The 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup was the 38th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament, the former CEV Cup.
Participating teams + Rank Country Number of teams Teams11Gazprom-Ugra Surgut21Bunge Ravenna32Maliye Piyango SK Ankara, İnegöl Belediye Bursa51Tours VB61PAR-KY Menen82Foinikas Syros, Olympiacos Piraeus93CSA Steaua București, Tricolorul LMV Ploiești, ACS Volei Municipal Zalău103Biogas Volley Näfels, Lausanne UC, Volley Schönenwerd112ČEZ Karlovarsko, Volejbal Brno132Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel, UVC Holding Graz142Levski Sofia, Montana Volley191Pärnu VK202Fonte Bastardo Açores, S.L. Benfica211Stroitel Minsk221Lokomotyv Kharkiv231Orion Doetinchem243VK KDS ŠPORT Košice, VK Bystrina SPU Nitra, Spartak Myjava252Mladost Zagreb, OK Mladost Ribola Kaštela262Pénzügyőr Budapest, Fino Kaposvár273Pafiakos Pafos, Nea Salamina Famagusta, APOEL Nicosia291Hapoel Kfar Saba301VC Strassen311Gentofte Volley343TIF Viking Bergen, BK Tromsø, Førde VBK391Lokomotiv Baku
Qualification phase
2nd round 1st leg 21–23 November 2017 2nd leg 28–30 November 2017
Main phase
16th finals 1st leg 5–7 December 2017 2nd leg 19–21 December 2017
8th finals 1st leg 16–18 January 2018 2nd leg 30 January – 1 February 2018
4th finals 1st leg 13–15 February 2018 2nd leg 27 February – 1 March 2018
Final phase
Semi finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Final standing
RankTeam Bunge Ravenna Olympiacos PiraeusSemifinalists Gazprom-Ugra Surgut Maliye Piyango SK Ankara
2018 Men's CEV Challenge Cup winner Bunge Ravenna 2nd title Tiziano Mazzone, Marco Vitelli, Santiago Orduna, Cristian Poglajen, Giacomo Raffaelli, Matteo Pistolesi, Miguel Gutiérrez, Riccardo Goi, Krasimir Georgiev, Enrico Diamantini, Stefano Marchini, Nicolas Maréchal, Paul BucheggerHead coach Fabio Soli
References
External links Official site