2013–14 CEV Women's Champions League explained

2013–14 CEV Women's Champions League
League:CEV Women's Champions League
Sport:Volleyball
Finals:Finals
Finals Champ: Dinamo Kazan
Finals Mvp: Ekaterina Gamova
Seasonslistnames:CEV Women's Champions League
Prevseason Link:2012–13 CEV Women's Champions League
Prevseason Year:2012–13
Nextseason Link:2014–15 CEV Women's Champions League
Nextseason Year:2014–15

The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2013–14 season and the 55th edition. It ran from 22 October 2013 until 16 March 2014.

Dinamo Kazan from Russia won the tournament and qualified for the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after defeating VakıfBank İstanbul 3–0 in the final.[1]

Teams

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:[2]

RankCountry Number of teamsTeams
13VakıfBank İstanbul
Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul
Galatasaray Daikin İstanbul
23Dinamo Kazan
Dinamo Moscow
Omichka Omsk Region
33RebecchiNMeccanica Piacenza
Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano
Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio (WC)
42RC Cannes
Béziers Volley
52Atom Trefl Sopot
Tauron MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
63Rabita Baku
Baki-Azeryol
Igtisadchi Baku (WC)
72Ştiinţa Bacău
Dinamo Romprest București
81Crvena Zvezda Beograd
92Schweriner SC
Dresdner SC (WC)
101Voléro Zürich
111Agel Prostějov
121Gent Dames

League round

24 teams were drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each.
The 1st and 2nd ranked qualified for the Playoff 12
The organizer of the Final Four were determined after the end of the League Round and qualified directly for the Final Four.
The team of the organizer of the Final Four was replaced by the best 3rd ranked team with the best score.
The remaining 3rd placed and all 4th placed teams were eliminated.

Pool F

Playoffs

Groupwidth=250Winnerswidth=250Runners-up
A Rabita Baku Omichka Omsk Region
B RebecchiNMeccanica Piacenza Dinamo Moscow
C VakıfBank İstanbul Atom Trefl Sopot
D Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul RC Cannes
E Galatasaray Daikin İstanbul Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano
F Dinamo Kazan Voléro Zürich
Best third ranked Igtisadchi Baku

Playoffs 12

1Omichka Omsk won the golden set 15–10

Second leg

Playoffs 6

1VakıfBank İstanbul won the golden set 15–12

Second leg

Final Four

The Final Four will be played on 15 and 16 March 2014. The participants will be the host team and the three winners of Playoff 6 round.

Final

Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=240Team
Dinamo Kazan
VakıfBank İstanbul
Rabita Baku
4 Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul
Roster for Final Four
Borodakova, Malkova, Rossamakhina, Frolova, Larson, Gamova, Startseva, Ulanova, Del Core, Melnikova, Moroz and Voronkova
Head coach
Gilyazutdinov

Awards

Award Winner Team
MVP Dinamo Kazan[3]
Best scorer Dinamo Kazan
Best setter Rabita Baku
Best blocker Dinamo Kazan
Best server Dinamo Kazan
Best spiker Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul
Best receiver VakıfBank İstanbul
Best libero Rabita Baku
Fair play award VakıfBank İstanbul

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dinamo claims CEV Champions League title, FIVB Women's Club Championship ticket. FIVB. Baku, Azerbaijan. 2014-03-16. 2014-03-16.
  2. Web site: European Cups Ranking List 2013–14 (Page 10) . 2013-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114121136/http://cevadmin.dataproject-stats.com/Administration/Includes/Downloadfile.aspx?id=4227 . 2012-01-14 . dead .
  3. Web site: Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title . CEV. Baku, Azerbaijan. 2014-03-16. 2014-03-16.