2011–12 CEV Women's Champions League explained

2011–12 CEV Women's Champions League
League:	CEV Women's Champions League
Sport:	Volleyball
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	Fenerbahçe
Finals Runner-Up:	RC Cannes
Finals Mvp:	Kim Yeon-Koung
Seasonslistnames:	CEV Women's Champions League
Prevseason Link:	2010–11 CEV Women's Champions League
Prevseason Year:	2010–11
Nextseason Link:	2012–13 CEV Women's Champions League
Nextseason Year:	2012–13

The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2011–12 season and the 53rd edition. It ran from 29 November 2011 until 26 March 2012.

Fenerbahçe won the title for the first time, defeating RC Cannes 3–0 in the final.^[1]

Teams of the 2011–2012 competition

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

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1		3	Volley Bergamo MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese Scavolini Pesaro
3		3	Fenerbahçe Universal Istanbul VakıfBank TT İstanbul Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul (w/c)
2		2	Dinamo Kazan Dinamo Moscow
4		2	RC Cannes ASPTT Mulhouse
5		2	Atom Trefl Sopot Bank BPS Fakro Muszyna
11		2	Schweriner SC Dresdner SC
15		2	Rabita Baku Azerrail Baku (w/c)
7		1	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
8		1	2004 Tomis Constanța
13		1	Voléro Zürich
19		1	VK Modřanská Prostějov

• The drawing of lots for the main phase (group stage) of the competition was held on 1 July 2011, in Vienna.^[3]

League round

• 20 teams were drawn to 5 pools of 4 teams each.
• The sixteen best teams qualified for the Round of 16.
• The four other teams moved to the CEV Cup.

Pool E

Knockout stage

Round of 16

¹Rabita Baku won the golden set 15–6.

Second leg

Quarterfinals

In case of a tie - 1 match won and 1 match lost and not depending on the final score of both matches - the teams have to play a golden set to determine which one qualifies for the next round.¹Dinamo Kazan won the golden set 15–10

²Villa Cortese won the golden set 15–11

³RC Cannes won the golden set 18–16

Second leg

Final four

The final four will be held at Baku, Azerbaijan.

Final

Final standing

width=40	Rank	width=240	Team
	Fenerbahçe
	RC Cannes
	Dinamo Kazan
4	Villa Cortese

Roster for Final Four
Fabiana Claudino, Nihan Güneyligil, Merve Dalbeler, Lyubov Sokolova, Yağmur Koçyiğit, Duygu Bal, Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Kim Yeon-koung, Naz Aydemir, Seda Eryüz, Eda Erdem and Logan Tom
Head coach
Zé Roberto

Awards

• MVP: Kim Yeon-Koung (Fenerbahçe)
• Best scorer: Kim Yeon-Koung (Fenerbahçe)
• Best setter: Naz Aydemir (Fenerbahçe)
• Best blocker: Maria Borisenko (Dinamo Kazan)
• Best server: Makare Wilson (Villa Cortese)
• Best spiker: Sarah Pavan (Villa Cortese)
• Best receiver: Jordan Larson (Dinamo Kazan)
• Best libero: Paola Cardullo (RC Cannes)

External links

• Champions League

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fenerbahce and a Korean star named Kim shine in Baku. 2012-03-25. cev.lu.
2. http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/main_menu/downloads/285/291/3503/file_238253/attribution_of_places_-_ranking_list_2011-2012.pdf European Cups Ranking List 2010-2011 (Page 5)
3. Web site: Drawing of lots and participating teams . 2011-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609061645/http://cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/20083_EN.html . 2011-06-09 . dead .