EHF Cup
2019–20
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates31 August 201924 May 2020
Teams64 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
Websiteeurohandball.com
Final positions
ChampionsCancelled
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Egypt Mohammad Sanad
(49 goals)

The 2019–20 EHF Cup was the 39th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the seventh edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[1] On 24 April 2020 EHF announced that EHF Cup would be cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Team allocation

Teams

Third qualifying round
Germany SC Magdeburg Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen France Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc Germany MT Melsungen
France HBC Nantes Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Spain Liberbank Cuenca Hungary Grundfos Tatabánya KC
Poland Gwardia Opole North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje Germany Füchse Berlin France USAM Nîmes Gard
Denmark TTH Holstebro Spain BM Logroño La Rioja Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE Croatia RK Nexe
Second qualifying round
Poland NMC Górnik Zabrze Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje Romania SCM Politehnica Timișoara Switzerland Wacker Thun
Belarus SKA Minsk Israel Hapoel Ashdod Norway ØIF Arendal Elite Iceland Selfoss
North Macedonia HC Butel Skopje France PAUC Handball Denmark Skjern Håndbold Spain CB Ademar León
Hungary Csurgói KK Poland KS Azoty-Puławy North Macedonia RK Pelister Portugal SL Benfica
First qualifying round
Croatia RK Dubrava Slovenia RD Ribnica Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Iceland FH Hafnarfjordur Russia Spartak Moscow Czech Republic SSK Talent M.A.T.Plzeň Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia
Serbia RK Vojvodina Belgium HC Achilles Bocholt Greece Olympiacos S.F.P. Austria Alpla HC Hard
Netherlands KRAS/Volendam Kosovo KH BESA Famgas Luxembourg Handball Esch Turkey Beşiktaş Aygaz
Estonia Põlva Serviti Lithuania Dragūnas Klaipėda Italy SSV Bozen Loacker United Kingdom London GD
Georgia (country) B.S.B. Batumi Montenegro RK Lovćen Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel Malta Swieqi Phoenix Handball Club
Serbia RK Metaloplastika Belgium HC Visé BM Turkey CIP Travel Antalyaspo A.Ş. Croatia RK Poreč
Sweden HK Malmö Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur Iceland Haukar Handball Austria SG Handball West Wien

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).[3][4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification First qualifying round 16 July 2019 31 August-1 September 2019 7-8 September 2019
Second qualifying round 5–6 October 2019 12–13 October 2019
Third qualifying round 15 October 2019 16–17 November 2019 23–24 November 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 28 November 2019 8–9 February 2020
Matchday 2 15–16 February 2020
Matchday 3 22–23 February 2019
Matchday 4 29 February–1 March 2020
Matchday 5 21–22 March 2020
Matchday 6 28–29 March 2020
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 31 March 2020 25–26 April 2020 2–3 May 2020
Final four 5 May 2020 23–24 May 2020

Qualification stage

The qualification stage consists of three rounds, which will be played as two-legged ties using a home-and-away system. In the draws for each round, teams are allocated into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 facing teams from Pot 2. The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) will qualify for the following round.

For each round, teams listed first will play the first leg at home. In some cases, teams agree to play both matches at the same venue.

Round 1

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 16 July 2019.[5] The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 31 August–1 September and the second legs were played on 7–8 September 2019. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KH BESA Famgas Kosovo 54–67 1 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur 24–33 30–34
Olympiacos S.F.P. Greece 60–46 Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel 30–21 30–25
HK Malmö Sweden 61–52 Russia HC Spartak Moscow 31–23 30–29
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel 57–48 2 Lithuania Dragūnas Klaipėda 34–28 23–20
RK Poreč Croatia 60–51 Netherlands KRAS/Volendam 29–23 31–28
HC Visé BM Belgium 48–56 Iceland FH Hafnarfjordur 27–27 21–29
RD Riko Ribnica Slovenia 59–48 Estonia Põlva Serviti 32–22 27–26
ZTR Zaporizhia Ukraine 78–34 3 United Kingdom London GD 39–20 39–14
CIP Travel Antalyaspor A.Ş. Turkey 40–53 Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 24–24 16–29
SSV Bozen Loacker Italy 50–51 Austria Alpla HC Hard 24–23 26–28
Beşiktaş Aygaz Turkey 49–49 (a)4 Serbia RK Metaloplastika 25–25 24–24
Haukar Handball Iceland 45–51 Czech Republic SSK Talent M.A.T. Plzeň 20–25 25–26
HC Achilles Bocholt Belgium 48–47 Austria SG Handball West Wien 26–22 22–25
Handball Esch Luxembourg 80–38 5 Georgia (country) B.S.B. Batumi 38–16 42–22
RK Vojvodina Serbia 79–52 6 Montenegro RK Lovćen 38–23 41–29
RK Dubrava Croatia 81–43 7 Malta Swieqi Phoenix Handball Club 45–22 36–21
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by KH BESA Famgas.
2 Both legs were hosted by Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
3 Both legs were hosted by ZTR Zaporizhia.
4 Both legs were hosted by Beşiktaş Aygaz.
5 Both legs were hosted by Handball Esch.
6 Both legs were hosted by RK Vojvodina.
7 Both legs were hosted by RK Dubrava.

Round 2

The first legs were played on 5–6 October and the second legs were played on 12–13 October 2019. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.[7]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SCM Politehnica Timișoara Romania 57–58 Greece Olympiacos S.F.P. 31–29 26–29
PAUC Handball France 64–46 Croatia RK Poreč 38–26 26–20
SSK Talent M.A.T. Plzeň Czech Republic 58–44 1 Israel Hapoel Ashdod 32–23 26–21
RD Riko Ribnica Slovenia 56–61 Belarus SKA Minsk 33–33 23–28
HK Malmö Sweden 64–56 Iceland Selfoss 33–27 31–29
Alpla HC Hard Austria 60–59 (p)3 Denmark Skjern Håndbold 25–26 26–25
RK Vojvodina Serbia 43–58 Spain CB Ademar León 20–28 23–30
SL Benfica Portugal 63–44 2 Croatia RK Dubrava 29–28 34–16
RK Metaloplastika Serbia 53–64 Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje 24–32 29–32
HC Butel Skopje North Macedonia 42–43 Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia 18–14 24–29
KS Azoty-Puławy Poland 57–53 Luxembourg Handball Esch 31–28 26–25
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța Romania 43–43 (a) Hungary Csurgói KK 22–24 21–19
NMC Górnik Zabrze Poland 50–48 Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion 29–26 21–22
HC Achilles Bocholt Belgium 59–52 Switzerland Wacker Thun 34–33 25–19
FH Hafnarfjordur Iceland 52–58 Norway ØIF Arendal Elite 25–30 27–28
Pfadi Winterthur Switzerland 72–37 North Macedonia RK Pelister 39–16 33–21
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Talent M.A.T. Plzeň.
2 Both legs were hosted by SL Benfica.
3 A penalty shootout – which lasted nine shots for each team – was necessary to determine the winner of the tie between ALPLA HC Hard and Skjern Handbold. ALPLA HC Hard won 9–8.

Round 3

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 15 October 2019.[8] The draw seeding pots were composed as follows: [9]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 16–17 November and the second legs were played on 23–24 November 2019.[10]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Balatonfüredi KSE Hungary 51–56 Spain CB Ademar León 30–27 21–29
SKA Minsk Belarus 45–61 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen 28–32 17–29
NMC Górnik Zabrze Poland 51–74 Germany SC Magdeburg 25–37 26–37
Pfadi Winterthur Switzerland 63–70 Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 33–36 30–34
Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc France 43–44 France PAUC Handball 20–25 23–19
Liberbank Cuenca Spain 59–50 Austria Alpla HC Hard 34–18 25–32
Grundfos Tatabánya KC Hungary 53–51 Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia 27–24 26–27
HBC Nantes France 60–59 Norway ØIF Arendal Elite 30–29 30–30
RK Nexe Croatia 54–54 (a) Portugal SL Benfica 30–26 24–28
RK Gorenje Velenje Slovenia 47–42 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 24–19 23–23
HK Malmö Sweden 53–61 Germany Füchse Berlin 27–34 26–27
MT Melsungen Germany 52–47 Greece Olympiacos S.F.P. 32–28 20–19
SSK Talent M.A.T. Plzeň Czech Republic 46–67 Denmark TTH Holstebro 25–30 21–37
BM Logroño La Rioja Spain 73–57 Belgium HC Achilles Bocholt 37–26 36–31
Gwardia Opole Poland 54–53 Poland KS Azoty-Puławy 26–24 28–29
Csurgói KK Hungary 48–54 France USAM Nîmes Gard 28–25 20–29

Group stage

The draw of the EHF Cup group stage will take place on Thursday, 28 November 2019. The 16 teams allocated into four pots will be drawn into four groups of four teams.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 8–9 February, 15–16 February, 22–23 February, 29 February–1 March, 21–22 March and 28–29 March 2020.

On 25 March 2020, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic.[11]

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:

  1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
  3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
  4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.

During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN MEL BJE GWA
1 Portugal SL Benfica 4 4 0 0 121 97 +24 8 Knockout stage 29–26 Cancelled 29–24
2 Germany MT Melsungen 4 2 0 2 118 118 0 4 Ranking of the second-placed teams Cancelled 35–33 26–21
3 Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 4 2 0 2 124 128 4 4 Eliminated 24–33 35–31 Cancelled
4 Poland Gwardia Opole 4 0 0 4 97 117 20 0 23–30 Cancelled 29–32
Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2020. Source: EHF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RNL NIM LIB HOL
1 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen 4 4 0 0 136 111 +25 8 Knockout stage 32–31 36–25 Cancelled
2 France USAM Nîmes Gard 4 2 1 1 123 117 +6 5 Ranking of the second-placed teams Cancelled 29–29 33–28
3 Spain Liberbank Cuenca 4 1 1 2 111 125 14 3 Eliminated 28–33 Cancelled 29–27
4 Denmark TTH Holstebro (E) 4 0 0 4 110 127 17 0 27–35 28–30 Cancelled
Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2020. Source: EHF
(E) Eliminated

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG NAN GOR ADE
1 Germany SC Magdeburg 4 4 0 0 123 109 +14 8 Knockout stage 29–28 32–26 Cancelled
2 France HBC Nantes 4 2 0 2 125 116 +9 4 Ranking of the second-placed teams 28–31 Cancelled 34–28
3 Slovenia Gorenje Velenje 4 2 0 2 110 115 5 4 Eliminated Cancelled 28–35 30–25
4 Spain Abanca Ademar León 4 0 0 4 103 121 18 0 27–31 Cancelled 23–26
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020. Source: EHF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FUC PAU TAT LOG
1 Germany Füchse Berlin 4 2 1 1 110 102 +8 5 Knockout stage Cancelled 27–27 33–26
2 France PAUC Handball 4 1 2 1 102 100 +2 4 Ranking of the second-placed teams 23–25 26–22 Cancelled
3 Hungary Grundfos Tatabánya KC 4 1 2 1 99 102 3 4 Eliminated Cancelled 24–24 26–25
4 Spain BM Logroño La Rioja 4 1 1 2 106 113 7 3 26–25 29–29 Cancelled
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020. Source: EHF

Ranking of the second-placed teams

The top three second-placed teams will qualify to the quarter-finals. The ranking of the second-placed teams will be determined on the basis of the team's results in the group stage.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B France USAM Nîmes Gard 4 2 1 1 123 117 +6 5 Knockout stage
2 C France HBC Nantes 4 2 0 2 125 116 +9 4
3 D France PAUC Handball 4 1 2 1 102 100 +2 4
4 A Germany MT Melsungen 4 2 0 2 118 118 0 4 Eliminated
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-final pairings was scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 31 March, in the EHF headquarters in Vienna, but due to the postponed matches of the group stage, EHF will announce any further updates accordingly. On 24 April 2020 the matches were cancelled.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

Final four

The eighth edition of the EHF Cup Finals in 2020 will be hosted by Füchse Berlin after the EHF Executive Committee decided to award the hosting rights to the German club at its meeting on 22 November 2019. The tournament was scheduled to take place at Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, on 23 and 24 May 2020, but was rescheduled to 29 and 30 August 2020.[12][13][11] On 24 April 2020 EHF announced that in agreement with the organizers, Füchse Berlin, the MEN’S EHF Cup Finals scheduled for 29 and 30 August are cancelled. The tournament will not be carried out.[2]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals

TBD Cancelled TBD

TBD Cancelled TBD

Third place game

LSF1 Cancelled LSF2

Final

WSF1 Cancelled WFF2

Top goalscorers

As of 29 February 2020
Rank Player Club Goals[14]
1 Egypt Mohammad Sanad France USAM Nîmes Gard 49
2 Denmark Magnus Bramming Denmark TTH Holstebro 44
Serbia Petar Đorđić Portugal S.L. Benfica

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.
  3. "European Cup draw to take place on 16 July". EHF European cup. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  4. "Season overview" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  5. "Besiktas face Sabac in the Men's EHF Cup qualification". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. "EHF Cup round 1". Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  7. "EHF Cup round 2". Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
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  9. "Füchse and Holstebro in pot 1 for last qualification draw". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  10. "EHF Cup round 3". Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  11. 1 2 "EHF presents feasibility study for potential re-start of European handball". eurohandball.com. 25 March 2020.
  12. "Two clubs bid to host the EHF Cup Finals 2020". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  13. "EXEC awards the EHF Cup Finals 2020 to Berlin". European Handball Federation. 22 November 2019.
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