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EHF European Cup
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024–25 EHF European Cup
Sport	Handball
Founded	1993
No. of teams	74 (total)
Country	Europe
Confederation	EHF members
Most recent; champion(s)	Valur; (1st title)
Most titles	CS UCM Reşiţa; (3 titles)
Level on pyramid	3
Official website	ehfec.eurohandball.com

The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Founded in 1993 as the EHF City Cup, the competition was renamed the EHF Challenge Cup in 2000 before adopting its current name in 2020.^[1]

History

Before 2000, it was called EHF City Cup. Currently, the EHF coefficient rank decides which teams have access and in which stage they enter.^{[citation needed]}

Winners

EHF City Cup

Year	Final			Semifinal losers
Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Semifinal losers
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

EHF Challenge Cup

Year	Final			Semifinal losers
Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Semifinal losers
2000–01 Details	RK Jugović Kać	27–27 26–22	Pfadi Winterthur	SSV Forst Brixen	Śląsk Wrocław
2001–02 Details	Skjern Handball	20–27 34–17	RK Pelister	Frederiksberg IF	US Ivry Handball
2002–03 Details	Skjern Handball	27–30 35–25	Filippos Verias	US Créteil Handball	IK Sävehof
2003–04 Details	IFK Skövde HK	20–21 27–24	US Dunkerque HB	HCM Constanța	Generali Pallamano Trieste
2004–05 Details	Wacker Thun	29–24 26–29	ABC/UMinho	HC Superfund Hard	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
2005–06 Details	CSA Steaua București	21–26 34–27	SC Horta	Agram-Medvescak Zagreb	BSV Bern Muri
2006–07 Details	CS UCM Reşiţa	26–26 36–36	Drammen HK	Zagłębie Lubin	Locomotiv-Polyot Cheljabinsk
2007–08 Details	CS UCM Reşiţa	28–29 26–18	Alpla Hard	Benfica	Pfadi Winterthur
2008–09 Details	CS UCM Reşiţa	25–27 25–20	CSU Bucovina Suceava	Beşiktaş JK	BSV Bern Muri
2009–10 Details	Sporting CP	27–25 27–26	MMTS Kwidzyn	RD Slovan	Bologna United
2010–11 Details	RK Cimos Koper	27–27 31–27	Benfica	RK Partizan Dunav Osiguranje	Ştiinţa Municipal Dedeman Bacău
2011–12 Details	AC Diomidis Argous	26–23 20–22	Wacker Thun	Sporting CP	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2012–13 Details	SKA Minsk	31–26 32–24	Handball Esch	IL Runar	CSU Bucovina Suceava
2013–14 Details	IK Sävehof	37–26 ^{^[A]}	RK Metaloplastika Šabac	KS Azoty-Puławy	Águas Santas
2014–15 Details	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	28–32 32–25	ABC/UMinho	Benfica	Stord
2015–16 Details	ABC/UMinho	28–22 25–29	Benfica	Dukla Prague	FyllingenBergen
2016–17 Details	Sporting CP	37–28 30–24	AHC Potaissa Turda	JMS Hurry-Up	Valur
2017–18 Details	AHC Potaissa Turda	33–22 26–27	AEK Athens	IBV Vestmannaeyjar	Madeira Andebol SAD
2018–19 Details	CSM București	22–22 26–20	Madeira Andebol SAD	HC Neva SPb	AEK Athens
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[2]

EHF European Cup

Year	Final			Semifinal losers
Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Semifinal losers
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

^A The first leg was canceled due to the flooding in Serbia, and the final was disputed in only one game.^[3]
^B Both finals held in Chalkida, Greece, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.

Performances

By teams

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
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
AEK Athens	1	2021	1	2018
Nærbø	1	2022	1	2023
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

By countries

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
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
North Macedonia	0	1	1
Poland	0	1	1