This article describes the knockout stage of the
2017–18 EHF Champions League
The 2017–18 EHF Champions League was the 58th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 25th edition under the current EHF Champions League format.
Montpellier defeated HBC Nantes in the final to win their second title.
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Qualified teams
The top six placed teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.
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
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Matches
''Montpellier won 56–55 on aggregate.''
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''Skjern Håndbold won 61–59 on aggregate.''
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''HBC Nantes won 60–52 on aggregate.''
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''Flensburg-Handewitt won 53–46 on aggregate.''
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''PGE Vive Kielce won 77–47 on aggregate.''
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''THW Kiel won 56–50 on aggregate.''
Quarterfinals
Overview
Matches
''Vardar won 56–56 on aggregate on
away goals.''
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''Paris Saint-Germain won 69–60 on aggregate.''
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''Montpellier won 57–45 on aggregate.''
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''HBC Nantes won 60–54 on aggregate.''
Final four
The final four was held at the
Lanxess Arena in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
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Germany
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on 26 and 27 May 2018. The draw was held on 2 May 2018.
Bracket
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
References
External links
Final four website
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knockout stage
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