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^[1] to win its seventh title.^[2]

Qualifying Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Madeira	32–74	Lublin	13–36	19–38
Viborg	56–48	Egle Vilnius	30–22	26–26
Hapoel Petah Tikva	31–95	Podravka Koprivnica	18–50	13–45
Giessen-Lützellinden	35–47	Motor Zaporizhia	25–20	10–27
Fémina Vise	34–70	Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea	18–32	16–38
Buducnost Podgorica	66–58	Ostrava	34–26	32–32
Gjorce Petrov	77–48	Slovan Duslo Sala	40–22	37–26
Rimini	43–43	Anagennisi Artas	22–18	21–25
Swift Roermond	40–53	Istochnik Rostov	21–25	19–28
Brühl	46–62	Larvik	25–30	21–32
Krim Ljubljana	67–52	Istanbul	33–27	34–25
Politechnik Minsk	41–53	Amadeo Tortajada	24–32	17–21
Metz	71–29	Volan Sofia	36–15	35–14
Kefalovrysos Kythreas	16–151	Ferencvárosi	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
Motor Zaporizhia	6	2	1	3	127	142	−15	5
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	6	1	1	4	147	159	−12	3
Metz	6	1	1	4	135	166	−31	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Gjorce Petrov	6	5	1	178	149	+29	10
Buducnost Podgorica	6	4	2	172	169	+3	8
Larvik	6	3	3	165	150	+15	6
Amadeo Tortajada	6	0	6	131	178	−47	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDorg	Pts
Viborg	6	4	2	141	121	+20	8
Niederösterreich	6	4	2	141	125	+16	8
Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea	6	3	3	138	124	+14	6
Rimini	6	1	5	121	171	−50	2

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Krim Ljubljana	48–48	Podravka Koprivnica	28–23	20–25
Niederösterreich	40–33	Gjorce Petrov	26–12	14–21
Buducnost Podgorica	66–57	Viborg	39–30	27–27
Motor Zaporozhia	47–65	Mar Valencia	21–33	26–32

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Podravka Koprivnica	36–38	Niederösterreich	17–18	19–20
Buducnost Podgorica	54–79	Mar Valencia	26–40	28–39

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Niederösterreich	56–47	Mar Sagunto	28–21	28–26

References

↑ Results in the European Handball Federation's website
↑ List of finals in the-sports.org

Women's European Cup and EHF Women's Champions League

Women's European Cup era, 1961–1993

Seasons	1961 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1991–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Women's Champions League era, 1993–present

Seasons	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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