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.
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] | Country | No. teams | Qualified teams | ||||
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Total | |||||||
1 | 3 | align="center" rowspan="3" | - | 3 | Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul | ||
Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul | |||||||
Vakıfbank Istanbul | |||||||
2 | 3 | align="center" rowspan="3" | - | 3 | Igor Gorgonzola Novara | ||
Imoco Volley Conegliano | |||||||
Savino Del Bene Scandicci | |||||||
3 | 3 | align="center" rowspan="3" | - | 3 | Dinamo Kazan | ||
Dinamo Moscow | |||||||
Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg | |||||||
4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Chemik Police | |||
ŁKS Commercecon Łódź | |||||||
Budowlani Łódź | |||||||
6 | 2 | rowspan="2" align="center" | - | 2 | Béziers VB | ||
RC Cannes | |||||||
8 | 1 | align="center" | - | 1 | CSM București | ||
9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | SSC Palmberg Schwerin | |||
Allianz MTV Stuttgart | |||||||
13 | 1 | align="center" | - | 1 | Minchanka Minsk | ||
14 | 1 | align="center" | - | 1 | Maritza Plovdiv | ||
15 | 1 | align="center" | - | 1 | Hämeenlinna |
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]
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 1 | width=25% | Pot 2 | width=25% | Pot 3 | width=25% | Pot 4 |
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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) |
width=20% | Pool A | width=20% | Pool B | width=20% | Pool C | width=20% | Pool D | width=20% | Pool E |
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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 |
The league round started on 20 November 2018.