EHF Champions League 1997/98

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At the EHF Champions League 1997/98 35 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home leagues for the competition. It was the 38th edition of the EHF Champions League and the European Cup of National Champions. The defending champion was FC Barcelona . The cup games began on September 13, 1997, the second final took place on April 25, 1998. In the final, FC Barcelona prevailed again against Badel 1862 Zagreb .

mode

At the beginning there was an elimination round, played in a knockout system with a return leg. The winner moved into the round of 32, which was also played in a knockout system with a return leg. The winners reached the group stage known as the “ Champions League ”. In the group stage with four groups of four teams each, each group played a game against each other. The two best groups in each group reached the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system was played back and forth. The winner of the final was the EHF Champions League winner of the 1997/98 season.

Elimination round

The first leg took place on September 13, 1997, the second leg on September 20, 1997, with the exception of the second leg of the Vestmanna ÍF match against Dinamo Bucharest, which took place on September 14, 1997 like the first leg in Vestmanna .

total First leg Return leg
RK Prespa Resen North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 66 : 51 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus PES Strovolou Nicosia 39:21 27:30
Vestmanna ÍF FaroeseFaroe Islands 37: 41 RomaniaRomania Dinamo Bucharest 20:25 17:16
TJ VSŽ Košice SlovakiaSlovakia 56 : 48 BulgariaBulgaria HC Port Burgas 27:17 29:31

Sixteenth finals

The first leg took place on 4th / 5th. October 1997, the second leg on 11./12. October 1997. Ademar Leon and HC Bruck had exchanged home rights.

total First leg Return leg
KC Veszprém HungaryHungary 64 : 51 RussiaRussia Caustic Volgograd 31:22 33:29
Gymnastiki Enosi Verias GreeceGreece 48: 64 CroatiaCroatia Badel 1862 Zagreb 23:25 25:39
Ademar León SpainSpain 61 : 44 AustriaAustria HC Bruck 33:21 28:23
BK-46 Karis Handboll FinlandFinland 48: 52 NorwayNorway Drammen HK 24:23 24:29
HC Granitas Kaunas LithuaniaLithuania 46: 51 IcelandIceland KA Akureyri 27:23 19:28
Red Boys Differdange LuxembourgLuxembourg 47: 67 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Pathfinder Winterthur 20:32 27:35
SKA Minsk BelarusBelarus 46:46 * Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 32:24 14:22
TJ VSŽ Košice SlovakiaSlovakia 46: 56 DenmarkDenmark Virum worried 24:26 22:30
RK Celje SloveniaSlovenia 59 : 54 SwedenSweden Redbergslids IK 29:24 30:30
HV Sittardia NetherlandsNetherlands 34: 48 PortugalPortugal ABC Braga 18:29 16:19
FC Barcelona SpainSpain 71 : 42 TurkeyTurkey Çankaya Belediyesi Ankara 34:12 37:30
Śląsk Wrocław PolandPoland 50: 52 ItalyItaly Pallamano Trieste 31:21 19:31
HC Zubří Czech RepublicCzech Republic 61 : 48 RomaniaRomania Dinamo Bucharest 35:22 26:26
Hapoel Rishon LeZion IsraelIsrael 49 : 43 FranceFrance US Ivry HB 27:22 22:21
TBV Lemgo GermanyGermany 67 : 36 BelgiumBelgium Initia HC Hasselt 36:18 31:18
RK Prespa Resen North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 50 : 49 UkraineUkraine Shakhtar Akademiya Donetsk 27:23 23:26
*Red Star Belgrade moved into the group stage due to the away goals rule .

Group stage

The group stage was played between November 8, 1997 and February 1, 1998.

Group A

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 06th 05 00 01 0162: 1330 +29 10
02. CroatiaCroatia Badel 1862 Zagreb 06th 04th 00 02 0158: 1410 +17 08th
03. ItalyItaly Pallamano Trieste 06th 02 00 04th 0141: 1490  −8 04th
04th IcelandIceland KA Akureyri 06th 01 00 05 0132: 1700 −38 02

Group B

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Pathfinder Winterthur 06th 04th 01 01 0168: 1470 +21 09
02. SpainSpain Ademar León 06th 04th 01 01 0191: 1570 +34 09
03. Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 06th 02 00 04th 0164: 1800 −16 04th
04th NorwayNorway Drammen HK 06th 01 00 05 0138: 1770 −39 02

Group C

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. SpainSpain FC Barcelona 06th 05 01 00 0179: 1280 +51 11
02. PortugalPortugal ABC Braga 06th 03 01 02 0139: 1400  −1 07th
03. IsraelIsrael Hapoel Rishon LeZion 06th 03 00 03 0142: 1660 −24 06th
04th DenmarkDenmark Virum worried 06th 00 00 06th 0135: 1610 −26 00

Group D

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. GermanyGermany TBV Lemgo 06th 04th 01 01 0164: 1450 +19 09
02. HungaryHungary KC Veszprém 06th 04th 01 01 0168: 1440 +24 09
03. North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia RK Prespa Resen 06th 02 00 04th 0159: 1680  −9 04th
04th Czech RepublicCzech Republic HC Zubří 06th 01 00 05 0148: 1820 −34 02

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 21./22. February 1998, the second legs on February 28 and March 1, 1998.

total First leg Return leg
Ademar León SpainSpain 50: 61 SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 24:26 26:35
Badel 1862 Zagreb CroatiaCroatia 51 : 45 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Pathfinder Winterthur 27:24 24:21
KC Veszprém HungaryHungary 60:60 * SpainSpain FC Barcelona 33:28 27:32
ABC Braga PortugalPortugal 51: 55 GermanyGermany TBV Lemgo 25:29 26:26
*FC Barcelona moved into the semi-finals due to the away goals rule .

Semifinals

The first leg took place on March 22, 1998, the second leg on March 18, 1998.

total First leg Return leg
FC Barcelona SpainSpain 63 : 56 GermanyGermany TBV Lemgo 31:22 32:34
Badel 1862 Zagreb CroatiaCroatia 51 : 45 SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje 27:20 24:25

final

The first leg in Barcelona took place on April 18, 1998 and the second leg in Zagreb on April 25, 1998. It was the same match as last year and had the same winner with FC Barcelona, ​​who won their third title in a row.

total First leg Return leg
FC Barcelona SpainSpain 56 : 40 CroatiaCroatia Badel 1862 Zagreb 28:18 28:22

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1997/98 VELUX EHF Champions League Final. In: European Handball Federation. Retrieved July 5, 2018 .