2014–15 EHF Cup

Handball competition October 2014 EHF Cup 2014–15 Max-schmeling-halle berlin.jpg The Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, venue of the Final four tournament Handball 5 September 2014 17 May 2015 69 (qualification stage)16 (group stage)7 (knockout stage) GER Füchse Berlin (1st title) GER HSV Hamburg 58 FRA Kentin Mahé SLO Staš Skube (81 goals) 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 EHF Cup was the 34th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the third edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. Overview Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:2014/15 EHF Cup clubs http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2014-15/clubs eurohandball.com European Handball Federation (EHF) 25 October 2014 TH: Title holders CW: Cup winners CR: Cup runners-up 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position ECL: Transferred from the EHF Champions League QS: Losers from the qualification tournaments Round 3GER Füchse Berlin (CW)ESP Huesca (4th)SVK Tatran Prešov (ECL QS)SRB Vojvodina (ECL QS)GER HSV Hamburg (4th)SLO Gorenje (2nd)POR Porto (ECL QS)AUT Alpla HC Hard (ECL QS)ESP Fraikin Granollers (3rd)RUS St. Petersburg (2nd)ROU HCM Constanța (ECL QS)NOR Haslum HK (ECL QS)Round 2GER MT Melsungen (6th)DEN SønderjyskE (5th)SUI Pfadi Winterthur (2nd)NOR Elverum (1st)ESP Ademar León (5th)SLO Maribor Branik (3rd)CRO Nexe Našice (2nd)UKR Portovik (2nd)FRA Nantes (4th)HUN Balatonfüred (3rd)BLR SKA Minsk (2nd)NED Targos Bevo HC (ECL QS)FRA Fenix Toulouse (5th)HUN Tatabánya (CR)ROU SMD Bacău (2nd)ITA Junior Fasano (ECL QS)DEN Skjern (3rd)RUS GK Permskie Medvedi (CW)SWE Eskilstuna Guif (3rd)BEL Initia Hasselt (ECL QS)DEN Tvis Holstebro (4th)RUS Kaustik Volgograd (4th)POR Sporting CP (2nd)Round 1HUN Orosháza (7th)ROU Potaissa Turda (3rd)SVK Topoľčany (2nd)MNE Lovćen (1st)RUS Dinamo Astrakhan (5th)SWE IFK Kristianstad (4th)SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec (3rd)ISL ÍBV (1st)SUI Kriens-Luzern (3rd)SRB Železničar 1949 (CW)AUT Bregenz (CW)ISL Haukar (2nd)SUI BSV Bern Muri (4th)GRE Diomidis Argous (1st)NED OCI-Lions (2nd)LTU Dragūnas Klaipėda (1st)CRO GRK Varaždin 1930 (3rd)TUR Nilüfer Belediyespor (CW)NED KRAS/Volendam (3rd)Kosovo KH BESA Famiglia (1st)CRO Dubrava (4th)LUX Handball Käerjeng (1st)BEL Achilles Bocholt (2nd)MDA HC Olimpus-85 USEFS (1st)MKD Strumica (3rd)LUX Handball Esch (2nd)ITA SSV Bozen Loacker (2nd)GBR London GD (1st)POL NMC Górnik Zabrze (3rd)ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)CZE Talent M.A.T. Plzeň(1st)BLR HC Gomel (3rd)ISR Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2nd)EST HC Kehra (1st) Round and draw dates All draws were held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.2014/2015 Men's EHF Cup competition system http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/1_ehf_main/3_download_pdf/Final_MEHF_System_201415.pdf eurohandball.com EHF 1 December 2014 15 July 2014 PDF PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingQualification round 122 July 20146–7 September 201413–14 September 2014Qualification round 211–12 October 201418–19 October 2014Qualification round 321 October 201422–23 November 201429–30 November 2014Group stageMatchday 14 December 201414–15 February 2015Matchday 221–22 February 2015Matchday 328 February–1 March 2015Matchday 47–8 March 2015Matchday 514–15 March 2015Matchday 621–22 March 2015Knockout stageQuarterfinal24 March 201511–12 April 201518–19 April 2015Final 4(Berlin)Semifinal21 April 201516 May 2015Final17 May 2015 Qualification stage The qualification stage consisted of three rounds, which were played as two-legged ties using a home-and-away system. In the draws for each round, teams were allocated into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 facing teams from Pot 2. The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) qualified for the following round. For each round, teams listed first played the first leg at home. In some cases, teams agreed to play both matches at the same venue. Round 1 A total of 34 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 22 July 2014. The first legs were played on 6–7 September and the second legs were played on 13–14 September 2014.Draw of the Men's EHF Cup http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2014-15/article/20007/Draw+of+the+Men%E2%80%99s+EHF+Cup eurohandball.com EHF 30 November 2014 22 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141205091242/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2014-15/article/20007/Draw+of+the+Men%E2%80%99s+EHF+Cup 5 December 2014 dead Achilles Bocholt BEL 59–63 Železničar 1949 SRB 31–30 28–33 Bregenz AUT 64–50a Dragūnas Klaipėda LTU 28–24 36–26 Diomidis Argous GRC 36–60 IFK Kristianstad SWE 19–30 17–30 HC Sporta Hlohovec SVK 56–48 Nilüfer Belediyespor TUR 35–25 21–23 Lovćen MNE 47–67b HC Kriens-Luzern SUI 22–30 25–37 KRAS/Volendam NED 52–55 Topoľčany SVK 29–32 23–23 Dubrava CRO 55–63 GRK Varaždin 1930 CRO 26–30 29–33 London GD GBR 30–72c OCI-Lions NED 18–28 12–44 HC Olimpus-85 USEFS MDA 56–62d Orosháza HUN 28–34 28–28 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 55–67e Potaissa Turda ROM 25–32 30–35 ÍBV ISL 50–57f Maccabi Rishon LeZion ISR 25–30 25–27 Talent M.A.T. Plzeň CZE 50–43g SSV Bozen Loacker ITA 26–26 24–17 BSV Bern Muri SUI 55–38 HC Gomel BLR 29–15 26–23 Haukar ISL 53–54 Dinamo Astrakhan RUS 27–29 26–25 KH BESA Famiglia Kosovo 63–55h HC Kehra EST 31–32 32–23 NMC Górnik Zabrze POL 70–52 Strumica MKD 36–25 34–27 Handball Käerjeng LUX 48–59 Handball Esch LUX 23–34 25–25 |} Notes a Both legs were hosted by Bregenz. b Both legs were hosted by Krienz-Luzern. c Both legs were hosted by OCI-Lions. d Both legs were hosted by Orosháza. e Both legs were hosted by Potaissa Turda. f Both legs were hosted by ÍBV. g Both legs were hosted by Talent M.A.T. Plzeň. h Both legs were hosted by BESA Famiglia. Round 2 A total of 40 teams entered the draw for the second qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 22 July 2014. Among these teams were the fourth-placed teams from the 2014–15 EHF Champions League qualification tournaments (Pot 1) and the 17 winners of the previous round (Pot 2).Men's EHF Cup seedings (Round 1 & 2) http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/1_ehf_main/3_download_pdf/MEHF_1_2.pdf PDF eurohandball.com EHF 30 November 2014 The first legs were played on 11–12 October and the second legs were played on 18–19 October 2014. Eskilstuna Guif SWE 55–52 SønderjyskE DEN 29–27 26–25 SKA Minsk BLR 64–63 NMC Górnik Zabrze POL 34–30 30–33 SMD Bacău ROU 62–55a OCI-Lions NED 34–29 28–26 KH BESA Famiglia Kosovo 51–83b Nexe Našice CRO 25–40 26–43 Balatonfüred HUN 46–43 Dinamo Astrakhan RUS 21–23 25–20 Bregenz AUT 59–72 Skjern DEN 27–36 32–36 Nantes FRA 72–53 GRK Varaždin 1930 CRO 42–27 30–26 Topoľčany SVK 59–49 Targos Bevo HC NED 32–25 27–24 Tvis Holstebro DEN 71–59 Kriens-Luzern SUI 35–23 36–36 Pfadi Winterthur SUI 65–55 Železničar 1949 SRB 35–26 30–29 Kaustik Volgograd RUS 20–0 Portovik UKR 10–0 10–0 Sporting CP POR 62–57 HC Sporta Hlohovec SVK 34–24 28–33 Maribor Branik SVN 50–61 IFK Kristianstad SWE 26–25 24–36 Junior Fasano ITA 53–67 Potaissa Turda ROU 27–28 26–39 BSV Bern Muri SUI 51–67 Ademar León ESP 30–38 21–29 Handball Esch LUX 49–50c Tatabánya HUN 24–25 25–25 Talent M.A.T. Plzeň CZE 48–55 Permskie Medvedi RUS 23–25 25–30 MT Melsungen GER 57–53 Fenix Toulouse FRA 34–27 23–26 Initia Hasselt BEL 46–56 Orosháza HUN 25–26 21–30 Elverum NOR 65–52d Maccabi Rishon LeZion ISR 36–28 29–24 |} Notes a Both legs were hosted by SMD Bacău. b Both legs were hosted by Nexe Našice. c Both legs were hosted by Handball Esch. d Both legs were hosted by Elverum. Round 3 A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 21 October 2014. Among these teams were the runners-up and third-placed teams from the 2014–15 EHF Champions League qualification tournaments (Pot 1) and the 20 winners of the previous round.Big names await their EHF Cup fate http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2014-15/article/20422/Big+names+await+their+EHF+Cup+fate eurohandball.com EHF 30 November 2014 21 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141205091236/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2014-15/article/20422/Big+names+await+their+EHF+Cup+fate 5 December 2014 dead The first legs were played on 11–12 October and the second legs were played on 18–19 October 2014. The 16 winners qualified for the group stage.Hamburg face Kristianstad, while Füchse meet Nantes in Round 3 http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2014-15/article/20425/Hamburg+face+Kristianstad%2C+while+F%C3%BCchse+meet+Nantes+in+Round+3 eurohandball.com EHF 30 November 2014 21 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141205091238/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2014-15/article/20425/Hamburg+face+Kristianstad%2C+while+F%C3%BCchse+meet+Nantes+in+Round+3 5 December 2014 dead Porto POR 54–52 Ademar León ESP 29–24 25–28 Tvis Holstebro DEN 61–55 SMD Bacău ROU 32–27 29–28 Nexe Našice CRO 58–46 Potaissa Turda ROU 35–20 23–26 Füchse Berlin GER 46–46 (a) Nantes FRA 23–18 23–28 Kaustik Volgograd RUS 57–64 Haslum HK NOR 31–28 26–36 MT Melsungen GER 56–50 Tatran Prešov SVK 31–24 25–26 IFK Kristianstad SWE 55–55 (a) HSV Hamburg GER 27–29 28–26 Alpla HC Hard AUT 49–52 Balatonfüred HUN 31–26 18–26 HCM Constanța ROU 57–50 Elverum NOR 27–21 30–29 Tatabánya HUN 47–54 St. Petersburg RUS 23–22 24–32 Topoľčany SVK 51–60 Pfadi Winterthur SUI 26–28 25–32 Eskilstuna Guif SWE 55–50 Huesca ESP 32–24 23–26 Sporting CP POR 50–50 (a) Fraikin Granollers ESP 27–25 23–25 Permskie Medvedi RUS 63–76 Gorenje SLO 34–37 29–39 Skjern DEN 72–45 Orosháza HUN 40–20 32–25 Vojvodina SRB 52–50 SKA Minsk BLR 27–22 25–28 |} Group stage Europe 500 right Location of teams of the 2014–15 EHF Cup group stage.8px Red: Group A; 8px Green: Group B; 8px Blue: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D. Europe 52.516667 13.383333 Füchse Blue_pog.svg Europe 53.565278 10.001389 HSV Europe 51.133333 9.55 Melsungen left Yellow_pog.svg Europe 41.616667 2.3 Granollers left Green_pog.svg Europe 55.95 8.5 Skjern left Blue_pog.svg Europe 56.357222 8.615278 Holstebro Green_pog.svg Europe 46.3625 15.114444 Gorenje left Europe 46.95 17.883333 Balatonfüred Yellow_pog.svg Europe 59.95 30.3 St. Petersburg Green_pog.svg Europe 47.5 8.75 Pfadi left Europe 45.49 18.09 Nexe left Yellow_pog.svg Europe 44.173333 28.638333 Constanța left Green_pog.svg Europe 59.366389 16.508333 Guif left Yellow_pog.svg Europe 41.162142 -8.621953 Porto Blue_pog.svg Europe 59.921944 10.571389 Haslum top Europe 45.25 19.85 Vojvodina bottom Blue_pog.svg 2014–15 EHF Cup group stage Draw and format The draw of the EHF Cup group phase took place on Thursday, 4 December 2014, at 11:00 CET. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were drawn into four groups of four teams. The country protection rule was applied, i.e. two clubs from the same country could not face each other in the same group.Hamburg, Melsungen, FC Porto and Constanta in Pot 1 http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2014-15/article/20743/Hamburg%2C+Melsungen%2C+FC+Porto+and+Constanta+in+Pot+1 eurohandball.com EHF 2 December 2014 1 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150217050636/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2014-15/article/20743/Hamburg%2C+Melsungen%2C+FC+Porto+and+Constanta+in+Pot+1 17 February 2015 dead In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 14–15 February, 21–22 February, 28 February – 1 March, 7–8 March, 14–15 March, and 21–22 March 2015. If Füchse Berlin, as the organiser of the Final 4 tournament, win their group or finish among top three second-ranked teams, they will receive a direct qualification to the Final 4 tournament. If the German side wins their group then the other three group winners and the three best second ranked team will qualify for the quarter-finals. If the Germans finish among the top three second-ranked teams, the quarter-finals will consist of four group winners and two best second-ranked teams. If Füchse Berlin finish as the worst second-ranked team, they will have to play the quarter-final match. Should the German club rank on the third or fourth position in their group, they will be out of the competition, but they will still organize the Final 4 tournament. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):2014/2015 Men's EHF Cup Regulations http://ebook.eurohandball.com/2014-regulations-EHFCUPM/EHFCUPM/2014_15_EHFC_Regulationsfinal_FINAL.pdf 18 PDF EHF 2 December 2014 number of points in matches of all teams directly involved; goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved; higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved; goal difference in all matches of the group; higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group; If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club. Seeding On 1 December 2014, EHF announced the composition of the group phase seeding pots. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 GER HSV Hamburg ESP Fraikin Granollers GER Füchse Berlin CRO Nexe Našice GER MT Melsungen HUN Balatonfüred RUS St. Petersburg DEN Skjern POR Porto NOR Haslum HK SLO Gorenje DEN Tvis Holstebro ROU HCM Constanța SRB Vojvodina SWE Eskilstuna Guif SUI Pfadi Winterthur Group A Group A yes Group B Group B yes Group C Group C yes Group D Group D yes Ranking of the second-placed teams The ranking of the second-placed teams was carried out on the basis of the team's results in the group stage. Because the German side Füchse Berlin, the organizers of the Final 4 tournament, finished on top of their group they qualified directly to the final tournament and only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals. main WDL Q 2 SKJ DEN Skjern Håndbold GOR SLO Gorenje GUI SWE Eskilstuna Guif GRA ESP Fraikin Granollers C 5 0 1 164 147 A 4 0 2 192 160 D 3 2 1 165 156 B 3 1 2 159 154 #ccffcc A A A complete Knockout stage 2014–15 EHF Cup knockout stage Quarter-finals Draw and format Because the hosts of the Final 4 tournament, Füchse Berlin, finished the group stage among the group winners, they have clinched the direct ticket to the final weekend and decided that only three quarter-finals will be played for the remaining spots in the final tournament.http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/men/2014-15/article/21873/Journey+to+Berlin+leads+through+Vienna Journey to Berlin leads through Vienna 22 March 2015 23 March 2015 EHF official website https://web.archive.org/web/20150326013824/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/men/2014-15/article/21873/Journey+to+Berlin+leads+through+Vienna 26 March 2015 dead The draw of the EHF Cup quarter-finals took place on Tuesday 24 March 2015 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Six teams were positioned into two pots with the country protection rule not applied: two clubs from the same country could face each other in the quarter-finals. However, teams from the same group could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The first pot contained the three group winners and the second pot contained the top three second-placed teams. In the quarter-finals, teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the teams from second pot playing the first leg at home.http://www.eurohandball.com/article/018927/Montpellier+face+Nantes+in+all-French+quarter-final Montpellier face Nantes in all-French quarter-final 1 April 2014 2 April 2014 EHF official website The first leg matches were played over 11–12 April, and the second leg matches were played over 18–19 April. auto Pot 1 GER HSV Hamburg DEN Team Tvis Holstebro GER MT Melsungen Pot 2 SLO Gorenje DEN Skjern Håndbold SWE Eskilstuna Guif Eskilstuna Guif SWE 51–53 HSV Hamburg GER 29–26 22-27 2 Skjern Håndbold DEN 48–48 MT Melsungen GER 25–20 23-28 1 Gorenje SLO 59–57 Team Tvis Holstebro DEN 28–27 31-30 1 |} Final four The tournament was played at the 8,700 capacity Max-Schmeling-Halle in the German capital Berlin, the home of Füchse Berlin. http://www.eurohandball.com/article/18175 Official contract for EHF Cup Finals signed European Handball Federation official website 5 December 2013 8 December 2013 16 May SLO Gorenje 24 GER Füchse Berlin 27 16 May DEN Skjern Håndbold 23 GER HSV Hamburg 27 17 May GER Füchse Berlin 30 GER HSV Hamburg 27 17 May SLO Gorenje 22 DEN Skjern Håndbold 27 Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals1 SLO Staš Skube SLO Gorenje812 FRA Kentin Mahé GER HSV Hamburg 69 3 SLO Mario Šoštarič SLO Gorenje584 GER Adrian Pfahl GER HSV Hamburg 55 5 SWE Viktor Östlund SWE Eskilstuna Guif54 6 DEN Michael Damgaard DEN Tvis Holstebro517 DEN Patrick Wiesmach DEN Tvis Holstebro49 SWE Daniel Petterson SWE Eskilstuna Guif SWE Mathias Tholin SWE Eskilstuna Guif10 DEN Morten Balling DEN Skjern48 See also 2014–15 EHF Champions League 2014–15 EHF Challenge Cup References External links EHF Cup (official website) Cup Cup Category:EHF Cup seasons