EHF Challenge Cup women 2017/18

At the EHF Challenge Cup 2017/18 34 handball club teams participated, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. The 18th edition of the Challenge Cup, won by the Polish team from MKS Lublin , began on October 14, 2017. The defending champion was the Croatian team RK Lokomotiva Zagreb .

Round 1

The first round was not played.

round 2

4 teams took part in the 2nd round.
The draw for the 2nd round took place on July 18, 2017 in Vienna.
The first and second legs will take place on October 14, 15 and 21, 2017.

Qualified teams

UHC Stockerau ŽRK Krivaja Zavidovići

HC Olimpus-85 ŽJRK BOR RTB

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
ŽRK Krivaja Zavidovići Boro 11	ŽJRK BOR RTB Bakša 10	10/14/2017 7:00 p.m.	October 21, 2017 7:00 p.m.	44: 69
		25: 39 (12: 20)	19: 30 ( 09: 18)
		1,200 spectators	1,000 spectators
HC Olimpus-85 Tolsticov 10	UHC Stockerau Tear 20	14.10.2017 6:00 p.m.	10/15/2017 11:00 a.m.	41: 83
		20: 46 (10: 27)	21: 37 ( 09: 16)
		200 spectators	150 spectators

Round 3

32 teams took part in the 3rd round.
The draw for the third round took place on July 18, 2017 in Vienna .
The home and return games take place on the weekends 11-12. and 18. – 19. November 2017.

Qualified teams

UHC Stockerau ATV Trofaiach Azeryol Handball Club Fémina Visé OŽRK Jedinstvo Tuzla DHB Rotweiss Thun Spono Eagles Rincón Fertilidad Málaga Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Helsingfors IFK London DG Handball Club ACPAOK RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Maccabi Arazim Ramat gan KHF Istogu KHF Shqiponja

ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas HB Dudelange ŽRK Kumanovo ŽRK Metalurg Maedilon / VZV Virto / Quintus MKS Lublin ADA CJ Barros Alavarium / Love Tiles ŽJRK Bor RTB ŽORK Jagodina ŽRK Naisa Niš Floor Handboll IF Kristianstad HK Ardeşen GSK Zağnosspor

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
ACPAOK Ciobanu 13	OŽRK Jedinstvo Tuzla Zvekić 13	11/11/2017 4:00 p.m.	19.09.2017 7:30 p.m.	54  : 48
		24  : 17 (11: 08)	30: 31 (16: 15)
		300 spectators	2,000 spectators
Rincón Fertilidad Málaga Veljković 16	ŽRK Metalurg Gajikj 8	11/10/2017 8:30 p.m.	11/12/2017 12:00 p.m.	68  : 28
		31  : 14 (17: 08)	37  : 14 (18: 07)
		350 spectators	650 spectators
ATV Trofaiach Đurić , Bolcar 9 each	ŽORK Jagodina Đorđević 13	11/11/2017 7:00 p.m.	11/18/2017 7:00 p.m.	39: 60
		20: 29 (11: 15)	19: 31 (11: 17)
		600 spectators	800 spectators
Kristianstad HK Carlström 11	Fémina Visé Leonaers 8	11/18/2017 6:00 p.m.	11/19/2017 5:00 p.m.	52  : 23
		27  : 13 (14: 08)	25  : 10 (10: 05)
		355 spectators	311 spectators
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Kajfeš 13	UHC Stockerau Tear 11	11/19/2017 5:00 p.m.	11/11/2017 6:00 p.m.	61  : 38
		24  : 19 (12: 11)	37  : 19 (19: 11)
		1,000 spectators	1,000 spectators
MKS Lublin Nocuń 23	ŽRK Kumanovo Borizovska 10	11/12/2017 6:00 p.m.	11/13/2017 6:00 p.m.	95  : 31
		54  : 13 (24: 04)	41  : 18 (21: 07)
		1,800 spectators	1,550 spectators
ADA CJ Barros Location 10	KHF Shqiponja Ibrahimi 15	11/11/2017 6:00 p.m.	11/12/2017 3:00 p.m.	75  : 38
		38  : 16 (18: 10)	37  : 22 (18: 13)
		500 spectators	250 spectators
Maccabi Arazim Ramat gan Vacrat 17	ŽRK Naisa Niš Đoković 14	11/17/2017 6:00 p.m.	11/18/2017 6:00 p.m.	43: 53
		23: 28 (12: 16)	20: 25 (10: 15)
		500 spectators	800 spectators
Floor Handboll IF Nordmark 13	Helsingfors IFK Hilli 14	11/11/2017 5:00 p.m.	11/18/2017 7:30 p.m.	62  : 42
		34  : 21 (17: 08)	28  : 21 (14: 12)
		546 spectators	203 spectators
KHF Istogu Kameri 11	Virto / Quintus Oostveen 11	11/18/2017 7:15 pm	11/19/2017 4:15 p.m.	34: 76
		13: 36 ( 08: 17)	21: 40 ( 08: 14)
		450 spectators	300 spectators
Alavarium / Love Tiles Correia 21	ŽJRK Bor RTB Milić 21	11/18/2017 9:30 p.m.	11/19/2017 6:30 p.m.	55  : 52
		26: 26 ( 09: 13)	29  : 26 (17: 18)
		300 spectators	500 spectators
Ardeşen GSK Akcanca 15	DHB Rotweiss Thun Berger , Frey 8 each	11/11/2017 6:00 p.m.	11/18/2017 3:00 p.m.	59  : 40
		36  : 17 (21: 09)	23:23 (13:12)
		4,000 spectators	400 spectators
Maedilon / VZV Houtenbos 13	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Lusson Miranda 21	11/12/2017 3:00 p.m.	11/19/2017 1 p.m.	44: 64
		26: 32 (10: 17)	18: 32 ( 04: 16)
		780 spectators	620 spectators
ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas Kniubaitė 12	London DG Handball Club Perez Laguna 12	11/11/2017 1:00 p.m.	11/18/2017 6:00 p.m.	74  : 34
		42  : 13 (22: 07)	32  : 21 (18: 09)
		120 spectators	300 spectators
Spono Eagles Irman 14	Zağnosspor Yılmaz 14	11/11/2017 4:00 p.m.	11/12/2017 1:00 p.m.	48: 58
		28: 35 (13: 21)	20: 23 (11: 13)
		600 spectators	150 spectators
HB Dudelange Thick 7	Azeryol Handball Club Burowa 12	11/18/2017 8:00 p.m.	11/19/2017 6:00 p.m.	31: 68
		15: 36 ( 06: 16)	16: 32 (10: 16)
		200 spectators	200 spectators

Round of 16

16 teams took part in the round of 16.
The draw for the round of 16 took place in Vienna on November 21, 2017 .
The home and return matches take place on weekends 27./28. January 3–4 and 10. – 11. February 2018.

Qualified teams

Azeryol Handball Club Rincón Fertilidad Málaga Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE ACPAOK RK Lokomotiva Zagreb ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas Virto / Quintus MKS Lublin

ADA CJ Barros Alavarium / Love Tiles ŽORK Jagodina ŽRK Naisa Niš Floor Handboll IF Kristianstad HK Ardeşen GSK Zağnosspor

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
ŽORK Jagodina Terzić 11	Zağnosspor Vučković 14	02/03/2018 7:00 p.m.	02/11/2018 3:00 p.m.	53: 60
		24: 34 (13: 17)	29  : 26 (14: 13)
		1,500 spectators	300 spectators
Kristianstad HK İskit 12	Azeryol Handball Club Jankouskaja 12	02/02/2018 5:00 p.m.	02/03/2018 5:00 p.m.	57  : 41
		30  : 23 (13: 14)	27  : 18 (12: 08)
		850 spectators	500 spectators
Alavarium / Love Tiles Correia 13	Ardeşen GSK Yılmaz , Vashchuk 13 each	02/03/2018 6:00 p.m.	02/11/2018 6:00 p.m.	49: 75
		27: 41 (15: 22)	22: 34 (12: 18)
		500 spectators	4,000 spectators
ACPAOK Chatziparasidou 11	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb L. Kalaus 16	02/03/2018 7:30 p.m.	04.02.2018 7:30 pm	37: 70
		17: 37 ( 08: 17)	20: 33 (12: 18)
		200 spectators	150 spectators
Virto / Quintus Strik 17	ŽRK Naisa Niš Radović 13	02/10/2018 7:00 p.m.	02/11/2018 3:00 p.m.	74  : 56
		35  : 25 (19: 07)	39  : 31 (18: 15)
		550 spectators	450 spectators
Floor Handboll IF Lubjanaja 11	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Rodríguez Hernández 17	02/03/2018 4:00 p.m.	02/11/2018 1:00 p.m.	45: 50
		26: 31 ( 07: 14)	19: 19 (10: 11)
		560 spectators	650 spectators
ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas Ilčiukaitė 11	Rincón Fertilidad Málaga Pessoa Constantino , López Jiménez each 11	02/03/2018 1:00 p.m.	02/10/2018 6:00 p.m.	48: 49
		28  : 24 (11: 14)	20: 25 (10: 12)
		200 spectators	474 spectators
MKS Lublin Rola 14	ADA CJ Barros Ferreira 7	01/27/2018 7:00 p.m.	01/28/2018 3:00 p.m.	73  : 24
		36  : 12 (22: 07)	37  : 12 (20: 05)
		1,420 spectators	1,300 spectators

Quarter finals

The winners of the round of 16 games took part in the quarter-finals. The draw took place in Vienna on February 13, 2018.

Qualified teams

Rincón Fertilidad Málaga Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Virto / Quintus

MKS Lublin Kristianstad HK Ardeşen GSK Zağnosspor

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Ardeşen GSK Akcanca 15	Kristianstad HK İskit 19	03/03/2018 5:00 p.m.	03/10/2018 4:00 p.m.	51  : 51 ( a )
		23: 26 (14: 12)	28  : 25 (16: 13)
		1,850 spectators	573 spectators
Zağnosspor Pavić 13	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Rodríguez Hernández 14	03/10/2018 4:00 p.m.	11.03.2018 12:30 pm	45: 62
		20: 25 (10: 13)	25: 37 (17: 18)
		300 spectators	400 spectators
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb L. Kalaus 19	Virto / Quintus Hage 11	04.03.2018 6:00 p.m.	03/10/2018 7:00 p.m.	53  : 41
		26  : 17 (13: 07)	27  : 24 (16: 15)
		500 spectators	451 spectators
MKS Lublin Rola 8	Rincón Fertilidad Málaga Boada Coronado 9	02.03.2018 8:30 pm	04.03.2018 11:00 a.m.	45  : 39
		18: 19 (11: 11)	27  : 20 ( 09: 10)
		400 spectators	600 spectators

Semifinals

The semi-finals were also drawn on February 13, 2018.

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Ardeşen GSK Demirbaş 14	MKS Lublin Achruk 12	04/08/2018 6:00 p.m.	April 15, 2018 6:00 p.m.	48: 59
		28  : 23 (14: 11)	20: 36 (10: 15)
		4,000 spectators	3,300 spectators
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb L. Kalaus , Glavan 11 each	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Mbengue Rodríguez 13	04/07/2018 6:00 p.m.	04/15/2018 1:00 p.m.	51: 51 ( a )
		26: 26 (12: 14)	25: 25 (13: 10)
		1,000 spectators	600 spectators

final

The two winners from the semifinals took part. The first leg took place on May 6, 2018. The second leg took place on May 13, 2018.

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Mbengue Rodríguez 11	MKS Lublin Achruk 12	05/06/2018 1:00 p.m.	05/13/18 8:15 pm	45: 49
		22:22 (10:10)	23: 27 (11: 13)
		1,300 spectators	4,000 spectators

First leg

Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE - MKS Lublin 22: 22 (10: 10)

May 6, 2018 in Telde, Pabellón insular Rita Hernández, 1,300 spectators.

Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE: Hernández , Navarro - Mbengue Rodríguez (7), Macedo (5), Rodríguez Hernández (5), Pizzo (2), Trojaola Cabezudo (2), Toscano Sanchez (1), Falcon Gonzalez , Priolli , Gonzalez Mendez , Hernández Castillo , Pérez Risco , shoemaker

MKS Lublin: Januchta , Gawlik - Achruk (5), Drabik (5), Rosiak (5), Gęga (2), Mihdalowa (2), Rola (2), Stasiak (1), Matuszczyk , Nocuń , Repelewska , Skrzyniarz

Referee: Roberto Scevola, Tal Alperan

Source: match report

Return leg

MKS Lublin - Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE 27: 23 (13: 11)

May 13, 2018 in Lublin, Hala Globus, 4,000 spectators.

MKS Lublin: Januchta , Gawlik - Achruk (7), Gęga (6), Drabik (4), Nocuń (3), Matuszczyk (2), Mihdalowa (2), Stasiak (2), Rola (1), Nestsiaruk , Repelewska , Rosiak , Skrzyniarz

Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE: Hernández , Navarro - Pizzo (6), Rodríguez Hernández (5), Mbengue Rodríguez (4), Toscano Sanchez (3), Macedo (2), Trojaola Cabezudo (2), Falcon Gonzalez (1), Priolli , Gonzalez Mendez , Hernández Castillo , Pérez Risco , Schuster

Referees: Vagif Aliyev, Alekper Aghakishiyev

Source: match report

Web links

• EHF Challenge Cup on the official website of the EHF

See also

• EHF Women's Champions League 2017/18
• EHF Women's Cup 2017/18

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Match Details Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE - MKS Lublin ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 18, 2019.