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2016–17 EHF Cup

EHF Cup

2016–17
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	2 September 2016–21 May 2017
Host(s)	Frisch Auf Göppingen (final four)
Venue(s)	EWS Arena (final four)
Teams	57+6 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage)
Final positions
Champions	Frisch Auf Göppingen
Runner-up	Füchse Berlin
Tournament statistics
MVP	Primož Prošt
Top scorer(s)	Hans Lindberg (92 goals)
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The 2016–17 EHF Cup is the 36th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the fifth edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

Team allocation[edit]

Federation ranking[edit]

For the 2016–17 EHF Cup, the national federations were allocated places according to their 2016–17 EHF country ranking, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2012–13 to 2014–15.^[1]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, federations may have more or less teams participating in the EHF Cup,^[2] as noted below:

• (TH) – Additional berth for 2015–16 EHF Cup title holders
• (CL) – Berth transferred from or to 2016–17 EHF Champions League
• (CC) – Berth transferred from 2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup

Rank Federation Coeff. Teams Notes 1 Germany 154.83 3 +1 (TH) 2 Spain 122.83 3 Hungary 103.33 4 France 75.33 5 Denmark 70.00 6 Poland 54.22 −1 (CL) 7 Slovenia 54.00 8 Macedonia 40.56 2 −1 (CL) 9 Romania 36.34 10 Sweden 34.75 −1 11 Croatia 33.71 +1 (CC) 12 Russia 31.00 13 Portugal 30.25 14 Belarus 28.75 1 15 Switzerland 22.33 +1 (CC) 16 Ukraine 21.78 17 Norway 21.11 +1 (CC)

Rank Federation Coeff. Teams Notes 18 Serbia 20.44 1 +1 (CL) 19 Slovakia 13.56 20 Turkey 13.00 21 Luxembourg 11.13 22 Finland 11.00 23 Greece 11.00 +1 (CL) 24 Belgium 9.71 −1 25 Israel 9.00 26 Austria 9.00 27 Czech Republic 6.17 +1 (CL) 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.78 −1 29 Kosovo 5.17 30 Lithuania 4.83 −1 31 Italy 4.78 −1 32 Netherlands 4.75 +1 (CL) 33 Cyprus 4.33 −1 34 Estonia 4.17

Rank Federation Coeff. Teams Notes 35 Bulgaria 3.50 1 −1 36 Iceland 3.29 37 Montenegro 3.14 38 Moldova 1.17 39 Great Britain 1.00 40 Georgia 0.17 41 Albania 0.00 0 42 Andorra 0.00 43 Armenia 0.00 44 Azerbaijan 0.00 45 Faroe Islands 0.00 46 Republic of Ireland 0.00 47 Latvia 0.00 48 Liechtenstein 0.00 49 Malta 0.00 50 Monaco 0.00

Distribution[edit]

Teams[edit]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:^[3]

• TH: Title holders
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
• CW: Domestic cup winners
• CR: Domestic cup runners-up
• CL QS: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage.

Third qualifying round
Frisch Auf Göppingen (TH)	Fraikin Granollers (4th)	GOG (3rd)	RK Gorenje Velenje (CL QS)
MT Melsungen (4th)[Note GER]	Helvetia Anaitasuna (CR)[Note ESP]	HC Midtjylland (CW)	Riihimäki Cocks (CL QS)
SC Magdeburg (CW)	Grundfos Tatabánya KC (3rd)	KS Azoty-Puławy (3rd)	Maccabi Tel Aviv (CL QS)
CB Ademar León (3rd)	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball (2nd)[Note FRA]	RD Ribnica (3rd)	Bregenz Handball (CL QS)
Second qualifying round
Füchse Berlin (5th)[Note GER]	CSM București (2nd)	SKA Minsk (2nd)	Red Boys Differdange (CL QS)
Balatonfüredi KSE (4th)	Alingsås HK (2nd)	Wacker Thun (2nd)	HC Achilles Bocholt (CL QS)
KIF Kolding København (4th)	RK Nexe Našice (2nd)	ØIF Arendal (5th)
NMC Górnik Zabrze (5th)	Saint Petersburg HC (3rd)	HC Sporta Hlohovec (2nd)
RD Koper 2013 (4th)	S.L. Benfica (2nd)	Talent M.A.T. Plzeň (1st)
First qualifying round
Csurgói KK (5th)	FC Porto (3rd)	AC Filippos Veria (1st)	Põlva Serviti (1st)
Chambéry Savoie Handball (5th)[Note FRA]	Pfadi Winterthur (3rd)	AC Diomidis Argous (2nd)	Haukar Handball (1st)
US Créteil Handball (6th)[Note FRA]	ZTR Zaporizhia (2nd)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2nd)	RK Budvanska Rivijera (1st)
RK Prilep 2010 (4th)	Bodø HK (CW)	Alpla HC Hard (3rd)	HC Olimpus-85 USEFS (1st)
SCM Politehnica Timișoara (3rd)	RK Vojvodina (1st)	HC Dukla Prague (2nd)	London GD HC (1st)
GRK Varaždin 1930 (3rd)	RK Metaloplastika (2nd)	KH BESA Famiglia (1st)	B.S.B. Batumi (1st)
RK Zamet (4th)	BB Ankaraspor (2nd)	OCI-Lions (1st)
Dinamo Astrakhan (4th)	Handball Käerjeng (2nd)	KRAS/Volendam (2nd)

Notes

Round and draw dates[edit]

The schedule of the competition was follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria):^[9]

Qualification stage[edit]

The qualification stage consists of three rounds, which are played as two-legged ties using a home-and-away system. In the draws for each round, teams are allocated into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 facing teams from Pot 2.^[3] The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) qualify for the following round.

For each round, teams listed first played the first leg at home. In some cases, teams agreed to play both matches at the same venue.

Round 1[edit]

A total of 30 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 19 July 2016. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:^[3]

The first legs were played on 2–3 September and the second legs were played on 4 and 10–11 September 2015.^[10]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Handball Käerjeng	58–561	RK Vojvodina	30–31	28–25
US Créteil Handball	56–56 (a)	RK Zamet	29–32	27–24
Alpla HC Hard	55–43	OCI-Lions	28–17	27–26
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	79–362	London GD HC	38–14	41–22
Chambéry Savoie Handball	67–39	KRAS/Volendam	31–23	36–16
GRK Varaždin 1930	51–583	BB Ankaraspor	24–32	27–26
Haukar Handball	61–464	AC Diomidis Argous	33–26	28–20
KH BESA Famiglia	58–62	HC Dukla Prague	35–31	23–31
B.S.B. Batumi	32–935	FC Porto	16–49	16–44
Csurgói KK	47–44	Bodø HK	28–21	19–23
SCM Politehnica Timișoara	51–43	Põlva Serviti	26–22	25–21
HC Olimpus-85 USEFS	49–77	ZTR Zaporizhia	28–37	21–40
RK Prilep 2010	34–846	Pfadi Winterthur	19–42	15–42
RK Metaloplastika	44–47	Dinamo Astrakhan	24–30	20–17
AC Filippos Veria	58–50	RK Budvanska Rivijera	30–24	28–26

Notes

Round 2[edit]

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the second qualifying round, which was held after the draw for the first qualifying round on Tuesday, 19 July 2016. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:^[3]

The first legs were played on 8–9 October and the second legs were played on 9 and 15–16 October 2016.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KIF Kolding København	69–43	Talent M.A.T. Plzeň	38–23	31–20
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	56–491	Red Boys Differdange	26–25	30–24
Csurgói KK	58–461	HC Achilles Bocholt	34–23	24–23
S.L. Benfica	64–56	Handball Käerjeng	31–26	33–30
Chambéry Savoie Handball	44–49	Füchse Berlin	22–25	22–24
Balatonfüredi KSE	48–50	Pfadi Winterthur	28–23	20–27
Saint Petersburg HC	57–46	BB Ankaraspor	26–19	31–27
ØIF Arendal	49–51	SCM Politehnica Timișoara	23–24	26–27
Haukar Handball	51–55	Alingsås HK	24–24	27–31
ZTR Zaporizhia	45–442	Wacker Thun	23–22	22–22
NMC Górnik Zabrze	50–323	AC Filippos Veria	30–17	20–15
FC Porto	57–46	RD Koper 2013	31–24	26–22
Alpla HC Hard	53–56	SKA Minsk	28–25	25–31
Dinamo Astrakhan	60–49	HC Sporta Hlohovec	33–29	27–20
CSM București	50–50 (a)	RK Zamet	29–23	21–27
HC Dukla Prague	53–59	RK Nexe Našice	30–29	23–30

Notes

Round 3[edit]

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualifying round, which was held on Tuesday, 18 October 2016. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:^[3][12]

The first legs were played on 18–20 and 23 November and the second legs were played on 25–27 November 2016.^[13]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RK Zamet	43–66	MT Melsungen	23–34	20–32
SKA Minsk	55–61	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	30–28	25–33
KS Azoty-Puławy	52–53	S.L. Benfica	34–29	18–24
Dinamo Astrakhan	55–64	HC Midtjylland	29–29	26–35
RK Gorenje Velenje	56–58	Füchse Berlin	24–29	32–29
Fraikin Granollers	57–57 (a)	ZTR Zaporizhia	27–29	30–28
Saint Petersburg HC	48–51	Maccabi Tel Aviv	25–23	23–28
SC Magdeburg	61–49	RK Nexe Našice	31–22	30–27
Helvetia Anaitasuna	53–51	Csurgói KK	27–21	26–30
Alingsås HK	56–58	GOG	29–26	27–32
SCM Politehnica Timișoara	46–52	RD Ribnica	27–22	19–30
Riihimäki Cocks	59–49	NMC Górnik Zabrze	30–19	29–30
Frisch Auf Göppingen	70–621	Pfadi Winterthur	33–30	37–32
CB Ademar León	51–52	KIF Kolding København	24–27	27–25
Bregenz Handball	56–59	FC Porto	27–28	29–31
Grundfos Tatabánya KC	63–49	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	35–23	28–26

Notes

Group stage[edit]

Göppingen

Draw and format[edit]

The draw of the EHF Cup group stage took place on Thursday, 1 December 2016. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were drawn into four groups of four teams. The country protection rule was applied, i.e. two clubs from the same country could not face each other in the same group.^[14]

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 11–12 February, 17–19 February, 4–5 March, 11–12 March, 25–26 March, and 1–2 April 2017.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

1. number of points in matches of all teams directly involved;
2. goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved;
3. higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved;
4. goal difference in all matches of the group;
5. higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club.

Seeding[edit]

On 28 November 2016, EHF announced the composition of the group stage seeding pots.^[15]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FCH	SVH	GOG	RDR
Füchse Berlin	6	5	0	1	185	163	+22	10		—	33–31	37–29	38–30
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	6	4	0	2	179	164	+15	8		27–21	—	32–36	26–22
GOG	6	3	0	3	187	190	−3	6		26–31	28–32	—	32–27
RD Ribnica	6	0	0	6	154	188	−34	0		20–25	24–31	31–36	—

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GÖP	FGR	POR	MYD
Frisch Auf Göppingen	6	6	0	0	181	155	+26	12		—	29–28	30–28	31–23
Fraikin Granollers	6	3	0	3	171	165	+6	6		27–35	—	33–22	34–32
FC Porto	6	2	0	4	159	170	−11	4		27–31	23–22	—	33–25
HC Midtjylland	6	1	0	5	155	176	−21	2		22–25	24–27	29–26	—

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MAG	TAT	KOL	MTA
SC Magdeburg	6	5	1	0	200	146	+54	11		—	30–25	36–24	42–24
Grundfos Tatabánya KC	6	4	0	2	161	157	+4	8		28–31	—	28–26	27–24
KIF Kolding København	6	2	1	3	166	172	−6	5		23–23	26–29	—	36–31
Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	0	0	6	146	198	−52	0		22–38	20–24	25–31	—

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MEL	ANA	BEN	RCO
MT Melsungen	6	4	0	2	168	140	+28	8		—	28–22	32–22	33–19
Helvetia Anaitasuna	6	4	0	2	171	163	+8	8		23–22	—	35–28	30–24
S.L. Benfica	6	4	0	2	158	165	−7	8		26–24	33–28	—	26–25
Riihimäki Cocks	6	0	0	6	145	174	−29	0		28–29	28–33	21–23	—

Ranking of the second-placed teams[edit]

Because the German side Frisch Auf Göppingen, the organizers of the Final 4 tournament, finished on top of their group they qualified directly to the final tournament and only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals. The ranking of the second-placed teams was determined on the basis of the team's results in the group stage.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	6	4	0	2	179	164	+15	8
D	Helvetia Anaitasuna	6	4	0	2	171	163	+8	8
C	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	6	4	0	2	161	154	+7	8
B	Fraikin Granollers	6	3	0	3	171	165	+6	6

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Pot 1 SC Magdeburg Füchse Berlin MT Melsungen

Pot 2 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball Helvetia Anaitasuna Grundfos Tatabánya KC

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Helvetia Anaitasuna	59–69	SC Magdeburg	27–34	32–35
Grundfos Tatabánya KC	47–58	Füchse Berlin	25–30	22–28
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	61–49	MT Melsungen	30–26	31–23

Final four[edit]

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 May
	SC Magdeburg	29
					21 May
	Frisch Auf Göppingen	33
					Frisch Auf Göppingen	30
	20 May
					Füchse Berlin	22
	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	24
	Füchse Berlin	35
					Third place
					21 May
					SC Magdeburg	32
					Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	31

See also[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• EHF Cup (official website)