2016–17 Women's CEV Cup explained

2016–17 Women's CEV Cup
League:	Women's CEV Cup
Sport:	Volleyball
Duration:	13 December 2016 – 15 April 2017
No Of Matches:	69
No Of Teams:	36
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	Dynamo Kazan (1st title)
Finals Runner-Up:	Unet Yamamay Busto Arsizio
Finals Mvp:	Valentina Diouf
Seasonslistnames:	Women's CEV Cup
Prevseason Link:	2015–16 Women's CEV Cup
Prevseason Year:	2015–16
Nextseason Link:	2017–18 Women's CEV Cup
Nextseason Year:	2017–18

The 2016–17 Women's CEV Cup was the 45th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "Top Teams Cup".

Format

The tournament was played on a knockout format, with 36 teams participating. Initially 22 teams were allocated vacancies to enter the competition, with 8 of them directly qualified to the 16th Finals on the basis of the latest CEV European Ranking List.^[1] 14 teams came from the CEV Women's Champions League qualification entering the competition at different stages (as per 'Round composition' below).

On 30 June 2016, a drawing of lots in Varna, Bulgaria, determined the team's pairing for each match. Each team plays a home and an away match with result points 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 next round. In case the teams are tied after two legs, a 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).^[2]

Round composition

32nd Final: 14 teams + 2 teams from Champions League
16th Final: 8 teams + 32nd Final winners (8 teams) + 8 teams from Champions League
8th Final: 16th Final winners (12 teams) + 4 teams from Champions League
4th Final onwards: winners

Participating teams

A total of 36 teams participate in the competition.
Drawing of lots was held in Varna, Bulgaria on 30 June 2016.^[2]

Rank	Country	No. teams			Qualified teams
Rank	Country			Total	Qualified teams
1		1	align="center"	-	1	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
2		1	align="center"	-	1	Dynamo Kazan
3		1	align="center"	-	1	Budowlani Łódź
5		2	1	3	Beziers VB
					RC Cannes
					SF Paris Saint Cloud
6		2	align="center" rowspan="2"	-	2	Pomì Casalmaggiore
6		2	Unet Yamamay Busto Arsizio		2
7		2	align="center" rowspan="2"	-	2	Allianz MTV Stuttgart
7		2	Rote Raben Vilsbiburg		2
8		2	align="center" rowspan="2"	-	2	TS Volley Düdingen
8		2	VFM Franches-Montagnes		2
9		1	align="center"	-	1	CSM Târgoviște
10		1	1	2	Agel Prostějov
10		1	1	2	VK UP Olomouc
11		1	1	2	Jedinstvo Stara Pazova
11		1	1	2	Vizura Beograd
12		1	align="center"	-	1	VDK Gent Dames
13		1	1	2	HPK Hämeenlinna
13		1	1	2	LP Viesti Salo
14		align="center"	-	1	1	Khimik Yuzhny
15		1	1	2	Calcit Ljubljana
15		1	1	2	Nova KBM Branik Maribor
16		1	align="center"	-	1	A.O. Thiras
17		1	align="center"	-	1	VC Tirol Innsbruck
18		1	align="center"	-	1	Eurosped Almelo
19		1	1	2	Hapoel Kfar Saba
19		1	1	2	Maccabi Haifa
20		align="center"	-	1	1	Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko
22		1	align="center"	-	1	Mladost Zagreb
23		align="center"	-	1	1	Minchanka Minsk
24		align="center"	-	1	1	Linamar - Békéscsabai RSE
30		align="center"	-	1	1	Maritza Plovdiv
31		align="center"	-	1	1	Luka Bar
34		align="center"	-	1	1	Kohila VC
35		align="center"	-	1	1	Drita Gjilan

1.Team that received a 32nd Final bye.

2.Team that qualified via Champions League entering the 32nd Final.

3.Team that qualified via Champions League entering the 16th Final.

4.Team that qualified via Champions League entering the 8th Final.

Main phase

32nd Final

1st leg (Team #1 home) 13–15 December 2016
2nd leg (Team #2 home) 21–22 December 2016

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
1	VFM Franches-Montagnes	3 – 0 3 – 0	Drita Gjilan
2	VC Tirol Innsbruck	3 – 1 1 – 3 Golden Set: 10 – 15	Luka Bar
3		0 – 3 0 – 3	VK UP Olomouc
4		3 – 1 0 – 3 Golden Set: 16 – 18	Jedinstvo Stara Pazova
5	Unet Yamamay Busto Arsizio	3 – 1 3 – 0	VDK Gent Dames
6		0 – 3 0 – 3	LP Viesti Salo
7	SF Paris Saint Cloud	0 – 3 1 – 3	Nova KBM Branik Maribor
8	Hapoel Kfar Saba	3 – 0 3 – 2	A.O. Thiras

16th Final

1st leg (Team #1 home) 11–12 January 2017
2nd leg (Team #2 home) 24–26 January 2017

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
9	LP Viesti Salo	0 – 3 0 – 3	HPK Hämeenlinna
10	Unet Yamamay Busto Arsizio	3 – 1 2 – 3	Maritza Plovdiv
11	Jedinstvo Stara Pazova	1 – 3 2 – 3	Linamar - Békéscsabai RSE
12	Pomì Casalmaggiore	3 – 0 3 – 0	Maccabi Haifa
13	Nova KBM Branik Maribor	3 – 1 3 – 0	Calcit Ljubljana
14	Hapoel Kfar Saba	3 – 0 1 – 3 Golden Set: 8 – 15	Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko
15	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	3 – 0 3 – 0	Kohila VC
16	CSM Târgoviște	2 – 3 2 – 3	Khimik Yuzhny
17		1 – 3 0 – 3	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul
18	VK UP Olomouc	0 – 3 0 – 3	Dynamo Kazan
19	Luka Bar	0 – 3 0 – 3	Budowlani Łódź
20		1 – 3 0 – 3	Beziers VB

8th Final

1st leg (Team #1 home) 7–8 February 2017
2nd leg (Team #2 home) 21–23 February 2017

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
21	Linamar - Békéscsabai RSE	3 – 1 3 – 1	Beziers VB
22	Unet Yamamay Busto Arsizio	3 – 0 2 – 3	Minchanka Minsk
23	Pomì Casalmaggiore	3 – 0 3 – 2	HPK Hämeenlinna
24	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	3 – 0 3 – 2	Agel Prostějov
25	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 0 2 – 3	Nova KBM Branik Maribor
26	Budowlani Łódź	3 – 0 2 – 3	RC Cannes
27	Dynamo Kazan	3 – 0 3 – 0	Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko
28*	Khimik Yuzhny	2 – 3	Vizura Beograd

Note: A first leg, originally scheduled on 7 February 2017, did not take place as Vizura did not turn up for the match.^[3] Serbian press reported the Vizura team flight from Istanbul to Odesa had two aborted landing attempts due to bad weather (thick fog) before returning to Istanbul.^[4] ^[5] ^[6] The CEV with both clubs consent, decided a single match in a neutral venue (Brčko in Bosnia and Herzegovina) played behind closed doors as the way to determine the team advancing in the competition.^[7]

4th Final

1st leg (Team #1 home) 7–8 March 2017
2nd leg (Team #2 home) 15–16 March 2017

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
29	Linamar - Békéscsabai RSE	1 – 3 0 – 3	Unet Yamamay Busto Arsizio
30		2 – 3 0 – 3	Pomì Casalmaggiore
31	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 1 3 – 0	Budowlani Łódź
32	Dynamo Kazan	3 – 0 3 – 0	Vizura Beograd

Final phase

Semifinals

1st leg (Team #1 home) 28 March 2017
2nd leg (Team #2 home) 1–2 April 2017

Match#	Team #1	Results	Team #2
33	Pomì Casalmaggiore	0 – 3 2 – 3	Unet Yamamay Busto Arsizio
34	Galatasaray Daikin Istanbul	3 – 0 0 – 3 Golden Set: 11 – 15	Dynamo Kazan

Final

1st leg (Team #1 home) 11 April 2017
2nd leg (Team #2 home) 15 April 2017

External links

CEV Cup 16-17

Notes and References

Web site: 2017 Ranking list women. CEV. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183108/http://ebook.cev.lu/competitions/cuprankings/index.html#5/z. 2014-07-14. dead.
Web site: 2017 CEV Volleyball Cup - Women Competition Format. CEV. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160707212835/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=969&PID=-1. 7 July 2016. dead.
Web site: Матч "Химик" - "Визура" не состоится в назначенный срок . Russian . VC Khimik Yuzhny . 7 February 2017 . 7 February 2017.
Web site: Одбојкашице Визуре преживеле драму у Украјини, авион није могао да слети у Одесу, па се вратио за Истанбул! . Serbian . . 7 February 2017 . 7 February 2017.
Web site: DRAMA SRPSKIH ŠAMPIONKI: Avion sa odbojkašicama Vizure jedva sleteo u Odesu . Bosnian . . 7 February 2017 . 7 February 2017.
Web site: Drama Ajkulica na letu, otkazana utakmica . Bosnian . . 7 February 2017 . 7 February 2017.
Web site: ЕКВ приняла решение по поводу матчей "Визура" - "Химик" . Russian . VC Khimik Yuzhny . 17 February 2017 . 23 February 2017.