2017–18 CEV Champions League

See also: 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League

2017–18 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Finals
Champions	Zenit Kazan
Runners-up	Cucine Lube Civitanova
Finals MVP	Maxim Mikhaylov (KZN)

The 2017–18 CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the season and the 59th edition.

Qualification

Main article: 2017–18 CEV Champions League qualification

The 12 teams of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions and 8 teams qualify from the qualification rounds.

Rank	Country	Vacancies	Qualified teams
1	Russia	2	Zenit Kazan
			Dinamo Moscow
2	Italy	2	Cucine Lube Civitanova
			Trentino Diatec
3	Turkey	2	Halkbank Ankara
			Arkas Izmir
4	Poland	2	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
			PGE Skra Bełchatów
5	France	1	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne
6	Belgium	1	Knack Roeselare
7	Germany	1	Berlin Recycling Volleys
8	Greece	1	PAOK Thessaloniki
Qualification round		8	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
			Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia
			Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul
			Jastrzębski Węgiel
			Spacer's Toulouse VB
			Noliko Maaseik
			VfB Friedrichshafen
			Ford Store Levoranta Sastamala

Pools composition

• The Drawing of Lots was held on 17 November 2017 in Moscow, Russia.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Cucine Lube Civitanova	Halkbank Ankara	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne
Knack Roeselare	PAOK Thessaloniki	Dinamo Moscow
Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	VfB Friedrichshafen	PGE Skra Bełchatów
Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	Ford Store Levoranta Sastamala	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk

Pool D	Pool E
Zenit Kazan	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Berlin Recycling Volleys	Trentino Diatec
Spacer's Toulouse VB	Arkas Izmir
Jastrzębski Węgiel	Noliko Maaseik

League round

	Qualified for the Playoff round
	Qualified as hosts for the Final round

• All times are local.

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Dec	20:30	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3–2	Cucine Lube Civitanova	28–30	20–25	25–23	25–19	15–9	113–106	Report
7 Dec	18:00	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	1–3	Knack Roeselare	20–25	19–25	25–21	16–25		80–96	Report
20 Dec	18:00	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	0–3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	20–25	21–25	23–25			64–75	Report
21 Dec	20:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Knack Roeselare	25–22	26–24	25–22			76–68	Report
16 Jan	20:30	Knack Roeselare	2–3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	25–21	25–27	15–25	25–21	12–15	102–109	Report
17 Jan	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	25–22	25–11	21–25	25–12		96–70	Report
31 Jan	18:00	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	20–25	19–25	18–25			57–75	Report
31 Jan	18:00	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3–0	Knack Roeselare	25–16	25–22	25–17			75–55	Report
13 Feb	20:30	Knack Roeselare	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	16–25	23–25	23–25			62–75	Report
15 Feb	20:30	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3–1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	25–22	25–12	20–25	25–18		95–77	Report
28 Feb	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	25–19	25–9	23–25	25–15		98–68	Report
28 Feb	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	0–3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	24–26	23–25	25–27			72–78	Report

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Dec	19:00	Ford Store Levoranta Sastamala	3–2	PAOK Thessaloniki	25–19	27–29	33–35	25–23	15–11	125–117	Report
7 Dec	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–1	Halkbank Ankara	25–14	25–23	21–25	28–26		99–88	Report
19 Dec	19:00	Ford Store Levoranta Sastamala	0–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	22–25	15–25	15–25			52–75	Report
21 Dec	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–1	PAOK Thessaloniki	25–21	24–26	25–20	25–22		99–89	Report
17 Jan	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–0	Ford Store Levoranta Sastamala	25–22	25–21	25–16			75–59	Report
18 Jan	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	2–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–17	30–28	14–25	17–25	9–15	95–110	Report
31 Jan	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	PAOK Thessaloniki	25–22	25–17	25–18			75–57	Report
1 Feb	19:00	Ford Store Levoranta Sastamala	0–3	Halkbank Ankara	21–25	18–25	21–25			60–75	Report
13 Feb	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	3–1	Halkbank Ankara	25–16	16–25	26–24	25–20		92–85	Report
14 Feb	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	Ford Store Levoranta Sastamala	25–15	25–13	25–12			75–40	Report
28 Feb	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	1–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	14–25	21–25	26–24	19–25		80–99	Report
28 Feb	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	3–1	Ford Store Levoranta Sastamala	22–25	25–22	25–20	25–20		97–87	Report

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Dec	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	1–3	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	25–19	18–25	19–25	27–29		89–98	Report
7 Dec	19:30	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–0	Dinamo Moscow	25–23	25–17	25–22			75–62	Report
20 Dec	19:30	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–18	25–18	25–19			75–55	Report
20 Dec	20:30	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	3–2	Dinamo Moscow	22–25	19–25	25–22	25–22	15–11	106–105	Report
16 Jan	20:30	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	2–3	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	27–29	25–22	25–18	19–25	15–17	111–111	Report
17 Jan	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	2–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	15–25	25–23	20–25	25–23	12–15	97–111	Report
31 Jan	19:30	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–1	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	23–25	25–22	25–19	25–18		98–84	Report
31 Jan	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Dinamo Moscow	25–23	22–25	25–22	25–13		97–83	Report
13 Feb	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	25–19	25–15	25–19			75–53	Report
14 Feb	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	3–1	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	25–16	19–25	25–19	25–18		94–78	Report
28 Feb	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	2–3	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	25–16	25–21	21–25	24–26	19–21	114–109	Report
28 Feb	20:30	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	3–2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–22	25–19	20–25	22–25	16–14	108–105	Report

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Dec	20:00	Spacer's Toulouse VB	1–3	Zenit Kazan	31–29	20–25	23–25	19–25		93–104	Report
6 Dec	20:30	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–21	25–19	26–24			76–64	Report
19 Dec	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	Spacer's Toulouse VB	25–10	25–21	25–20			75–51	Report
21 Dec	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–1	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–20	25–19	25–27	25–22		100–88	Report
16 Jan	18:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–13	25–23	25–12			75–48	Report
17 Jan	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–0	Spacer's Toulouse VB	25–15	28–26	25–16			78–57	Report
30 Jan	20:00	Spacer's Toulouse VB	1–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	20–25	25–15	23–25	18–25		86–90	Report
31 Jan	20:30	Jastrzębski Węgiel	0–3	Zenit Kazan	24–26	20–25	18–25			62–76	Report
13 Feb	20:00	Spacer's Toulouse VB	2–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	17–25	22–25	25–23	25–23	12–15	101–111	Report
14 Feb	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	1–3	Zenit Kazan	17–25	20–25	25–23	23–25		85–98	Report
28 Feb	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Spacer's Toulouse VB	25–15	25–10	25–13			75–38	Report
28 Feb	20:00	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–2	Jastrzębski Węgiel	23–25	25–16	18–25	25–17	15–9	106–92	Report

Pool E

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Dec	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	1–3	Trentino Diatec	17–25	23–25	25–23	17–25		82–98	Report
6 Dec	19:00	Arkas Izmir	0–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	23–25	28–30	23–25			74–80	Report
20 Dec	20:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–2	Trentino Diatec	18–25	24–26	25–23	25–16	15–12	107–102	Report
20 Dec	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–2	Arkas Izmir	25–23	22–25	23–25	25–21	15–10	110–104	Report
17 Jan	20:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	25–22	25–20	25–18			75–60	Report
18 Jan	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Arkas Izmir	25–22	26–24	25–17			76–63	Report
30 Jan	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–2	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	26–24	24–26	25–20	22–25	17–15	114–110	Report
1 Feb	19:00	Arkas Izmir	1–3	Trentino Diatec	25–22	9–25	17–25	17–25		68–97	Report
14 Feb	20:30	Arkas Izmir	0–3	Noliko Maaseik	16–25	21–25	21–25			58–75	Report
14 Feb	20:30	Trentino Diatec	2–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–23	22–25	25–27	25–21	15–17	112–113	Report
28 Feb	18:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Arkas Izmir	25–17	25–19	25–23			75–59	Report
28 Feb	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–1	Noliko Maaseik	25–16	29–27	24–26	26–24		104–93	Report

Ranking of the third placed teams

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Playoffs

Playoff 12

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Halkbank Ankara	0–6	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	0–3	0–3
Noliko Maaseik	3–3	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–0	1–3	12–15
PGE Skra Bełchatów	1–5	Cucine Lube Civitanova	2–3	0–3
Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	2–4	Trentino Diatec	3–2	0–3
Jastrzębski Węgiel	0–6	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	1–3	0–3
Berlin Recycling Volleys	1–5	VfB Friedrichshafen	2–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Mar	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	0–3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	18–25	22–25	29–31			69–81	Report
14 Mar	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	2–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	27–25	28–26	13–25	22–25	10–15	100–116	Report
14 Mar	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	2–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	22–25	25–23	23–25	25–18	12–15	107–106	Report
14 Mar	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–0	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	25–23	26–24	30–28			81–75	Report
14 Mar	20:30	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	3–2	Trentino Diatec	17–25	25–22	25–20	21–25	15–10	103–102	Report
14 Mar	20:30	Jastrzębski Węgiel	1–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	19–25	19–25	25–21	33–35		96–106	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Mar	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	26–24	25–23	27–25			78–72	Report
21 Mar	19:30	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–1	Noliko Maaseik	25–18	25–22	19–25	26–24		95–89	Report
Golden set		Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	15–12	Noliko Maaseik
21 Mar	20:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–21	25–20	25–12			75–53	Report
21 Mar	20:30	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3–0	Halkbank Ankara	25–23	25–23	25–13			75–59	Report
22 Mar	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–19	25–23	25–22			75–64	Report
22 Mar	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–17	25–18	25–21			75–56	Report

Playoff 6

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	4–2	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–1	2–3
Cucine Lube Civitanova	5–1	Trentino Diatec	3–1	3–2
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	5–1	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–2	3–0

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 April	20:30	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3–1	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	24–26	25–15	25–19	25–21		99–81	Report
4 April	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Trentino Diatec	25–22	23–25	25–19	28–26		101–92	Report
4 April	20:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–2	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–23	25–21	22–25	22–25	15–13	109–107	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 April	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	0–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	19–25	18–25	13–25			50–75	Report
11 April	19:30	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–2	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	20–25	25–22	17–25	25–21	15–11	102–104	Report
11 April	20:30	Trentino Diatec	2–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	19–25	21–25	25–20	27–25	15–17	107–112	Report

Final four

• Organizer: Zenit Kazan
• Venue: Basket-Hall Kazan 1, Kazan, Russia
• All times are Kazan time (UTC+03:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	12 May
	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	1
					13 May
	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3
					Cucine Lube Civitanova	2
	12 May
					Zenit Kazan	3
	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	0
	Zenit Kazan	3
					3rd place match
					13 May
					ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	2
					Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 May	16:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	21–25	25–22	15–25	18–25		79–97	Report
12 May	19:00	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	0–3	Zenit Kazan	22–25	20–25	20–25			62–75	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 May	16:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	2–3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	25–17	27–29	25–19	23–25	7–15	107–105	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 May	19:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	2–3	Zenit Kazan	27–29	25–18	25–23	23–25	15–17	115–112	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Zenit Kazan
	Cucine Lube Civitanova
	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia
4	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

2017–18 CEV Champions League winner
Zenit Kazan 6th title

14–man Roster for Final Four

Matthew Anderson, Artem Volvich, Loran Alekno, Igor Yudin, Maxim Pantoleymonenko, Nikita Alekseev, Wilfredo León, Aleksei Kononov, Valentin Krotkov, Ivan Demakov, Alexander Butko, Alexey Samoylenko, Alexander Gutsalyuk, Alexey Verbov, Maxim Mikhaylov

Head Coach

Vladimir Alekno

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan)

• Best Setter

Alexander Butko (Zenit Kazan)

• Best Outside Spikers

Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan)

• Best Middle Blockers

Dragan Stanković (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

Marko Podraščanin (Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia)

• Best Opposite Spiker

Tsvetan Sokolov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

• Best Libero

Jenia Grebennikov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)