2017–18 Women's EHF Champions League group stage

This article describes the group stage of the 2017–18 Women's EHF Champions League.

Draw

The draw was held on 30 June 2017.^[1]^[2]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 27 June 2017.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Győri Audi ETO KC ŽRK Budućnost ŽRK Vardar CSM București	Larvik HK Rostov-Don Nykøbing Falster Metz Handball	SG BBM Bietigheim RK Krim FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria FC Midtjylland	Vistal Gdynia Brest Bretagne Handball Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2

Groups

The matchdays were 6–8 October, 13–15 October, 20–22 October, 3–5 November, 10–12 November and 17–19 November 2017.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSM Bucureşti	6	5	1	192	144	+48	10	Main round
2	Nykøbing Falster	6	4	2	168	163	+5	8
3	RK Krim	6	3	3	159	158	+1	6
4	Vistal Gdynia	6	0	6	135	189	−54	0	EHF Cup

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

7 October 2017 14:30	Nykøbing Falster	27–21	Vistal Gdynia	Næstved Arena, Næstved Attendance: 2,035 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	J. Westberg 8	(14–10)	Borysławska, Zych 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 7× 1×

7 October 2017 19:00	CSM București	30–18	RK Krim	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 4,627 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Neagu 8	(15–7)	Barič, Tsakalou 4
	2× 3×	Report	4× 4×

11 October 2017 20:00	Vistal Gdynia	23–34	CSM București	Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia Attendance: 700 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Uścinowicz 7	(9–18)	Neagu 12
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

14 October 2017 15:00	RK Krim	27–26	Nykøbing Falster	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 800 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Stanko 9	(15–15)	K. Kristiansen 7
	3× 1×	Report	2× 5×

22 October 2017 16:50	Nykøbing Falster	25–22	CSM București	Næstved Arena, Næstved Attendance: 2,876 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	K. Kristiansen, J. Westberg 6	(13–14)	Gulldén 6
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

25 October 2017 18:30	Vistal Gdynia	19–29	RK Krim	Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia Attendance: 700 Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
	Szarawaga 5	(10–11)	Barič 6
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

4 November 2017 15:00	RK Krim	29–22	Vistal Gdynia	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 900 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Barič, Stanko 6	(16–11)	Zych 5
	2× 9×	Report	3× 5×

4 November 2017 15:00	CSM București	39–26	Nykøbing Falster	Sala Polivalentă Dinamo, Bucharest Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Neagu, Curea 7	(18–12)	J. Westberg 8
	1× 6×	Report	3× 2×

10 November 2017 19:00	Vistal Gdynia	28–36	Nykøbing Falster	Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia Attendance: 700 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Janiszewska, Kulwińska 6	(10–15)	J. Westberg 11
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

11 November 2017 15:00	RK Krim	30–33	CSM București	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Benko 7	(16–17)	Neagu 9
	3× 2×	Report	1× 5×

19 November 2017 15:00	CSM București	34–22	Vistal Gdynia	Sala Polivalentă Dinamo, Bucharest Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Curea, Hagman 5	(17–14)	Janiszewska, Zych 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

19 November 2017 15:10	Nykøbing Falster	28–26	RK Krim	Næstved Arena, Næstved Attendance: 2,765 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	J. Westberg 5	(11–12)	Koren, Peraica 5
	4×	Report	3× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Győri Audi ETO KC	6	5	1	153	126	+27	10	Main round
2	Rostov-Don	6	4	2	149	138	+11	8
3	FC Midtjylland	6	3	3	134	147	−13	6
4	Brest Bretagne Handball	6	0	6	132	157	−25	0	EHF Cup

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

7 October 2017 15:00	Rostov-Don	26–24	Brest Bretagne Handball	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Makeyeva 5	(14–13)	Stoiljković 6
	4×	Report	3× 3×

7 October 2017 19:30	Győri Audi ETO KC	27–16	FC Midtjylland	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,157 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Görbicz 6	(15–8)	Pedersen 4
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

15 October 2017 15:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	23–26	Győri Audi ETO KC	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,433 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Geiger 6	(10–13)	Groot 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

15 October 2017 16:30	FC Midtjylland	24–21	Rostov-Don	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,652 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	three players 5	(11–10)	Vyakhireva 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

20 October 2017 19:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	22–23	FC Midtjylland	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 1,043 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Geiger 5	(10–12)	Burgaard 10
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

21 October 2017 16:00	Rostov-Don	23–22	Győri Audi ETO KC	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Belo 7	(12–12)	Oftedal 5
	3× 1×	Report	4× 4×

4 November 2017 13:30	FC Midtjylland	27–23	Brest Bretagne Handball	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,560 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Kristiansen 12	(12–7)	three players 4
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

6 November 2017 19:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	25–23	Rostov-Don	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
	Amorim, Görbicz 5	(13–9)	Belo, Dembélé 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

11 November 2017 15:00	Brest Bretagne Handball	23–29	Rostov-Don	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 2,775 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Geiger 6	(14–15)	Managarova 8
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

11 November 2017 15:30	FC Midtjylland	24–27	Győri Audi ETO KC	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 2,190 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Kristiansen 11	(12–14)	Mørk 13
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

18 November 2017 15:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	26–17	Brest Bretagne Handball	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Broch 7	(13–7)	Sand 4
	2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

18 November 2017 15:00	Rostov-Don	27–20	FC Midtjylland	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Petrova 6	(15–7)	Kristiansen 9
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HC Vardar	6	6	0	182	147	+35	12	Main round
2	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	6	4	2	183	167	+16	8
3	Thüringer HC	6	1	5	145	167	−22	2^[a]
4	Larvik HK	6	1	5	152	181	−29	2^[a]	EHF Cup

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Thüringer HC 53–52 Larvik HK

6 October 2017 19:00	HC Vardar	34–31	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Cvijić, Penezić 7	(20–11)	Faluvégi 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

7 October 2017 17:00	Larvik HK	27–31	Thüringer HC	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 774 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Christensen 7	(11–16)	Luzumová 13
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

14 October 2017 18:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	37–33	Larvik HK	OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Van der Heijden 10	(18–15)	Breistøl 9
	3× 4×	Report	2× 5×

15 October 2017 14:00	Thüringer HC	21–29	HC Vardar	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Kiyashko, Kiselev (RUS)
	Luzumová 8	(11–19)	Radičević 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

21 October 2017 17:00	Larvik HK	19–31	HC Vardar	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 889 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Christensen 4	(9–16)	Penezić, Ristovska 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

22 October 2017 14:00	Thüringer HC	25–29	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Luzumová 10	(15–14)	Pena 9
	3× 2×	Report	2× 7×

4 November 2017 15:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	28–25	Thüringer HC	OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Pena 6	(13–14)	Luzumová 6
	4× 2×	Report	4× 3×

4 November 2017 17:00	HC Vardar	30–27	Larvik HK	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Penezić 7	(10–11)	Breistøl, Hjertner 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

11 November 2017 13:30	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	28–29	HC Vardar	OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 2,498 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Pena 8	(12–16)	Penezić 9
	3× 3×	Report	1× 6×

12 November 2017 14:00	Thüringer HC	22–25	Larvik HK	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Luzumová 7	(10–14)	Christensen 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

17 November 2017 19:00	HC Vardar	29–21	Thüringer HC	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Lacrabère 7	(12–12)	Luzumová 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

19 November 2017 15:00	Larvik HK	21–30	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 1,358 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Tollbring 6	(9–18)	Lukács 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4×

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Metz Handball	6	5	1	157	137	+20	10	Main round
2	ŽRK Budućnost	6	3	3	144	148	−4	6^[a]
3	SG BBM Bietigheim	6	3	3	152	158	−6	6^[a]
4	Vipers Kristiansand	6	1	5	144	154	−10	2	EHF Cup

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ŽRK Budućnost 53–51 SG BBM Bietigheim

7 October 2017 19:00	ŽRK Budućnost	32–24	SG BBM Bietigheim	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Jauković 9	(17–10)	Kudłacz-Gloc 5
	2× 4×	Report	4× 5×

8 October 2017 19:00	Metz Handball	30–22	Vipers Kristiansand	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,370 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Gros 7	(14–12)	Aune 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

14 October 2017 16:00	Vipers Kristiansand	29–19	ŽRK Budućnost	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,650 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Jørum Sulland 9	(15–11)	three players 4
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

14 October 2017 19:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	26–30	Metz Handball	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,238 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
	Naidzinavicius 10	(12–17)	Smits 7
	2× 5×	Report	3× 4×

21 October 2017 17:30	Metz Handball	27–23	ŽRK Budućnost	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,266 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	Gros 10	(13–10)	Laslo 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

22 October 2017 17:00	Vipers Kristiansand	24–29	SG BBM Bietigheim	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,639 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Kristiansen 5	(8–16)	Naidzinavicius 9
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 7×

1 November 2017 18:30	SG BBM Bietigheim	25–24	Vipers Kristiansand	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,876 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Naidzinavicius 10	(16–13)	three players 6
	2× 1×	Report	4× 5×

4 November 2017 19:30	ŽRK Budućnost	23–18	Metz Handball	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Jauković 8	(11–8)	Zaadi 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 5×

10 November 2017 19:30	Vipers Kristiansand	22–25	Metz Handball	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,742 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Kristiansen 6	(11–12)	Gros 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

12 November 2017 19:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	27–21	ŽRK Budućnost	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 2,258 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Naidzinavicius 10	(12–10)	Laslo 6
	3×	Report	2× 5×

18 November 2017 19:00	ŽRK Budućnost	26–23	Vipers Kristiansand	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Raičević 7	(11–13)	Sulland 10
	3× 1×	Report	4× 2×

19 November 2017 15:00	Metz Handball	27–21	SG BBM Bietigheim	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Zaadi 6	(12–10)	Rozemalen 5
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

References

^ "Ljubljana hosts draw for the 25th season of EHF Champions League". ehfcl.com. 13 June 2017.
^ "Defending champions in the group with the EHF Cup winners Rostov". ehfcl.com. 30 June 2017.
^ "Pots for the qualification and group matches draw released". ehfcl.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_THÜ0.91253778706889-4] Thüringer HC 53–52 Larvik HK

[table_hth_BUD0.07851377552306-5] ŽRK Budućnost 53–51 SG BBM Bietigheim

[1] "Ljubljana hosts draw for the 25th season of EHF Champions League". ehfcl.com. 13 June 2017.

[2] "Defending champions in the group with the EHF Cup winners Rostov". ehfcl.com. 30 June 2017.

[3] "Pots for the qualification and group matches draw released". ehfcl.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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