2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League

The 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League is 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]

Team allocation

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

Group stage
Team Esbjerg (1st)	FC Midtjylland (2nd)	Metz Handball (1st)	Thüringer HC (1st)
Ferencváros (2nd)	Győri ETO (1st)	Vardar (1st)	Budućnost (1st)
Larvik HK (1st)	CSM BucureștiTH (1st)	Astrakhanochka (1st)	Rostov-Don (2nd)
IK Sävehof (1st)
Qualification tournament
Glassverket IF (2nd)	Krim Ljubljana (1st)	Selgros Lublin (1st)	HC Gomel (1st)
HC Leipzig (2nd)	Podravka Koprivnica (1st)	Yenimahalle Bld. SK (1st)	Indeco Conversano (1st)
Hypo Niederösterreich (1st)	Bera Bera (1st)	SERCODAK Dalfsen (1st)	IUVENTA Michalovce (1st)

• ^{TH = Title holders}

Round and draw dates

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

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

	Semifinals				Final
	10 September
	Glassverket IF	34
					11 September
	Yenimahalle Bld. SK	23
					Glassverket IF	28
	10 September
					Podravka Koprivnica	19
	Podravka Koprivnica	30
	SERCODAK Dalfsen	17
					Third place
					11 September
					Yenimahalle Bld. SK	31
					SERCODAK Dalfsen	22

Qualification tournament 2

	Semifinals				Final
	9 September
	HC Leipzig	29
					10 September
	HC Gomel	18
					HC Leipzig	32
	9 September
					Hypo Niederösterreich	30
	Hypo Niederösterreich	25
	BM Bera Bera	21
					Third place
					10 September
					HC Gomel	20
					BM Bera Bera	28

Qualification tournament 3

	Semifinals				Final
	10 September
	Krim	28
					11 September
	IUVENTA Michalovce	22
					Krim	37
	10 September
					Indeco Conversano	16
	MKS Selgros Lublin	27
	Indeco Conversano	28
					Third place
					11 September
					IUVENTA Michalovce	21
					MKS Selgros Lublin	33

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	Budućnost	6	5	0	1	158	136	+22	10	Main round		—	21–19	28–19	22–21
2	Metz Handball	6	4	0	2	146	133	+13	8			28–25	—	25–18	25–19
3	Thüringer HC	6	3	0	3	148	153	−5	6			26–32	28–25	—	24–16
4	Glassverket IF	6	0	0	6	128	158	−30	0			23–30	22–24	27–33	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAR	FER	AST	LEI
1	Vardar	6	5	1	0	220	148	+72	11	Main round		—	27–27	39–25	41–24
2	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	6	4	1	1	172	154	+18	9			24–37	—	32–23	26–22
3	HC Astrakhanochka	6	1	0	5	156	189	−33	2[lower-alpha 1]			26–31	28–33	—	27–24
4	HC Leipzig	6	1	0	5	139	196	−57	2[lower-alpha 1]			22–45	17–30	30–27	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GYO	BUC	MID	ROS
1	Győri ETO	6	5	0	1	174	147	+27	10	Main round		—	33–25	31–19	32–25
2	CSM Bucharest	6	3	0	3	142	145	−3	6[lower-alpha 1]			24–27	—	26–20	24–21
3	Midtjylland	6	3	0	3	135	150	−15	6[lower-alpha 1]			27–23	24–21	—	25–23
4	Rostov-Don	6	1	0	5	142	151	−9	2			27–28	20–22	26–20	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KRI	LAR	ESB	SAV
1	Krim	6	4	0	2	168	165	+3	8	Main round		—	24–22	27–22	32–29
2	Larvik HK	6	3	0	3	174	170	+4	6[lower-alpha 1]			31–36	—	30–29	22–25
3	Team Esbjerg	6	3	0	3	164	151	+13	6[lower-alpha 1]			35–25	24–31	—	29–18
4	IK Sävehof	6	2	0	4	150	170	−20	4			26–24	32–38	20–25	—

Main round

The top three teams of each preliminary group advance. Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group will be carried over.

In each group, teams play 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	BUD	FER	MET	THC	AST
1	Vardar	4	3	1	0	134	102	+32	7	Quarterfinals		—	26 Feb	27–27	4 Feb	11 Mar	39–25
2	Budućnost	4	3	0	1	106	92	+14	6			29 Jan	—	19 Feb	21–19	28–19	5 Mar
3	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	4	2	1	1	116	115	+1	5			24–37	11 Mar	—	25 Feb	4 Feb	32–23
4	Metz Handball	4	2	0	2	97	92	+5	4			5 Mar	28–25	28 Jan	—	25–18	11 Feb
5	Thüringer HC	4	1	0	3	91	110	−19	2	Eliminated		12 Feb	26–32	5 Mar	28–25	—	29 Jan
6	HC Astrakhanochka	4	0	0	4	102	135	−33	0			26–31	4 Feb	28–33	11 Mar	25 Feb	—

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GYO	KRI	LAR	MID	ESB	BUC
1	Győri ETO	4	3	0	1	114	95	+19	6	Quarterfinals		—	28 Jan	12 Feb	31–19	5 Mar	33–25
2	Krim	4	3	0	1	112	110	+2	6			25 Feb	—	24–22	11 Mar	27–22	4 Feb
3	Larvik HK	4	2	0	2	114	113	+1	4			12 Mar	31–36	—	4 Feb	30–29	25 Feb
4	Midtjylland	4	2	0	2	90	101	−11	4			27–23	11 Feb	3 Mar	—	29 Jan	24–21
5	Team Esbjerg	4	1	0	3	110	113	−3	2	Eliminated		5 Feb	35–25	24–31	26 Feb	—	12 Mar
6	CSM Bucharest	4	1	0	3	96	104	−8	2			24–27	3 Mar	27 Jan	26–20	12 Feb	—

Knockout stage

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

Quarterfinals

Final four

Final

References

External links

• Official website