2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League

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.

Women's EHF Champions League

2016–17
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	10 September 2016–7 May 2017
Teams	16 (group stage) 22 (qualification)
Website	ehfcl.com
Final positions
Champions	Győri Audi ETO KC
Runner-up	HC Vardar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	5110 (53.23 per match)
Attendance	295,818 (3,081 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andrea Penezić (98 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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)	HC Vardar (1st)	Budućnost (1st)
Larvik HK (1st)	CSM București^TH (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]

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

Qualification stage

Main article: 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying

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

Main article: 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League 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.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows (article 4.3.1, section II of regulations):^[6] Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved; Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved; Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie); Superior goal difference in all matches of the group; Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group; If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots. During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAR	FER	AST	LEI
1	HC 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^[a]			26–31	28–33	—	27–24
4	HC Leipzig	6	1	0	5	139	196	−57	2^[a]			22–45	17–30	30–27	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Astrakhanochka 54–54 Leipzig, Astrakhanochka advanced on away goals.

Group C

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

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Bucharest 47–44 Midtjylland

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]			31–36	—	30–29	22–25
3	Team Esbjerg	6	3	0	3	164	151	+13	6^[a]			35–25	24–31	—	29–18
4	IK Sävehof	6	2	0	4	150	170	−20	4			26–24	32–38	20–25	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Larvik 61–53 Esbjerg

Main round

Main article: 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League 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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAR	FER	BUD	MET	THC	AST
1	HC Vardar	10	7	1	2	311	279	+32	15	Quarterfinals		—	27–27	28–31	23–21	36–26	39–25
2	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	10	6	2	2	290	265	+25	14^[a]			24–37	—	23–24	29–23	32–24	32–23
3	Budućnost	10	7	0	3	286	248	+38	14^[a]			28–31	25–33	—	21–19	28–19	38–20
4	Metz Handball	10	5	0	5	273	238	+35	10			42–28	25–28	28–25	—	25–18	37–18
5	Thüringer HC	10	2	1	7	257	286	−29	5			29–31	29–29	26–32	28–25	—	34–22
6	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. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 56–49 Budućnost

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GYO	LAR	BUC	MID	KRI	ESB
1	Győri Audi ETO KC	10	8	1	1	305	234	+71	17	Quarterfinals		—	27–27	33–25	31–19	39–22	33–22
2	Larvik HK	10	5	2	3	279	271	+8	12			25–26	—	35–33	24–22	31–36	30–29
3	CSM București	10	5	1	4	265	257	+8	11			24–27	26–26	—	26–20	28–26	33–25
4	Midtjylland	10	5	0	5	250	241	+9	10			27–23	24–28	24–21	—	28–19	38–26
5	Krim	10	3	0	7	238	290	−52	6			17–34	24–22	21–24	21–27	—	27–22
6	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

Main article: 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

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

Quarterfinals

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

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	6 May
	Budućnost	20
					7 May
	Győri Audi ETO KC	26
					Győri Audi ETO KC (OT)	31
	6 May
					HC Vardar	30
	CSM București	33
	HC Vardar	38
					Third place
					7 May
					Budućnost	20
					CSM București	26

Final

7 May 2017 17:45	Győri Audi ETO KC	31–30 (ET)	HC Vardar	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Görbicz 7	(15–12)	Althaus, Lacrabère 6
	3×  6×	Report	2×  5×
	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]

• Goalkeeper:   Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (NOR)
• Right wing:   Carmen Martín (ESP)
• Right back:   Nora Mørk (NOR)
• Centre back:   Nycke Groot (NED)
• Left back:   Cristina Neagu (ROU)
• Left wing:   Camilla Herrem (NOR)
• Pivot:   Marit Malm Frafjord (NOR)

Other awards

• MVP of the Final Four:   Nycke Groot (NED)^[8]
• Best Coach:   Ambros Martín (ESP)
• Best Young Player:   Blanka Bíró (HUN)
• Best Defence Player:   Eduarda Amorim (BRA)
• Top scorer:   Andrea Penezić (CRO), 98 goals^[8]

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. . ehfcl.com. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
8. Penezić finishes as top scorer, Groot taks MVP award

External links

• Official website