# 2016–17 CEV Challenge Cup

The 2016–17 CEV Challenge Cup was the 37th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament, the former CEV Cup.
Russian club Fakel Novy Urengoy beat French team Chaumont VB 52 in both final meetings and achieved first CEV Challenge Cup.

## Participating teams

| Rank | Country | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Russia | 1 | Fakel Novy Urengoy |
| 3 | Turkey | 2 | Galatasaray HDI Istanbul, Ziraat Bankası Ankara |
| 5 | France | 1 | Chaumont VB 52 |
| 9 | Romania | 2 | Tricolorul LMV Ploiești, Volei Municipal Zalău |
| 10 | Switzerland | 2 | Biogas Volley Näfels, Lausanne UC |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 1 | Jihostroj České Budějovice |
| 13 | Austria | 2 | VCA Amstetten Niederösterreich, Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel |
| 17 | Slovenia | 1 | OK SIP Šempeter |
| 20 | Portugal | 2 | S.L. Benfica, Fonte Bastardo Açores |
| 21 | Belarus | 3 | Bate-Bgufk Borisov, Legion Obuhovo, Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| 23 | Netherlands | 1 | Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn |
| 24 | Slovakia | 1 | Spartak Myjava |
| 25 | Croatia | 2 | Međimurje Centrometal, Mladost Zagreb |
| 26 | Hungary | 2 | Fino Kaposvár, Vegyész RC Kazincbarcika |
| 27 | Cyprus | 3 | Anorthosis Famagusta, Pokka AE Karava, Pafiakos Pafos |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | MOK Jedinstvo Brcko |
| 29 | Israel | 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 1 | RSR Walfer Volleyball |
| 32 | Albania | 1 | Studenti Tirana |
| 34 | Norway | 2 | Førde VBK, Viking TIF Bergen |
| 35 | Kosovo | 1 | Kv Luboteni Ferizaj |
| 40 | England | 1 | IBB Polonia London |
| 54 | Scotland | 1 | City of Edinburgh |

## Qualification phase
### 2nd round

* 1st leg 8–9 November 2016
* 2nd leg 22–24 November 2016
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pokka AE Karava | 1–6 | Fino Kaposvár | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 1–6 | Legion Obuhovo | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Førde VBK | 1–6 | Fonte Bastardo Azores | 1–3 | 0–3 |

## Main phase
### 16th finals

* 1st leg 6–14 December 2016
* 2nd leg 20–22 December 2016
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Golden Set |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1–6 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Legion Obuhovo | 3–5 | Bate-Bgufk Borisov | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Viking TIF Bergen | 6–0 | City of Edinburgh | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Međimurje Centrometal | 3–5 | OK SIP Šempeter | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Vegyész RC Kazincbarcika | 0–6 | Jihostroj České Budějovice | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Kv Luboteni Ferizaj | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Pafiakos Pafos | 1–6 | Galatasaray HDI Istanbul | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Fonte Bastardo Açores | 4–4 | Tricolorul LMV Ploiești | 3–1 | 1–3 | 15–12 |
| RSR Walfer Volleyball | 0–6 | Chaumont VB 52 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| S.L. Benfica | 6–4 | Biogas Volley Näfels | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Spartaka Myjava | 6–0 | VCA Amstetten Niederösterreich | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Mladost Zagreb | 5–4 | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn | 6–0 | Lausanne UC | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Fino Kaposvár | 4–3 | IBB Polonia London | 3–0 | 1–3 | 10–15 |
| Volei Municipal Zalău | 3–3 | MOK Jedinstvo Brcko | 3–0 | 0–3 | 8–15 |
| Studenti Tirana | 0–6 | Ziraat Bankası Ankara | 0–3 | 0–3 |

### 8th finals

* 1st leg 17–19 January 2017
* 2nd leg 31 January – 2 February 2017
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Golden Set |
| Bate-Bgufk Borisov | 0–6 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Viking TIF Bergen | 6–2 | OK SIP Šempeter | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Jihostroj České Budějovice | 0–6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Fonte Bastardo Azores | 0–6 | Galatasaray HDI Istanbul | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| S.L. Benfica | 3–5 | Chaumont VB 52 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Spartaka Myjava | 3–3 | Mladost Zagreb | 3–0 | 0–3 | 22–20 |
| Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn | 5–4 | IBB Polonia London | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| MOK Jedinstvo Brcko | 0–6 | Ziraat Bankası Ankara | 0–3 | 0–3 |

### 4th finals

* 1st leg 14–16 February 2017
* 2nd leg 28 February – 1 March 2017
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fakel Novy Urengoy | 6–0 | Viking TIF Bergen | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–6 | Galatasaray HDI Istanbul | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Spartaka Myjava | 1–6 | Chaumont VB 52 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn | 1–6 | Ziraat Bankası Ankara | 1–3 | 0–3 |

## Final phase
### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fakel Novy Urengoy | 6–0 | Galatasaray HDI Istanbul | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Chaumont VB 52 | 5–4 | Ziraat Bankası Ankara | 3–1 | 2–3 |

#### First leg

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Mar | 19:00 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 3–0 | Galatasaray HDI Istanbul | 25–12 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | | 75–49 | Report |
| 29 Mar | 20:00 | Chaumont VB 52 | 3–1 | Ziraat Bankası Ankara | 25–21 | 25–19 | 28–30 | 25–18 | | 103–88 | Report |

#### Second leg

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 2 Apr | 19:00 | Galatasaray HDI Istanbul | 0–3 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 16–25 | 19–25 | 21–25 | | | 56–75 | Report |
| 2 Apr | 14:00 | Ziraat Bankası Ankara | 3–2 | Chaumont VB 52 | 26–24 | 23–25 | 15–25 | 25–18 | 15–9 | 104–101 | Report |

### Final
#### First leg

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Apr | 20:30 | Chaumont VB 52 | 1–3 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 12–25 | 25–15 | 24–26 | 28–30 | | 89–96 | Report |

#### Second leg

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Apr | 17:00 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 3–1 | Chaumont VB 52 | 21–25 | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–18 | | 96–82 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Fakel Novy Urengoy |
| | Chaumont VB 52 |
| Semifinalists | Galatasaray HDI Istanbul |
| Semifinalists | Ziraat Bankası Ankara |
* 2017 Men's CEV Challenge Cup winner
* Fakel Novy Urengoy 1st title
* Ilia Vlasov, Sergei Pirainen, Vadym Likhosherstov, Andrey Alekseev, Igor Kolodinsky, Ivan Iakovlev, Denis Bogdan, Artem Tokhtash, Vladimir Shishkin, Alexander Kimerov, Dmitry Volkov, Valentin Bezrukov, Egor Kliuka, Mikhail Bondarenko
* Head coach
* Camillo Placi