2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup
# 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup

The 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup was the 18th edition of the European Handball Federation's fourth-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 14 November 2014 to 13 May 2015.

## Overview

### Team allocation

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

* TH: Title holders
* 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position

Last 16 :

| Le Havre (3rd) |
| - |
| Round 3 ||||
| Mios Biganos (4th) | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin (4th) | Juve Lis (6th) | KHF Kosova (2nd) |
| Ardeşen GSK (3rd) | Energa AZS Koszalin (5th) | Amyntas Amyntaiou (4th) | Goražde (3rd) |
| İzmir BSB (4th) | DOS Emmen (3rd) | M. Alexandros Giannitson (5th) | ABU Baku (1st) |
| Naisa Niš (4th) | Virto/Quintus (4th) | Ormi Patras (6th) | HC Holon (2nd) |
| ŽRK Knjaz Miloš (5th) | Sokol Poruba (3rd) | Gorodnichanka (3rd) | Thames HC (2nd) |
| Crvena zvezda (6th) | HC Galychanka (2nd) | DHB Rotweiss Thun ( ) | HIFK (1st) |
| Trešnjevka (3rd) | Colégio de Gaia (4th) | Yellow Winterthur ( ) |
| Zelina (4th) | JAC Alcanena (5th) | Fram (1st) |

### Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| - | - | - | - |
| Round 3 | 22 July 2014 | 15–16 November 2014 | 22–23 November 2014 |
| Last 16 | 25 November 2014 | 7–8 February 2015 | 14–15 February 2015 |
| Quarter-final | 17 February 2015 | 7–8 March 2015 | 14–15 March 2015 |
| Semi-finals | 17 February 2015 | 4–5 April 2015 | 11–12 April 2015 |
| Final | 17 February 2015 | 2–3 May 2015 | 9–10 May 2015 |

## Qualification stage

### Round 3

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into last 16.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Naisa Niš | 74–40 | Thames HC | 37–20 | 37–20 |
| Ardeşen GSK | 65–58 | Energa AZS Koszalin | 34–27 | 31–31 |
| Ormi Patras | 33–45 | Colégio de Gaia | 18–24 | 15–21 |
| Fram | 79–32 | M. Alexandros Giannitson | 43–16 | 36–16 |
| Crvena zvezda | 52–54 | ABU Baku | 29–31 | 23–23 |
| DOS Emmen | 59–61 | Mios Biganos | 28–29 | 31–32 |
| Virto/Quintus | 41–51 | HC Galychanka | 18–24 | 23–27 |
| JAC-Alcanena | 78–40 | Goražde | 40–15 | 38–25 |
| Gorodnichanka | 66–43 | İzmir BSB | 36–23 | 30–20 |
| Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 74–38 | HIFK | 40–21 | 34–17 |
| Amyntas Amyntaiou | 53–42 | HC Holon | 28–21 | 25–21 |
| Sokol Poruba | 72–37 | Juve Lis | 35–19 | 37–18 |
| DHB Rotweiss Thun | 34–40 | Yellow Winterthur | 16–17 | 18–23 |
| KHF Kosova | 37–91 | Zelina | 20–45 | 17–46 |
| Trešnjevka | 47–54 | Knjaz Miloš | 22–27 | 25–27 |

## Knockout stage

| Last 16 | Last 16 | Last 16 | Last 16 | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ardeşen GSK | 32 | 28 | 60 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zelina | 29 | 30 | 59 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zelina | 29 | 30 | 59 | Ardeşen GSK | 31 | 26 | 57 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 28 | 31 | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
| JAC-Alcanena | 22 | 21 | 43 | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 28 | 31 | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 33 | 26 | 59 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 33 | 26 | 59 | | | | | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 29 | 25 | 54 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | HC Galychanka | 28 | 21 | 49 | | | | | |
| Naisa Niš | 28 | 22 | 50 | | | | | | | | | HC Galychanka | 28 | 21 | 49 | | | | | |
| Fram | 32 | 17 | 49 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fram | 32 | 17 | 49 | Naisa Niš | 22 | 20 | 42 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | HC Galychanka | 28 | 27 | 55 | | | | | | | | | |
| Amyntas Amyntaiou | 11 | 16 | 27 | HC Galychanka | 28 | 27 | 55 | | | | | | | | | |
| HC Galychanka | 26 | 36 | 62 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| HC Galychanka | 26 | 36 | 62 | | | | | | | | | | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 20 | 24 | 44 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mios Biganos | 21 | 28 | 49 |
| Colégio de Gaia | 24 | 29 | 53 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mios Biganos | 21 | 28 | 49 |
| Sokol Poruba | 28 | 27 | 55 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sokol Poruba | 28 | 27 | 55 | Sokol Poruba | 24 | 22 | 46 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Mios Biganos | 31 | 24 | 55 | | | | | | | | | |
| Yellow Winterthur | 18 | 16 | 34 | Mios Biganos | 31 | 24 | 55 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mios Biganos | 34 | 28 | 62 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mios Biganos | 34 | 28 | 62 | | | | | Mios Biganos | 21 | 38 | 59 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Le Havre | 28 | 26 | 54 | | | | | |
| ABU SC Baku | 28 | 28 | 56 | | | | | | | | | Le Havre | 28 | 26 | 54 | | | | | |
| Knjaz Miloš | 37 | 27 | 64 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Knjaz Miloš | 37 | 27 | 64 | Knjaz Miloš | 25 | 24 | 49 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Le Havre | 33 | 26 | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
| Le Havre | 27 | 32 | 59 | Le Havre | 33 | 26 | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
| Gorodnichanka | 18 | 13 | 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Last 16

**Seedings**

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| - | - |
| Sokol Poruba Le Havre Mios Biganos Pogoń Baltica Szczecin Naisa Niš Knjaz Miloš Ardeşen GSK HC Galychanka | ABU SC Baku Gorodnichanka Zelina Amyntas Amyntaiou Fram Colégio de Gaia JAC-Alcanena Yellow Winterthur |

**Matches**

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into quarter finals.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| JAC-Alcanena | 43–59 | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 22–33 | 21–26 |
| ABU SC Baku | 56–64 | Knjaz Miloš | 28–37 | 28–27 |
| Naisa Niš | 50–49 | Fram | 28–32 | 22–17 |
| Ardeşen GSK | 60–59 | Zelina | 32–29 | 28–30 |
| Amyntas Amyntaiou | 27–62 | HC Galychanka | 11–26 | 16–36 |
| Yellow Winterthur | 34–62 | Mios Biganos | 18–34 | 16–28 |
| Le Havre | 59–31 | Gorodnichanka | 27–18 | 32–13 |
| Colégio de Gaia | 53–55 | Sokol Poruba | 24–28 | 29–27 |

### Quarter-final

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into semi finals.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ardeşen GSK | 57–59 | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 31–28 | 26–31 |
| Sokol Poruba | 46–55 | Mios Biganos | 24–31 | 22–24 |
| Knjaz Miloš | 49–59 | Le Havre | 25–33 | 24–26 |
| Naisa Niš | 42–55 | HC Galychanka | 22–28 | 20–27 |

### Semi-finals

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into the Finals.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 54–49 | HC Galychanka | 29–28 | 25–21 |
| Mios Biganos | 59–54 | Le Havre | 21–28 | 38–26 |

### Final

Team listed first played the first leg at home.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 44–49 | Mios Biganos | 20–21 | 24–28 |
