# 2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup

The 2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup was the 20th edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, which was won by Sporting CP running from 19 November 2016 to 27 May 2017.

## Overview
### Team allocation

* TH: Title holders
Round 3 :
| HC Visé BM | RK Vogošća Poljine Hills | HC Lokomotiv Varna | HC Dobrudja |
| A.S.S. Spes | Cambridge HC | A.C. Doukas | IEK Xini Dikeas |
| Valur | Hapoel Ashdod | Ramat Hashron "S.G.S." HC | A.S.D. Romagna Handball |
| KH Kastrioti | Klaipeda Dragunas | Handball Esch | HB Dudelange |
| PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol | Riviera-SSSH-2 | RK Pelister | RK Partizan 1949 |
| JMS Hurry-Up | Haslum Handballklubb | Sporting CP | AHC Potaissa Turda |
| RK Sloga Požega | RK Partizan | TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | HKM Sala |
| MSK Povazska Bystrica | Göztepe SK | Tasova Yibo SK | HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporizhzhia |

### Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Round 3 | 19 July 2016 | 19–20 November 2016 | 26–27 November 2016 |
| Last 16 | 29 November 2016 | 18–19 February 2017 | 25–26 February 2017 |
| Quarter-final | 23 February 2017 | 19–20 March 2017 | 26–27 March 2017 |
| Semi-finals | 23 February 2017 | 23–24 April 2017 | 30 April–1 May 2017 |
| Finals | 23 February 2017 | 14–15 May 2017 | 21–22 May 2017 |

## Round 3

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into last 16.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sporting CP | 69–49 | A.S.D. Romagna Handball | 32–25 | 37–24 |
| AHC Potaissa Turda | 75–42 | HC Dobrudja | 32–23 | 43–19 |
| HB Dudelange | 56–55 | Hapoel Ashdod | 23–28 | 33–27 |
| RK Sloga Požega | 50–47 | HC Visé BM | 26–21 | 24–26 |
| PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol | 51–58 | HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporizhzhia | 23–27 | 28–31 |
| Ramat Hashron "S.G.S." HC | 39–54 | Handball Esch | 21–29 | 18–25 |
| RK Partizan 1949 | 49–43 | A.S.S. Spes | 27–21 | 22–22 |
| RK Partizan | 52–59 | MSK Povazska Bystrica | 23–31 | 29–28 |
| Valur | 56–49 | Haslum Handballklubb | 31–24 | 25–25 |
| IEK Xini Dikeas | 43–45 | A.C. Doukas | 27–21 | 16–24 |
| KH Kastrioti | 51–60 | HKM Sala | 29–31 | 22–29 |
| Göztepe SK | 47–48 | JMS Hurry-Up | 22–20 | 25–28 |
| Klaipeda Dragunas | 52–63 | TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | 28–35 | 24–28 |
| Tasova Yibo SK | 65–56 | Riviera-SSSH-2 | 32–29 | 33–27 |
| Cambridge HC | 47–76 | HC Lokomotiv Varna | 22–36 | 25–40 |
| RK Pelister | 49–48 | RK Vogošća Poljine Hills | 21–23 | 28–25 |

## Last 16

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into quarter-finals.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tasova Yibo SK | 58–66 | A.C. Doukas | 28–32 | 30–34 |
| Valur | 45–45 | RK Partizan 1949 | 21–21 | 24–24 |
| Handball Esch | 56–59 | AHC Potaissa Turda | 27–31 | 29–28 |
| HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporizhzhia | 54–57 | HB Dudelange | 27–32 | 27–25 |
| HKM Sala | 57–55 | TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | 30–27 | 27–28 |
| RK Pelister | 44–66 | Sporting CP | 18–32 | 26–34 |
| MSK Povazska Bystrica | 49–51 | JMS Hurry-Up | 30–19 | 19–32 |
| RK Sloga Požega | 58–44 | HC Lokomotiv Varna | 35–22 | 23–22 |

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| RK Sloga Požega | 53–59 | Valur | 27–30 | 26–29 |
| AHC Potaissa Turda | 68–64 | HB Dudelange | 32–29 | 36–35 |
| A.C. Doukas | 48–62 | Sporting CP | 23–35 | 25–27 |
| JMS Hurry-Up | 66–56 | HKM Sala | 28–24 | 38–32 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| JMS Hurry-Up | 41–69 | Sporting CP | 27–32 | 14–37 |
| Valur | 53–54 | AHC Potaissa Turda | 30–22 | 23–32 |

## Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sporting CP | 67–52 | AHC Potaissa Turda | 37–28 | 30–24 |