CEV Champions League

CEV Champions League
Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 CEV Champions League
Euroleague Volleyball
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1959
No. of teams	28 (group stage)
Country	CEV members
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Zenit Kazan
Official website	Website

The CEV Champions League, or CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League is the top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.

Formula 1
History 2
Title holders 3
Finals 4
Titles by club 5
Titles by country 6
External links 7

Formula

In the first round take part 28 teams shared in 7 group stage. 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

Seven 1st placed teams as well as five best 2nd placed qualify for the Playoff 12. 6 pairs are formed and two matches are held between teams in pair. 6 winners form 3 pairs and again two matches between competitors are held. Teams in Final Four are: 3- winners of pairs + 1- host of Final Four. Final is held in March.

History

CEV European Champions Cup (1959-1960 to 1999-2000)
CEV Champions League (2000-2001 to present)

Title holders

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 Torino (Klippan)
1980-81 Dinamo București
1981-82 CSKA Moscow
1982-83 CSKA Moscow
1983-84 Parma (Santal)
1984-85 Parma (Santal)
1985-86 CSKA Moscow
1986-87 CSKA Moscow

1987-88 CSKA Moscow
1988-89 CSKA Moscow
1989-90 Modena (Philips)
1990-91 CSKA Moscow
1991-92 Porto Ravenna (il Messaggero)
1992-93 Porto Ravenna (Edilcuoghi)
1993-94 Porto Ravenna (Edilcuoghi)
1994-95 Sisley
1995-96 Modena (Las Daytona)
1996-97 Modena (Las Valtur)
1997-98 Modena (Casa Unibon)
1998-99 Sisley
1999-00 Sisley
2000-01 Paris

2001-02 Lube (Banca Marche Macerata)
2002-03 Lokomotiv Belogorie
2003-04 Lokomotiv Belogorie
2004-05 Tours
2005-06 Sisley
2006-07 Friedrichshafen
2007-08 Dynamo Tattransgaz Kazan
2008-09 Trentino
2009-10 Trentino (BetClic)
2010-11 Trentino (BetClic)
2011-12 Zenit Kazan
2012-13 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
2013-14 Belogorie
2014-15 Zenit Kazan

Finals

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
Year	Final			3rd Place Game
1959-60 Details	CSKA Moscow	3–0 & 1–3	Rapid Bucureşti
1960-61 Details	Rapid Bucureşti	3–1 & 3–2	CSKA Moscow
1961-62 Details	CSKA Moscow	2–3 & 3–1	Rapid Bucureşti
1962-63 Details	Rapid Bucureşti	3–1 & 3–0	CSKA Moscow
1963-64 Details	Leipzig	3–1 & 3–1	Mladost
1964-65 Details	Rapid Bucureşti	1–3, 3–1 & 3–2	Minyor Pernik
1965-66 Details	Dinamo București	3–1 & 3–2	Rapid Bucureşti
1966-67 Details	Dinamo București	3–0, 1–3 & 3–1	Rapid Bucureşti
1967-68 Details	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	1–3, 3–0 & 3–1	Dinamo București
1968-69 Details	CSKA Sofia	3–0 & 3–2	Steaua Bucureşti
1969-70 Details	Burevestnik Alma-Ata	3–0 & 3–1	Zetor Zbrojovka Brno
1970-71 Details	Burevestnik Alma-Ata	2–3, 3–1 & 3–2	Zetor Zbrojovka Brno
1971-72 Details	Zetor Zbrojovka Brno	Group Stage	AMVJ Amstelveen	Ruini Firenze	Dinamo Tirana
1972-73 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Resovia Rzeszów	Rudá Hvězda Prague	Zetor Zbrojovka Brno
1973-74 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Dinamo București	Leipzig	VISADE Voorburg (Star Lift)
1974-75 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Zbrojovka Brno	Leipzig	Slavia Sofia
1975-76 Details	Dukla Liberec	Group Stage	Slavia Sofia	Spartak Subotica	Resovia Rzeszów
1976-77 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Dinamo București	CSKA Sofia	Vardar
1977-78 Details	Płomień Milowice	Group Stage	VISADE Voorburg (Star Lift)	Odolena Voda (Aero)	Büyükdere Boronkay
1978-79 Details	Červená Hvězda Bratislava	Group Stage	Steaua Bucureşti	Płomień Milowice	Pieksämäen Namika
1979-80 Details	Torino (Klippan)	Group Stage	Červená Hvězda Bratislava	Eczacıbaşı	Pieksämäen Namika
1980-81 Details	Dinamo București	Group Stage	CSKA Moscow	Gwardia Wrocław	Pieksämäen Namika
1981-82 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Torino (Robe di Kappa)	Dinamo București	Olympiacos
1982-83 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Cannes	Parma (Santal)	Pòrtol
1983-84 Details	Parma (Santal)	Group Stage	Mladost	Dukla Liberec	Cannes
1984-85 Details	Parma (Santal)	Group Stage	Mladost	CSKA Sofia	Rudá Hvězda Prague
1985-86 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Parma (Santal)	Martinus	Rudá Hvězda Prague
1986-87 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Modena (Panini)	Martinus	CSKA Sofia
1987-88 Details	CSKA Moscow	3–0	Modena (Panini)	Martinus	CSKA Sofia
1988-89 Details	CSKA Moscow	3–1	Modena (Panini)
1989-90 Details	Modena (Philips)	3–2	Fréjus	Pòrtol	CSKA Sofia
1990-91 Details	CSKA Moscow	3–1	Parma (Maxicono)	Modena (Philips)	Cannes
1991-92 Details	Porto Ravenna (il Messaggero)	3–0	Olympiacos	CSKA Moscow	Cannes
1992-93 Details	Porto Ravenna (Edilcuoghi)	3–0	Parma (Maxicono)	Olympiacos	Zellik (Maes pils)
1993-94 Details	Porto Ravenna (Edilcuoghi)	3–0	Parma (Maxicono)	Zellik (Maes pils)	Olympiacos
1994-95 Details	Sisley	3–0	Porto Ravenna (Edilcuoghi)	Olympiacos	Zellik (Maes pils)
1995-96 Details	Modena (Las Daytona)	3–1	Dachau	Vojvodina	Sisley
1996-97 Details	Modena (Las Valtur)	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	Mladost	Sisley
1997-98 Details	Modena (Casa Unibon)	3–0	Almeria (Unicaja)	Paris	Mladost
1998-99 Details	Sisley	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	Friedrichshafen	Lokomotiv Belogorie
1999-00 Details	Sisley	3–1	Friedrichshafen	Noliko Maaseik	HotVolleys Vienna (e.on)
2000-01 Details	Paris	3–2	Sisley	Roma (Ford B.Gesu)	Olympiacos
2001-02 Details	Lube (Banca Marche Macerata)	3–1	Olympiacos	Iraklis	Mostostal-Azoty Kędzierzyn
2002-03 Details	Lokomotiv Belogorie	3–0	Modena (Kerakoll)	Mostostal-Azoty Kędzierzyn	Paris
2003-04 Details	Lokomotiv Belogorie	3–0	Iskra Odintsovo	Tours	Iraklis
2004-05 Details	Tours	3–1	Iraklis	Lokomotiv Belogorie	Friedrichshafen
2005-06 Details	Sisley	3–1	Iraklis	Lokomotiv Belogorie	Dynamo Moscow
2006-07 Details	Friedrichshafen	3–1	Tours	Dynamo Moscow	Lube (Banca Marche Macerata)
2007-08 Details	Dynamo Tattransgaz Kazan	3–2	Piacenza (Copra)	Skra Bełchatów	Sisley
2008-09 Details	Trentino	3–1	Iraklis	Iskra Odintsovo	Lube (Banca Marche Macerata)
2009-10 Details	Trentino (BetClic)	3–0	Dynamo Moscow	Skra Bełchatów	ACH
2010-11 Details	Trentino (BetClic)	3–1	Zenit Kazan	Dynamo Moscow	Jastrzębski Węgiel
2011-12 Details	Zenit Kazan	3–2	Skra Bełchatów	Trentino (PlanetWin365)	Arkas
2012-13 Details	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–2	Piemonte (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo)	Zenit Kazan	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2013-14 Details	Belogorie	3–1	Halkbank Ankara	Jastrzębski Węgiel	Zenit Kazan
2014-15 Details	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Resovia Rzeszów (Asseco)	Berlin	Skra Bełchatów

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1.	CSKA Moscow	13	3	1959-60, 1961-62, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1990-91
2.	Modena	4	4	1989-90, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98
3.	Sisley	4	1	1994-95, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2005-06
4.	Rapid Bucureşti	3	4	1960-61, 1962-63, 1964-65
5.	Dinamo București	3	3	1965-66, 1966-67, 1980-81
6.	Porto Ravenna	3	1	1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-64
7.	Zenit Kazan	3	1	2007-08, 2011-12, 2014-15
8.	Trentino	3		2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
9.	Belogorie	3		2002-03, 2003-04, 2013-14
10.	Parma	2	4	1983-84, 1984-85
11.	Brno	2	2	1967-68, 1971-72
12.	Burevestnik Alma-Ata	2		1969-70, 1970-71
13.	Leipzig	1	1	1963-64
14.	Červená Hvězda Bratislava	1	1	1978-79
15.	Torino	1	1	1979-80
16.	Tours	1	1	2004-05
17.	Friedrichshafen	1	1	2006-07
18.	CSKA Sofia	1		1968-69
19.	Dukla Liberec	1		1975-76
20.	Płomień Milowice	1		1977-78
21.	Paris	1		2000-01
22.	Lube	1		2001-02
23.	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	1		2012-13
24.	Mladost		3
25.	Iraklis		3
26.	Steaua Bucureşti		2
27.	Noliko Maaseik		2
28.	Olympiacos		2
29.	Resovia Rzeszów		2
30.	Minyor Pernik		1
31.	AMVJ Amstelveen		1
32.	Slavia Sofia		1
33.	VISADE Voorburg		1
34.	Cannes		1
35.	Fréjus		1
36.	Dachau		1
37.	Almeria		1
38.	Iskra Odintsovo		1
39.	Piacenza		1
40.	Dynamo Moscow		1
41.	Skra Bełchatów		1
42.	Piemonte		1
43.	Halkbank Ankara		1

Titles by country

Country	Won	Runner-up	Finals
Russia	20	6	26
Italy	18	14	32
Romania	6	9	15
Czechoslovakia	3	2	5
France	2	3	5
Kazakhstan	2	0	2
Poland	1	3	4
Bulgaria	1	2	3
Germany	1	2	3
East Germany	1	1	2
Slovakia	1	1	2
Greece	0	5	5
Yugoslavia	0	3	3
Belgium	0	2	2
Netherlands	0	1	1
Spain	0	1	1
Turkey	0	1	1

External links

Website of the CEV - Confederation Europeenne de Volleyball
History of the Competition

European Cup and CEV Champions League seasons

Men's	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Women's	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

European Volleyball Confederation competitions

National teams	European Championships European Leagues

Men's club	Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup

Women's club	Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup

Men's professional volleyball leagues

North America

South America

International	South American Club Championship

Domestic	Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

Europe

International	CEV Champions League CEV Cup CEV Challenge Cup

Domestic	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus England Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Israel Italy Lithuania Montenegro Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Asia and Oceania

International	AVC Club Championship

Domestic	China Indonesia Iran Japan Korea Philippines Taiwan Thailand Vietnam Australia New Zealand

Africa

International	African Cup of Champions Clubs

Domestic	Algeria Tunisia

European sport club competitions

Football	Men Champions League Europa League Super Cup Women Champions League

Basketball	Men Euroleague Eurocup FIBA Europe Cup Women Euroleague Eurocup

Handball	Men Champions League EHF Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup Challenge Cup

Rugby union	Men European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup

Ice hockey	Men Champions Hockey League Continental Cup Women Champions Cup

Volleyball	Men Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup

Field hockey	Men Euro Hockey League EuroHockey Club Trophy EuroHockey Club Challenge Women EuroHockey Club Champions Cup EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy EuroHockey Club Champions Challenge EuroHockey Cup Winners Cup

Water polo	Men Champions League Euro Cup Super Cup Women Champions Cup Women's LEN Trophy Women's LEN Super Cup

Futsal	Men Futsal Cup

Roller hockey	Men European League CERS Cup Women European Cup

Table tennis	Men Champions League Women Champions League

Badminton	Mixed Europe Cup

Baseball	Men European Cup

Softball	Men European Cup Club Championship European Cup Winners Cup Club Championship Women European Cup Club Championship European Cup Winners Cup Club Championship Mixed European Coed Club Slowpitch Championship

Korfball	Mixed Korfball Europa Cup

American football	Men BIG6 European Football League European Football League EFAF Cup EFAF Challenge Cup EFAF Atlantic Cup

Athletics	Men and women European Champion Clubs Cup European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country

Chess	Men European Chess Club Cup Women European Chess Club Cup

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