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- Updated: November 29, 2016
Like last year 16 teams from nine different countries, including former winners of three EHF European Cup competitions, have made it through to the Men’s EHF Cup Group Phase.
On Thursday, 11:00 hrs CET (livestream on the ehfTV YouTube channel and the EHF Facebook page, live ticker on eurohandball.com, tweets on @EHF) a group phase will be drawn for the fifth time in the history of the competition, which merged from the EHF Cup and Cup Winner’s Cup competitions in 2012.
Prior to the draw eurohandball.com puts together the most important facts and figures of the 16 participants.
0 teams have been part of all group phases since the introduction of the new format. Füchse, Magdeburg, Göppingen and Granollers all take part for the third time.
1 player of the EHF Cup Group Phase has won all major European Cup trophies: Konstantin Igropulo of Russia. The right back took the Cup Winners’ Cup with Chekhovskie Medvedi in 2006, the VELUX EHF Champions League with Barcelona in 2012, and the EHF Cup with Berlin in 2015.
1 team has gone all the way from the first qualification round to the group phase: FC Porto (POR). Three more teams arrived from the second qualification stage: Berlin (GER), Kolding-København (DEN) and Benfica (POR).
1 former winner of the EHF Champions League is among the 16 group phase participants: SC Magdeburg (winner in 2002). In every season of the merged EHF Cup, one former EHF Champions League winner has been part of the group phase: again SC Magdeburg (2012/13 and 2015/16, CL winner in 2002), Montpellier Agglomeration HB (2013/14, CL winner in 2003), and HSV Hamburg (2014/15, winner in 2013).
1 goal was the lowest difference in the third qualification round: Kolding-København eliminated Ademar Leon 52:51 on aggregate, and Benfica beat Pulawy 53:52 on aggregate.
1 group phase participant has male and female teams in the current EHF European Cup competitions: FC Midtjylland (Women’s EHF Champions League Main Round).
1 group phase participant won the Cup Winners’ Cup but before the EHF Cup was founded: Granollers (1975/76).
2 group phase participants are European Cup debutants: Riko Ribnica (SLO) and …
