2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League

The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2016–17 season and the 57th edition. The Turkish club VakıfBank Istanbul won its third title and qualified to the 2017 FIVB Club World Championship as European champion, besides being already invited by the FIVB, along with Eczacıbaşı VitrA and Voléro Zürich.[1] The Italian club Imoco Volley Conegliano won the silver medal and Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA claimed the bronze medal. The Chinese Zhu Ting from VakıfBank Istanbul was awarded Most Valuable Player. Fourth placed club, Dinamo Moscow later received the last wild card to the Club World Championship by the FIVB.[2]

2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League
LeagueCEV Women's Champions League
SportVolleyball
DurationQualifying round:
18 October – 19 November 2016
Main tournament:
13 December 2016 – 23 April 2017
Number of matches86 (28 qual. + 58 main tourn.)
Number of teams30 (18 qual. + 12 main tourn.)
Finals
ChampionsTurkey VakıfBank Istanbul (3rd title)
  Runners-upItaly Imoco Volley Conegliano
Finals MVPChina Zhu Ting

Qualification
Main article: 2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League qualification

A total of 16 team participate of the main competition, with 12 teams being allocated direct vacancies on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions[3] and 4 teams qualified from the qualification rounds.[4]

Rank Country No. teams Qualified teams
Vac Qual Total
1 Turkey213Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul1
Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul
VakıfBank Istanbul
2 Russia213Dinamo Krasnodar1
Dinamo Moscow
Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg
3 Poland112Chemik Police
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza1
4 Azerbaijan2-2Azerrail Baku
Telekom Baku
5 France1-1Saint-Raphaël Var VB
6 Italy112Imoco Volley Conegliano
Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena1
7 Germany1-1Dresdner SC
8  Switzerland1-1Voléro Zürich
9 Romania1-1CS Volei Alba Blaj
1.^ Team qualified via Champions League qualification round.

Format
League round

A round-robin format (each team plays every other team in its pool twice, once home and once away) where 16 teams were drawn to 4 pools of 4 teams each.
Pool winners and two second place with the best results qualified for the Playoffs.
The organizer of the Final Four were determined during the League Round and qualified directly for the Final Four.[5]

The standings is determined by the number of matches won. In case of a tie in the number of matches won by two or more teams, their ranking is based on the following criteria:

  • result points (points awarded for results: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss);
  • set quotient (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost);
  • points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points lost);
  • results of head-to-head matches between the teams in question.
Playoffs

A knockout format where the 6 qualified teams are each draw into one of the 3 matches with each match consisting of two legs (home and away).
Result points are awarded for each leg (3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss). After two legs, the team with the most result points advances to the Final Four. In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).

Final Four

A single-elimination format where the three winners of the Playoffs are joined by the Final Four hosts and draw to play the semifinals (winners advance to the final and losers to the 3rd place match). In case two teams from the same country qualify for the semifinals, they will play each other.

Pools composition
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Poland Chemik Police Russia Dinamo Moscow Azerbaijan Azerrail Baku Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul
Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano Switzerland Voléro Zürich France Saint-Raphaël Var VB Germany Dresdner SC
Azerbaijan Telekom Baku Romania CS Volei Alba Blaj Turkey Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul Russia Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg
Italy Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena Russia Dinamo Krasnodar Poland MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul

League round
  • All times are local.

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Italy Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena 6 5 1 15 17 7 2.429 570 510 1.118 Playoff round
2 Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano 6 4 2 12 16 10 1.600 566 525 1.078 Hosts of the Final Four
3 Poland Chemik Police 6 3 3 9 12 12 1.000 511 491 1.041
4 Azerbaijan Telekom Baku 6 0 6 0 2 18 0.111 380 501 0.758
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Dec20:30Imoco Volley Conegliano Italy3–0Azerbaijan Telekom Baku31–2925–1425–22  81–65Report
15 Dec18:00Chemik Police Poland1–3Italy Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena21–2527–2925–2113–25 86–100Report
10 Jan17:00Telekom Baku Azerbaijan0–3Poland Chemik Police16–2521–2520–25  57–75Report
12 Jan20:30Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena Italy3–2Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano23–2526–2420–2525–2316–14110–111Report
25 Jan18:00Chemik Police Poland2–3Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano18–2525–1425–1214–2511–1593–91Report
25 Jan20:30Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena Italy3–0Azerbaijan Telekom Baku25–2025–1626–24  76–60Report
8 Feb17:00Telekom Baku Azerbaijan1–3Italy Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena20–2525–2323–2522–25 90–98Report
8 Feb20:30Imoco Volley Conegliano Italy2–3Poland Chemik Police25–2320–2520–2525–208–1598–108Report
21 Feb18:00Chemik Police Poland3–1Azerbaijan Telekom Baku21–2525–1625–1325–16 96–70Report
22 Feb20:30Imoco Volley Conegliano Italy3–2Italy Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena26–2419–2522–2525–2118–16110–111Report
28 Feb17:00Telekom Baku Azerbaijan0–3Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano13–259–2516–25  38–75Report
28 Feb20:30Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena Italy3–0Poland Chemik Police25–1325–1825–22  75–53Report

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Russia Dinamo Moscow 6 6 0 15 18 8 2.250 592 508 1.165 Playoff round
2 Switzerland Voléro Zürich 6 4 2 14 16 7 2.286 522 462 1.130
3 Russia Dinamo Krasnodar 6 1 5 4 6 16 0.375 436 521 0.837
4 Romania CS Volei Alba Blaj 6 1 5 3 6 15 0.400 431 490 0.880
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Dec19:00Dinamo Krasnodar Russia1–3Switzerland Voléro Zürich15–2521–2527–2518–25 81–100Report
14 Dec19:00Dinamo Moscow Russia3–1Romania CS Volei Alba Blaj23–2525–1925–2125–14 98–79Report
11 Jan18:00CS Volei Alba Blaj Romania1–3Russia Dinamo Krasnodar23–2525–1619–2522–25 89–91Report
12 Jan20:00Voléro Zürich Switzerland2–3Russia Dinamo Moscow17–2525–2025–2218–2511–1596–107Report
25 Jan18:00CS Volei Alba Blaj Romania0–3Switzerland Voléro Zürich21–2515–2516–25  52–75Report
25 Jan19:00Dinamo Moscow Russia3–2Russia Dinamo Krasnodar25–1121–2519–2525–1115–10105–82Report
7 Feb19:00Dinamo Krasnodar Russia0–3Russia Dinamo Moscow19–2522–2525–27  66–77Report
9 Feb20:00Voléro Zürich Switzerland3–0Romania CS Volei Alba Blaj25–1725–1825–17  75–52Report
21 Feb19:00Dinamo Krasnodar Russia0–3Romania CS Volei Alba Blaj18–2518–2517–25  53–75Report
22 Feb19:00Dinamo Moscow Russia3–2Switzerland Voléro Zürich25–1922–2520–2525–2015–12107–101Report
28 Feb18:00CS Volei Alba Blaj Romania1–3Russia Dinamo Moscow21–2525–2316–2522–25 84–98Report
28 Feb20:00Voléro Zürich Switzerland3–0Russia Dinamo Krasnodar25–1825–2325–22  75–63Report

Pool C
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul 6 6 0 18 18 1 18.000 475 368 1.291 Playoff round
2 Azerbaijan Azerrail Baku 6 4 2 11 12 10 1.200 458 474 0.966
3 Poland MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 6 2 4 7 10 13 0.769 510 497 1.026
4 France Saint-Raphaël Var VB 6 0 6 0 2 18 0.111 386 490 0.788
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Dec18:00Azerrail Baku Azerbaijan3–1Poland MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza25–2115–2525–2228–26 93–94Report
15 Dec20:30Saint-Raphaël Var VB France0–3Turkey Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul23–2521–2519–25  63–75Report
10 Jan20:30Saint-Raphaël Var VB France1–3Poland MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza18–2515–2525–2022–25 80–95Report
11 Jan19:00Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul Turkey3–0Azerbaijan Azerrail Baku25–1225–1925–9  75–40Report
25 Jan20:30MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Poland1–3Turkey Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul23–2519–2525–2214–25 81–97Report
25 Jan20:30Saint-Raphaël Var VB France1–3Azerbaijan Azerrail Baku16–2521–2525–1820–25 82–93Report
8 Feb19:30Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul Turkey3–0Poland MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza25–1525–2026–24  76–59Report
9 Feb18:00Azerrail Baku Azerbaijan3–0France Saint-Raphaël Var VB25–2025–1125–11  75–42Report
22 Feb18:00MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Poland3–0France Saint-Raphaël Var VB25–1925–1725–15  75–51Report
23 Feb18:00Azerrail Baku Azerbaijan0–3Turkey Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul19–2516–2522–25  57–75Report
28 Feb18:00MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Poland2–3Azerbaijan Azerrail Baku24–2625–1622–2525–1810–15106–100Report
28 Feb19:30Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul Turkey3–0France Saint-Raphaël Var VB27–2525–2225–21  77–68Report

Pool D
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul 6 6 0 17 18 5 3.600 545 415 1.313 Playoff round
2 Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul 6 4 2 13 15 8 1.875 524 473 1.108
3 Russia Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg 6 1 5 3 7 16 0.438 477 544 0.877
4 Germany Dresdner SC 6 1 5 3 5 16 0.313 382 496 0.770
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Dec19:00VakıfBank Istanbul Turkey3–1Russia Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg18–2525–2025–1625–13 93–74Report
14 Dec19:00Dresdner SC Germany0–3Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul17–2511–2521–25  49–75Report
10 Jan17:00Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul Turkey2–3Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul21–2521–2525–2125–2010–15102–106Report
10 Jan19:00Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg Russia3–1Germany Dresdner SC16–2525–1725–2025–16 91–78Report
24 Jan19:00Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg Russia0–3Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul11–2524–2624–26  59–77Report
25 Jan19:00VakıfBank Istanbul Turkey3–0Germany Dresdner SC25–1225–1625–11  75–39Report
8 Feb16:30Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul Turkey3–1Russia Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg25–1626–2425–2725–16 101–83Report
8 Feb19:00Dresdner SC Germany0–3Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul18–2511–2512–25  41–75Report
22 Feb19:00VakıfBank Istanbul Turkey3–1Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul25–2125–1421–2525–15 96–75Report
22 Feb19:00Dresdner SC Germany3–1Russia Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg25–2225–2020–2525–19 95–86Report
28 Feb16:30Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul Turkey3–1Germany Dresdner SC25–1519–2525–2225–18 94–80Report
28 Feb19:00Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg Russia1–3Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul19–2527–2520–2518–25 84–100Report

Playoffs

Playoff 6
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul Turkey 4–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul 2–3 3–1
Voléro Zürich Switzerland 0–6 Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul 1–3 1–3
Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena Italy 0–6 Russia Dinamo Moscow 0–3 0–3

First leg
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Mar20:30Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena Italy0–3Russia Dinamo Moscow22–2513–2513–25  48–75Report
23 Mar18:00Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul Turkey2–3Turkey Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul25–1622–2519–2525–2112–15103–102Report
23 Mar20:00Voléro Zürich Switzerland1–3Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul25–1520–2517–2521–25 83–90Report

Second leg
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Apr19:00Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul Turkey1–3Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul31–2914–2525–2723–25 93–106Report
5 Apr19:00VakıfBank Istanbul Turkey3–1Switzerland Voléro Zürich22–2525–2125–1625–22 97–84Report
5 Apr19:00Dinamo Moscow Russia3–0Italy Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena25–2025–1925–21  75–60Report

Final four
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
22 April
 
 
 Russia Dinamo Moscow 1
 
23 April
 
 Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano 3
 
 Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano 0
 
22 April
 
 Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul 3
 
 Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul 3
 
 
 Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul 0
 
3rd place match
 
 
23 April
 
 
 Russia Dinamo Moscow 1
 
 
 Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul 3

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Apr17:00VakıfBank Istanbul Turkey3–0Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul25–2026–2425–22  76–66Report
22 Apr20:00Dinamo Moscow Russia1–3Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano18–2515–2525–1525–27 83–92Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Apr15:00Dinamo Moscow Russia1–3Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul19–2525–1923–2522–25 89–94Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Apr18:00Imoco Volley Conegliano Italy0–3Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul19–2513–2523–25  55–75Report

Final standing

Awards

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