2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup

Women's EHF Challenge Cup

2014–15
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	14 November 2014– May 2015
Administrator	European Handball Federation
Teams	30 (Qualification stage)
Final positions
Champions	Mios Biganos
Runner-up	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup was the 18th edition of the European Handball Federation's fourth-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 14 November 2014 to 13 May 2015. Mios Biganos won the tournament.^[1]

Overview

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:^[2]

• TH: Title holders
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position

Last 16
Le Havre (3rd)
Round 3
Mios Biganos (4th)	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin (4th)	Juve Lis (6th)	KHF Kosova (2nd)
Ardeşen GSK (3rd)	Energa AZS Koszalin (5th)	Amyntas Amyntaiou (4th)	Goražde (3rd)
İzmir BSB (4th)	DOS Emmen (3rd)	M. Alexandros Giannitson (5th)	ABU Baku (1st)
Naisa Niš (4th)	Virto/Quintus (4th)	Ormi Patras (6th)	HC Holon (2nd)
ŽRK Knjaz Miloš (5th)	Sokol Poruba (3rd)	Gorodnichanka (3rd)	Thames HC (2nd)
Crvena zvezda (6th)	HC Galychanka (2nd)	DHB Rotweiss Thun ( )	HIFK (1st)
Trešnjevka (3rd)	Colégio de Gaia (4th)	Yellow Winterthur ( )
Zelina (4th)	JAC Alcanena (5th)	Fram (1st)

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Round 3	22 July 2014	15–16 November 2014	22–23 November 2014
Last 16	25 November 2014	7–8 February 2015	14–15 February 2015
Quarter-final	17 February 2015	7–8 March 2015	14–15 March 2015
Semi-finals		4–5 April 2015	11–12 April 2015
Final		2–3 May 2015	9–10 May 2015

Qualification stage

Round 3

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into last 16.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Naisa Niš	74–40^a	Thames HC	37–20	37–20
Ardeşen GSK	65–58^b	Energa AZS Koszalin	34–27	31–31
Ormi Patras	33–45^c	Colégio de Gaia	18–24	15–21
Fram	79–32^d	M. Alexandros Giannitson	43–16	36–16
Crvena zvezda	52–54^e	ABU Baku	29–31	23–23
DOS Emmen	59–61	Mios Biganos	28–29	31–32
Virto/Quintus	41–51	HC Galychanka	18–24	23–27
JAC-Alcanena	78–40^f	Goražde	40–15	38–25
Gorodnichanka	66–43	İzmir BSB	36–23	30–20
Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	74–38	HIFK	40–21	34–17
Amyntas Amyntaiou	53–42^g	HC Holon	28–21	25–21
Sokol Poruba	72–37^h	Juve Lis	35–19	37–18
DHB Rotweiss Thun	34–40	Yellow Winterthur	16–17	18–23
KHF Kosova	37–91	Zelina	20–45	17–46
Trešnjevka	47–54^i	Knjaz Miloš	22–27	25–27

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Naisa Niš. ^b Both legs were hosted by Ardeşen GSK. ^c Both legs were hosted by Colégio de Gaia. ^d Both legs were hosted by Fram. ^e Both legs were hosted by Crvena zvezda.

^f Both legs were hosted by JAC-Alcanena. ^g Both legs were hosted by Amyntas Amyntaiou. ^h Both legs were hosted by Sokol Poruba. ^i Both legs were hosted by Knjaz Miloš.

Knockout stage

	Last 16						Quarter-final						Semi-finals						Final
	Ardeşen GSK	32	28	60
	Zelina	29	30	59
							Ardeşen GSK	31	26	57
							Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	28	31	59
	JAC-Alcanena	22	21	43
	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	33	26	59
													Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	29	25	54
													HC Galychanka	28	21	49
	Naisa Niš	28	22	50
	Fram	32	17	49
							Naisa Niš	22	20	42
							HC Galychanka	28	27	55
	Amyntas Amyntaiou	11	16	27
	HC Galychanka	26	36	62
																			Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	20	24	44
																			Mios Biganos	21	28	49
	Colégio de Gaia	24	29	53
	Sokol Poruba	28	27	55
							Sokol Poruba	24	22	46
							Mios Biganos	31	24	55
	Yellow Winterthur	18	16	34
	Mios Biganos	34	28	62
													Mios Biganos	21	38	59
													Le Havre	28	26	54
	ABU SC Baku	28	28	56
	Knjaz Miloš	37	27	64
							Knjaz Miloš	25	24	49
							Le Havre	33	26	59
	Le Havre	27	32	59
	Gorodnichanka	18	13	31

Last 16

Seedings

Pot 1	Pot 2
Sokol Poruba Le Havre Mios Biganos Pogoń Baltica Szczecin Naisa Niš Knjaz Miloš Ardeşen GSK HC Galychanka	ABU SC Baku Gorodnichanka Zelina Amyntas Amyntaiou Fram Colégio de Gaia JAC-Alcanena Yellow Winterthur

Matches

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into quarter finals.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JAC-Alcanena	43–59^a	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	22–33	21–26
ABU SC Baku	56–64^b	Knjaz Miloš	28–37	28–27
Naisa Niš	50–49^c	Fram	28–32	22–17
Ardeşen GSK	60–59^d	Zelina	32–29	28–30
Amyntas Amyntaiou	27–62	HC Galychanka	11–26	16–36
Yellow Winterthur	34–62^e	Mios Biganos	18–34	16–28
Le Havre	59–31^f	Gorodnichanka	27–18	32–13
Colégio de Gaia	53–55^g	Sokol Poruba	24–28	29–27

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by JAC-Alcanena. ^b Both legs were hosted by Knjaz Miloš. ^c Both legs were hosted by Naisa Niš. ^d Both legs were hosted by Ardeşen GSK.

^e Both legs were hosted by Mios Biganos. ^f Both legs were hosted by Le Havre. ^g Both legs were hosted by Colégio de Gaia.

Quarter-final

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into semi finals.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ardeşen GSK	57–59^a	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	31–28	26–31
Sokol Poruba	46–55	Mios Biganos	24–31	22–24
Knjaz Miloš	49–59	Le Havre	25–33	24–26
Naisa Niš	42–55^b	HC Galychanka	22–28	20–27

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Ardeşen GSK.

^b Both legs were hosted by Galytchanka.

Semi-finals

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into the Finals.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	54–49	HC Galychanka	29–28	25–21
Mios Biganos	59–54	Le Havre	21–28	38–26

Final

Team listed first played the first leg at home.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	44–49	Mios Biganos	20–21	24–28

See also

• 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League
• 2014–15 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup
• 2014–15 Women's EHF Cup

References

1. Results - EHF
2. "2014/15 list of participants". europeancup.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 28 October 2014.

External links

• Women's EHF Challenge Cup (official website)