Women's EHF Champions League
2016–17
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates10 September 2016–7 May 2017
Teams16 (group stage)
22 (qualification)
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
ChampionsHungary Győri Audi ETO KC
Runner-upNorth Macedonia HC Vardar
Tournament statistics
Matches played96
Goals scored5110 (53.23 per match)
Attendance295,818 (3,081 per match)
Top scorer(s)Croatia Andrea Penezić
(98 goals)

The 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League was the 24th edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.[1] CSM București were defending champions.

Team allocation

13 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]

Group stage
Denmark Team Esbjerg (1st) Denmark FC Midtjylland (2nd) France Metz Handball (1st) Germany Thüringer HC (1st)
Hungary Ferencváros (2nd) Hungary Győri ETO (1st) North Macedonia HC Vardar (1st) Montenegro Budućnost (1st)
Norway Larvik HK (1st) Romania CSM BucureștiTH (1st) Russia Astrakhanochka (1st) Russia Rostov-Don (2nd)
Sweden IK Sävehof (1st)
Qualification tournament
Norway Glassverket IF (2nd) Slovenia Krim Ljubljana (1st) Poland Selgros Lublin (1st) Belarus HC Gomel (1st)
Germany HC Leipzig (2nd) Croatia Podravka Koprivnica (1st) Turkey Yenimahalle Bld. SK (1st) Italy Indeco Conversano (1st)
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich (1st) Spain Bera Bera (1st) Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen (1st) Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce (1st)
  • TH = Title holders

Round and draw dates

The qualification and group stage draw will be held in Glostrup, Denmark.[3]

Phase Draw date
Qualification tournaments 29 June 2016
Group stage 1 July 2016
Knockout stage
Final Four 18 April 2017

Qualification stage

The draw was held on 29 June 2016 at 13:00 in Vienna, Austria. The twelve teams were split in three groups and played a semifinal and final to determine the last participants. Matches were played from 9 to 11 September 2016.[4]

Qualification tournament 1

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
10 September
 
 
Norway Glassverket IF34
 
11 September
 
Turkey Yenimahalle Bld. SK23
 
Norway Glassverket IF28
 
10 September
 
Croatia Podravka Koprivnica19
 
Croatia Podravka Koprivnica30
 
 
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen17
 
Third place
 
 
11 September
 
 
Turkey Yenimahalle Bld. SK31
 
 
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen22

Qualification tournament 2

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 September
 
 
Germany HC Leipzig29
 
10 September
 
Belarus HC Gomel18
 
Germany HC Leipzig32
 
9 September
 
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich30
 
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich25
 
 
Spain BM Bera Bera21
 
Third place
 
 
10 September
 
 
Belarus HC Gomel20
 
 
Spain BM Bera Bera28

Qualification tournament 3

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
10 September
 
 
Slovenia Krim28
 
11 September
 
Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce22
 
Slovenia Krim37
 
10 September
 
Italy Indeco Conversano16
 
Poland MKS Selgros Lublin27
 
 
Italy Indeco Conversano28
 
Third place
 
 
11 September
 
 
Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce21
 
 
Poland MKS Selgros Lublin33

Group stage

The draw was held on 1 July 2016 at 13:00.[5]

In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUD MET THC GLA
1 Montenegro Budućnost 6 5 0 1 158 136 +22 10 Main round 21–19 28–19 22–21
2 France Metz Handball 6 4 0 2 146 133 +13 8 28–25 25–18 25–19
3 Germany Thüringer HC 6 3 0 3 148 153 5 6 26–32 28–25 24–16
4 Norway Glassverket IF 6 0 0 6 128 158 30 0 23–30 22–24 27–33
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAR FER AST LEI
1 North Macedonia HC Vardar 6 5 1 0 220 148 +72 11 Main round 27–27 39–25 41–24
2 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 4 1 1 172 154 +18 9 24–37 32–23 26–22
3 Russia HC Astrakhanochka 6 1 0 5 156 189 33 2[lower-alpha 1] 26–31 28–33 27–24
4 Germany HC Leipzig 6 1 0 5 139 196 57 2[lower-alpha 1] 22–45 17–30 30–27
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Astrakhanochka 54–54 Leipzig, Astrakhanochka advanced on away goals.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO BUC MID ROS
1 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 6 5 0 1 174 147 +27 10 Main round 33–25 31–19 32–25
2 Romania CSM București 6 3 0 3 142 145 3 6[lower-alpha 1] 24–27 26–20 24–21
3 Denmark Midtjylland 6 3 0 3 135 150 15 6[lower-alpha 1] 27–23 24–21 25–23
4 Russia Rostov-Don 6 1 0 5 142 151 9 2 27–28 20–22 26–20
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Bucharest 47–44 Midtjylland

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KRI LAR ESB SAV
1 Slovenia Krim 6 4 0 2 168 165 +3 8 Main round 24–22 27–22 32–29
2 Norway Larvik HK 6 3 0 3 174 170 +4 6[lower-alpha 1] 31–36 30–29 22–25
3 Denmark Team Esbjerg 6 3 0 3 164 151 +13 6[lower-alpha 1] 35–25 24–31 29–18
4 Sweden IK Sävehof 6 2 0 4 150 170 20 4 26–24 32–38 20–25
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Larvik 61–53 Esbjerg

Main round

The top three teams of each preliminary group advanced. Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.

In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAR FER BUD MET THC AST
1 North Macedonia HC Vardar 10 7 1 2 311 279 +32 15 Quarterfinals 27–27 28–31 23–21 36–26 39–25
2 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 6 2 2 290 265 +25 14[lower-alpha 1] 24–37 23–24 29–23 32–24 32–23
3 Montenegro Budućnost 10 7 0 3 286 248 +38 14[lower-alpha 1] 28–31 25–33 21–19 28–19 38–20
4 France Metz Handball 10 5 0 5 273 238 +35 10 42–28 25–28 28–25 25–18 37–18
5 Germany Thüringer HC 10 2 1 7 257 286 29 5 29–31 29–29 26–32 28–25 34–22
6 Russia HC Astrakhanochka 10 1 0 9 229 330 101 2 26–31 28–33 21–34 20–28 26–24
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 56–49 Budućnost

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO LAR BUC MID KRI ESB
1 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 10 8 1 1 305 234 +71 17 Quarterfinals 27–27 33–25 31–19 39–22 33–22
2 Norway Larvik HK 10 5 2 3 279 271 +8 12 25–26 35–33 24–22 31–36 30–29
3 Romania CSM București 10 5 1 4 265 257 +8 11 24–27 26–26 26–20 28–26 33–25
4 Denmark Midtjylland 10 5 0 5 250 241 +9 10 27–23 24–28 24–21 28–19 38–26
5 Slovenia Krim 10 3 0 7 238 290 52 6 17–34 24–22 21–24 21–27 27–22
6 Denmark Team Esbjerg 10 2 0 8 251 295 44 4 26–32 24–31 20–25 22–21 35–25
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

The first four placed teams from the main round qualified for the knockout stage.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Midtjylland Denmark 50–54 North Macedonia HC Vardar 26–28 24–26
Metz Handball France 54–59 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 32–31 22–28
CSM București Romania 57–51 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 30–25 27–26
Buducnost Montenegro 66–47 Norway Larvik HK 31–17 35–30

Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 May
 
 
Montenegro Budućnost20
 
7 May
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC26
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC (OT)31
 
6 May
 
North Macedonia HC Vardar30
 
Romania CSM București33
 
 
North Macedonia HC Vardar38
 
Third place
 
 
7 May
 
 
Montenegro Budućnost20
 
 
Romania CSM București26

Final

7 May 2017
17:45
Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary 31–30 (ET) North Macedonia HC Vardar László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Görbicz 7 (15–12) Althaus, Lacrabère 6
Yellow card number 2 in light blue rounded square Report Yellow card number 2 in light blue rounded square

FT: 26–26 ET: 5-4

Awards and statistics

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 5 May 2017.[7]

Other awards

References

  1. "EHF receives 25 registrations for the Women's EHF Champions League 2016/17". ehfcl.com. 8 June 2016.
  2. "Top flight participants for 2016/17 announced". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. "Season is over, what's next?". ehfcl.com. 6 June 2016.
  4. "Tough qualification draw for the record winners". ehfcl.com. 29 June 2016.
  5. "Difficult group for defending champions". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  6. "VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2015/16 Regulations" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  7. "Fans, media and coaches had their say: These are the Women's EHF Champions League All-stars". ehfcl.com. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  8. 1 2 Penezić finishes as top scorer, Groot taks MVP award
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