# 2016–17 Women's EHF Cup

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 (4th CL Group A) | HC Leipzig (4th CL Group B) | Rostov-Don (4th CL Group C) | IK Sävehof (4th CL Group D) |
| Round 3 ||||
| TTH Holstebro (CWC) | RK Podravka Koprivnica (2nd CL QT1) | Hypo Niederösterreich (2nd CL QT2) | Indeco Conversano (2nd CL QT3) |
| Dunaújvárosi KKA (TH) | Yenimahalle Bld. SK (3rd CL QT1) | BM Bera Bera (3rd CL QT2) | MKS Selgros Lublin (3rd CL QT3) |
| Round 2 ||||
| Viborg HK (4th) | Debreceni VSC (4th) | CJF Fleury LH (2nd) | HC Gomel (4th CL QT2) |
| Randers HK (5th) | WHC Lada Togliatti (3rd) | HCM Roman (CR) | IUVENTA Michalovce (4th CL QT3) |
| Érd NK (3rd) | TuS Metzingen (2nd) | SERCODAK Dalfsen (4th CL QT1) | |
| Round 1 ||||
| Tertnes Bergen (CR) | SG BBM Bietigheim (4th) | Alavarium/Love Tiles (2nd) | OF Nea Ionia (1st) |
| Byåsen HE (3rd) | VfL Oldenburg (5th) | ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja (1st) | RK Zagorje (1st) |
| Vipers Kristiansand (4th) | Skuru IK (2nd) | ŽRK Naisa Niš (2nd) | HB Dudelange (1st) |
| Brest BH (CW) | Lugi HF (3rd) | Bnei Herzliya (1st) | KHF Prishtina (1st) |
| Issy Paris Hand (3rd) | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin (2nd) | HC Holon (CR) | ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas (1st) |
| Nantes LAH (5th) | Vistal Gdynia (3rd) | Nykøbing Falster HK (6th) | Neistin (1st) |
| ASC Corona 2010 Brașov (3rd) | DHK Baník Most (1st) | Alba Fehérvár KC (6th) | HŽRK Grude (1st) |
| HC Dunărea Brăila (4th) | DHC Slavia Prague (2nd) | Cassano Magnago (2nd) | AC Latsia Nicosia (1st) |
| CSM Ploiești (6th) | SPONO Eagles (1st) | VOC Amsterdam (2nd) | HC Galychanka (1st) |
| HC Kuban Krasnodar (CR) | LC Brühl Handball (2nd) | BNTU-BelAZ Minsk (2nd) | |
| HK Dinamo Volgograd (4th) | Madeira Andebol SAD (1st) | Muratpaşa Belediyespor SK (2nd) | |

### Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification round 1 | 19 July 2016 | 10–11 September 2016 | 17–18 September 2016 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round 2 | 19 July 2016 | 15–16 October 2016 | 22–23 October 2016 |
| Qualifying | Qualification round 3 | 25 October 2016 | 12–13 November 2016 | 19–20 November 2016 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 24 November 2016 | 7–8 January 2017 | 7–8 January 2017 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 24 November 2016 | 14–15 January 2017 | 14–15 January 2017 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 24 November 2016 | 21–22 January 2017 | 21–22 January 2017 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 24 November 2016 | 28–29 January 2017 | 28–29 January 2017 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 24 November 2016 | 4–5 February 2017 | 4–5 February 2017 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 24 November 2016 | 11–12 February 2017 | 11–12 February 2017 |
| Knockout stage | Quarterfinals | 14 February 2017 | 4–5 March 2017 | 11–12 March 2017 |
| Knockout stage | Semifinals | 14 February 2017 | 8–9 April 2017 | 15–16 April 2017 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 18 April 2017 | 6–7 May 2017 | 13–14 May 2017 |

## Qualification stage
### Round 1

There is 42 teams participating in round 2.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| VfL Oldenburg | 77–40 | Bnei Herzliya | 41–20 | 36–20 |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | 55–34 | Vistal Gdynia | 28–17 | 27–17 |
| HB Dudelange | 22–79 | HC Dunărea Brăila | 12–43 | 10–36 |
| Lugi HF | 43–54 | Nykøbing Falster HK | 23–25 | 20–29 |
| SPONO Eagles | 71–30 | KHF Prishtina | 41–14 | 30–16 |
| HK Dinamo Volgograd | 56–41 | SS/VOC Amsterdam | 29–19 | 27–22 |
| HC Holon | 37–74 | Tertnes Bergen | 21–32 | 16–42 |
| HŽRK Grude | 33–83 | ASC Corona 2010 Brașov | 16–43 | 17–40 |
| Byåsen HE | 57–40 | RK Zagorje | 32–20 | 25–20 |
| Nantes LAH | 81–27 | Alavarium/Love Tiles | 47–16 | 34–11 |
| DHK Baník Most | 58–55 | BNTU-BelAZ Minsk | 28–23 | 30–32 |
| Neistin | 44–57 | CSM Ploiești | 24–26 | 20–31 |
| ŽRK Naisa Niš | 34–71 | SG BBM Bietigheim | 15–34 | 19–37 |
| HC Galychanka | 44–46 | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 24–22 | 20–24 |
| ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja | 71–34 | AC Latsia Nicosia | 38–14 | 33–20 |
| HC Kuban Krasnodar | 67–48 | OF Nea Ionia | 36–24 | 31–24 |
| Issy Paris Hand | 59–43 | LC Brühl Handball | 29–20 | 30–23 |
| ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas | 51–55 | Muratpaşa Belediyespor SK | 27–30 | 24–25 |
| Vipers Kristiansand | 89–22 | Cassano Magnago | 52–10 | 37–12 |
| Skuru IK | 44–45 | DHC Slavia Prague | 26–22 | 18–23 |
| Brest BH | 61–34 | Madeira Andebol SAD | 30–16 | 31–18 |

### Round 2

There is 32 teams participating in round 2.
21 teams who qualified from round 1 and 11 teams joining the draw.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| HC Gomel | 37–53 | HC Dunărea Brăila | 15–27 | 22–26 |
| HK Dinamo Volgograd | 51–60 | Brest BH | 25–29 | 26–31 |
| SG BBM Bietigheim | 60–43 | ASC Corona 2010 Brașov | 37–24 | 23–19 |
| Érd NK | 59–52 | Issy Paris Hand | 30–26 | 29–26 |
| DHC Slavia Prague | 45–65 | Viborg HK | 23–29 | 22–36 |
| CSM Ploiești | 33–92 | IUVENTA Michalovce | 19–43 | 14–49 |
| ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja | 54–59 | SERCODAK Dalfsen | 26–34 | 28–25 |
| Spono Eagles | 51–73 | HC Kuban Krasnodar | 23–35 | 28–38 |
| HCM Roman | 49–55 | Alba Fehérvár KC | 25–27 | 24–28 |
| TuS Metzingen | 59–47 | DHK Baník Most | 30–22 | 29–25 |
| Muratpaşa Belediyespor SK | 33–56 | Randers HK | 20–30 | 13–26 |
| VfL Oldenburg | 52–48 | CJF Fleury LH | 29–22 | 23–26 |
| Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 57–68 | Nykøbing Falster HK | 29–35 | 28–33 |
| Byåsen HE | 62–53 | Tertnes Bergen | 33–27 | 29–26 |
| WHC Lada Togliatti | 55–55 | Vipers Kristiansand | 29–23 | 26–32 |
| Nantes LAH | 52–49 | Debreceni VSC | 24–23 | 28–26 |

### Round 3

There is 24 teams participating in round 3.
16 teams who qualified from round 2 and 8 teams joining the draw.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Yenimahalle Bld. SK | 56–63 | TuS Metzingen | 33–27 | 23–36 |
| Hypo Niederösterreich | 49–61 | HC Kuban Krasnodar | 23–29 | 26–32 |
| WHC Lada Togliatti | 57–48 | Viborg HK | 29–26 | 28–22 |
| SERCODAK Dalfsen | 49–62 | Nantes LAH | 21–31 | 28–31 |
| TTH Holstebro | 46–58 | VfL Oldenburg | 25–27 | 21–31 |
| IUVENTA Michalovce | 42–55 | Alba Fehérvár KC | 23–28 | 19–27 |
| Randers HK | 53–52 | MKS Selgros Lublin | 28–27 | 25–25 |
| Indeco Conversano | 46–72 | Nykøbing Falster HK | 24–36 | 22–36 |
| HC Dunărea Brăila | 48–58 | Byåsen HE | 25–24 | 23–34 |
| RK Podravka Koprivnica | 36–47 | SG BBM Bietigheim | 16–23 | 20–24 |
| Érd NK | 60–47 | Dunaújvárosi KKA | 29–22 | 31–25 |
| BM Bera Bera | 39–48 | Brest BH | 20–25 | 19–23 |

## 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 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | NAN | RAN | SAV | OLD |
| Nantes Handball | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 186 | 157 | +29 | 9 | — | 25–19 | 34–30 | 28–29 |
| Randers HK | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 144 | +9 | 9 | 26–26 | — | 28–24 | 28–24 |
| IK Sävehof | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 167 | 188 | −21 | 4 | 23–36 | 21–27 | — | 37–33 |
| VfL Oldenburg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 170 | 187 | −17 | 2 | 30–37 | 24–25 | 30–32 | — |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KRA | BRE | FEH | LEI |
| HC Kuban Krasnodar | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 148 | +25 | 10 | — | 25–20 | 31–26 | 32–24 |
| Brest Bretagne | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 150 | 127 | +23 | 8 | 27–21 | — | 21–21 | 23–20 |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 159 | 156 | +3 | 6 | 24–31 | 25–25 | — | 29–27 |
| HC Leipzig | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 134 | 185 | −51 | 0 | 27–33 | 15–34 | 21–34 | — |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ROS | BIE | ERD | BYA |
| Rostov-Don | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 137 | +36 | 10 | — | 34–24 | 27–24 | 35–21 |
| SG BBM Bietigheim | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 173 | −7 | 6 | 20–23 | — | 28–25 | 39–33 |
| Érd NK | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 165 | 169 | −4 | 4 | 19–30 | 35–27 | — | 34–22 |
| Byåsen HE | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 163 | 188 | −25 | 4 | 29–24 | 23–28 | 35–28 | — |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | NYF | MET | TOG | GLA |
| Nykøbing Falster HK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 194 | 180 | +14 | 7 | — | 36–36 | 35–23 | 32–32 |
| Tus Metzingen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 176 | 153 | +23 | 7 | 29–34 | — | 23–24 | 39–17 |
| HC Lada Togliatti | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 165 | 164 | +1 | 6 | 35–32 | 26–27 | — | 32–21 |
| Glassverket IF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 137 | 175 | −38 | 4 | 25–25 | 16–22 | 26–25 | — |

## Knockout stage
### Quarter-finals

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into semi-finals.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Randers HK | 50–52 | Nykøbing Falster HK | 27–24 | 23–28 |
| SG BBM Bietigheim | 59–57 | HC Kuban Krasnodar | 33–26 | 26–31 |
| Brest Bretagne | 40–54 | Rostov-Don | 21–26 | 19–28 |
| TuS Metzingen | 58–51 | Nantes Handball | 27–23 | 31–28 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| SG BBM Bietigheim | 66–59 | Nykøbing Falster HK | 38–27 | 28–32 |
| TuS Metzingen | 39–60 | Rostov-Don | 18–29 | 21–31 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| SG BBM Bietigheim | 46–53 | Rostov-Don | 25–28 | 21–25 |