All 16 teams for the VELUX EHF Champions League Groups A and B and further 10 sides for Groups C and D have been confirmed as the EHF Executive Committee in Vienna reached its decision on the teams taking part in the 2016/17 season.

The draw for the qualification phase will take place on Wednesday 29 June at 13:00 hrs at the EHF Office in Vienna and will be streamed on Facebook live.

The group phase draw will follow on Friday 1 July at 13:00 hrs in Glostrup, Denmark and handball fans will be able to watch the event live on ehfTV.com.

A draw preview and the seeding list with pots will be published at the beginning of the coming week at eurohandball.com and ehfCL.com.

VELUX EHF Champions League 2016/17

Groups A&B

Telekom Veszprem (HUN)

Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER)

FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP)

KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL)

Paris Saint Germain HB (FRA)

HC Vardar (MKD)

HC PPD Zagreb (CRO)

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN)

HC Meshkov Brest (BLR)

RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO)

Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI)

IFK Kristianstad (SWE)

SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER)

MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN)

THW Kiel (GER)

Orlen Wisla Plock (POL)

Groups C&D

Naturhouse La Rioja (ESP)

HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR)

Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS)

Besiktas MOGAZ HT (TUR)

Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU)

Elverum HH (NOR)

Montpellier HB (FRA)

HC Metalurg (MKD)

Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN)

HBC Nantes (FRA)

Qualifier Group 1

Qualifier Group 2

Qualification Groups 1&2

ABC/UMinho (POR)

Tatran Presov (SVK)

Red Boys Differdange (LUX)

Achilles Bocholt (BEL)

Cocks (FIN)

Maccabi Castro Tel Aviv (ISR)

Gorenje Velenje (SLO)

Bregenz Handball (AUT)

PHOTO: Filip Viranovski, gol.mk