The 2017–18 Women's EHF Cup was the 37th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 8 September 2017.
SCM Craiova defeated Vipers Kristiansand 52–51 in the final to win their first title.
Overview
Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holders CWC: EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup holders 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position CW: Domestic cup winners CR: Domestic cup runners-up CL QT: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage. CL Group: Losers from the Champions League group stage.
Group stage Vistal Gdynia Brest Bretagne Handball Larvik HK Vipers Kristiansand Round 3 Randers HK Érd HC (3rd) Podravka Vegeta H 65 Höör Lada SCM Craiova HC Gomel Hypo Niederösterreich Round 2 København Håndbold (2nd) Zvezda Zvenigorod HC Zalău (3rd) DHK Baník Most Viborg HK (4th) Astrakhanochka TusSies Metzingen Kastamonu Belediyesi DKKA Dunaujvaros KA (4th) Glassverket IF Buxtehuder SV Mecalia Atlético Guardés Debreceni VSC-TVP (Cup 3rd) Tertnes Bergen Issy Paris Hand Kuban HC Dunărea Brăila (2nd) ES Besançon Feminin HB Round 1 Silkeborg-Voel KFUM (5th) Metraco Zagłębie Lubin Galychanka O.F.N. Ionias (1st) Váci NKSE (5th) KRAM Start Elbląg DHC Slavia Prague HB Sint-Truiden Byåsen Handball Elite Ankara Yenimahalle BSK LC Brühl Handball Nur Mingechavir CSM Roman (5th) Super Amara Bera Bera LK Zug KHF Prishtina HSG Blomberg-Lippe Succes Schoonmaak/VOC HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk HC Holon Cercle Dijon Bourgogne Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen Colégio de Gaia HŽRK Grude Lugi HF ŽRK Medicinar Jomi Salerno AC Latsia Nicosia
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria):
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualificationFirst qualifying round18 July 20179–10 September 201716–17 September 2017Second qualifying round14–15 October 201721–22 October 2017Third qualifying round24 October 201711–12 November 201718–19 November 2017Group stageMatchday 123 November 20176–7 January 2018Matchday 213–14 January 2018Matchday 320–21 January 2018Matchday 427–28 January 2018Matchday 53–4 February 2018Matchday 610–11 February 2018Knockout phaseQuarter-finals13 February 20183–4 March 201810–11 March 2018Semi finals7–8 April 201814–15 April 2018Final17 April 20185–6 May 201812–13 May 2018
Qualification stage
Round 1 There is 28 teams participating in round 1.
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by KHF Prishtina. 2 Both legs were hosted by Váci NKSE. 3 Both legs were hosted by Metraco Zagłębie Lubin. 4 Both legs were hosted by CSM Roman. 5 Both legs were hosted by Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. 6 Both legs were hosted by Cercle Dijon Bourgogne. 7 Both legs were hosted by DHC Slavia Prague. 8 Both legs were hosted by Byåsen Handball Elite. 9 Both legs were hosted by ŽRK Medicinar. 10 Both legs were hosted by Ankara Yenimahalle BSK. 11 Both legs were hosted by Nur Mingechavir.
Round 2 There is 32 teams participating in round 2.
14 teams who qualified from round 1 and 18 teams joining the draw.
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Tertnes Bergen. 2 Both legs were hosted by Kastamonu Belediyesi. 3 Both legs were hosted by Zvezda Zvenigorod. 4 Both legs were hosted by Viborg HK. 5 Order of legs reversed after original draw. 6 Both legs were hosted by CB Atlético Guardés. 7 Both legs were hosted by Kuban.
Round 3
Group stage
The seedings were announced on 23 November 2017.
Teams in the draw will be protected against meeting teams from the same country in the same group. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 13 February at 11:00 hrs. The draw had determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings.
Quarterfinals
Seeding
Pot 1 Pot 2 Brest Bretagne Handball Larvik HK Lada Kastamonu Belediyesi Viborg HK Vipers Kristiansand HC Zalău SCM Craiova
The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 3 March, while the second leg followed one week later.
Matches
SCM Craiova won 49–48 on aggregate.
Kastamonu Belediyesi won 55–53 on aggregate.
Vipers Kristiansand won 55–51 on aggregate.
Viborg HK won 55–47 on aggregate.
Semifinals
The semi-finals were played in the first half of April.
Matches
SCM Craiova won 41–40 on aggregate.
Vipers Kristiansand won 60–57 on aggregate.
Final
Matches
SCM Craiova won 52–51 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Linn Jørum Sulland Vipers Kristiansand782 Cristina Florianu SCM Craiova693 Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe Viborg HK65
See also 2017–18 Women's EHF Champions League
References
External links Official website