| Women's EHF Champions League | |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Sport: | Handball |
| Start Date: | 10 September 2016 |
| End Date: | 7 May 2017 |
| Teams: | 16 (group stage) 22 (qualification) |
| Website: | ehfcl.com |
| Champions: |  Győri Audi ETO KC |
| Runners-Up1: |  HC Vardar |
| Matches: | 96 |
| Goals: | 5110 |
| Top Scorer: | Andrea Penezić (98 goals) |
| Previous: | 2015–16 |
| Next: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League was 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.[1] CSM București were defending champions.
13 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]
The qualification and group stage draw will be held in Glostrup, Denmark.[3]
| Phase | Draw date | |
|---|---|---|
| Qualification tournaments | 29 June 2016 | |
| Group stage | 1 July 2016 | |
| Knockout stage | ||
| Final Four | 18 April 2017 |
See main article: article and 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying. 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.[4]
See main article: article and 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League group stage. The draw was held on 1 July 2016 at 13:00.[5]
In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
See main article: article and 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League main round. The top three teams of each preliminary group advanced. Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.
In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
See main article: article and 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage. The first four placed teams from the main round qualified for the knockout stage.
The all-star team and awards were announced on 5 May 2017.[7]