2017–18 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying

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

Draw

The draw was held on 29 June 2016 at 11:00 in Vienna, Austria. The eight teams were split in two groups and played a semifinal and final to determine the last participants. Matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2016.^[1]^[2]

Seedings

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

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Vipers Kristiansand Thüringer HC	H 65 Höör Podravka Koprivnica	Hypo Niederösterreich Kastamonu Belediyesi	HC Gomel CB Atlético Guardés

Qualification tournament 1

Vipers Kristiansand hosted the tournament.^[4]

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

9 September

Vipers Kristiansand	43
		10 September
HC Gomel	19
		Vipers Kristiansand	42
9 September
		Podravka Koprivnica	14
Podravka Koprivnica	21

Kastamonu Belediyesi	17
		Third place

		10 September

		HC Gomel	29

		Kastamonu Belediyesi	28

Semifinals

9 September 2017 17:00	Vipers Kristiansand	43–19	HC Gomel	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,358 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Sulland 8	(27–10)	Agbaba 5
	3× 8× 1×	Report	2× 4×

9 September 2017 19:30	Podravka Koprivnica	21–17	Kastamonu Belediyesi	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 170 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Nemaškalo 7	(11–11)	Elez 9
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Third place game

10 September 2017 16:00	HC Gomel	29–28	Kastamonu Belediyesi	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 222 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Akhramenka, Tsyrybka 5	(13–13)	three players 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Final

10 September 2017 18:30	Vipers Kristiansand	42–14	Podravka Koprivnica	Aquarama Kristiansand, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,648 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Larsen 8	(22–6)	Džono, Nemaškalo 3
	2× 1×	Report	1× 6×

Qualification tournament 2

Thüringer HC hosted the tournament.^[4]

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

9 September

Thüringer HC	31
		10 September
CB Atlético Guardés	21
		Thüringer HC	33
9 September
		H 65 Höör	24
H 65 Höör	32

Hypo Niederösterreich	19
		Third place

		10 September

		CB Atlético Guardés	27

		Hypo Niederösterreich	29

Semifinals

9 September 2017 14:00	Thüringer HC	31–21	CB Atlético Guardés	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,023 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Jakubisová 6	(13–9)	Egozkue 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

9 September 2017 16:30	H 65 Höör	32–19	Hypo Niederösterreich	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,023 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Lindqvist 7	(14–12)	Topic 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

Third place game

10 September 2017 12:30	CB Atlético Guardés	27–29	Hypo Niederösterreich	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 700 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Egozkue 7	(11–11)	Kiss 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

Final

10 September 2017 15:00	Thüringer HC	33–24	H 65 Höör	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Jakubisová 8	(16–9)	Bardis 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 7×

References

^ "Ljubljana hosts draw for the 25th season of EHF Champions League". ehfcl.com. 13 June 2017.
^ "Former champions avoid a clash in the qualification". ehfcl.com. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 29 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.
^ ^a ^b "Vipers Kristiansand and Thüringer HC host EHF CL Qualification Tournaments". ehfcl.com. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

External links

Official website

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

[2] "Former champions avoid a clash in the qualification". ehfcl.com. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 29 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.

[Hosts-4] "Vipers Kristiansand and Thüringer HC host EHF CL Qualification Tournaments". ehfcl.com. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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