2003–04 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup

The 2003–04 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the 28th edition of EHF's competition for women's handball national cup champions. It returned to an autumn to spring calendar three years later, running from October 10, 2003, to May 21, 2004. The format was also altered, breaking the Rounds of 32 and 16 into three preliminary rounds, with the four remaining teams playing against the third-placed teams in the Champions League's group stage in the quarterfinals.[1]

The final confronted two teams coming from the Champions League, with 2002 EHF Cup champion Ikast Bording beating 8-times Champions League champion Hypo Niederösterreich, overcoming an away loss by a 9-goals margin, to become the first Danish team to win the Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

First preliminary round

Local teamAggregateAway team1st leg2nd leg
Eglė Vilnius 41–54 Lokomotiva Zagreb21–2720–27
Fémina Visé 31–80 FC Copenhague19–3812–42
Union Korneuburg 75–43 Maccabi-K.S. Holon40–2435–19
Radnicki Belgrade 69–40 ŽRK Ilidza32–1937–21
LK Zug 39–67 Byåsen HE22–3517–32
Váci NKSE 71–48 Ormi Patras38–2733–21
Üsküdar Bld. SK 59–53 Florgarden Sassari33–2526–28
ABU Baku 53–49 Hellas Den Haag23–2430–25
Ferrobús Tortajada 78–32 Arkatron Minsk42–1936–13
(a) CD Gil Eanes 40–40 Zgoda Ruda Śląska19–1621–24
HC Bascharage 33–76 Frankfurter HC14–3819–38

Final stages

Second preliminary round
January 9–17, 2004
Third preliminary round
February 14–21, 2004
Quarterfinals
March 12–21, 2004
Semifinals
April 17–24, 2004
Final
May 15–21, 2004
Elda Prestigio202545
Lokomotiva Zagreb262349 FC Copenhague283361
FC Copenhague242852 FC Copenhague341852
Union Korneuburg181735 Luch Moscow152944
Luch Moscow313061 FC Copenhague272451
Hypo Niederösterreich293968
Hypo Niederösterreich303060
Cercle Nîmes292857 Váci NKSE152641
Radnicki Belgrade171532 Cercle Nîmes212344
Byåsen HE172340 Váci NKSE242448
Váci NKSE313263 Hypo Niederösterreich352257
Ikast Bording303666
Mar Valencia212849
Spartak Kyiv222749 Metz HB252853
Üsküdar Bld. SK263056 Üsküdar Bld. SK221537
ABU Baku152237 Metz HB333164
Metz HB242448 Metz HB232548
Ikast Bording213455
Ikast Bording363470
Ferrobús Tortajada363571 Ferrobús Tortajada263056
CD Gil Eanes212243 Ferrobús Tortajada331851
Silcotub Zalău313465 Silcotub Zalău192746
Frankfurter HC213152

References