EHF Women's European Cup explained

Current Season:	2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup
Pixels:	270px
Sport:	Handball
Founded:	1993
Continent:	Europe
Country:	EHF members
Champion:	Atticgo Elche (1st title)
Most Champs:	Rocasa Gran Canaria (3 titles)
Website:	ehfec.eurohandball.com
Related Comps:	EHF Champions League EHF European League

The Women's EHF European Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999–2000 season and the EHF Challenge Cup until the 2019–20 season.^[1] It is currently the third-tier competition of European club handball.

Summary

Year	width=1% rowspan=33 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=28 bgcolor=ffffff		Semi Final Losers
Champion	Score	Second Place
1993–94 Details	Buxtehuder SV	22–21 23–22	Baekkelagets Oslo	Szegedi	Hidrotehnica Constanţa
1994–95 Details	Rotor Volgograd	24–19 24–20	Vasas Budapest	Ikast F.S.	Granicar Djurdjevac
1995–96 Details	Silcotub Zalău	23–15 19–27	Gjerpen IF Skien	Kuban Krasnodar	ES Besançon
1996–97 Details	Frankfurter HC	29–25 26–24	Ikast F.S.	Junkeren Bodo	Silcotub Zalău
1997–98 Details	Ikast F.S.	27–22 29–22	Frankfurter HC	Walle Bremen	AKVA Volgograd
1998–99 Details	"Napredak" Kruševac	32–18 26–19	Van Riet Nieuwegein	Nîmes	Oţelul Galaţi
1999–00 Details	Rapid CFR București	30–25 26–26	Randers	Byåsen	Osijek
2000–01 Details	Nîmes	22–18 18–16	Split Kaltenberg	FibrexNylon Săvinești	Luch Moscow
2001–02 Details	Universitatea Remin Deva	33–23 31–25	Buxtehuder SV	Gil Eanes-Lagos	Rapid CFR București
2002–03 Details	Borussia Dortmund	24–16 21–27	Selmont Baia Mare	DJK/MJC Trier	Nata AZS AWFiS Gdańsk
2003–04 Details	1. FC Nürnberg	29–23 29–33	Universitatea Remin Deva	ÍBV	Vitaral Jelfa Jelenia Góra
2004–05 Details	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	27–28 25–22	Cercle Dijon Bourgogne	Split Kaltenberg	Buxtehuder SV
2005–06 Details	Rulmentul Braşov	30–22 25–24	Tomis Constanţa	Mérignac	Valur
2006–07 Details	"Naisa" Nis	23–32 30–21	Universitatea Jolidon Cluj-Napoca	Trešnjevka Zagreb	HCM Roman
2007–08 Details	Oldenburg	31–25 29–26	Mérignac	Dunărea Brăila	ŠKP Bratislava
2008–09 Details	Nîmes	26–22 30–25	Thüringer	ProVital Blomberg-Lippe	Izmir BSB SK
2009–10 Details	Buxtehuder SV	40–28 28–26	Frisch Auf Göppingen	Vistal Gdynia	Metalurg Skopje
2010–11 Details	Mios Biganos	31–26 30–29	Muratpaşa Bld. SK	HandbalAcademie	Nîmes
2011–12 Details	H.A.C. Handball	36–27 27–30	Muratpaşa Bld. SK	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Fleury Loiret
2012–13 Details	Banik Most	20–24 26–17	Samobor	Üsküdar Bld. SK	H 65 Höör
2013–14 Details	H 65 Höör	19–21 23–21	Issy Paris	Galychanka Lviv	Mios Biganos
2014–15 Details	Mios Biganos	21–20 28–24	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	Galychanka Lviv	Le Havre
2015–16 Details	Rocasa Gran Canaria	29–25 33–29	Kastamonu Bld. GSK	EKS Start Elblag	HC Karpaty
2016–17 Details	Lokomotiva Zagreb	23–19 24–21	H 65 Höör	Virto/Quintus	DHC Sokol Poruba
2017–18 Details	MKS Lublin	22–22 27–23	Rocasa Gran Canaria	Ardeşen GSK	Lokomotiva Zagreb
2018–19 Details	Rocasa Gran Canaria	30–23 23–24	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	Quintus	Kristianstad Handboll
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[2]
2020–21 Details	CBF Málaga Costa del Sol	32–28 28–31	Lokomotiva Zagreb	width=1% rowspan=5 bgcolor=ffffff		Atlético Guardés	Yalikavaksports Club
2021–22 Details	Rocasa Gran Canaria	21–17 25–29	Costa del Sol Málaga	Galychanka Lviv	Bekament Bukovička Banja
2022–23 Details	Antalya Konyaaltı	17–23 33–20	Atlético Guardés	IUVENTA Michalovce	Atticgo Elche
2023–24 Details	Atticgo Elche	22–20 28–22	IUVENTA Michalovce	S.L. Benfica	Rocasa Gran Canaria

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner Up
	1	Rocasa Gran Canaria	3 (2015–16, 2018–19, 2021–22)	1 (2017–18)
	2	align=left	Buxtehuder SV	2 (1993–94, 2009–10)	1 (2001–02)
3	align=left	Nîmes	2 (2000–01, 2008–09)	0 (-)
	Mios Biganos	2 (2010–11, 2014–15)	0 (-)
5	HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	1 (2016–17)	1 (2020–21)
	align=left	Universitatea Remin Deva	1 (2001–02)	1 (2003–04)
	Frankfurter HC	1 (1996–97)	1 (1997–98)
	Málaga Costa del Sol	1 (2020–21)	1 (2021–22)
9	Rulmentul Braşov	1 (2005–06)	0 (-)
	Rapid CFR București	1 (1999–00)	0 (-)
	Borussia Dortmund	1 (2002–03)	0 (-)
	Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold	1 (1997–98)	0 (-)
	ŽORK Napredak Kruševac	1 (1998–99)	0 (-)
	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1 (2004–05)	0 (-)
	Naisa Niš	1 (2006–07)	0 (-)
	1. FC Nürnberg	1 (2003–04)	0 (-)
	VfL Oldenburg	1 (2007–08)	0 (-)
	Rotor Volgograd	1 (1994–95)	0 (-)
	AS Silcotub Zalău	1 (1995–96)	0 (-)
	H.A.C. Handball	1 (2011–12)	0 (-)
	Banik Most	1 (2012–13)	0 (-)
	H 65 Höör	1 (2013–14)	0 (-)
	MKS Lublin	1 (2017–18)	0 (-)
	Antalya Konyaaltı	1 (2022–23)	0 (-)
	Atticgo Elche	1 (2023–24)	0 (-)

Titles by nations

Rank	Country	Champion	Runner-up	Total finals
1	align=left		7	4	11
2	align=left		5	3	8
		5	3	8
4	align=left		4	4	8
5	align=left	/	2	0	2
6		1	3	4
		1	3	4
8		1	2	3
		1	2	3
10		1	1	2
11		1	0	1
		1	0	1
13		0	2	2
14		0	1	1
		0	1	1
		0	1	1

See also

• EHF European Cup
• Women's EHF European League
• Women's EHF Champions League

Notes and References

1. Web site: EHF Executive Committee meets at EHF EURO 2020 in Stockholm . . 2020-01-24 . 2020-03-04.
2. Web site: EHF Champions League – Latest News and Results | EHF .