2007–08 CEV Women's Champions League explained

2007–08 CEV Women's Champions League
League:	CEV Women's Champions League
Sport:	Volleyball
Seasonslistnames:	CEV Women's Champions League
Prevseason Link:	2006–07 CEV Women's Champions League
Prevseason Year:	2006–07
Nextseason Link:	2008–09 CEV Women's Champions League
Nextseason Year:	2008–09

The 2007–2008 Women's CEV Champions League was an international volleyball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe.

Teams of the 2007–2008

Participants:

Teams
1	3	Asystel Novara	Sirio Perugia	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi
2	3	Eczacibasi Istanbul	Fenerbahce Istanbul	Türk Telekom Ankara
3	2	Zarechie Odintsovo	Dynamo Moscow
4	2	RC Cannes	ASPTT Mulhouse
5	2	Grupo 2002 Murcia	Spar Tenerife Marichal
6	2	Winiary Kalisz	Farmutil Pila
7	1	ŽOK Rijeka
8	1	Dela Martinus Amstelveen
9	1	Azerrail Baku
10	1	Postar 064 Beograd
11	1	Post Schwechat
12	1	Voléro Zürich

Format

Regular season

20 teams take part in this phase. The teams are put in 5 group of 4 teams each.The first two teams and the best third will play the Play-off 12 teams.If the organizer of the final four is qualified, another best third will advance.

Play-off 12 teams

A draw will fix the opponents of the matches.A knock-out stage determine the 6 teams that will advance to the Play-off 6 teams.

Play-off 6 teams

Another knock-out stage determine the other 3 teams that will play the final four.

Final four

The culminating stage of the Champions league in which the four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff. The team which is victorious in the final will be Champions league champion.

Group stage

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Set points
	width=220	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio
1	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	11	5	1	15	7	2.143	522	469	1.113
2	Farmutil Pila	10	4	2	13	9	1.444	485	483	1.004
3	RC Cannes	9	3	3	14	9	1.556	530	463	1.145
4	ZOK Rjieka	6	0	6	1	18	0.056	355	477	0.744

November 27, 2007
	RC Cannes	3 – 0	ZOK Rjieka	(25–20, 25–16, 25–19)
November 29, 2007
	Farmutil Pila	1 – 3	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	(29–27, 22–25, 13–25, 18–25)
December 5, 2007
		1 – 3	Farmutil Pila	(20–25, 15–25, 28–26, 20–25)
	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	3 – 2		(25–20, 25–22, 22–25, 20–25, 17–15)
December 12, 2007
	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	3 – 0	ZOK Rjieka	(25–18, 25–19, 25–12)
December 13, 2007
	Farmutil Pila	3 – 2		(25–23, 22–25, 26–24, 17–25, 15–13)
December 18, 2007
	RC Cannes	3 – 0		(25–13, 25–18, 25–16)
December 19, 2007
		0 – 3	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	(22–25, 22–25, 24–26)
January 23, 2008
	Farmutil Pila	3 – 0	ZOK Rjieka	(25–19, 25–14, 25–18)
January 24, 2008
	RC Cannes	1 – 3	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	(25–23, 19–25, 23–25, 21–25)
January 29, 2008
		0 – 3	RC Cannes	(22–25, 13–25, 14–25)
	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	0 – 3	Farmutil Pila	(18–25, 22–25, 22–25)

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Set points
	width=220	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio
1	Zarechie Odintsovo	12	6	0	18	5	3.600	539	429	1.256
2	Winiary Kalisz	10	4	2	14	11	1.273	545	515	1.058
3	Fenerbahce Istanbul	7	1	5	9	15	0.600	502	523	0.960
4	Azerrail Baku	7	1	5	7	17	0.412	443	562	0.788

November 28, 2007
	Zarechie Odintsovo	3 – 0	Azerrail Baku	(25–5, 25–18, 25–8)
	Fenerbahce Istanbul	0 – 3	Winiary Kalisz	(19–25, 21–25, 16–25)
December 4, 2007
	Winiary Kalisz	2 – 3	Zarechie Odintsovo	(18–25, 18–25, 25–16, 25–22, 10–15)
	Azerrail Baku	3 – 2		(25–17, 31–29, 16–25, 21–25, 15–12)
December 11, 2007
	Azerrail Baku	2 – 3	Winiary Kalisz	(25–23, 20–25, 18–25, 25–19, 8–15)
December 12, 2007
	Zarechie Odintsovo	3 – 0		(25–15, 25–23, 25–22)
December 18, 2007
	Winiary Kalisz	3 – 1		(25–19, 25–27, 25–14, 25–15)
December 19, 2007
	Fenerbahce Istanbul	2 – 3	Zarechie Odintsovo	(15–25, 27–25, 19–25, 26–24, 6–15)
January 23, 2008
	Fenerbahce Istanbul	3 – 0	Azerrail Baku	(25–19, 25–10, 25–19)
January 24, 2008
	Zarechie Odintsovo	3 – 0	Winiary Kalisz	(25–20, 25–21, 25–23)
January 29, 2008
	Winiary Kalisz	3 – 2	Fenerbahce Istanbul	(26–24, 21–25, 15–25, 25–22, 16–14)
	Azerrail Baku	1 – 3	Zarechie Odintsovo	(25–22, 22–25, 15–25, 23–25)

Pool C

Ranking			Matches		Sets			Set points
	width=220	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio
1	Asystel Novara	11	5	1	16	4	4.000	498	425	1.172
2	Voléro Zürich	11	5	1	16	5	3.200	511	460	1.111
3	Türk Telekom Ankara	8	2	4	6	13	0.462	420	429	0.979
4	ASPTT Mulhouse	6	0	6	2	18	0.111	379	494	0.767

November 28, 2007
	Voléro Zürich	3 – 1	ASPTT Mulhouse	(25–18, 25–23, 22–25, 25–17)
	Türk Telekom Ankara	0 – 3	Asystel Novara	(23–25, 15–25, 17–25)
December 5, 2007
	Asystel Novara	3 – 1	Voléro Zürich	(27–25, 25–20, 27–29, 25–18)
	ASPTT Mulhouse	1 – 3	Türk Telekom Ankara	(15–25, 14–25, 25–17, 20–25)
December 12, 2007
	Voléro Zürich	3 – 0		(25–18, 25–20, 25–21)
	ASPTT Mulhouse	0 – 3	Asystel Novara	(24–26, 21–25, 17–25)
December 19, 2007
	Asystel Novara	3 – 0	ASPTT Mulhouse	(25–15, 25–18, 25–16)
December 20, 2007
	Türk Telekom Ankara	0 – 3	Voléro Zürich	(23–25, 21–25, 21–25)
January 23, 2008
	Voléro Zürich	3 – 1	Asystel Novara	(25–20, 25–18, 18–25, 25–23)
January 24, 2008
	Türk Telekom Ankara	3 – 0		(25–13, 25–14, 25–21)
January 29, 2008
	Asystel Novara	3 – 0	Türk Telekom Ankara	(31–29, 26–24, 25–21)
	ASPTT Mulhouse	0 – 3	Voléro Zürich	(27–29, 16–25, 20–25)

Pool D

			Matches		Sets			Set points
	width=220	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio
1	Sirio Perugia	10	4	2	15	7	2.143	516	454	1.137
2	Grupo 2002 Murcia	10	4	2	15	8	1.875	522	480	1.088
3	Eczacibasi Istanbul	10	4	2	12	9	1.333	471	418	1.127
4	Postar 064 Beograd	6	0	6	0	18	0.000	293	450	0.651

November 28, 2007
	Sirio Perugia	3 – 0	Eczacibasi Istanbul	(25–11, 25–21, 27–25)
November 29, 2007
	Grupo 2002 Murcia	3 – 0	Postar 064 Beograd	(25–21, 25–21, 25–12)
December 5, 2007
	Postar 064 Beograd	0 – 3	Sirio Perugia	(17–25, 17–25, 20–25)
	Eczacibasi Istanbul	3 – 2		(22–25, 25–19, 25–20, 24–26, 15–8)
December 12, 2007
	Sirio Perugia	2 – 3	Grupo 2002 Murcia	(18–25, 20–25, 27–25, 25–20, 16–18)
	Eczacibasi Istanbul	3 – 0	Postar 064 Beograd	(25–18, 25–17, 25–9)
December 18, 2007
	Postar 064 Beograd	0 – 3	Eczacibasi Istanbul	(19–25, 9–25, 11–25)
December 20, 2007
	Grupo 2002 Murcia	1 – 3	Sirio Perugia	(20–25, 25–23, 22–25, 19–25)
January 23, 2008
	Sirio Perugia	3 – 0	Postar 064 Beograd	(25–19, 25–19, 25–11)
January 24, 2008
	Grupo 2002 Murcia	3 – 0		(25–19, 25–16, 25–23)
January 29, 2008
	Postar 064 Beograd	0 – 3	Grupo 2002 Murcia	(17–25, 20–25, 16–25)
	Eczacibasi Istanbul	3 – 1	Sirio Perugia	(20–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–20)

Pool E

			Matches		Sets			Set points
	width=220	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Ratio
1	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	11	5	1	17	5	3.400	510	432	1.181
2	Dynamo Moscow	10	4	2	15	9	1.667	537	510	1.053
3	Spar Tenerife Marichal	9	3	3	10	10	1.000	448	427	1.049
4	Post Schwechat	6	0	6	0	18	0.000	330	456	0.724

November 27, 2007
	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	3 – 2	Dynamo Moscow	(25–10, 22–25, 25–18, 26–28, 15–13)
November 28, 2007
	Post Schwechat	0 – 3	Spar Tenerife Marichal	(19–25, 23–25, 23–25)
December 5, 2007
	Dynamo Moscow	3 – 0	Post Schwechat	(30–28, 25–23, 25–15)
	Spar Tenerife Marichal	0 – 3	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	(18–25, 21–25, 22–25)
December 12, 2007
	Post Schwechat	0 – 3	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	(23–25, 22–25, 14–25)
	Spar Tenerife Marichal	3 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	(19–25, 25–19, 25–23, 25–17)
December 20, 2007
	Dynamo Moscow	3 – 1	Spar Tenerife Marichal	(17–25, 25–20, 25–18, 25–15)
	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	3 – 0	Post Schwechat	(25–15, 25–13, 25–14)
January 23, 2008
	Post Schwechat	0 – 3	Dynamo Moscow	(24–26, 19–25, 19–25)
January 24, 2008
	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	3 – 0		(25–23, 25–20, 25–22)
January 29, 2008
	Dynamo Moscow	3 – 2	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	(26–24, 22–25, 25–14, 23–25, 15–9)
	Spar Tenerife Marichal	3 – 0	Post Schwechat	(25–8, 25–14, 25–14)

Play-off 12

first leg: 12/13/14 February 2008
second leg: 19/20/21 February 2008

Team #1	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sirio Perugia		3 – 0	3 – 1
	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	1 – 3	1 – 3
Zarechie Odintsovo		3 – 0	3 – 1
	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	3 – 2	0 – 3
Asystel Novara		3 – 0	1 – 3
	Voléro Zürich	2 – 3	0 – 3

First leg

February 12, 2008
		1 – 3	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	(23–25, 18–25, 25–18, 20–25)
	Asystel Novara	3 – 0	Eczacibasi Istanbul	(33–31, 25–19, 25–21)
February 13, 2008
	Sirio Perugia	3 – 0	Spar Tenerife Marichal	(25–13, 25–23, 25–19)
February 14, 2008
	Zarechie Odintsovo	3 – 0	Farmutil Pila	(25–16, 25–19, 25–22)
	Winiary Kalisz	3 – 2	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	(19–25, 24–26, 25–21, 25–18, 16–14)
	RC Cannes	2 – 3	Voléro Zürich	(25–19, 21–25, 22–25, 25–20, 13–15)

Second leg

February 20, 2008
	Spar Tenerife Marichal	1 – 3	Sirio Perugia	(26–28, 25–23, 18–25, 22–25)
	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	3 – 1		(25–20, 25–18, 22–25, 29–27)
	Voléro Zürich	3 – 0		(25–21, 25–20, 25–12)
February 21, 2008
	Farmutil Pila	1 – 3	Zarechie Odintsovo	(25–23, 15–25, 17–25, 29–31)
	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	3 – 0		(30–28, 25–18, 25–17)
	Eczacibasi Istanbul	3 – 1		(13–25, 25–17, 25–19, 25–21)

Play-off 6

first leg: 4/5/6 March 2008
second leg: 11/12/13 March 2008

Team #1	1st leg	2nd leg
Sirio Perugia	3 – 0	2 – 3
Zarechie Odintsovo	3 – 1	2 – 3
Asystel Novara	3 – 0	2 – 3

First leg

March 4, 2008
	Zarechie Odintsovo	3 – 1		(15–25, 25–19, 25–15, 25–15)
March 5, 2008
	Sirio Perugia	3 – 0	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	(25–18, 30–28, 34–32)
	Asystel Novara	3 – 0		(25–23, 25–23, 25–21)

Second leg

March 12, 2008
	Voléro Zürich	3 – 2		(23–25, 21–25, 25–20, 25–20, 15- 11)
	Vini Monteschiavo Jesi	3 – 2	Sirio Perugia	(25–21, 15–25, 25–23, 17–25, 15–6)
March 13, 2008
	Dela Martinus Amstelveen	3 – 2		(25–23, 25–15, 20–25, 22–25, 15–10)

Final four

Palacio de Deportes de Murcia, Murcia, 5 & 6 April 2008

Semi-finals

April 5, 2008
	Grupo 2002 Murcia	1 – 3	Zarechie Odintsovo	(15–25, 25–19, 22–25, 23–25)
	Colussi Perugia	3 – 2	Asystel Novara	(25–22, 20–25, 25–17, 23–25, 15–12)

Match 3/4

April 6, 2008
	Grupo 2002 Murcia	2 – 3	Asystel Novara	(27–29, 25–22, 27- 25, 25–27, 11–15)

Match 1/2

April 6, 2008
		1 – 3	Colussi Perugia	(15–25, 21–25, 25–18, 14–25)

Final standing

width=40	Rank	width=240	Team
	Colussi Perugia
	Zarechie Odintsovo
	Asystel Novara
4	Grupo 2002 Murcia

Roster for Final Four
Hanka Pachale, Ana Grbać, Lucia Crisanti, Neli Marinova, Giulia Decordi, Chiara Arcangeli, Beatrice Sacco, Mirka Francia, Antonella Del Core, Tatiana Artmenko and Simona Gioli
Head coach
Emanuele Sbano

Individual awards Final Four

Winners:^[1]

MVP: Simona Gioli, Colussi Perugia
Best Scorer: Katarzyna Skowrońska, Asystel Novara
Best Spiker: Mirka Francia, Colussi Perugia
Best Receiver: Nataša Osmokrović, Asystel Novara
Best Server: Zhanna Pronicheva, Zarechie Odintsovo
Best Blocker: Marisa Fernandez, Grupo 2002 Murcia
Best Setter: Hélia Souza, Grupo 2002 Murcia
Best Libero: Paola Cardullo, Asystel Novara

References

Web site: Second Indesit Champions' League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA . CEV . 2010-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722153640/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2008/news_archive_2008_04/11476_EN.html . 2011-07-22 .

External links

Official site