1997–98 EHF Women's Champions League
# 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 to win its seventh title.

## 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 |
