2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League qualification

This article shows the qualification phase for 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League. A total of 14 teams entered this qualification round. During qualification, the winners keep on progressing until the last 4 teams standing join the 12 teams which have directly qualified to the main tournament League round based on the European Cups' Ranking List. All 10 teams which do not progress in qualification are allocated to the 2017–18 Women's CEV Cup.^[1]

Participating teams

Rank^[2]	Country	No. teams	Team(s)	Outcome (qualified to)
1	Turkey	1	Vakıfbank Istanbul²	Pool D of Champions League
2	Russia	1	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk²	16th Finals of CEV Cup
3	Poland	1	Developres SkyRes Rzeszów¹	Pool A of Champions League
7	Italy	1	Imoco Volley Conegliano¹	Pool B of Champions League
8	France	1	Rocheville Le Cannet¹	16th Finals of CEV Cup
12	Belgium	1	Asterix Avo Beveren¹	16th Finals of CEV Cup
13	Finland	1	LP Salo¹	16th Finals of CEV Cup
14	Slovenia	1	Nova KBM Branik Maribor¹	16th Finals of CEV Cup
17	Israel	1	Hapoel Kfar Saba¹	16th Finals of CEV Cup
18	Netherlands	1	Sliedrecht Sport¹	16th Finals of CEV Cup
19	Hungary	1	Linamar-Békéscsabai RSE¹	16th Finals of CEV Cup
20	Belarus	1	Minchanka Minsk¹	16th Finals of CEV Cup
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	ŽOK Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko¹	16th Finals of CEV Cup
28	Bulgaria	1	Maritza Plovdiv¹	Pool C of Champions League

1.^ Team entering at the 2nd round.

2.^ Team entering at the 3rd round.

Second round

12 teams compete in the second round.
Winners advance to the third round. Losers will compete in 16th Finals of the 2017–18 Women's CEV Cup.
All times are local.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden set
Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–6	Developres SkyRes Rzeszów	1–3	0–3
Linamar-Békéscsabai RSE	0–6	Imoco Volley Conegliano	0–3	0–3
Minchanka Minsk	4–2	Rocheville Le Cannet	3–2	3–2
Sliedrecht Sport	5–1	Asterix Avo Beveren	3–2	3–1
Maritza Plovdiv	3–3	LP Salo	3–1	1–3	15–12
ŽOK Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko	0–6	Nova KBM Branik Maribor	0–3	0–3

Notes

The table displays teams (1 and 2) as per draw result.
The order of the fixtures between Minchanka Minsk and Rocheville Le Cannet was reversed, the first leg was played in France and the second in Belarus.

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Oct	19:30	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–3	Developres SkyRes Rzeszów	20–25	28–30	32–30	13–25		93–110	Report
17 Oct	18:00	Linamar-Békéscsabai RSE	0–3	Imoco Volley Conegliano	4–25	10–25	17–25			31–75	Report
17 Oct	20:00	Rocheville Le Cannet	2–3	Minchanka Minsk	22–25	27–25	25–22	26–28	13–15	113–115	Report
17 Oct	19:00	Sliedrecht Sport	3–2	Asterix Avo Beveren	25–19	25–23	24–26	23–25	15–13	112–106	Report
17 Oct	19:00	ŽOK Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko	0–3	Nova KBM Branik Maribor	17–25	13–25	22–25			52–75	Report
19 Oct	19:00	Maritza Plovdiv	3–1	LP Salo	25–18	25–20	23–25	25–21		98–84	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Oct	20:00	Developres SkyRes Rzeszów	3–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	25–21	25–19	25–15			75–55	Report
21 Oct	20:35	Imoco Volley Conegliano	3–0	Linamar-Békéscsabai RSE	25–11	25–10	25–15			75–36	Report
21 Oct	17:00	Minchanka Minsk	3–2	Rocheville Le Cannet	25–21	25–12	21–25	22–25	18–16	111–99	Report
21 Oct	19:30	Asterix Avo Beveren	1–3	Sliedrecht Sport	25–13	24–26	21–25	17–25		87–89	Report
21 Oct	18:00	Nova KBM Branik Maribor	3–0	ŽOK Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko	25–17	25–21	25–16			75–54	Report
25 Oct	19:00	LP Salo	3–1	Maritza Plovdiv	14–25	25–22	26–24	25–19		90–90	Report
Golden set		LP Salo	12–15	Maritza Plovdiv

Third round

8 teams compete in the third round.
Winners advance to the League round. Losers will compete in 16th Finals of the 2017–18 Women's CEV Cup.
All times are local.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden set
Minchanka Minsk	0–6	Vakıfbank Istanbul	0–3	0–3
Maritza Plovdiv	3–3	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	2–3	3–2	15–11
Nova KBM Branik Maribor	0–6	Developres SkyRes Rzeszów	1–3	1–3
Sliedrecht Sport	0–6	Imoco Volley Conegliano	0–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Nov	17:00	Minchanka Minsk	0–3	Vakıfbank Istanbul	17–25	20–25	27–29			64–79	Report
7 Nov	18:00	Maritza Plovdiv	2–3	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	25–21	25–18	22–25	20–25	14–16	106–105	Report
7 Nov	20:00	Nova KBM Branik Maribor	1–3	Developres SkyRes Rzeszów	22–25	25–23	23–25	22–25		92–98	Report
7 Nov	19:00	Sliedrecht Sport	0–3	Imoco Volley Conegliano	15–25	23–25	21–25			59–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	17:00	Vakıfbank Istanbul	3–0	Minchanka Minsk	25–21	25–16	25–16			75–53	Report
11 Nov	17:00	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	2–3	Maritza Plovdiv	25–20	25–19	22–25	25–27	12–15	109–106	Report
Golden set		Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	11–15	Maritza Plovdiv
11 Nov	18:30	Developres SkyRes Rzeszów	3–1	Nova KBM Branik Maribor	25–15	25–20	20–25	27–25		97–85	Report
11 Nov	20:30	Imoco Volley Conegliano	3–0	Sliedrecht Sport	25–10	25–12	25–7			75–29	Report

References

^ "Second and third-round Drawing of Lots sets tone for 2018 Champions League". CEV. 14 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ "2018 CEV European Cup Ranking list women" (PDF). CEV. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[DoL-1] "Second and third-round Drawing of Lots sets tone for 2018 Champions League". CEV. 14 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[2] "2018 CEV European Cup Ranking list women" (PDF). CEV. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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