porto beat real madrid in the cl final.
who did porto beat in the cl final?
real madrid
before 2004, porto's last triumph in the competition had been in 1987 – although they had won the uefa cup the previous season – while monaco were playing in their first ever champions league final. both teams started their uefa champions league campaigns in the group stage and defeated former european champions on their way to the final. porto beat 1968 and 1999 winners manchester united while monaco defeated nine-time champions real madrid.
2004 uefa champions league final
the idea to create a second domestic cup after portuguese handball cup came from the conflict between portuguese handball federation and the "liga portuguesa de andebol (portuguese handball league)" in 2002. the latter controlled the divisão de elite, a closed professional league, while the federation controlled all others competitions. in 2003, lpa expanded their influence and created their own cup, the "taça da liga (league cup)". the first edition was played in the weekend of 6 and 7 december 2003 in the pavilhão municipal de grijó. four clubs contested the tournament, fc porto, abc braga, águas santas and sporting. in the semi-finals, sporting beat águas santas by 24–21, while porto defeated abc by 32–26. the following day, carlos resende scored 13 goals for porto in a 31–28 win over sporting. the second edition took place in the nave polivalente de espinho, on 11 and 12 december 2004. repeated contestants, porto and abc braga were joined by two new one's, belenenses and sporting de espinho. porto reached their second consecutive final after defeating the home team by 30–25; while in the other game, abc surpassed belenenses by 34–27 to qualify for the first time. in the final, porto beat abc by 31–23 and added another trophy to its cabinet. the third edition was decided on 12 february 2006 at the pavilhão municipal de idanha-a-nova, where belenenses defeated maia team, águas santas by 25–24. the day before, águas santas had beat porto, preventing them from reaching a three-peat.
portuguese handball league cup