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	1	Pool A of Champions League
7	Italy	1	Imoco Volley Conegliano1	Pool B of Champions League
8	France	1	1	16th Finals of CEV Cup
12	Belgium	1	Asterix Avo Beveren1	16th Finals of CEV Cup
13	Finland	1	1	16th Finals of CEV Cup
14	Slovenia	1	Nova KBM Branik Maribor1	16th Finals of CEV Cup
17	Israel	1	1	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	1	16th Finals of CEV Cup
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	16th Finals of CEV Cup
28	Bulgaria	1	1	Pool C of Champions League

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden set
	0–6		1–3	0–3
Linamar-Békéscsabai RSE	0–6	Imoco Volley Conegliano	0–3	0–3
	4–2		3–2	3–2
Sliedrecht Sport	5–1	Asterix Avo Beveren	3–2	3–1
	3–3		3–1	1–3	15–12
	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		1–3		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		2–3		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		0–3	Nova KBM Branik Maribor	17–25	13–25	22–25			52–75	Report
19 Oct	19:00		3–1		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		3–0		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		3–2		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		25–17	25–21	25–16			75–54	Report
25 Oct	19:00		3–1		14–25	25–22	26–24	25–19		90–90	Report
Golden set			12–15

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden set
	0–6	Vakıfbank Istanbul	0–3	0–3
	3–3	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	2–3	3–2	15–11
Nova KBM Branik Maribor	0–6		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		0–3	Vakıfbank Istanbul	17–25	20–25	27–29			64–79	Report
7 Nov	18:00		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		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		25–21	25–16	25–16			75–53	Report
11 Nov	17:00	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	2–3		25–20	25–19	22–25	25–27	12–15	109–106	Report
Golden set		Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	11–15
11 Nov	18:30		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

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