2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League

The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2017–18 season and the 58th edition. The Turkish club VakıfBank Istanbul won its fourth overall and second consecutive title. The Romanian club CSM Volei Alba Blaj won the silver medal and Italian Imoco Volley Conegliano claimed the bronze medal. The Turkish Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma from VakıfBank Istanbul, who will retire, was awarded Most Valuable Player.

2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League
LeagueCEV Women's Champions League
SportVolleyball
DurationQualifying round:
17 October – 11 November 2017
Main tournament:
12 December 2017 – 6 May 2018
Number of teams26 (14 qual. + 12 main tourn.)
Finals
ChampionsTurkey VakıfBank Istanbul (4th title)
  Runners-upRomania CSM Volei Alba Blaj
Finals MVPTurkey Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma
CEV Women's Champions League seasons

Qualification edit

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[1][2] and 4 teams qualified from the qualification rounds.[3] Drawing of lots was held in Moscow, Russia on 17 November 2017.[4]

Rank[5] Country No. teams Qualified teams
Vac Qual Total
1   Turkey 2 1 3 Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul
Galatasaray SK Istanbul
Vakıfbank Istanbul1
2   Russia 2 - 2 Dinamo Kazan
Dinamo Moscow
3   Poland 2 1 3 Chemik Police
Grot Budowlani Łódź
Developres SkyRes Rzeszów1
6   Switzerland 1 - 1 Voléro Zürich
7   Italy 1 1 2 Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Imoco Volley Conegliano1
8   France 1 - 1 ASPTT Mulhouse
9   Romania 1 - 1 CSM Volei Alba Blaj
10   Czech Republic 1 - 1 Agel Prostějov
11   Serbia 1 - 1 Vizura Ruma
28   Bulgaria - 1 1 Maritza Plovdiv1
1.^ Team qualified via Champions League qualification.

Format edit

League round

A round-robin format (each team plays every other team in its pool twice, once home and once away) where the 16 participating teams are drawn into 4 pools of 4 teams each.
The four pool winners and the best two second placed teams among all pools qualify for the Playoffs.
The organizer of the Final Four is determined at the conclusion League Round and qualify directly for the Final Four.[2]

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:[6]

  • 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).[6]

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).[2] In case two teams from the same country qualify for the semifinals, they will play each other.

Pools composition edit

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
  Voléro Zürich   Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul   Chemik Police   Dinamo Moscow
  ASPTT Mulhouse   Igor Gorgonzola Novara   Dinamo Kazan   Galatasaray SK Istanbul
  CSM Volei Alba Blaj   Agel Prostějov   Vizura Ruma   Grot Budowlani Łódź
  Developres SkyRes Rzeszów   Imoco Volley Conegliano   Maritza Plovdiv   VakıfBank Istanbul

Squads edit

League round edit

  • All times are local.

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   CSM Volei Alba Blaj[a] (H) 6 5 1 14 15 8 1.875 516 488 1.057 Final round
2   Voléro Zürich 6 4 2 13 15 8 1.875 531 488 1.088 Playoff round
3   Developres SkyRes Rzeszów 6 2 4 6 8 14 0.571 463 494 0.937
4   ASPTT Mulhouse 6 1 5 3 9 17 0.529 545 586 0.930
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as hosts
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Dec 18:00 CSM Volei Alba Blaj   3–1   Voléro Zürich 26–24 25–22 24–26 25–21   100–93 Report
13 Dec 18:00 Developres SkyRes Rzeszów   3–1   ASPTT Mulhouse 25–18 20–25 25–14 25–17   95–74 Report
11 Jan 18:00 Developres SkyRes Rzeszów   0–3   CSM Volei Alba Blaj 19–25 25–27 17–25     61–77 Report
11 Jan 20:00 Voléro Zürich   2–3   ASPTT Mulhouse 19–25 19–25 25–23 25–23 10–15 98–111 Report
24 Jan 20:00 ASPTT Mulhouse   1–3   CSM Volei Alba Blaj 20–25 25–20 16–25 20–25   81–95 Report
25 Jan 20:00 Voléro Zürich   3–0   Developres SkyRes Rzeszów 26–24 25–19 25–13     76–56 Report
7 Feb 18:00 CSM Volei Alba Blaj   3–2   ASPTT Mulhouse 15–25 25–21 20–25 28–26 15–13 103–110 Report
7 Feb 18:00 Developres SkyRes Rzeszów   1–3   Voléro Zürich 16–25 25–18 22–25 22–25   85–93 Report
21 Feb 20:00 ASPTT Mulhouse   1–3   Voléro Zürich 24–26 25–20 22–25 19–25   90–96 Report
22 Feb 18:00 CSM Volei Alba Blaj   3–1   Developres SkyRes Rzeszów 25–16 25–16 20–25 25–12   95–69 Report
27 Feb 20:00 Voléro Zürich   3–0   CSM Volei Alba Blaj 25–22 25–15 25–9     75–46 Report
27 Feb 20:00 ASPTT Mulhouse   1–3   Developres SkyRes Rzeszów 23–25 14–25 25–23 17–25   79–98 Report

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 6 5 1 14 16 7 2.286 528 447 1.181 Playoff round
2   Imoco Volley Conegliano 6 5 1 13 16 9 1.778 564 496 1.137
3   Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul 6 2 4 9 12 14 0.857 540 547 0.987
4   Agel Prostějov 6 0 6 0 4 18 0.222 395 537 0.736
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Dec 17:30 Agel Prostějov   1–3   Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul 25–20 14–25 19–25 21–25   79–95 Report
13 Dec 20:35 Imoco Volley Conegliano   3–1   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 25–13 25–18 20–25 25–14   95–70 Report
10 Jan 20:30 Imoco Volley Conegliano   3–1   Agel Prostějov 25–14 21–25 25–16 25–17   96–72 Report
11 Jan 19:00 Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul   2–3   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 26–24 25–19 22–25 19–25 6–15 98–108 Report
25 Jan 19:00 Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul   2–3   Imoco Volley Conegliano 25–21 27–25 15–25 17–25 10–15 94–111 Report
25 Jan 20:30 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   3–1   Agel Prostějov 25–12 25–13 22–25 25–14   97–64 Report
7 Feb 17:00 Agel Prostějov   0–3   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 24–26 13–25 15–25     52–76 Report
7 Feb 20:30 Imoco Volley Conegliano   3–2   Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul 20–25 18–25 25–18 25–22 15–11 103–101 Report
21 Feb 17:00 Agel Prostějov   0–3   Imoco Volley Conegliano 21–25 21–25 15–25     57–75 Report
22 Feb 20:30 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   3–0   Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul 25–23 25–18 25–13     75–54 Report
27 Feb 17:00 Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul   3–1   Agel Prostějov 25–23 23–25 25–13 25–10   98–71 Report
27 Feb 20:30 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   3–1   Imoco Volley Conegliano 25–16 29–27 23–25 25–16   102–84 Report

Pool C edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Dinamo Kazan 6 6 0 18 18 2 9.000 495 367 1.349 Playoff round
2   Chemik Police 6 4 2 10 13 10 1.300 502 487 1.031
3   Vizura Ruma 6 2 4 7 8 13 0.615 431 463 0.931
4   Maritza Plovdiv 6 0 6 1 4 18 0.222 414 525 0.789
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Dec 18:00 Vizura Ruma   0–3   Chemik Police 17–25 21–25 14–25     52–75 Report
13 Dec 18:30 Maritza Plovdiv   0–3   Dinamo Kazan 19–25 23–25 23–25     65–75 Report
10 Jan 18:00 Chemik Police   0–3   Dinamo Kazan 17–25 20–25 19–25     56–75 Report
11 Jan 18:30 Maritza Plovdiv   1–3   Vizura Ruma 17–25 25–22 17–25 13–25   72–97 Report
24 Jan 18:00 Chemik Police   3–0   Maritza Plovdiv 25–16 26–24 25–12     76–52 Report
25 Jan 19:00 Dinamo Kazan   3–0   Vizura Ruma 25–18 25–23 25–11     75–52 Report
6 Feb 20:30 Vizura Ruma   0–3   Dinamo Kazan 12–25 16–25 18–25     46–75 Report
8 Feb 18:30 Maritza Plovdiv   2–3   Chemik Police 19–25 25–18 25–23 20–25 11–15 100–106 Report
20 Feb 20:30 Vizura Ruma   3–0   Maritza Plovdiv 25–23 25–19 25–14     75–56 Report
21 Feb 19:00 Dinamo Kazan   3–1   Chemik Police 24–26 25–16 25–23 25–14   99–79 Report
27 Feb 18:00 Chemik Police   3–2   Vizura Ruma 22–25 25–23 19–25 25–19 19–17 110–109 Report
27 Feb 19:00 Dinamo Kazan   3–1   Maritza Plovdiv 25–23 21–25 25–15 25–6   96–69 Report

Pool D edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   VakıfBank Istanbul 6 6 0 17 18 5 3.600 554 453 1.223 Playoff round
2   Galatasaray SK Istanbul 6 4 2 12 14 9 1.556 536 482 1.112
3   Dinamo Moscow 6 2 4 7 10 12 0.833 462 481 0.960
4   Grot Budowlani Łódź 6 0 6 0 2 18 0.111 351 487 0.721
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Dec 19:00 VakıfBank Istanbul   3–1   Galatasaray SK Istanbul 25–22 25–18 23–25 26–24   99–89 Report
21 Dec 20:00 Grot Budowlani Łódź   0–3   Dinamo Moscow 18–25 20–25 23–25     61–75 Report
9 Jan 19:00 Dinamo Moscow   1–3   Galatasaray SK Istanbul 21–25 18–25 25–23 17–25   81–98 Report
10 Jan 19:00 VakıfBank Istanbul   3–1   Grot Budowlani Łódź 25–16 24–26 25–15 25–16   99–73 Report
23 Jan 19:00 Galatasaray SK Istanbul   3–0   Grot Budowlani Łódź 25–16 25–21 25–17     75–54 Report
24 Jan 19:00 Dinamo Moscow   0–3   VakıfBank Istanbul 20–25 22–25 18–25     60–75 Report
6 Feb 18:00 Grot Budowlani Łódź   1–3   Galatasaray SK Istanbul 9–25 18–25 25–13 15–25   67–88 Report
8 Feb 19:00 VakıfBank Istanbul   3–2   Dinamo Moscow 22–25 25–18 25–11 21–25 15–9 108–88 Report
20 Feb 19:00 Galatasaray SK Istanbul   3–1   Dinamo Moscow 19–25 25–22 25–15 25–21   94–83 Report
20 Feb 20:00 Grot Budowlani Łódź   0–3   VakıfBank Istanbul 13–25 22–25 16–25     51–75 Report
27 Feb 19:00 Dinamo Moscow   3–0   Grot Budowlani Łódź 25–12 25–13 25–20     75–45 Report
27 Feb 20:30 Galatasaray SK Istanbul   1–3   VakıfBank Istanbul 21–25 22–25 25–22 24–26   92–98 Report

Playoffs edit

Playoff 6 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Voléro Zürich   0–6   VakıfBank Istanbul 0–3 0–3
Imoco Volley Conegliano   4–2   Dinamo Kazan 3–0 2–3
Galatasaray SK Istanbul   4–2   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 2–3 3–1

First leg edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Mar 19:00 Galatasaray SK Istanbul   2–3   Igor Gorgonzola Novara 21–25 25–7 25–16 21–25 10–15 102–88 Report
21 Mar 20:30 Imoco Volley Conegliano   3–0   Dinamo Kazan 25–19 25–18 25–17     75–54 Report
22 Mar 20:00 Voléro Zürich   0–3   VakıfBank Istanbul 17–25 22–25 21–25     60–75 Report

Second leg edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Apr 19:00 Dinamo Kazan   3–2   Imoco Volley Conegliano 25–15 21–25 20–25 25–17 15–13 106–95 Report
5 Apr 19:00 VakıfBank Istanbul   3–0   Voléro Zürich 25–12 25–14 25–17     75–43 Report
5 Apr 20:30 Igor Gorgonzola Novara   1–3   Galatasaray SK Istanbul 26–24 20–25 17–25 19–25   82–99 Report

Final four edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 May
 
 
  Imoco Volley Conegliano2
 
6 May
 
  VakıfBank Istanbul3
 
  CSM Volei Alba Blaj0
 
5 May
 
  VakıfBank Istanbul3
 
  CSM Volei Alba Blaj3
 
 
  Galatasaray SK Istanbul1
 
3rd place match
 
 
6 May
 
 
  Galatasaray SK Istanbul0
 
 
  Imoco Volley Conegliano3

Semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 May 15:00 Imoco Volley Conegliano   2–3   VakıfBank Istanbul 22–25 21–25 25–17 25–15 14–16 107–98 Report
5 May 18:00 CSM Volei Alba Blaj   3–1   Galatasaray SK Istanbul 23–25 25–17 25–22 25–22   98–86 Report

3rd place match edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 May 16:00 Galatasaray SK Istanbul   0–3   Imoco Volley Conegliano 17–25 18–25 20–25     55–75 Report

Final edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 May 19:00 CSM Volei Alba Blaj   0–3   VakıfBank Istanbul 17–25 11–25 17–25     45–75 Report

Final standing edit

Awards edit

Record edit

On 6 May 2018, in the final game of the 2018 Champions League, VakıfBank Istanbul attained the record of the best score in a volleyball European cup final since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 45 points lost. Consequently, CSM Volei Alba Blaj holds the record for the worst score.

References edit

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External links edit