Challenge Cup 2017/18 (men)

The Challenge Cup 2017/18 began with the first round on November 21, 2017 and ended with the finals on April 4 and 11, 2018. Bunge Ravenna emerged as the winner .

Attendees

Azerbaijan Baku locomotive  Belgium Par-ky Menen  Bulgaria Montana volley Levski Sofia  Denmark Gentofte volley  Estonia Pärnu UK  France Tours volley ball  Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Foinikas Syros  Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba  Italy Bunge Ravenna  Croatia OK Mladost Ribola Kaštela HAOK Mladost Zagreb

Luxembourg VC streets  Netherlands Orion Doetinchem  Norway TIF Viking Mountains Førde VBK BK Tromsø  Austria UVC Graz Union Waldviertel  Portugal Fonte Bastardo Azores Benfica Lisbon  Romania Steaua Bucharest Tricolorul LMV Ploieşti Volei Municipal Zalau  Russia ZSK Gazprom-Ugra Surgut  Switzerland Lausanne UC Volley Näfels Volley Schönenwerd

Slovakia VK KDS Šport Košice Spartak Myjava VK Bystrina SPU Nitra  Turkey Maliye Piyango SK Ankara Inegöl Belediye Bursa  Czech Republic Volejbal Brno VK ČEZ Karlovarsko  Ukraine Kharkiv locomotive  Hungary Pénzügyőr Budapest Fino Kaposvár  Belarus Stroitel Minsk  Cyprus Nea Salamina Famagusta APOEL Nicosia Pafiakos Pafos

mode

The draw with 43 teams took place on June 14, 2017. 22 of them competed in the first round. The eleven winners made it to the round of 32 with 21 seeded teams. From there it went on in the knockout system to the finals. All rounds were played back and forth.

game schedule

	1st round 21-23 and 28-30. November 2017					Sixteenth finals 5-7 and 19. – 21. December 2017					Round of 16 16.-18. January 30th and January 30th - February 1st 2018					Quarter-finals 13-15 February and February 27 - March 1, 2018					Semi-finals March 14 and 21, 2018					Final April 4th and 11th, 2018
	1
	64
							Budapest	0 0
							Surgut	3 3
	32
	33
												Surgut	3 3
												Doetinchem	1 0
		Streets	1 0
		Sofia	3 3
							Sofia	3 0
							Doetinchem	1 3
	17th
	48
																	Surgut	3 3
																	Näfels	1 2
	8th
	57
							Zagreb	2 0
							Karlovarsko	3 3
	25th
	40
												Karlovarsko	1 2
												Näfels	3 3
		Myjava	3 0
		Waldviertel	1 3
							Waldviertel	1 1
							Näfels	3 3
	24
	41
																						Surgut	0 0
																						Piraeus	3 3
	4th
	61
							Pafos	1 0
							Parnu	3 3
	29
	36
												Parnu	1 0
												Men	3 3
	13
	52
							Schönwerd	0 1
							Men	3 3
	20th
	45
																	Men	1 0
																	Piraeus	3 3
		Bursa	0 3
		Piraeus	3 1
							Piraeus	3 0
							Tours	0 3
	28
	37
												Piraeus	3 3
												Baku	0 0
		Baku	3 1
		Nicosia	0 3
							Baku	3 0
							Azores	1 3
	21st
	44
																										Piraeus	1 1
																											Ravenna	3 3
		Kaposvár	2 0
		Nitra	3 3
							Nitra	1 0
							Ankara	3 3
	30th
	35
												Ankara	3 3
												Minsk	0 2
		Lausanne	3 2
		Ploieşti	0 3
							Lausanne	3 0
							Minsk	2 3
	14th
	51
																	Ankara	3 3
																	Montana	0 0
		Kfar Saba	3 3
		Famagusta	0 1
							Kfar Saba	1 2
							Montana	3 3
	27
	38
												Montana	3 2
												Syros	1 3
		Mountains	2 3
		Førde	3 1
							Mountains	0 2
							Syros	3 3
	54
	11
																					Ankara	3 1
																						Ravenna	0 3
	7th
	58
							Košice	0 0
							Bucharest	3 3
	26th
	39
												Bucharest	2 1
												Lisbon	3 3
		Lisbon	3 3
		Zalau	1 2
							Lisbon	3 3
							Graz	0 0
	55
	10
																	Lisbon	1 2
																	Ravenna	3 3
		Tromso	0 0
		Gentofte	3 3
							Gentofte	0 2
							Ravenna	3 3
	47
	18th
												Ravenna	3 3
												Brno	0 0
		Kaštela	0 1
		Brno	3 3
							Brno	3 1
							Kharkiv	0 3
	63
	2

Decision Sets (Golden Set)
1 round	Round of 16	Semifinals
Piraeus - Bursa 15:13 Nicosia - Baku 11:15 Waldviertel - Myjava 15:13	Sofia - Doetinchem 13:15 Azores - Baku 23:25 Tours - Piraeus 11:15 Kharkiv - Brno 12:15	Ankara - Ravenna 14:16

Web links

• Challenge Cup 2017/18 (English)