The 2018–19 EHF Cup was the 38th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the sixth edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

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EHF Cup

2018–19
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	1 September 2018–18 May 2019
Host(s)	THW Kiel (final four)
Venue(s)	Sparkassen-Arena (final four)
Teams	59 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage)
Website	eurohandball.com
Final positions
Champions	THW Kiel
Runner-up	Füchse Berlin
Tournament statistics
MVP	Niclas Ekberg
Top scorer(s)	Magnus Bramming (100 goals)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria).^[1]

The qualification stage consists of three rounds, which are 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) qualified 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 22 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 17 July 2018. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...

Pot 1	Pot 2
RK Dubrava Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň Põlva Serviti Selfoss KH BESA Famgas OCI-Lions FC Porto Steaua București RK Gorenje Velenje RK Železničar 1949 Kadetten Schaffhausen	SG Handball West Wien GRK Varaždin Glasgow HC B.S.B. Batumi FH Hafnarfjordur Klaipėda Dragūnas Handball Käerjeng AHC Potaissa Turda RD Koper 2013 BSV Bern Alingsås HK

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The first legs were played on 1–2 and the second legs were played on 8–9 September 2018.^[2]

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SG Handball West Wien	54–55	OCI-Lions	26–25	28–30
B.S.B. Batumi	42–67 1	KH BESA Famgas	20–30	22–37
Põlva Serviti	51–53	BSV Bern	26–26	25–27
Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň	69–24 2	Glasgow HC	39–12	30–12
FC Porto	68–45	AHC Potaissa Turda	41–21	27–24
RK Železničar 1949	56–59	Handball Käerjeng	30–27	26–32
RD Koper 2013	49–56	Kadetten Schaffhausen	25–25	24–31
Selfoss	60–55	Klaipėda Dragūnas	34–28	26–27
Alingsås HK	48–51	RK Gorenje Velenje	26–23	22–28
GRK Varaždin	50–55	Steaua București	25–26	25–29
RK Dubrava	61–63	FH Hafnarfjordur	29–33	32–30

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Notes

¹ Both legs were hosted by B.S.B. Batumi.

² Both legs were hosted by Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň.

Round 2

The first legs were played on 6–7 October and the second legs were played on 13–14 October 2018. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.^[3]

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vojvodina	55–44	HV Aalsmeer	29–21	26–23
RD Ribnica	56–59	Selfoss	30–27	26–32
Handball Käerjeng	64–74	Achilles Bocholt	29–33	35–41
HC Baník Karviná	58–47 1	HC Prolet 62	26–22	32–25
Sport36-Komló	56–56 (a)	Olympiacos	34–29	22–27
RK Gorenje Velenje	47–45	Gwardia Opole	26–22	21–23
Aalborg Håndbold	60–53	Pfadi Winterthur	31–29	29–24
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	57–44 2	Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň	28–21	29–23
Drammen HK	57–53	KH BESA Famgas	37–26	20–27
OCI-Lions	52–52 (a)	Alpla HC Hard	23–23	29–29
Steaua București	48–50	Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion	25–23	23–27
HC Spartak Moscow	46–47	BSV Bern	28–23	18–24
SL Benfica	71–63 3	FH Hafnarfjordur	37–32	34–31
FC Porto	58–54	SKA Minsk	34–29	24–25
ZTR Zaporizhia	60–68	Kadetten Schaffhausen	27–30	33–38
IBV Vestmannaeyjar	49–59	Pays d'Aix Université Club	24–23	25–36

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Notes

¹ Both legs were hosted by Karviná.

² Both legs were hosted by HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța.

³ Both legs were hosted by SL Benfica.

Round 3

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 16 October 2018.^[4] The draw seeding pots were composed as follows: ^[5]

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...

Pot 1	Pot 2
RK Nexe GOG Håndbold TTH Holstebro BM Logroño La Rioja Fraikin Granollers Liberbank Cuenca Saint-Raphaël Var Handball Füchse Berlin SC Magdeburg THW Kiel TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Balatonfüredi KSE Grundfos Tatabánya KC HC Eurofarm Rabotnik KS Azoty-Puławy HK Malmö	Achilles Bocholt HC Baník Karviná Aalborg Håndbold Pays d'Aix Université Club Olympiacos Selfoss Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion OCI-Lions Drammen HK FC Porto SL Benfica HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța RK Gorenje Velenje Vojvodina BSV Bern Kadetten Schaffhausen

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The first legs were played on 17–18 November and the second legs were played on 24–25 November 2018.

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HK Malmö	50–57	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	22–23	28–34
SC Magdeburg	53–57	FC Porto	26–23	27–34
Fraikin Granollers	57–49	RK Gorenje Velenje	24–25	33–24
BM Logroño La Rioja	50–50 (a)	Kadetten Schaffhausen	26–22	24–28
KS Azoty-Puławy	60–54	Selfoss	33–26	27–28
THW Kiel	70–41	Drammen HK	34–23	36–18
Aalborg Håndbold	54–57	Füchse Berlin	31–29	23–28
Olympiacos	47–55	RK Nexe	22–25	25–30
HC Eurofarm Rabotnik	59–47	BSV Bern	29–19	30–28
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	74–69	SL Benfica	41–36	33–33
Achilles Bocholt	54–71	Liberbank Cuenca	29–34	25–37
Grundfos Tatabánya KC	58–45	OCI-Lions	31–18	27–27
HC Baník Karviná	62–66	Balatonfüredi KSE	33–34	29–32
Vojvodina	52–70	GOG Håndbold	27–32	25–38
Pays d'Aix Université Club	50–53	TTH Holstebro	25–25	25–28
Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion	59–63	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	29–36	30–27

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THW Kiel

Füchse Berlin

Hannover-Burgdorf

Granollers

Logroño

Liberbank Cuenca

GOG

Holstebro

Saint-Raphaël

RK Nexe

Eurofarm Rabotnik

Balatonfüred

Tatabánya

Azoty-Puławy

Porto

Constanța

Location of teams of the 2018–19 EHF Cup group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Green: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

The draw of the EHF Cup group stage took place on Thursday, 29 November 2018. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were 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 9–10 February, 16–17 February, 23–24 February, 2–3 March, 23–24 March and 30–31 March 2019.

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

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FÜC	SRH	LOG	BAL
1	Füchse Berlin	6	5	0	1	192	166	+26	10	Knockout stage		—	33–29	29–27	36–23
2	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	6	4	0	2	180	169	+11	8	Ranking of the second-placed teams		34–31	—	30–26	27–23
3	Logroño La Rioja	6	2	0	4	174	180	−6	4			29–34	29–28	—	29–24
4	Balatonfüredi	6	1	0	5	156	187	−31	2			24–29	27–32	35–34	—

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Source: EHF

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TAT	HAN	NEX	RAB
1	Tatabánya	6	4	1	1	172	154	+18	9	Knockout stage		—	28–25	27–28	30–27
2	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	6	3	1	2	162	144	+18	7	Ranking of the second-placed teams		27–27	—	32–22	24–21
3	Nexe	6	3	0	3	156	160	−4	6			26–29	29–25	—	23–18
4	Eurofarm Rabotnik	6	1	0	5	133	165	−32	2			21–31	17–29	29–28	—

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Source: EHF

Group C

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	HOL	DOB	LIB
1	FC Porto	6	6	0	0	196	168	+28	12	Knockout stage		—	32–29	30–27	37–26
2	TTH Holstebro	6	3	0	3	175	160	+15	6	Ranking of the second-placed teams		31–33	—	29–25	34–22
3	Dobrogea Sud Constanța	6	2	0	4	165	174	−9	4			29–35	22–28	—	34–26
4	Liberbank Cuenca	6	1	0	5	152	186	−34	2			26–29	26–24	26–28	—

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Source: EHF

Group D

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KIE	GOG	GRA	AZO
1	THW Kiel	6	6	0	0	191	144	+47	12	Knockout stage		—	37–23	34–28	26–23
2	GOG Håndbold	6	3	0	3	182	180	+2	6	Ranking of the second-placed teams		22–26	—	34–26	41–29
3	Fraikin Granollers	6	2	1	3	174	195	−21	5			22–33	34–31	—	30–29
4	Azoty-Puławy	6	0	1	5	169	197	−28	1			26–35	28–31	34–34	—

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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.

More information Pos, Grp ...

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	6	4	0	2	180	169	+11	8	Knockout stage
2	B	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	6	3	1	2	162	144	+18	7
3	C	TTH Holstebro	6	3	0	3	175	160	+15	6
4	D	GOG Håndbold	6	3	0	3	182	180	+2	6

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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

• 2018–19 EHF Champions League
• 2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup
• 2018–19 Women's EHF Cup