Sport Handball Website ehfcl.com Goals scored 3820 (53.06 per match) | Teams 16 (group stage) Matches played 72 | |
Dates 10 September 2016–14 May 2017 | ||
The 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League is the 24th edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.
Contents
Team allocation
13 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.
Round and draw dates
The qualification and group stage draw will be held in Glostrup, Denmark.
Qualification stage
The draw was held on 29 June 2016 at 13:00 in Vienna, Austria. The twelve teams were split in three groups and played a semifinal and final to determine the last participants. Matches were played from 9 to 11 September 2016.
Group stage
The draw was held on 1 July 2016 at 13:00.
In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
Main round
The top three teams of each preliminary group advance. Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group will be carried over.
In each group, teams play against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
Knockout stage
The first four placed teams from the main round will qualify for the knockout stage.