2018–19 CEV Champions League

2018–19 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	Qualifying round: 9 October – 13 November 2018 Main tournament: 20 November 2018 – 19 May 2019
Number of teams	34 (16 qual. + 18 main tourn.)
Finals champions	Cucine Lube Civitanova
Runners-up	Zenit Kazan
Finals MVP	Osmany Juantorena

The 2018-19 CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2018–19 season and the 60th edition.

Qualification

Main article: 2018–19 CEV Champions League qualification

A total of 20 teams participate of the main competition, with 18 teams being allocated direct vacancies on the basis of ranking list for European Cups Competitions and 2 teams qualify from the qualification rounds. Drawing of lots for the pools composition was held on 2 November 2018.

Rank	Country	No. teams			Qualified teams
		Vac	Qual	Total
1	Italy	3	-	3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia
					Cucine Lube Civitanova
					Azimut Modena
2	Russia	3	-	3	Zenit Kazan
					Zenit Saint Petersburg
					Dinamo Moscow
3	Poland	3	-	3	PGE Skra Bełchatów
					Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
					Trefl Gdańsk
4	Turkey	2	-	2	Halkbank Ankara
					Arkas Izmir
5	Germany	2	1	3	Berlin Recycling Volleys
					VfB Friedrichshafen
					United Volleys Frankfurt
6	Belgium	2	-	2	Greenyard Maaseik
					Knack Roeselare
7	France	1	1	2	Tours VB
					Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne
8	Slovenia	1	-	1	ACH Volley Ljubljana
10	Czech Republic	1	-	1	ČEZ Karlovarsko

Format

League round

A round-robin format (each team plays every other team in its pool twice, once home and once away) where the 20 participating teams are drawn into 5 pools of 4 teams each. The five pool winners and the best three second placed teams among all pools qualify for the Playoffs.

The standings is determined by the number of matches won. In case of a tie in the number of matches won by two or more teams, their ranking is based on the following criteria:

• result points (points awarded for results: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss);
• 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.

Playoffs

A knockout format where the 8 qualified teams are each draw into the quarter-finals with the round winners advancing to the next rounds (semifinals and final). Matches in the quarter-finals and semifinals consists of two legs (home and away).
Result points are awarded for each leg (3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss). After two legs, the team with the most result points advances further in the tournament. In case teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set 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).

Grand finale

A single match between the winners of the semifinals in a neutral venue decides the tournament champion.

Pools composition

Drawing of lots will be held on 2 November 2018, the 20 teams are divided in 4 pots of 5 teams each, with one team per pot being draw into each of the 5 pools (A, B, C, D, E).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia (ITA1) Zenit Kazan (RUS1) PGE Skra Bełchatów (POL1) Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA2) Zenit Saint Petersburg (RUS2)	Halkbank Ankara (TUR1) Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER1) Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle (POL2) Arkas Izmir (TUR2) VfB Friedrichshafen (GER2)	Greenyard Maaseik (BEL1) Tours VB (FRA1) ACH Volley Ljubljana (SLO1) ČEZ Karlovarsko (CZE1) Knack Roeselare (BEL2)	Azimut Modena (ITA3) Dinamo Moscow (RUS3) Trefl Gdańsk (POL3) CL qualification CL qualification

Draw

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E
Zenit Kazan	Cucine Lube Civitanova	Zenit Saint Petersburg	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia
Halkbank Ankara	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	VfB Friedrichshafen	Berlin Recycling Volleys	Arkas Izmir
Knack Roeselare	ČEZ Karlovarsko	ACH Volley Ljubljana	Greenyard Maaseik	Tours VB
United Volleys Frankfurt	Azimut Modena	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	Trefl Gdańsk	Dinamo Moscow

League round

Qualified for the Quarter-finals

• 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
20 Nov	17:00	Halkbank Ankara	3–2	Knack Roeselare	29–31	25–23	22–25	25–15	15–9	116–103	Report
21 Nov	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	United Volleys Frankfurt	25–18	25–17	25–13			75–48	Report
18 Dec	19:00	United Volleys Frankfurt	3–0	Halkbank Ankara	25–18	25–19	25–23			75–60	Report
20 Dec	20:30	Knack Roeselare	1–3	Zenit Kazan	18–25	25–20	23–25	19–25		85–95	Report
15 Jan	19:00	United Volleys Frankfurt	2–3	Knack Roeselare	20–25	17–25	25–21	25–21	8–15	95–107	Report
16 Jan	17:00	Halkbank Ankara	1–3	Zenit Kazan	15–25	18–25	26–24	22–25		81–99	Report
29 Jan	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–1	Knack Roeselare	20–25	25–18	25–18	25–20		95–81	Report
30 Jan	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–1	United Volleys Frankfurt	25–12	23–25	25–22	25–21		98–80	Report
14 Feb	19:00	United Volleys Frankfurt	1–3	Zenit Kazan	19–25	21–25	25–23	18–25		83–98	Report
14 Feb	20:30	Knack Roeselare	1–3	Halkbank Ankara	22–25	25–20	17–25	19–25		83–95	Report
27 Feb	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Halkbank Ankara	25–14	25–22	28–26			78–62	Report
27 Feb	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	United Volleys Frankfurt	25–22	25–15	22–25	25–15		97–77	Report

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Nov	18:00	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	ČEZ Karlovarsko	25–16	25–16	25–17			75–49	Report
22 Nov	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Azimut Modena	25–22	30–28	25–22			80–72	Report
19 Dec	18:00	ČEZ Karlovarsko	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	16–25	18–25	14–25			48–75	Report
19 Dec	20:30	Azimut Modena	3–1	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–23	25–21	22–25	26–24		98–93	Report
15 Jan	20:30	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	19–25	17–25	19–25			55–75	Report
16 Jan	20:30	Azimut Modena	3–0	ČEZ Karlovarsko	26–24	25–22	25–17			76–63	Report
31 Jan	18:00	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–1	Azimut Modena	22–25	26–24	25–21	25–22		98–92	Report
31 Jan	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	ČEZ Karlovarsko	25–16	25–18	25–14			75–48	Report
13 Feb	18:00	ČEZ Karlovarsko	0–3	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	19–25	23–25	18–25			60–75	Report
13 Feb	20:30	Azimut Modena	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	27–25	26–28	23–25	21–25		97–103	Report
27 Feb	18:00	ČEZ Karlovarsko	0–3	Azimut Modena	18–25	21–25	19–25			58–75	Report
27 Feb	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–2	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	20–25	22–25	34–32	25–21	15–12	116–115	Report

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Nov	19:30	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–2	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	25–22	20–25	25–22	20–25	16–14	106–108	Report
21 Nov	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	36–34	25–19	25–15			86–68	Report
18 Dec	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	2–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	19–25	21–25	25–19	25–21	14–16	104–106	Report
18 Dec	20:30	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–15	25–23	25–18			75–56	Report
15 Jan	20:30	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	3–1	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–18	25–13	28–30	28–26		106–87	Report
16 Jan	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	0–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	17–25	20–25	31–33			68–83	Report
30 Jan	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	2–3	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	19–25	19–25	25–22	25–19	14–16	102–107	Report
31 Jan	19:00	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–19	25–22	25–19			75–60	Report
13 Feb	20:00	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	2–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	24–26	25–13	19–25	25–17	18–20	111–101	Report
14 Feb	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	2–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–21	22–25	16–25	25–22	7–15	95–108	Report
27 Feb	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	1–3	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	17–25	25–23	15–25	16–25		73–98	Report
27 Feb	19:00	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–22	25–22	25–22			75–66	Report

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Nov	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Trefl Gdańsk	21–25	35–33	25–19	26–24		107–101	Report
22 Nov	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–1	Greenyard Maaseik	25–23	25–22	18–25	25–18		93–88	Report
18 Dec	20:30	Greenyard Maaseik	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–21	25–22	29–27			79–70	Report
19 Dec	18:00	Trefl Gdańsk	3–0	Berlin Recycling Volleys	26–24	25–19	25–18			76–61	Report
16 Jan	18:00	Trefl Gdańsk	3–1	Greenyard Maaseik	22–25	25–22	25–20	25-22		97–67	Report
16 Jan	20:00	Berlin Recycling Volleys	0–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	21–25	22–25	23–25			66–75	Report
30 Jan	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	2–3	Greenyard Maaseik	16–25	29–27	25–16	21–25	12–15	103–108	Report
30 Jan	20:00	Berlin Recycling Volleys	0–3	Trefl Gdańsk	20–25	21–25	36–38			77–88	Report
13 Feb	20:30	Greenyard Maaseik	2–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–22	25–20	29–31	22–25	13–15	114–113	Report
14 Feb	18:00	Trefl Gdańsk	3–2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–22	28–26	21–25	18–25	16–14	108–112	Report
27 Feb	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Berlin Recycling Volleys	27–25	25–23	31–29			83–77	Report
27 Feb	20:30	Greenyard Maaseik	0–3	Trefl Gdańsk	20–25	21–25	21–25			62–75	Report

Pool E

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Nov	19:00	Arkas Izmir	0–3	Tours VB	20–25	23–25	19–25			62–75	Report
21 Nov	20:30	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3–0	Dinamo Moscow	25–23	27–25	25–21			77–69	Report
18 Dec	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	3–0	Arkas Izmir	25–23	25–20	25–15			75–58	Report
19 Dec	20:00	Tours VB	1–3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	19–25	25–16	19–25	25–27		88–93	Report
15 Jan	19:00	Arkas Izmir	1–3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	10–25	19–25	25–22	23–25		77–97	Report
17 Jan	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	3–0	Tours VB	27–25	26–24	26–24			79–73	Report
29 Jan	19:00	Arkas Izmir	0–3	Dinamo Moscow	22–25	18–25	16–25			56–75	Report
30 Jan	20:30	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3–0	Tours VB	25–20	25–20	25–19			75–59	Report
12 Feb	20:00	Tours VB	3–2	Arkas Izmir	25–21	25–16	20–25	22–25	15–12	107–99	Report
13 Feb	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	1–3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	25–22	21–25	20–25	23–25		89–97	Report
27 Feb	20:00	Tours VB	0–3	Dinamo Moscow	23–25	17–25	31–33			71–83	Report
27 Feb	20:30	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3–1	Arkas Izmir	25–21	25–22	25–27	25–16		100–86	Report

Playoff round

• Drawing of lots was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on 1 March 2019.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	1–5	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	2–3	0–3
Trefl Gdańsk	3–3	Zenit Kazan	2–3	3–2	12–15
PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	1–3	15–11
Dinamo Moscow	1–5	Cucine Lube Civitanova	2–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Mar	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	2–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	10–25	25–23	25–23	18–25	13–15	91–111	Report
13 Mar	18:00	Trefl Gdańsk	2–3	Zenit Kazan	19–25	25–23	23–25	25–23	13–15	105–111	Report
14 Mar	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	25–18	13–25	25–22	25–18		88–83	Report
14 Mar	20:30	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	2–3	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	21–25	31–29	25–17	19–25	14–16	110–112	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Mar	19:00	Zenit Kazan	2–3	Trefl Gdańsk	23–25	23–25	25–23	29–27	15–17	115–117	Report
Golden set		Zenit Kazan	15–12	Trefl Gdańsk
20 Mar	19:30	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–22	21–25	25–20	25–20		96–87	Report
Golden set		Zenit Saint Petersburg	11–15	PGE Skra Bełchatów
20 Mar	20:30	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	3–0	Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne	25–21	25–16	25–17			75–54	Report
21 Mar	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Dinamo Moscow	25–16	25–21	25–21			75–58	Report

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	1–5	Zenit Kazan	2–3	1–3
PGE Skra Bełchatów	0–6	Cucine Lube Civitanova	0–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Apr	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	14–25	20–25	23–25			57–75	Report
3 Apr	20:30	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	2–3	Zenit Kazan	22–25	26–24	25–27	25–20	13–15	111–111	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Apr	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–1	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	22–25	25–23	25–23	26–24		98–95	Report
10 Apr	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–15	25–20	27–25			77–60	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 May	19:00	Zenit Kazan	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	25–16	15–25	12–25	19–25		71–91	Report

External links

• Official website