At the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 2004/05 40 handball club teams participated, who qualified in the previous season in their home countries in the cup competition for the competition or out of the Champions League 04/05 had been eliminated. It was the 30th edition of the cup winners' competition. The cup games began on October 8, 2004, the second round final took place on May 8, 2005. The defending champion of the EHF European Cup Winners' Cup was the Spanish club Portland San Antonio . The title winner that season was the Spanish club Ademar León .
32 teams that had previously qualified for the competition took part.
The first legs took place on 8/9/10/16. October 2004. The second leg took place on 10/11/16/17. October 2004.
total
First leg
Return leg
Goldmann Druck Tulln Austria
54 : 63
PortugalSporting CP Liaboa
32 : 33 (16 : 19)
22 : 30 (12 : 13)
HC Victory Minsk Regia Belarus 1995
52 : 78
GermanyHSV Hamburg
21 : 42 (12 : 20)
31 : 36 (15 : 19)
Cyprus College Cyprus 1960
47 : 57
TurkeyCankaya Bel. Ankara
29 : 27 (13 : 13)
18 : 30 (11 : 14)
Torggler Group Merano Italy
47 : 73
SpainAdemar León
28 : 38 (16 : 20)
19 : 35 ( 07 : 15)
"Olimpus" -85 Kishinev Moldova Republic
47 : 76
DenmarkFCK Håndbold
23 : 38 ( 09 : 18)
24 : 38 (15 : 16)
Haslum HKNorway
67: 57
Israel Maccabi Rishon Le Zion
31 : 31 (18 : 16)
36 : 26 (17 : 14)
RK "Bosna" SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina
50: 49
North Macedonia RK "Pelister" Bitola
29 : 22 (14 : 12)
21 : 27 (11 : 15)
HK Drott HalmstadSweden
67: 40
Belgium HK Tongeren
32 : 21 (15 :0 6)
35 : 19 (17 : 10)
US Ivry HandballFrance
63: 44
Netherlands Bevo HC Panningen
33 : 26 (19 : 12)
30 : 18 (13 : 10)
RK Prevent Slovenj GradecSlovenia
71: 36
Azerbaijan DINAMO Baku
36 : 16 (19 : 11)
35 : 20 (15 :0 8)
HCM Piatra Neamț Romania
43 : 82
SwitzerlandCadets Schaffhausen
20 : 44 ( 09 : 22)
23 : 38 (10 : 17)
BM ValladolidSpain
56: 50
Poland KS "Vive" Kielce
33 : 25 (16 :0 9)
23 : 25 (11 : 10)
Szabolcs Nyiregyhazi Hungary
58 : 61
CroatiaMedvescak Infosistem Zagreb
32 : 27 (19 : 12)
26 : 34 (12 : 18)
HC Chocolate Boys Tallinn Estonia
48 : 55
Serbia and MontenegroRK Partizan Belgrade
22 : 30 (12 : 15)
26 : 25 (12 : 12)
Caustic Volgograd Russia
43 : 50
GreeceGAC Kilkis
23 : 27 (10 : 12)
20 : 23 (10 : 10)
Shakhtyor Akademiya DonetskUkraine
65: 48
Luxembourg HC Bascharage
37 : 26 (16 : 14)
28 : 22 (13 : 10)
3rd round
The 16 winners of the 2nd round took part.
The first legs took place on 6/7/13. November 2004. The second leg took place on 13./14. November 2004.
total
First leg
Return leg
Sporting CP Liaboa Portugal
48 : 53
GermanyHSV Hamburg
24 : 28 (10 : 18)
24 : 25 (10 : 11)
Cankaya Bel. Ankara Turkey
65 : 70
CroatiaMedvescak Infosistem Zagreb
38 : 39 (16 : 19)
27 : 31 (15 : 13)
RK "Bosna" Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
61 : 85
SpainAdemar León
33 : 42 (14 : 19)
28 : 43 (11 : 22)
US Ivry HandballFrance
60: 53
Norway Haslum HK
29 : 25 (14 : 10)
31 : 28 (14 : 16)
Shakhtyor Akademiya Donetsk Ukraine
48 : 55
Serbia and MontenegroRK Partizan Belgrade
29 : 29 (16 : 12)
19 : 26 ( 09 : 13)
Cadets Schaffhausen Switzerland
54 : 55
SloveniaRK Prevent Slovenj Gradec
27 : 31 (12 : 16)
27 : 24 (10 : 13)
HK Drott Halmstad Sweden
63 : 69
DenmarkFCK Håndbold
28 : 36 (12 : 17)
35 : 33 (19 : 17)
GAC Kilkis Greece
55 : 70
SpainBM Valladolid
29 : 30 (12 : 18)
26 : 40 (10 : 22)
Round of 16
The eight winners of the 3rd round and the eight third-placed winners of the Champions League group stage took part.
The first legs took place on 4th / 5th / 11th. December 2004. The second legs took place on 5./11./12. December 2004.