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6 September 2025 - 31 May 2026

First Round

6 September 2025
18h00	Beykoz BLD SK Istanbul (TÜR)	18 - 42	Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN)
18h00	HB Dudelange (LUX)	27 - 31	RK Butel Skopje (MKD)
18h00	JAGS Voslau (AUT)	31 - 24	Mistra Tallinn (EST)
18h00	RK Sloga Doboj (BIH)	37 - 21	HC Granitas-Karys Kaunas (LTU)
19h00	HB Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	42 - 31	RK Vogosca Poljine Hills (BIH)
7 September 2025
16h00	ESN Vrilissia (GRE)	20 - 27	AC PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)
18h00	Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN)	43 - 20	Beykoz BLD SK Istanbul (TÜR)
18h00	RK Vogosca Poljine Hills (BIH)	44 - 31 ot	HB Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)
12 September 2025
18h00	Spor Toto SK Ankara (TÜR)	32 - 36	Raimond Sassari (ITA)
13 September 2025
17h00	AC PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)	33 - 24	ESN Vrilissia (GRE)
17h00	HC Granitas-Karys Kaunas (LTU)	33 - 37	RK Sloga Doboj (BIH)
17h00	CSM Constanta (ROM)	39 - 22	Parnassos Strovolou (CYP)
18h00	RK Butel Skopje (MKD)	24 - 29	HB Dudelange (LUX)
14 September 2025
13h00	Mistra Tallinn (EST)	23 - 31	JAGS Voslau (AUT)
17h00	Parnassos Strovolou (CYP)	24 - 34	CSM Constanta (ROM)
18h00	Raimond Sassari (ITA)	42 - 38	Spor Toto SK Ankara (TÜR)

Second Round

10 October 2025
20h00	KH Rahoveci (KOS)	34 - 41	HB Dudelange (LUX)
11 October 2025
12h00	VHC Sviesa Vilnius (LTU)	31 - 25	HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR)
14h00	PM Conversano (ITA)	20 - 25	SKKP Brno Handball (CZE)
16h00	Besiktas JK Istanbul (TÜR)	31 - 20	GRK Tikves Kavadarci (MKD)
18h00	HC Baki (AZE)	11 - 44	RK Ohrid 2013 (MKD)
18h00	RK Dinamo Pancevo (SCG)	29 - 27	HC Banik Karvina (CZE)
18h00	Sparkasse Schwaz HB Tirol (AUT)	29 - 27	HC Dragunas Klaipeda (LTU)
18h00	RK Lovcen Cetinje (MNE)	32 - 27	Bianco Monte Drama 1986 (GRE)
18h00	RK Sloga Doboj (BIH)	41 - 31	ZRHK TENAX Dobele (LAT)
18h00	Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN)	42 - 19	Kur Mingechevir (AZE)
18h30	Metaloplastika Sabac (SCG)	28 - 30	HSC Suhr Aarau (SWI)
18h30	Albatro Syracusa (ITA)	28 - 34	Olympiacos SFP Piraeus (GRE)
18h30	Raimond Sassari (ITA)	34 - 26	MSK Povazska Bystrica (SVK)
19h00	HV KRAS/Volendam (NED)	28 - 29	Cassano Magnago HC (ITA)
19h00	UHK Krems (AUT)	31 - 27	HC Fivers WAT Margareten Vienna (AUT)
20h15	Achilles Bocholt (BEL)	27 - 31	RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO)
20h30	HB Dudelange (LUX)	45 - 27	KH Rahoveci (KOS)
12 October 2025
15h00	Viljandi HC (EST)	26 - 45	IL Runar Sandefjord (NOR)
17h00	European Univ. Cyprus (CYP)	23 - 31	Polva Serviti (EST)
17h00	CSM Constanta (ROM)	27 - 37	HC Dukla Praha (CZE)
17h00	SKKP Brno Handball (CZE)	31 - 27	PM Conversano (ITA)
17h00	RK Izvidac Ljubuski (BIH)	40 - 19	BESA Famgas Peja (KOS)
18h00	Nærbø IL (NOR)	32 - 30	MOL Tatabanya KC (HUN)
18h00	RK Ohrid 2013 (MKD)	38 - 21	HC Baki (AZE)
13 October 2025
18h30	Olympiacos SFP Piraeus (GRE)	38 - 25	Albatro Syracusa (ITA)
15 October 2025
20h00	JAGS Voslau (AUT)	28 - 32	RK Trimo Trebnje (SLO)
16 October 2025
18h00	RK Vogosca Poljine Hills (BIH)	30 - 40	BK-46 Karis (FIN)
19h00	RK Konjuh Zivinice (BIH)	36 - 28	H71 Hoyvik (FAR)
17 October 2025
18h00	Diomidis Argos (GRE)	28 - 30	RK Budvanska Rivijera Budva (MNE)
20h45	Red Boys Differdange HB (LUX)	31 - 28	KH Kastrioti Ferizaj (KOS)
18 October 2025
13h00	BK-46 Karis (FIN)	29 - 32	RK Vogosca Poljine Hills (BIH)
15h00	HC Dragunas Klaipeda (LTU)	29 - 30	Sparkasse Schwaz HB Tirol (AUT)
16h00	FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)	23 - 31	Bursa Nilüfer BK (TÜR)
16h00	HC Dukla Praha (CZE)	33 - 31	CSM Constanta (ROM)
16h00	Polva Serviti (EST)	33 - 21	European Univ. Cyprus (CYP)
17h00	Bianco Monte Drama 1986 (GRE)	31 - 23	RK Lovcen Cetinje (MNE)
17h00	ACS HC Buzau 2012 (ROM)	46 - 21	RK Leotar Trebinje (BIH)
18h00	HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR)	26 - 24	VHC Sviesa Vilnius (LTU)
18h00	HSC Suhr Aarau (SWI)	28 - 28	Metaloplastika Sabac (SCG)
18h00	AC PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)	31 - 31	Holon Yuvalim HC (ISR)
18h00	MOL Tatabanya KC (HUN)	33 - 27	Nærbø IL (NOR)
18h00	HC Berchem (LUX)	34 - 27	Oxford University HC (ENG)
18h00	MSK Povazska Bystrica (SVK)	35 - 35	Raimond Sassari (ITA)
18h00	RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO)	44 - 30	Achilles Bocholt (BEL)
18h30	Cassano Magnago HC (ITA)	29 - 29	HV KRAS/Volendam (NED)
19h00	GRK Tikves Kavadarci (MKD)	21 - 23	Besiktas JK Istanbul (TÜR)
19h00	H71 Hoyvik (FAR)	26 - 20	RK Konjuh Zivinice (BIH)
19h00	RK Trimo Trebnje (SLO)	30 - 21	JAGS Voslau (AUT)
19h00	HC Fivers WAT Margareten Vienna (AUT)	32 - 27	UHK Krems (AUT)
20h00	KH Kastrioti Ferizaj (KOS)	26 - 29	Red Boys Differdange HB (LUX)
20h00	Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)	38 - 28	Anorthosis Famagusta HB (CYP)
19 October 2025
15h00	Kur Mingechevir (AZE)	20 - 39	Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN)
15h00	ZRHK TENAX Dobele (LAT)	34 - 33	RK Sloga Doboj (BIH)
16h00	Bursa Nilüfer BK (TÜR)	29 - 34	FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
17h00	Oxford University HC (ENG)	21 - 43	HC Berchem (LUX)
17h00	Holon Yuvalim HC (ISR)	25 - 29	AC PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)
17h00	RK Leotar Trebinje (BIH)	30 - 43	ACS HC Buzau 2012 (ROM)
17h00	IL Runar Sandefjord (NOR)	44 - 29	Viljandi HC (EST)
18h00	RK Budvanska Rivijera Budva (MNE)	30 - 32	Diomidis Argos (GRE)
18h00	HC Banik Karvina (CZE)	33 - 25	RK Dinamo Pancevo (SCG)
19h00	BESA Famgas Peja (KOS)	32 - 32	RK Izvidac Ljubuski (BIH)
19h15	Anorthosis Famagusta HB (CYP)	25 - 22	Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)

Third Round

15 November 2025
15h00	Besiktas JK Istanbul (TÜR)	30 - 25	AC PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)
16h00	MOL Tatabanya KC (HUN)	40 - 33	HSC Suhr Aarau (SWI)
17h00	RK Budvanska Rivijera Budva (MNE)	23 - 33	RK Trimo Trebnje (SLO)
17h00	Olympiacos SFP Piraeus (GRE)	25 - 20	Cassano Magnago HC (ITA)
17h00	ACS HC Buzau 2012 (ROM)	36 - 33	Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)
18h00	SKKP Brno Handball (CZE)	27 - 25	HC Berchem (LUX)
18h00	Vojvodina Novi Sad (SCG)	34 - 32	RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO)
18h00	HC Banik Karvina (CZE)	43 - 25	Sparkasse Schwaz HB Tirol (AUT)
19h00	Raimond Sassari (ITA)	28 - 36	RK Konjuh Zivinice (BIH)
19h00	HC Fivers WAT Margareten Vienna (AUT)	31 - 34	Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN)
19h30	HC Dukla Praha (CZE)	27 - 20	Bianco Monte Drama 1986 (GRE)
16 November 2025
14h00	Polva Serviti (EST)	28 - 27	BK-46 Karis (FIN)
15h00	Bursa Nilüfer BK (TÜR)	35 - 29	Red Boys Differdange HB (LUX)
16h50	IL Runar Sandefjord (NOR)	36 - 30	VHC Sviesa Vilnius (LTU)
17h00	Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)	33 - 40	ACS HC Buzau 2012 (ROM)
18h00	RK Izvidac Ljubuski (BIH)	29 - 27	HB Dudelange (LUX)
18h00	RK Ohrid 2013 (MKD)	37 - 19	RK Sloga Doboj (BIH)
22 November 2025
13h30	VHC Sviesa Vilnius (LTU)	33 - 36	IL Runar Sandefjord (NOR)
17h30	Bianco Monte Drama 1986 (GRE)	30 - 31	HC Dukla Praha (CZE)
18h00	RK Sloga Doboj (BIH)	18 - 42	RK Ohrid 2013 (MKD)
18h00	HC Berchem (LUX)	24 - 27	SKKP Brno Handball (CZE)
18h00	HSC Suhr Aarau (SWI)	25 - 27	MOL Tatabanya KC (HUN)
18h00	AC PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)	29 - 25	Besiktas JK Istanbul (TÜR)
18h00	RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO)	37 - 32 ot (16-13, 18-19, 3-0)	Vojvodina Novi Sad (SCG)
18h00	Sparkasse Schwaz HB Tirol (AUT)	40 - 33	HC Banik Karvina (CZE)
18h30	Cassano Magnago HC (ITA)	26 - 29	Olympiacos SFP Piraeus (GRE)
19h00	RK Konjuh Zivinice (BIH)	28 - 28	Raimond Sassari (ITA)
19h00	RK Trimo Trebnje (SLO)	36 - 20	RK Budvanska Rivijera Budva (MNE)
20h30	Red Boys Differdange HB (LUX)	34 - 34 ot	Bursa Nilüfer BK (TÜR)
23 November 2025
13h00	BK-46 Karis (FIN)	31 - 27	Polva Serviti (EST)
17h00	HB Dudelange (LUX)	29 - 32	RK Izvidac Ljubuski (BIH)
18h00	Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN)	32 - 29	HC Fivers WAT Margareten Vienna (AUT)

Round of 16

14 February 2026
	Olympiacos SFP Piraeus (GRE)	-	BK-46 Karis (FIN)
	RK Konjuh Zivinice (BIH)	-	ACS HC Buzau 2012 (ROM)
	RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO)	-	Besiktas JK Istanbul (TÜR)
	MOL Tatabanya KC (HUN)	-	IL Runar Sandefjord (NOR)
	HC Banik Karvina (CZE)	-	Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN)
	SKKP Brno Handball (CZE)	-	Bursa Nilüfer BK (TÜR)
	RK Ohrid 2013 (MKD)	-	HC Dukla Praha (CZE)
	RK Izvidac Ljubuski (BIH)	-	RK Trimo Trebnje (SLO)
21 February 2026
	Besiktas JK Istanbul (TÜR)	-	RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO)
	IL Runar Sandefjord (NOR)	-	MOL Tatabanya KC (HUN)
	Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN)	-	HC Banik Karvina (CZE)
	Bursa Nilüfer BK (TÜR)	-	SKKP Brno Handball (CZE)
	HC Dukla Praha (CZE)	-	RK Ohrid 2013 (MKD)
	RK Trimo Trebnje (SLO)	-	RK Izvidac Ljubuski (BIH)
	BK-46 Karis (FIN)	-	Olympiacos SFP Piraeus (GRE)
	ACS HC Buzau 2012 (ROM)	-	RK Konjuh Zivinice (BIH)

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 1
  • Number of rounds : 7
  • Matches : 110
  • Home victories : 60 (55 %)
  • Away victories : 43 (39 %)
  • Drawn matches : 7 (6 %)

  • Best round in points : 2nd (3721 points)
  • Average points per match : 60.41
  • Average points scored at home : 31.05
  • Scoring average: away games : 29.36
  • Total number of points : 6645
  • Average points per round : 949.29
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Balatonfüredi KSE (HU.	6
  2	AC PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)	4
  3	ACS HC Buzau 2012 (ROM)	4
  4	HC Dukla Praha (CZE)	4
  5	IL Runar Sandefjord (NOR)	4
  6	Olympiacos SFP Piraeus (GR.	4

  Drawn matches

  1	Raimond Sassari (ITA)	2
  2	AC PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)	1
  3	BESA Famgas Peja (KOS)	1
  4	Bursa Nilüfer BK (T&U.	1
  5	Cassano Magnago HC (ITA)	1
  6	HSC Suhr Aarau (SWI)	1

  Losses

  1	Bianco Monte Drama 1986 (G.	3
  2	HB Dudelange (LUX)	3
  3	HC Fivers WAT Margareten V.	3
  4	Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)	3
  5	RK Budvanska Rivijera Budv.	3
  6	RK Sloga Doboj (BIH)	3

Men's Challenge Cup 2025/2026 - Participating teams

AC PAOK Thessaloniki

Achilles Bocholt

ACS HC Buzau 2012

Albatro Syracusa

Anorthosis Famagusta HB

Balatonfüredi KSE

BESA Famgas Peja

Besiktas JK Istanbul

Beykoz BLD SK Istanbul

Bianco Monte Drama 1986

BK-46 Karis

Bursa Nilüfer BK

Cassano Magnago HC

CSM Constanta

Diomidis Argos

ESN Vrilissia

European Univ. Cyprus

FH Hafnarfjördur

GRK Tikves Kavadarci

H71 Hoyvik

HB Dudelange

HB Esch-sur-Alzette

HC Baki

HC Banik Karvina

HC Berchem

HC Dragunas Klaipeda

HC Dukla Praha

HC Fivers WAT Margareten Vienna

HC Granitas-Karys Kaunas

HC Motor Zaporozhye

Holon Yuvalim HC

HSC Suhr Aarau

HV KRAS/Volendam

IL Runar Sandefjord

JAGS Voslau

KH Kastrioti Ferizaj

KH Rahoveci

Kur Mingechevir

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Metaloplastika Sabac

Mistra Tallinn

MOL Tatabanya KC

MSK Povazska Bystrica

Nærbø IL

Olympiacos SFP Piraeus

Oxford University HC

Parnassos Strovolou

PM Conversano

Polva Serviti

Raimond Sassari

Red Boys Differdange HB

RK Budvanska Rivijera Budva

RK Butel Skopje

RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko

RK Dinamo Pancevo

RK Izvidac Ljubuski

RK Konjuh Zivinice

RK Leotar Trebinje

RK Lovcen Cetinje

RK Ohrid 2013

RK Sloga Doboj

RK Trimo Trebnje

RK Vogosca Poljine Hills

SKKP Brno Handball

Sparkasse Schwaz HB Tirol

Spor Toto SK Ankara

UHK Krems

VHC Sviesa Vilnius

Viljandi HC

Vojvodina Novi Sad

ZRHK TENAX Dobele

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