# 1997–98 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup

The 1997–98 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the 22nd edition of EHF's competition for women's handball national cup champions. It ran from October 2, 1997, to May 16, 1998.
1995 EHF Cup runner-up Bækkelagets SK defeated Kras Zagreb, which lost the final for the second time in three years, to become the first Norwegian women's team to win an EHF/IHF competition.

## Results

| Preliminary round October 2–12, 1997 | Preliminary round October 2–12, 1997 | Preliminary round October 2–12, 1997 | Preliminary round October 2–12, 1997 | Round of 16 November 7–16, 1997 | Round of 16 November 7–16, 1997 | Round of 16 November 7–16, 1997 | Round of 16 November 7–16, 1997 | Quarterfinals February 21 – March 1, 1998 | Quarterfinals February 21 – March 1, 1998 | Quarterfinals February 21 – March 1, 1998 | Quarterfinals February 21 – March 1, 1998 | Semifinals April 5–12, 1998 | Semifinals April 5–12, 1998 | Semifinals April 5–12, 1998 | Semifinals April 5–12, 1998 | Final May 9–16, 1998 | Final May 9–16, 1998 | Final May 9–16, 1998 | Final May 9–16, 1998 |
| Maccabi Holon | 13 | 19 | 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Napredak Kruševac | 49 | 44 | 93 | Napredak Kruševac | 31 | 26 | 57 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Corteblanco Bidebieta | 32 | 27 | 59 | Frederikshaven IF | 23 | 28 | 51 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frederikshaven IF | 29 | 34 | 63 | | | | | Napredak Kruševac | 24 | 22 | 46 | | | | | | | | |
| ASB Athinaikos | 11 | 9 | 20 | | | | | Kras Zagreb | 23 | 26 | 49 | | | | | | | | |
| Kras Zagreb | 27 | 33 | 60 | Kras Zagreb | 39 | 34 | 73 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 28 | 16 | 44 | Zora Gevgelija | 12 | 18 | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zora Gevgelija | 21 | 25 | 46 | | | | | | | | | Kras Zagreb | 32 | 21 | 53 | | | | |
| Infante Madeira | 21 | 20 | 41 | | | | | | | | | Borussia Dortmund | 24 | 27 | 51 | | | | |
| Avtomobilist Brovary | 37 | 34 | 71 | Avtomobilist Brovary | 36 | 24 | 60 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arena Hechtel | 21 | 16 | 37 | TSV Saint Othmar | 18 | 24 | 42 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| TSV Saint Othmar | 24 | 24 | 48 | | | | | Avtomobilist Brovary | 25 | 23 | 48 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Borussia Dortmund | 35 | 39 | 74 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Borussia Dortmund | 37 | 35 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UHC Stockerau | 21 | 20 | 41 | Plastika Nitra | 19 | 32 | 51 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Plastika Nitra | 22 | 27 | 49 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kras Zagreb | 23 | 17 | 40 |
| Silcotub Zalău | 24 | 16 | 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bækkelagets SK | 23 | 28 | 51 |
| Vasas Budapest | 15 | 22 | 37 | Silcotub Zalău | 33 | 33 | 66 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SEW Zeeman | 54 | 52 | 106 | SEW Zeeman | 22 | 18 | 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Polisportiva Cingoli | 10 | 17 | 27 | | | | | Silcotub Zalău | 26 | 14 | 40 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Luch Moscow | 13 | 22 | 35 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Luch Moscow | 23 | 26 | 49 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anadolu Üniversitesi | 24 | 24 | 48 | Jaroslawski KS | 15 | 23 | 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jaroslawski KS | 23 | 26 | 49 | | | | | | | | | Silcotub Zalău | 22 | 17 | 39 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Bækkelagets SK | 27 | 32 | 59 | | | | |
| | | | | Kuban Krasnodar | 33 | 19 | 52 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| HC Bascharage | 12 | 4 | 16 | ES Besançon | 22 | 26 | 48 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ES Besançon | 33 | 31 | 64 | | | | | Kuban Krasnodar | 24 | 19 | 43 | | | | | | | | |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 24 | 21 | 45 | | | | | Bækkelagets SK | 19 | 28 | 47 | | | | | | | | |
| Bækkelagets SK | 23 | 33 | 56 | Bækkelagets SK | 29 | 25 | 54 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Universitet Gomel | 22 | 25 | 47 | Novesta Zlín | 16 | 21 | 37 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Novesta Zlín | 35 | 26 | 61 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |