2021–22 CEV Champions League qualification

This article shows the qualification phase for the 2021–22 CEV Champions League. 17 teams will play in the qualification round. The two remaining teams will join the other 18 teams automatically qualified to the League round based on the European Cups' Ranking List.^[1] All 15 eliminated teams will compete in the 2021–22 CEV Cup.

Participating Teams[]

Drawing of Lots took place on 25 June 2021 in Luxembourg City.^[2]

Rank^[3]	Country	Team(s)	Outcome (Qualified to)
10	Czech Republic		CEV Cup
11	Greece	Olympiacos Piraeus	CEV Cup
12	Belarus		CEV Cup
13	Finland	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	CEV Cup
14	Portugal	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	CEV Champions League
15	Bulgaria		CEV Champions League
16	Austria		CEV Cup
17	Croatia	Mladost Zagreb	CEV Cup
18	Netherlands	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	CEV Cup
19	Montenegro		CEV Cup
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mladost Brčko	CEV Cup
22	Spain		CEV Cup
23	Romania	CSM Arcada Galați	CEV Cup
26	England	IBB Polonia London	CEV Cup
34	Estonia	Bigbank Tartu	CEV Cup
52	Switzerland	Lindaren Volley Amriswil	CEV Cup
53	Slovakia		CEV Cup

Preliminary round[]

All times are local

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bigbank Tartu	4–2	Lindaren Volley Amriswil	3–0	2–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	19:00	Bigbank Tartu	3–0	Lindaren Volley Amriswil	25–20	25–22	25–20			75–62	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	19:00	Lindaren Volley Amriswil	3–2	Bigbank Tartu	19–25	25–23	21–25	25–21	15–10	105–104	Report

First round[]

All times are local

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
	3–3		3–0	1–3	13–15
IBB Polonia London	1–5		2–3	1–3
	6–0		3–0	3–1
Mladost Brčko	0–6	Olympiacos Piraeus	0–3	0–3
Bigbank Tartu	0–6	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	1–3	1–3
Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	1–5	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	2–3	1–3
	2–4	Mladost Zagreb	3–2	1–3
CSM Arcada Galați	3–3		3–2	2–3	10–15

Both games between IBB Polonia London and took place on neutral ground in Bełchatów, Poland.^[4]

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	19:30		3–0		25–21	25–22	25–21			75–64	Report
5 Oct	19:00	IBB Polonia London	2–3		25–17	15–25	23–25	25–20	13–15	101–102	Report
6 Oct	20:00		3–0		25–18	25–16	26–24			76–58	Report
6 Oct	18:00	Mladost Brčko	0–3	Olympiacos Piraeus	14–25	11–25	16–25			41–75	Report
6 Oct	19:00	Bigbank Tartu	1–3	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	24–26	25–22	18–25	16–25		83–98	Report
6 Oct	20:00	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	2–3	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	25–16	21–25	25–19	28–30	19–21	118–111	Report
6 Oct	18:00		3–2	Mladost Zagreb	25–20	20–25	25–22	19–25	15–10	104–102	Report
6 Oct	18:00	CSM Arcada Galați	3–2		25–18	27–29	25–22	19–25	15–7	111–101	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Oct	19:00		3–1		25–20	25–27	25–16	25–18		100–81	Report
Golden set			15–13
7 Oct	19:00		3–1	IBB Polonia London	25–16	25–20	22–25	25–23		97–84	Report
14 Oct	20:15		1–3		25–17	23–25	16–25	16–25		80–92	Report
13 Oct	19:00	Olympiacos Piraeus	3–0	Mladost Brčko	25–16	25–21	25–17			75–54	Report
13 Oct	20:00	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	3–1	Bigbank Tartu	25–21	17–25	25–21	25–20		92–87	Report
13 Oct	18:30	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	3–1	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	25–20	25–21	27–29	25–23		102–93	Report
14 Oct	19:00	Mladost Zagreb	3–1		19–25	25–18	25–20	25–22		94–85	Report
13 Oct	18:00		3–2	CSM Arcada Galați	25–19	22–25	32–30	22–25	15–9	116–108	Report
Golden set			15–10	CSM Arcada Galați

Second round[]

All times are local

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	4–2		2–3	3–1
	0–6	Olympiacos Piraeus	1–3	0–3
Sport Lisboa e Benfica	6–0	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	3–0	3–1
Mladost Zagreb	1–5		1–3	2–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Oct	19:00		2–3		22–25	25–15	25–14	19–25	9–15	100–94	Report
20 Oct	20:15		1–3	Olympiacos Piraeus	25–22	38–40	21–25	22–25		106–112	Report
21 Oct	20:00	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	3–0	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	25–23	25–21	25–18			75–62	Report
20 Oct	19:00	Mladost Zagreb	1–3		25–21	17–25	24–26	8–25		74–97	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Oct	17:30		1–3		25–15	21–25	16–25	22–25		84–90	Report
27 Oct	17:00	Olympiacos Piraeus	3–0		25–21	25–19	31–29			81–69	Report
27 Oct	18:30	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	1–3	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	27–25	20–25	21–25	14–25		82–100	Report
27 Oct	19:00		3–2	Mladost Zagreb	18–25	18–25	25–19	27–25	15–9	103–103	Report

Third round[]

All times are local

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	6–0	Olympiacos Piraeus	3–1	3–1
Sport Lisboa e Benfica	4–2		2–3	3–1

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Nov	19:00		3–1	Olympiacos Piraeus	26–24	25–18	20–25	25–23		96–90	Report
4 Nov	20:00	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	2–3		16–25	22–25	25–22	28–26	12–15	103–113	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Nov	19:00	Olympiacos Piraeus	1–3		25–21	23–25	19–25	23–25		90–96	Report
10 Nov	18:00		1–3	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	25–20	23–25	21–25	23–25		92–95	Report

References[]

^ "197 teams sign up for European Cups 2022!". CEV. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
^ "European Cups 2022 Drawing of Lots offers insight into early season matchups". CEV. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ "CEV Champions League Volley 2022 Men Ranking" (PDF). CEV. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
^ "Shakhtior claim first round of double header with Polonia". CEV. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

External links[]

Official Website

[1] "197 teams sign up for European Cups 2022!". CEV. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

[2] "European Cups 2022 Drawing of Lots offers insight into early season matchups". CEV. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[3] "CEV Champions League Volley 2022 Men Ranking" (PDF). CEV. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

[4] "Shakhtior claim first round of double header with Polonia". CEV. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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