# 2016–17 EHF Champions League qualifying

This article describes the qualifying of the 2016–17 EHF Champions League.

## Draw

The draw was held on 29 June 2016 at 13:00 in Vienna, Austria. The eight teams were split in two groups and played a semifinal and final to determine the last participants. Matches were played on 3 and 4 September 2016.

### Seedings

The seedings were announced on 27 June 2016.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| RK Gorenje ABC/UMinho | Tatran Prešov Bregenz Handball | Red Boys Differdange Achilles Bocholt | Riihimäki Cocks Maccabi Tel Aviv |

## Qualification tournament 1

Tatran Prešov organized the tournament.

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 3 September | 3 September |
| RK Gorenje | 28 |
| RK Gorenje | 28 | 4 September | 4 September |
| Riihimäki Cocks | 25 | 4 September | 4 September |
| Riihimäki Cocks | 25 | RK Gorenje | 21 |
| 3 September | 3 September | | RK Gorenje | 21 |
| 3 September | 3 September | Tatran Prešov | 23 |
| Tatran Prešov | 38 | Tatran Prešov | 23 |
| Red Boys Differdange | 32 | | |
| Red Boys Differdange | 32 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 4 September | 4 September |
| | | Riihimäki Cocks | 30 |
| | | Red Boys Differdange | 21 |

### Semifinals

| 3 September 2016 13:30 | RK Gorenje | 28–25 | Riihimäki Cocks | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 180 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) |
| 3 September 2016 13:30 | Mitrović 7 | (16–14) | Tamminen 6 | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 180 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) |
| 3 September 2016 13:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 4× | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 180 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) |
| 3 September 2016 16:15 | Tatran Prešov | 38–32 | Red Boys Differdange | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD) |
| 3 September 2016 16:15 | Hrstka, Rábek 9 | (19–17) | Kratović 8 | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD) |
| 3 September 2016 16:15 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 1× | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD) |

### Third place game

| 4 September 2016 13:30 | Riihimäki Cocks | 30–21 | Red Boys Differdange | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD) |
| 4 September 2016 13:30 | Lukyanchuk 6 | (18–14) | Hoffmann, Kratović 5 | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD) |
| 4 September 2016 13:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 4× | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD) |

### Final

| 4 September 2016 16:15 | RK Gorenje | 21–23 | Tatran Prešov | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) |
| 4 September 2016 16:15 | Golčar 5 | (10–12) | Rábek 7 | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) |
| 4 September 2016 16:15 | 3× 3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) |

## Qualification tournament 2

Bregenz Handball organized the tournament.

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 3 September | 3 September |
| ABC/UMinho | 34 |
| ABC/UMinho | 34 | 4 September | 4 September |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 27 | 4 September | 4 September |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 27 | ABC/UMinho | 33 |
| 3 September | 3 September | | ABC/UMinho | 33 |
| 3 September | 3 September | Bregenz Handball | 32 |
| Bregenz Handball | 39 | Bregenz Handball | 32 |
| Achilles Bocholt | 31 | | |
| Achilles Bocholt | 31 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 4 September | 4 September |
| | | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 33 |
| | | Achilles Bocholt | 30 |

### Semifinals

| 3 September 2016 16:45 | Bregenz Handball | 39–31 | Achilles Bocholt | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 550 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
| 3 September 2016 16:45 | Buvinić 8 | (20–17) | Kedziora 9 | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 550 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
| 3 September 2016 16:45 | 3× 1× | Report | 2× 7× | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 550 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
| 3 September 2016 19:30 | ABC/UMinho | 34–27 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 300 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) |
| 3 September 2016 19:30 | Pereira 7 | (15–16) | Pomeranz 12 | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 300 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) |
| 3 September 2016 19:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 4× | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 300 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) |

### Third place game

| 4 September 2016 13:45 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 33–30 | Achilles Bocholt | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) |
| 4 September 2016 13:45 | Pomeranz 10 | (16–15) | Kedziora 8 | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) |
| 4 September 2016 13:45 | 2× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) |

### Final

| 4 September 2016 16:30 | ABC/UMinho | 33–32 | Bregenz Handball | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 940 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
| 4 September 2016 16:30 | Pereira 11 | (16–16) | Hedin, Varvne 6 | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 940 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
| 4 September 2016 16:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 2× | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 940 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |