2017 in volleyball

The following were the events of Volleyball for the year 2017 throughout the world.

• June 15 – 18: 2017 European U22 Beach Volleyball Championships in Baden bei Wien^[1]
  • Winners:  Russia (Oleg Stoyanovskiy & Artem Yarzutkin) (m) /  Russia (Svetlana Kholomina & Nadezda Makroguzova) (f)
• July 11 – 16: 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships in Nanjing^[2]
  • Winners:  Brazil (Adrielson dos Santos Silva & Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho) (m) /  Brazil (Eduarda Santos Lisboa & Ana Patricia Silva Ramos) (f)
• July 28 – August 6: 2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna^[3]
  • Winners:  Brazil (André Stein & Evandro Oliveira) (m) /  Germany (Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst) (f)
• August 16 – 20: 2017 European Beach Volleyball Championships in Jūrmala^[4]
  • Winners:  Italy (Daniele Lupo & Paolo Nicolai) (m) /  Germany (Nadja Glenzke & Julia Großner) (f)
• August 22 – 27: 2017 Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals in Hamburg^[5]
  • Winners:  United States (Phil Dalhausser & Nick Lucena) (m) /  Germany (Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst) (f)
• August 24 – 27: 2017 European U18 Beach Volleyball Championships in Kazan^[6]
  • Winners:  Russia (Pavel Shustrov & Alexey Gusev) (m) /  Russia (Maria Voronina & Mariia Bocharova) (f)
• September 7 – 10: 2017 European U20 Beach Volleyball Championships in Vulcano^[7]
  • Winners:  Russia (Vasilii Ivanov & Sergey Gorbenko) (m) /  Russia (Maria Voronina & Mariia Bocharova) (f)

• February 7 – October 23: 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour^[8]

• February 7 – 12: Major #1 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida^[9]
  • Winners:  Brazil (Saymon Barbosa Santos & Álvaro Morais Filho) (m) /  Brazil (Larissa França & Talita Antunes) (f)
• June 27 – July 2: Major #2 in Poreč^[10]
  • Winners:  Brazil (Gustavo Albrecht Carvalhaes & Pedro Solberg Salgado) (m) /  Canada (Sarah Pavan & Melissa Humana-Paredes) (f)
• July 4 – 9: Major #3 (final) in Gstaad^[11]
  • Winners:  United States (Phil Dalhausser & Nick Lucena) (m) /  Germany (Julia Sude & Chantal Laboureur) (f)

• May 18 – 21: Four Star #1 in Rio de Janeiro^[12]
  • Winners:  Brazil (Alison Cerutti & Bruno Oscar Schmidt) (m) /  Brazil (Ágatha Bednarczuk & Eduarda Santos Lisboa) (f)
• May 23 – 28: Four Star #2 in Lucerne
  • Event cancelled, due to financial issues.^[13]
• July 19 – 23: Four Star #3 (final) in Olsztyn^[14]
  • Winners:  Germany (Markus Böckermann & Lars Flüggen) (m) /  Brazil (Larissa França & Talita Antunes) (f)

• February 15 – 18: Three Star #1 in Kish Island (men only)^[15]
  • Winners:  Russia (Nikita Lyamin & Viacheslav Krasilnikov)
• April 19 – 23: Three Star #2 in Xiamen^[16]
  • Winners:  Netherlands (Alexander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen) (m) /  Brazil (Bárbara Seixas & Fernanda Alves) (f)
• May 31 – June 4: Three Star #3 in Moscow^[17]
  • Winners:  United States (Phil Dalhausser & Nick Lucena) (m) /  Brazil (Larissa França & Talita Antunes) (f)
• June 15 – 18: Three Star #4 in The Hague^[18]
  • Winners:  Russia (Nikita Lyamin & Viacheslav Krasilnikov) (m) /  Brazil (Carolina Solberg Salgado & Maria Elisa Antonelli) (f)
• October 11 – 15: Three Star #5 (final) in Qinzhou^[19]
  • Winners:  Russia (Maxim Sivolap & Igor Velichko) (m) /  Australia (Mariafe Artacho & Taliqua Clancy) (f)

• March 17 – 19: Two Star #1 in Sydney #1 (women only)^[20]
  • Winners:  Canada (Julie Gordon & Camille Saxton)
• June 16 – 18: Two Star #2 in Nanjing (women only)^[21]
  • Winners:  United States (Kelley Larsen & Betsi Flint)
• June 23 – 25: Two Star #3 in Nantong (women only)^[22]
  • Winners:  China (Wen Shuhui & Xia Xinyi)
• July 28 – 30: Two Star #4 in Espinho, Portugal (men only)^[23]
  • Winners:  Brazil (George Souto Maior Wanderley & Vitor Gonçalves Felipe)
• November 22 – 26: Two Star #5 (final) in Sydney #2^[24]
  • Winners:  Canada (Ben Saxton & Grant O'Gorman) (m) /  Australia (Mariafe Artacho del Solar & Taliqua Clancy) (f)

• March 4 & 5: One Star #1 in Shepparton^[25]
  • Winners:  Australia (Christopher McHugh & Damien Schumann) (m) /  Canada (Julie Gordon & Camille Saxton) (f)
• April 15 & 16: One Star #2 in Langkawi^[26]
  • Winners:  Cuba (Diaz Gomez Nivaldo Nadir & Sergio González) (m) /  United States (Emily Stockman & Kimberly Dicello) (f)
• June 17 & 18: One Star #3 in  Monaco (women only)^[27]
  • Winners:  Brazil (Juliana Silva & Carolina Horta Maximo)
• June 23 & 24: One Star #4 in Pacific Harbour
  • Note 1: This event was postponed from the January 12 – 14 dates, following heavy rainfall and flooding in Fiji.^[28]
  • Note 2: This event was officially cancelled, due to financial difficulties.^[13]
• July 14 – 16: One Star #5 in Daegu (women only)^[29]
  • Winners:  Japan (Miki Ishii & Megumi Murakami)
• July 20 – 22: One Star #6 in Ulsan (women only)^[30]
  • Winners:  United States (Betsi Flint & Kelley Larsen)
• July 21 – 23: One Star #7 in Agadir^[31]
  • Winners:  France (Youssef Krou & Quincy Aye) (m) /  Switzerland (Nicole Eiholzer & Dunja Gerson) (f)
• September 7 – 9: One Star #8 in Montpellier (men only)^[32]
  • Winners:  Slovenia (Jan Pokeršnik & Nejc Zemljak)
• October 25 – 29: One Star #9 (final) in Aalsmeer^[33]
  • Winners:  Italy (Enrico Rossi & Marco Caminati) (m) /  Netherlands (Joy Stubbe & Madelein Meppelink) (f)

World Championships / Cups
Date	Host nation (City)	Tournament	Champions	Runner-up	Bronze medalists	Result (Matches played)
May 8 – 14	Japan (Kobe)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship[34]	Vakıfbank Istanbul (2nd title)	Rexona-Sesc Rio	Voléro Zürich	3–0
June 23 – July 2	Czech Republic (Brno & České Budějovice)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship[35]	Poland (3rd title)	Cuba	Russia	3–0
July 14 – 23	Mexico (Boca del Río & Córdoba)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship[36]	China (3rd title)	Russia	Japan	3–0
August 18 – 25	Egypt (Cairo)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship[37]	Argentina (1st title)	Russia	Cuba	4–2
August 18 – 27	Argentina (Rosario, Santa Fe)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship[38]	Italy (2nd title)	Dominican Republic	Russia	3–1
	Bahrain (Riffa & Isa Town)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship[39]	Iran (2nd title)	Russia	Japan	3–1
September 5 – 10	Japan (Tokyo & Nagoya)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup[40]	China (2nd title)	Brazil	United States	5–0 record
September 10 – 17	Slovenia (Ljubljana)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship[41]	Turkey (1st title)	Slovenia	Bulgaria	4–0
September 12 – 17	Japan (Nagoya & Osaka)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup[42]	Brazil (5th title)	Italy	Iran	4–1 (Sets Ratio: 2.800) (Points Ratio: 1.135)
December 11 – 17	Poland (Opole, Łódź, & Kraków)	2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship[43]	Zenit-Kazan (1st title)	Cucine Lube Civitanova	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0

• June 17 & 18: Group 3 Finals in León^[44]
  •  Estonia defeated  Spain, 3–0 in matches played, in the final.  Germany took third place.
• June 24 & 25: Group 2 Finals in Gold Coast^[45]
  •  Slovenia defeated  Japan, 3–0 in matches played, in the final.  Australia took third place.
• July 4 – 8: Group 1 Finals in Curitiba^[46]
  •  France defeated  Brazil, 3–2 in matches played, in the final.  Canada took third place.

• July 22 & 23: Group 3 Finals in Canberra^[47]
  •  Hungary defeated  Australia, 3–0 in matches played, in the final.  France took third place.
• July 29 & 30: Group 2 Finals in Ostrava^[48]
  •  Poland defeated  South Korea, 3–0 in matches played, in the final.  Germany took third place.
• August 2 – 6: Group 1 Finals in Nanjing^[49]
  •  Brazil defeated  Italy, 3–2 in matches played, in the final.  Serbia took third place.

• October 18, 2016 – April 23, 2017: 2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League^[50]
  • Vakıfbank Istanbul defeated Imoco Volley Conegliano, 3–0 in matches played, to win their third CEV Women's Champions League title.
  • Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul took third place.
  • Note: Both Vakibank and Imoco Volley have qualified to compete at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship event.
• November 2, 2016 – April 30, 2017: 2016–17 CEV Champions League^[51]
  • VC Zenit-Kazan defeated Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia, 3–0 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and fifth overall CEV Champions League title.
  • Cucine Lube Civitanova took third place.
• November 8, 2016 – April 16, 2017: 2016–17 CEV Challenge Cup^[52]
  • Fakel Novy Urengoy defeated Chaumont Volleyball 52, 6–2 in matches played, to win their first CEV Challenge Cup title.
• December 6, 2016 – April 15, 2017: 2016–17 Men's CEV Cup^[53]
  • Tours VB defeated Diatec Trentino, 15–13 in the golden set, to win their first Men's CEV Cup title.
• December 13, 2016 – April 15, 2017: 2016–17 Women's CEV Cup^[54]
  • Dynamo Kazan defeated Futura Volley Busto Arsizio, 6–3 in matches played, to win their first Women's CEV Cup title.
• December 13, 2016 – April 15, 2017: 2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup^[55]
  • Bursa BBSK defeated Olympiacos Piraeus, 5–3 in matches played, to win their second CEV Women's Challenge Cup title.
• April 1 – 9: 2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship in Arnhem^[56]
  •  Russia defeated  Italy, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and third overall Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship title.
  •  Belarus took third place.
  • Note: Along with the three national teams mentioned above,  Serbia,  Slovenia, and  Germany all qualified to compete in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.
• April 22 – 30: 2017 Boys' U19 Volleyball European Championship in Győr and Púchov^[57]
  • The  Czech Republic defeated  Italy, 3–2 in matches played, to win their first Boys' U19 Volleyball European Championship title.
  •  Turkey took third place.
  • Note: Along the three teams mentioned here,  Russia,  Poland, and  France all qualified to compete at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.
• August 24 – September 3: 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship in  Poland^[58]
  •  Russia defeated  Germany, 3–2 in matches played, to win their 14th Men's European Volleyball Championship title.
  •  Serbia took third place.
• September 20 – October 1: 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Baku / Quba and Tbilisi^[59]
  •  Serbia defeated the  Netherlands, 3–1 in matches played, to win their second Women's European Volleyball Championship title.
  •  Turkey took third place.

Asia Championships
Date	Host nation (City)	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Bronze medalists	Results (Matches played)
March 5–13	China (Chongqing)	2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship[60][note 1]	Japan (7th title)	China	South Korea	3–0
March 28–April 5	Myanmar (Naypyidaw)	2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship[61][note 2]	Japan (1st title)	South Korea	China	3–0
May 1–9	Iran (Ardabil)	2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship[62][note 3]	Iran (2nd title)	Japan	Chinese Taipei	3–0
May 13–21	Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima)	2017 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship[63][note 4]	Japan (1st title)	Thailand	Vietnam	3–2
May 23–31	Kazakhstan (Ust-Kamenogorsk)	2017 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship[64][note 5]	Supreme Chonburi (1st title)	Hisamitsu Springs	Tianjin Bohai Bank	3–1
June 28–July 6	Vietnam (Ninh Bình & Nam Định)	2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship[65][note 6]	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran (2nd title)	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza	Al Arabi	3–0
July 24–August 1	Indonesia (Surabaya)	2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship[66][note 7]	Japan (9th title)	Kazakhstan	South Korea	3–1
August 9–17	Philippines (Biñan and Muntinlupa)	2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship[67][note 8]	Japan (4th title)	Thailand	South Korea	3–2

• September 26 – October 1: 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Colorado Springs, Colorado^[68]
  • The  United States defeated the  Dominican Republic, 3–0 in matches played, to win their ninth Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship title.
  •  Canada took third place.
  • Note: All teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.
• September 26 – October 1: 2017 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship (Group B) in Langley, British Columbia^[69]
  • Champions:  Canada; Second:  Cuba; Third:  Nicaragua; Fourth:  Saint Lucia
  • Note: Canada and Cuba have qualified to compete at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
• October 11 – 16: 2017 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship (Group A) in Santo Domingo^[70]
  • Champions:  Dominican Republic; Second:  Puerto Rico; Third:  Guatemala; Fourth:  Jamaica
  • Note: The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico have qualified to compete at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
• October 11 – 16: 2017 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship (Group C) in  Trinidad and Tobago^[71]
  • Champions:  Mexico; Second:  Trinidad and Tobago; Third:  Costa Rica; Fourth:  Dominica
  • Note: Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago have qualified to compete at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.

• February 12 – 19: 2017 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship in Uberlândia^[72]
  • Rexona Sesc defeated fellow Brazilian team, Dentil/Praia Clube, 3–1 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and fourth overall Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship title.
  • Universidad San Martín took third place.
  • Note: Rexona Sesc has qualified to compete at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
• February 19 – 26: 2017 Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship in Montes Claros^[73]
  • Sada Cruzeiro defeated Personal Bolívar, 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship title.
  • UPCN San Juan took third place.
  • Note: Sada Cruzeiro has qualified to compete at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.
• August 5 – 12: 2017 Men's South American Volleyball Championship in Santiago^[74]
  •  Brazil defeated  Venezuela, 3–0 in matches played, to win their 31st Men's South American Volleyball Championship title.
  •  Argentina took third place.
  • Note: Brazil has qualified to compete at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.
• August 15 – 19: 2017 Women's South American Volleyball Championship in Cali^[75]
  • Champions:  Brazil; Second:  Colombia; Third:  Peru
  • Note: Brazil has qualified to compete at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
• October 11 – 15: 2017 Girls' U16 South American Volleyball Championship in Asunción^[76]
  •  Argentina defeated  Peru, 3–1 in matches played, to win their first Girls' U16 South American Volleyball Championship title.
  •  Chile took third place.

• March 18 – 26: 2017 Boys' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Monterrey^[77]
  •  Mexico defeated  Chile, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Boys' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
  •  Puerto Rico took third place.
  • Note: All three teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.
• March 26 – April 3: 2017 Girls' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Havana^[78]
  •  Colombia defeated  Cuba, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Girls' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
  • The  Dominican Republic took third place.
  • Note: Along with Colombia and Cuba,  Mexico have qualified to compete at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.
• May 6 – 14: 2017 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup in San José, Costa Rica^[79]
  • The  United States defeated  Argentina, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
  •  Cuba took third place.
  • Note: Both the United States and Argentina have qualified to compete at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship.
• May 14 – 22: 2017 Men's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Fort McMurray^[80]
  •  Brazil defeated  Cuba, 3–1 in matches played, to win their second consecutive Men's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
  •  Canada took third place.
• June 15 – 26: 2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Lima & Cañete^[81]
  • The  United States defeated the  Dominican Republic, 3–1 in matches played, to win their fifth Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
  •  Puerto Rico took third place.
• July 23 – 31: 2017 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Gatineau^[82]
  •  Argentina defeated  Puerto Rico, 3–1 in matches played, to win their first Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
  •  Cuba took third place.

• March 17 – 27: 2017 African Clubs Championship in Tunis^[83]
  • Al Ahly defeated Étoile du Sahel, 3–1 in matches played, to win their 12th African Clubs Championship title.
  • Bourj Bouaririj took third place.
• April 6 – 16: 2017 Women's African Clubs Championship in Monastir, Tunisia
  • Carthage defeated Shams, 3–2 in matches played, to win their first Women's African Clubs Championship title.
  • Prisons took third place.
• October 7 – 14: 2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship in Yaoundé^[84]
  •  Cameroon defeated  Kenya, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Women's African Volleyball Championship title.
  •  Egypt took third place.^[85]
  • Note: Cameroon and Kenya both qualified to compete at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
• October 22 – 29: 2017 Men's African Volleyball Championship in Cairo^[86]
  •  Tunisia defeated  Egypt, 3–0 in matches played, to win their ninth Men's African Volleyball Championship title.
  •  Cameroon took third place.
  • Note: The three teams mentioned above all qualified to compete at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

• FIVB - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (International Volleyball Federation)