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
	3×	Report	2× 5×

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
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

Paris Saint-Germain won 61–53 on aggregate.

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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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Montpellier won 61–54 on aggregate.

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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
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 2×

MVM Veszprém won 52–41 on aggregate.

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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
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4× 1×

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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Pick Szeged won 59–48 on aggregate.

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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
	3×	Report	1× 2×

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Flensburg-Handewitt won 54–51 on aggregate.

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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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4× 1×

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
	3× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

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
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

Barcelona won 49–46 on aggregate.

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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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

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
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Vardar won 61–51 on aggregate.

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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
	3× 4×	Report	2× 9×

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Paris Saint-Germain won 60–57 on aggregate.

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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
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4× 1×

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

	Semifinals				Final
	3 June
	MVM Veszprém	26
					4 June
	Paris Saint-Germain	27
					Paris Saint-Germain	23
	3 June
					Vardar	24
	Vardar	26
	Barcelona	25
					Third place
					4 June
					MVM Veszprém	34
					Barcelona	30

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

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
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

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.

External links

• Final four website