2017–18 Women's EHF Champions League main round

This article describes the main round of the 2017–18 Women's EHF Champions League.^[1]

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
A	CSM București	Nykøbing Falster	RK Krim
B	Győri Audi ETO KC	Rostov-Don	FC Midtjylland
C	HC Vardar	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Thüringer HC
D	Metz Handball	ŽRK Budućnost	SG BBM Bietigheim

Format

In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches against teams they did not met before. Points obtained in the group stage were taken over. After completion of the group stage matches, the top four teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.

Groups

The matchdays were 26–28 January, 2–4 February, 9–11 February, 23–25 February, 2–4 March and 9–11 March 2017.

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Győri Audi ETO KC	10	8	0	2	281	231	+50	16	Quarterfinals
2	Rostov-Don	10	7	1	2	266	232	+34	15
3	CSM Bucureşti	10	6	1	3	282	246	+36	13
4	FC Midtjylland	10	2	2	6	226	251	−25	6
5	Nykøbing Falster	10	2	1	7	240	284	−44	5^[a]
6	RK Krim	10	2	1	7	243	294	−51	5^[a]

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Nykøbing Falster 54–53 RK Krim

26 January 2018 19:30	CSM București	28–22	Győri Audi ETO KC	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Kurtović 8	(13–11)	Mørk 8
	2× 1×	Report	2× 1×

28 January 2018 15:20	Nykøbing Falster	25–29	Rostov-Don	Næstved Arena, Næstved Attendance: 2,325 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	J. Westberg 6	(13–15)	three players 5
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

28 January 2018 17:00	Krim	24–23	Midtjylland	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Omoregie, Stanko 6	(11–11)	Kristiansen 8
	4× 3×	Report	4× 2×

3 February 2018 14:00	Rostov-Don	29–22	Krim	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 1,950 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Dembélé 8	(13–10)	Omoregie 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

4 February 2018 15:00	Midtjylland	26–31	CSM București	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 2,580 Referees: Mitrović, Kazanegra (MNE)
	Pedersen 6	(13–16)	Neagu 10
	3× 5×	Report	2× 5×

5 February 2018 19:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	32–23	Nykøbing Falster	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,116 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Groot, Mørk 8	(14–9)	J. Westberg 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

10 February 2018 19:00	Krim	21–32	Győri Audi ETO KC	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,680 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Stanko 5	(12–15)	Tomori 6
	3× 2×	Report	4× 4×

11 February 2018 16:50	Nykøbing Falster	21–21	Midtjylland	Næstved Arena, Næstved Attendance: 2,560 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Iversen 5	(11–10)	Burgaard 8
	4× 5×	Report	1× 5×

11 February 2018 17:00	CSM București	22–22	Rostov-Don	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Neagu, Kurtović 5	(11–12)	Vyakhireva 4
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4× 1×

24 February 2018 14:00	Rostov-Don	32–22	Nykøbing Falster	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Vyakhireva 8	(14–13)	C. Kristiansen 7
	3×	Report	2× 2×

25 February 2018 15:00	Midtjylland	24–24	Krim	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 1,541 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Augustesen 7	(12–13)	Omoregie 7
	4× 2×	Report	3× 2×

26 February 2018 19:00	Győri Audi ETO KC	28–24	CSM București	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,409 Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK)
	Görbicz 10	(13–11)	Neagu, Gulldén 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

3 March 2018 13:30	Nykøbing Falster	24–32	Győri Audi ETO KC	Næstved Arena, Næstved Attendance: 2,375 Referees: Álvarez, López (ESP)
	J. Westberg 7	(10–17)	Groot 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

3 March 2018 19:30	Krim	26–35	Rostov-Don	Kodeljevo Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Stanko 6	(12–21)	Dembélé 7
	2× 1×	Report	2× 3×

4 March 2018 17:30	CSM București	29–24	Midtjylland	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Neagu, Kurtović 6	(13–12)	Kristiansen 6
	2×	Report	4× 3×

10 March 2018 14:00	Rostov-Don	25–24	CSM București	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Dembélé, Managarova 4	(9–12)	Neagu 6
	4× 3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

10 March 2018 17:30	Győri Audi ETO KC	34–25	Krim	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,172 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Oftedal 11	(17–12)	Koren 9
	4× 4× 1×	Report	3× 4×

10 March 2018 19:00	Midtjylland	24–20	Nykøbing Falster	Ikast-Brande Arena, Ikast Attendance: 2,254 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Burgaard 7	(10–9)	J. Westberg 8
	4× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HC Vardar	10	9	1	301	245	+56	18	Quarterfinals
2	Metz Handball	10	7	3	269	256	+13	14
3	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	10	6	4	282	265	+17	12
4	ŽRK Budućnost	10	4	6	251	260	−9	8
5	SG BBM Bietigheim	10	2	8	242	294	−52	4^[a]
6	Thüringer HC	10	2	8	257	282	−25	4^[a]

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b SG BBM Bietigheim 57–52 Thüringer HC

27 January 2018 14:00	Thüringer HC	28–26	SG BBM Bietigheim	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Luzumová 10	(12–8)	Malestein 6
	4× 6× 1×	Report	4× 8×

27 January 2018 17:30	HC Vardar	29–23	Metz Handball	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Cvijić 7	(15–9)	Sajka 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

28 January 2018 15:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	34–26	Budućnost	OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Van der Heijden 7	(19–18)	Grbić 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

3 February 2018 19:00	Budućnost	29–21	Thüringer HC	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Baranowsky, Lemanowicz (POL)
	Malović 7	(15–12)	Luzumová 8
	3× 1×	Report	4× 3×

4 February 2018 17:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	26–38	HC Vardar	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,581 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Lauenroth, Rozemalen 7	(14–16)	Penezić 8
	3× 1×	Report	1× 2×

4 February 2018 17:00	Metz Handball	28–25	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Gros 10	(13–10)	Lukács 7
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

10 February 2018 15:00	HC Vardar	31–24	Budućnost	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Kijauskaite, Žalienė (LTU)
	Penezić 8	(19–8)	Brnović 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7×

10 February 2018 16:30	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	31–22	SG BBM Bietigheim	OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Van der Heijden 5	(14–8)	Lauenroth 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

11 February 2018 14:00	Thüringer HC	29–31	Metz Handball	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Luzumová 12	(14–15)	Smits 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4×

24 February 2018 19:30	Budućnost	23–24	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Raičević 8	(12–12)	three players 4
	3× 1×	Report	4× 4×

25 February 2018 15:00	Metz Handball	24–22	HC Vardar	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Zaadi 8	(10–10)	Lekić 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

25 February 2018 17:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	21–34	Thüringer HC	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,187 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Lauenroth 5	(13–17)	Luzumová 10
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

2 March 2018 19:00	HC Vardar	30–22	SG BBM Bietigheim	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Lekić 8	(13–8)	three players 4
	1× 2×	Report	4× 5×

3 March 2018 15:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	29–27	Metz Handball	OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 2,498 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	three players 6	(13–9)	three players 5
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 2×

4 March 2018 14:00	Thüringer HC	24–25	Budućnost	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Niederwieser 7	(11–12)	Jauković 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4×

10 March 2018 19:30	Budućnost	25–30	HC Vardar	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Raičević 10	(12–15)	Penezić 10
	2× 7×	Report	3× 6×

11 March 2018 17:00	SG BBM Bietigheim	27–23	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg Attendance: 1,395 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Hundahl, Woller 5	(16–11)	Jovanović 7
	2× 1×	Report	4×

11 March 2018 17:00	Metz Handball	35–29	Thüringer HC	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,159 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Houette 8	(17–19)	Luzumová 9
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

References

^ 2017–18 overview

External links

Official website

[table_hth_NYK0.18321159723364-2] Nykøbing Falster 54–53 RK Krim

[table_hth_THÜ0.16457239499529-3] SG BBM Bietigheim 57–52 Thüringer HC

[1] 2017–18 overview

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