1997–98 EHF Women's Champions League

The 1997–98 EHF Women's Champions League was the fifth edition of the modern era of the 1961-founded competition for European national champions women's handball clubs, running from 4 October 1997 to 16 May 1998. Hypo Niederösterreich defeated defending champion Mar Valencia in the final[1] to win its seventh title.[2]

Qualifying round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd
Madeira 32–74 SPR Lublin 13–36 19–38
Viborg HK 56–48 Egle Vilnius 30–22 26–26
Hapoel Petah Tikva 31–95 Podravka Koprivnica 18–50 13–45
Giessen-Lützellinden 35–47 HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 25–20 10–27
Fémina Visé 34–70 Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea 18–32 16–38
Budućnost Podgorica 66–58 HC Ostrava 34–26 32–32
Gjorce Petrov 77–48 Slovan Duslo Sala 40–22 37–26
PF Rimini 43–43 Anagennisi Artas 22–18 21–25
Swift Roermond 40–53 Istochnik Rostov 21–25 19–28
Brühl 46–62 Larvik HK 25–30 21–32
Krim Ljubljana 67–52 YKM Istanbul 33–27 34–25
Politechnik Minsk 41–53 Amadeo Tortajada 24–32 17–21
ASPTT Metz 71–29 Volan Sofia 36–15 35–14
Kefalovrysos Kythreas 16–151 Ferencvárosi TC 7–69 9–82

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDorg Pts
Podravka Koprivnica 6 6 0 0 170 134 +36 12
HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 6 2 1 3 127 142 −15 5
SPR Lublin 6 2 0 4 156 163 −7 4
Istochnik Rostov 6 1 1 4 135 149 −14 3

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDorg Pts
Mar Valencia 6 6 0 0 189 138 +51 12
Krim Ljubljana 6 3 0 3 162 170 −8 6
Ferencvárosi TC 6 1 1 4 147 159 −12 3
ASPTT Metz 6 1 1 4 135 166 −31 3

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDorg Pts
Gjorce Petrov 6 5 0 1 178 149 +29 10
Budućnost Podgorica 6 4 0 2 172 169 +3 8
Larvik HK 6 3 0 3 165 150 +15 6
Amadeo Tortajada 6 0 0 6 131 178 −47 0

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDorg Pts
Viborg HK 6 4 0 2 141 121 +20 8
Hypo NÖ 6 4 0 2 141 125 +16 8
Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea 6 3 0 3 138 124 +14 6
PF Rimini 6 1 0 5 121 171 −50 2

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd
Krim Ljubljana 48–48 Podravka Koprivnica 28–23 20–25
Hypo NÖ 40–33 Gjorce Petrov 26–12 14–21
Budućnost Podgorica 66–57 Viborg HK 39–30 27–27
HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 47–65 Mar Valencia 21–33 26–32

Semifinals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd
Podravka Koprivnica 36–38 Hypo NÖ 17–18 19–20
Budućnost Podgorica 54–79 Mar Valencia 26–40 28–39

Final

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd
Hypo NÖ 56–47 Mar Sagunto 28–21 28–26

References

  1. ^ Results Archived 2014-04-20 at the Wayback Machine in the European Handball Federation's website
  2. ^ List of finals in the-sports.org