Club Balonmano Femenino Elda, also known as Elda Prestigio for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish women's
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
team from
Elda
Elda (; , ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Alicante, Spain. , it has a total population of 55,618 inhabitants, ranking as the 7th most populous city in the province. Elda joins together with the town of Petrer to form a ...
,
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...
founded in 1985.
Elda was promoted in 1992 to the
División de Honor, where it played for the next two decades. In the late 1990s it became a national powerhouse, winning four leagues and two
national cups between 1999 and 2008. The team's major success in European competition was reaching the 2005
Champions League quarter-finals and the 2010
EHF Cup final, lost to
Randers HK
Randers HK is a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competes in the Danish 1st Division for the 2024/25 season and plays their home matches in Arena Randers.
History
Randers HK was founded in 1996 as a collaborative effort ...
. It also reached the EHF Cup and
Cup Winners' Cup
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's semifinals in 1998, 2002 and 2007.
In June 2012 Elda asked to be relegated to the third tier due to financial strain.
Elda Prestigio will play in Primera Nacional
'' Marca'', 18 June 2012
Titles
* Liga ABF (4)
** 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008
* Copa de la Reina (2)
** 2002, 2005
* Supercopa de España
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(2)
** 2004, 2008
* Copa ABF (1)
** 2005
Season to season
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*20 seasons in División de Honor
References
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Women's handball clubs in Spain
Sports clubs and teams in the Valencian Community
Handball clubs established in 1985
1985 establishments in Spain