[1] Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, federations may have more or less teams participating in the EHF Cup,[2] as noted below:

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[3] The schedule of the competition was follows (all draws were held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria):[9] The qualification stage consists of three rounds, which are played as two-legged ties using a home-and-away system.

A total of 30 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 19 July 2016.

[11] A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualifying round, which was held on Tuesday, 18 October 2016.

[15] KIF Kolding København Saint-Raphaël Var Handball Frisch Auf Göppingen MT Melsungen HC Midtjylland Helvetia Anaitasuna Grundfos Tatabánya KC RD Ribnica

Benfica Riihimäki Cocks Füchse Berlin Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Porto