2017–18 Women's EHF Cup#Round 1
{{Short description|European handball tournament}}
{{Infobox sport tournament
| name = Women's EHF Cup
| year = 2017–18
| image =
| caption =
| sport = Handball
| location =
| start_date = {{nowrap|8 September 2017}}
| end_date = {{nowrap|11 May 2018}}
| administrator =
| tournament_format =
| host =
| venues =
| teams = 48+6 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
| purse =
| champions = {{flagicon|ROU}} SCM Craiova
| runners-up1 = {{flagicon|NOR}} Vipers Kristiansand
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|NOR}} Linn Jørum Sulland
(78 goals)
| previous = 2016–17
| next = 2018–19
}}
The 2017–18 Women's EHF Cup was the 37th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 8 September 2017.
SCM Craiova defeated Vipers Kristiansand 52–51 in the final to win their first title.
Overview
=Team allocation=
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:{{cite web|title=2017/2018 Women's EHF Cup – Seeding list|url=http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/1_ehf_main/3_download_pdf/FINAL_WEHF_System.pdf|publisher=European Handball Federation|date=10 July 2017|access-date=25 October 2017}}
- TH: Title holders
- CWC: EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup holders
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
- CW: Domestic cup winners
- CR: Domestic cup runners-up
- CL QT: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage.
- CL Group: Losers from the Champions League group stage.
class="wikitable" |
colspan="4"|Group stage |
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{{flagicon|POL}} Vistal Gdynia {{small|(4th CL Group A)}}
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Brest Bretagne Handball {{small|(4th CL Group B)}} |{{flagicon|NOR}} Larvik HK {{small|(4th CL Group C)}} |{{flagicon|NOR}} Vipers Kristiansand {{small|(4th CL Group D)}} |
colspan="4"|Round 3 |
{{Flagicon|DEN}} Randers HK {{small|(CW)}}
|{{Flagicon|HUN}} Érd HC (3rd) |{{Flagicon|CRO}} Podravka Vegeta {{small|(2nd CL QT1)}} |{{Flagicon|SWE}} H 65 Höör {{small|(2nd CL QT2)}} |
{{Flagicon|RUS}} Lada {{small|(2nd)}}
|{{Flagicon|ROM}} SCM Craiova {{small|(CR)}} |{{Flagicon|BLR}} HC Gomel {{small|(3rd CL QT1)}} |{{Flagicon|AUT}} Hypo Niederösterreich {{small|(3rd CL QT2)}} |
colspan="4"|Round 2 |
{{Flagicon|DEN}} København Håndbold (2nd)
|{{Flagicon|RUS}} Zvezda Zvenigorod {{small|(4th)}} |{{Flagicon|ROM}} HC Zalău (3rd) |{{Flagicon|CZE}} DHK Baník Most {{small|(1st)}} |
{{Flagicon|DEN}} Viborg HK (4th)
|{{Flagicon|RUS}} Astrakhanochka {{small|(6th)}} |{{Flagicon|GER}} TusSies Metzingen {{small|(3rd)}} |{{Flagicon|TUR}} Kastamonu Belediyesi {{small|(4th CL QT1)}} |
{{Flagicon|HUN}} DKKA Dunaujvaros KA (4th)
|{{Flagicon|NOR}} Glassverket IF {{small|(3rd)}} |{{Flagicon|GER}} Buxtehuder SV {{small|(4th)}} |{{Flagicon|ESP}} Mecalia Atlético Guardés {{small|(4th CL QT2)}} |
{{Flagicon|HUN}} Debreceni VSC-TVP (Cup 3rd)
|{{Flagicon|NOR}} Tertnes Bergen {{small|(CR)}} |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Issy Paris Hand {{small|(3rd)}} | |
{{Flagicon|RUS}} Kuban {{small|(3rd)}}
|{{Flagicon|ROM}} HC Dunărea Brăila (2nd) |{{Flagicon|FRA}} ES Besançon Feminin HB {{small|(4th)}} | |
colspan="4"|Round 1 |
{{Flagicon|DEN}} Silkeborg-Voel KFUM (5th)
|{{Flagicon|POL}} Metraco Zagłębie Lubin {{small|(2nd)}} |{{Flagicon|UKR}} Galychanka {{small|(1st)}} |{{Flagicon|GRE}} O.F.N. Ionias (1st) |
{{Flagicon|HUN}} Váci NKSE (5th)
|{{Flagicon|POL}} KRAM Start Elbląg {{small|(3rd)}} |{{Flagicon|CZE}} DHC Slavia Prague |{{Flagicon|BEL}} HB Sint-Truiden |
{{Flagicon|NOR}} Byåsen Handball Elite {{small|(4th)}}
|{{Flagicon|TUR}} Ankara Yenimahalle BSK {{small|(2nd)}} |{{Flagicon|SUI}} LC Brühl Handball {{small|(1st)}} |{{Flagicon|AZE}} Nur Mingechavir |
{{Flagicon|ROM}} CSM Roman (5th)
|{{Flagicon|ESP}} Super Amara Bera Bera {{small|(2nd)}} |{{Flagicon|SUI}} LK Zug {{small|(2nd)}} |{{Flagicon|KOS}} KHF Prishtina |
{{Flagicon|GER}} HSG Blomberg-Lippe {{small|(9th)}}
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Succes Schoonmaak/VOC {{small|(1st)}} |{{Flagicon|BLR}} HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk |{{Flagicon|ISR}} HC Holon |
{{Flagicon|FRA}} Cercle Dijon Bourgogne {{small|(5th)}}
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen {{small|(2nd)}} |{{Flagicon|POR}} Colégio de Gaia {{small|(1st)}} |{{Flagicon|BIH}} HŽRK Grude |
{{Flagicon|SWE}} Lugi HF
|{{Flagicon|SRB}} ŽRK Medicinar |{{Flagicon|ITA}} Jomi Salerno {{small|(1st)}} |{{Flagicon|CYP}} AC Latsia Nicosia |
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria):
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Phase
!Round !Draw date !First leg !Second leg |
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rowspan=3|Qualification
|First qualifying round |rowspan=2|18 July 2017 |9–10 September 2017 |16–17 September 2017 |
Second qualifying round
|14–15 October 2017 |21–22 October 2017 |
Third qualifying round
|24 October 2017 |11–12 November 2017 |18–19 November 2017 |
rowspan=6|Group stage
|Matchday 1 |rowspan=6|23 November 2017 |colspan=2|6–7 January 2018 |
Matchday 2
|colspan=2|13–14 January 2018 |
Matchday 3
|colspan=2|20–21 January 2018 |
Matchday 4
|colspan=2|27–28 January 2018 |
Matchday 5
|colspan=2|3–4 February 2018 |
Matchday 6
|colspan=2|10–11 February 2018 |
rowspan=3|Knockout phase
|Quarter-finals |rowspan=2|13 February 2018 |3–4 March 2018 |10–11 March 2018 |
Semi finals
|7–8 April 2018 |14–15 April 2018 |
Final
|17 April 2018 |5–6 May 2018 |12–13 May 2018 |
Qualification stage
=Round 1=
There is 28 teams participating in round 1.
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|KHF Prishtina|KOS|26–661|LC Brühl Handball|SUI|11–34|15–32}}
{{TwoLegResult|Váci NKSE|HUN|90–352|HC Holon|ISR|46–17|44–18}}
{{TwoLegResult|Metraco Zagłębie Lubin|POL|80–473|LK Zug|SUI|37–24|43–23}}
{{TwoLegResult|HSG Blomberg-Lippe|GER|88–35|HB Sint-Truiden|BEL|46–19|42–16}}
{{TwoLegResult|CSM Roman|ROM|82–344|HŽRK Grude|BIH|40–15|42–19}}
{{TwoLegResult|Silkeborg-Voel KFUM|DEN|80–205|AC Latsia Nicosia|CYP|44–12|36–8}}
{{TwoLegResult|Cercle Dijon Bourgogne|FRA|51–406|Jomi Salerno|ITA|27–18|24–22}}
{{TwoLegResult|Super Amara Bera Bera|ESP|57–48|Colégio de Gaia|POR|26–25|31–23}}
{{TwoLegResult|DHC Slavia Prague|CZE|48–497|HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk|BLR|24–25|24–24}}
{{TwoLegResult|KRAM Start Elbląg|POL|47–628|Byåsen Handball Elite|NOR|29–34|18–28}}
{{TwoLegResult|ŽRK Medicinar|SRB|63–619|Succes Schoonmaak/VOC|NED|34–33|29–28}}
{{TwoLegResult|Galychanka|UKR|46–52|Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen|NED|26–22|20–30}}
{{TwoLegResult|Ankara Yenimahalle BSK|TUR|61–4610|O.F.N. Ionias|GRE|31–24|30–22}}
{{TwoLegResult|Nur Mingechavir|AZE|53–5111|Lugi HF|SWE|24–24|29–27}}
|}
;Notes:
{{Div col}}
{{div col end}}
=Round 2=
There is 32 teams participating in round 2.
14 teams who qualified from round 1 and 18 teams joining the draw.
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Metraco Zagłębie Lubin|POL|45–49|Debreceni VSC-TVP|HUN|25–23|20–26}}
{{TwoLegResult|Morrenhof Jansen/Dalfsen|NED|48–60|DHK Baník Most|CZE|28–32|20–28}}
{{TwoLegResult|HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk|BLR|52–521 (a)|Tertnes Bergen|NOR|26–23|26–29}}
{{TwoLegResult|Cercle Dijon Bourgogne|FRA|50–60|København Håndbold|DEN|23–32|27–28}}
{{TwoLegResult|Silkeborg-Voel KFUM|DEN|50–54|ES Besançon Feminin HB|FRA|27–26|23–28}}
{{TwoLegResult|HC Zalău|ROM|60–50|Ankara Yenimahalle BSK|TUR|26–21|34–29}}
{{TwoLegResult|Kastamonu Belediyesi|TUR|59–572|Super Amara Bera Bera|ESP|35–35|24–22}}
{{TwoLegResult|DKKA Dunaujvaros KA|HUN|56–51|CSM Roman|ROM|31–24|25–27}}
{{TwoLegResult|Byåsen Handball Elite|NOR|48–46|HC Dunărea Brăila|ROM|28–18|20–28}}
{{TwoLegResult|Buxtehuder SV|GER|55–55 (a)|Váci NKSE|HUN|33–26|22–29}}
{{TwoLegResult|TusSies Metzingen|GER|60–51|HSG Blomberg-Lippe|GER|32–24|28–27}}
{{TwoLegResult|LC Brühl Handball|SUI|53–533 (a)|Zvezda Zvenigorod|RUS|25–29|28–24}}
{{TwoLegResult|Nur Mingechavir|AZE|36–814|Viborg HK|DEN|21–38|15–43}}
{{TwoLegResult|Issy Paris Hand|FRA|49–395|Glassverket IF|NOR|23–22|26–17}}
{{TwoLegResult|Astrakhanochka|RUS|61–556|Mecalia Atlético Guardés|ESP|28–25|33–30}}
{{TwoLegResult|ŽRK Medicinar|SRB|45–687|Kuban|RUS|23–33|22–35}}
|}
;Notes
{{Div col}}
{{div col end}}
=Round 3=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Byåsen Handball Elite|NOR|59–50|HC Gomel|BLR|32–28|27–22}}
{{TwoLegResult|HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk|BLR|46–48|Randers HK|DEN|23–22|23–26}}
{{TwoLegResult|Viborg HK|DEN|52–38|Podravka Vegeta|CRO|32–17|20–21}}
{{TwoLegResult|Lada|RUS|66–54|ES Besançon Feminin HB|FRA|30–22|36–32}}
{{TwoLegResult|SCM Craiova|ROU|48–45|Debreceni VSC-TVP|HUN|24–19|24–26}}
{{TwoLegResult|Váci NKSE|HUN|53–62|Kastamonu Belediyesi|TUR|24–26|29–36}}
{{TwoLegResult|Astrakhanochka|RUS|58–60|Kuban|RUS|29–27|29–33}}
{{TwoLegResult|H 65 Höör|SWE|53–52|TusSies Metzingen|GER|24–24|29–28}}
{{TwoLegResult|København Håndbold|DEN|45–41|Dunaújvárosi KKA|HUN|22–21|23–20}}
{{TwoLegResult|Érd HC|HUN|51–52|Issy Paris Hand|FRA|31–21|20–31}}
{{TwoLegResult|Zvezda Zvenigorod|RUS|53–61|DHK Baník Most|CZE|31–28|22–33}}
{{TwoLegResult|Hypo Niederösterreich|AUT|43–59|HC Zalău|ROU|22–30|21–29}}
|}
Group stage
{{Main article|2017–18 Women's EHF Cup group stage}}
Teams in the draw will be protected against meeting teams from the same country in the same group. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
=Group A=
{{:2017–18 Women's EHF Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group A|show_matches=yes}}
=Group B=
{{:2017–18 Women's EHF Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group B|show_matches=yes}}
=Group C=
{{:2017–18 Women's EHF Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group C|show_matches=yes}}
=Group D=
{{:2017–18 Women's EHF Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group D|show_matches=yes}}
Knockout stage
The draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 13 February at 11:00 hrs. The draw had determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings.{{cite news|title=Quarter-final and Semi-final pairings to be decided in Vienna|url=http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/women/2017-18/article/30214/Quarter-final+and+semi-final+pairings+to+be+decided+in+Vienna|publisher=European Handball Federation|date=12 February 2018|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213195300/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/women/2017-18/article/30214/Quarter-final+and+semi-final+pairings+to+be+decided+in+Vienna|archive-date=13 February 2018|url-status=dead}}
=Quarterfinals=
==Seeding==
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width=50%| Pot 1
!width=50%| Pot 2 |
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{{flagicon|FRA}} Brest Bretagne Handball {{flagicon|NOR}} Larvik HK {{flagicon|RUS}} Lada {{flagicon|TUR}} Kastamonu Belediyesi | {{flagicon|DEN}} Viborg HK {{flagicon|NOR}} Vipers Kristiansand {{flagicon|ROU}} HC Zalău {{flagicon|ROU}} SCM Craiova |
The first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 3 March, while the second leg followed one week later.{{cite news|title=Old rivalry renewed in the EHF Cup Quarter-final|url=http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/article/30218/Old+rivalry+renewed+in+the+EHF+Cup+quarter-final|publisher=European Handball Federation|date=13 February 2018|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214020106/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/article/30218/Old+rivalry+renewed+in+the+EHF+Cup+quarter-final|archive-date=14 February 2018|url-status=dead}}
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|SCM Craiova|ROU|49–48|Lada|RUS|23–25|26–23}}
{{TwoLegResult|Vipers Kristiansand|NOR|55–51|Brest Bretagne Handball|FRA|26–17|29–34}}
{{TwoLegResult|Viborg HK|DEN|55–47|Larvik HK|NOR|28–21|27–26}}
{{TwoLegResult|HC Zalău|ROU|53–55|Kastamonu Belediyesi|TUR|29–28|24–27}}
|}
==Matches==
{{handballbox
|date=3 March 2018
|time=17:00 (UTC+2)
|team1=SCM Craiova {{flagicon|ROU}}
|score=23–25
|team2=Lada {{flagicon|RUS}}
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020805001 Report]
|goals1=Florianu 8
|goals2=Dmitrieva 8
|HT=9–15
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=8
|yellow2=1
|red2=
|stadium=Polyvalent Hall, Craiova
|attendance=4,200
|referee=Lindenbaum, Laron
|refnat=ISR
}}
{{handballbox
|date=10 March 2018
|time=16:00 (UTC+4)
|team1=Lada {{flagicon|RUS}}
|score=23–26
|team2={{flagicon|ROU}} SCM Craiova
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020805002 Report]
|goals1=Dmitrieva, Novoselova 4
|goals2=Ardean-Elisei 9
|HT=8–14
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=Olymp Sportkomplex, Togliatti
|attendance=2,500
|referee=Chrzan, Janas
|refnat=POL
}}
SCM Craiova won 49–48 on aggregate.
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{{handballbox
|date=3 March 2018
|time=17:00 (UTC+2)
|team1=HC Zalău {{flagicon|ROU}}
|score=29–28
|team2={{flagicon|TUR}} Kastamonu Belediyesi
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020805007 Report]
|goals1=Rob 9
|HT=12–15
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=Gheorge Tadici Sports Hall, Zalău
|attendance=915
|referee=Di Domenico, Fornasier
|refnat=ITA
}}
{{handballbox
|date=11 March 2018
|time=17:00 (UTC+3)
|team1=Kastamonu Belediyesi {{flagicon|TUR}}
|score=27–24
|team2={{flagicon|ROU}} HC Zalău
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020805008 Report]
|goals1=İskenderoğlu 7
|HT=16–11
|twomin1=6
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=1
|red2=
|stadium=Atatürk Sports Hall, Kastamonu
|attendance=1,500
|referee=Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins
|refnat=POR
}}
Kastamonu Belediyesi won 55–53 on aggregate.
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{{handballbox
|date=3 March 2018
|time=17:00 (UTC+1)
|team1=Vipers Kristiansand {{flagicon|NOR}}
|score=26–17
|team2={{flagicon|FRA}} Brest Bretagne Handball
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020805003 Report]
|goals1=Lunde-Borgersen 8
|goals2=Pineau 5
|HT=12–10
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=1
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=2
|red2=1
|stadium=Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
|attendance=1,134
|referee=Lončar, Lončar
|refnat=CRO
}}
{{handballbox
|id="Brest Bretagne Handball v SCM Craiova"
|date=10 March 2018
|time=20:30 (UTC+1)
|team1=Brest Bretagne Handball {{flagicon|FRA}}
|score=34–29
|team2={{flagicon|NOR}} Vipers Kristiansand
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020805004 Report]
|goals1=Pineau 7
|goals2=Sulland 10
|HT=18–17
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=Brest Arena, Brest
|attendance=3,348
|referee=Bolic, Hurich
|refnat=AUT
}}
Vipers Kristiansand won 55–51 on aggregate.
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{{handballbox
|date=3 March 2018
|time=17:00 (UTC+1)
|team1=Viborg HK {{flagicon|DEN}}
|score=28–21
|team2={{flagicon|NOR}} Larvik HK
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020805005 Report]
|goals1=Nørgaard 9
|goals2=Breistøl 6
|HT=9–8
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=Vibocold Arena, Viborg
|attendance=1,564
|referee=Pech, Vagvölgyi
|refnat=HUN
}}
{{handballbox
|date=10 March 2018
|time=17:00 (UTC+1)
|team1=Larvik HK {{flagicon|NOR}}
|score=26–27
|team2={{flagicon|DEN}} Viborg HK
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020805006 Report]
|goals1=Breistøl 8
|goals2=Nørgaard 7
|HT=13–15
|twomin1=1
|yellow1=1
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium=Boligmappa Arena, Larvik
|attendance=652
|referee=Geraets, Geraets
|refnat=NED
}}
Viborg HK won 55–47 on aggregate.
= Semifinals =
The semi-finals were played in the first half of April.
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Kastamonu Belediyesi|TUR|40–41|SCM Craiova|ROM|22–23|18–18}}
{{TwoLegResult|Viborg HK|DEN|57–60|Vipers Kristiansand|NOR|34–31|23–29}}
|}
==Matches==
{{handballbox
|date=7 April 2018
|time=17:00
|team1=Kastamonu Belediyesi {{flagicon|TUR}}
|score=22–23
|team2={{flagicon|ROU}} SCM Craiova
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020806001 Report]
|goals1=Uskova 8
|goals2=Țicu 7
|HT=15–11
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=Atatürk Sports Hall, Kastamonu
|attendance=1,300
|referee=Antić, Jakovljević
|refnat=SRB
}}
{{handballbox
|date=14 April 2018
|time=18:00
|team1=SCM Craiova {{flagicon|ROU}}
|score=18–18
|team2={{flagicon|TUR}} Kastamonu Belediyesi
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020806002 Report]
|goals1=Țicu 6
|HT=9−8
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=Polyvalent Hall, Craiova
|attendance=4,215
|referee=Vitaku, Vitaku
|refnat=KOS
}}
SCM Craiova won 41–40 on aggregate.
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{{handballbox
|date=7 April 2018
|time=16:00
|team1=Viborg HK {{flagicon|DEN}}
|score=34–31
|team2={{flagicon|NOR}} Vipers Kristiansand
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020806003 Report]
|goals1=Jørgensen 11
|goals2=Sulland 6
|HT=18–16
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=Vibocold Arena, Viborg
|attendance=2,020
|referee=Bounouara, Sami
|refnat=FRA
}}
{{handballbox
|date=14 April 2018
|time=16:00
|team1=Vipers Kristiansand {{flagicon|NOR}}
|score=29–23
|team2={{flagicon|DEN}} Viborg HK
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020806004 Report]
|goals1=Brattset 9
|goals2=Jørgensen 8
|HT=15–14
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium=Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
|attendance=2,012
|referee=Arntsen, Røen
|refnat=NOR
}}
Vipers Kristiansand won 60–57 on aggregate.
= Final =
==Matches==
{{handballbox
|date=5 May 2018
|time=17:00
|team1=Vipers Kristiansand {{flagicon|NOR}}
|score=26–22
|team2={{flagicon|ROU}} SCM Craiova
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020807001 Report]
|goals1=Kristiansen 9
|goals2=Florianu 9
|HT=12–10
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand
|attendance=2,200
|referee=Kouz, Zhoba
|refnat=UKR
}}
{{handballbox
|date=11 May 2018
|time=18:30
|team1=SCM Craiova {{flagicon|ROU}}
|score=30–25
|team2={{flagicon|NOR}} Vipers Kristiansand
|report=[http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/matches/201812020807002 Report]
|goals1=Țicu 11
|goals2=Sulland 10
|HT=19–12
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=1
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=Polyvalent Hall, Craiova
|attendance=4,215
|referee=Marić, Masić
|refnat=SRB
}}
Top goalscorers
{{updated|11 May 2018}}
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! Rank ! Player ! Club ! Goals |
1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Linn Jørum Sulland |align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Vipers Kristiansand |78 |
2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ROM}} Cristina Florianu |align="left"|{{flagicon|ROM}} SCM Craiova |69 |
3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe |align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Viborg HK |65 |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20171004121254/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2017-18/rounds Official website]
{{EHF Cup seasons}}
{{2017–18 in European handball (EHF)}}
{{2017–18 European club competitions}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Women's EHF Cup}}