2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

This article describes the knockout stage of the 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League.

Qualified teams

The top four placed teams from each of the two main round groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Group First place Second place Third place Fourth place
1 North Macedonia HC Vardar Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Montenegro Buducnost France Metz Handball
2 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Norway Larvik HK Romania CSM București Denmark Midtjylland

Format

The first-placed team of each group faced the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team played against the third-placed team from the other group. After that a draw was held to determine the pairings for the final four.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Matches

9 April 2017
17:00 		Midtjylland Denmark 26–28 North Macedonia HC Vardar Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast
Attendance: 1,982
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
Østergaard 5 (12–18) Penezić 7
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15 April 2017
17:30 		HC Vardar North Macedonia 26–24 Denmark Midtjylland Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
Čović, Penezić 6 (11–12) Jørgensen 6
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Vardar won 54–50 on aggregate.

9 April 2017
17:00 		Metz Handball France 32–31 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Arènes de Metz, Metz
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Pandžić, Mošorinski (SRB)
Gros 10 (16–16) Mørk 10
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15 April 2017
19:00 		Győri Audi ETO KC Hungary 28–22 France Metz Handball Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Amorim 7 (17–12) four players 4
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Győri ETO won 59–54 on aggregate.

7 April 2017
20:00 		CSM București Romania 30–25 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 4,548
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Gulldén 10 (17–15) Kovacsics 11
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15 April 2017
16:45 		FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Hungary 26–27 Romania CSM București SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Jovanović 6 (15–14) Martín 5
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CSM București won 57–51 on aggregate.

9 April 2017
19:00 		Buducnost Montenegro 31–17 Norway Larvik HK Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Neagu 10 (14–9) Stange 8
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15 April 2017
17:00 		Larvik HK Norway 30–35 Montenegro Buducnost Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 1,078
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Riegelhuth Koren 8 (15–16) Neagu 9
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Buducnost won 66–47 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 6 and 7 May 2017.[1]

The draw was held on 18 April 2017 at 13:00 in Budapest, Hungary.[2][3][4]

Bracket

 
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

Semifinals

6 May 2017
15:15 		Budućnost Montenegro 20–26 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Neagu 7 (9–12) Görbicz 9
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6 May 2017
17:45 		CSM București Romania 33–38 North Macedonia HC Vardar László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Niombla 8 (13–21) Penezić, Radičević 7
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Third place game

7 May 2017
15:15 		Budućnost Montenegro 20–26 Romania CSM București László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
Bulatović 5 (12–13) Gulldén 9
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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
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FT: 26–26 ET: 5-4

References

  1. ^ "Györ clinch third trophy in five years after thrilling overtime". ehfcl.com. 7 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Follow the TIPPMIX EHF FINAL4 2017 Draw live on 18 April". ehfcl.com. 16 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Defending champions Bucuresti face Vardar at TIPPMIX EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  4. ^ "Referees nominated for the TIPPMIX EHF FINAL4 2017". ehfcl.com. 25 April 2017.

External links

  • Final four website