2018–19 CEV Women's Champions League explained

2018–19 CEV Women's Champions League
League:CEV Women's Champions League
Sport:Volleyball
Duration:Qualifying round:
9 October – 13 November 2018
Main tournament:
No Of Teams:27 (9 qual. + 18 main tourn.)
Finals Champ: Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Finals Runner-Up: Imoco Volley Conegliano
Finals Mvp: Paola Egonu
Seasonslistnames:CEV Women's Champions League
Prevseason Link:2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League
Prevseason Year:2017–18
Nextseason Link:2019–20 CEV Women's Champions League
Nextseason Year:2019–20

The 2018–19 CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2018–19 season and the 59th edition.

Qualification

See main article: article and 2018–19 CEV Women's Champions League qualification.

A total of 20 teams participate in the main competition, with 18 teams being allocated direct vacancies on the basis of ranking list for European Cups Competitions and 2 teams qualify from the qualification rounds.[1] Drawing of lots for the pools composition was held on 2 November 2018.[2]

Rank[3] CountryNo. teamsQualified teams
Total
13align="center" rowspan="3"-3Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul
Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul
Vakıfbank Istanbul
23align="center" rowspan="3"-3Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Imoco Volley Conegliano
Savino Del Bene Scandicci
33align="center" rowspan="3"-3Dinamo Kazan
Dinamo Moscow
Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg
4213Chemik Police
ŁKS Commercecon Łódź
Budowlani Łódź
62rowspan="2" align="center" -2Béziers VB
RC Cannes
81align="center"-1CSM București
9112SSC Palmberg Schwerin
Allianz MTV Stuttgart
131align="center"-1Minchanka Minsk
141align="center"-1Maritza Plovdiv
151align="center"-1Hämeenlinna

Format

League roundA round-robin format (each team plays every other team in its pool twice, once home and once away) where the 20 participating teams are drawn into 5 pools of 4 teams each. The five pool winners and the best three second placed teams among all pools qualify for the .[1]

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:[4]

PlayoffsA knockout format where the 8 qualified teams are each draw into the quarter-finals with the round winners advancing to the next rounds (semifinals and final). Matches in the quarter-finals and semifinals consists of two legs (home and away).
Result points are awarded for each leg (3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss). After two legs, the team with the most result points advances further in the tournament. In case 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 (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).[4]
Grand finaleA single match between the winners of the semifinals in a neutral venue decides the tournament champion.[1]

Pools composition

Drawing of lots was held on 2 November 2018, the 20 teams are divided in 4 pots of 5 teams each, with one team per pot being draw into each of the 5 pools (A, B, C, D, E).[2]

width=25%Pot 1width=25%Pot 2width=25%Pot 3width=25%Pot 4
Vakıfbank Istanbul (Turkey 1)
Imoco Volley Conegliano (Italy 1)
Dinamo Moscow (Russia 1)
Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul (Turkey 2)
Igor Gorgonzola Novara (Italy 2)
Chemik Police (Poland 1)
Béziers VB (France 1)
Dinamo Kazan (Russia 2)
ŁKS Commercecon Łódź (Poland 2)
RC Cannes (France 2)
CSM București (Romania 1)
SSC Palmberg Schwerin (Germany 1)
Minchanka Minsk (Belarus 1)
Maritza Plovdiv (Bulgaria 1)
Hämeenlinna (Finland 1)
Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul (Turkey 3)
Savino Del Bene Scandicci (Italy 3)
Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg (Russia 3)
Allianz MTV Stuttgart (Germany 2)
Budowlani Łódź (Poland 3)
Draw
width=20%Pool Awidth=20%Pool Bwidth=20%Pool Cwidth=20%Pool Dwidth=20%Pool E
Vakıfbank Istanbul Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul Igor Gorgonzola Novara Imoco Volley Conegliano Dinamo Moscow
Béziers VB Dinamo Kazan RC Cannes ŁKS Commercecon Łódź Chemik Police
Maritza Plovdiv Hämeenlinna Minchanka Minsk SSC Palmberg Schwerin CSM București
Allianz MTV Stuttgart Budowlani Łódź Savino Del Bene Scandicci Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul

League round

The league round started on 20 November 2018.

Pool E

Playoff round

Quarter-finals

Second leg

Semifinals

Second leg

Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major changes to Champions League format to break new ground in Volleyball . . 25 May 2018 . 27 September 2018.
  2. Web site: 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League - Official Communication no.2 . . 6 July 2018 . 27 September 2018 . 27 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180927204920/https://ebook.cev.eu/documents/volleyball/official_communications/oc_cl.pdf#9 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2019 CEV European Cups Ranking List - CL Women Ranking . . 27 September 2018.
  4. Web site: CEV volleyball competitions regulations . 17–18 (section 14.2 'Competition method') . . 25 May 2018 . 27 September 2018.
  5. Web site: Champions League quarter-finals: fixtures confirmed! . . 1 March 2019.