2014–15 EHF Challenge Cup

EHF Challenge Cup

2014–15
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	21 November 2014–24 May 2015
Teams	30 (Qualification stage)
Final positions
Champions	Odorheiu Secuiesc
Runner-up	ABC Braga
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The 2014–15 EHF Challenge Cup was the 18th edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, held from 30 September 2014 to 24 May 2015.

Overview

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:^[1]

• TH: Title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position

Last 16
ABC Braga (3rd)
Round 3
Pelister (4th)	ZTR Zaporizhia (3rd)	Holon (CW)	KH Prishtina (2nd)
Azoty-Puławy (4th)	ASE Doukas (3rd)	Ramat Hashron (4th)	Warrington Wolves HC (2nd)
Odorheiu Secuiesc (4th)	Poseidon Loutrakiou (4th)	HC Visé (CW)	Cambridge HC (3rd)
Benfica (4th)	GAS Kilkis (6th)	Carpi (CW)	Ruislip Eagles HC (4th)
Stord (3rd)	Ankara İl Özel İdare (2nd)	Dukla Prague (CW)	Samtredia (1st)
FyllingenBergen (4th)	BB Ankaraspor (3rd)	Põlva Serviti (2nd)	Riihimäki Cocks (1st)
Radnički Kragujevac (2nd)	HB Dudelange (3rd)	Boka (3rd)
Metaloplastika (3rd)	Red Boys Differdange (4th)	Dobrudja (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	12–23 November 2014	29–30 November 2014
Last 16	4 December 2014	14–15 February 2015	21–22 February 2015
Quarter Final	25 February 2015	14–15 March 2015	21–22 March 2015
Semi Finals		11–12 April 2015	18–19 April 2015
Finals		17 May 2015	24 May 2015

Knockout stage

Round 3						Last 16						Quarter Final						Semi Finals						Finals
Põlva Serviti	36	21	57
Carpi	24	29	53			Põlva Serviti	24	23	47
BB Ankaraspor	23	24	47			ZTR Zaporizhia	23	28	49
ZTR Zaporizhia	29	31	60									ZTR Zaporizhia	18	20	38
Odorheiu Secuiesc	35	43	78									Odorheiu Secuiesc	26	22	48
Cambridge HC	14	21	35			Odorheiu Secuiesc	33	30	63
Red Boys Differdange	33	48	81			Red Boys Differdange	20	16	36
Ankara İl Özel İdare	17	28	45															Odorheiu Secuiesc	31	27	58
Ruislip Eagles HC	22	15	37															Benfica	29	25	54
HC Visé	42	39	81			HC Visé	30	26	56
Metaloplastika	20	24	44			Azoty-Puławy	32	35	67
Azoty-Puławy	26	32	58									Azoty-Puławy	29	32	61
Benfica	33	28	61									Benfica	37	31	68
FyllingenBergen	32	25	57			Benfica	36	28	64
Boka	28	26	54			HB Dudelange	30	24	54
HB Dudelange	38	37	75																					Odorheiu Secuiesc	28	32	60
Warrington Wolves	15	22	37																					ABC Braga	32	25	57
Holon	27	24	51			Holon	28	24	52
Samtredia	25	26	51			Riihimäki Cocks	35	40	75
Riihimäki Cocks	41	38	79									Riihimäki Cocks	22	27	49
ABC Braga												ABC Braga	27	38	65
bye						ABC Braga	42	32	74
Dukla Prague	34	18	52			Dukla Prague	27	30	57
Pelister	24	24	48															ABC Braga	25	25	50
Stord	39	38	77															Stord	18	27	45
KH Prishtina	26	25	51			Stord	32	22	54
Radnički Kragujevac	34	28	62			Radnički Kragujevac	23	27	50
Poseidon Loutrakiou	21	33	54									Stord	36	24	60
Dobrudja	22	28	50									Ramat Hashron	26	26	52
Ramat Hashron	30	32	62			Ramat Hashron	29	30	59
GAS Kilkis	20	20	40			GAS Kilkis	19	27	46
ASE Doukas	23	16	39

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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
BB Ankaraspor	47–60	ZTR Zaporizhia	23–29	24–31
Radnički Kragujevac	62–54	Poseidon Loutrakiou	34–21	28–33
Red Boys Differdange	81–45^a	Ankara İl Özel İdare	33–17	48–28
Warrington Wolves HC	37–51^b	Holon	15–27	22–24
Boka	54–75^c	HB Dudelange	28–38	26–37
Samtredia	51–79^d	Riihimäki Cocks	25–41	26–38
Metaloplastika	44–58	Azoty-Puławy	20–26	24–32
Dobrudja	50–62^e	Ramat Hashron	22–30	28–32
Põlva Serviti	57–53	Carpi	36–24	21–29
Dukla Prague	52–48	Pelister	34–24	18–24
Stord	77–51	KH Prishtina	39–26	38–25
Ruislip Eagles HC	37–81^f	HC Visé	22–42	15–39
Benfica	61–57^g	FyllingenBergen	33–32	28–25
GAS Kilkis	40–39	ASE Doukas	20–23	20–16
Odorheiu Secuiesc	78–35^h	Cambridge HC	35–14	43–21

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Red Boys Differdange. ^b Both legs were hosted by Warrington Wolves HC. ^c Both legs were hosted by HB Dudelange. ^d Both legs were hosted by Riihimäki Cocks.

^e Both legs were hosted by Dobrudja. ^f Both legs were hosted by HC Visé. ^g Both legs were hosted by Benfica. ^h Both legs were hosted by Odorheiu Secuiesc.

Last 16

Seedings

Pot 1	Pot 2
GAS Kilkis Holon HB Dudelange Azoty-Puławy ABC Braga Odorheiu Secuiesc Radnički Kragujevac ZTR Zaporizhia	HC Visé Dukla Prague Põlva Serviti Riihimäki Cocks Ramat Hashron Red Boys Differdange Stord Benfica

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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ramat Hashron	59–46^a	GAS Kilkis	29–19	30–27
HC Visé	56–67	Azoty-Puławy	30–32	26–35
Odorheiu Secuiesc	63–36^b	Red Boys Differdange	33–20	30–16
Benfica	64–54^c	HB Dudelange	36–30	28–24
ABC Braga	74–57	Dukla Prague	42–27	32–30
Põlva Serviti	47–49	ZTR Zaporizhia	24–21	23–28
Stord	54–50^d	Radnički Kragujevac	32–23	22–27
Holon	52–75^e	Riihimäki Cocks	28–35	24–40

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Ramat Hashron. ^b Both legs were hosted by Odorheiu Secuiesc. ^c Both legs were hosted by Benfica.

^d Both legs were hosted by Stord. ^e Both legs will be hosted by Riihimäki Cocks

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 March and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 April March. Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into semifinals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stord	60–52	Ramat Hashron	36–26	24–26
ZTR Zaporizhia	38–48	Odorheiu Secuiesc	18–26	20–22
Riihimäki Cocks	49–65	ABC Braga	22–27	27–38
Azoty-Puławy	61–68	Benfica	29–37	32–31

Notes

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 April and the second legs were played on 19 April 2015. Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Odorheiu Secuiesc	58–54	Benfica	31–29	27–25
ABC Braga	50–45	Stord	25–18	25–27

Notes

Final

The first leg was played on 17 May 2015 and the Second Leg was played on 24 May 2015. Team listed first will play the first leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ABC Braga	57–60	Odorheiu Secuiesc	32–28	25–32

See also

• 2014–15 EHF Champions League
• 2014–15 EHF Cup

References

1. "2014/15 list of participants". europeancup.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

External links

• EHF Challenge Cup (official website)