2016–17 Women's EHF Cup

The 2016–17 Women's EHF Cup is the 36th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 9 September 2016.

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

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

There is 42 teams participating in round 2.

There is 32 teams participating in round 2.

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

There is 24 teams participating in round 3.

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

There is 16 teams participating in the group phase.

12 teams who qualified from round 3 and 4 teams joining the draw.

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.

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

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

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