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 Teams11 Fakel Novy Urengoy32Galatasaray HDI Istanbul, Ziraat Bankası Ankara51Chaumont VB 5292Tricolorul LMV Ploiești, Volei Municipal Zalău102Biogas Volley Näfels, Lausanne UC111Jihostroj České Budějovice132 VCA Amstetten Niederösterreich, Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel171OK SIP Šempeter202S.L. Benfica, Fonte Bastardo Açores213Bate-Bgufk Borisov, Legion Obuhovo, Shakhtyor Soligorsk231Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn241Spartak Myjava252Međimurje Centrometal, Mladost Zagreb262Fino Kaposvár, Vegyész RC Kazincbarcika273Anorthosis Famagusta, Pokka AE Karava, Pafiakos Pafos281MOK Jedinstvo Brcko291Maccabi Tel Aviv301RSR Walfer Volleyball321Studenti Tirana342Førde VBK, Viking TIF Bergen351 Kv Luboteni Ferizaj401IBB Polonia London541City of Edinburgh
Qualification phase
2nd round 1st leg 8–9 November 2016 2nd leg 22–24 November 2016
Main phase
16th finals 1st leg 6–14 December 2016 2nd leg 20–22 December 2016
8th finals 1st leg 17–19 January 2017 2nd leg 31 January – 2 February 2017
4th finals 1st leg 14–16 February 2017 2nd leg 28 February – 1 March 2017
Final phase
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Final standing
RankTeam Fakel Novy Urengoy Chaumont VB 52Semifinalists Galatasaray HDI Istanbul Ziraat Bankası Ankara
2017 Men's CEV Challenge Cup winnerFakel 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 BondarenkoHead coach Camillo Placi
References
External links Official site