2022–23 EHF European Cup

EHF European Cup
2022–23
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates10 September 2022–4 June 2023
Teams77 (qualification stage)
16 (main stage)
Websiteehfec.com
Final positions
Champions Vojvodina (1st title)
Runner-up Nærbø IL
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Attendance27,274 (909 per match)

The 2022–23 EHF European Cup was the 26th season of Europe's tertiary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the EHF European Cup.

Qualified teams

The full list of teams qualified for each stage of the 2022–23 EHF European Cup was announced on 12 July 2022.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • EC: European Cup title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
    • SF: Semi-final league position
    • QF: Quarter-final league position
Round 2
Nærbø IL EC Sesvete (3rd) Olympiacos Alingsås HK
ØIF Arendal HCB Karviná Gorenje Velenje (3rd) KA
Sabbianco A. Famagusta (1st) Handball Esch Pfadi Winterthur (2nd) Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik
Põlva Serviti MŠK Považská Bystrica Hapoel Ashdod Förthof UHK Krems
Donbas Donetsk Region Borac m:tel ZRHK Tenax Dobele Vilnius VHC Sviesa
KH Besa Famgas (1st) Vojvodina (1st) BK-46 Accademia Conversano 2014
KRAS/Volendam H71 Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa HC Baku
HC Visé BM Lovćen Cetinje Gorica (4th) AEK Athens
Runar Sandefjord Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje Riko Ribnica (4th) Haukar
Parnassos Strovolou Red Boys Differdange Wacker Thun (SF) Beykoz Belediyesi GSK
Viljandi HC AS SGS Ramhat Hashron Bregenz Handball Sloboda Tuzla
Granitas Kaunas Rahoveci Partizan HIFK Handboll
Junior Fasano KEMBIT-Lions PAOK
Round 1
HC ROBE Zubří ÍBV APOEL HC Berchem
Spor Toto SK HC Tallinn Maccabi Rishon LeZion HC Fivers Margareten
Izviđač Dragūnas Klaipėda Kastrioti Radnički Kragujevac
Raimond Sassari Drenth Groep Hurry-up AESH Pylaia TJ Sokol Nové Veselí
HB Dudelange İzmir BSB SK HC Holon Dinamo Pančevo
AC Diomidis Argous HC Dukla Prague Slovenj Gradec HC Linz AG
Gračanica SSV Brixen

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

A total of 26 teams were involved in the first qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 10–11 September 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 17–18 September 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kastrioti 44–72 Gračanica 22–36 22–36
Dragūnas Klaipėda 52–58 Dinamo Pančevo 24–30 28–28
HC Berchem 56–61 Drenth Groep Hurry-up 30–32 26–29
AC Diomidis Argous 52–61 HC Fivers Margareten 27–30 25–31
Maccabi Rishon LeZion 63–65 Slovenj Gradec 31–27 32–38
HC Dukla Prague 55–54 Radnički Kragujevac 31–29 24–25
Raimond Sassari 49–53 SSV Brixen 29–24 20–29
İzmir BSB SK 56–86 HC ROBE Zubří 27–46 29–40
ÍBV 74–67 HC Holon 41–35 33–32
AESH Pylaia 60–33 APOEL 33–22 27–11
Spor Toto SK 52–50 HB Dudelange 25–26 27–24
TJ Sokol Nové Veselí 77–50 HC Tallinn 38–27 39–23
HC Linz AG 69–70 Izviđač 34–32 35–38

Round 2

A total of 64 teams were involved in the second qualifying round, 13 teams advancing from the previous round and 51 teams entering this round. The first leg matches were held on 29–30 October 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 5–6 November 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SSV Brixen 50–75 Vojvodina 23–31 27–44
HIFK Handboll 60–62 KH Besa Famgas 28–27 32–35
ØIF Arendal 70–46 HC ROBE Zubří 34–20 36–26
Handball Esch 63–66 HC Dukla Prague 31–36 32–30
ZRHK Tenax Dobele 56–57 Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje 31–28 25–29
Põlva Serviti 60–54 Viljandi HC 27–26 33–28
Sesvete 56–45 PAOK 29–24 27–21
Junior Fasano 64–59 Hapoel Ashdod 32–33 32–26
Donbas Donetsk Region 48–81 ÍBV 28–36 20–45
Olympiacos 61–43 Sloboda Tuzla 34–24 27–19
Vilnius VHC Sviesa 50–65 Red Boys Differdange 28–31 22–34
H71 51–62 Partizan 21–27 30–35
Nærbø IL 58–55 Slovenj Gradec 29–28 29–27
Gorenje Velenje 59–55 Bregenz Handball 33–30 26–25
Beykoz Belediyesi GSK 49–78 Alingsås HK 28–32 21–46
Förthof UHK Krems 68–55 AESH Pylaia 34–25 34–30
HC Fivers Margareten 59–56 KA 29–30 30–26
Rahoveci 58–65 HCB Karviná 29–33 29–32
Runar Sandefjord 63–52 Lovćen Cetinje 32–21 31–31
Riko Ribnica 68–49 Borac m:tel 40–19 28–30
MŠK Považská Bystrica 66–61 Izviđač 34–25 32–36
HC Visé BM 62–40 Parnassos Strovolou 38–21 24–19
Granitas Kaunas 46–58 Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik 21–31 25–27
Pfadi Winterthur 58–61 AS SGS Ramhat Hashron 34–30 24–31
AEK Athens 60–47 Drenth Groep Hurry-up 35–30 25–17
KEMBIT-Lions 78–36 Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 39–17 39–19
BK-46 80–43 Spor Toto SK 37–20 43–23
KRAS/Volendam 52–54 Wacker Thun 27–31 25–23
Gorica 55–51 TJ Sokol Nové Veselí 27–25 28–26
Dinamo Pančevo 59–52 Accademia Conversano 2014 32–22 27–30
Gračanica 70–45 HC Baku 33–17 37–28
Sabbianco A. Famagusta 62–50 Haukar 26–22 36–28

Round 3

A total of 32 teams were involved in the third qualifying round. The first leg matches were held on 3–4 December 2022, while the second leg matches were held on 10–11 December 2022. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sesvete 59–50 KH Besa Famgas 31–23 28–27
Dinamo Pančevo 61–55 Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik 30–28 31–27
ÍBV 59–65 HC Dukla Prague 34–33 25–32
Runar Sandefjord 76–66 Põlva Serviti 41–30 35–36
Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje 61–73 AS SGS Ramhat Hashron 28–39 33–34
Förthof UHK Krems 27–39 Vojvodina 27–29 0–10
AEK Athens 56–58 Alingsås HK 32–27 24–31
HCB Karviná 55–45 Gračanica 22–18 33–27
HC Visé BM 54–60 ØIF Arendal 24–31 30–29
Gorenje Velenje 55–49 Partizan 28–20 27–29
KEMBIT-Lions 60–62 Junior Fasano 25–35 35–27
Sabbianco A. Famagusta 48–46 Red Boys Differdange 23–20 25–26
HC Fivers Margareten 61–65 Riko Ribnica 33–35 28–30
MŠK Považská Bystrica 57–48 Gorica 29–24 28–24
Wacker Thun 48–41 Olympiacos 24–22 24–19
BK-46 55–61 Nærbø IL 28–26 27–35

Last 16

The first leg matches were held on 11–12 February 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 18–19 February 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sabbianco A. Famagusta 47–58 Gorenje Velenje 26–31 21–27
HC Dukla Prague 68–64 Wacker Thun 28–26 40–38
Junior Fasano 56–70 Sesvete 34–35 22–35
MŠK Považská Bystrica 58–70 Nærbø IL 34–35 24–35
AS SGS Ramhat Hashron 52–69 Alingsås HK 21–31 31–38
HCB Karviná 56–53 Dinamo Pančevo 30–22 26–31
Runar Sandefjord 70–63 Riko Ribnica 38–29 32–34
Vojvodina 75–66 ØIF Arendal 42–29 33–37

Quarterfinals

The first leg matches were held on 18–19 March 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 25–26 March 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sesvete 50–55 Nærbø IL 20–26 30–29
HCB Karviná 56–62 Runar Sandefjord 31–34 25–28
Alingsås HK 66–57 HC Dukla Prague 39–33 27–24
Vojvodina 61–56 Gorenje Velenje 31–30 30–26

Semifinals

The first leg matches were held on 15–16 April 2023, while the second leg matches were held on 22–23 April 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Runar Sandefjord 63–65 Nærbø IL 27–29 36–36
Alingsås HK 49–56 Vojvodina 25–24 24–32

Final

The first leg match was held on 28 May 2023, while the second leg match was held on 3 June 2023. The draw was held in EHF office in Vienna.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vojvodina 55–46 Nærbø IL 30–23 25–23

See also

References

  1. ^ EHF European Cup Men 2022/23 Seeding EHF 12 July 2022
  2. ^ Italian derby among 13 EHF European Cup Men round 1 ties EHF 19 July 2022
  3. ^ 32 ties set for round 2 of the EHF European Cup Men EHF 6 September 2022
  4. ^ Round 3 draw sends title defenders to Finland EHF 8 November 2022
  5. ^ 2021 semi-finalist face-off in last 16 EHF 13 December 2022
  6. ^ a b National derbies avoided in quarter-final draw EHF 21 February 2023
  7. ^ Vojvodina to play first of European Cup Men Final at home EHF 25 April 2023