The Women's EHF Cup is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It takes place every year, from September to May. It was first organized by the European Handball Federation

European Handball Federation

The European Handball Federation is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded in November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and one associated member , and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria...

 (EHF) in 1993. Teams can qualify for the EHF Cup either directly due to high ranking at their domestic league or by being eliminated at certain stages of the EHF Champions League.

Tournament structure

The EHF Cup is a knockout tournament

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

 divided into seven rounds: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Eight-finals, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final. For each round, participants are drawn into pairs. Teams play against each other in two legs, home and away, with the winner being determined by the aggregate score.

The number of teams competing at the first three rounds can vary from one season to another. The 2008/09 edition had 22 teams in Round 1, 40 in Round 2 and 32 in Round 3.

Summary

Year	Final			Semi Final Losers
	Champion	Score	Second Place
1993/94 Details	Viborg HK Viborg HK Viborg HK is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball since the beginning of the 1990s...	23-20 21-24	DVSC DVSC (Women's handball) Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian women's handball club from Debrecen, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Nicknamed Loki, the team was founded in 1948 as a department of the multi-sports club Debreceni VSC...	Valencia Urbana	CSL Dijon
1994/95 Details	DVSC DVSC (Women's handball) Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian women's handball club from Debrecen, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Nicknamed Loki, the team was founded in 1948 as a department of the multi-sports club Debreceni VSC...	22-14 22-30	Baekkelagets Oslo	Buxtehuder SV Buxtehuder SV Buxtehuder SV is a German handball team playing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and EHF Women's Champions League....	Slovan Duslo Sala
1995/96 Details	DVSC DVSC (Women's handball) Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian women's handball club from Debrecen, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Nicknamed Loki, the team was founded in 1948 as a department of the multi-sports club Debreceni VSC...	20-23 18-15	Larvik HK Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. They play in the Norwegian top league for women and they have won the Norwegian Championship thirteen times.- History :...	Valencia Urbana	Istochnik Rostov
1996/97 Details	Robit Olimpija Ljubljana	26-18 26-30	Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...	Vasas SC Vasas SC (Women's handball) Vasas-Angyalföldi Sportiskola is a Hungarian women's handball team. It is part of the Budapest-based multi-sports club Vasas SC. One of the most successful teams in the country, they have won the Hungarian championship a record 15 times and in 1982 they were also crowned as the European Champions...	HC Oţelul Galaţi HC Oţelul Galaţi HC Oţelul Galaţi is a women handball club from Galaţi, Romania, which plays in the Romanian Women's Handball League.-History:* 2001 - Year of establishment as Handbal Club "Oţelul"* 2008 - Third place in first league...
1997/98 Details	Dunaferr SE	26-22 34-27	HC SCP Banska Bystrica	HC Oţelul Galaţi HC Oţelul Galaţi HC Oţelul Galaţi is a women handball club from Galaţi, Romania, which plays in the Romanian Women's Handball League.-History:* 2001 - Year of establishment as Handbal Club "Oţelul"* 2008 - Third place in first league...	CB Elda Prestigio
1998/99 Details	Viborg HK Viborg HK Viborg HK is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball since the beginning of the 1990s...	21-24 28-21	Győri Graboplast ETO	Tertnes Idrettslag	GKS Piotrkovia
1999/00 Details	El Ferrobus Mislata	24-22 18-19	Tertnes Idrettslag	Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...	Slovan Duslo Sala
2000/01 Details	MKS Montex Lublin	28-21 24-24	Podravka Koprivnica Podravka Koprivnica Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first handball league...	DHC Slavia Praha	Zagłębie Lubin
2001/02 Details	Ikast Bording EH FC Midtjylland Håndbold FC Midtjylland Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club based in Ikast. They play in the Dame Håndbold Ligaen since 1991. In 1998, FCM won the Danish Championship...	25-30 36-23	Győri Graboplast ETO	TV Giessen Luetzellinden	Baekkelagets SK
2002/03 Details	Slagelse FH	22-27 27-20	Dunaferr SE	Cornexi Alcoa Alcoa FKC Alcoa Fehérvári Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian women's handball team based in Székesfehérvár. Founded in 1968 by the merger of Máv Előre and VT Vasas, the club achieved their biggest success in 2005, when they were crowned of the EHF Cup winners, after beating domestic rivals Győri ETO KC in the...	Motor Zaporoshje
2003/04 Details	Viborg HK A/S	27-27 37-21	Győri Graboplast ETO	Nordstrand 2000, Oslo	Vag HK
2004/05 Details	Cornexi Alcoa Alcoa FKC Alcoa Fehérvári Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian women's handball team based in Székesfehérvár. Founded in 1968 by the merger of Máv Előre and VT Vasas, the club achieved their biggest success in 2005, when they were crowned of the EHF Cup winners, after beating domestic rivals Győri ETO KC in the...	21-27 28-19	Győri ETO Kezilabda Club	HC Leipzig HC Leipzig HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Germany. They play in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen.- Honours :*Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:**Winners *German Cup:**Winners *German Supercup:...	FTC Budapest Ferencvárosi TC (Women's handball) Ferencvárosi Torna Club is a Hungarian women's handball team from Budapest, that is part of the multi-sports club Ferencvárosi TC. Nicknamed Fradi, the team plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. They are one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won...
2005/06 Details	FTC Budapest Ferencvárosi TC (Women's handball) Ferencvárosi Torna Club is a Hungarian women's handball team from Budapest, that is part of the multi-sports club Ferencvárosi TC. Nicknamed Fradi, the team plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. They are one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won...	37-36 33-32	Podravka Vegeta Podravka Koprivnica Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first handball league...	DVSC DVSC (Women's handball) Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian women's handball club from Debrecen, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Nicknamed Loki, the team was founded in 1948 as a department of the multi-sports club Debreceni VSC...	HC "Motor" Zaporozhye
2006/07 Details	SC Zvezda Zvenigorod Zvezda Zvenigorod Zvezda Zvenigorod is a Russian women's handball club from Zvenigorod, near Moscow. They won the Champions League and the Champions Trophy in 2008, and the EHF Cup in 2006/07. Between 2006 and 2011 the club was coached by Russian national team trainer Evgeny Trefilov...	25-30 32-22	Ikast Bording EH A/S FC Midtjylland Håndbold FC Midtjylland Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club based in Ikast. They play in the Dame Håndbold Ligaen since 1991. In 1998, FCM won the Danish Championship...	Orsan Elda Prestigio	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2007/08 Details	HC Dinamo Volgograd HC Dinamo Volgograd HC Dinamo Volgograd is a Russian women's handball club from Volgograd. In the 2001/2002 season, the team has set an absolute record for the Russian League winning all the matches.- Honours :* Women's EHF Cup* Women's EHF Challenge Cup...	27-25 23-20	Itxako Navarra	Dunaferr SE	Ikast Bording EH A/S FC Midtjylland Håndbold FC Midtjylland Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club based in Ikast. They play in the Dame Håndbold Ligaen since 1991. In 1998, FCM won the Danish Championship...
2008/09 Details	Itxako Navarra	27-19 25-26	HC Leipzig HC Leipzig HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Germany. They play in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen.- Honours :*Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:**Winners *German Cup:**Winners *German Supercup:...	Rulmentul Braşov Rulmentul Brasov Rulmentul Braşov is a women handball club from Braşov, Romania, which plays in Romanian Women's Handball League.-History:The team was founded on the 13th of September 1960 near the close-by bearing factory with the name Asociaţia sportivă "Rulmentul"....	HC Dinamo Volgograd HC Dinamo Volgograd HC Dinamo Volgograd is a Russian women's handball club from Volgograd. In the 2001/2002 season, the team has set an absolute record for the Russian League winning all the matches.- Honours :* Women's EHF Cup* Women's EHF Challenge Cup...
2009/10 Details	Randers HK Randers HK Randers HK is a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They compete in GuldBageren Ligaen, the top Danish league for women's teams.- History :...	20-22 30-24	Prosolia SIID	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Havre HAC
2010/11 Details	FC Midtjylland Håndbold FC Midtjylland Håndbold FC Midtjylland Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club based in Ikast. They play in the Dame Håndbold Ligaen since 1991. In 1998, FCM won the Danish Championship...	26-24 21-28	Team Tvis Holstebro Team Tvis Holstebro Team Tvis Holstebro is a handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. Currently, Team Tvis Holstebro competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The women's team is competing in the second-best tie of the Danish league system.-History:...	VfL Oldenburg VfL Oldenburg VfL Oldenburg is a German sports club from the town of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which as of 2010–11 plays in the Landesliga Weser-Ems, the 6th level of the German football league system...	HC Lada

By club

Club	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Viborg HK Viborg HK Viborg HK is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball since the beginning of the 1990s...	3	0	1994, 1999, 2004
Debreceni VSC DVSC (Women's handball) Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian women's handball club from Debrecen, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Nicknamed Loki, the team was founded in 1948 as a department of the multi-sports club Debreceni VSC...	2	1	1995, 1996	1994
FC Midtjylland Håndbold FC Midtjylland Håndbold FC Midtjylland Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club based in Ikast. They play in the Dame Håndbold Ligaen since 1991. In 1998, FCM won the Danish Championship...	2	1	2002, 2011	2007
Dunaferr NK	1	1	1998	2003
Itxako Navarra	1	1	2009	2008
Randers HK Randers HK Randers HK is a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They compete in GuldBageren Ligaen, the top Danish league for women's teams.- History :...	1	0	2010
Robit Olimpija Ljubljana	1	0	1997
El Ferrobus Mislata	1	0	2000
MKS Montex Lublin	1	0	2001
Slagelse FH	1	0	2003
Cornexi Alcoa Alcoa FKC Alcoa Fehérvári Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian women's handball team based in Székesfehérvár. Founded in 1968 by the merger of Máv Előre and VT Vasas, the club achieved their biggest success in 2005, when they were crowned of the EHF Cup winners, after beating domestic rivals Győri ETO KC in the...	1	0	2005
FTC Budapest Ferencvárosi TC (Women's handball) Ferencvárosi Torna Club is a Hungarian women's handball team from Budapest, that is part of the multi-sports club Ferencvárosi TC. Nicknamed Fradi, the team plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. They are one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won...	1	0	2006
Zvezda Zvenigorod Zvezda Zvenigorod Zvezda Zvenigorod is a Russian women's handball club from Zvenigorod, near Moscow. They won the Champions League and the Champions Trophy in 2008, and the EHF Cup in 2006/07. Between 2006 and 2011 the club was coached by Russian national team trainer Evgeny Trefilov...	1	0	2007
HC Dinamo Volgograd HC Dinamo Volgograd HC Dinamo Volgograd is a Russian women's handball club from Volgograd. In the 2001/2002 season, the team has set an absolute record for the Russian League winning all the matches.- Honours :* Women's EHF Cup* Women's EHF Challenge Cup...	1	0	2008
Győri ETO KC	0	4		1999, 2002, 2004, 2005
Podravka Koprivnica Podravka Koprivnica Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first handball league...	0	2		2001, 2006
Prosolia SIID Elda Prestigio	0	1		2010
Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing , orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athletics...	0	1		1995
Larvik HK Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. They play in the Norwegian top league for women and they have won the Norwegian Championship thirteen times.- History :...	0	1		1996
Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...	0	1		1997
HC SCP Banska Bystrica	0	1		1998
Tertnes Idrettslag	0	1		2000
HC Leipzig HC Leipzig HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Germany. They play in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen.- Honours :*Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:**Winners *German Cup:**Winners *German Supercup:...	0	1		2009
Team Tvis Holstebro Team Tvis Holstebro Team Tvis Holstebro is a handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. Currently, Team Tvis Holstebro competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The women's team is competing in the second-best tie of the Danish league system.-History:...	0	1		2011

By country

Country	Winner	Runner-up
Denmark	7	2
Hungary	5	6
Spain	2	2
Russia	2	0
Slovenia	1	0
Poland	1	0
Norway	0	3
Independent State of Croatia	0	2
Germany	0	2
Slovakia	0	1

External links

• European Handball Federation – Official website
• EHF Cup 2008/09 – Official website