Current season, competition or edition: 2025–26 EHF European Cup | |
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| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| No. of teams | 74 (total) |
| Country | Europe |
| Confederation | EHF members |
| Most recent champions |  RK Alkaloid(1st title) |
| Most titles |  CS UCM Reşiţa(3 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Official website | ehfec.eurohandball.com |
TheEHF European Cup is an annual men'shandball club competition organised by theEuropean Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after theEHF Champions League and theEHF European League. Founded in 1993 as theEHF City Cup, the competition was renamed theEHF Challenge Cup in 2000 before adopting its current name in 2020.[1]
Before 2000, it was called EHF City Cup. Currently, theEHF coefficient rank decides which teams have access and in which stage they enter.[citation needed]
| Year | Final | Semifinal losers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second place | |||||
| 1993–94 Details |  TUSEM Essen | 27–17 31–26 |  HK Drott |  BM Granollers |  PSG Asnieres Hand-Ball | ||
| 1994–95 Details | TV Niederwürzbach | 26–29 32–26 | Cadagua Gáldar | TUSEM Essen |  ABC/UMinho | ||
| 1995–96 Details |  Drammen HK | 22–21 27–21 | SG Hameln |  SC Pick Szeged | IFK Skövde HK | ||
| 1996–97 Details | TuS Nettelstedt | 32–19 27–23 |  KIF Kolding | Drammen HK | Sandefjord TIF | ||
| 1997–98 Details | TuS Nettelstedt | 24–22 25–23 | IFK Skövde HK | SG Wallau-Massenheim | Academia Octavio Vigo | ||
| 1998–99 Details | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 27–27 26–21 | A.D.C. Ciudad Real | TuS Nettelstedt | Drammen HK | ||
| 1999–00 Details | TV Grosswallstadt | 30–23 27–32 | BM Valladolid |  Pfadi Winterthur |  RK Sintelon | ||
| Year | Final | Semifinal losers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second place | |||||
| 2020–21 Details |  AEK Athens | 30–26 24–20[B] | Ystads |  Gorenje Velenje |  Anorthosis Famagusta | ||
| 2021–22 Details | Nærbø | 29–25 27–26 | Minaur Baia Mare | Drammen | Alingsås | ||
| 2022–23 Details |  Vojvodina | 30–23 25–23 | Nærbø | Runar Sandefjord | Alingsås | ||
| 2023–24 Details |  Valur | 30–26 32–35 | Olympiacos | Ferencvárosi | Minaur Baia Mare | ||
| 2024–25 Details | Alkaloid | 29-25 10-0 | AEK |  Izviđač | Runar | ||
| Team | Won | Years won | Runner-up | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCM Reşiţa | 3 | 2007, 2008, 2009 | ||
| Nettelstedt | 2 | 1997, 1998 | ||
 Skjern | 2 | 2002, 2003 | ||
| Sporting CP | 2 | 2010, 2017 | ||
| AEK Athens | 1 | 2021 | 2 | 2018, 2025 |
| ABC/UMinho | 1 | 2016 | 2 | 2005, 2015 |
| Skövde | 1 | 2004 | 1 | 1998 |
| Drammen | 1 | 1996 | 1 | 2007 |
 Wacker Thun | 1 | 2005 | 1 | 2012 |
| Potaissa Turda | 1 | 2018 | 1 | 2017 |
| Nærbø | 1 | 2022 | 1 | 2023 |
| RK Alkaloid | 1 | 2025 | ||
| TUSEM Essen | 1 | 1994 | ||
| Niederwürzbach | 1 | 1995 | ||
| Flensburg-Handewitt | 1 | 1999 | ||
| Großwallstadt | 1 | 2000 | ||
| Jugović Kać | 1 | 2001 | ||
| CSA Steaua București | 1 | 2006 | ||
| Cimos Koper | 1 | 2011 | ||
| Diomidis Argous | 1 | 2012 | ||
 SKA Minsk | 1 | 2013 | ||
| Sävehof | 1 | 2014 | ||
| Odorheiu Secuiesc | 1 | 2015 | ||
| CSM București | 1 | 2019 | ||
| Vojvodina | 1 | 2023 | ||
| Valur | 1 | 2024 | ||
| S.L. Benfica | 2 | 2011, 2016 | ||
| Drott | 1 | 1994 | ||
| Cadagua Gáldar | 1 | 1995 | ||
| Hameln | 1 | 1996 | ||
| Kolding | 1 | 1997 | ||
| Ciudad Real | 1 | 1999 | ||
| BM Valladolid | 1 | 2000 | ||
| Pfadi Winterthur | 1 | 2001 | ||
| Eurofarm Pelister | 1 | 2002 | ||
| Filippos Verias | 1 | 2003 | ||
| US Dunkerque HB | 1 | 2004 | ||
| SC Horta | 1 | 2006 | ||
 Alpla Hard | 1 | 2008 | ||
| Bucovina Suceava | 1 | 2009 | ||
 Kwidzyn | 1 | 2010 | ||
 Handball Esch | 1 | 2013 | ||
| RK Metaloplastika Šabac | 1 | 2014 | ||
| Madeira Andebol | 1 | 2019 | ||
| Ystads | 1 | 2021 | ||
| Minaur Baia Mare | 1 | 2022 | ||
| Olympiacos | 1 | 2024 | ||
| Nation | Titles | Runners-up | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Germany | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Portugal | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Greece | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Sweden | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Norway | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
