European Cup Winners' Cup (handball) 1998/99

The EHF European Cup Winners' Cup in 1998/99 took part in 35 handball club teams that had qualified for the competition in their home countries in the previous season in the cup competition. It was the 24th edition of the European Cup Winners' Cup. The cup games began on September 11, 1998 and ended with the second final game on April 17, 1999. In the final, the Spanish club Ademar León was able to prevail against the defending champion from Spain CB Santander .

mode

The competition started with two games in one elimination round. The winners advanced to the sixteenth finals, in which other, higher ranked teams entered. All rounds including the final were carried out in a knockout system with a return leg. The winner of the final was the European Cup Winner of the 1998/99 season.

Elimination round

The home and return games took place on 28/29/30. August.

	total		First leg	Return leg
HC Mamuli Tbilisi	43: 55	SKAF Minsk	26:27	17:28
HC Kehra Tallinn	42: 49	Handball Esch	20:21	22:28
RK Bosna Visoko	60 : 42	PES Strovolou Nicosia	30:23	30:19

Sixteenth finals

The home and away games took place between September 25, 1993 and October 3, 1993.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Partizan Belgrade	46 : 40	Pestszentlörinc Elektromos SE	25:20	21:20
Olse Merksem	36: 57	Sporting Toulouse 31	17:29	19:28
Otterup HK	41: 59	Cantabria Santander	23:26	18:33
Šiauliai Universitetas	31: 71	Ademar León	12:32	19:39
IFK Skövde HK	23: 32	Vardar Skopje	23:22	0:10
Wisla Plock	60: 63	IL Runar Sandefjord	34:29	26:34
Çankaya Belediyesi Ankara	54 : 49	Istochnik Rostov	26:24	28:25
Fibrex Săvineşti	38: 66	TV Niederwürzbach	21:37	17:29
Handball Esch	46: 57	ACSI Haenna	24:26	22:31
Sporting Lisbon	42: 46	TJ VSŽ Košice	24:22	18:24
RK Bosna Visoko	35: 37	Athinaikos Athens	20:15	15:22
HC Brovary	51 : 40	HK Lokomotiv Varna	31:19	20:21
SKAF Minsk	39: 43	HV Aalsmeer	24:24	15:19
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	54: 59	RK Velenje	31:26	23:33
Dukla Prague	60 : 51	RK Đakovo	34:30	26:21
Maccabi Rechovot	42: 45	UHC Tulln	19:26	23:19

Round of 16

The first legs took place on 30./31. October 1993 and the second leg on 6./7. November 1993.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Vardar Skopje	53 : 51	RK Velenje	29:23	24:28
RK Partizan Belgrade	61 : 52	TJ VSŽ Košice	35:27	26:25
IL Runar Sandefjord	71 : 45	ACSI Haenna	38:18	33:27
Çankaya Belediyesi Ankara	45 : 44	HC Brovary	24:17	21:27
TV Niederwürzbach	65 : 50	Dukla Prague	36:21	29:29
Sporting Toulouse 31	51 : 39	HV Aalsmeer	27:18	24:21
Ademar León	59 : 34	Athinaikos Athens	30:14	29:20
Cantabria Santander	47 : 35	UHC Tulln	21:14	26:21

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 19/22/23. January 1994 and the second leg on 26./29. November 1994.

	total		First leg	Return leg
IL Runar Sandefjord	49: 55	Cantabria Santander	24:24	25:31
Çankaya Belediyesi Ankara	42: 60	Ademar León	26:27	16:33
TV Niederwürzbach	48: 50	RK Partizan Belgrade	28:22	20:28
Vardar Skopje	50 : 46	Sporting Toulouse 31	26:19	24:27

Semifinals

The first legs took place on March 23, 1994 and the second legs on 6/7. April 1994.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Vardar Skopje	47: 64	Ademar León	27:29	20:35
RK Partizan Belgrade	43: 45	Cantabria Santander	26:23	17:22

final

The first leg took place on April 10, 1999 in Santander and the second leg on April 17, 1999 in León . The encounter was the same as in the Spanish Cup final last year. Cantabria Santander won there, but was already qualified as defending champion for the European Cup Winners' Cup, which is why Ademar León also took part.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Cantabria Santander	43: 51	Ademar León	20:19	23:32

See also

• EHF Champions League 1998/99
• EHF Cup 1998/99

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1998/99 Men's Cup Winners' Cup. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed February 2, 2019 .