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

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

Seedings

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

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

Group A

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

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

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

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

^ "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

Official website

[table_hth_AST0.90783881764293-4] Astrakhanochka 54–54 Leipzig, Astrakhanochka advanced on away goals.

[table_hth_BUC0.78145710135878-5] Bucharest 47–44 Midtjylland

[table_hth_LAR0.16227997195082-6] 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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