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
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.^[4]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	3 September
	RK Gorenje	28
					4 September
	Riihimäki Cocks	25
					RK Gorenje	21
	3 September
					Tatran Prešov	23
	Tatran Prešov	38
	Red Boys Differdange	32
					Third place
					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)
	Mitrović 7	(16–14)	Tamminen 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

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3 September 2016 16:15	Tatran Prešov	38–32	Red Boys Differdange	Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Hrstka, Rábek 9	(19–17)	Kratović 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

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)
	Lukyanchuk 6	(18–14)	Hoffmann, Kratović 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

Final

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

Qualification tournament 2

Bregenz Handball organized the tournament.^[5]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	3 September
	ABC/UMinho	34
					4 September
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	27
					ABC/UMinho	33
	3 September
					Bregenz Handball	32
	Bregenz Handball	39
	Achilles Bocholt	31
					Third place
					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)
	Buvinić 8	(20–17)	Kedziora 9
	3× 1×	Report	2× 7×

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3 September 2016 19:30	ABC/UMinho	34–27	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 300 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Pereira 7	(15–16)	Pomeranz 12
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

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)
	Pomeranz 10	(16–15)	Kedziora 8
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Final

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