2017 CEV Volleyball Champions League – Men | Drawing of Lots

Luxembourg, 08 June 2016
2017 CEV Volleyball Champions League – Men | Drawing of Lots Explanation
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Total participating teams: 36
Total slots in 4th Round (formerly League Round): 20
Teams seeded into 4th Round: 12
Slots in 4th Round coming from the 1st – 3rd Round: 8
Number of teams in 1st-3rd Rounds: 24
1st – 3rd Round splitting
With 24 teams in these initial rounds, and the need to end up with eight teams to play in the
4th Round, only the 2nd and 3rd Rounds will be used, on each occasion playing Home and
Away matches with a Golden Set if necessary.
16 teams will start in the 2nd Round and the eight eventual winners will compete against
eight other teams seeded to the 3rd Round (according to the 2017 National Federation
European Cups Ranking List) to determine the final eight teams who will compete in the 4th
Round.
2nd Round
Based on the 2017 National Federation European Cups Ranking List, the eight seeded
participating teams are:
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GRE - PAOK THESSALONIKI
BUL - Dobrudja 07 DOBRICH
AUT - Hypo Tirol INNSBRUCK
SRB - Crvena Zvezda BEOGRAD
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SUI - Volley AMRISWIL
SLO - ACH Volley LJUBLJANA
FIN - Tiikerit KOKKOLA
MNE - Budvanska Rivijera BUDVA
Who will have one of the next eight teams participating in the 2nd Round drawn against them:
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NED - Abiant Lycurgus GRONINGEN
BLR - Stroitel MINSK
EST - Selver TALLINN
ISR - Hapoel MATE-ASHER AKKO
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CRO - Mladost Marina KASTELA
CYP - Omonia NICOSIA
DEN - GENTOFTE Volley
KOS - KV Besa PEJA
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The first group of eight seeded teams will play the second match at home. The draw will be
done from top to the bottom completing each pair as we go.
Winners move to the 3rd Round, losing teams move to the 2017 CEV Volleyball Cup.
3rd Round
The participating seeded teams are:
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RUS - Belogorie BELGOROD
ITA - Sir Safety-Sicoma PERUGIA
TUR - Arkas IZMIR
POL - PGE Skra BELCHATOW
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GER - VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
BEL - Noliko MAASEIK
FRA - Arago de SETE
CZE - Dukla LIBEREC
Who will have one of the eight winning teams from the 2nd Round drawn against them.
The seeded teams who were directly qualified to the 3rd Round will play the second match at
home. The draw will be done from the top to the bottom completing each pair as we go.
Each 3rd Round tie that will produce one team for the 4th Round will be referred to as an
‘Arm’ of the draw (e.g. Arm 1, Arm 2, etc…). Losing teams move to the 2017 CEV Volleyball
Cup.
4th Round
Consists of double round robin pools where each team will play against all others at home
and away.
The 12 seeded teams will be divided into the first three cups according to the 2017 CEV
National Federations European Cups Ranking List and ordering system in the regulations:
Cup 1
Cup 2
RUS - Zenit KAZAN
ITA - MODENA Volley
TUR - Halkbank ANKARA
POL - Zaksa KEDZIERZYN-KOZLE
GER - BERLIN Recycling Volleys
BEL - Knack ROESELARE
FRA - PARIS Volley
ROU – S.C.M. "U" CRAIOVA
RUS – Dinamo MOSCOW
ITA - Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA
Cup 3
TUR - ISTANBUL BBSK
POL - Asseco Resovia RZESZOW
The eight winning teams which will eventually come from each 3rd Round tie will be placed
into Cup 4.
The draw will be done from left to right starting with Cup 1, then Cup 2, followed by Cup 3
and finishing with Cup 4.
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From the 12 seeded teams, two teams from the same National Federation cannot be drawn
in the same pool. Meaning that if the drawn team from a Cup matches any of the teams
already positioned from a previous Cup, then the drawn team will be placed in the next Pool.
If it is the last pool, then the last two teams (where there is no clash) will be switched. There
is no such restriction for teams coming from the 3rd Round.
The complete 4th Round match programme will be communicated at a later date.
CEV reserves the right to switch the opponents of teams (on the same level), if a club is not
able to play against a drawn opponent due to the stance of a national authority, in order to
preserve the security and best interests of the competition.
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