2016–17_CEV_Women's_Challenge_Cup

2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup

2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup

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The 2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 37th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup".

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Format

The tournament was played on a knockout format, with 32 teams participating. 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 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).[1]

Participating teams

  • Drawing of lots for the 32 participating team was held in Varna, Bulgaria on 30 June 2016.[2]
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Main phase

16th Final

  • 1st leg (Team #1 home) 14–15 December 2016
  • 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 10–12 January 2017
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*Notes:

  • Match# 2 – The second leg was played on 17 January 2017.
  • Match# 9 – The order of the fixtures was reversed, the second leg was played in France on 14 December 2016 and the first leg in Belgium on 12 January 2017. The table keeps the order (team 1 and 2) as per draw result.
  • Match# 16 – Due to lack of financial resources to travel to Russia, Pannaxiakos withdrew from the competition on 5 December 2016.[4][5] The CEV awarded both legs to Yenisei Krasnoyarsk.

8th Final

  • 1st leg (Team #1 home) 24–25 January 2017
  • 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 7–9 February 2017
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4th Final

  • 1st leg (Team #1 home) 22–23 February 2017
  • 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 7–9 March 2017
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Final phase

Semifinals

  • 1st leg (Team #1 home) 29 March 2017
  • 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 2 April 2017
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Finals

  • 1st leg (Team #1 home) 12 April 2017
  • 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 15 April 2017
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2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup Champions

Bursa BBSK
2nd title

Awards

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References

  1. "2017 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women - Format". CEV. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. "2017 CEV Volleyball & CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup DOL, now completed!". CEV. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. "2017 Ranking list women". CEV. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. "Δελτίο τύπου για την απόσυρση της ομάδας βόλεϊ από το Challenge Cup 2017" [Press release for the withdrawal of the volleyball team from Challenge Cup 2017]. AON Pannaxiakos (in Greek). 5 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  5. "Αποσύρθηκε από το Challenge Cup ο Πανναξιακός" [Pannaxiakos withdraw from Challenge Cup]. OnSports (in Greek). 6 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

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