1997–98 EHF Women's Champions League explained

The 1997–98 EHF Women's Champions League was the fifth edition of the modern era of the 1961-founded competition for European national champions women's handball clubs, running from 4 October 1997 to 16 May 1998. Hypo Niederösterreich defeated defending champion Mar Valencia in the final^[1] to win its seventh title.^[2]

Qualifying round

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=50	1st	width=50	2nd
	32–74	SPR Lublin	13–36	19–38
Viborg HK	56–48		30–22	26–26
Hapoel Petah Tikva	31–95	Podravka Koprivnica	18–50	13–45
	35–47	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	25–20	10–27
Fémina Visé	34–70	Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea	18–32	16–38
Budućnost Podgorica	66–58		34–26	32–32
Gjorce Petrov	77–48		40–22	37–26
PF Rimini	43–43		22–18	21–25
	40–53	Istochnik Rostov	21–25	19–28
	46–62	Larvik HK	25–30	21–32
Krim Ljubljana	67–52		33–27	34–25
Politechnik Minsk	41–53	Amadeo Tortajada	24–32	17–21
ASPTT Metz	71–29		36–15	35–14
Kefalovrysos Kythreas	16–151	Ferencvárosi TC	7–69	9–82

Group stage

Group A

width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GDorg	width=20	Pts
Podravka Koprivnica	6	6	0	0	170	134	+36	12
HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	6	2	1	3	127	142	-15	5
SPR Lublin	6	2	0	4	156	163	-7	4
Istochnik Rostov	6	1	1	4	135	149	-14	3

Group B

width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GDorg	width=20	Pts
Mar Valencia	6	6	0	0	189	138	+51	12
Krim Ljubljana	6	3	0	3	162	170	-8	6
Ferencvárosi TC	6	1	1	4	147	159	-12	3
ASPTT Metz	6	1	1	4	135	166	-31	3

Group C

width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GDorg	width=20	Pts
Gjorce Petrov	6	5	0	1	178	149	+29	10
Budućnost Podgorica	6	4	0	2	172	169	+3	8
Larvik HK	6	3	0	3	165	150	+15	6
Amadeo Tortajada	6	0	0	6	131	178	-47	0

Group D

width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GDorg	width=20	Pts
Viborg HK	6	4	0	2	141	121	+20	8
Hypo NÖ	6	4	0	2	141	125	+16	8
Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea	6	3	0	3	138	124	+14	6
PF Rimini	6	1	0	5	121	171	-50	2

Quarter-finals

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=50	1st	width=50	2nd
Krim Ljubljana	48–48	Podravka Koprivnica	28–23	20–25
Hypo NÖ	40–33		26–12	14–21
Budućnost Podgorica	66–57		39–30	27–27
HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	47–65	Mar Valencia	21–33	26–32

Semifinals

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	36–38	Hypo NÖ	17–18	19–20
	54–79	Mar Valencia	26–40	28–39

Final

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Hypo NÖ	56–47		28–21	28–26

Notes and References