2016–17 EHF Cup

The 2016–17 EHF Cup is the 36th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the fifth edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

EHF Cup
2016–17
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates2 September 2016–21 May 2017
Host(s)Frisch Auf Göppingen (final four)
Venue(s)EWS Arena (final four)
Teams57+6 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
Final positions
ChampionsGermany Frisch Auf Göppingen
Runner-upGermany Füchse Berlin
Tournament statistics
MVPSlovenia Primož Prošt
Top scorer(s)Denmark Hans Lindberg
(92 goals)

Team allocation

Federation ranking

For the 2016–17 EHF Cup, the national federations were allocated places according to their 2016–17 EHF country ranking, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2012–13 to 2014–15.[1]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, federations may have more or less teams participating in the EHF Cup,[2] as noted below:

Distribution
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(30 teams)
  • 1 sixth-placed team from federation 4
  • 2 fifth-placed teams from federations 3, 4
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from federations 8, 11, 12
  • 5 third-placed teams from federations 9, 11, 13, 15, 26
  • 8 runner-up teams from federations 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 32
  • 10 champions from federations 18, 23, 29, 32, 34, 36–40
  • 1 domestic cup winner from federation 17
Second qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 3 fifth-placed teams from federations 1, 6, 17
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from federations 3, 5, 7
  • 1 third-placed team from federation 12
  • 7 runner-up teams from federations 9–11, 13–15, 19
  • 1 champion from federation 27
  • 2 fourth-placed teams from Champions League qualification stage
  • 15 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • Title holders
  • 2 fourth-placed teams from federations 1, 2
  • 5 third-placed teams from federations 2, 3, 5–7
  • 1 runner-up team from federation 4
  • 3 domestic cup winners/runners-up from federations 1, 2, 5
  • 2 third-placed teams from Champions League qualification stage
  • 2 runners-up from Champions League qualification stage
  • 16 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage
(16 teams)
  • 16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the group stage
  • 4 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[3]

  • TH: Title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • CW: Domestic cup winners
  • CR: Domestic cup runners-up
  • CL QS: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage.
Third qualifying round
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen (TH) Spain Fraikin Granollers (4th) Denmark GOG (3rd) Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje (CL QS)
Germany MT Melsungen (4th)[Note GER] Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna (CR)[Note ESP] Denmark HC Midtjylland (CW) Finland Riihimäki Cocks (CL QS)
Germany SC Magdeburg (CW) Hungary Grundfos Tatabánya KC (3rd) Poland KS Azoty-Puławy (3rd) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (CL QS)
Spain CB Ademar León (3rd) France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball (2nd)[Note FRA] Slovenia RD Ribnica (3rd) Austria Bregenz Handball (CL QS)
Second qualifying round
Germany Füchse Berlin (5th)[Note GER] Romania CSM București (2nd) Belarus SKA Minsk (2nd) Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange (CL QS)
Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE (4th) Sweden Alingsås HK (2nd) Switzerland Wacker Thun (2nd) Belgium HC Achilles Bocholt (CL QS)
Denmark KIF Kolding København (4th) Croatia RK Nexe Našice (2nd) Norway ØIF Arendal (5th)  
Poland NMC Górnik Zabrze (5th) Russia Saint Petersburg HC (3rd) Slovakia HC Sporta Hlohovec (2nd)
Slovenia RD Koper 2013 (4th) Portugal S.L. Benfica (2nd) Czech Republic Talent M.A.T. Plzeň (1st)
First qualifying round
Hungary Csurgói KK (5th) Portugal FC Porto (3rd) Greece AC Filippos Veria (1st) Estonia Põlva Serviti (1st)
France Chambéry Savoie Handball (5th)[Note FRA] Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur (3rd) Greece AC Diomidis Argous (2nd) Iceland Haukar Handball (1st)
France US Créteil Handball (6th)[Note FRA] Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia (2nd) Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2nd) Montenegro RK Budvanska Rivijera (1st)
North Macedonia RK Prilep 2010 (4th) Norway Bodø HK (CW) Austria Alpla HC Hard (3rd) Moldova HC Olimpus-85 USEFS (1st)
Romania SCM Politehnica Timișoara (3rd) Serbia RK Vojvodina (1st) Czech Republic HC Dukla Prague (2nd) United Kingdom London GD HC (1st)
Croatia GRK Varaždin 1930 (3rd) Serbia RK Metaloplastika (2nd) Kosovo KH BESA Famiglia (1st) Georgia (country) B.S.B. Batumi (1st)
Croatia RK Zamet (4th) Turkey BB Ankaraspor (2nd) Netherlands OCI-Lions (1st)  
Russia Dinamo Astrakhan (4th) Luxembourg Handball Käerjeng (2nd) Netherlands KRAS/Volendam (2nd)
Notes
  1. ^ a b
    France (FRA):
    • Saint-Raphaël, the runners-up of the 2015–16 LNH Division 1, earned the right to participate in the EHF Cup third qualifying round. They applied for participation in EHF Champions League group stage, but their request was rejected by the EHF.[4]
    • Nantes and Montpellier, respectively the third- and fourth-placed teams of the 2015–16 LNH Division 1, earned the right to participate in the EHF Cup, but were granted berths in the EHF Champions League group stage. As a result, the fifth-placed team Chambéry and the sixth-placed team Créteil were awarded wildcard entries to the EHF Cup first qualifying round.[5]
  2. ^
    Germany (GER): Kiel, the third-placed team of the 2015–16 Handball-Bundesliga, would have participated in the EHF Cup third qualifying round, but was granted a berth into the EHF Champions League group stage.[6] As a result, the fourth-placed team Melsungen was promoted to the third qualifying round, and the fifth-placed team Füchse Berlin was given a berth in the second qualifying round.[7]
  3. ^
    Spain (ESP): Barcelona, the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, earned the right to participate in the EHF Cup third qualifying round. However, since they also qualified for the EHF Champions League group stage as the winners of the 2015–16 Liga ASOBAL, their EHF Cup berth was given to the cup runners-up Helvetia Anaitasuna.[8]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria):[9]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualification First qualifying round 19 July 2016 3–4 September 2016 10–11 September 2016
Second qualifying round 8–9 October 2016 15–16 October 2016
Third qualifying round 18 October 2016 19–20 November 2016 26–27 November 2016
Group stage Matchday 1 1 December 2016 11–12 February 2017
Matchday 2 17–19 February 2017
Matchday 3 4–5 March 2017
Matchday 4 11–12 March 2017
Matchday 5 25–26 March 2017
Matchday 6 1–2 April 2017
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 4 April 2017 22–23 April 2017 29–30 April 2017
Final four 2 May 2017 20–21 May 2017

Qualification stage

The qualification stage consists of three rounds, which are played as two-legged ties using a home-and-away system. In the draws for each round, teams are allocated into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 facing teams from Pot 2.[3] The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) qualify for the following round.

For each round, teams listed first played the first leg at home. In some cases, teams agreed to play both matches at the same venue.

Round 1

A total of 30 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 19 July 2016. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2


The first legs were played on 2–3 September and the second legs were played on 4 and 10–11 September 2015.[10]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Handball Käerjeng Luxembourg 58–561 Serbia RK Vojvodina 30–31 28–25
US Créteil Handball France 56–56 (a) Croatia RK Zamet 29–32 27–24
Alpla HC Hard Austria 55–43 Netherlands OCI-Lions 28–17 27–26
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel 79–362 United Kingdom London GD HC 38–14 41–22
Chambéry Savoie Handball France 67–39 Netherlands KRAS/Volendam 31–23 36–16
GRK Varaždin 1930 Croatia 51–583 Turkey BB Ankaraspor 24–32 27–26
Haukar Handball Iceland 61–464 Greece AC Diomidis Argous 33–26 28–20
KH BESA Famiglia Kosovo 58–62 Czech Republic HC Dukla Prague 35–31 23–31
B.S.B. Batumi Georgia (country) 32–935 Portugal FC Porto 16–49 16–44
Csurgói KK Hungary 47–44 Norway Bodø HK 28–21 19–23
SCM Politehnica Timișoara Romania 51–43 Estonia Põlva Serviti 26–22 25–21
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS Moldova 49–77 Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia 28–37 21–40
RK Prilep 2010 North Macedonia 34–846 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur 19–42 15–42
RK Metaloplastika Serbia 44–47 Russia Dinamo Astrakhan 24–30 20–17
AC Filippos Veria Greece 58–50 Montenegro RK Budvanska Rivijera 30–24 28–26
Notes
1 Both legs were hosted by Handball Käerjeng.
2 Both legs were hosted by Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
3 Both legs were hosted by BB Ankaraspor.
4 Both legs were hosted by AC Diomidis Argous.
5 Both legs were hosted by FC Porto.
6 Both legs were hosted by RK Prilep 2010.

Round 2

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the second qualifying round, which was held after the draw for the first qualifying round on Tuesday, 19 July 2016. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 8–9 October and the second legs were played on 9 and 15–16 October 2016.[11]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KIF Kolding København Denmark 69–43 Czech Republic Talent M.A.T. Plzeň 38–23 31–20
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel 56–491 Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange 26–25 30–24
Csurgói KK Hungary 58–461 Belgium HC Achilles Bocholt 34–23 24–23
S.L. Benfica Portugal 64–56 Luxembourg Handball Käerjeng 31–26 33–30
Chambéry Savoie Handball France 44–49 Germany Füchse Berlin 22–25 22–24
Balatonfüredi KSE Hungary 48–50 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur 28–23 20–27
Saint Petersburg HC Russia 57–46 Turkey BB Ankaraspor 26–19 31–27
ØIF Arendal Norway 49–51 Romania SCM Politehnica Timișoara 23–24 26–27
Haukar Handball Iceland 51–55 Sweden Alingsås HK 24–24 27–31
ZTR Zaporizhia Ukraine 45–442 Switzerland Wacker Thun 23–22 22–22
NMC Górnik Zabrze Poland 50–323 Greece AC Filippos Veria 30–17 20–15
FC Porto Portugal 57–46 Slovenia RD Koper 2013 31–24 26–22
Alpla HC Hard Austria 53–56 Belarus SKA Minsk 28–25 25–31
Dinamo Astrakhan Russia 60–49 Slovakia HC Sporta Hlohovec 33–29 27–20
CSM București Romania 50–50 (a) Croatia RK Zamet 29–23 21–27
HC Dukla Prague Czech Republic 53–59 Croatia RK Nexe Našice 30–29 23–30
Notes
1 Order of legs reversed
2 Both legs were hosted by ZTR Zaporizhia.
3 Both legs were hosted by Górnik Zabrze.

Round 3

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualifying round, which was held on Tuesday, 18 October 2016. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:[3][12]

Pot 1 Pot 2

The first legs were played on 18–20 and 23 November and the second legs were played on 25–27 November 2016.[13]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RK Zamet Croatia 43–66 Germany MT Melsungen 23–34 20–32
SKA Minsk Belarus 55–61 France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 30–28 25–33
KS Azoty-Puławy Poland 52–53 Portugal S.L. Benfica 34–29 18–24
Dinamo Astrakhan Russia 55–64 Denmark HC Midtjylland 29–29 26–35
RK Gorenje Velenje Slovenia 56–58 Germany Füchse Berlin 24–29 32–29
Fraikin Granollers Spain 57–57 (a) Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhia 27–29 30–28
Saint Petersburg HC Russia 48–51 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 25–23 23–28
SC Magdeburg Germany 61–49 Croatia RK Nexe Našice 31–22 30–27
Helvetia Anaitasuna Spain 53–51 Hungary Csurgói KK 27–21 26–30
Alingsås HK Sweden 56–58 Denmark GOG 29–26 27–32
SCM Politehnica Timișoara Romania 46–52 Slovenia RD Ribnica 27–22 19–30
Riihimäki Cocks Finland 59–49 Poland NMC Górnik Zabrze 30–19 29–30
Frisch Auf Göppingen Germany 70–621 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur 33–30 37–32
CB Ademar León Spain 51–52 Denmark KIF Kolding København 24–27 27–25
Bregenz Handball Austria 56–59 Portugal FC Porto 27–28 29–31
Grundfos Tatabánya KC Hungary 63–49 Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion 35–23 28–26
Notes
1 Order of legs reversed

Group stage
Location of teams of the 2016–17 EHF Cup group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B; Green: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

Draw and format

The draw of the EHF Cup group stage took place on Thursday, 1 December 2016. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were drawn into four groups of four teams. The country protection rule was applied, i.e. two clubs from the same country could not face each other in the same group.[14]

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 11–12 February, 17–19 February, 4–5 March, 11–12 March, 25–26 March, and 1–2 April 2017.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

  1. number of points in matches of all teams directly involved;
  2. goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved;
  3. higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved;
  4. goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club.

Seeding

On 28 November 2016, EHF announced the composition of the group stage seeding pots.[15]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Denmark KIF Kolding København
France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
Germany MT Melsungen

Denmark HC Midtjylland
Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna
Hungary Grundfos Tatabánya KC
Slovenia RD Ribnica

Denmark GOG
Spain Fraikin Granollers
Germany SC Magdeburg
Portugal S.L. Benfica

Finland Riihimäki Cocks
Germany Füchse Berlin
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Portugal FC Porto

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FCH SVH GOG RDR
Germany Füchse Berlin 6 5 0 1 185 163 +22 10 — 33–31 37–29 38–30
France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 6 4 0 2 179 164 +15 8 27–21 — 32–36 26–22
Denmark GOG 6 3 0 3 187 190 −3 6 26–31 28–32 — 32–27
Slovenia RD Ribnica 6 0 0 6 154 188 −34 0 20–25 24–31 31–36 —
Source:

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GÖP FGR POR MYD
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen 6 6 0 0 181 155 +26 12 — 29–28 30–28 31–23
Spain Fraikin Granollers 6 3 0 3 171 165 +6 6 27–35 — 33–22 34–32
Portugal FC Porto 6 2 0 4 159 170 −11 4 27–31 23–22 — 33–25
Denmark HC Midtjylland 6 1 0 5 155 176 −21 2 22–25 24–27 29–26 —
Source:

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MAG TAT KOL MTA
Germany SC Magdeburg 6 5 1 0 200 146 +54 11 — 30–25 36–24 42–24
Hungary Grundfos Tatabánya KC 6 4 0 2 161 157 +4 8 28–31 — 28–26 27–24
Denmark KIF Kolding København 6 2 1 3 166 172 −6 5 23–23 26–29 — 36–31
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 0 6 146 198 −52 0 22–38 20–24 25–31 —
Source:

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MEL ANA BEN RCO
Germany MT Melsungen 6 4 0 2 168 140 +28 8 — 28–22 32–22 33–19
Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna 6 4 0 2 171 163 +8 8 23–22 — 35–28 30–24
Portugal S.L. Benfica 6 4 0 2 158 165 −7 8 26–24 33–28 — 26–25
Finland Riihimäki Cocks 6 0 0 6 145 174 −29 0 28–29 28–33 21–23 —
Source:

Ranking of the second-placed teams

Because the German side Frisch Auf Göppingen, the organizers of the Final 4 tournament, finished on top of their group they qualified directly to the final tournament and only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals. The ranking of the second-placed teams was determined on the basis of the team's results in the group stage.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
A France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 6 4 0 2 179 164 +15 8
D Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna 6 4 0 2 171 163 +8 8
C Hungary Grundfos Tatabánya KC 6 4 0 2 161 154 +7 8
B Spain Fraikin Granollers 6 3 0 3 171 165 +6 6
Source:

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Helvetia Anaitasuna Spain 59–69 Germany SC Magdeburg 27–34 32–35
Grundfos Tatabánya KC Hungary 47–58 Germany Füchse Berlin 25–30 22–28
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball France 61–49 Germany MT Melsungen 30–26 31–23

Final four
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 May
 
 
Germany SC Magdeburg29
 
21 May
 
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen33
 
Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen30
 
20 May
 
Germany Füchse Berlin22
 
France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball24
 
 
Germany Füchse Berlin35
 
Third place
 
 
21 May
 
 
Germany SC Magdeburg32
 
 
France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball31

See also

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