Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:^[1]

• TH: Title holders
• CWC: EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup holders
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
• CW: Domestic cup winners
• CR: Domestic cup runners-up
• CL QT: Losers from the Champions League qualification stage.
• CL Group: Losers from the Champions League group stage.

Group stage
Glassverket IF (4th CL Group A)	HC Leipzig (4th CL Group B)	Rostov-Don (4th CL Group C)	IK Sävehof (4th CL Group D)
Round 3
TTH Holstebro (CWC)	RK Podravka Koprivnica (2nd CL QT1)	Hypo Niederösterreich (2nd CL QT2)	Indeco Conversano (2nd CL QT3)
Dunaújvárosi KKA (TH)	Yenimahalle Bld. SK (3rd CL QT1)	BM Bera Bera (3rd CL QT2)	MKS Selgros Lublin (3rd CL QT3)
Round 2
Viborg HK (4th)	Debreceni VSC (4th)	CJF Fleury LH (2nd)	HC Gomel (4th CL QT2)
Randers HK (5th)	WHC Lada Togliatti (3rd)	HCM Roman (CR)	IUVENTA Michalovce (4th CL QT3)
Érd NK (3rd)	TuS Metzingen (2nd)	SERCODAK Dalfsen (4th CL QT1)
Round 1
Tertnes Bergen (CR)	SG BBM Bietigheim (4th)	Alavarium/Love Tiles (2nd)	OF Nea Ionia (1st)
Byåsen HE (3rd)	VfL Oldenburg (5th)	ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja (1st)	RK Zagorje (1st)
Vipers Kristiansand (4th)	Skuru IK (2nd)	ŽRK Naisa Niš (2nd)	HB Dudelange (1st)
Brest BH (CW)	Lugi HF (3rd)	Bnei Herzliya (1st)	KHF Prishtina (1st)
Issy Paris Hand (3rd)	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin (2nd)	HC Holon (CR)	ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas (1st)
Nantes LAH (5th)	Vistal Gdynia (3rd)	Nykøbing Falster HK (6th)	Neistin (1st)
ASC Corona 2010 Brașov (3rd)	DHK Baník Most (1st)	Alba Fehérvár KC (6th)	HŽRK Grude (1st)
HC Dunărea Brăila (4th)	DHC Slavia Prague (2nd)	Cassano Magnago (2nd)	AC Latsia Nicosia (1st)
CSM Ploiești (6th)	SPONO Eagles (1st)	VOC Amsterdam (2nd)	HC Galychanka (1st)
HC Kuban Krasnodar (CR)	LC Brühl Handball (2nd)	BNTU-BelAZ Minsk (2nd)
HK Dinamo Volgograd (4th)	Madeira Andebol SAD (1st)	Muratpaşa Belediyespor SK (2nd)

Round and draw dates

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

Round 1

There is 42 teams participating in round 2.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VfL Oldenburg	77–40	Bnei Herzliya	41–20	36–20
Alba Fehérvár KC	55–34	Vistal Gdynia	28–17	27–17
HB Dudelange	22–79	HC Dunărea Brăila	12–43	10–36
Lugi HF	43–54	Nykøbing Falster HK	23–25	20–29
SPONO Eagles	71–30	KHF Prishtina	41–14	30–16
HK Dinamo Volgograd	56–41	SS/VOC Amsterdam	29–19	27–22
HC Holon	37–74	Tertnes Bergen	21–32	16–42
HŽRK Grude	33–83	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov	16–43	17–40
Byåsen HE	57–40	RK Zagorje	32–20	25–20
Nantes LAH	81–27	Alavarium/Love Tiles	47–16	34–11
DHK Baník Most	58–55	BNTU-BelAZ Minsk	28–23	30–32
Neistin	44–57	CSM Ploiești	24–26	20–31
ŽRK Naisa Niš	34–71	SG BBM Bietigheim	15–34	19–37
HC Galychanka	44–46	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	24–22	20–24
ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja	71–34	AC Latsia Nicosia	38–14	33–20
HC Kuban Krasnodar	67–48	OF Nea Ionia	36–24	31–24
Issy Paris Hand	59–43	LC Brühl Handball	29–20	30–23
ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas	51–55	Muratpaşa Belediyespor SK	27–30	24–25
Vipers Kristiansand	89–22	Cassano Magnago	52–10	37–12
Skuru IK	44–45	DHC Slavia Prague	26–22	18–23
Brest BH	61–34	Madeira Andebol SAD	30–16	31–18

Round 2

There is 32 teams participating in round 2.

21 teams who qualified from round 1 and 11 teams joining the draw.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Gomel	37–53	HC Dunărea Brăila	15–27	22–26
HK Dinamo Volgograd	51–60	Brest BH	25–29	26–31
SG BBM Bietigheim	60–43	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov	37–24	23–19
Érd NK	59–52	Issy Paris Hand	30–26	29–26
DHC Slavia Prague	45–65	Viborg HK	23–29	22–36
CSM Ploiești	33–92	IUVENTA Michalovce	19–43	14–49
ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja	54–59	SERCODAK Dalfsen	26–34	28–25
Spono Eagles	51–73	HC Kuban Krasnodar	23–35	28–38
HCM Roman	49–55	Alba Fehérvár KC	25–27	24–28
TuS Metzingen	59–47	DHK Baník Most	30–22	29–25
Muratpaşa Belediyespor SK	33–56	Randers HK	20–30	13–26
VfL Oldenburg	52–48	CJF Fleury LH	29–22	23–26
Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	57–68	Nykøbing Falster HK	29–35	28–33
Byåsen HE	62–53	Tertnes Bergen	33–27	29–26
WHC Lada Togliatti	55–55	Vipers Kristiansand	29–23	26–32
Nantes LAH	52–49	Debreceni VSC	24–23	28–26

Round 3

There is 24 teams participating in round 3.

16 teams who qualified from round 2 and 8 teams joining the draw.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yenimahalle Bld. SK	56–63	TuS Metzingen	33–27	23–36
Hypo Niederösterreich	49–61	HC Kuban Krasnodar	23–29	26–32
WHC Lada Togliatti	57–48	Viborg HK	29–26	28–22
SERCODAK Dalfsen	49–62	Nantes LAH	21–31	28–31
TTH Holstebro	46–58	VfL Oldenburg	25–27	21–31
IUVENTA Michalovce	42–55	Alba Fehérvár KC	23–28	19–27
Randers HK	53–52	MKS Selgros Lublin	28–27	25–25
Indeco Conversano	46–72	Nykøbing Falster HK	24–36	22–36
HC Dunărea Brăila	48–58	Byåsen HE	25–24	23–34
RK Podravka Koprivnica	36–47	SG BBM Bietigheim	16–23	20–24
Érd NK	60–47	Dunaújvárosi KKA	29–22	31–25
BM Bera Bera	39–48	Brest BH	20–25	19–23

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 21 November 2016

Teams in the draw will be protected against meeting teams from the same country in the same group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
HC Leipzig Glassverket IF Rostov-Don IK Sävehof	Nykøbing Falster HK SG BBM Bietigheim VfL Oldenburg HC Kuban Krasnodar	Randers HK Brest BH TuS Metzingen Érd NK	Nantes LAH Alba Fehérvár KC Byåsen HE WHC Lada Togliatti

The first round of the group phase was scheduled for 7–8 January and the last round took place on 11–12 February.

Only the top two teams of each group made it to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NAN	RAN	SAV	OLD
Nantes Handball	6	4	1	1	186	157	+29	9		—	25–19	34–30	28–29
Randers HK	6	4	1	1	153	144	+9	9		26–26	—	28–24	28–24
IK Sävehof	6	2	0	4	167	188	−21	4		23–36	21–27	—	37–33
VfL Oldenburg	6	1	0	5	170	187	−17	2		30–37	24–25	30–32	—

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KRA	BRE	FEH	LEI
HC Kuban Krasnodar	6	5	0	1	173	148	+25	10		—	25–20	31–26	32–24
Brest Bretagne	6	3	2	1	150	127	+23	8		27–21	—	21–21	23–20
Alba Fehérvár KC	6	2	2	2	159	156	+3	6		24–31	25–25	—	29–27
HC Leipzig	6	0	0	6	134	185	−51	0		27–33	15–34	21–34	—

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ROS	BIE	ERD	BYA
Rostov-Don	6	5	0	1	173	137	+36	10		—	34–24	27–24	35–21
SG BBM Bietigheim	6	3	0	3	166	173	−7	6		20–23	—	28–25	39–33
Érd NK	6	2	0	4	165	169	−4	4		19–30	35–27	—	34–22
Byåsen HE	6	2	0	4	163	188	−25	4		29–24	23–28	35–28	—

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NYF	MET	TOG	GLA
Nykøbing Falster HK	6	2	3	1	194	180	+14	7		—	36–36	35–23	32–32
Tus Metzingen	6	3	1	2	176	153	+23	7		29–34	—	23–24	39–17
HC Lada Togliatti	6	3	0	3	165	164	+1	6		35–32	26–27	—	32–21
Glassverket IF	6	1	2	3	137	175	−38	4		25–25	16–22	26–25	—

Quarter-finals

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into semi-finals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Randers HK	50–52	Nykøbing Falster HK	27–24	23–28
SG BBM Bietigheim	59–57	HC Kuban Krasnodar	33–26	26–31
Brest Bretagne	40–54	Rostov-Don	21–26	19–28
TuS Metzingen	58–51	Nantes Handball	27–23	31–28

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SG BBM Bietigheim	66–59	Nykøbing Falster HK	38–27	28–32
TuS Metzingen	39–60	Rostov-Don	18–29	21–31

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SG BBM Bietigheim	46–53	Rostov-Don	25–28	21–25