	Pallamano Pressano	16:40	23:37
HK Motor Zaporizhia	68 : 44	KH Prishtina	32:19	36:25
HC Tallinn	47: 51	KH Kastrioti Ferizaj	22:25	25:26

Round 3

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Partizan Belgrade	58: 60	Drumsö IK thick	33:28	25:32
RK Vogošća	40: 53	RK Borac Banja Luka	22:23	18:30
HV KRAS / Volendam	56: 60	Dynamo Victor Stavropol	32:32	24:28
Neva St. Petersburg	55 : 28	HB Dudelange	31:12	24:16
AEK Athens	49 : 43	Bregenz handball	29:25	20:18
Pallamano Pressano	47: 57	MŠK Považská Bystrica	24:28	23:29
Holon Yuvalim HC	57: 65	HC Berchem	28:33	29:32
GK Masheka Mahiljou	81 : 48	HC Dobrudja Dobrich	34:25	47:23
Dukla Prague	55 : 48	HC Kauno Ąžuolas	27:20	28:28
HC Donbass	73 : 37	London DG HC	40:22	33:15
HC Visé BM	71 : 47	KH Kastrioti Ferizaj	33:21	38:26
HK Motor Zaporizhia	57: 60	AS Ramat Hasharon	32:27	25:33
Vilniaus VHC Šviesa	58 : 49	Bodø HK	35:23	23:26
HV Hurry-Up	49: 69	Madeira Andebol SAD	21:37	28:32
CSM Bucharest	79 : 38	Parnassos Strovolou	32:24	47:14
ØIF Arendal	68 : 53	Goztepe SK	40:25	28:28

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
AS Ramat Hasharon	53: 69	AEK Athens	28:34	25:35
MŠK Považská Bystrica	45: 56	Neva St. Petersburg	21:31	24:25
HC Donbass	47: 60	Madeira Andebol SAD	22:32	25:28
Dukla Prague	48: 58	CSM Bucharest	23:28	25:30
GK Masheka Mahiljou	65: 68	HC Visé BM	31:32	34:36
ØIF Arendal	49: 52	Dynamo Victor Stavropol	27:21	22:31
HC Berchem	50: 56	Drumsö IK thick	24:28	26:28
Vilniaus VHC Šviesa	38: 52	RK Borac Banja Luka	16:29	22:23

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dynamo Victor Stavropol	49: 51	AEK Athens	25:21	24:30
Madeira Andebol SAD	54 : 53	Drumsö IK thick	28:27	26:26
HC Visé BM	45: 74	Neva St. Petersburg	26:33	19:41
CSM Bucharest	54 : 42	RK Borac Banja Luka	25:19	29:23

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Neva St. Petersburg	44: 51	CSM Bucharest	24:26	20:25
Madeira Andebol SAD	57 : 44	AEK Athens	27:22	30:22

final

The first leg took place on May 12, 2019 in Madeira and the second leg on May 18, 2019 in Bucharest . With the victory of CSM Bucharest Romania overtook Germany as the most successful nation in this competition with 7 titles in the EHF Challenge Cup and Euro City Cup .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Madeira Andebol SAD	42: 48	CSM Bucharest	22:22	20:26

See also

• EHF Champions League 2018/19
• EHF Cup 2018/19

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2018/19 Men's Challenge Cup / Finals. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed on May 26, 2019 . 
2. ↑ br: Last season's finalists AEK Athens to enter the Challenge Cup in Round 3. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , July 10, 2018, accessed June 5, 2019 . 
3. ↑ chs: CSM Bucharest wins Challenge Cup. In: handball-world.news. May 20, 2019, accessed June 5, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Adrian Costeiu: CSM can write history for Romanian handball. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed June 5, 2019 .