2009–10 CEV Champions League explained

2009–10 CEV Champions League
League:	CEV Champions League
Sport:	Volleyball
No Of Teams:	24
Finals:	Finals
Finals Venue:	Łódź
Finals Champ:	Trentino BetClic
Finals Mvp:	Osmany Juantorena
Seasonslistnames:	CEV Champions League
Prevseason Link:	2008–09 CEV Champions League
Prevseason Year:	2008–09
Nextseason Link:	2010–11 CEV Champions League
Nextseason Year:	2010–11

The 2009–10 CEV Champions League was the 51st edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.

Participating teams

Rank	Number of teams	Teams
1	3	Trentino BetClic Lube Banca Marche Macerata CoprAtlantide Piacenza
2	2	Zenit Kazan Dynamo Moscow
3	3	PGE Skra Bełchatów Asseco Resovia Jastrzębski Węgiel
4	2	Olympiacos Piraeus Panathinaikos Athens
5	2	Paris Volley Tours VB
6	2	Noliko Maaseik Knack Randstad Roeselare
7	2	CAI Teruel Unicaja Almería
8	1	VfB Friedrichshafen
9	1	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
10	1	İstanbul BBSK
12	1	Jihostroj České Budějovice
13	1	Radnički Kragujevac
14	1	Budvanska Rivijera Budva
15	1	ACH Volley Bled
21	1	CSKA Sofia

League round

24 teams will be drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each.
The 1st – 2nd ranked will qualify for the Playoffs 12.
The organizer of the Final Four will be determined after the end of the League Round and qualifies directly for the Final Four.
The team of the organizer of the Final Four will be replaced by the 3rd ranked team with the best score.
The four next 3rd ranked teams move to CEV Cup. The remaining teams are eliminated.

Pool F

Playoffs

Playoffs 12

Second leg

Playoffs 6

Second leg

Final Four

Organizer: PGE Skra Bełchatów
Place: Łódź
All times are Central European Summer Time .
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held on 10–11 April 2010, but was postponed because of the national mourning for President Lech Kaczyński and other Polish dignitaries who perished in the Smolensk air disaster.