2013–14 CEV Champions League

2013–14 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Finals champions	Belogorie Belgorod
Runners-up	Halkbank Ankara
Finals MVP	Sergey Tetyukhin (BLG)

The 2013–14 CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the season and the 55th edition. It ran from October 2013 till March 2014.

Lokomotiv Novosibirsk were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the League Round.

Participating teams

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Italy	3	Diatec Trentino Copra Elior Piacenza Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2	Poland	3	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle Jastrzębski Węgiel
3	Russia	2+1	Belogorie Belgorod Zenit Kazan Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (W/C)
4	Belgium	2	Knack Roeselare Noliko Maaseik
5	Turkey	2+1	Arkas Izmir Halkbank Ankara Galatasaray Istanbul (W/C)
6	France	2	Tours VB Paris Volley
7	Germany	2	Berlin Recycling Volleys VfB Friedrichshafen
8	Greece	1	Olympiacos Piraeus
9	Slovenia	1	ACH Volley Ljubljana
10	Austria	1+1	Posojilnica Aich/Dob Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (W/C)
11	Spain	01	–
12	Romania	1	Tomis Constanţa
13	Serbia	01	–
14	Montenegro	1	Budvanska Rivijera Budva
15	Bulgaria	1	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa
16	Czech Republic	1+1	VK Ostrava Jihostroj České Budějovice (W/C)
17	Switzerland	0+1	Energy Investments Lugano (W/C)

1.^ Clubs from Spain and Serbia do not meet the listing requirements and/or refusing, and two additional invitations were issued by CEV.

League round

28 teams have been drawn to 7 pools of 4 teams each.

In each pool, the competition is organised on the basis of a double round-robin system. Each team will thus play 6 matches: twice against each opponent.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 3 points for a 3:0 or 3:1 victory;
• 2 points for a 3:2 victory;
• 1 point for a 2:3 defeat;
• 0 points for a 1:3 or 0:3 defeat.

In case two or more teams finish with an equal number of points, they will be ranked on the basis of the following criteria:

• number of matches won;
• set quotient (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost);
• points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points lost);
• results of head-to-head matches between the teams in question.

12 teams will qualify for the Playoff 12:

• the winner of each pool, and
• 5 second-ranked teams with the best score.

After the end of the League Round, the organizer of the Final Four will be determined. That team will qualify directly for the Final Four. It will be replaced in Playoff 12 by the next best second-ranked team.

The remaining second-ranked team as well 3 third-ranked teams with the best score will move to the Challenge Round of the CEV Cup.

The remaining third-ranked and all fourth-ranked teams will be eliminated.

• All times are local.

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Oct	20:30	Copra Elior Piacenza	3–1	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–18	24–26	25–14	25–23		99–81	Report
24 Oct	20:00	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	0–3	Tours VB	23–25	21–25	23–25			67–75	Report
29 Oct	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	3–0	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	27–25	25–18	25–17			77–60	Report
30 Oct	20:30	Tours VB	3–2	Copra Elior Piacenza	25–19	27–29	25–13	22–25	15–10	114–96	Report
5 Nov	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	1–3	Tours VB	25–23	26–28	21–25	17–25		89–101	Report
7 Nov	20:30	Copra Elior Piacenza	3–0	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	25–15	25–21	26–24			76–60	Report
4 Dec	20:30	Tours VB	3–2	ACH Volley Ljubljana	26–24	22–25	25–21	21–25	15–7	109–102	Report
5 Dec	20:00	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	0–3	Copra Elior Piacenza	24–26	19–25	14–25			57–76	Report
12 Dec	17:00	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–22	25–21	25–23			75–66	Report
12 Dec	20:30	Copra Elior Piacenza	3–0	Tours VB	25–14	25–22	25–23			75–59	Report
18 Dec	20:30	Tours VB	3–0	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	25–17	25–15	25–22			75–54	Report
18 Dec	20:30	ACH Volley Ljubljana	1–3	Copra Elior Piacenza	25–22	21–25	15–25	22–25		83–97	Report

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Oct	20:00	VK Ostrava	1–3	Olympiacos Piraeus	25–22	22–25	22–25	20–25		89–97	Report
23 Oct	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	25–22	25–11	25–18			75–51	Report
29 Oct	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–0	VK Ostrava	25–10	25–20	25–15			75–45	Report
30 Oct	18:00	Olympiacos Piraeus	0–3	Belogorie Belgorod	19–25	21–25	25–27			65–77	Report
5 Nov	20:00	VK Ostrava	0–3	Belogorie Belgorod	19–25	27–29	18–25			64–79	Report
6 Nov	18:00	Olympiacos Piraeus	3–1	Noliko Maaseik	28–26	25–22	23–25	25–23		101–96	Report
3 Dec	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	VK Ostrava	25–15	25–20	25–16			75–51	Report
3 Dec	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–0	Olympiacos Piraeus	25–18	31–29	25–18			81–65	Report
10 Dec	20:00	VK Ostrava	0–3	Noliko Maaseik	18–25	18–25	23–25			59–75	Report
11 Dec	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Olympiacos Piraeus	25–15	25–23	25–18			75–56	Report
18 Dec	18:00	Olympiacos Piraeus	3–0	VK Ostrava	25–20	25–21	26–24			76–65	Report
18 Dec	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	0–3	Belogorie Belgorod	22–25	21–25	18–25			61–75	Report

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Oct	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	3–0	Jihostroj České Budějovice	25–18	25–18	25–15			75–51	Report
24 Oct	20:30	Paris Volley	0–3	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	20–25	26–28	11–25			57–78	Report
29 Oct	20:00	Jihostroj České Budějovice	1–3	Paris Volley	18–25	23–25	25–21	29–31		95–102	Report
30 Oct	18:00	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	2–3	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	23–25	26–28	25–23	25–20	12–15	111–111	Report
6 Nov	20:30	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	3–1	Jihostroj České Budějovice	25–22	22–25	25–16	25–16		97–79	Report
7 Nov	20:30	Paris Volley	3–0	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	27–25	25–16	25–19			77–60	Report
4 Dec	20:00	Jihostroj České Budějovice	0–3	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	18–25	24–26	19–25			61–76	Report
5 Dec	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	2–3	Paris Volley	26–28	22–25	25–12	27–25	12–15	112–105	Report
11 Dec	20:30	Paris Volley	3–0	Jihostroj České Budějovice	25–13	25–19	26–24			76–56	Report
12 Dec	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	3–0	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	25–22	25–21	25–22			75–65	Report
18 Dec	18:00	Jihostroj České Budějovice	1–3	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	20–25	25–22	16–25	18–25		79–97	Report
18 Dec	20:30	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	3–0	Paris Volley	25–20	25–23	25–23			75–66	Report

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Oct	18:00	Energy Investments Lugano	3–2	Arkas Izmir	18–25	25–20	25–21	20–25	15–9	103–100	Report
24 Oct	20:30	Diatec Trentino	3–1	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–20	21–25	29–27	25–21		100–93	Report
29 Oct	19:00	Arkas Izmir	1–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–23	15–25	20–25	21–25		81–98	Report
30 Oct	20:30	Diatec Trentino	3–0	Energy Investments Lugano	25–16	25–15	25–23			75–54	Report
6 Nov	18:00	Energy Investments Lugano	1–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–22	15–25	22–25	18–25		80–97	Report
6 Nov	18:30	Arkas Izmir	0–3	Diatec Trentino	15–25	21–25	13–25			49–75	Report
4 Dec	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–0	Energy Investments Lugano	25–21	25–18	25–18			75–57	Report
4 Dec	20:30	Diatec Trentino	3–0	Arkas Izmir	25–21	26–24	25–15			76–60	Report
10 Dec	18:00	Energy Investments Lugano	0–3	Diatec Trentino	16–25	12–25	15–25			43–75	Report
10 Dec	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–0	Arkas Izmir	25–20	25–23	25–14			75–57	Report
18 Dec	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–0	Diatec Trentino	25–16	25–18	25–19			75–53	Report
18 Dec	20:30	Arkas Izmir	2–3	Energy Investments Lugano	25–16	25–20	23–25	17–25	13–15	103–101	Report

Pool E

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Oct	20:30	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–0	Zenit Kazan	27–25	25–21	25–22			77–68	Report
24 Oct	19:00	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–0	Posojilnica Aich/Dob	25–20	25–18	25–22			75–60	Report
30 Oct	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–1	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	14–25	25–13	25–21	25–19		89–78	Report
30 Oct	20:25	Posojilnica Aich/Dob	0–3	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	20–25	19–25	17–25			56–75	Report
6 Nov	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–1	Posojilnica Aich/Dob	25–14	19–25	25–15	25–19		94–73	Report
6 Nov	20:30	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–2	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	25–19	22–25	29–27	22–25	15–12	113–108	Report
3 Dec	19:00	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–1	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	25–23	25–15	19–25	25–17		94–80	Report
3 Dec	20:25	Posojilnica Aich/Dob	1–3	Zenit Kazan	25–20	22–25	13–25	20–25		80–95	Report
10 Dec	19:00	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	1–3	Zenit Kazan	23–25	24–26	25–21	19–25		91–97	Report
10 Dec	20:30	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–0	Posojilnica Aich/Dob	25–19	25–16	25–19			75–54	Report
18 Dec	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–2	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	21–25	24–26	25–22	25–23	15–8	110–104	Report
18 Dec	20:25	Posojilnica Aich/Dob	3–2	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	25–21	22–25	23–25	25–23	15–13	110–107	Report

Pool F

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Oct	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	3–1	Jastrzębski Węgiel	34–36	25–16	25–17	25–20		109–89	Report
23 Oct	20:25	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	1–3	Tomis Constanţa	14–25	21–25	25–22	16–25		76–97	Report
29 Oct	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	25–23	25–22	25–20			75–65	Report
30 Oct	18:00	Tomis Constanţa	1–3	Halkbank Ankara	23–25	25–19	23–25	15–25		86–94	Report
5 Nov	20:25	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	0–3	Halkbank Ankara	19–25	22–25	21–25			62–75	Report
6 Nov	18:00	Tomis Constanţa	1–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–22	19–25	15–25	20–25		79–97	Report
3 Dec	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–1	Tomis Constanţa	25–17	25–27	25–21	25–22		100–87	Report
5 Dec	18:00	Halkbank Ankara	3–0	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	25–18	25–18	25–15			75–51	Report
10 Dec	20:25	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	1–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–19	26–28	21–25	22–25		94–97	Report
11 Dec	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	1–3	Tomis Constanţa	21–25	29–27	23–25	21–25		94–102	Report
18 Dec	18:00	Tomis Constanţa	3–1	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	25–12	25–15	26–28	25–20		101–75	Report
18 Dec	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–2	Halkbank Ankara	25–27	25–18	37–39	25–21	17–15	129–120	Report

Pool G

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Oct	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	VfB Friedrichshafen	20–25	31–29	25–17	25–23		101–94	Report
23 Oct	18:00	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Galatasaray Istanbul	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63	Report
30 Oct	17:30	Galatasaray Istanbul	0–3	Knack Roeselare	21–25	23–25	19–25			63–75	Report
30 Oct	19:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	2–3	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	22–25	25–15	18–25	25–19	20–22	110–106	Report
5 Nov	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–22	20–25	25–20	25–23		95–90	Report
6 Nov	19:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	Galatasaray Istanbul	25–16	25–20	25–17			75–53	Report
3 Dec	20:00	Galatasaray Istanbul	1–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	19–25	22–25	25–23	20–25		86–98	Report
4 Dec	18:00	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	1–3	Knack Roeselare	26–28	15–25	25–17	23–25		89–95	Report
10 Dec	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	Galatasaray Istanbul	25–21	33–31	22–25	25–22		105–99	Report
11 Dec	18:00	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–2	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–17	23–25	21–25	31–29	15–11	115–107	Report
18 Dec	18:00	Galatasaray Istanbul	3–2	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	21–25	25–23	20–25	26–24	15–10	107–107	Report
18 Dec	19:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	2–3	Knack Roeselare	25–21	25–22	31–33	16–25	11–15	108–116	Report

Playoffs

The playoffs will consist of two rounds: Playoff 12 and Playoff 6. These will be played between 14 January and 13 February 2014. Each round is played in two legs.

If the teams are tied after two legs, a "Golden Set" is played. The winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).

At each leg, points are awarded to the teams in the same manner as in the Group Round (3 for 3:0 or 3:1, 2 for 3:2 etc.). So, if team A defeat team B in the first leg 3:0 and lose in the second leg 1:3, team A does not advance to the next round (as it would have been expected on the basis of analogy with football competitions), but the two teams are tied with 3 points each, and a Golden Set is played.

The three teams that win in Playoff 6 round advance to the Final Four.

Pool	Winners	Runners-up
A	Copra Elior Piacenza	Tours VB
B	Belogorie Belgorod	Noliko Maaseik
C	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	Budvanska Rivijera Budva
D	Diatec Trentino	Berlin Recycling Volleys
E	Zenit Kazan	Lube Banca Marche Macerata
F	Jastrzębski Węgiel	Halkbank Ankara (F4 Hosts)
G	Knack Roeselare	–

• All times are local.

Playoff 12

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Berlin Recycling Volleys	0–6	Zenit Kazan	0–3	0–3
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–31	Copra Elior Piacenza	3–0	0–3
Tours VB	0–6	Jastrzębski Węgiel	0–3	0–3
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	6–0	Knack Roeselare	3–1	3–1
Noliko Maaseik	0–6	Diatec Trentino	1–3	1–3
Budvanska Rivijera Budva	1–5	Belogorie Belgorod	2–3	0–3

¹ Copra Elior Piacenza won the golden set 15–13.

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jan	20:30	Rzeszów	3–1	Roeselare	22–25	25–17	25–20	25–18		97–80	Report
14 Jan	20:30	Maaseik	1–3	Trentino	25–22	15–25	24–26	18–25		82–98	Report
15 Jan	20:30	Tours	0–3	Jastrzębski	16–25	24–26	19–25			59–76	Report
16 Jan	18:00	Budva	2–3	Belgorod	25–15	24–26	15–25	25–19	10–15	99–100	Report
16 Jan	19:30	Berlin	0–3	Kazan	20–25	22–25	20–25			62–75	Report
16 Jan	20:30	Macerata	3–0	Piacenza	25–22	25–21	25–23			75–66	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jan	19:30	Kazan	3–0	Berlin	25–11	25–20	25–23			75–54	Report
22 Jan	19:00	Belgorod	3–0	Budva	25–22	25–19	25–16			75–57	Report
22 Jan	18:00	Jastrzębski	3–0	Tours	25–23	25–16	25–22			75–61	Report
22 Jan	20:30	Roeselare	1–3	Rzeszów	18–25	28–26	16–25	18–25		80–101	Report
22 Jan	20:30	Trentino	3–1	Maaseik	25–23	25–19	26–28	25–23		101–93	Report
23 Jan	20:30	Piacenza	3–0	Macerata	25–22	25–19	25–20			75–61	Report

Playoff 6

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Copra Elior Piacenza	0–6	Zenit Kazan	0–3	0–3
Jastrzębski Węgiel	6–0	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	3–0	3–1
Belogorie Belgorod	6–0	Diatec Trentino	3–0	3–0

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Feb	19:00	Belgorod	3–0	Trentino	25–20	25–20	25–18			75–58	Report
5 Feb	18:00	Jastrzębski	3–0	Rzeszów	25–22	25–22	25–23			75–67	Report
6 Feb	20:30	Piacenza	0–3	Kazan	23–25	22–25	22–25			67–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Feb	18:00	Rzeszów	1–3	Jastrzębski	25–27	25–23	24–26	24–26		98–102	Report
12 Feb	19:30	Kazan	3–0	Piacenza	25–21	25–20	25–22			75–63	Report
13 Feb	20:30	Trentino	0–3	Belgorod	15–25	20–25	22–25			57–75	Report

Final four

• Organizer: Halkbank Ankara
• Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).
• In case that two teams from the same country qualify to the semifinals, they will have to play each other.

	Semifinals				Final
	22 March
	Jastrzębski Węgiel	0
					23 March
	Halkbank Ankara	3
					Halkbank Ankara	1
	22 March
					Belogorie Belgorod	3
	Belogorie Belgorod	3
	Zenit Kazan	1
					3rd place match
					23 March
					Jastrzębski Węgiel	3
					Zenit Kazan	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Mar	14:00	Belgorod	3–1	Kazan	25–19	22–25	25–18	25–17		97–79	Report
22 Mar	17:00	Jastrzębski	0–3	Ankara	21–25	19–25	19–25			59–75	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Mar	14:00	Jastrzębski	3–1	Kazan	25–21	20–25	25–17	25–23		95–86	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Mar	17:00	Ankara	1–3	Belgorod	18–25	25–22	16–25	25–27		84–99	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Belogorie Belgorod
	Halkbank Ankara
	Jastrzębski Węgiel
4	Zenit Kazan

2013–14 Men's Club European Champions
Belogorie Belgorod 3rd title

Awards

Award	Winner	Team
MVP	Sergey Tetyukhin	Belogorie Belgorod
Best Scorer	Michal Lasko	Jastrzębski Węgiel
Best Spiker	Maxim Mikhaylov	Zenit Kazan
Best Server	Emre Batur	Halkbank Ankara
Best Blocker	Dmitriy Muserskiy	Belogorie Belgorod
Best Receiver	Matey Kaziyski	Halkbank Ankara
Best Libero	Damian Wojtaszek	Jastrzębski Węgiel
Best Setter	Raphael Oliveira	Halkbank Ankara

External links

• Champions League