Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:^[1]

• TH: Title holders
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
• CW: Domestic cup winners
• CL QS: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage.

More information Third qualifying round, Second qualifying round ...

Third qualifying round
Frisch Auf Göppingen (TH)	CYEB Budakalász (4th)	KS Azoty-Puławy (3rd)	RD Koper 2013 (4th)
Füchse Berlin (4th)	BM Logroño La Rioja (3rd)	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (3rd)	Lugi HF (2nd)
SC Magdeburg (5th)	Fraikin Granollers (4th)	Ribe-Esbjerg HH (4th)	Alpla HC Hard (CL QS)
Grundfos Tatabánya KC (3rd)	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball (4th)	RD Riko Ribnica (3rd)	Tatran Prešov (CL QS)
Second qualifying round
Csurgói KK (5th)	TTH Holstebro (5th)	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța (4th)	OCI-Lions (1st)
Balatonfüredi KSE (6th)	RK Nexe Našice (2nd)	Pfadi Winterthur (2nd)	Riihimäki Cocks (CL QS)
Helvetia Anaitasuna (5th)	FC Porto (2nd)	Wacker Thun (4th)
Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc (5th)	HK Malmö (4th)	SKA Minsk (2nd)
Gwardia Opole (5th)	CSM București (2nd)	Saint Petersburg HC (2nd)
First qualifying round
HC Ohrid 2013 (3rd)	Vojvodina (1st)	Bregenz Handball (5th)	Handball Esch (1st)
RK Dubrava (3rd)	HC Dinamo Pančevo (2nd)	Olympiacos SFP (1st)	Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion (1st)
HRK Gorica (4th)	HC Dukla Praha (1st)	AC Doukas (2nd)	SSV Bozen Loacker Volksbank (1st)
SL Benfica (3rd)	Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň (2nd)	Valur FC (1st)	HC Olimpus-85 USEFS (1st)
HC Kriens-Luzern (3rd)	Achilles Bocholt (1st)	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (2nd)	Klaipėda Dragūnas (1st)
ZTR Zaporizhia (2nd)	KRAS/Volendam (2nd)	Afturelding (3rd)	RK Partizan 1949 Tivat (1st)
BSK Handball Elite (2nd)	Beykoz BLD SK (2nd)	Põlva Serviti (1st)
ØIF Arendal (4th)	SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien (3rd)	KH BESA Farm Gas (1st)

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Round 1

A total of 30 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 18 July 2017. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:^[1]

The first legs were played on 1–3 and 8–9 September and the second legs were played on 2-3 and 9–10 September 2017.^[3]

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AC Doukas	37–59	Vojvodina	13–33	24–26
KH BESA Farm Gas	52–56	Beykoz BLD SK	29–21	23–35
Klaipėda Dragūnas	71–72	RK Dubrava	36–36	35–36
HC Dukla Praha	52–61	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	27–30	25–31
Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň	50–391	Olympiacos SFP	21–21	29–17
RK Partizan 1949 Tivat	39–702	Achilles Bocholt	19–38	20–32
Valur FC	64–58	SSV Bozen Loacker Volksbank	34–27	30–31
SL Benfica	74–483	HC Dinamo Pančevo	39–20	35–28
HC Ohrid 2013	48–474	KRAS/Volendam	24–24	24–23
HC Kriens-Luzern	45–43	ZTR Zaporizhia	24–20	21–23
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS	48–845	Maccabi Srugo Rishon LeZion	20–39	28–45
Afturelding	52–55	BSK Handball Elite	25–26	27–29
Handball Esch	50–576	ØIF Arendal	24–29	25–28
SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien	57–55	Bregenz Handball	30–28	27–27
HRK Gorica	43–46	Põlva Serviti	21–21	22–25

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Round 2

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Kriens-Luzern	32–65	TTH Holstebro	16–27	16–38
Achilles Bocholt	65–72	Riihimäki Cocks	40–35	25–37
Beykoz BLD SK	48–71	HK Malmö	27–36	21–35
RK Ohrid 2013	46–811	FC Porto	20–37	26–44
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	51–462	Bækkelagets SK	24–22	27–24
Põlva Serviti	46–59	RK Nexe Našice	25–27	21–32
Limburg Lions	51–57	ØIF Arendal	25–28	26–29
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	59–59	St. Petersburg HC	32–27	27–32 (p)3
Pfadi Winterthur	61–394	RK Vojvodina	35–22	26–17
Helvetia Anaitasuna	70–49	Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzeň	40–26	30–23
SG Handball West Wien	49–59	Wacker Thun	22–27	27–32
Balatonfüredi KSE	55–415	Valur FC	27–22	28–19
CSM București	56–63	SKA Minsk	26–30	30–33
SL Benfica	49–50	Gwardia Opole	28–24	21–26
Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion	51–60	Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc	24–29	27–31
Csurgói KK	59–60	RK Dubrava	33–24	26–36

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Round 3

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CYEB Budakalász	48–61	Helvetia Anaitasuna	27–35	21–26
KS Azoty-Puławy	59–59 (a)	TTH Holstebro	30–27	29–32
SC Magdeburg	53–52	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	27–25	26–27
FC Porto	52–63	Füchse Berlin	27–30	25–33
Gwardia Opole	51–52	RD Koper 2013	30–25	21–27
Frisch Auf Göppingen	58–48	ØIF Arendal	27–27	31–21
Riihimäki Cocks	49–46	RD Riko Ribnica	24–17	25–29
Wacker Thun	40–40 (a)	Alpla HC Hard	19–17	21–23
Grundfos Tatabánya KC	46–47	Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc	25–24	21–23
Fraikin Granollers	55–46	Balatonfüredi KSE	28–21	27–25
Lugi HF	51–46	Pfadi Winterthur	29–29	22–17
HK Malmö	50–59	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	25–23	25–36
Ribe-Esbjerg HH	50–52	RK Nexe Našice	29–26	21–26
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	81–60	RK Dubrava	40–29	41–31
SKA Minsk	66–63	BM Logroño La Rioja	36–28	30–35
Tatran Prešov	47–47 (a)	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	24–21	23–26

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Draw and format

The draw of the EHF Cup group stage took place on Thursday, 30 November 2017. 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 10–11 February, 17–18 February, 24–25 February, 3–4 March, 24–25 March, and 31 March–1 April 2018.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

1. number of points in matches of all teams directly involved;
2. goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved;
3. higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved;
4. goal difference in all matches of the group;
5. higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club.

Seeding

On 27 November 2017, EHF announced the composition of the group stage seeding pots:^[4]

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MAG	BJE	MIN	PRE
SC Magdeburg	6	5	0	1	192	157	+35	10		—	33–26	35–30	36–24
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	6	3	0	3	166	167	−1	6		27–26	—	32–30	27–19
SKA Minsk	6	2	1	3	177	178	−1	5		31–33	27–26	—	34–27
Tatran Prešov	6	1	1	4	146	179	−33	3		19–29	32–28	25–25	—

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Group B

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FCH	SRH	ANA	LUG
Füchse Berlin	6	5	0	1	185	154	+31	10		—	21–26	34–23	34–25
Saint-Raphaël	6	5	0	1	183	165	+18	10		25–34	—	36–27	28–26
Helvetia Anaitasuna	6	2	0	4	174	201	−27	4		28–30	29–38	—	34–32
Lugi HF	6	0	0	6	169	191	−22	0		27–32	28–30	31–33	—

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Group C

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GÖP	NEX	KOP	RCO
Frisch Auf Göppingen	6	6	0	0	177	144	+33	12		—	30–27	31–26	33–27
RK Nexe Našice	6	4	0	2	164	152	+12	8		24–27	—	29–24	31–24
RD Koper 2013	6	1	0	5	152	168	−16	2		20–25	27–31	—	23–25
Riihimäki Cocks	6	1	0	5	143	172	−29	2		20–31	20–22	27–32	—

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Group D

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GRA	CHA	AZO	THU
Fraikin Granollers	6	4	1	1	175	157	+18	9		—	28–21	32–26	25–24
Chambéry Savoie	6	4	1	1	162	152	+10	9		30–30	—	28–22	27–22
KS Azoty-Puławy	6	2	0	4	168	179	−11	4		30–37	25–27	—	31–29
Wacker Thun	6	1	0	5	152	169	−17	2		26–23	25–29	26–34	—

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Ranking of the second-placed teams

Because the German side SC Magdeburg, the organizers of the Final 4 tournament, finished on top of their group they qualified directly to the final tournament and only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals. The ranking of the second-placed teams was determined on the basis of the team's results in the group stage.

More information Grp, Team ...

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Saint-Raphaël	6	5	0	1	183	165	+18	10
D	Chambéry Savoie	6	4	1	1	162	152	+10	9
C	RK Nexe Našice	6	4	0	2	164	152	+12	8
A	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	6	3	0	3	166	167	−1	6

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Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-final pairing was held on Tuesday 3 April at 11:00 hrs in the EHF headquarters in Vienna. The first leg was scheduled for 21 and 22 April and the second leg followed one week later.^[5]

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...

Pot 1 Frisch Auf Göppingen Fraikin Granollers Füchse Berlin

Pot 2 RK Nexe Našice Chambéry Savoie Saint-Raphaël

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saint-Raphaël	67–63	Fraikin Granollers	37–23	30–40
RK Nexe Našice	44–45	Füchse Berlin	28–20	16–25
Chambéry Savoie	54–61	Frisch Auf Göppingen	27–30	27–31

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Matches

21 April 20:45	Saint-Raphaël	37–23	Fraikin Granollers	Palais des Sports J.F. Krakowski, Saint-Raphaël, Var Attendance: 1,462 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Caucheteux, Dipanda 7	(17—10)	Coloma 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 2×

29 April 20:00	Fraikin Granollers	40–30	Saint-Raphaël	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Kouz, Zhoba (UKR)
	Resina 9	(16–15)	Karalek 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 7× 1×

Saint-Raphaël won 67–63 on aggregate.

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21 April 19:00	RK Nexe Našice	28–20	Füchse Berlin	Sportska Dvorana Kralja Tomislava, Našice Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Horváth. Marton (HUN)
	Barišić - Jaman 8	(12–9)	Lindberg, Wiede 5
	3× 7×	Report	2× 4×

28 April 19:00	Füchse Berlin	25–16	RK Nexe Našice	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Wiede 6	(14–9)	Zrnić 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Füchse Berlin won 45–44 on aggregate.

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22 April 17:00	Chambéry Savoie	27–30	Frisch Auf Göppingen	Le Phare (Chambéry), Chambéry Attendance: 2,647 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Melić, Minel 6	(11–19)	Fontaine, Schiller 6
	3× 4×	Report	1× 2×

29 April 17:30	Frisch Auf Göppingen	31–27	Chambéry Savoie	EWS Arena, Göppingen Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Fontaine, Schiller 5	(18–13)	Minel 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3× 2×

Frisch Auf Göppingen won 61–54 on aggregate.

Final four

The sixth edition of the EHF Cup Finals in 2018 was hosted by SC Magdeburg after the EHF Executive Committee decided to award the hosting rights to the German club at its meeting on 16 December in Hamburg. The tournament took place on 19 and 20 May 2018.^[6] The draw was held on 2 May 2018 in Magdeburg, Germany at 11:00.^[7][8]

	Semifinals				Final
	19 May
	Saint-Raphaël	28
					20 May
	SC Magdeburg	27
					Saint-Raphaël	25
	19 May
					Füchse Berlin	28
	Frisch Auf Göppingen	24
	Füchse Berlin	27
					Third place
					20 May
					SC Magdeburg	35
					Frisch Auf Göppingen	25

Semifinals

19 May 2018 14:45	Saint-Raphaël	28–27	SC Magdeburg	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 6,209 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Caucheteux 11	(13–13)	Musche 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

19 May 2018 17:00	Frisch Auf Göppingen	24–27	Füchse Berlin	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 6,209 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Schiller 6	(13–13)	Lindberg 9
	2× 6×	Report	3× 2×

Third place game

20 May 2018 12:45	SC Magdeburg	35–25	Frisch Auf Göppingen	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 6,209 Referees: Pandžić, Mosorinski (SRB)
	Musche 10	(16–15)	four players 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Final

20 May 2018 15:15	Saint-Raphaël	25–28	Füchse Berlin	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 6,209 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Caucheteux 8	(13–14)	Zachrisson 9
	4× 5× 1×	Report	2× 7×