EHF Cup 2016/17

At the EHF Cup 2016/17 took Handball -Vereinsmannschaften from Europe part, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. The cup games began on September 2, 2016. The semi-finals and the final took place as part of a Final Four on May 20 and 21, 2017 in Göppingen .

qualification

The qualification phase consisted of three rounds. These were played in home and away matches. In the draw for each round, the teams were assigned two pots. A team from Pot 1 was drawn to a team from Pot 2. The winners of each pairing (marked in bold) qualified for the following round.

In each round, the teams played the first game at home. In some cases, the teams agreed to play both games in the same location.

Round 1

The first qualifying round was drawn on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. A total of 30 teams took part in the draw. The allocation of the lottery pots was as follows:

Pot 1	Pot 2
Chambery Savoie handball Csurgói KK US Créteil handball FC Porto SCM Politehnica Timișoara Varaždin GRK 1930 Dinamo Astrakhan RK Prilep 2010 HC Dukla Prague Haukar handball ZTR Zaporizhia RK Vojvodina AC Filippos Veria Maccabi Rishon LeZion Limburg Lions	KH BESA Famiglia Pölva Serviti BB Ankaraspor Handball Käerjeng HC Olimpus-85 USEFS RK Budvanska Rivijera London DG HC BSB Batumi RK Metaloplastika AC Diomidis Argous Pathfinder Winterthur RK Zamet Bodø HK Alpla HC Hard HV KRAS / Volendam

The first legs took place on September 2 and 3, 2016 and the second legs on 4 and 10/11. September 2016.

Team 1	total	Team 2	First leg	Return leg
Handball Käerjeng	58:56	RK Vojvodina	30:31	28:25
US Créteil handball	56:56	RK Zamet	29:32	27:24
Alpla HC Hard	55:43	Limburg Lions	28:17	27:26
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	79:36	London DG HC	38:17	41:22
Chambery Savoie handball	67:39	HV KRAS / Volendam	31:23	36:16
Varaždin GRK 1930	51:58	BB Ankaraspor	24:32	27:26
Haukar handball	61:46	AC Diomidis Argous	33:26	28:20
KH BESA Famiglia	58:62	HC Dukla Prague	35:31	23:31
BSB Batumi	32:93	FC Porto	16:49	16:44
Csurgói KK	47:44	Bodø HK	28:21	19:23
SCM Politehnica Timișoara	51:43	Pölva Serviti	26:22	25:21
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS	49:77	ZTR Zaporizhia	28:37	21:40
RK Prilep 2010	34:84	Pathfinder 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

round 2

The second qualifying round was drawn after the first qualifying round on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. A total of 32 teams took part in the draw. The allocation of the lottery pots was as follows:

Pot 1	Pot 2
Red Boys Differdange HC Achilles Bocholt Alingsås HK RD Koper 2013 Wacker Thun Balatonfüredi KSE SL Benfica CSM Bucureşti SKA Minsk RK Nexe Našice Saint Petersburg HC ØIF Arendal HC Sporta Hlohovec Talent MAT Plzeň Górnik Zabrze Foxes Berlin	KIF Kolding København Chambery Savoie handball Csurgói KK FC Porto SCM Politehnica Timișoara Dinamo Astrakhan HC Dukla Prague Haukar handball ZTR Zaporizhia AC Filippos Veria Maccabi Rishon LeZion BB Ankaraspor Handball Käerjeng Pathfinder Winterthur RK Zamet Alpla HC Hard

The first legs took place on October 8 and 9, 2016, and the second legs on 9 and 15/16. October 2016.

Team 1	total	Team 2	First leg	Return leg
KIF Kolding København	69:43	Talent MAT Plzeň	38:23	31:20
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	56:49	Red Boys Differdange	26:25	30:24
Csurgói KK	58:46	HC Achilles Bocholt	34:23	24:23
SL Benfica	64:56	Handball Käerjeng	31:26	33:30
Chambery Savoie handball	44:49	Foxes Berlin	22:25	22:24
Balatonfüredi KSE	48:50	Pathfinder 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	45:44	Wacker Thun	23:22	22:22
Górnik Zabrze	50:32	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 Bucureşti	50:50	RK Zamet	29:23	21:27
HC Dukla Prague	53:59	RK Nexe Našice	30:29	23:30

Round 3

The third qualifying round was drawn on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. A total of 32 teams took part in the draw. The allocation of the lottery pots was as follows:

Pot 1	Pot 2
Fresh on Göppingen CB Ademar León Saint-Raphaël Var Handball MT Melsungen Helvetia Anaitasuna HC Midtjylland RD Ribnica Grundfos Tatabánya KC KS Azoty-Puławy SC Magdeburg Fraikin Granollers GOG RK Gorenje Velenje Maccabi Tel Aviv Riihimäki Cocks Bregenz handball	Alingsås HK SL Benfica SKA Minsk RK Nexe Našice Saint Petersburg HC Górnik Zabrze Foxes Berlin KIF Kolding København Csurgói KK FC Porto SCM Politehnica Timișoara Dinamo Astrakhan ZTR Zaporizhia Maccabi Rishon LeZion Pathfinder Winterthur RK Zamet

The first legs took place from 18 to 20 and 23 November 2016 and the second legs from 25 to 27 November 2016.

Team 1	total	Team 2	First leg	Return leg
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	SL Benfica	34:29	18:24
Dinamo Astrakhan	55:64	HC Midtjylland	29:29	26:35
RK Gorenje Velenje	56:58	Foxes Berlin	24:29	32:29
Fraikin Granollers	57:57	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	56:59	GOG	29:26	27:33
SCM Politehnica Timișoara	46:52	RD Ribnica	27:22	7:30 p.m.
Riihimäki Cocks	59:49	Górnik Zabrze	30:19	29:30
Fresh on Göppingen	70:62	Pathfinder 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

Group stage

The 16 winners from the third qualifying round are qualified for the group stage. The draw took place on Thursday, December 1st, 2016.

The 16 teams were divided into four pots and drawn into four groups of four teams. The country protection rule has taken effect. Two clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.

Lottery pot 1	Lottery pot 2	Lottery pot 3	Lottery pot 4
KIF Kolding København Saint-Raphaël Var Handball Fresh on Göppingen MT Melsungen	HC Midtjylland Helvetia Anaitasuna Grundfos Tatabánya KC RD Ribnica	GOG Fraikin Granollers SC Magdeburg SL Benfica	Riihimäki Cocks Foxes Berlin Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Porto

In each group, the teams play against each other in home and away games on match days. The game days are 11/12. February, 18./19. February 4th / 5th March, 11./12. March, 25./26. March and 1st / 2nd April 2017.

If two or more teams are tied at the end of the group matches, the following criteria are used to determine the final table (in descending order):

1. Number of points in games for all teams involved;

2. Goal difference in the games of all teams involved;

3. Higher number of goals scored in games by all teams involved;

4. Goal difference in all games of the group;

5. Higher number of goals scored in all group games;

6. drawing of lots

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff.	Points
1.	Foxes Berlin	6th	5	0	1	185	163	+22	10
2.	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	6th	4th	0	2	179	164	+15	8th
3.	GOG	6th	3	0	3	187	190	−3	6th
4th	RD Ribnica	6th	0	0	6th	154	188	−34	0

Thursday February 9, 2017, 7:00 p.m. Ribnica	RD Ribnica	20:25 (11:10)	Foxes Berlin	1,200 spectators match report
Sat. February 11, 2017, 8:45 p.m. Saint-Raphael	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	32:36 (17:19)	GOG	1,230 spectators match report
Sat. February 18, 2017, 6:45 p.m. Gudme	GOG	32:27 (19:10)	RD Ribnica	978 spectators match report
19 February 2017, 3 p.m. Max-Schmeling-Halle , Berlin	Foxes Berlin	33:31 (19:14)	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	4,898 spectators match report
Wed. March 1, 2017, 7:00 p.m. Max-Schmeling-Halle , Berlin	Foxes Berlin	37:29 (17:12)	GOG	4,902 spectators match report
Sun. March 5, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Ribnica	RD Ribnica	24:31 (12:15)	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	900 spectators match report
Sat March 11, 2017, 8:45 p.m. Saint-Raphael	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	26:22 (15:14)	RD Ribnica	1,450 spectators match report
Sun. March 12, 2017, 4 p.m. Gudme	GOG	26:31 (10:13)	Foxes Berlin	3.766 spectators match report
Sat. March 25, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Gudme	GOG	28:32 (15:17)	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	700 spectators match report
Sun. March 26, 2017, 3 p.m. Max-Schmeling-Halle , Berlin	Foxes Berlin	38:30 (18:14)	RD Ribnica	5,926 spectators match report
Sa. April 1, 2017, 8:45 p.m. Saint-Raphaël	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	27:21 (11:12)	Foxes Berlin	Spectator game report
Sun. April 2, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Ribnica	RD Ribnica	31:36 (14:17)	GOG	Spectator game report

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff.	Points
1.	Fresh on Göppingen	6th	6th	0	0	181	155	+26	12
2.	Fraikin Granollers	6th	3	0	3	171	165	+6	6th
3.	FC Porto	6th	2	0	4th	159	170	−11	4th
4th	HC Midtjylland	6th	1	0	5	155	176	−21	2

Sat. February 11, 2017, 4 p.m. IBF Arena , Ikast	HC Midtjylland	29:26 (13:15)	FC Porto	1,914 spectators match report
Sat. February 11, 2017, 7:30 p.m. EWS-Arena , Göppingen	Fresh on Göppingen	29:28 (13:15)	Fraikin Granollers	2.800 spectators match report
Sun. February 19, 2017, 7:00 p.m. Palau d´Esports , Granollers	Fraikin Granollers	34:32 (19:20)	HC Midtjylland	1,500 spectators match report
Sun. February 19, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Dragao Caixa , Porto	FC Porto	27:31 (14:13)	Fresh on Göppingen	1,616 spectators match report
Sat 4th March 2017, 3 p.m. Dragao Caixa , Porto	FC Porto	23:22 0(9:11)	Fraikin Granollers	1,231 spectators match report
Sat 4th March 2017, 8:30 p.m. IBF Arena , Ikast	HC Midtjylland	22:25 (14:17)	Fresh on Göppingen	843 spectators match report
Wed. March 8, 2017, 7:30 p.m. EWS-Arena , Göppingen	Fresh on Göppingen	31:23 (14:15)	HC Midtjylland	2.800 spectators match report
Sun. March 12, 2017, 4:30 p.m. Palau d´Esports , Granollers	Fraikin Granollers	33:22 (14: 8)0	FC Porto	1,600 spectators match report
Sat. March 25, 2017, 6 p.m. Dragao Caixa , Porto	FC Porto	33:25 (16:14)	HC Midtjylland	1,032 spectators match report
Sun. March 26, 2017, 7:00 p.m. Palau d´Esports , Granollers	Fraikin Granollers	27:35 (11:14)	Fresh on Göppingen	2,400 spectators match report
Sa. April 1, 2017, 4 p.m. IBF Arena , Ikast	HC Midtjylland	24:27 (13:17)	Fraikin Granollers	Spectator game report
Sa. April 1, 2017, 7.30 p.m. EWS-Arena , Göppingen	Fresh on Göppingen	30:28 (10:13)	FC Porto	Spectator game report

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff.	Points
1.	SC Magdeburg	6th	5	1	0	200	146	+54	11
2.	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	6th	4th	0	2	161	157	+4	8th
3.	KIF Kolding København	6th	2	1	3	166	172	−6	5
4th	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6th	0	0	6th	146	198	−52	0

Wed. February 8, 2017, 8.30 p.m. Győr	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	27:24 (12:10)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2,000 spectators match report
Sat. February 11, 2017, 5:45 p.m. Kolding	KIF Kolding København	23:23 (13:13)	SC Magdeburg	3,455 spectators match report
Sat. February 18, 2017, 1:45 p.m. Tel Aviv	Maccabi Tel Aviv	25:31 (10:15)	KIF Kolding København	800 spectators match report
19 February 2017, 5:00 p.m. Magdeburg	SC Magdeburg	30:25 (17:13)	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	3,019 spectators match report
Sat 4th March 2017, 1:45 p.m. Tel Aviv	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22:38 (12:16)	SC Magdeburg	850 spectators match report
Sat 4th March 2017, 3 p.m. Győr	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	28:26 (13:12)	KIF Kolding København	2,000 spectators match report
Sat. March 11, 2017, 7:00 p.m. Kolding	KIF Kolding København	26:29 (16:14)	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	1,017 spectators match report
Sun. March 12, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Magdeburg	SC Magdeburg	42:24 (21: 9)0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3,395 spectators match report
Sat March 25, 2017, 4:00 p.m. Tel Aviv	Maccabi Tel Aviv	20:24 (10:12)	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	400 spectators match report
Sat March 25, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Magdeburg	SC Magdeburg	36:24 (19:12)	KIF Kolding København	4,351 spectators match report
Sa. April 1, 2017, 3 p.m. Győr	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	28:31 (12:17)	SC Magdeburg	2.246 spectators match report
Sa. April 1, 2017, 6:45 p.m. Kolding	KIF Kolding København	36:31 (18:14)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1,023 spectators match report

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff.	Points
1.	MT Melsungen	6th	4th	0	2	168	140	+28	8th
2.	Helvetia Anaitasuna	6th	4th	0	2	171	163	+8	8th
3.	SL Benfica	6th	4th	0	2	158	165	−7	8th
4th	Riihimäki Cocks	6th	0	0	6th	145	174	−29	0

Sat. February 11, 2017, 7.30 p.m. Kassel	MT Melsungen	32:22 (15:11)	SL Benfica	2,596 spectators match report
Sat. February 11, 2017, 8:00 p.m. Pamplona- Navarra	Helvetia Anaitasuna	30:24 (14:13)	Riihimäki Cocks	2,000 spectators match report
Sat. February 18, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Lisbon	SL Benfica	33:28 (19: 9)0	Helvetia Anaitasuna	834 spectators match report
19 February 2017, 3 p.m. Hämeenlinna	Riihimäki Cocks	28:29 (14:15)	MT Melsungen	579 spectators match report
Sat 4th March 2017, 3 p.m. Hämeenlinna	Riihimäki Cocks	21:23 (11:11)	SL Benfica	400 spectators match report
Sat 4th March 2017, 8:00 p.m. Pamplona- Navarra	Helvetia Anaitasuna	23:22 (13: 9)0	MT Melsungen	2,400 spectators match report
Sat March 11, 2017, 4 p.m. Lisbon	SL Benfica	26:25 (11:13)	Riihimäki Cocks	404 spectators match report
Sat March 11, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Kassel	MT Melsungen	28:22 (10:11)	Helvetia Anaitasuna	2,600 spectators match report
Sat March 25, 2017, 4 p.m. Lisbon	SL Benfica	26:24 (12:14)	MT Melsungen	526 spectators match report
Sun. March 26, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Hämeenlinna	Riihimäki Cocks	28:35 (18:17)	Helvetia Anaitasuna	418 spectators match report
Sa. April 1, 2017, 7.30 p.m. Kassel	MT Melsungen	33:19 (15: 8)0	Riihimäki Cocks	Spectator game report
Sa. April 1, 2017, 8:00 p.m. Pamplona- Navarra	Helvetia Anaitasuna	35:28 (17:12)	SL Benfica	Spectator game report

Quarter finals

In principle, the first two in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. As the organizer of the Final Four, Göppingen was already directly qualified for the Final Four with the athletic qualification for the quarter-finals. Thus, the worst runners-up in the group was eliminated, and only three quarter-finals were played.

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on April 4, 2017. The first legs were on 22./23. April 2017, the second leg played on April 29, 2017.

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Helvetia Anaitasuna	SC Magdeburg	April 23, 2017	April 29, 2017	59: 69
		27: 34 (13: 15)	32: 35 (18: 15)
		3,000 spectators	4,015 spectators
Grundfos Tatabánya KC	Foxes Berlin	Sat April 22, 2017	April 29, 2017	47: 58
		25: 30 (11: 17)	22: 28 (13: 14)
		2,500 spectators	4,828 spectators
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	MT Melsungen	Sat April 22, 2016	April 29, 2016	61: 49
		30  : 26 (15: 14)	31  : 23 (15: 15)
		4,200 spectators	3,814 spectators

Final Four

The Final Four took place on 20/21. May 2017 in the EWS Arena in Göppingen . Participants were Frisch Auf Göppingen, SC Magdeburg, Füchse Berlin and Saint-Raphaël Var Handball.

Semifinals

1st semifinals

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
SC Magdeburg	29: 33 (14: 16)	Fresh on Göppingen	Sat May 20, 2017, 3 p.m.

2nd semifinals

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	24: 35 (10: 17)	Foxes Berlin	Sat May 20, 2017, 5:45 p.m.

Small finale

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	31: 32 (12: 13)	SC Magdeburg	Sun. May 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.

final

The final took place on May 21, 2017. Frisch Auf Göppingen was able to defend the title in a "German" final.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
Foxes Berlin	22: 30 (13: 15)	Fresh on Göppingen	Sun. May 21, 2017, 5:00 p.m.

statistics

List of goalscorers

The list of goalscorers shows the top ten goalscorers in the 2016/17 EHF Cup.

Pl.	nation	player	society	Gates
1.		Hans Lindberg	Foxes Berlin	92
2.		Raphaël Caucheteux	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	82
3.		Michael Damgaard Nielsen	SC Magdeburg	66
4th		Petar Nenadic	Foxes Berlin	64
5.		Marcel Schiller	Fresh on Göppingen	60
6th		Miloš Vujović	Tatabánya KC	56
7th		Michael Allendorf	MT Melsungen	51
8th.		Daniel Sarmiento	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	50
9.		Daniel Pettersson	SC Magdeburg	48
10.		Chen Pomeranz	Maccabi Tel Aviv	47

See also

• EHF Champions League 2016/17

Web links

• EHF Cup 2016/17 on the EHF website

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/3_other_ec/3_download_pdf/FINAL_MEHF_System1617.pdf
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6. ↑ EHF / br for Eurohandball.com: EHF European Cup 2016/17 - Article - Defending champions in Pot 1 before Thursday's draw . ( eurohandball.com [accessed December 26, 2016]). EHF European Cup 2016/17 - Article - Defending champions in Pot 1 before Thursday's draw ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ EHF / br for Eurohandball.com: EHF European Cup 2016/17 - Article - G & # 246; ppingen in the group with Midtjylland, Granollers and Porto . ( eurohandball.com [accessed December 26, 2016]). EHF European Cup 2016/17 - Article - Göppingen in the group with Midtjylland, Granollers and Porto ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Top 50 scorers ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. EHF, accessed July 23, 2017.