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. CSM București were defending champions.

Team allocation

13 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.
The qualification and group stage draw will be held in Glostrup, Denmark.
PhaseDraw date
Qualification tournaments29 June 2016
Group stage1 July 2016
Knockout stage1 July 2016
Final Four18 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.

Qualification tournament 1

Qualification tournament 2

Qualification tournament 3

Group stage

The draw was held on 1 July 2016 at 13:00.
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. 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 :
  1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
  3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved ;
  4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. 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

Group B

Group C

Group D

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

Group 2

Knockout stage

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

Quarterfinals

Final four

Final

Awards and statistics

All-Star Team

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