The 2016–17 Women's EHF Cup was the 36th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 9 September 2016.
Overview
Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holders CWC: EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup holders 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position CW: Domestic cup winners CR: Domestic cup runners-up CL QT: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage. CL Group: Losers from the Champions League group stage.
Group stage Glassverket IF HC Leipzig Rostov-Don IK Sävehof Round 3 TTH Holstebro RK Podravka Koprivnica Hypo Niederösterreich Indeco Conversano Dunaújvárosi KKA Yenimahalle Bld. SK BM Bera Bera MKS Selgros Lublin Round 2 Viborg HK Debreceni VSC CJF Fleury LH (2nd) HC Gomel Randers HK WHC Lada Togliatti HCM Roman IUVENTA Michalovce Érd NK TuS Metzingen SERCODAK Dalfsen Round 1 Tertnes Bergen SG BBM Bietigheim Alavarium/Love Tiles OF Nea Ionia Byåsen HE VfL Oldenburg ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja RK Zagorje Vipers Kristiansand Skuru IK ŽRK Naisa Niš HB Dudelange Brest BH Lugi HF Bnei Herzliya KHF Prishtina Issy Paris Hand Pogoń Baltica Szczecin HC Holon ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas Nantes LAH Vistal Gdynia Nykøbing Falster HK Neistin ASC Corona 2010 Brașov DHK Baník Most Alba Fehérvár KC HŽRK Grude HC Dunărea Brăila DHC Slavia Prague Cassano Magnago AC Latsia Nicosia CSM Ploiești SPONO Eagles VOC Amsterdam HC Galychanka HC Kuban Krasnodar LC Brühl Handball BNTU-BelAZ Minsk HK Dinamo Volgograd Madeira Andebol SAD Muratpaşa Belediyespor SK
Round and draw dates All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingQualification round 119 July 201610–11 September 201617–18 September 2016Qualification round 215–16 October 201622–23 October 2016Qualification round 325 October 201612–13 November 201619–20 November 2016Group stageMatchday 124 November 20167–8 January 2017Matchday 214–15 January 2017Matchday 321–22 January 2017Matchday 428–29 January 2017Matchday 54–5 February 2017Matchday 611–12 February 2017Knockout stageQuarterfinals14 February 20174–5 March 201711–12 March 2017Semifinals8–9 April 201715–16 April 2017Final18 April 20176–7 May 201713–14 May 2017
Qualification stage
Round 1 There is 42 teams participating in round 2.
Round 2 There is 32 teams participating in round 2.
21 teams who qualified from round 1 and 11 teams joining the draw.
Round 3 There is 24 teams participating in round 3.
16 teams who qualified from round 2 and 8 teams joining the draw.
Group stage There is 16 teams participating in the group phase.
12 teams who qualified from round 3 and 4 teams joining the draw.
Seedings The seedings were announced on 21 November 2016
Teams in the draw will be protected against meeting teams from the same country in the same group.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 HC Leipzig Glassverket IF Rostov-Don IK Sävehof Nykøbing Falster HK SG BBM Bietigheim VfL Oldenburg HC Kuban Krasnodar Randers HK Brest BH TuS Metzingen Érd NK Nantes LAH Alba Fehérvár KC Byåsen HE WHC Lada Togliatti The first round of the group phase was scheduled for 7–8 January and the last round took place on 11–12 February.
Only the top two teams of each group made it to the quarter-finals.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into semi-finals.
Semi-finals
Final
See also 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League 2016–17 Women's EHF Challenge Cup
References
External links Official website