2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League
| 2016–17 | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Handball |
| Dates | 10 September 2016–7 May 2017 |
| Teams | 16 (group stage) |
| Website | ehfcl.com |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Győri ETO
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| Runner-up |
 HC Vardar
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 96 |
| Goals scored | 5110 (53.23 per match) |
| Attendance | 295,818 (3,081 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Andrea Penezić (98 goals) |
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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.
13 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.
The qualification and group stage draw will be held in Glostrup, Denmark.
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.
The draw was held on 1 July 2016 at 13:00.
In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.
If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.
During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.
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.
The first four placed teams from the main round qualified for the knockout stage.
FT: 26–26 ET: 5-4
The all-star team and awards were announced on 5 May 2016.
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