Montenegrin Men's Handball Cup
| Countries | Montenegro |
|---|---|
| Confederation | EHF |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Current champions | RK Lovćen Cetinje (2017) |
| Most championships | RK Lovćen Cetinje (8 titles) |
| Website | [1] |
The Montenegrin Men's Handball Cup (Montenegrin: Rukometni Kup Crne Gore) is an elimination handball tournament held annually. It is the second most important national title in Montenegrin handball after the Montenegrin First League.
It has been held annually since Montenegrin independence in 2006.
Before Montenegrin independence, clubs from that Republic played in national handball Cup of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro. Most successful was RK Lovćen with two trophies won.
First time, Lovćen won the trophy at final-four 2002 in Vršac, defeating RK Sintelon (19:18) in the final. Year later, Lovćen won the final four in Belgrade (final match against RK Partizan - 28:28).
Below is a list of Yugoslav Cup trophies won by Montenegrin clubs.
Except Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball as a top-tier league competition, after the independence, Handball Federation of Montenegro established Montenegrin Cup as a second elite national tournament. Inaugural season of Montenegrin Cup was 2006-07, and by now most successful was RK Lovćen with 8 titles. One title won RK Berane, RK Sutjeska and RK Partizan Tivat.
There are two phases of Montenegrin Men's Handball Cup. First, there are two elimination phases - 1st leg and the quarterfinals.
Winners of quarterfinals are participating in the second phase - Final tournament, which held on the Montenegrin Independence Day - May 21.
Traditional event, Final tournament of Montenegrin Cup, every year is organising on 20/21 May. During the first day, there are two Semi-finals, and final match is playing on the Independence Day (May 21).
Until today, hosts of Montenegrin Cup Final tournament were cities Cetinje (4), Danilovgrad (3) , Pljevlja (1), Budva (1), Tivat (1) and Mojkovac (1).
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