2003–04 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup

The 2003–04 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-eighth 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 team	Aggregate	Away team	1st leg	2nd leg
Eglė Vilnius	41–54	Lokomotiva Zagreb	21–27	20–27
Fémina Visé	31–80	FC Copenhague	19–38	12–42
Union Korneuburg	75–43	Maccabi-K.S. Holon	40–24	35–19
Radnicki Belgrade	69–40	ŽRK Ilidza	32–19	37–21
LK Zug	39–67	Byåsen HE	22–35	17–32
Váci NKSE	71–48	Ormi Patras	38–27	33–21
Üsküdar BSK	59–53	Florgarden Sassari	33–25	26–28
ABU Baku	53–49	Hellas Den Haag	23–24	30–25
Ferrobús Tortajada	78–32	Arkatron Minsk	42–19	36–13
(a) CD Gil Eanes	40–40	Zgoda Ruda Śląska	19–16	21–24
HC Bascharage	33–76	Frankfurter HC	14–38	19–38

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 Prestigio	20	25	45
Lokomotiva Zagreb	26	23	49									FC Copenhague	28	33	61
FC Copenhague	24	28	52			FC Copenhague	34	18	52
Union Korneuburg	18	17	35			Luch Moscow	15	29	44
Luch Moscow	31	30	61															FC Copenhague	27	24	51
																		Hypo Niederösterreich	29	39	68
												Hypo Niederösterreich	30	30	60
Cercle Nîmes	29	28	57									Váci NKSE	15	26	41
Radnicki Belgrade	17	15	32			Cercle Nîmes	21	23	44
Byåsen HE	17	23	40			Váci NKSE	24	24	48
Váci NKSE	31	32	63																					Hypo Niederösterreich	35	22	57
																								Ikast Bording	30	36	66
												Mar Valencia	21	28	49
Spartak Kiev	22	27	49									Metz HB	25	28	53
Üsküdar BSK	26	30	56			Üsküdar BSK	22	15	37
ABU Baku	15	22	37			Metz HB	33	31	64
Metz HB	24	24	48															Metz HB	23	25	48
																		Ikast Bording	21	34	55
												Ikast Bording	36	34	70
Ferrobús Tortajada	36	35	71									Ferrobús Tortajada	26	30	56
CD Gil Eanes	21	22	43			Ferrobús Tortajada	33	18	51
Silcotub Zalau	31	34	65			Silcotub Zalau	19	27	46
Frankfurter HC	21	31	52

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