2016–17 Men's CEV Cup

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

2016–17 Men's CEV Cup
League	CEV Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	6 December 2016 – 15 April 2017
Finals
Champions	Tours VB
Runners-up	Trentino Diatec
Finals MVP	David Konečný (TOU)

French club Tours VB beat multi-titled Italian Trentino Diatec in finals. Czech opposite David Konečný, playing for the winning team, was titled Most Valuable Player.[1]

Participating teams

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Russia	1	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
2	Italy	2	Trentino Diatec, LPR Volley Piacenza
3	Turkey	1	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul
5	Germany	1	United Volleys Rhein-Main
6	Belgium	2	Topvolley Antwerpen, Lindemans Aalst
7	France	2 +1	GFCO Ajaccio, Tours VB, Arago de Sète (CL Q3)
8	Romania	2	Stiinta Explorari Baia Mare, C.S. Arcada Galati
9	Czech Republic	2	ČEZ Karlovarsko, Volejbal Brno
10	Greece	1 +1	Olympiacos Piraeus, PAOK Thessaloniki (CL Q3)
11	Bulgaria	2 +1	CSKA Sofia, Dobrudja 07 Dobrich (CL Q2), Levski Sofia
12	Austria	1 +1	Posojilnica Aich/Dob, Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (CL Q3)
13	Serbia	3 +1	Crvena Zvezda (CL Q3), Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad, Nis Nis, OK Novi Pazar
14	Switzerland	0 +1	Volley Amriswil (CL Q3)
15	Slovenia	1	Calcit Kamnik
16	Finland	3 +1	Kokkolan Tiikerit (CL Q3), Hurrikaani Loimaa, VaLePa Sastamala, Raision Loimu
18	Montenegro	1 +1	Budvanska Rivijera Budva (CL Q2), Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje
19	Ukraine	2	Lokomotyv Kharkiv, Barkom-Kazhany Lviv
20	Netherlands	0 +1	Lycurgus Groningen (CL Q3)
21	Belarus	0 +1	VK Stroitel Minsk (CL Q2)
22	Estonia	0 +1	Selver Tallinn (CL Q2)
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	OK Mladost Brčko
24	Israel	1 +1	Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko (CL Q2), Hapoel Yoav Kfar Saba
25	Croatia	0 +1	Mladost Ribola Kaštela (CL Q2)
28	Cyprus	0 +1	Omonoia Nicosia (CL Q2)
34	Denmark	0 +1	Gentofte Volley (CL Q3)
–	Kosovo	0 +1	KV Pëja (CL Q2)

Main phase

32nd Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Topvolley Callant Antwerpen	4–4	Mladost Ribola Kaštela	3–1	1–3	15–7
Hurrikaani Loimaa	6–1	Dobrudja 07 Dobrich	3–0	3–1
Stiinta Explorari Baia Mare	2–6	Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko	2–3	0–3
ČEZ Karlovarsko	6–2	Selver Tallinn	3–1	3–1
OK Mladost Brčko	5–3	KV Pëja	3–0	2–3
OK Novi Pazar	6–2	Omonia Nicosia	3–0	3–2
LPR Volley Piacenza	6–2	Stroitel Minsk	3–1	3–1
Raision Loimu	4–6	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	2–3	2–3
Barkom-Kazhany Lviv	3–4	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–1	0–3	13–15
Tours VB	6–3	Calcit Kamnik	3–1	3–2
Nis Nis	0–6	VaLePa Sastamala	0–3	0–3
Levski Sofia	6–0	Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje	3–0	3–0
Hapoel Yoav Kfar Saba	6–0	Lokomotyv Kharkiv	3–0	3–0

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	20:30	Topvolley Callant Antwerpen	3–1	Mladost Ribola Kaštela	25–17	20–25	29–27	25–19		99–88	Report
7 Dec	18:30	Hurrikaani Loimaa	3–0	Dobrudja 07 Dobrich	25–14	26–24	25–16			76–54	Report
7 Dec	18:00	Stiinta Explorari Baia Mare	2–3	Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko	28–30	25–23	16–25	25–22	13–15	107–115	Report
7 Dec	18:00	ČEZ Karlovarsko	3–1	Selver Tallinn	25–17	25–22	21–25	25–14		96–78	Report
–	–	OK Mladost Brčko	3–0	KV Pëja	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
8 Dec	18:00	OK Novi Pazar	3–0	Omonia Nicosia	25–16	25–17	25–17			75–50	Report
8 Dec	18:00	LPR Volley Piacenza	3–1	Stroitel Minsk	26–24	30–28	21–25	25–22		102–99	Report
6 Dec	15:00	Raision Loimu	2–3	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	23–25	28–30	25–22	25–19	10–15	111–111	Report
7 Dec	19:00	Barkom-Kazhany Lviv	3–1	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	20–25	25–20	25–14	25–22		95–81	Report
6 Dec	20:00	Tours VB	3–1	Calcit Kamnik	23–25	25–13	25–12	25–19		98–69	Report
21 Dec	17:00	Nis Nis	0–3	VaLePa Sastamala	18–25	19–25	15–25			52–75	Report
7 Dec	18:30	Levski Sofia	3–0	Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje	25–18	25–14	25–18			75–50	Report
–	–	Hapoel Yoav Kfar Saba	3–0	Lokomotyv Kharkiv	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Dec	19:00	Mladost Ribola Kaštela	3–1	Topvolley Callant Antwerpen	25–19	25–19	19–25	25–19		94–82	Report
Golden set		Mladost Ribola Kaštela	7–15	Topvolley Callant Antwerpen
22 Dec	20:00	Dobrudja 07 Dobrich	1–3	Hurrikaani Loimaa	17–25	28–26	26–28	19–25		90–104	Report
20 Dec	19:00	Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko	3–0	Stiinta Explorari Baia Mare	25–22	25–15	25–21			75–58	Report
21 Dec	19:00	Selver Tallinn	1–3	ČEZ Karlovarsko	21–25	22–25	25–16	16–25		84–91	Report
20 Dec	18:00	KV Pëja	3–2	OK Mladost Brčko	22–25	21–25	25–20	25–18	15–12	108–100	Report
20 Dec	19:00	Omonia Nicosia	2–3	OK Novi Pazar	25–19	25–22	21–25	23–25	13–15	107–106	Report
20 Dec	18:00	Stroitel Minsk	1–3	LPR Volley Piacenza	25–23	14–25	21–25	20–25		80–98	Report
20 Dec	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	3–2	Raision Loimu	25–22	25–23	20–25	21–25	17–15	108–110	Report
21 Dec	19:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–0	Barkom-Kazhany Lviv	25–14	25–22	25–20			75–56	Report
Golden set		Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	15–13	Barkom-Kazhany Lviv
20 Dec	19:00	Calcit Kamnik	2–3	Tours VB	20–25	16–25	27–25	25–21	9–15	97–111	Report
8 Dec	21:00	VaLePa Sastamala	3–0	Nis Nis	25–11	25–13	25–20			75–44	Report
22 Dec	19:00	Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje	0–3	Levski Sofia	15–25	19–25	18–25			52–75	Report
–	–	Lokomotyv Kharkiv	0–3	Hapoel Yoav Kfar Saba	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report

16th Finals

The 16 winning teams from the Round of 32 will compete in the Eighthfinals playing home & away matches.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Olympiacos Piraeus	4–5	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut	3–2	1–3
ČEZ Karlovarsko	5–4	Kokkolan Tiikerit	2–3	3–1
OK Novi Pazar	3–6	PAOK Thessaloniki	1–3	2–3
Tours VB	6–1	Volejbal Brno	3–0	3–1
Hapoel Yoav Kfar Saba	0–6	Lindemans Aalst	0–3	0–3
Posojilnica Aich/Dob	3–4	Arago de Sète	3–1	0–3	13–15
Topvolley Callant Antwerpen	4–3	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	3–0	1–3	20–22
OK Mladost Brčko	0–6	United Volleys Rhein-Main	0–3	0–3
Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko	0–6	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	0–3	0–3
Levski Sofia	5–3	Abiant Lycurgus Groningen	3–0	2–3
CSKA Sofia	4–4	Volley Amriswil	3–1	1–3	8–15
Budvanska Rivijera Budva	0–6	GFC Ajaccio	0–3	0–3
Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	5–3	C.S. Arcada Galati	3–0	2–3
LPR Volley Piacenza	6–1	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	3–0	3–1
VaLePa Sastamala	6–0	Gentofte Volley	3–0	3–0
Hurrikaani Loimaa	0–6	Trentino Diatec	0–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jan	19:00	Olympiacos Piraeus	3–2	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut	25–23	25–27	22–25	25–19	15–13	112–107	Report
4 Jan	16:30	ČEZ Karlovarsko	2–3	Kokkolan Tiikerit	25–23	28–26	20–25	16–25	12–15	101–114	Report
5 Jan	18:00	OK Novi Pazar	1–3	PAOK Thessaloniki	23–25	25–22	15–25	21–25		84–97	Report
4 Jan	20:00	Tours VB	3–0	Volejbal Brno	25–17	34–32	25–13			84–62	Report
4 Jan	17:00	Hapoel Yoav Kfar Saba	0–3	Lindemans Aalst	12–25	18–25	24–26			54–76	Report
4 Jan	19:00	Posojilnica Aich/Dob	3–1	Arago de Sète	25–16	25–20	25–27	25–19		100–82	Report
5 Jan	20:30	Topvolley Callant Antwerpen	3–0	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	25–23	25–23	25–22			75–68	Report
4 Jan	19:00	OK Mladost Brčko	0–3	United Volleys Rhein-Main	12–25	13–25	26–28			51–78	Report
5 Jan	17:30	Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko	0–3	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	22–25	17–25	18–25			57–75	Report
10 Jan	18:00	Levski Sofia	3–0	Abiant Lycurgus Groningen	25–22	26–24	27–25			78–71	Report
11 Jan	19:00	CSKA Sofia	3–1	Volley Amriswil	25–16	25–22	18–25	25–17		93–80	Report
3 Jan	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	0–3	GFC Ajaccio	23–25	18–25	25–27			66–77	Report
11 Jan	19:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–0	C.S. Arcada Galati	25–16	25–21	25–22			75–59	Report
4 Jan	20:30	LPR Volley Piacenza	3–0	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	25–21	25–22	25–12			75–55	Report
4 Jan	18:30	VaLePa Sastamala	3–0	Gentofte Volley	25–22	25–23	25–23			75–68	Report
5 Jan	18:30	Hurrikaani Loimaa	0–3	Trentino Diatec	16–25	21–25	20–25			57–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jan	19:00	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut	3–1	Olympiacos Piraeus	25–18	17–25	25–15	25–18		92–76	Report
17 Jan	18:30	Kokkolan Tiikerit	1–3	ČEZ Karlovarsko	29–27	19–25	18–25	23–25		89–102	Report
19 Jan	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	3–2	OK Novi Pazar	18–25	25–17	20–25	28–26	18–16	109–109	Report
19 Jan	18:00	Volejbal Brno	1–3	Tours VB	19–25	14–25	25–22	23–25		81–97	Report
18 Jan	20:30	Lindemans Aalst	3–0	Hapoel Yoav Kfar Saba	25–17	25–13	25–18			75–48	Report
18 Jan	19:30	Arago de Sète	3–0	Posojilnica Aich/Dob	25–23	25–16	25–19			75–58	Report
Golden set		Arago de Sète	15–13	Posojilnica Aich/Dob
18 Jan	19:00	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	3–1	Topvolley Callant Antwerpen	18–25	25–21	25–22	25–18		93–86	Report
Golden set		Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	22–20	Topvolley Callant Antwerpen
18 Jan	19:30	United Volleys Rhein-Main	3–0	OK Mladost Brčko	25–13	25–9	25–13			75–35	Report
18 Jan	18:30	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	3–0	Hapoel Mate-Asher Akko	25–23	25–20	25–20			75–63	Report
18 Jan	19:00	Abiant Lycurgus Groningen	3–2	Levski Sofia	25–22	23–25	25–20	20–25	15–9	108–101	Report
18 Jan	19:00	Volley Amriswil	3–1	CSKA Sofia	25–22	25–22	25–27	25–17		100–88	Report
Golden set		Volley Amriswil	15–8	CSKA Sofia
17 Jan	20:00	GFC Ajaccio	3–0	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	25–20	25–11	28–26			78–57	Report
18 Jan	17:00	C.S. Arcada Galati	3–2	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	25–19	22–25	22–25	25–21	15–12	109–102	Report
18 Jan	19:00	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	1–3	LPR Volley Piacenza	20–25	16–25	25–12	23–25		84–87	Report
17 Jan	19:00	Gentofte Volley	0–3	VaLePa Sastamala	23–25	29–31	21–25			73–81	Report
18 Jan	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Hurrikaani Loimaa	25–18	25–19	25–19			75–56	Report

8th Finals

The 8 winning teams from the eighthfinals will compete in the quarterfinals playing home & away matches.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Gazprom-Ugra Surgut	1–6	ČEZ Karlovarsko	1–3	0–3
PAOK Thessaloniki	3–6	Tours VB	2–3	1–3
Arago de Sète	1–6	Lindemans Aalst	1–3	0–3
United Volleys Rhein-Main	6–1	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	3–1	3–0
Levski Sofia	0–6	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	0–3	0–3
GFC Ajaccio	4–4	Volley Amriswil	3–1	1–3	15–12
LPR Volley Piacenza	6–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–0	3–0
VaLePa Sastamala	1–6	Trentino Diatec	0–3	1–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Feb	19:00	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut	1–3	ČEZ Karlovarsko	25–20	23–25	24–26	18–25		90–96	Report
1 Feb	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	2–3	Tours VB	14–25	25–23	22–25	25–21	13–15	99–109	Report
31 Jan	19:30	Arago de Sète	1–3	Lindemans Aalst	21–25	25–20	22–25	23–25		91–95	Report
31 Jan	19:30	United Volleys Rhein-Main	3–1	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	23–25	25–13	25–16	25–18		98–72	Report
1 Feb	19:30	Levski Sofia	0–3	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	16–25	16–25	17–25			49–75	Report
31 Jan	20:00	GFC Ajaccio	3–1	Volley Amriswil	25–22	26–24	18–25	25–21		94–92	Report
1 Feb	20:30	LPR Volley Piacenza	3–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	25–20	25–16	27–25			77–61	Report
2 Feb	18:30	VaLePa Sastamala	0–3	Trentino Diatec	23–25	28–30	18–25			69–80	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Feb	18:00	ČEZ Karlovarsko	3–0	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut	25–20	25–21	25–21			75–62	Report
15 Feb	20:00	Tours VB	3–1	PAOK Thessaloniki	25–19	20–25	25–19	25–19		95–82	Report
15 Feb	20:30	Lindemans Aalst	3–0	Arago de Sète	25–19	25–22	25–20			75–61	Report
14 Feb	19:00	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	0–3	United Volleys Rhein-Main	23–25	21–25	19–25			63–75	Report
16 Feb	18:30	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	3–0	Levski Sofia	25–12	25–20	25–23			75–55	Report
15 Feb	19:00	Volley Amriswil	3–1	GFC Ajaccio	25–20	16–25	25–22	25–17		91–84	Report
Golden set		Volley Amriswil	12–15	GFC Ajaccio
15 Feb	19:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	0–3	LPR Volley Piacenza	19–25	23–25	22–25			64–75	Report
15 Feb	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–1	VaLePa Sastamala	22–25	30–28	25–12	25–20		102–85	Report

4th Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ČEZ Karlovarsko	2–6	Tours VB	0–3	2–3
United Volleys Rhein-Main	6–2	Lindemans Aalst	3–0	3–2
Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	6–1	GFC Ajaccio	3–0	3–1
LPR Volley Piacenza	1–6	Trentino Diatec	0–3	1–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Mar	18:00	ČEZ Karlovarsko	0–3	Tours VB	17–25	19–25	18–25			54–75	Report
2 Mar	19:30	United Volleys Rhein-Main	3–0	Lindemans Aalst	25–21	26–24	25–20			76–65	Report
2 Mar	19:00	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	3–0	GFC Ajaccio	26–24	25–14	25–18			76–56	Report
1 Mar	20:30	LPR Volley Piacenza	0–3	Trentino Diatec	19–25	23–25	21–25			63–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Mar	20:00	Tours VB	3–2	ČEZ Karlovarsko	25–18	25–22	18–25	22–25	15–13	105–103	Report
15 Mar	20:30	Lindemans Aalst	2–3	United Volleys Rhein-Main	25–21	30–32	17–25	25–22	9–15	106–115	Report
15 Mar	20:00	GFC Ajaccio	1–3	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	25–23	22–25	16–25	22–25		85–98	Report
15 Mar	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–1	LPR Volley Piacenza	25–20	25–22	22–25	25–15		97–82	Report

Final phase

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tours VB	6–2	United Volleys Rhein-Main	3–0	3–2
Trentino Diatec	5–3	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	3–0	2–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Mar	20:00	Tours VB	3–0	United Volleys Rhein-Main	25–21	25–19	25–21			75–61	Report
28 Mar	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	25–15	25–12	25–23			75–50	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Apr	15:00	United Volleys Rhein-Main	2–3	Tours VB	25–17	22–25	25–27	25–15	12–15	109–99	Report
1 Apr	19:00	Fenerbahce SK Istanbul	3–2	Trentino Diatec	25–20	22–25	29–27	19–25	15–6	110–103	Report

Final

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Apr	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Tours VB	25–14	25–19	25–17			75–50	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Apr	20:30	Tours VB	3–1	Trentino Diatec	31–29	22–25	25–22	25–23		103–99	Report
Golden set		Tours VB	15–13	Trentino Diatec

Final standing

Rank Team Tours VB Trentino Diatec Semifinalists United Volleys Rhein-Main Fenerbahce SK Istanbul

2017 Men's CEV Cup winner Tours VB 1st title Guillermo Hernán, Hubert Henno, Thomas Nevot, Quentin Jouffroy, David Konecny, Chris Zuidberg, Ryley Barnes, Theo Conre, Daniel Jansen Van Doorn, Philipp Collin, Stanislas Rabiller, Lévi Alves Cabral, Martin Masson, Antoine Fleury Head Coach Giampaolo Medei

References

1. "TOURS VB fight back from heavy loss to seize CEV Cup crown before sell-out crowd!". cev.lu. CEV. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

External links

• Official website