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

Matches

9 April 2017 17:00	Midtjylland	26–28	Vardar	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,982 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	Østergaard 5	(12–18)	Penezić 7
	6× 3×	Report	7× 2×

15 April 2017 17:30	Vardar	26–24	Midtjylland	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Čović, Penezić 6	(11–12)	Jørgensen 6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Vardar won 54–50 on aggregate.

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9 April 2017 17:00	Metz Handball	32–31	Győri ETO	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Pandžić, Mošorinski (SRB)
	Gros 10	(16–16)	Mørk 10
	5× 3×	Report	2× 3×

15 April 2017 19:00	Győri ETO	28–22	Metz Handball	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Amorim 7	(17–12)	four players 4
	2× 2×	Report	4× 3×

Győri ETO won 59–54 on aggregate.

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7 April 2017 20:00	CSM Bucharest	30–25	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,548 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Gulldén 10	(17–15)	Kovacsics 11
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

15 April 2017 16:45	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	26–27	CSM Bucharest	SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Jovanović 6	(15–14)	Martín 5
	3× 3×	Report	1× 4×

CSM Bucharest won 57–51 on aggregate.

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9 April 2017 19:00	Buducnost	31–17	Larvik HK	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Neagu 10	(14–9)	Stange 8
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

15 April 2017 17:00	Larvik HK	30–35	Buducnost	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 1,078 Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Riegelhuth Koren 8	(15–16)	Neagu 9
	1× 2×	Report	6× 3×

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

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

Semifinals

6 May 2017 15:15	Budućnost	20–26	Győri ETO	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Neagu 7	(9–12)	Görbicz 9
	2× 2×	Report	5× 3× 1×

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6 May 2017 17:45	CSM Bucharest	33–38	Vardar	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Niombla 8	(13–21)	Penezić, Radičević 7
	1× 1×	Report	6× 3× 1×

Third place game

7 May 2017 15:15	Budućnost	20–26	CSM Bucharest	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Bulatović 5	(12–13)	Gulldén 9
	5× 2×	Report	5× 1×

Final

7 May 2017 17:45	Győri ETO	31–30 (ET)	Vardar	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Görbicz 7	(15–12)	Althaus, Lacrabère 6
	6× 3×	Report	5× 2×
	FT: 26–26 ET: 5-4

References

External links

• Final four website