2016–17 CEV Champions League explained

2016–17 CEV Champions League
League:CEV Champions League
Sport:Volleyball
Duration:Qualifying round:

Main tournament:
No Of Teams:36 (24 qual. + 12 main tourn.)
Finals:Finals
Finals Venue: Rome
Finals Champ: Zenit Kazan
Finals Mvp: Maxim Mikhaylov
Seasonslistnames:CEV Champions League
Prevseason Link:2015–16 CEV Champions League
Prevseason Year:2015–16
Nextseason Link:2017–18 CEV Champions League
Nextseason Year:2017–18

The 2016–17 CEV Champions League was the 58th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.[1] [2]

Qualification

See main article: article and 2016–17 CEV Champions League qualification.

RankCountry VacanciesQualified teams
12Zenit Kazan
Dynamo Moscow
22Azimut Modena
Cucine Lube Civitanova
32Halkbank Ankara
İstanbul BBSK
42ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Asseco Resovia
51Berlin Recycling Volleys
61Knack Roeselare
71Paris Volley
81SCM U Craiova
Qualification round8 Belogorie Belgorod
Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia
Arkas İzmir
PGE Skra Bełchatów
VfB Friedrichshafen
Noliko Maaseik
ACH Volley Ljubljana
Dukla Liberec

Pools composition

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ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Berlin Recycling Volleys Zenit Kazan
Dynamo Moscow Cucine Lube Civitanova Paris Volley
İstanbul BBSK Asseco Resovia Arkas İzmir
Noliko Maaseik Dukla Liberec VfB Friedrichshafen
width=230Pool Dwidth=230Pool E
Azimut Modena Halkbank Ankara
SCM U Craiova Knack Roeselare
PGE Skra Bełchatów Belogorie Belgorod
ACH Volley Ljubljana Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia

League round

Third place ranking

Playoffs

Playoff 12

Second leg

Playoff 6

Second leg

Final Four

Final

Final standings

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width=40RankTeam
Zenit Kazan
Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia
Cucine Lube Civitanova
4 Berlin Recycling Volleys

Awards

Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan)

Luciano De Cecco (Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia)

Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan)

Ivan Zaytsev (Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia)

Marko Podraščanin (Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia)

Artem Volvich (Zenit Kazan)

Aleksandar Atanasijević (Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia)

Jenia Grebennikov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
Final Four games 39,500 11,500 8,000 9,875
1 24,100 10,900 2,550 6,025
2 21,950 5,150 3,400 4,390
3 21,773 5,400 3,462 4,355
4 16,220 4,258 3,752 4,055
5 18,336 4,407 3,208 3,667
6 9,923 3,932 2,813 3,308
7 15,750 4,450 1,950 3,150
8 15,276 3,821 2,320 3,055
9 12,900 3.100 2,000 2,580
10 7,004 2,709 1,940 2,335
11 8,950 3,000 1,400 2,238
12 6,365 2,180 2,035 2,122
13 6,182 4,320 750 2,061
14 7,810 2,200 1,750 1,953
15 7,700 2,100 1,700 1,925
16 5,220 1,950 1,520 1,740
17 5,000 2,585 1,200 1,667
18 4,931 2,680 751 1,644
19 3,580 1,530 800 1,193
20 3,594 1,370 200 899
bgcolor=#DCDCDC style="text-align:left"League total 262,064 11,500 200 2,718

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CEV unveils new format for Champions League. 20 March 2016.
  2. Web site: 2017 Champions League to break all records of participation. 27 May 2016.