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

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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

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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