2016–17 Women's EHF Challenge Cup

The 2016–17 Women's EHF Challenge Cup is the 20th edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for women's handball clubs, running from 15 October 2016.

Women's EHF Challenge Cup

2016–17
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	15 October 2016–14 May 2017
Final positions
Champions	HC Lokomotiva Zagreb
Runner-up	H 65 Höör
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Overview

Team allocation

• TH: Title holders

Round 3
Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE (TH)	H 65 Höör (5th)	HC Lokomotiva Zagreb (2nd)	HIFK (2nd)
Mecalia Atlético Guardés (3rd)	DHC Sokol Poruba (3rd)	Haukar (3rd)	ŽRK Mira Prijedor (2nd)
Prosetecnisa Zuazo (CR)	Virto/Quintus (3rd)	KHF Shqiponja (2nd)	Jomi Salerno (3rd)
HC Karpaty (2nd)	Colégio de Gaia (3rd)	ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina (3rd)	UHC Müllner Bau Stockerau (4th)
HC Dnepryanka Kherson (3rd)	LK Zug (3rd)	ŽRK Danilovgrad (2nd)	Fémina Visé (3rd)
Ardesen GSK (3rd)	HC Vardar SCJS (3rd)	Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan (3rd)	HC Svilengrad-PU (2nd)
Kram Start Elbląg (4th)	ABU Baku (2nd)	Olympia HC (CW)	HC Mamuli (3rd)
Round 2
Zagnosspor (4th)	CS Madeira (6th)	ŽRK Ilidža (3rd)	SSV Dornbirn Schoren (6th)
DHB Rotweiss Thun (4th)	ŽRK Kumanovo (4th)	ASD Ariosta P. Ferrara (4th)	Helvetia BM Alcobendas (4th)

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Round 2	19 July 2016	15–16 October 2016	22–23 October 2016
Round 3		12–13 November 2016	19–20 November 2016
Last 16	22 November 2016	4–5 February 2017	11–12 February 2017
Quarter-final	14 February 2017	4–5 March 2017	11–12 March 2017
Semi-finals		8–9 April 2017	15–16 April 2017
Final	18 April 2017	6–7 May 2017	13–14 May 2017

Qualification stage

Round 2

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into round 3.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
DHB Rotweiss Thun	56–41	ASD Ariosta P. Ferrara	34–17	28–24
SSV Dornbirn Schoren	54–66	CS Madeira	34–36	20–30
ŽRK Ilidža	39–70^a	Zagnosspor	23–33	16–37
ŽRK Kumanovo	57–77	Helvetia BM Alcobendas	17–23	15–31

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Zagnosspor.

Round 3

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into last 16.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UHC Müllner Bau Stockerau	37–61	Kram Start Elbląg	17–28	20–33
LK Zug	85–24^a	Olympia HC	45–17	40–7
Ardesen GSK	58–47	ŽRK Danilovgrad	30–23	28–24
Virto/Quintus	90–40^b	ŽRK Mira Prijedor	46–19	44–21
HIFK	33–71^c	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	12–39	21–32
Haukar	50–41^d	Jomi Salerno	23–19	27–22
H 65 Höör	51–46	Prosetecnisa Zuazo	31–25	20–21
HC Svilengrad-PU	39–53	HC Vardar SCJS	17–24	22–29
Fémina Visé	36–50^e	ABU Baku	16–26	20–24
DHC Sokol Poruba	65–19^f	HC Mamuli	34–12	31–7
ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina	48–43^g	Zagnosspor	25–22	23–21
HC Karpaty	54–42^h	DHB Rotweiss Thun	34–25	20–17
CS Madeira	45–69	HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	24–29	21–40
Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan	59–59^i	KHF Shqiponja	31–30	28–29
Helvetia BM Alcobendas	44–50	Colégio de Gaia	25–21	19–29
HC Dnepryanka Kherson	40–63^j	Mecalia Atlético Guardés	22–33	18–30

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Olympia HC. ^b Both legs were hosted by Virto/Quintus. ^c Both legs were hosted by Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE. ^d Both legs were hosted by Jomi Salerno. ^e Both legs were hosted by ABU Baku. ^e Both legs were hosted by HC Mamuli. ^e Both legs were hosted by Zagnosspor. ^e Both legs were hosted by HC Karpaty. ^e Both legs were hosted by KHF Shqiponja. ^e Both legs were hosted by Mecalia Atlético Guardés.

Knockout stage

Last 16

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into quarterfinals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
LK Zug	65–50^a	HC Karpaty	29–25	36–25
DHC Sokol Poruba	97–40	KHF Shqiponja	51–18	46–22
ABU Baku	47–65^b	Kram Start Elbląg	23–33	24–32
HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	57–45	Ardesen GSK	33–25	24–20
Haukar	50–51^c	Virto/Quintus	26–29	24–22
H 65 Höör	52–33	HC Vardar SCJS	26–13	26–20
ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina	39–67	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	18–31	21–36
Colégio de Gaia	48–62	Mecalia Atlético Guardés	26–30	22–32

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by LK Zug.

^b Both legs were hosted by Kram Start Elblag.

^c Both legs were hosted by Haukar.

Quarterfinals

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into semifinals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kram Start Elbląg	43–51	DHC Sokol Poruba	29–24	14–27
H 65 Höör	53–45	Mecalia Atlético Guardés	24–21	29–24
Virto/Quintus	69–41	LK Zug	35–12	34–29
HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	52–50	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	29–24	23–26

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	51–39 ^a	Virto/Quintus	24–23	27–16
H 65 Höör	50–30	DHC Sokol Poruba	28–16	22–14

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by HC Lokomotiva Zagreb.

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	47–40	H 65 Höör	23–19	24–21

See also

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