2016–17 EHF Champions League qualifying
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
Qualification tournament 1
Tatran Prešov organized the tournament.[4]
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 3 September | ||||||
| 28 | ||||||
| 4 September | ||||||
| 25 | ||||||
| 21 | ||||||
| 3 September | ||||||
| 23 | ||||||
| 38 | ||||||
| 32 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 4 September | ||||||
| 30 | ||||||
| 21 | ||||||
Semifinals
| 3 September 2016 13:30  | 
RK Gorenje  | 
28–25 | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 180 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)  | |
| Mitrović 7 | (16–14) | Tamminen 6 | ||
| 3× | 
Report | 2× | 
| 3 September 2016 16:15  | 
Tatran Prešov  | 
38–32 | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)  | |
| Hrstka, Rábek 9 | (19–17) | Kratović 8 | ||
| 3× | 
Report | 3× | 
Third place game
| 4 September 2016 13:30  | 
Riihimäki Cocks  | 
30–21 | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)  | |
| Lukyanchuk 6 | (18–14) | Hoffmann, Kratović 5 | ||
| 3× | 
Report | 3× | 
Final
| 4 September 2016 16:15  | 
RK Gorenje  | 
21–23 | Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)  | |
| Golčar 5 | (10–12) | Rábek 7 | ||
| 3× | 
Report | 3× | 
Qualification tournament 2
Bregenz Handball organized the tournament.[5]
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 3 September | ||||||
| 34 | ||||||
| 4 September | ||||||
| 27 | ||||||
| 33 | ||||||
| 3 September | ||||||
| 32 | ||||||
| 39 | ||||||
| 31 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 4 September | ||||||
| 33 | ||||||
| 30 | ||||||
Semifinals
| 3 September 2016 16:45  | 
Bregenz Handball  | 
39–31 | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 550 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)  | |
| Buvinić 8 | (20–17) | Kedziora 9 | ||
| 3× | 
Report | 2× | 
| 3 September 2016 19:30  | 
ABC/UMinho  | 
34–27 | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 300 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)  | |
| Pereira 7 | (15–16) | Pomeranz 12 | ||
| 3× | 
Report | 2× | 
Third place game
| 4 September 2016 13:45  | 
Maccabi Tel Aviv  | 
33–30 | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)  | |
| Pomeranz 10 | (16–15) | Kedziora 8 | ||
| 2× | 
Report | 3× | 
Final
| 4 September 2016 16:30  | 
ABC/UMinho  | 
33–32 | Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 940 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)  | |
| Pereira 11 | (16–16) | Hedin, Varvne 6 | ||
| 3× | 
Report | 2× | 
References
- ^ "Season is over, what's next?". ehfcl.com. 6 June 2016.
 - ^ "Presov and Bregenz with hosting rights in qualification". ehfcl.com. 29 June 2016.
 - ^ "Seeding for the qualification and group phase draw released". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
 - ^ "Presov to host Qualification Group 1". ehfcl.com. 7 July 2016.
 - ^ "Group 2 tournament to take place at Lake Constance". ehfcl.com. 22 July 2016.