2017–18 EHF Champions League knockout stage

Main article: 2017–18 EHF Champions League

This article describes the knockout stage of the 2017–18 EHF Champions League.[1]

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 North Macedonia Vardar Spain Barcelona Lassa France HBC Nantes Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged Sweden IFK Kristianstad
B France Paris Saint-Germain Hungary Telekom Veszprém Germany Flensburg-Handewitt Germany THW Kiel Poland PGE Vive Kielce Belarus Meshkov Brest
Playoff winners Denmark Skjern Håndbold
France Montpellier

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 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Montpellier France 56–55 Spain Barcelona Lassa 28–25 28–30
Skjern Håndbold Denmark 61–59 Hungary Telekom Veszprém 32–25 29–34
Meshkov Brest Belarus 52–60 France HBC Nantes 24–32 28–28
IFK Kristianstad Sweden 46–53 Germany Flensburg-Handewitt 22–26 24–27
PGE Vive Kielce Poland 77–47[B] Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen 41–17 36–30
THW Kiel Germany 56–50[A] Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged 29–22 27–28
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.
  2. ^
    A scheduling conflict for the first leg resulted in the Rhein-Neckar Löwen only fielding their reserve team against Kielce while the first team played a Handball-Bundesliga match against THW Kiel on the same day.[2]


Matches

25 March 2018
17:00 		Montpellier France 28–25 Spain Barcelona Lassa Palais des Sports René Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Truchanovicius 8 (13–13) N'Guessan 7
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31 March 2018
18:30 		Barcelona Lassa Spain 30–28 France Montpellier Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Attendance: 5,114
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
3 players 5 (15–14) Richardson 7
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Montpellier won 56–55 on aggregate.

25 March 2018
16:50 		Skjern Håndbold Denmark 32–25 Hungary Telekom Veszprém Skjern Bank Arena, Skjern
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Olsson, Rasmussen 6 (17–13) Marguč 6
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31 March 2018
17:30 		Telekom Veszprém Hungary 34–29 Denmark Skjern Håndbold Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,080
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Nenadić 9 (16–13) Eggert 7
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Skjern Håndbold won 61–59 on aggregate.

24 March 2018
17:30 		Meshkov Brest Belarus 24–32 France HBC Nantes Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,740
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Razgor 5 (14–16) Hansen, Klein 6
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1 April 2018
17:00 		HBC Nantes France 28–28 Belarus Meshkov Brest La Trocardière, Rezé
Attendance: 4,438
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Tournat 6 (14–17) Shumak 7
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HBC Nantes won 60–52 on aggregate.

24 March 2018
18:00 		IFK Kristianstad Sweden 22–26 Germany Flensburg-Handewitt Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 5,178
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Lagergren 6 (12–11) Wanne 8
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28 March 2018
19:00 		Flensburg-Handewitt Germany 27–24 Sweden IFK Kristianstad Flens-Arena, Flensburg
Attendance: 5,221
Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
Svan 5 (13–9) Lipovac 7
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Flensburg-Handewitt won 53–46 on aggregate.

24 March 2018
16:00 		PGE Vive Kielce Poland 41–17 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen Hala Legionów, Kielce
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
Jurecki, Štrlek 7 (21–8) Keller 5
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1 April 2018
19:00 		Rhein-Neckar Löwen Germany 30–36 Poland PGE Vive Kielce SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 4,425
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Schmid 8 (18–16) Dujshebaev, Jurecki 5
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PGE Vive Kielce won 77–47 on aggregate.

21 March 2018
19:00 		THW Kiel Germany 29–22 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Vujin 8 (14–14) Bánhidi 5
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1 April 2018
17:00 		MOL-Pick Szeged Hungary 28–27 Germany THW Kiel Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Källman 6 (12–13) Wiencek 9
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THW Kiel won 56–50 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
THW Kiel Germany 56–56 North Macedonia Vardar 28–29 28–27
PGE Vive Kielce Poland 60–69 France Paris Saint-Germain 28–34 32–35
Flensburg-Handewitt Germany 45–57 France Montpellier 28–28 17–29
HBC Nantes France 60–54 Denmark Skjern Håndbold 33–27 27–27

Matches

22 April 2018
17:00 		THW Kiel Germany 28–29 North Macedonia Vardar Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 9,500
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
three players 4 (12–14) three players 5
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29 April 2018
17:00 		Vardar North Macedonia 27–28 Germany THW Kiel Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Borozan 6 (13–13) three players 5
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Vardar won 56–56 on aggregate on away goals.

21 April 2018
18:30 		PGE Vive Kielce Poland 28–34 France Paris Saint-Germain Hala Legionów, Kielce
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Dujshebaev 7 (10–22) three players 5
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28 April 2018
17:30 		Paris Saint-Germain France 35–32 Poland PGE Vive Kielce Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Remili 9 (17–15) Bielecki, Dujshebaev 5
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Paris Saint-Germain won 69–60 on aggregate.

18 April 2018
19:00 		Flensburg-Handewitt Germany 28–28 France Montpellier Flens-Arena, Flensburg
Attendance: 4,503
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
three players 5 (17–15) Fabregas 7
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29 April 2018
19:00 		Montpellier France 29–17 Germany Flensburg-Handewitt Sud de France Arena, Montpellier
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
Richardson 9 (14–9) Svan 5
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Montpellier won 57–45 on aggregate.

22 April 2018
19:00 		HBC Nantes France 33–27 Denmark Skjern Håndbold Salle Sportive de la Trocardiere, Rezé
Attendance: 4,600
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Balaguer 8 (18–12) Olsson 6
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29 April 2018
16:50 		Skjern Håndbold Denmark 27–27 France HBC Nantes Skjern Bank Arena, Skjern
Attendance: 3,264
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Søndergaard 8 (12–15) Gurbindo 6
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HBC Nantes won 60–54 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 26 and 27 May 2018.[3] The draw was held on 2 May 2018.[4][5][6][7]


Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
26 May
 
 
France HBC Nantes32
 
27 May
 
France Paris Saint-Germain28
 
France HBC Nantes26
 
26 May
 
France Montpellier32
 
North Macedonia Vardar27
 
 
France Montpellier28
 
Third place
 
 
27 May
 
 
France Paris Saint-Germain29
 
 
North Macedonia Vardar28

Semifinals

26 May 2018
15:15 		HBC Nantes France 32−28 France Paris Saint-Germain Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Lazarov, Tournat 8 (17–14) Remili 6
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26 May 2018
18:00 		Vardar North Macedonia 27–28 France Montpellier Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Borozan, Cindrić 6 (11–14) Porte 8
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Third place game

27 May 2018
15:15 		Paris Saint-Germain France 29–28 North Macedonia Vardar Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,257
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Remili 9 (14–15) Cindrić 7
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Final

27 May 2018
18:00 		HBC Nantes France 26–32 France Montpellier Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Lazarov 6 (13–16) Fabregas, Simonet 6
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References

  1. ^ 2017–18 overview
  2. ^ "Machtkampf der Verbände im Terminchaos eskaliert". rhein-neckar-loewen.de. 8 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Raluy and Sabroso to officiate final at VELUX EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 7 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Noon draw at a familiar place". ehfcl.com. 24 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Two finalists and two newcomers in the FINAL4 draw pot". ehfcl.com. 1 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Cologne ready for ninth edition of VELUX EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 2 May 2018.
  7. ^ "After 15 years, Montpellier top the podium again". ehfcl.com. 27 May 2018.
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