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.[1][2]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 27 June 2016.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Slovenia RK Gorenje
Portugal ABC/UMinho
Slovakia Tatran Prešov
Austria Bregenz Handball
Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange
Belgium Achilles Bocholt
Finland Riihimäki Cocks
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv

Qualification tournament 1

Tatran Prešov organized the tournament.[4]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 September
 
 
Slovenia RK Gorenje28
 
4 September
 
Finland Riihimäki Cocks25
 
Slovenia RK Gorenje21
 
3 September
 
Slovakia Tatran Prešov23
 
Slovakia Tatran Prešov38
 
 
Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange32
 
Third place
 
 
4 September
 
 
Finland Riihimäki Cocks30
 
 
Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange21

Semifinals

3 September 2016
13:30
RK Gorenje Slovenia 28–25 Finland Riihimäki Cocks Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov
Attendance: 180
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Mitrović 7 (16–14) Tamminen 6
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3 September 2016
16:15
Tatran Prešov Slovakia 38–32 Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Hrstka, Rábek 9 (19–17) Kratović 8
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Third place game

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

4 September 2016
16:15
RK Gorenje Slovenia 21–23 Slovakia Tatran Prešov Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Golčar 5 (10–12) Rábek 7
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Qualification tournament 2

Bregenz Handball organized the tournament.[5]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 September
 
 
Portugal ABC/UMinho34
 
4 September
 
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv27
 
Portugal ABC/UMinho33
 
3 September
 
Austria Bregenz Handball32
 
Austria Bregenz Handball39
 
 
Belgium Achilles Bocholt31
 
Third place
 
 
4 September
 
 
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv33
 
 
Belgium Achilles Bocholt30

Semifinals

3 September 2016
16:45
Bregenz Handball Austria 39–31 Belgium Achilles Bocholt Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz
Attendance: 550
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Buvinić 8 (20–17) Kedziora 9
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3 September 2016
19:30
ABC/UMinho Portugal 34–27 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz
Attendance: 300
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Pereira 7 (15–16) Pomeranz 12
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Third place game

4 September 2016
13:45
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 33–30 Belgium Achilles Bocholt Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz
Attendance: 200
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Pomeranz 10 (16–15) Kedziora 8
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Final

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

  1. "Season is over, what's next?". ehfcl.com. 6 June 2016.
  2. "Presov and Bregenz with hosting rights in qualification". ehfcl.com. 29 June 2016.
  3. "Seeding for the qualification and group phase draw released". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. "Presov to host Qualification Group 1". ehfcl.com. 7 July 2016.
  5. "Group 2 tournament to take place at Lake Constance". ehfcl.com. 22 July 2016.
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