2016–17_EHF_Cup
2016–17 EHF Cup
European handball tournament
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.
| 2016–17 | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Handball |
| Dates | 2 September 2016–21 May 2017 |
| Host(s) | Frisch Auf Göppingen (final four) |
| Venue(s) | EWS Arena (final four) |
| Teams | 57+6 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Frisch Auf Göppingen |
| Runner-up | Füchse Berlin |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP |  Primož Prošt |
| Top scorer(s) |  Hans Lindberg (92 goals) |
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:
- (TH) – Additional berth for 2015–16 EHF Cup title holders
- (CL) – Berth transferred from or to 2016–17 EHF Champions League
- (CC) – Berth transferred from 2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup
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Distribution
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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| First qualifying round (30 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (32 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (32 teams) |
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| Group stage (16 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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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.
- Notes
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
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 |
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| 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 | ||
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 |
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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 |
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Handball Käerjeng  |
58–561 |  RK Vojvodina |
30–31 | 28–25 |
US Créteil Handball  |
56–56 (a) |  RK Zamet |
29–32 | 27–24 |
Alpla HC Hard  |
55–43 |  OCI-Lions |
28–17 | 27–26 |
Maccabi Rishon LeZion  |
79–362 |  London GD HC |
38–14 | 41–22 |
| Chambéry Savoie Handball |
67–39 | KRAS/Volendam |
31–23 | 36–16 |
| GRK Varaždin 1930 |
51–583 |  BB Ankaraspor |
24–32 | 27–26 |
Haukar Handball  |
61–464 |  AC Diomidis Argous |
33–26 | 28–20 |
KH BESA Famiglia  |
58–62 |  HC Dukla Prague |
35–31 | 23–31 |
B.S.B. Batumi  |
32–935 |  FC Porto |
16–49 | 16–44 |
Csurgói KK  |
47–44 |  Bodø HK |
28–21 | 19–23 |
SCM Politehnica Timișoara  |
51–43 |  Põlva Serviti |
26–22 | 25–21 |
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS  |
49–77 |  ZTR Zaporizhia |
28–37 | 21–40 |
RK Prilep 2010  |
34–846 |  Pfadi Winterthur |
19–42 | 15–42 |
| RK Metaloplastika |
44–47 |  Dinamo Astrakhan |
24–30 | 20–17 |
| AC Filippos Veria |
58–50 |  RK Budvanska Rivijera |
30–24 | 28–26 |
- Notes
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 |
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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 |
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| KIF Kolding København |
69–43 | Talent M.A.T. Plzeň |
38–23 | 31–20 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
56–491 | Red Boys Differdange |
26–25 | 30–24 |
| Csurgói KK |
58–461 |  HC Achilles Bocholt |
34–23 | 24–23 |
| S.L. Benfica |
64–56 | Handball Käerjeng |
31–26 | 33–30 |
| Chambéry Savoie Handball |
44–49 | Füchse Berlin |
22–25 | 22–24 |
| Balatonfüredi KSE |
48–50 | Pfadi Winterthur |
28–23 | 20–27 |
| Saint Petersburg HC |
57–46 | BB Ankaraspor |
26–19 | 31–27 |
| ØIF Arendal |
49–51 | SCM Politehnica Timișoara |
23–24 | 26–27 |
| Haukar Handball |
51–55 |  Alingsås HK |
24–24 | 27–31 |
| ZTR Zaporizhia |
45–442 | Wacker Thun |
23–22 | 22–22 |
NMC Górnik Zabrze  |
50–323 | AC Filippos Veria |
30–17 | 20–15 |
| FC Porto |
57–46 | RD Koper 2013 |
31–24 | 26–22 |
| Alpla HC Hard |
53–56 |  SKA Minsk |
28–25 | 25–31 |
| Dinamo Astrakhan |
60–49 |  HC Sporta Hlohovec |
33–29 | 27–20 |
| CSM București |
50–50 (a) | RK Zamet |
29–23 | 21–27 |
| HC Dukla Prague |
53–59 | RK Nexe Našice |
30–29 | 23–30 |
- Notes
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 |
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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 |
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| RK Zamet |
43–66 | MT Melsungen |
23–34 | 20–32 |
| SKA Minsk |
55–61 | Saint-Raphaël Var Handball |
30–28 | 25–33 |
| KS Azoty-Puławy |
52–53 | S.L. Benfica |
34–29 | 18–24 |
| Dinamo Astrakhan |
55–64 | HC Midtjylland |
29–29 | 26–35 |
| RK Gorenje Velenje |
56–58 | Füchse Berlin |
24–29 | 32–29 |
Fraikin Granollers  |
57–57 (a) | ZTR Zaporizhia |
27–29 | 30–28 |
| Saint Petersburg HC |
48–51 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
25–23 | 23–28 |
| SC Magdeburg |
61–49 | RK Nexe Našice |
31–22 | 30–27 |
| Helvetia Anaitasuna |
53–51 | Csurgói KK |
27–21 | 26–30 |
| Alingsås HK |
56–58 | GOG |
29–26 | 27–32 |
| SCM Politehnica Timișoara |
46–52 | RD Ribnica |
27–22 | 19–30 |
Riihimäki Cocks  |
59–49 | NMC Górnik Zabrze |
30–19 | 29–30 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen |
70–621 | Pfadi Winterthur |
33–30 | 37–32 |
| CB Ademar León |
51–52 | KIF Kolding København |
24–27 | 27–25 |
| Bregenz Handball |
56–59 | FC Porto |
27–28 | 29–31 |
| Grundfos Tatabánya KC |
63–49 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
35–23 | 28–26 |
- Notes
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):
- number of points in matches of all teams directly involved;
- goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved;
- higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved;
- goal difference in all matches of the group;
- 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 |
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Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FCH | SVH | GOG | RDR | |
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| Füchse Berlin |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 185 | 163 | +22 | 10 | — | 33–31 | 37–29 | 38–30 | |
| Saint-Raphaël Var Handball |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 179 | 164 | +15 | 8 | 27–21 | — | 32–36 | 26–22 | |
| GOG |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 187 | 190 | −3 | 6 | 26–31 | 28–32 | — | 32–27 | |
| RD Ribnica |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 154 | 188 | −34 | 0 | 20–25 | 24–31 | 31–36 | — |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GÖP | FGR | POR | MYD | |
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| Frisch Auf Göppingen |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 155 | +26 | 12 | — | 29–28 | 30–28 | 31–23 | |
| Fraikin Granollers |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 165 | +6 | 6 | 27–35 | — | 33–22 | 34–32 | |
| FC Porto |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 159 | 170 | −11 | 4 | 27–31 | 23–22 | — | 33–25 | |
| HC Midtjylland |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 155 | 176 | −21 | 2 | 22–25 | 24–27 | 29–26 | — |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MAG | TAT | KOL | MTA | |
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| SC Magdeburg |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 146 | +54 | 11 | — | 30–25 | 36–24 | 42–24 | |
| Grundfos Tatabánya KC |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 157 | +4 | 8 | 28–31 | — | 28–26 | 27–24 | |
| KIF Kolding København |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 166 | 172 | −6 | 5 | 23–23 | 26–29 | — | 36–31 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 146 | 198 | −52 | 0 | 22–38 | 20–24 | 25–31 | — |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MEL | ANA | BEN | RCO | |
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| MT Melsungen |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 140 | +28 | 8 | — | 28–22 | 32–22 | 33–19 | |
| Helvetia Anaitasuna |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 171 | 163 | +8 | 8 | 23–22 | — | 35–28 | 30–24 | |
| S.L. Benfica |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 165 | −7 | 8 | 26–24 | 33–28 | — | 26–25 | |
| Riihimäki Cocks |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 145 | 174 | −29 | 0 | 28–29 | 28–33 | 21–23 | — |
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 |
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| A | Saint-Raphaël Var Handball |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 179 | 164 | +15 | 8 |
| D | Helvetia Anaitasuna |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 171 | 163 | +8 | 8 |
| C | Grundfos Tatabánya KC |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 154 | +7 | 8 |
| B | Fraikin Granollers |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 165 | +6 | 6 |
Quarter-finals
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Helvetia Anaitasuna |
59–69 | SC Magdeburg |
27–34 | 32–35 |
| Grundfos Tatabánya KC |
47–58 | Füchse Berlin |
25–30 | 22–28 |
| Saint-Raphaël Var Handball |
61–49 | MT Melsungen |
30–26 | 31–23 |
Final four
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 May | ||||||
| SC Magdeburg | 29 | |||||
| 21 May | ||||||
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | 33 | |||||
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | 30 | |||||
| 20 May | ||||||
| Füchse Berlin | 22 | |||||
| Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | 24 | |||||
| Füchse Berlin | 35 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 May | ||||||
| SC Magdeburg | 32 | |||||
| Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | 31 | |||||
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