Speaking about the draw, coach Zupo Equisoain affirmed the difficulties of travelling to such a tough venue: "They have a long history in European handball and their arena holds three or four thousand people. The atmosphere will be the hardest thing. There are no easy matches in European competition and we will have to play well in the first-leg so we can decide it in Lisbon."

 

The first-leg will be played on the 18th or 19th of February 2017.