2016–17 EHF Champions League qualifying

Main article: 2016–17 EHF Champions League

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.