2016–17 Women's EHF Cup

Women's EHF Cup

2016–17
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	9 September 2016–13 May 2017
Teams	65
Final positions
Champions	Rostov-Don
Runner-up	SG BBM Bietigheim
Tournament statistics
Matches played	160
Top scorer(s)	Susann Müller (77 Goals)

The 2016–17 Women's EHF Cup is 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:^[1]

• 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 Kohász KA (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 Brasov (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.

Qualification stage

Round 1

There is 42 teams participating in round 2.

Team 1	Agg.	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 Brasov	16-43	17-40
Byåsen HE	57-45	RK Zagorje	32-20	25-25
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.	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 Brasov	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.	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 Kohász KA	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 is scheduled for 7–8 January and the last round will take place on 11–12 February.

Only the top two teams of each group will make it to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Nantes Handball 6 4 1 1 186 157 +29 9 Randers HK 6 4 1 1 153 144 +9 9 IK Sävehof 6 2 0 4 167 188 −21 4 VfL Oldenburg 6 1 0 5 170 187 −17 2

NAN RAN SAV OLD Nantes Handball – 25–19 34–30 28–29 Randers HK 26–26 – 28–24 28–24 IK Sävehof 23–36 21–27 – 37–33 VfL Oldenburg 30–37 24–25 30–32 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HC Kuban Krasnodar 6 5 0 1 173 148 +25 10 Brest Bretagne 6 3 2 1 150 127 +23 8 Alba Fehérvár KC 6 2 2 2 159 156 +3 6 HC Leipzig 6 0 0 6 134 185 −51 0

KRA BRE FEH LEI HC Kuban Krasnodar – 25–20 31–26 32–24 Brest Bretagne 27–21 – 21–21 23–20 Alba Fehérvár KC 24–31 25–25 – 29–27 HC Leipzig 27–33 15–34 21–34 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rostov-Don 6 5 0 1 173 137 +36 10 SG BBM Bietigheim 6 3 0 3 166 173 −7 6 Érd NK 6 2 0 4 165 169 −4 4 Byåsen HE 6 2 0 4 163 188 −25 4

ROS BIE ERD BYA Rostov-Don – 34–24 27–24 35–21 SG BBM Bietigheim 20–23 – 28–25 39–33 Érd NK 19–30 35–27 – 34–22 Byåsen HE 29–24 23–28 35–28 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Nykøbing Falster HK 6 2 3 1 194 180 +14 7 Tus Metzingen 6 3 1 2 176 153 +23 7 HC Lada Togliatti 6 3 0 3 165 164 +1 6 Glassverket IF 6 1 2 3 137 175 −38 4

NYF MET TOG GLA Nykøbing Falster HK – 36–36 35–23 32–32 TuS Metzingen 29–34 – 23–24 39–17 HC Lada Togliatti 35–32 26–27 – 32–21 Glassverket IF 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.	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.	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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SG BBM Bietigheim	46–53	Rostov-Don	25–28	21–25

See also

• 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League
• 2016-17 Women's EHF Challenge Cup

References

External links

• Official website