2016–17 EHF Champions League knockout stage

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

Qualified teams

The top six placed teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Group Qualified for quarterfinals Qualified for Round of 16
First place Second place Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place
A Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain MVM Veszprém Flensburg-Handewitt THW Kiel Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
B Vardar Vive Targi Kielce Pick Szeged Rhein-Neckar Löwen Meshkov Brest Zagreb
Playoff winners Montpellier
HBC Nantes

Format

12 teams played home and away in the first knock-out phase, with the 10 teams qualified from groups A and B and the two teams qualified from groups C and D. After that, the six winners of these matches in the first knock-out phase joined with the winners of groups A and B to play home and away for the right to play in the final four.

Round of 16

Overview

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HBC Nantes 53–61 Paris Saint-Germain 26–26 27–35
Montpellier 61–54 Vive Tauron Kielce 33–28 28–26
Zagreb 41–52 MVM Veszprém 22–23 19–29
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 48–59 Pick Szeged 24–26 24–33
Meshkov Brest 51–54 Flensburg-Handewitt 25–26 26–28
THW Kiel 50–49 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 24–25 26–24

Matches

25 March 2017
20:45
HBC Nantes 26–26 Paris Saint-Germain Parc des expositions de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Gurbindo 5 (15–14) Gensheimer 7
Report  
1 April 2017
17:00
Paris Saint-Germain 35–27 HBC Nantes Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris
Attendance: 2,914
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Remili 10 (15–13) Balaguer 10
  Report  

Paris Saint-Germain won 61–53 on aggregate.


26 March 2017
17:00
Montpellier 33–28 Vive Tauron Kielce Palais des sports René Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Dolenec, Simonet 8 (14–16) Bielecki 6
  Report  
2 April 2017
18:00
Vive Tauron Kielce 26–28 Montpellier Hala Legionów, Kielce
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Jurecki 7 (15–11) Dolenec 7
  Report  

Montpellier won 61–54 on aggregate.


25 March 2017
18:00
Zagreb 22–23 MVM Veszprém Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 12,250
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Pavlović, Valčić 4 (10–12) Marguč, Sulić 4
  Report  
1 April 2017
17:30
MVM Veszprém 29–19 Zagreb Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,019
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
three players 5 (15–9) three players 3
   Report  

MVM Veszprém won 52–41 on aggregate.


26 March 2017
16:50
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 24–26 Pick Szeged Silkeborg-Hallerne, Silkeborg
Attendance: 2,202
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Markussen 8 (13–8) Balogh, Gorbok 6
  Report   
2 April 2017
17:00
Pick Szeged 33–24 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
three players 7 (14–16) Skube 6
  Report  

Pick Szeged won 59–48 on aggregate.


26 March 2017
17:00
Meshkov Brest 25–26 Flensburg-Handewitt Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,740
Referees: Dobrovits, Tájok (HUN)
Krištopāns 5 (13–15) Svan 5
Report  
2 April 2017
19:30
Flensburg-Handewitt 28–26 Meshkov Brest Flens-Arena, Flensburg
Attendance: 4,819
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Schmidt 7 (13–13) Stojković 8
  Report  

Flensburg-Handewitt won 54–51 on aggregate.


22 March 2017
18:30
THW Kiel 24–25 Rhein-Neckar Löwen Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 9,986
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Bilyk 7 (10–12) Ekdahl du Rietz 6
  Report  
30 March 2017
19:00
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 24–26 THW Kiel SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 10,712
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Ekdahl du Rietz 6 (12–12) Bilyk, Vujin 5
  Report   

THW Kiel won 50–49 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
THW Kiel 46–49 Barcelona 28–26 18–23
Flensburg-Handewitt 51–61 Vardar 24–26 27–35
Pick Szeged 57–60 Paris Saint-Germain 27–30 30–30
MVM Veszprém 56–48 Montpellier 26–23 30–25

Matches

23 April 2017
17:30
Kiel 28–26 Barcelona Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 10,205
Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
Vujin 10 (16–15) Entrerríos 4
   Report  
29 April 2017
18:30
Barcelona 23–18 Kiel Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Attendance: 7,083
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Rivera 7 (13–9) Ekberg, Vujin 4
  Report  

Barcelona won 49–46 on aggregate.


22 April 2017
17:30
Flensburg-Handewitt 24–26 Vardar Flens-Arena, Flensburg
Attendance: 4,837
Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
Jakobsson 6 (9–15) three players 5
  Report  
27 April 2017
19:00
Vardar 35–27 Flensburg-Handewitt Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Cindrić 7 (15–10) Eggert 8
  Report   

Vardar won 61–51 on aggregate.


23 April 2017
17:00
Pick Szeged 27–30 Paris Saint-Germain Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Rodriguez 6 (14–16) Hansen, Karabatić 7
  Report  
29 April 2017
20:45
Paris Saint-Germain 30–30 Pick Szeged Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Hansen, Karabatić 6 (16–17) Balogh 8
  Report  

Paris Saint-Germain won 60–57 on aggregate.


22 April 2017
17:30
MVM Veszprém 26–23 Montpellier Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,019
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Nagy, Pálmarsson 6 (13–10) Porte 5
   Report   
30 April 2017
18:30
Montpellier 25–30 MVM Veszprém Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Geipel, Heibig (GER)
Dolenec 9 (15–11) Pálmarsson 7
  Report   

MVM Veszprém won 56–48 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 3 and 4 June 2017.[1][2][3]

The draw was held on 2 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany at 12:00.[4][5][6]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 June
 
 
MVM Veszprém26
 
4 June
 
Paris Saint-Germain27
 
Paris Saint-Germain23
 
3 June
 
Vardar24
 
Vardar26
 
 
Barcelona25
 
Third place
 
 
4 June
 
 
MVM Veszprém34
 
 
Barcelona30

Semifinals

3 June 2017
15:15
MVM Veszprém 26–27 Paris Saint-Germain Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,750
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Nagy 6 (11–11) Gensheimer, Hansen 7
  Report  

3 June 2017
18:00
Vardar 26–25 Barcelona Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,750
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Čupić, Dujshebaev 7 (13–12) Lazarov 6
  Report  

Third place game

4 June 2017
15:15
MVM Veszprém 34–30 Barcelona Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,750
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Pálmarsson 8 (18–17) N'Guessan 6
  Report  

Final

4 June 2017
18:00
Paris Saint-Germain 23–24 Vardar Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,750
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Karabatić 5 (12–11) Dibirov 6
  Report  

References

  1. "All-star team vote opens as 50 nominees await fans' support". ehffinal4.com. 27 April 2017.
  2. "Revolution in the All-star team: five debutants and none of last year's names". ehfcl.com. 1 June 2017.
  3. "Cupic's last secod goal propels HC Vardar to handball's cloud nine". ehfcl.com. 4 June 2017.
  4. "Draw at the heart of Cologne". ehfcl.com. 26 April 2017.
  5. "VELUX EHF FINAL4 semi-final clashes drawn in Cologne". ehfcl.com. 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  6. "Geipel and Helbig to officiate final at VELUX EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 10 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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