Montenegrin Women's Handball Cup

Montenegrin Women's Handball Cup

Sport	Handball
Founded	2006
No. of teams	8
Country	Montenegro
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	ŽRK Budućnost
Most titles	ŽRK Budućnost (17 titles in independent Montenegro; 28 overall)
TV partner(s)	RTCG
Official website	rscg.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

• Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball
• Montenegrin women's handball clubs in European competitions
• Montenegrin Men's Handball Cup

External links

• Handball Federation of Montenegro