2019–20 Women's EHF Cup


The 2019–20 Women's EHF Cup was the 39th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 7 September 2019.
Siófok KC were defending champions.
On 24 April 2020 EHF announced that the competition would be cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Overview

Team allocation

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
On 25 March, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Qualification stage

Round 1

There are 32 teams were participating in round 1.
The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:
Pot 1Pot 2

  • SCM Craiova
  • HC Astrakhanochka
  • TSV Bayer 04-Werkselfen
  • ESBF Besançon
  • Byåsen Handball Elite
  • DHC Slavia Prague
  • HC Gomel
  • Super Amara Bera Bera
  • Metraco Zagłębie Lubin
  • LC Brühl Handball
  • Muratpaşa BSK
  • Skuru IK
  • WAT Atzgersdorf
  • IUVENTA Michalovce
  • Azeryol HC
  • HV Quintus

  • HC Galychanka
  • KHF Istogu
  • Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan
  • AC Latsia Nicosia
  • Handball Käerjeng
  • Jomi Salerno
  • Colégio de Gaia Toyota
  • A.C. PAOK
  • ŽRK Metalurg
  • Valur
  • HIFK Handboll
  • SPONO Eagles
  • Hypo Niederösterreich
  • ŽRK Kumanovo
  • LK Zug
  • H 65 Höör

The first legs was played on 7–8 and the second legs was played on 14–15 September 2019. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.

Round 2

There were 34 teams participating in round 2. 16 teams who qualified from round 1 and 18 teams joining the draw.
The first legs were played on 12–13 October and the second legs were played on 19–20 October 2019.

Round 3

A total of 24 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 22 October 2019. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:
Pot 1Pot 2


  • Herning-Ikast Håndbold
  • København Håndbold
  • ESBF Besançon
  • Nantes Atlantique HB
  • DVSC Schaeffler
  • Váci NKSE
  • Tertnes HE
  • |CSM Corona Brașov
  • CS Măgura Cisnădie
  • HC Astrakhanochka
  • Zvezda Zvenigorod
  • Kuban

The first legs were played on 9–10 November and the second legs were played on 16–17 November 2019.

Group stage

The draw for the group phase will be held on Thursday, 21 November 2019. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points. 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 ;
  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

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarterfinals

The seedings were announced on 10 February 2020:
Pot 1Pot 2
Herning-Ikast Håndbold
Odense Håndbold
Thüringer HC
Siófok KC		 Podravka Vegeta
CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud
HC Lada
Kastamonu Bld. GSK

The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 11 February 2020. The draw determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings. Teams from the same group of the group phase could not meet in the next stage.
The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 29 February–1 March 2020, while the second leg followed one week later.

Matches

Siófok KC won 78–49 on aggregate.
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Herning-Ikast Håndbold won 57–52 on aggregate.
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Odense Håndbold won 62–61 on aggregate.
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HC Podravka Vegeta won 61–51 on aggregate.

Final four

The semi-finals first legs were scheduled on 4–5 April 2020, while the second leg was scheduled for 11–12 April 2020, but the European Handball Federation announced on 13 March 2020, that the Semi-final matches will not be held as scheduled due to the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe.
On 25 March, the EHF announced that no matches will be played before June due to the coronavirus pandemic and Women's EHF Cup is foreseen to be played in an EHF FINAL4 format in one venue over two playing days. On 24 April 2020 the matches were cancelled.

Bracket


Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Elena Mikhaylichenko HC Lada75
2 Helene Gigstad Fauske Herning-Ikast Håndbold71
3 Aslı İskit Kastamonu Bld. GSK68