Vakifbank
2018 CEV Volleyball Champions League – Women
With 12 teams already seeded in the 4th Round as per the latest European Cups Ranking List, another 14 will be trying to progress to the group stage of the 2018 CEV Volleyball Champions League – Women via the 2nd and 3rd Rounds scheduled for late October / early November. There are four spots at stake to complete the 16-team 4th Round and these will be taken by those teams successfully making it through the following second and third-round fixtures:
2nd Round (teams listed first will play the first match at home, home matches October 17, away matches October 21, 2017)
Hapoel KFAR SABA (ISR) vs Developres SkyRes RZESZOW (POL)
Linamar BÉKÉSCSABAI RSE (HUN) vs Imoco Volley CONEGLIANO (ITA)
Minchanka MINSK (BLR) vs Rocheville LE CANNET (FRA)
SLIEDRECHT Sport (NED) vs Asterix Avo BEVEREN (BEL)
Maritza PLOVDIV (BUL) vs LP SALO (FIN)
ZOK Bimal-Jedinstvo BRCKO (BIH) vs Nova KBM Branik MARIBOR (SLO)
3rd Round (teams listed first will play the first match at home, home matches November 7, away matches November 11, 2017)
Winner of Minchanka MINSK (BLR) vs Rocheville LE CANNET (FRA) vs VakifBank ISTANBUL (TUR)
Winner of Maritza PLOVDIV (BUL) vs LP SALO (FIN) vs Yenisei KRASNOYARSK (RUS)
Winner of ZOK Bimal-Jedinstvo BRCKO (BIH) vs Nova KBM Branik MARIBOR (SLO) vs Winner of Hapoel KFAR SABA (ISR) vs
Developres SkyRes RZESZOW (POL)
Winner of SLIEDRECHT Sport (NED) vs Asterix Avo BEVEREN (BEL) vs. Winner of Linamar BÉKÉSCSABAI RSE (HUN) vs Imoco
Volley CONEGLIANO (ITA)
They will start from the 4th Round as per the latest European Cups Ranking List
Fenerbahce SK ISTANBUL (TUR)
Galatasaray SK ISTANBUL (TUR)
Dinamo MOSCOW (RUS)
Dinamo KAZAN (RUS)
Chemik POLICE (POL)
Grot Budowlani LODZ (POL)
Volero ZÜRICH (SUI)
Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA (ITA)
ASPTT MULHOUSE VB (FRA)
CSM Alba Volei BLAJ (ROU)
Agel PROSTEJOV (CZE)
Vizura BEOGRAD (SRB)
Titleholders VakifBank ISTANBUL of Turkey – who won their third CL crown in late April in Treviso – will be starting their journey and title defence before the group stage of the competition since they ‘only’ finished third in the last edition of their national league.
After a major revamping ahead of the 2017 season, no changes at all have been made to the format of the CEV Volleyball Champions League for its 2018 edition with 16 teams competing in the women’s 4th Round respectively. This will be followed by PPlayoffs 6 only for women to determine the teams joining the hosts of the Final Four tournaments capping the European Cups season on April 28-29 2018 respectively.
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