EHF Champions Trophy

The Champions Trophy in handball until the summer of 2007 known under the name EHF European Club Championship or German club European championship , was organized by the European Handball Federation organized (EHF) by 2008. It has been carried out without interruption for women since 1994 and for men since 1996. In addition to the winners of the three highest European Cups , the home team of the venue took part, mostly also a top European team. So two semi-finals were possible, from which the finalists were determined. The losers of the semi-finals played against each other in a game for third place. The event took place over a weekend, so it was in Final Four mode.

The winner of the fourth-highest and thus lowest European Cup , the EHF Challenge Cup , did not take part in the competition. This was also due to the athletic inferiority of the participants since the EHF City Cup was renamed and the representatives of the strong nations such as Germany, Spain and France no longer took part.

For men's teams, there were already five editions of a club European championship, the IHF gold cup, from 1979 to 1983. This was played directly after the European Cup season between the winner of the European Cup Winners ' Cup and the winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup . Since the EHF did not yet exist, the competition was organized by the International Handball Federation .

In 2007 the Champions Trophy took place for the first time under a new name and not on German or Spanish soil.

Final overview

Men

• IHF gold cup

season	place	Winner EC of the national champions	Game results	Winner EC of the cup winners
1979	Dortmund	TV Großwallstadt	09:14	VfL Gummersbach
1980	Munich	TV Großwallstadt	19:15	CB Alicante
1981	Dortmund	SC Magdeburg	24:19	TuS Nettelstedt
1982	Rostock	Honvéd Budapest	27:31 a.d.	SC Empor Rostock
1983	Dortmund	VfL Gummersbach	17:16	SKA Minsk

season	final
	place	winner	Game results	finalist
1996	Bielefeld	FC Barcelona	27:24	BM Granollers
1997	Irun	FC Barcelona	25:20	Bidasoa Irun
1998	Barcelona	FC Barcelona	28:22	RK Zagreb
1999	Magdeburg	FC Barcelona	26:25	SC Magdeburg
2000	Pamplona	SDC San Antonio	28:24	FC Barcelona
2001	Kiel	SC Magdeburg	21:20	SDC San Antonio
2002	Magdeburg	SC Magdeburg	31:30	KC Veszprém
2003	Valladolid	FC Barcelona	30: 29	BM Valladolid
2004	Ciudad Real	RK Celje	30: 29	THW Kiel
2005	Leon	BM Ciudad Real	37:28	SC Magdeburg
2006	Cologne	BM Ciudad Real	36:31	VfL Gummersbach
2007	Celje	THW Kiel	38:34	RK Celje
2008	Veszprém	BM Ciudad Real	32:28	KC Veszprém

Women

season	final
	place	winner	Game results	finalist
1993/94	Viborg	Hypo Lower Austria	25:23	TuS Walle Bremen
1994/95	Volgograd	Rotor Volgograd	27:21	Debreceni VSC
1995/96	Koprivnica	Podravka Koprivnica	22:21	TV Lützellinden
1996/97	Ljubljana	Mar Valencia	27:25	Istochnik Rostov
1997/98	Silkeborg	Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold	25:24	Bækkelagets SK
1998/99	Viborg	Dunaferr SE	28:27	Bækkelagets SK
1999/00	Vienna	Hypo Lower Austria	27:24	Volgograd AKVA
2000/01	Aarhus	Viborg HK	23:22	Zaporozhye engine
2001/02	Skopje	Cometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	30: 28	Ikast-Bording EH
2002/03	Farum	RK Crimea Ljubljana	33:28	Slagelse DT
2003/04	Leipzig	RK Crimea Ljubljana	34:25	Hypo Lower Austria
2004/05	not carried out
2005/06	Viborg	Viborg HK	31:26	RK Crimea Ljubljana
2006/07	Râmnicu Vâlcea	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	23:19	Zvezda Zvenigorod
2007/08	Chekhov	Zvezda Zvenigorod	28:27	Hypo Lower Austria

Most successful nations & teams

EHF Champions Trophy victories by nationality (men)

rank	nation	title
1.	Spain	9
2.	Germany (also as GDR )	8th
3.	Slovenia	1

EHF Champions Trophy victories by nationality (women)

rank	nation	title
1.	Denmark	3
2.	Austria / Slovenia / Russia	2
3.	Croatia / Spain / Hungary / Macedonia / Romania	1

EHF Champions Trophy victories by club (men)

rank	society	title
1.	FC Barcelona	5
2.	SC Magdeburg / BM Ciudad Real	3
3.	VfL Gummersbach	2
4th	TV Großwallstadt / SC Empor Rostock / SDC San Antonio / RK Celje / THW Kiel	1

EHF Champions Trophy victories by club (women)

rank	society	title
1.	Hypo Lower Austria / RK Krim Ljubljana / Viborg HK	2
2.	Rotor Volgograd / Podravka Koprivnica / Mar Valencia / Ikast FS / Dunaferr SE / Kometal DP Skopje / CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea / Zvezda Zvenigorod	1

See also

• EHF ranking
• EHF Champions League
• EHF European Cup
• EHF European Cup Winners' Cup
• EHF Cup
• EHF Challenge Cup