EHF Challenge Cup women 2016/17

At the EHF Challenge Cup 2016/17 36 handball club teams participated, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. The 17th edition of the Challenge Cup, which the Croatian team from RK Lokomotiva Zagreb won, began on October 15, 2016. The defending champion was the Spanish team Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE .

Round 1

The first round was not played.

round 2

8 teams took part in the 2nd round.
The draw for the 2nd round took place on July 19, 2016 in Vienna.
The home and return matches will take place on days 15. – 16. and 21. – 22. October 2016.

Qualified teams

SSV Dornbirn Schoren ŽRK Ilidža Helvetia BM Alcobendas ASD Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara

ŽRK Kumanovo CS Madeira DHB Rotweiss Thun Zağnosspor

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
ŽRK Ilidža Škaljić 11	Zağnosspor Đoković 14	10/21/2016 3:00 p.m.	10/22/2016 5:00 p.m.	39: 70
		23: 33 ( 09: 19)	16: 37 (13: 20)
		150 spectators	350 spectators
SSV Dornbirn Schoren Smoke 17	CS Madeira Rodrigues Gonçalves 17	October 15, 2016 7:00 p.m.	10/22/2016 5:00 p.m.	54: 66
		34: 36 (17: 17)	20: 30 ( 09: 17)
		500 spectators	550 spectators
ASD Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara Dobreva 12	DHB Rotweiss Thun Blacksmith 14	10/22/2016 6:00 p.m.	October 16, 2016 3:00 p.m.	41: 62
		24: 28 (13: 11)	17: 34 ( 08: 15)
		250 spectators	370 spectators
ŽRK Kumanovo Borizovska 14	Helvetia BM Alcobendas Cardador Galán , García Bueno , Mateus da Cruz each 8	10/15/2016 7:30 p.m.	10/22/2016 5:00 p.m.	32: 54
		17: 23 (10: 11)	15: 31 ( 07: 17)
		850 spectators	500 spectators

Round 3

32 teams took part in the 3rd round.
The draw for the 3rd round took place on July 19, 2016 in Vienna.
The home and return games take place on the weekends 12–13. and 19. – 20. November 2016.

Qualified teams

UHC Stockerau ABU Baku Fémina Visé ŽRK Mira Prijedor HK Swilengrad RK Lokomotiva Zagreb DHC Sokol Poruba Helvetia BM Alcobendas Mecalia Atlético Guardés Balonmano Zuazo Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE HIFK Olympia HC Mamuli Haukar Hafnarfjörður Maccabi Arazim Ramat gan

Jomi Salerno KHF Shqipona ŽRK_Vardar_SCJS ŽRK Danilovgrad Virto / Quintus Kram Start Elbląg Colégio de Gaia CS Madeira ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina DHB Rotweiss Thun LK train H 65 Höör Ardeşen GSK Zağnosspor HK Dnepryanka Kherson HK Karpaty

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
UHC Stockerau Riesenhuber 8	Kram Start Elbląg Świerżewska 12	11/12/2016 7:00 p.m.	11/19/2016 6:30 p.m.	37: 61
		17: 28 ( 07: 13)	20: 33 (11: 16)
		250 spectators	500 spectators
LK train Smitran , Scherer 16 each	Olympia HC Uhmann , Bidstrup Nielsen , Paduraru 5 each	11/19/2016 6:00 p.m.	11/20/2016 11:30 a.m.	85  : 24
		45  : 17 (23: 08)	40  : 07 (21: 05)
		150 spectators	100 spectators
Ardeşen GSK Nedeljković 16	ŽRK Danilovgrad Brnović 11	11/13/2016 5:00 p.m.	11/20/2016 5:00 p.m.	58  : 47
		30  : 23 (16: 10)	28  : 24 (11: 08)
		1,750 spectators	200 spectators
Virto / Quintus Hage 21	ŽRK Mira Prijedor Bašanović 14	11/12/2016 4:00 p.m.	11/13/2016 4:00 p.m.	90  : 40
		46  : 19 (22: 11)	44  : 21 (24: 11)
		407 spectators	356 spectators
HIFK Cainberg 8	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Lusson Miranda 12	11/19/2016 6:00 p.m.	11/20/2016 1:00 p.m.	33: 71
		12: 39 ( 05: 20)	21: 32 ( 08: 16)
		200 spectators	200 spectators
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Pereira 13	Jomi Salerno Gómez Hernández 14	11/19/2016 6:30 p.m.	11/20/2016 5:30 p.m.	50  : 41
		23  : 19 (13: 11)	27  : 22 (15: 13)
		600 spectators	650 spectators
H 65 Höör Tollbring 11	Balonmano Zuazo Egozkue 16	11/12/2016 3:00 p.m.	11/19/2016 6:30 p.m.	51  : 46
		31  : 25 (17: 12)	20: 21 (10: 09)
		580 spectators	1,900 spectators
HK Swilengrad Agova , Radeva 8 each	ŽRK Vardar SCJS Keramichieva 13	11/13/2016 3:00 p.m.	11/20/2016 4:00 p.m.	39: 53
		17: 24 (10: 13)	22: 29 (11: 14)
		814 spectators	700 spectators
Fémina Visé Bouchard , Racz 8 each	ABU Baku Gasimova , Gornak 9 each	11/12/2016 5:00 p.m.	11/13/2016 5:00 p.m.	36: 50
		16: 26 (10: 14)	20: 24 (10: 12)
		450 spectators	350 spectators
DHC Sokol Poruba Revajová , Konečná 8 each	Mamuli Kvelashvili 7	11/19/2016 4:00 p.m.	11/20/2016 4:00 p.m.	65  : 19
		34  : 12 (17: 05)	31  : 07 (17: 05)
		200 spectators	200 spectators
ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina Zulič 22	Zağnosspor Horvat 10	11/19/2016 5:00 p.m.	11/20/2016 5:00 p.m.	48  : 43
		25  : 22 (13: 10)	23  : 21 (11: 11)
		500 spectators	- Spectator
HK Karpaty Suchezka , Kompanijez 12 each	DHB Rotweiss Thun Blacksmith 9	11/19/2016 5:00 p.m.	11/20/2016 5:00 p.m.	54  : 42
		34  : 25 (17: 12)	20  : 17 (11: 08)
		800 spectators	800 spectators
CS Madeira Rodrigues Gonçalves 15	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Posavec 14	11/12/2016 5:00 p.m.	11/20/2016 4:00 p.m.	45: 69
		24: 29 (11: 15)	21: 40 (14: 19)
		500 spectators	1,000 spectators
Maccabi Arazim Ramat gan Banczik 14	KHF Shqipona Beba 17	11/12/2016 6:00 p.m.	11/13/2016 6:00 p.m.	59: 59 ( a )
		31  : 30 (17: 13)	28: 29 (17: 17)
		700 spectators	600 spectators
Helvetia BM Alcobendas Mateus da Cruz 9	Colégio de Gaia Soares 13	11/12/2016 5:30 p.m.	11/19/2016 5:30 p.m.	44: 50
		25  : 21 (10: 11)	19: 29 ( 05: 15)
		620 spectators	250 spectators
HK Dnepryanka Kherson Sorokina 11	Mecalia Atlético Guardés Sempere 15	19/11/2016 7:00 p.m.	11/20/2016 7:00 p.m.	40: 63
		22: 33 (10: 13)	18: 30 (12: 13)
		650 spectators	600 spectators

Round of 16

The third round winners took part in the round of 16.
The draw for the round of 16 took place on November 22, 2016 in Vienna .
The home and return games take place on weekends 4-5. and 10. – 12. February 2017.

Qualified teams

ABU Baku RK Lokomotiva Zagreb DHC Sokol Poruba Mecalia Atlético Guardés Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Haukar Hafnarfjörður KHF Shqipona ŽRK Vardar SCJS

Virto / Quintus Kram Start Elbląg Colégio de Gaia ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina LK train H 65 Höör Ardeşen GSK HK Karpaty

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
LK train Shearers 17	HK Karpaty Kompanijez 13	02/11/2017 7:30 p.m.	02/12/2017 2:00 p.m.	65  : 50
		29  : 25 (17: 13)	36  : 25 (19: 10)
		200 spectators	350 spectators
DHC Sokol Poruba Revajová 23	KHF Shqipona Beba 11	04.02.2017 5:00 pm	02/11/2017 4:00 p.m.	97  : 40
		51  : 18 (27: 08)	46  : 22 (23: 12)
		620 spectators	200 spectators
ABU Baku Gasimova 9	Kram Start Elbląg Balsam , Lisewska 8 each	02/10/2017 6:00 p.m.	02/11/2017 5:00 p.m.	47: 65
		23: 33 (11: 13)	24: 32 (12: 14)
		400 spectators	300 spectators
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb L. Kalaus 15	Ardeşen GSK Haşimoğlu , Grubišić 9th each	04.02.2017 6:00 p.m.	02/12/2017 6:00 p.m.	57  : 45
		33  : 25 (13: 12)	24  : 20 (13: 09)
		500 spectators	2,000 spectators
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Pekarskyte 23	Virto / Quintus Handle 15	04.02.2017 6:00 p.m.	05.02.2017 6:00 p.m.	50: 51
		26: 29 (11: 14)	24  : 22 (10: 08)
		200 spectators	250 spectators
H 65 Höör Lindqvist , Tollbring 8 each	ŽRK Vardar SCJS Keramichieva 12	02/05/2017 3:00 p.m.	02/12/2017 1:00 p.m.	52  : 33
		26  : 13 (12: 05)	26  : 20 (13: 10)
		650 spectators	100 spectators
ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina Ferfolja 12	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Luján Suárez , Trojaola Cabezudo 11 each	04/02/2017 8:00 p.m.	02/11/2017 6:30 p.m.	39: 67
		18: 31 ( 09: 16)	21: 36 (11: 19)
		400 spectators	650 spectators
Colégio de Gaia Monteiro 9	Mecalia Atlético Guardés Sempere 9	05.02.2017 6:00 p.m.	02/12/2017 7:00 p.m.	48: 62
		26: 30 (12: 15)	22: 32 ( 09: 17)
		350 spectators	600 spectators

Quarter finals

The winners of the round of 16 games took part in the quarter-finals. The draw took place on February 14, 2017 in Vienna.

Qualified teams

RK Lokomotiva Zagreb DHC Sokol Poruba Mecalia Atlético Guardés Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE

Virto / Quintus Kram Start Elbląg LK train H 65 Höör

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
H 65 Höör Tollbring 14	Mecalia Atlético Guardés Sempere Herrera 10	05.03.2017 4:00 pm	03/12/2017 7:00 p.m.	53  : 45
		24  : 21 (10: 13)	29  : 24 (14: 12)
		589 spectators	630 spectators
Kram Start Elbląg Lisewska 8	DHC Sokol Poruba Marčíková 10	04.03.2017 5:00 p.m.	03/11/2017 6:00 p.m.	43: 51
		29  : 24 (14: 12)	14: 27 ( 08: 14)
		500 spectators	675 spectators
Virto / Quintus Handle 12	LK train Shearers 15	04.03.2017 3:00 pm	05.03.2017 2.00 p.m.	69  : 41
		35  : 12 (16: 07)	34  : 29 (16: 17)
		400 spectators	400 spectators
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb L. Kalaus 19	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Rodríguez 18	04.03.2017 7:00 p.m.	03/12/2017 1:00 p.m.	52  : 50
		29  : 24 (14: 14)	23: 26 (12: 12)
		500 spectators	520 spectators

Semifinals

The winners of the quarter-finals took part in the semifinals. The first legs took place on 8–9. April 2017. The second leg took place on 15-16. April 2017.

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
H 65 Höör Mässing 8	DHC Sokol Poruba Marčíková 5	04/08/2017 3 p.m.	04/15/2017 6:00 p.m.	50  : 30
		28  : 16 (13: 08)	22  : 14 ( 09: 05)
		581 spectators	548 spectators
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Posavec , L. Kalaus 12 each	Virto / Quintus Hage 11	04/08/2017 6:00 p.m.	04/09/2017 6:00 p.m.	51  : 39
		24  : 23 (15: 11)	27  : 16 (12: 08)
		500 spectators	600 spectators

final

The two winners from the semifinals took part. The first leg took place on May 7, 2017. The second leg took place on May 13, 2017.

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Posavec 16	H 65 Höör Tollbring 8	May 7th, 2017 4:00 p.m.	05/13/17 6:00 p.m.	47  : 40
		23  : 19 (10: 11)	24  : 21 (10: 10)
		1,200 spectators	750 spectators

First leg

RK Lokomotiva Zagreb - H 65 Höör 23: 19 (10: 11)

May 7, 2017 in Zagreb, Dom Sportova, 1,200 spectators.

RK Lokomotiva Zagreb: Beličev , Pijević , Razum - Glavan (6), Posavec (6), L. Kalaus (4), Lukić (3), Blažek (2), D. Kalaus (1), Kragić (1), Boras , Jurlin , Kajfeš , Prkačin , Šenvald , Zagorščak

H 65 Höör: Ryde , Wiberg - Tollbring (7), Rask (5), Lindqvist (2), Mässing (2), Olsson (2), Đapanović (1), Fransson , Gulberg , Hvenfelt , Johansson , Linnéll , Wall , Winberg

Referees: Andrej Budzák and Michal Záhradník

Source: match report

Return leg

H 65 Höör - RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 21: 24 (10: 10)

May 13, 2017 in Höör, Sporthallen Höör, 750 spectators.

H 65 Höör: Ryde , Wiberg - Hvenfelt (4), Mässing (4), Đapanović (2), Johansson (2), Olsson (2), Rask (2), Winberg (2), Lindqvist (1), Tollbring ( 1), Wall (1), Fransson , Gulberg , Linnéll

RK Lokomotiva Zagreb: Pijević , Razum - Posavec (10), Kajfeš (5), Blažek (3), Glavan (3), L. Kalaus (2), Šenvald (1), Boras , Jurlin , D. Kalaus , Kragić , Lukić , Prkačin , Zagorščak

Referees: Katalin Pech and Mária Vágvölgyi

Source: match report

statistics

List of goalscorers

The list of goalscorers shows the three best goalscorers of the EHF Challenge Cup 2016/17.
You can see the player's nation, name, position, club, games played, goals and Ø goals.

Pl.	nation	player	Item	society	Sp.	Gates	O
1.		Stela Posavec	(RM)	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	10	61	6.10
2.		Larissa Kalaus	(RL)	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	10	55	5.50
3.		Daisy Hage	(LA)	Virto / Quintus	8th	51	6.38

Web links

• EHF Challenge Cup on the official website of the EHF

See also

• EHF Women's Champions League 2016/17
• EHF Women's Cup 2016/17

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Match details RK Lokomotiva Zagreb - H 65 Höör ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 18, 2019.