2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League group stage

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

Draw[edit]

The draw was held on 1 July 2016 at 13:00 in Vienna, Austria.^[1]^[2]

Seedings[edit]

The seedings were announced on 27 June 2016.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Budućnost Győri Audi ETO KC HC Vardar Larvik HK	CSM Bucharest Team Esbjerg HC Astrakhanochka Thüringer HC	IK Sävehof Metz Handball FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Midtjylland	Rostov-Don Glassverket IF^[†] HC Leipzig^[†] Krim^[†]

^† Winners of the qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

Groups[edit]

The matchdays were 14–16 October, 21–23 October, 28–30 October, 4–6 November, 11–13 November, 18–20 November 2016.

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Budućnost	6	5	1	158	136	+22	10	Main round
2	Metz Handball	6	4	2	146	133	+13	8
3	Thüringer HC	6	3	3	148	153	−5	6
4	Glassverket IF	6	0	6	128	158	−30	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

15 October 2016 17:00	Budućnost	21–19	Metz Handball	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Bulatović 10	(11–10)	three players 3
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

16 October 2016 14:00	Thüringer HC	24–16	Glassverket IF	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Praštalo, Todorović (BIH)
	Luzumová, Pintea 4	(10–4)	Christensen 8
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 6×

22 October 2016 18:30	Metz Handball	25–18	Thüringer HC	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,623 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Gros, Smits 6	(11–10)	Niederwieser 4
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

22 October 2016 18:30	Glassverket IF	23–30	Budućnost	Drammenshallen, Drammen Attendance: 1,155 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Haraldsdóttir 11	(11–13)	Jauković 5
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 5×

30 October 2016 14:00	Thüringer HC	26–32	Budućnost	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Luzumová 8	(11–21)	Neagu 8
	3× 1×	Report	2× 2×

30 October 2016 15:00	Glassverket IF	22–24	Metz Handball	Reistad Arena, Lier Attendance: 570 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Bjørnsen, Christensen 4	(8–15)	Gros 7
	2× 7×	Report	2× 4×

5 November 2016 16:30	Metz Handball	25–19	Glassverket IF	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,460 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Luciano 8	(12–10)	Bjørnsen 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

6 November 2016 17:00	Budućnost	28–19	Thüringer HC	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Bulatović 6	(17–8)	Schmelzer 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

11 November 2016 19:00	Metz Handball	28–25	Budućnost	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,656 Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (HUN)
	Pop-Lazić 8	(14–16)	Bulatović 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 8× 1×

13 November 2016 16:45	Glassverket IF	27–33	Thüringer HC	Drammenshallen, Drammen Attendance: 437 Referees: Pech, Vagvölgyi (HUN)
	Haraldsdóttir 7	(12–15)	Luzumová, Niederwieser 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

18 November 2016 19:00	Budućnost	22–21	Glassverket IF	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Jauković 6	(14–9)	Christensen, Wolff 4
	3× 3×	Report	2×

19 November 2016 14:00	Thüringer HC	28–25	Metz Handball	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Houette 7	(15–11)	Gros 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HC Vardar	6	5	1	0	220	148	+72	11	Main round
2	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	6	4	1	1	172	154	+18	9
3	HC Astrakhanochka	6	1	0	5	156	189	−33	2^[a]
4	HC Leipzig	6	1	0	5	139	196	−57	2^[a]

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Astrakhanochka 54–54 Leipzig, Astrakhanochka advanced on away goals.

14 October 2016 20:30	HC Vardar	27–27	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 4,300 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Penezić 8	(17–14)	Kovacsics, Szucsánszki 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 7× 1×

15 October 2016 16:00	HC Astrakhanochka	27–24	HC Leipzig	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Sisenova 7	(13–9)	Kudłacz-Gloc 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

21 October 2016 20:30	HC Vardar	41–24	HC Leipzig	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Radičević 6	(19–14)	Hubinger, Minevskaja 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

23 October 2016 15:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	32–23	HC Astrakhanochka	OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Pena 8	(15–10)	Sabirova 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 6×

29 October 2016 17:00	HC Astrakhanochka	26–31	HC Vardar	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Sabirova 8	(13–14)	Penezić 10
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

29 October 2016 17:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	26–22	HC Leipzig	OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Praštalo, Todorović (BIH)
	Lukács 8	(12–11)	Hubinger 5
	2× 1×	Report	4× 7× 1×

5 November 2016 17:30	HC Vardar	39–25	HC Astrakhanochka	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Radičević 9	(18–13)	Kozhokar 7
	3×	Report	2× 3×

6 November 2016 19:00	HC Leipzig	17–30	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 1,869 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Hubinger 7	(8–14)	Szucsánszki 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

13 November 2016 14:00	HC Leipzig	30–27	HC Astrakhanochka	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 1,490 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Hubinger 9	(14–14)	Sabirova 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

13 November 2016 15:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	24–37	HC Vardar	SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	three players 4	(12–21)	Lekić 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

19 November 2016 15:00	HC Leipzig	22–45	HC Vardar	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 889 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Reimer, Weise 5	(9–22)	Lacrabère 9
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

20 November 2016 16:00	HC Astrakhanochka	28–33	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Sabirova 11	(14–14)	Pena, Szucsánszki 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Győri Audi ETO KC	6	5	1	174	147	+27	10	Main round
2	CSM București	6	3	3	142	145	−3	6^[a]
3	Midtjylland	6	3	3	135	150	−15	6^[a]
4	Rostov-Don	6	1	5	142	151	−9	2

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Bucharest 47–44 Midtjylland

15 October 2016 19:30	Győri Audi ETO KC	31–19	Midtjylland	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,017 Referees: Marin, García (ESP)
	Løke 8	(16–7)	Pedersen 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

16 October 2016 18:00	CSM București	24–21	Rostov-Don	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,164 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Gulldén 6	(12–10)	Ilyina 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

22 October 2016 16:00	Rostov-Don	27–28	Győri Audi ETO KC	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Vyakhireva 8	(14–12)	Mørk 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

22 October 2016 18:30	Midtjylland	24–21	CSM București	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,785 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Østergaard 5	(9–10)	Martín 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 1×

28 October 2016 18:00	CSM București	24–27	Győri Audi ETO KC	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,963 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Gulldén, Torstenson 4	(13–9)	Bódi 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7×

29 October 2016 19:00	Rostov-Don	26–20	Midtjylland	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Kolevski, Krkacev (MKD)
	Ilyina 6	(13–12)	Burgaard, Kristiansen 5
	4× 2×	Report	4×

4 November 2016 19:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	33–25	CSM București	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,162 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Mørk 11	(11–13)	Niombla 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

6 November 2016 16:15	Midtjylland	25–23	Rostov-Don	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 2,250 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Jørgensen 8	(13–10)	Vyakhireva 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

11 November 2016 19:00	Rostov-Don	20–22	CSM București	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	three players 4	(11–10)	Gulldén 8
	3× 2×	Report	3×

12 November 2016 15:15	Midtjylland	27–23	Győri Audi ETO KC	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,981 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Jørgensen 8	(15–10)	Broch 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

19 November 2016 16:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	32–25	Rostov-Don	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,207 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Görbicz 7	(15–12)	Cabral Barbosa 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

20 November 2016 20:00	CSM București	26–20	Midtjylland	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Gulldén 5	(12–9)	Burgaard, Jørgensen 6
	3×	Report	1× 4×

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Krim	6	4	2	168	165	+3	8	Main round
2	Larvik HK	6	3	3	174	170	+4	6^[a]
3	Team Esbjerg	6	3	3	164	151	+13	6^[a]
4	IK Sävehof	6	2	4	150	170	−20	4

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Larvik 61–53 Esbjerg

15 October 2016 14:00	Team Esbjerg	35–25	Krim	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 2,022 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Van der Heijden 11	(17–11)	Bajramoska 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

15 October 2016 18:30	Larvik HK	22–25	IK Sävehof	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 1,722 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Riegelhuth Koren 6	(15–11)	Ekenman-Fernis 11
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

22 October 2016 16:30	Krim	24–22	Larvik HK	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	three players 5	(10–13)	Riegelhuth Koren 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

23 October 2016 15:00	IK Sävehof	20–25	Team Esbjerg	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 1,835 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	three players 4	(10–15)	Van der Heijden 9
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

29 October 2016 17:00	Krim	32–29	IK Sävehof	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
	Benko 8	(20–10)	Roberts 8
	2× 3×	Report	4× 2×

30 October 2016 16:50	Team Esbjerg	24–31	Larvik HK	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 1,512 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Ingstad, Polman 4	(13–14)	Riegelhuth Koren 8
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

5 November 2016 16:00	IK Sävehof	26–24	Krim	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 1,212 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
	Roberts, Rombo 6	(12–11)	Omoregie 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

5 November 2016 18:30	Larvik HK	30–29	Team Esbjerg	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 1,122 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Riegelhuth Koren 9	(15–17)	Vestergaard 7
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2× 6×

12 November 2016 15:30	Krim	27–22	Team Esbjerg	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Omoregie 7	(13—13)	Van der Heijden 5
	3× 3×	Report	3×

13 November 2016 15:00	IK Sävehof	32–38	Larvik HK	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 1,210 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Sand 8	(14–21)	Kurtović 11
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5× 1×

19 November 2016 19:15	Larvik HK	31–36	Krim	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 1,802 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	Frafjord, Kurtović 10	(14–17)	Omoregie 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6× 1×

20 November 2016 15:00	Team Esbjerg	29–18	IK Sävehof	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg Attendance: 2,291 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Karlsson 7	(15–9)	Ekenman-Fernis 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

References[edit]

^ "Season is over, what's next?". ehfcl.com. 6 June 2016.
^ "Difficult group for defending champions". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
^ "Pots for the qualification and group matches announced". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_hth_AST0.49887965922192-4] Astrakhanochka 54–54 Leipzig, Astrakhanochka advanced on away goals.

[table_hth_BUC0.064183303650554-5] Bucharest 47–44 Midtjylland

[table_hth_LAR0.54399413594231-6] Larvik 61–53 Esbjerg

[1] "Season is over, what's next?". ehfcl.com. 6 June 2016.

[2] "Difficult group for defending champions". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[3] "Pots for the qualification and group matches announced". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

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