CEV Women's Champions League

Women's CEV Champions League
Current season, competition or edition:;
Formerly	CEV Champions Cup ; (1960–2000)
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1960; 61 years ago
Administrator	CEV
No. of teams	20 (Group stage)
Country	CEV members
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Imoco Volley Conegliano; (1st title)
Most titles	WVC Dynamo Moscow; (11 titles)
Official website	Official website

The Women's CEV Champions League, formerly known as CEV Champions Cup (from 1960 to 2000), is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) and was created in 1960 as CEV Champions Cup.^[1]^[2] On 13 November 2000, it was officially presented in Florence under a new format and renamed CEV Champions League.^[3]

Formula[]

The competition has changed its format since the first fourteen teams took part at the inaugural edition in 1960–61.^[1] Through the Champions Cup era, as the number of participating teams has changed over time, the competition moved from an only knockout tournament to include a round-robin format between the final four competitors to determine the champion.

Since the competition became the Champions League, all participants are divided into groups, and a double round-robin takes place within each group. The best teams advance to the playoffs and one team is selected to be the host of the "Final four" (receiving a bye from the playoffs and qualifying directly to the final four). The teams paired for the playoffs play a double-elimination until three teams remain, these three teams join the final four host to play the semifinal, 3rd place match and final. The final four takes place between March and April.

History[]

CEV Champions Cup (1960 to 2000)
CEV Champions League (2000 to present)

Finals[]

#	Year	Final			Semi-finalists
#	Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Semi-finalists
1	1960–61	Dynamo Moscow	3–2 3–0		Dinamo Bucharest and
1	1960–61	won 6–2 on aggregate			Dinamo Bucharest and

In the 1961–62 season, the finalists was qualified by a home-and-away format in group stage round.

#	Year	Final			Second places in group stage
#	Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Second places in group stage
2	1961–62		3–1 3–0		Dinamo Bucharest and
2	1961–62	won 6–1 on aggregate			Dinamo Bucharest and

From the 1961–62 season, the knockout stage was played on the same format in the 1960–61 season.

#	Year	Final			Semi-finalists
#	Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Semi-finalists
3	1962–63	Dynamo Moscow	3–1 3–2		and Levski Sofia
3	1962–63	won 6–3 on aggregate			and Levski Sofia
4	1963–64	Levski Sofia	3–0 1–3	Dynamo Berlin	Dynamo Moscow and
4	1963–64	won 4–3 on aggregate			Dynamo Moscow and
5	1964–65	Dynamo Moscow	3–0 3–0	Dynamo Berlin	Levski Sofia and Dinamo Bucharest
5	1964–65	won 6–0 on aggregate			Levski Sofia and Dinamo Bucharest
6		CSKA Moscow	3–0 3–0	Dynamo Moscow	and Levski Sofia
6		won 6–0 on aggregate			and Levski Sofia
7		CSKA Moscow	3–0 3–0	Dynamo Moscow	Dynamo Berlin and Levski Sofia
7		won 6–0 on aggregate			Dynamo Berlin and Levski Sofia
8		Dynamo Moscow	3–0 3–2	CSKA Moscow	and Dinamo Bucharest
8		won 6–2 on aggregate			and Dinamo Bucharest
9		Dynamo Moscow	3–1 3–2	CSKA Moscow	and
9		won 6–3 on aggregate			and
10		Dynamo Moscow	3–1 3–0		CSKA Moscow and
10		won 6–1 on aggregate			CSKA Moscow and
11		Dynamo Moscow	3–0 3–0		Levski-Spartak Sofia and Wisła Kraków
11		won 6–0 on aggregate			Levski-Spartak Sofia and Wisła Kraków

From the 1971–72 season, the final round was played on the round robin format.

#	Final host	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
12	La Louvière	Dynamo Moscow		Lokomotiv Moscow
13	Apeldoorn		Dynamo Moscow		Dynamo Berlin
14	Warsaw	Dynamo Moscow		Levski-Spartak Sofia	Dynamo Berlin
15	Catania	Dynamo Moscow	Levski-Spartak Sofia		Dynamo Berlin
16	Warsaw	Rudá Hvězda Praha	Levski-Spartak Sofia		Crvena zvezda Belgrad
17	İzmir	Dynamo Moscow		Traktor Schwerin	Levski-Spartak Sofia
18	Rheine	Traktor Schwerin
19	İzmir	CSKA Sofia		Dynamo Berlin
20	Gottwaldov	Rudá Hvězda Praha	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	Dinamo Tirana
21	Schaan	Uralochka Sverdlovsk	Levski-Spartak Sofia	Traktor Schwerin
22	Ravenna	Uralochka Sverdlovsk		SV Lohhof	Levski-Spartak Sofia
23	Ankara	Uralochka Sverdlovsk	Vasas Izzo Budapest		SV Lohhof

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
Year	Final			3rd Place Game
1960–61 Details	Dynamo Moscow			N / A
1961–62 Details			Slavia Sofia
1962–63 Details	Dynamo Moscow
1963–64 Details	Levski Sofia		Dynamo Berlin
1964–65 Details	Dynamo Moscow		Dynamo Berlin
1965–66 Details	CSKA Moscow		Dynamo Moscow
1966–67 Details	CSKA Moscow		Dynamo Moscow
1967–68 Details	Dynamo Moscow		CSKA Moscow
1968–69 Details	Dynamo Moscow		CSKA Moscow
1969–70 Details	Dynamo Moscow
1970–71 Details	Dynamo Moscow
1971–72 Details	Dynamo Moscow
1972–73 Details			Dynamo Moscow
1973–74 Details	Dynamo Moscow
1974–75 Details	Dynamo Moscow		Levski-Spartak Sofia
1975–76 Details	Rudá Hvězda Praha		Levski-Spartak Sofia		Crvena Zvezda Beograd
1976–77 Details	Dynamo Moscow			Traktor Schwerin	Levski-Spartak Sofia
1977–78 Details	Traktor Schwerin
1978–79 Details	CSKA Sofia			Dynamo Berlin
1979–80 Details	Rudá Hvězda Praha		Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	Dinamo Tirana
1980–81 Details	Uralochka Sverdlovsk		Levski-Spartak Sofia	Traktor Schwerin
1981–82 Details	Uralochka Sverdlovsk			SV Lohhof	Levski-Spartak Sofia
1982–83 Details	Uralochka Sverdlovsk		Vasas Izzo Budapest		SV Lohhof
1983–84 Details	CSKA Sofia			SV Lohhof	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
1984–85 Details				Tungsram SC Budapest	SV Lohhof
1985–86 Details	CSKA Moscow			Dynamo Berlin
1986–87 Details	Uralochka Sverdlovsk			Dynamo Berlin	CSKA Moscow
1987–88 Details			Uralochka Sverdlovsk	Dynamo Berlin	CSKA Sofia
1988–89 Details	Uralochka Sverdlovsk			Dynamo Berlin	CSKA Sofia
1989–90 Details	Uralochka Sverdlovsk				RC de France Paris
1990–91 Details	Mladost Zagreb	3–0	Uralochka Sverdlovsk
1991–92 Details		3–2	Mladost Zagreb	Uralochka Ekaterinburg
1992–93 Details		3–1		Uralochka Ekaterinburg	Mladost Zagreb
1993–94 Details	Uralochka Ekaterinburg	3–2	Mladost Zagreb
1994–95 Details	Uralochka Ekaterinburg	3–0
1995–96 Details		3–2	Uralochka Ekaterinburg		RC Cannes
1996–97 Details	Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–1	Uralochka Ekaterinburg	RC Cannes
1997–98 Details		3–0	Vakıfbank Ankara	Foppapedretti Bergamo
1998–99 Details	Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–0	Vakıfbank Ankara	RC Cannes	CV Tenerife
1999–00 Details	Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–1	Uralochka Ekaterinburg	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	Nafta Piła
2000–01 Details		3–0		Uralochka Ekaterinburg	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
2001–02 Details	RC Cannes	3–1	Foppapedretti Bergamo	Tenerife Marichal	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
2002–03 Details	RC Cannes	3–1	Uralochka Ekaterinburg	Foppapedretti Bergamo
2003–04 Details	Tenerife Marichal	3–2	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia	RC Cannes	Azerrail Baku
2004–05 Details	Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–0	Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara	Tenerife Marichal	RC Cannes
2005–06 Details	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia	3–1	RC Cannes	Foppapedretti Bergamo	Vakıfbank Güneş Istanbul
2006–07 Details	Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–2	Dinamo Moscow	Spar Tenerife Marichal	Voléro Zürich
2007–08 Details	Colussi Perugia	3–1	Zarechie Odintsovo	Asystel Novara	Grupo 2002 Murcia
2008–09 Details	Volley Bergamo	3–2	Dinamo Moscow	Colussi Sirio Perugia	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva Istanbul
2009–10 Details	Volley Bergamo	3–2	Fenerbahçe Acıbadem	RC Cannes	Asystel Novara
2010–11 Details	VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom Istanbul	3–0	Rabita Baku	Fenerbahçe Acıbadem	Scavolini Pesaro
2011–12 Details	Fenerbahçe Universal^[4]	3–0	RC Cannes	Dinamo Kazan	MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese
2012–13 Details	Vakıfbank Istanbul^[5]	3–0	Rabita Baku	Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio	Galatasaray Daikin
2013–14 Details	Dinamo Kazan	3–0	Vakıfbank Istanbul	Rabita Baku	Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul
2014–15 Details	Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul	3–0	Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio	Vakıfbank Istanbul	Chemik Police
2015–16 Details	Pomì Casalmaggiore	3–0	Vakıfbank Istanbul	Fenerbahçe Grundig	Dinamo Kazan
2016–17 Details	VakıfBank Istanbul	3–0	Imoco Volley Conegliano	Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul	Dinamo Moscow
2017–18 Details	VakıfBank Istanbul	3–0	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	Imoco Volley Conegliano	Galatasaray Daikin
2018–19 Details	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	3–1	Imoco Volley Conegliano	Vakıfbank Istanbul and Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Imoco Volley Conegliano	3 – 2	Vakıfbank Istanbul	Igor Gorgonzola Novara and Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio

Titles by club[]

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1	/ WVC Dynamo Moscow	11	5	1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77
2	/ Uralochka Ekaterinburg	8	6	1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95
3	Volley Bergamo	7	1	1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
4	Vakıfbank SK	4	5	2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18
5	CSKA Moscow	3	2	1965–66, 1966–67, 1985–86
6		2	7	1987–88, 1991–92
7	RC Cannes	2	2	2001–02, 2002–03
8	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia	2	1	2005–06, 2007–08
9	Rudá Hvězda Praha	2	-	1975–76, 1979–80
10	VC CSKA Sofia	2	-	1978–79, 1983–84
11		2	-	1992–93, 1995–96
12		1	5	1972–73
13	Levski Sofia	1	3	1963–64
14	/ HAOK Mladost	1	2	1990–91
15	Imoco Volley	1	2
16	Fenerbahçe	1	1	2011–12
17	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	1	1	2014–15
18		1	-	1961–62
19	Traktor Schwerin	1	-	1977–78
20		1	-	1984–85
21		1	-	1997–98
22		1	-	2000–01
23	CV Tenerife	1	-	2003–04
24	WVC Dynamo Kazan	1	-	2013–14
25	Volley Casalmaggiore	1	-	2015–16
26	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	1	-	2018–19
27		-	2
28	SC Dynamo Berlin	-	2
29		-	2
30	Telekom Baku	-	2
31	Slavia Sofia	-	1
32		-	1
33	Vasas SC	-	1
34		-	1
35		-	1
36	Asystel Volley	-	1
37	VC Zarechie Odintsovo	-	1
38	Futura Volley Busto Arsizio	-	1
39	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	-	1

Titles by country[]

For the purpose of keeping historical event accuracy, historical countries names are used in this table.

Rank	Country	Won	Runner-up	Third	Total
1	Soviet Union	22	7	-	29
2	Italy	17	14	9	40
3	Turkey	6	7	6	19
4	Russia	3	7	4	14
5	Bulgaria	3	4	-	7
6	France	2	2	4	8
7	Czechoslovakia	2	2	1	5
8	Hungary	1	6	1	8
9	East Germany	1	2	7	10
10	Croatia	1	2	-	3
11	Spain	1	1	3	5
12	Yugoslavia	1	-	-	1
13	Azerbaijan	-	2	1	3
13	Poland	-	2	1	3
15	Netherlands	-	1	1	2
16	Romania	-	1	-	1
17	Albania	-	-	2	2
17	West Germany	-	-	2	2
17	Ukraine	-	-	2	2

MVP by edition[]

2001–02 – Victoria Ravva (FRA)
2002–03 – Victoria Ravva (FRA)
2003–04 – Yelena Godina (RUS)
2004–05 – Lyubov Sokolova (RUS)
2005–06 – Victoria Ravva (FRA)
2006–07 – Angelina Grün (GER)
2007–08 – Simona Gioli (ITA)
2008–09 – Serena Ortolani (ITA)
2009–10 – Francesca Piccinini (ITA)
2010–11 – Małgorzata Glinka (POL)
2011–12 – Kim Yeon-Koung (KOR)
2012–13 – Jovana Brakočević (SRB)
2013–14 – Yekaterina Gamova (RUS)
2014–15 – Jordan Larson (USA)
2015–16 – Francesca Piccinini (ITA)
2016–17 – Zhu Ting (CHN)
2017–18 – Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma (TUR)
2018–19 – Paola Egonu (ITA)
– Paola Egonu (ITA)

References[]

European Cups^[6]
CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups^[7]
L'Équipe^[8]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "CEV European Volleyball History Book I (1947-1991)". CEV. pp. 115-116 (section 'Competitions'). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
^ "CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups". CEV. pp. 13 (last paragraph). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
^ "CEV European Volleyball History Book II (1992-2000)". CEV. pp. 510 (section 'Opening of the meeting by the President'). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
^ "CEV: Fenerbahce and a Korean star named Kim shine in Baku". Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
^ "CEV: Vakifbank ISTANBUL wins second Champions League title with perfect record". Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
^ "European Cups" (PDF). CEV. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
^ "CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups". CEV. pp. 49–65. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
^ "Palmarès Ligue des champions (F)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2017.

External links[]

[HB1-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "CEV European Volleyball History Book I (1947-1991)". CEV. pp. 115-116 (section 'Competitions'). Retrieved 22 March 2017.

[2] "CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups". CEV. pp. 13 (last paragraph). Retrieved 22 March 2017.

[3] "CEV European Volleyball History Book II (1992-2000)". CEV. pp. 510 (section 'Opening of the meeting by the President'). Retrieved 22 March 2017.

[4] "CEV: Fenerbahce and a Korean star named Kim shine in Baku". Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

[5] "CEV: Vakifbank ISTANBUL wins second Champions League title with perfect record". Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

[6] "European Cups" (PDF). CEV. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2017.

[7] "CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups". CEV. pp. 49–65. Retrieved 22 March 2017.

[8] "Palmarès Ligue des champions (F)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2017.

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Qualification	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

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Youth national teams	European championships Men's U20/U21 Women's U19/U20 Boys' U18/U19 Girls' U17/U18 Boys' U17 Girls' U16
Men's club	Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
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