2018–19 Women's EHF Cup group stage

This article describes the group stage of the 2018–19 Women's EHF Cup, a women's handball competition.

Draw

The draw of the Women's EHF Cup group stage took place on Thursday, 22 November 2018. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were drawn into four groups of four teams.^[1]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 19 November 2018:^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Podravka Koprivnica SG BBM Bietigheim Larvik HK IK Sävehof	Team Esbjerg Besançon Feminin Siófok KC SCM Craiova	Viborg HK BM Bera Bera TuS Metzingen Storhamar HE	Herning-Ikast Håndbold Nykøbing Falster Håndbold CS Măgura Cisnădie Kuban Krasnodar

Format

In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. After completion of the group stage matches, the top three teams advanced to the Quarter-finals. Teams were not able to face opponents from the same country in the group.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams had scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:

Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.

Groups

The matchdays were 5–6 January, 12–13 January, 19–20 January, 26–27 January, 2–3 February and 9–10 February 2019.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team Esbjerg	6	5	1	0	186	139	+47	11	Knockout stage
2	Storhamar HE	6	3	1	2	156	150	+6	7	Knockout stage
3	SG BBM Bietigheim	6	3	0	3	173	151	+22	6
4	CS Măgura Cisnădie	6	0	0	6	115	190	−75	0

Source: EHF

5 January 2019 19:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	28–25	Storhamar HE	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 971 Referees: Rosendo, Rodriguez Estevez (ESP)
	Kudłacz-Gloc, Woller 7	(15–12)	Riegelhuth 8
	3× 1×	Report	4× 4×

6 January 2019 12:30	Team Esbjerg	41–18	CS Măgura Cisnădie	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 1,312 Referees: Butskevich, Butskevich (BLR)
	Liščević, Nielsen 6	(21–8)	Moldovan 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4×

13 January 2019 15:00	Storhamar HE	28–28	Team Esbjerg	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,196 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Løke 10	(14–15)	Polman 6
	4× 2×	Report	3× 2×

13 January 2019 18:00	CS Măgura Cisnădie	20–34	SG BBM Bietigheim	Sala Transilvania, Sibiu Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Jaškins, Žabko (LAT)
	Boljević 11	(13–16)	Malestein 8
	2× 1×	Report	2× 6×

19 January 2019 13:00	Team Esbjerg	28–27	SG BBM Bietigheim	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 1,320 Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
	Polman 9	(15–11)	Malestein 8
	1× 6× 1×	Report	4× 6×

19 January 2019 18:00	CS Măgura Cisnădie	18–26	Storhamar HE	Sala Transilvania, Sibiu Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
	Moldovan 6	(7–10)	Aambakk 6
	2× 3×	Report	4× 2×

26 January 2019 18:00	Storhamar HE	28–23	CS Măgura Cisnădie	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 905 Referees: Merisi, Rosca (ITA)
	three players 5	(11–8)	Boljević, Moldovan 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

27 January 2019 16:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	27–32	Team Esbjerg	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,096 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Malestein 5	(13–16)	Breistøl 6
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

3 February 2019 11:30	CS Măgura Cisnădie	19–32	Team Esbjerg	Sala Transilvania, Sibiu Attendance: 650 Referees: Chrzan, Janas (POL)
	Moldovan 9	(10–15)	Solberg 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

3 February 2019 15:00	Storhamar HE	29–28	SG BBM Bietigheim	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Riegelhuth 9	(12–16)	Woller 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 1×

9 February 2019 13:00	Team Esbjerg	25–20	Storhamar HE	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 1,523 Referees: Šniūrevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
	Polman 8	(11–10)	Riegelhuth 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4×

10 February 2019 17:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	29–17	CS Măgura Cisnădie	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,289 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	Malestein 6	(18–9)	Gatzel 8
	4× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Siófok KC	6	6	0	188	149	+39	12	Knockout stage
2	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	6	4	2	164	157	+7	8	Knockout stage
3	TuS Metzingen	6	2	4	172	173	−1	4
4	IK Sävehof	6	0	6	139	184	−45	0

Source: EHF

5 January 2019 18:00	Siófok KC	25–21	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok, Siófok Attendance: 1,185 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Kobetić 11	(14–11)	Friis 6
	3× 2×	Report	4× 3×

6 January 2019 19:00	IK Sävehof	27–29	TuS Metzingen	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 534 Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Forsberg, Mellegård 5	(13–16)	Minevskaja 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 3×

12 January 2019 20:00	TuS Metzingen	26–33	Siófok KC	Öschhalle, Metzingen Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
	Kobylińska 7	(13–17)	Kobetić 13
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3× 1×

13 January 2019 16:30	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	29–22	IK Sävehof	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 818 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
	Fauske 10	(15–9)	Forsberg, Mellegård 4
	1× 2×	Report	3× 2×

19 January 2019 18:00	Siófok KC	34–21	IK Sävehof	Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok, Siófok Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
	Böhme 7	(19–11)	Ekenman-Fernis 7
	1× 1×	Report	2× 3×

20 January 2019 16:00	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	31–28	TuS Metzingen	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,322 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
	Fauske 11	(14–15)	Kobylińska 9
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

26 January 2019 15:30	IK Sävehof	24–30	Siófok KC	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 348 Referees: Beqiri, Krasniqi (KOS)
	Lundbäck 6	(13–14)	Kobetić 10
	3× 1×	Report	4× 3×

26 January 2019 20:00	TuS Metzingen	25–28	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Öschhalle, Metzingen Attendance: 800 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Minevskaja 5	(10–16)	Fauske 7
	3× 2×	Report	4× 5×

2 February 2019 20:00	TuS Metzingen	29–22	IK Sävehof	Paul Horn-Arena, Metzingen Attendance: 900 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Minevskaja 10	(18–10)	Ekenman-Fernis 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

3 February 2019 14:00	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	22–34	Siófok KC	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,381 Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	Fauske 7	(8–20)	Minko 8
	4× 3×	Report	4× 5×

10 February 2019 15:00	IK Sävehof	23–33	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 342 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Olsson 6	(12–17)	Fauske 12
	2× 5×	Report	2× 3×

10 February 2019 15:00	Siófok KC	32–25	TuS Metzingen	Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok, Siófok Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Böhme, González 7	(13–11)	Vollebregt, Kobylińska 6
	3× 1×	Report	4× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viborg HK	6	6	0	0	178	155	+23	12	Knockout stage
2	Kuban Krasnodar	6	2	1	3	161	158	+3	5	Knockout stage
3	Besançon Feminin	6	2	0	4	162	172	−10	4
4	Larvik HK	6	1	1	4	152	170	−18	3

Source: EHF

4 January 2019 18:30	Larvik HK	28–31	Viborg HK	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 628 Referees: Peturrson, Þrastarson (ISL)
	Christensen 8	(13–21)	Haugsted 8
	1× 3×	Report	3× 4×

5 January 2019 20:00	Besançon Feminin	23–26	Kuban Krasnodar	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Lévêque 6	(14–14)	Golub 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 7× 1×

12 January 2019 16:00	Viborg HK	35–26	Besançon Feminin	Vibocold Arena Viborg, Viborg Attendance: 2,863 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Hansen 7	(15–10)	Burlet 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

13 January 2019 16:00	Kuban Krasnodar	32–26	Larvik HK	Olympus Arena, Krasnodar Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Barkalova, Skorobogatchenko 8	(14–16)	Møller, Toft 5
	2× 2×	Report	4× 1×

19 January 2019 16:00	Kuban Krasnodar	27–31	Viborg HK	Olympus Arena, Krasnodar Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Golub 7	(14–14)	Jørgensen 9
	2× 5×	Report	2× 7×

20 January 2019 18:00	Besançon Feminin	32–25	Larvik HK	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Bouquet 7	(14–11)	Lund, Molid 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 5×

26 January 2019 18:30	Larvik HK	29–26	Besançon Feminin	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 395 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Christensen 6	(15–12)	Bouquet 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 5× 1×

27 January 2019 16:00	Viborg HK	26–25	Kuban Krasnodar	Vibocold Arena Viborg, Viborg Attendance: 1,051 Referees: Merz, Schilha (GER)
	Nørgaard 7	(15–13)	Frolova, Golub 8
	2× 1×	Report	2× 3×

2 February 2019 16:00	Viborg HK	26–23	Larvik HK	Vibocold Arena Viborg, Viborg Attendance: 1,054 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Högdahl 6	(11–17)	Løken 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

3 February 2019 16:00	Kuban Krasnodar	28–29	Besançon Feminin	Olympus Arena, Krasnodar Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
	Golub 9	(15–15)	three players 5
	1× 7×	Report	3× 6×

9 February 2019 16:00	Larvik HK	23–23	Kuban Krasnodar	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 435 Referees: Jaškins, Žabko (LAT)
	Andenæs 5	(11–12)	Skorobogatchenko 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 5×

10 February 2019 18:00	Besançon Feminin	26–29	Viborg HK	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
	Dupuis 8	(14–14)	Haugsted, Nørgaard 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Podravka Koprivnica	6	4	0	2	160	154	+6	8	Knockout stage
2	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	6	3	1	2	151	145	+6	7	Knockout stage
3	SCM Craiova	6	2	1	3	126	136	−10	5
4	BM Bera Bera	6	2	0	4	170	172	−2	4

Source: EHF

5 January 2019 18:00	SCM Craiova	18–12	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	Polyvalent Hall, Craiova Attendance: 4,000. Referees: Hájek, Macho (CZE)
	Ianași, Šerić 4	(9–6)	Nolsøe, Westberg 3
	3× 4×	Report	4× 1×

6 January 2019 18:00	Podravka Koprivnica	32–29	BM Bera Bera	Gimnazija "Fran Galović", Koprivnica Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Chigirinova 6	(15–14)	Castro 8
	4× 5×	Report	1× 6×

12 January 2019 18:00	BM Bera Bera	32–21	SCM Craiova	Polideportivo Municipal Bidebieta, San Sebastián Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Lindenbaum, Laron (ISR)
	Arderíus 6	(18–10)	Vizitiu 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 5×

13 January 2019 18:00	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	24–28	Podravka Koprivnica	POWER ARENA, Nykøbing Falster Attendance: 1,223 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Wallén 6	(10–13)	Debelić 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

18 January 2019 18:30	SCM Craiova	23–26	Podravka Koprivnica	Polyvalent Hall, Craiova Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Smailagic, Smailagic (SWE)
	Ianași 6	(10–10)	Debelić 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

19 January 2019 15:00	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	31–26	BM Bera Bera	POWER ARENA, Nykøbing Falster Attendance: 1,002 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	Housheer 10	(13–15)	Karsten 7
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 5×

26 January 2019 14:30	Podravka Koprivnica	23–18	SCM Craiova	Gimnazija "Fran Galović", Koprivnica Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
	Chigirinova, Debelić 5	(13–9)	Ianași, Trifunović 4
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3×

26 January 2019 17:00	BM Bera Bera	28–36	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	Polideportivo Municipal Bidebieta, San Sebastián Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Arderíus 6	(17–20)	Lagerquist 11
	1× 2×	Report	2× 3×

3 February 2019 12:00	BM Bera Bera	32–26	Podravka Koprivnica	Polideportivo Municipal Bidebieta, San Sebastián Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
	Karsten 8	(13–12)	Holešová 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 7×

3 February 2019 18:00	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	20–20	SCM Craiova	POWER ARENA, Nykøbing Falster Attendance: 1,178 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Olsen 4	(8–9)	Tătar 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4× 1×

9 February 2019 17:30	Podravka Koprivnica	25–28	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	Gimnazija "Fran Galović", Koprivnica Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Mertinian, Syrepisios (GRE)
	Chigirinova 7	(11–14)	Housheer, Nolsøe 9
	4× 6× 1×	Report	4× 4×

10 February 2019 18:00	SCM Craiova	26–23	BM Bera Bera	Polyvalent Hall, Craiova Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Pandzic, Satordzija (BIH)
	Vizitiu 7	(13–11)	Castro 10
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

References

^ "EHF Cup title holders Craiova face tough task in group phase". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
^ "Pots for the Women's EHF Cup Group Phase ready". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[1] "EHF Cup title holders Craiova face tough task in group phase". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

[2] "Pots for the Women's EHF Cup Group Phase ready". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

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