2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League
The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2016–17 season and the 57th edition. The Turkish club VakıfBank Istanbul won its third title and qualified to the 2017 FIVB Club World Championship as European champion, besides being already invited by the FIVB, along with Eczacıbaşı VitrA and Voléro Zürich. The Italian club Imoco Volley Conegliano won the silver medal and Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA claimed the bronze medal. The Chinese Zhu Ting from VakıfBank Istanbul was awarded Most Valuable Player. Fourth placed club, Dinamo Moscow later received the last wild card to the Club World Championship by the FIVB.
Qualification
A total of 16 team participate of the main competition, with 12 teams being allocated direct vacancies on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions and 4 teams qualified from the qualification rounds.Format
;League roundA round-robin format where 16 teams were drawn to 4 pools of 4 teams each.
Pool winners and two second place with the best results qualified for the.
The organizer of the were determined during the League Round and qualified directly for the Final Four.
The standings is determined by the number of matches won.
In case of a tie in the number of matches won by two or more teams, their ranking is based on the following criteria:
- result points ;
- set quotient ;
- points quotient ;
- results of head-to-head matches between the teams in question.
A knockout format where the 6 qualified teams are each draw into one of the 3 matches with each match consisting of two legs.
Result points are awarded for each leg. After two legs, the team with the most result points advances to the. In case the teams are tied after two legs, a is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points.
;Final Four
A single-elimination format where the three winners of the Playoffs are joined by the Final Four hosts and draw to play the semifinals. In case two teams from the same country qualify for the semifinals, they will play each other.
Pools composition
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
 Chemik Police |  Dinamo Moscow |  Azerrail Baku |  VakıfBank Istanbul |
 Imoco Volley Conegliano |  Voléro Zürich |  Saint-Raphaël Var VB |  Dresdner SC |
| Telekom Baku |  CS Volei Alba Blaj | Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul | Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg |
| Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena | Dinamo Krasnodar | MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza | Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul |
Squads
League round
- All times are local.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Playoffs
- Drawing of lots was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on 3 March 2017.
- All times are local.
Playoff 6
First leg
Second leg
Final four
- Organizer: Imoco Volley Conegliano
- Venue: PalaVerde, Treviso, Italy
- All times are Central European Summer Time.
- In case that two teams from the same country qualify for the semifinals, they will have to play each other.
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
| VakıfBank Istanbul ' | |
| Imoco Volley Conegliano | |
| Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul | |
| 4 | Dinamo Moscow |
| 5 | Voléro Zürich |
| 5 | Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul |
| 5 | Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena |
| 8 | Azerrail Baku |
| 9 | Chemik Police |
| 9 | Dinamo Krasnodar |
| 9 | MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza |
| 9 | Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg |
| 13 | Telekom Baku |
| 13 | CS Volei Alba Blaj |
| 13 | Saint-Raphaël Var VB |
| 13 | Dresdner SC |
| ' | Qualified for the 2017 FIVB Club World Championship |
| 2016–17 Women's Club European Champions |
 VakıfBank Istanbul 3rd title |
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Best Setter
- Best Outside Spikers
- Best Middle Blockers
- Best Opposite Spiker
- Best Libero