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Women's EHF Challenge Cup
2017–18
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	14 October 2017–13 May 2018
Final positions
Champions	MKS Selgros Lublin
Runner-up	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Women's EHF Challenge Cup is the 21st edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for women's handball clubs, running from 14 October 2017.

Overview

Team allocation

TH: Title holders

Round 3
Boden Handboll IF	HC Lokomotiva Zagreb (TH)	SPONO Eagles	KHF Istogu
Kristianstad Handboll	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	AC Alavarium / Love Tiles	KHF Shqiponja
ŽRK Metalurg	Rincón Fertilidad Málaga	ADA CJ Barros	Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan
ŽRK Kumanovo	Virto/Quintus	AC PAOK	ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas
MKS Selgros Lublin	Maedilon / VZV	Fémina Visé	London GD Handball Club
Ardesen GSK	HC Naisa Niš	AZERYOL Handball Club	ŽRK Jedinstvo Tuzla
Zagnosspor	ŽORK Jagodina	HB Dudelange	HIFK
ATV Trofaiach	DHB Rotweiss Thun
Round 2
UHC Müllner Bau Stockerau	ŽRK Krivaja Zavidovići	HC Olimpus-85 SSSH-2	ŽRK Bor RTB

Qualification stage

Round 2

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into round 3.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ŽRK Krivaja Zavidovići	44–69	ŽRK Bor RTB	25–39	19–30
HC Olimpus-85 SSSH-2	41–83^a	UHC Müllner Bau Stockerau	20–46	21–37

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Stockerau.

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AC PAOK	54–48	ŽRK Jedinstvo Tuzla	24–17	30–31
Rincón Fertilidad Málaga	68–28^a	ŽRK Metalurg	31–14	37–14
ATV Trofaiach	39–60	ŽORK Jagodina	20–29	19–31
Fémina Visé	23–52^b	Kristianstad Handboll	13–27	10–25
HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	61–38	UHC Müllner Bau Stockerau	24–19	37–19
MKS Selgros Lublin	95–31^c	ŽRK Kumanovo	54–13	41–18
ADA CJ Barros	75–38^d	KHF Shqiponja	38–16	37–22
Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan	43–53^e	HC Naisa Niš	23–28	20–25
Boden Handboll IF	62–42	HIFK	34–21	28–21
KHF Istogu	34–76^f	Virto/Quintus	13–36	21–40
AC Alavarium / Love Tiles	55–52^g	ŽRK Bor RTB	26–26	29–26
Ardesen GSK	59–40	DHB Rotweiss Thun	36–17	23–23
Maedilon / VZV	44–64	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	26–32	18–32
ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas	74–34	London GD Handball Club	42–13	32–21
SPONO Eagles	48–58^h	Zagnosspor	28–35	20–23
HB Dudelange	31–68ⁱ	AZERYOL Handball Club	15–36	16–32

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Rincón Fertilidad Málaga.

^b Both legs were hosted by Kristianstad.

^c Both legs were hosted by MKS Selgros Lublin.

^d Both legs were hosted by ADA Colegio João Barros.

^e Both legs were hosted by HC Naisa Niš.

^f Both legs were hosted by Virto/Quintus.

^g Both legs were hosted by AC Alavarium / Love Tiles.

^h Both legs were hosted by Zagnosspor.

ⁱ Both legs were hosted by HB Dudelange.

Knockout stage

Last 16

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into quarterfinals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ŽORK Jagodina	53–60	Zagnosspor	24–34	29–26
Kristianstad Handboll	57–41^a	AZERYOL Handball Club	30–23	27–18
AC Alavarium / Love Tiles	49–75	Ardesen GSK	27–41	22–34
AC PAOK	37–70^b	HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	17–37	20–33
Virto/Quintus	74–56^c	HC Naisa Niš	35–25	39–31
Boden Handboll IF	45–50	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	26–31	19–19
ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas	48–49	Rincón Fertilidad Málaga	28–24	20–25
MKS Selgros Lublin	73–24^d	ADA CJ Barros	36–12	37–12

Notes: ^a Both legs were hosted by AZERYOL Handball Club.; ^b Both legs were hosted by HC Lokomotiva Zagreb.; ^c Both legs were hosted by Virto/Quintus.; ^d Both legs were hosted by MKS Selgros Lublin.

Quarterfinals

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into semifinals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ardesen GSK	51–51	Kristianstad Handboll	23–26	28–25
Zagnosspor	45–62^a	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	20–25	25–37
HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	53–41	Virto/Quintus	26–17	27–24
MKS Selgros Lublin	45–39^a	Rincón Fertilidad Málaga	18–19	27–20

Notes: ^a Both legs were hosted by Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE.; ^b Both legs were hosted by Rincón Fertilidad Málaga.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ardesen GSK	48–59	MKS Selgros Lublin	28–23	20–36
HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	51–51	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	26–26	25–25

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	45–49	MKS Selgros Lublin	22–22	23–27

2017–18 Women's EHF Challenge Cup