Montenegrin Women's Handball Cup

Montenegrin Women's Handball Cup
SportHandball
Founded2006
No. of teams8
CountryMontenegro Montenegro
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)		ŽRK Budućnost
Most titlesŽRK Budućnost
(17 titles in independent Montenegro; 28 overall)
TV partner(s)RTCG
Official websiterscg.me

The Montenegrin Women's Handball Cup (Montenegrin: Crnogorski rukometni kup za žene) is a national women's team handball competition in Montenegro operated by the Handball Federation of Montenegro. It has been held annually since Montenegrin independence in 2006.

History

Before independence

Before Montenegrin independence, clubs from that Republic played in handball Cup of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro. Most successful was ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica with 11 trophies won.
ŽRK Budućnost won the national Cup on seasons 1983–84, 1988–89, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06.

After independence

Except Montenegrin First League of Women'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 all the titles are won by ŽRK Budućnost.

Winners

Season by season

Below is a list of Montenegrin Cup winners since the season 2006-07.

Season Winner Result Runner/up
2006–07 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 37-19 ŽRK Petrol Bonus Podgorica
2007–08 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 42-16 ŽRK Nikšić
2008–09 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 33-24 ŽRK Biseri Pljevlja
2009–10 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 35-20 ŽRK Biseri Pljevlja
2010–11 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 49-23 ŽRK Nikšić
2011–12 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 38-26 ŽRK Biseri Pljevlja
2012–13 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 32-18 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 'B'
2013–14 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 24-14 ŽRK Danilovgrad
2014–15 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 32-23 ŽRK Danilovgrad
2015–16 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 28-14 ŽRK Levalea Nikšić
2016–17 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 22-16 ŽRK Danilovgrad
2017–18 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 33-11 ŽRK Levalea Nikšić
2018–19 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 28-15 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 'B'
2019–20 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 38-14 ŽRK Levalea Nikšić
2020–21 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 27-19 ŽRK Levalea Nikšić
2021–22 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 46-18 ŽRK Levalea Nikšić
2022–23 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 34-17 ŽRK Rudar Pljevlja

Trophies by Club

Club Titles / Montenegro Years Won Titles / Yugoslavia Years Won
ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 17 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 11 1983–84, 1988–89, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06

See also