EHF Champions League 1998/99

In the EHF Champions League 1998/99 33 handball club teams took part, which had qualified for the competition in their home leagues in the previous season. It was the 39th edition of the EHF Champions League or the European Cup of National Champions. The defending champion was FC Barcelona . The cup games began on September 6, 1998, the second final took place on April 17, 1999. In the final, FC Barcelona prevailed again, 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 1998/99 season.

Elimination round

The first leg took place on September 6, 1998 in Travnik and the second leg on September 4 in Tbilisi .

	total		First leg	Return leg
HC Borac Travnik	46: 58	GTU Shevardeni Tbilisi	24:24	22:34

Sixteenth finals

The first legs took place on 3rd / 4th. October 1998 and the second leg on 10./11. October 1998, with the following exceptions:

• Red Boys Differdange versus Viking Stavanger, return leg on 10/11. October 1998 in Stavanger
• RK Celje against E&O Emmen, first and second leg on 3rd / 4th October 1998 in Celje

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Barcelona	74 : 31	GTU Shevardeni Tbilisi	44:15	30:16
Red Boys Differdange	46: 80	Viking Stavanger	26:40	20:40
Pathfinder Winterthur	62 : 56	Iskra Kielce	35:24	27:32
BK-46 Karis Handboll	28: 67	KC Veszprém	18:32	10:35
Red Star Belgrade	49: 54	SKA Minsk	30:22	19:32
HC Granitas Kaunas	37: 52	ZTR Zaporizhia	21:25	16:27
Alpi Prato	60 : 45	HC Port Burgas	31:21	29:24
HC Bruck	38: 64	Badel 1862 Zagreb	21:32	17:32
Montpellier HB	56 : 48	ASKI Ankara	30:27	26:21
Minaur Baia Mare	47: 48	GOG Gudme	29:24	18:24
Pelister Bitola	52: 57	Talent Pilsen	30:27	22:30
AC Doukas School	43: 56	THW Kiel	22:26	21:30
RK Celje	75 : 41	E&O Emmen	32:16	43:25
Caustic Volgograd	60 : 52	ABC Braga	30:21	30:31
Portland San Antonio	68 : 33	Initia HC Hasselt	37:17	31:16
Redbergslids IK	45 : 34	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	27:12	18:22

Group stage

The group stage was played between November 7, 1998 and January 10, 1999.

groups

Group A Alpi Prato Badel 1862 Zagreb KC Veszprém Montpellier HB

Group B  FC Barcelona Pfadi Winterthur SKA Minsk ZTR Zaporizhia

Group C  GOG Gudme Kaustik Volgograd THW Kiel Viking Stavanger

Group D HC Kovopetrol Pilsen Portland San Antonio Redbergslids IK RK Celje

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Badel 1862 Zagreb	06th	05	00	01	0150: 1270	+23	10
02.	KC Veszprém	06th	03	00	03	0147: 1300	+17	06th
03.	Montpellier HB	06th	03	00	03	0134: 1340	± 0	06th
04th	Alpi Prato	06th	01	00	05	0128: 1680	−40	02

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	FC Barcelona	06th	05	01	00	0186: 1350	+51	11
02.	ZTR Zaporizhia	06th	03	00	03	0148: 1540	−6	06th
03.	Pathfinder Winterthur	06th	02	01	03	0154: 1600	−6	05
04th	SKA Minsk	06th	01	00	05	0136: 1750	−39	02

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	THW Kiel	06th	06th	00	00	0181: 1490	+32	12
02.	Caustic Volgograd	06th	03	00	03	0166: 1680	−2	06th
03.	GOG Gudme	06th	02	00	04th	0160: 1800	−20	04th
04th	Viking Stavanger	06th	01	00	05	0166: 1760	−10	02

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	RK Celje	06th	04th	01	01	0178: 1420	+36	09
02.	Portland San Antonio	06th	04th	00	02	0167: 1580	+9	08th
03.	Redbergslids IK	06th	03	01	02	0146: 1410	+5	07th
04th	talent	06th	00	00	06th	0129: 1790	−50	00

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 30./31. January 1999 and the second leg on 6./7. February 1999.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ZTR Zaporizhia	43: 48	Badel 1862 Zagreb	21:22	22:26
KC Veszprém	53: 58	FC Barcelona	29:29	24:29
THW Kiel	48: 50	Portland San Antonio	21:24	27:26
Caustic Volgograd	41: 51	RK Celje	18:22	23:29

Semifinals

The first leg took place on February 27, 1999 and the second leg on 6/7. March 1999.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Celje	61: 62	FC Barcelona	35:32	26:30
Badel 1862 Zagreb	50 : 48	Portland San Antonio	27:22	23:26

final

The first leg in Zagreb took place on April 10, 1999 and the second leg in Barcelona on April 17, 1999. For the third time in a row these teams faced each other in the final and for the third time FC Barcelona won.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Badel 1862 Zagreb	40: 51	FC Barcelona	22:22	18:29

statistics

List of goalscorers

The top scorer list shows the top three scorers in the EHF Champions League 1998/99. You can see the player's nation, name, position, club, games played, goals and the average goal per game. The winner is the top scorer of the EHF Champions League 1998/99.

Pl.	nation	player	Item	society	Sp.	Gates	O
1.		Zlatko Saracevic	(RR)	Badel 1862 Zagreb	7th	46	6.6
2.		Zvonimir Bilić	(RL)	Badel 1862 Zagreb	7th	38	5.4
3.		Rastko Stefanovič	(RM)	RK Celje	6th	37	6.2

Web links

• Website of the EHF to CL (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1998/99 VELUX EHF Champions League Final. In: European Handball Federation. Retrieved June 30, 2018 . 
2. ↑ 1998/99 Men's EHF Champions League Top Scorers. In: European Handball Federation. Retrieved June 30, 2018 .