1996–97 EHF Champions League

The 1996–97 EHF Champions League was the 37th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament. FC Barcelona won their third title and second in a row.

EHF Champions League

1996–97
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	24 August 1996–19 April 1997
Participants	36
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Carlos Resende (82)

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Barcelona	6	5	1	0	180	127	+53	11
ABC Braga	6	3	0	3	141	136	+5	6
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	0	4	127	152	−25	4
Granitas Kaunas	6	1	1	4	118	151	−33	3

Source:

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Badel 1862 Zagreb	6	4	2	0	168	141	+27	10
SC Pick Szeged	6	3	2	1	163	150	+13	8
Runar Sandefjord	6	3	0	3	155	168	−13	6
Principe Trieste	6	0	0	6	147	174	−27	0

Source:

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
THW Kiel	6	5	0	1	154	118	+36	10
Pfadi Winterthur	6	5	0	1	145	137	+8	10
HC Red Star	6	2	0	4	150	155	−5	4
SKA Minsk	6	0	0	6	114	153	−39	0

Source:

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Celje Pivovarna Lasko	6	5	0	1	155	122	+33	10
Caja Cantabria Santander	6	5	0	1	154	135	+19	10
GOG Gudme	6	1	0	5	133	155	−22	2
PSG Asnieres Hand-Ball	6	1	0	5	131	161	−30	2

Source:

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SC Pick Szeged	42–66	FC Barcelona	25–26	17–40
ABC Braga	46–49	Badel 1862 Zagreb	24–23	22–26
Caja Cantabria Santander	45–47	THW Kiel	26–23	19–24
Pfadi Winterthur	40–49	Celje Pivovarna Lasko	21–21	19–28

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celje Pivovarna Lasko	50–51	FC Barcelona	24–29	26–22
THW Kiel	46–48	Badel 1862 Zagreb	23–23	23–25

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	61–45	Badel 1862 Zagreb	31–22	30–23

External links

• EHF Champions League website