2017–18 EHF Champions League knockout stage

This article describes the knockout stage of the 2017–18 EHF Champions League.[1]

Main article: 2017–18 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 Vardar Barcelona HBC Nantes Rhein-Neckar Löwen Pick Szeged IFK Kristianstad
B Paris Saint-Germain MVM Veszprém Flensburg-Handewitt THW Kiel PGE Vive Kielce Meshkov Brest
Playoff winners Skjern Håndbold
Montpellier

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 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
Montpellier 56–55 Barcelona 28–25 28–30
Skjern Håndbold 61–59 MVM Veszprém 32–25 29–34
Meshkov Brest 52–60 HBC Nantes 24–32 28–28
IFK Kristianstad 46–53 Flensburg-Handewitt 22–26 24–27
PGE Vive Kielce 77–47[B] Rhein-Neckar Löwen 41–17 36–30
THW Kiel 56–50[A] Pick Szeged 29–22 27–28
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.
  2. ^
    A scheduling conflict for the first leg resulted in the Rhein-Neckar Löwen only fielding their reserve team against Kielce while the first team played a Handball-Bundesliga match against THW Kiel on the same day.[2]

Matches
25 March 2018
17:00		 Montpellier 28–25 Barcelona Palais des Sports René Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Truchanovicius 8 (13–13) N'Guessan 7
3× 2× Report 3× 3×
31 March 2018
18:30		 Barcelona 30–28 Montpellier Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Attendance: 5,114
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
3 players 5 (15–14) Richardson 7
3× 2× Report 3× 4×

Montpellier won 56–56 on aggregate.

25 March 2018
16:50		 Skjern Håndbold 32–25 MVM Veszprém Skjern Bank Arena, Skjern
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Olsson, Rasmussen 6 (17–13) Marguč 6
3× 1× Report 3× 1×
31 March 2018
17:30		 MVM Veszprém 34–29 Skjern Håndbold Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,080
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Nenadić 9 (16–13) Eggert 7
3× 9× Report 3× 4×

Skjern Håndbold won 61–59 on aggregate.

24 March 2018
17:30		 Meshkov Brest 24–32 HBC Nantes Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,740
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Razgor 5 (14–16) Hansen, Klein 6
1× 3× Report 3× 2×
1 April 2018
17:00		 HBC Nantes 28–28 Meshkov Brest La Trocardière, Rezé
Attendance: 4,438
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Tournat 6 (14–17) Shumak 7
3× 1× Report 2× 3×

HBC Nantes won 60–52 on aggregate.

24 March 2018
18:00		 IFK Kristianstad 22–26 Flensburg-Handewitt Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 5,178
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Lagergren 6 (12–11) Wanne 8
2× 5× Report 2× 6×
28 March 2018
19:00		 Flensburg-Handewitt 27–24 IFK Kristianstad Flens-Arena, Flensburg
Attendance: 5,221
Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
Svan 5 (13–9) Lipovac 7
3× 1× Report 3× 2×

Flensburg-Handewitt won 53–46 on aggregate.

24 March 2018
16:00		 PGE Vive Kielce 41–17 Rhein-Neckar Löwen Hala Legionów, Kielce
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
Jurecki, Štrlek 7 (21–8) Keller 5
1× 3× Report 2× 6×
1 April 2018
19:00		 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 30–36 PGE Vive Kielce SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 4,425
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Schmid 8 (18–16) Dujshebaev, Jurecki 5
3× 3× Report 4× 4×

PGE Vive Kielce won 77–47 on aggregate.

21 March 2018
19:00		 THW Kiel 29–22 Pick Szeged Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Vujin 8 (14–14) Bánhidi 5
4× 4× Report 3× 3×
1 April 2018
17:00		 Pick Szeged 28–27 THW Kiel Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Källman 6 (12–13) Wiencek 9
1× 5× Report 3× 5×

THW Kiel won 56–50 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
THW Kiel 56–56 Vardar 28–29 28–27
PGE Vive Kielce 60–69 Paris Saint-Germain 28–34 32–35
Flensburg-Handewitt 45–57 Montpellier 28–28 17–29
HBC Nantes 60–54 Skjern Håndbold 33–27 27–27

Matches
22 April 2018
17:00		 THW Kiel 28–29 Vardar Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 9,500
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
three players 4 (12–14) three players 5
3× 4× Report 1× 3×
29 April 2018
17:00		 Vardar 27–28 THW Kiel Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Borozan 6 (13–13) three players 5
3× 4× Report 3× 5×

Vardar won 56–56 on aggregate on away goals.

21 April 2018
18:30		 PGE Vive Kielce 28–34 Paris Saint-Germain Hala Legionów, Kielce
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Dujshebaev 7 (10–22) three players 5
3× 4× 1× Report 2× 4×
28 April 2018
17:30		 Paris Saint-Germain 35–32 PGE Vive Kielce Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Remili 9 (17–15) Bielecki, Dujshebaev 5
4× 7× Report 4× 7×

Paris Saint-Germain won 69–60 on aggregate.

18 April 2018
19:00		 Flensburg-Handewitt 28–28 Montpellier Flens-Arena, Flensburg
Attendance: 4,503
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
three players 5 (17–15) Fabregas 7
3× 1× Report 1× 5×
29 April 2018
19:00		 Montpellier 29–17 Flensburg-Handewitt Sud de France Arena, Montpellier
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
Richardson 9 (14–9) Svan 5
3× 2× Report 2× 5×

Montpellier won 57–45 on aggregate.

22 April 2018
19:00		 HBC Nantes 33–27 Skjern Håndbold Salle Sportive de la Trocardiere, Rezé
Attendance: 4,600
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Balaguer 8 (18–12) Olsson 6
3× 3× Report 2× 3×
29 April 2018
16:50		 Skjern Håndbold 27–27 HBC Nantes Skjern Bank Arena, Skjern
Attendance: 3,264
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Søndergaard 8 (12–15) Gurbindo 6
2× 4× Report 4× 4×

HBC Nantes won 60–54 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 26 and 27 May 2018.[3] The draw was held on 2 May 2018.[4][5][6][7]

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
26 May
 
 
 HBC Nantes32
 
27 May
 
 Paris Saint-Germain28
 
 HBC Nantes26
 
26 May
 
 Montpellier32
 
 Vardar27
 
 
 Montpellier28
 
Third place
 
 
27 May
 
 
 Paris Saint-Germain29
 
 
 Vardar28

Semifinals
26 May 2018
15:15		 HBC Nantes 32−28 Paris Saint-Germain Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Lazarov, Tournat 8 (17–14) Remili 6
1× 5× Report 2× 4×
26 May 2018
18:00		 Vardar 27–28 Montpellier Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Borozan, Cindrić 6 (11–14) Porte 8
4× 2× Report 3× 4×

Third place game
27 May 2018
15:15		 Paris Saint-Germain 29–28 Vardar Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,257
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Remili 9 (14–15) Cindrić 7
3× 5× Report 2× 4× 1×

Final

27 May 2018
18:00		 HBC Nantes 26–32 Montpellier Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Lazarov 6 (13–16) Fabregas, Simonet 6
2× 2× Report 1× 3×

References
  1. 2017–18 overview
  2. "Machtkampf der Verbände im Terminchaos eskaliert". rhein-neckar-loewen.de. 8 March 2018.
  3. "Raluy and Sabroso to officiate final at VELUX EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 7 May 2018.
  4. "Noon draw at a familiar place". ehfcl.com. 24 April 2018.
  5. "Two finalists and two newcomers in the FINAL4 draw pot". ehfcl.com. 1 May 2018.
  6. "Cologne ready for ninth edition of VELUX EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 2 May 2018.
  7. "After 15 years, Montpellier top the podium again". ehfcl.com. 27 May 2018.
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