2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League
| 2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League | |
|---|---|
| League | CEV Women's Champions League |
| Sport | Volleyball |
| Duration |
Qualifying round: 18 October – 19 November 2016 Main tournament: 13 December 2016 – 23 April 2017 |
| Number of matches | 86 (28 qual. + 58 main tourn.) |
| Number of teams | 30 (18 qual. + 12 main tourn.) |
| Finals | |
| Champions |
 VakıfBank Istanbul (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| Finals MVP |
 Zhu Ting
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The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2016–17 season and the 57th edition. The Turkish club VakıfBank Istanbul won its third title and qualified to the 2017 FIVB Club World Championship as European champion, besides being already invited by the FIVB, along with Eczacıbaşı VitrA and Voléro Zürich. The Italian club Imoco Volley Conegliano won the silver medal and Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA claimed the bronze medal. The Chinese Zhu Ting from VakıfBank Istanbul was awarded Most Valuable Player. Fourth placed club, Dinamo Moscow later received the last wild card to the Club World Championship by the FIVB.
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 and 4 teams qualified from the qualification rounds.
A round-robin format (each team plays every other team in its pool twice, once home and once away) where 16 teams were drawn to 4 pools of 4 teams each.
Pool winners and two second place with the best results qualified for the Playoffs.
The organizer of the Final Four were determined during the League Round and qualified directly for the Final Four.
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:
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).
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