CEV Champions League explained

CEV Champions League
Upcoming Season:	2024–25 CEV Champions League
Sport:	Volleyball
Formerly:	CEV European Champions Cup (1959–2000)
Teams:	20 (group stage)
Continent:	Europe
Administrator:	CEV
Country:	CEV members
Champion:	(4th title)
Most Champs:	CSKA Moscow (13 titles)

The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation.

Formula (2018–19 to present)

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 Cup Competitions, and 2 teams from the qualification rounds.

League round

20 teams take part in the League round where they are split into 5 groups.After each match the following points are assigned:

Winner (3:0 or 3:1) – 3 points
Winner (3:2) – 2 points
Loser (2:3) – 1 point
Loser (1:3 or 0:3) – 0 points

Each pool will be contested in a six-leg double round-robin home-and-away format. In each gender, the five pool winners and the three best-ranked pool runners-up will advance to the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

4 pairs are formed and two matches are held between teams in pair.Four winners qualify to the semifinals.

Semifinals

2 pairs are formed and two matches are held between teams in pair.Two winners qualify to the final. Final is held in May.

History

CEV European Champions Cup (1959–60 to 1999–2000)
CEV Champions League (2000–01 to present)

Title holders

1959–60: CSKA Moscow
1960–61: Rapid București
1961–62: CSKA Moscow
1962–63: Rapid București
1963–64: SC Leipzig
1964–65: Rapid București
1965–66: Dinamo București
1966–67: Dinamo București
1967–68: Volejbal Brno
1968–69: CSKA Sofia
1969–70: Burevestnik Almaty
1970–71: Burevestnik Almaty
1971–72: Volejbal Brno
1972–73: CSKA Moscow
1973–74: CSKA Moscow
1974–75: CSKA Moscow
1975–76: Dukla Liberec
1976–77: CSKA Moscow
1977–78: Płomień Milowice
- 1978–79: Červená Hvězda Bratislava 1979–80: Pallavolo Torino
1980–81: Dinamo București

1981–82: CSKA Moscow
1982–83: CSKA Moscow
- - 1983–84: Pallavolo Parma 1984–85: Pallavolo Parma 1985–86: CSKA Moscow
1986–87: CSKA Moscow
1987–88: CSKA Moscow
1988–89: CSKA Moscow
1989–90: Modena Volley
1990–91: CSKA Moscow
1991–92: Porto Ravenna Volley
1992–93: Porto Ravenna Volley
- 1993–94: Porto Ravenna Volley 1994–95: Volley Treviso
  - 1995–96: Modena Volley 1996–97: Modena Volley 1997–98: Modena Volley
  - 1998–99: Volley Treviso 1999–00: Volley Treviso 2000–01: Paris Volley
2001–02: Volley Lube

- 2003–04: Lokomotiv Belgorod 2004–05: Tours VB
- 2005–06: Volley Treviso 2006–07: VfB Friedrichshafen
2007–08: Dynamo Tattransgaz Kazan
2008–09: Trentino Volley
- - - 2009–10: Trentino Volley 2010–11: Trentino Volley 2011–12: Zenit Kazan 2012–13: Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
2013–14: Belogorie Belgorod
2014–15: Zenit Kazan
- 2015–16: Zenit Kazan 2016–17: Zenit Kazan
2017–18: Zenit Kazan
2018–19: Volley Lube
2020–21: ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2021–22: ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2022–23: ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2023–24: Trentino Volley

CEV European Champions Cup

Season	Final			Third place match
Season	width=15%	Champion	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Second place	width=15%	Third place	width=15%	Fourth place
1959–60	CSKA Moscow	3–0, 1–3	Rapid București
1960–61	Rapid București	3–0, 3–2	CSKA Moscow
1961–62	CSKA Moscow	2–3, 3–1	Rapid București
1962–63	Rapid București	3–1, 3–0	CSKA Moscow
1963–64	SC Leipzig	3–1, 3–1	HAOK Mladost
1964–65	Rapid București	1–3, 3–1, 3–2	Minyor Pernik
1965–66	Dinamo București	3–1, 3–2	Rapid București
1966–67	Dinamo București	3–0, 1–3, 3–1	Rapid București
1967–68	Volejbal Brno	1–3, 3–0, 3–2	Dinamo București
1968–69	CSKA Sofia	3–0, 3–2	Steaua București
1969–70	Burevestnik Almaty	3–0, 3–1	Volejbal Brno
1970–71	Burevestnik Almaty	2–3, 3–1, 3–2	Volejbal Brno
1971–72	Volejbal Brno	Group Stage	AMVJ Amstelveen	Ruini Firenze	Dinamo Tirana
1972–73	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Resovia	Rudá Hvězda Praha	Volejbal Brno
1973–74	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Dinamo București	SC Leipzig	Starlift Voorburg
1974–75	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Volejbal Brno	SC Leipzig	Slavia Sofia
1975–76	Dukla Liberec	Group Stage	Slavia Sofia	Spartak Subotica	Resovia
1976–77	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Dinamo București	CSKA Sofia	Vardar Skopje
1977–78	Płomień Milowice	Group Stage	Starlift Voorburg	Aero Odolena Voda	Büyükdere Boronkay
1978–79	Červená Hviezda Bratislava	Group Stage	Steaua București	Płomień Milowice	Pieksämäen Namika
1979–80		Group Stage	Červená Hviezda Bratislava	Eczacıbaşı İstanbul	Pieksämäen Namika
1980–81	Dinamo București	Group Stage	CSKA Moscow	Gwardia Wrocław	Pieksämäen Namika
1981–82	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Robe di Kappa Torino	Dinamo București	Olympiacos
1982–83	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	AS Cannes		CV Pòrtol
1983–84		Group Stage	HAOK Mladost	Dukla Liberec	AS Cannes
1984–85		Group Stage	HAOK Mladost	CSKA Sofia	Rudá Hvězda Praha
1985–86	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage		Martinus Amstelveen	Rudá Hvězda Praha
1986–87	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage		Martinus Amstelveen	CSKA Sofia
1987–88	CSKA Moscow	3–0		Martinus Amstelveen	CSKA Sofia
1988–89	CSKA Moscow	3–1
1989–90		3–2	AS Fréjus	CV Pòrtol	CSKA Sofia
1990–91	CSKA Moscow	3–1	Maxicono Parma		AS Cannes
1991–92		3–0	Olympiacos	CSKA Moscow	AS Cannes
1992–93		3–0	Maxicono Parma	Olympiacos	Maes Pils Zellik
1993–94		3–0	Maxicono Parma	Maes Pils Zellik	Olympiacos
1994–95	Sisley Treviso	3–0		Olympiacos	Maes Pils Zellik
1995–96		3–1	ASV Dachau	Vojvodina Novi Sad	Sisley Treviso
1996–97		3–0	Noliko Maaseik	HAOK Mladost	Sisley Treviso
1997–98		3–0	Unicaja Almería	Paris Volley	HAOK Mladost
1998–99	Sisley Treviso	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	VfB Friedrichshafen
1999–00	Sisley Treviso	3–1	VfB Friedrichshafen	Noliko Maaseik