European Cup Winners' Cup (handball) 1990/91

The 1990/91 European Cup Winners' Cup was the 16th edition of the competition for European handball cup winners . The 27 participating teams qualified in their home countries through the national cup competition for the European Cup organized by the International Handball Federation (IHF) ; the defending champion Teka Santander was automatically qualified. In the final, TSV Milbertshofen prevailed against the Spanish club Elgorriaga Bidasoa (15:20, 25:17).

Competition chronology

First round

	total		First leg	Return leg
BSV Bern	49: 53	UHC Vogel Pumps Stockerau	31:26	18:27
Initia HC Hasselt	38: 41	HV Hermes The Hague	18:17	20:24
Girondins Bordeaux	42 : 27	CHEV Diekirch	20:13	22:14
Hapoel Ramat Gan	62 : 52	PES Strovolos Nicosia	28:24	34:28
SC Magdeburg	44 : 37	Gladsaxe HG	25:16	19:21
Elgorriaga Bidasoa	58 : 39	ABC Braga	28:18	30:21
BK-46 Karis	47: 73	SKA Minsk	23:36	24:37 (a)
Halkbank Ankara	41 : 39	GAS Archelaos Katerinis	24:17	17:22
Sandefjord TIF	45 : 43	Valur Reykjavík	25:21	20:22
Ortigia Siracusa	40: 47	RK Medveščak	18:25	22:22
MKS Korona Kielce	44: 48	TJ Baník Karviná	23:23	21:25

^(a)Both games took place in Karis (Finland).

The other clubs ( Bramac Veszprém , TSV Milbertshofen , Dinamo Bucharest , IF Saab and defending champion Teka Santander ) automatically moved into the round of 16 with a bye .

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
Girondins Bordeaux	40: 45	Elgorriaga Bidasoa	21:20	19:25
SC Magdeburg	52: 60	Teka Santander	27:29	25:31
UHC Vogel Pumps Stockerau	45 : 41	TJ Baník Karviná	21:20	24:21
RK Medveščak	51 : 39	Hapoel Ramat Gan	27:15	24:24
SKA Minsk	46: 54	Bramac Veszprém	28:27	18:27
HV Hermes The Hague	26: 44	TSV Milbertshofen	15:19	11:25
Sandefjord TIF	44: 45	Dinamo Bucharest	23:20	21:25
Halkbank Ankara	40: 51	IF Saab	24:24	16:27

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
IF Saab	35: 43	TSV Milbertshofen	19:23	16:20
Teka Santander	50 : 46	RK Medveščak	25:19	25:27
UHC Vogel Pumps Stockerau	53: 62	Bramac Veszprém	27:26	26:36
Dinamo Bucharest	37: 44	Elgorriaga Bidasoa	17:23	20:21

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Elgorriaga Bidasoa	46 : 44	Teka Santander	22:20	24:24
Bramac Veszprém	35: 38	TSV Milbertshofen	20:15	15:23

final

The first leg took place on May 4, 1991 in the Pabellón Polideportivo Artaleku from Irun and the second leg on May 20, 1991 in the Augsburg sports hall .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Elgorriaga Bidasoa	37: 40	TSV Milbertshofen	20:15	17:25

First leg

Elgorriaga Bidasoa		TSV Milbertshofen
	First leg on Saturday 4 May 1991 in Irun ( Pabellón Polideportivo Artaleku ) Result: 20:15 (13: 8) Spectators: 4,000 Referees: Sjana, Wroblewski ( Poland )
	Miguel Ángel Zúñiga - Alfreð Gíslason (9/5), Salvador Pombar (2), Fernando Bolea (1), Xabier Mikel Errekondo (1), Jesús Olalla (1), Bogdan Wenta (6), Miguel Ángel Merino , Jesús Barbón , Jesús Romero Coach: Juantxo Villarreal	Jan Holpert - Rüdiger Neitzel (2), Johann Sinka (3), Jens Lüdtke (2), Frank Löhr (2), Michael Sahm , Hendrik Ochel (6/1), Lars-Henrik Walther , Anton Stangl , Robert Wagner Trainers: András Pecsenye

Return leg

TSV Milbertshofen		Elgorriaga Bidasoa
	Second leg on Monday, May 20, 1991 in Augsburg ( Sporthalle Augsburg ) Result: 25:17 (11: 7) Spectators: 3,200
	Jan Holpert , Stefan Kellner - Lars-Henrik Walther (1), Rüdiger Neitzel (7), Anton Stangl , Robert Wagner , Johann Sinka , Jens Lüdtke (5), Klaus-Peter Heimerl , Michael Sahm (3), Hendrik Ochel (7 / 4), Frank Löhr (2) Trainer: András Pecsenye	Miguel Ángel Zúñiga , Ricardo Zárate - Alfreð Gíslason (9/3), Francisco Javier de la Haza , Miguel Ángel Merino , Salvador Pombar (2), Bogdan Wenta (2), Jesús Olalla (3), Jesús Barbón , Fernando Bolea (1 ), Jesús Romero , Marco Boronat , Xabier Mikel Errekondo Trainer: Juantxo Villarreal
	Neitzel, Ochel, Wagner	Errekondo, Wenta, Villarreal
	Löhr (2 ×), Neitzel (2 ×), Sahm	Errekondo (2 ×), Pombar, Wenta
	Erhard Wunderlich (Manager)	Errekondo

literature

• Handball magazine . Philippka-Sportverlag , ISSN  0178-2983 (issues of the 1990–1991 season).

Web links

• Todor Krastev: Men Handball XVI European Cup Winners Cup 1991. In: todor66.com , accessed on April 16, 2020 (with different information on the literature).
• Recordings of the final games on YouTube : Recopa de Europa 1990/91 - Bidasoa vs Milbertshofen - Final-IDA (Irún) and Recopa de Europa 1990/91 - Milbertshofen vs Bidasoa - Final-VTA (Ausburgo)

Individual evidence

1. ^ El Elgorriaga Bidasoa, muy cerca del título de la Recopa. In: elpais.com (May 5, 1991).
2. ↑ 20-15: Elgorriaga acaricia su primer título de la Recopa. In: ABC Madrid, May 5, 1991, p. 98.
3. ↑ Estraineko aldiz Errekopako txapelaren bila Elgorriaga Bidasoa gaur Artalekun. In: berria.eus (May 4, 1991).