2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup

The 2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup was the 20th edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, which was won by Sporting CP running from 19 November 2016 to 27 May 2017.

EHF Challenge Cup
2016–17
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates19 November 201627 May 2017
Teams32
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Sporting CP
Runner-upRomania Potaissa Turda
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Romania Georgică Cîntec (48 goals)

Overview

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Team allocation

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  • TH: Title holders
Round 3
  HC Visé BM   RK Vogošća Poljine Hills   HC Lokomotiv Varna   HC Dobrudja
  A.S.S. Spes   Cambridge HC   A.C. Doukas   IEK Xini Dikeas
  Valur   Hapoel Ashdod   Ramat Hashron "S.G.S." HC   A.S.D. Romagna Handball
  KH Kastrioti   Klaipeda Dragunas   Handball Esch   HB Dudelange
  PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol   Riviera-SSSH-2   RK Pelister   RK Partizan 1949
  JMS Hurry-Up   Haslum Handballklubb   Sporting CP   AHC Potaissa Turda
  RK Sloga Požega   RK Partizan   TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen   HKM Sala
  MSK Povazska Bystrica   Göztepe SK   Tasova Yibo SK   HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporizhzhia

Round and draw dates

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

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Round 3 19 July 2016 19–20 November 2016 26–27 November 2016
Last 16 29 November 2016 18–19 February 2017 25–26 February 2017
Quarter-final 23 February 2017 19–20 March 2017 26–27 March 2017
Semi-finals 23–24 April 2017 30 April–1 May 2017
Finals 14–15 May 2017 21–22 May 2017

Round 3

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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
Sporting CP   69–49   A.S.D. Romagna Handball 32–25 37–24
AHC Potaissa Turda   75–42   HC Dobrudja 32–23 43–19
HB Dudelange   56–55   Hapoel Ashdod 23–28 33–27
RK Sloga Požega   50–47   HC Visé BM 26–21 24–26
PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol   51–58   HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporizhzhia 23–27 28–31
Ramat Hashron "S.G.S." HC   39–54   Handball Esch 21–29 18–25
RK Partizan 1949   49–43   A.S.S. Spes 27–21 22–22
RK Partizan   52–59   MSK Povazska Bystrica 23–31 29–28
Valur   56–49   Haslum Handballklubb 31–24 25–25
IEK Xini Dikeas   43–45   A.C. Doukas 27–21 16–24
KH Kastrioti   51–60   HKM Sala 29–31 22–29
Göztepe SK   47–48   JMS Hurry-Up 22–20 25–28
Klaipeda Dragunas   52–63   TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 28–35 24–28
Tasova Yibo SK   65–56   Riviera-SSSH-2 32–29 33–27
Cambridge HC   47–76   HC Lokomotiv Varna 22–36 25–40
RK Pelister   49–48   RK Vogošća Poljine Hills 21–23 28–25

Last 16

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tasova Yibo SK   58–66   A.C. Doukas 28–32 30–34
Valur   45–45   RK Partizan 1949 21–21 24–24
Handball Esch   56–59   AHC Potaissa Turda 27–31 29–28
HC ZNTU-ZAB Zaporizhzhia   54–57   HB Dudelange 27–32 27–25
HKM Sala   57–55   TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 30–27 27–28
RK Pelister   44–66   Sporting CP 18–32 26–34
MSK Povazska Bystrica   49–51   JMS Hurry-Up 30–19 19–32
RK Sloga Požega   58–44   HC Lokomotiv Varna 35–22 23–22

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RK Sloga Požega   53–59   Valur 27–30 26–29
AHC Potaissa Turda   68–64   HB Dudelange 32–29 36–35
A.C. Doukas   48–62   Sporting CP 23–35 25–27
JMS Hurry-Up   66–56   HKM Sala 28–24 38–32

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
JMS Hurry-Up   41–69   Sporting CP 27–32 14–37
Valur   53–54   AHC Potaissa Turda 30–22 23–32

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting CP   67–52   AHC Potaissa Turda 37–28 30–24

See also

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References

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