2019–20 CEV Champions League

2019–20 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	Qualifying round: 22 October – 21 November 2019 Main tournament: 3 December 2019 – 12 May 2020
Number of matches	50
Number of teams	28 (10 qual. + 18 main tourn.)
Total attendance	113008
Berlin

The 2019–20 CEV Champions League was the 61st edition and the highest level of European club volleyball in 2019–20.

SuperFinals

CEV announced Berlin is the place to hold the final in second consecutive year on May 16, 2020. The iconic Max-Schmeling-Halle is the venue for the final match. The prize money for the champion is €500,000.

Qualification

Main article: 2019–20 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.

Rank	Country	No. teams			Qualified teams
		Vac	Qual	Total
1	Italy	3	–	3	Cucine Lube Civitanova
					Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia
					Itas Diatec Trentino
2	Russia	3	–	3	Kuzbass Kemerovo
					Zenit Kazan
					Fakel Novy Urengoy
3	Poland	3	–	3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
					VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa
					Jastrzębski Węgiel
4	Turkey	2	–	2	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul
					Halkbank Ankara
5	Germany	2	–	2	Berlin Recycling Volleys
					VfB Friedrichshafen
6	Belgium	2	–	2	Greenyard Maaseik
					Knack Roeselare
7	France	1	–	1	Tours VB
8	Slovenia	1	–	1	ACH Volley Ljubljana
10	Czech Republic	1	–	1	Jihostroj České Budějovice
12	Serbia	0	1	1	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad
50	Portugal	0	1	1	SL Benfica Lisboa

Pools composition

Drawing of Lots was held on 25 October 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

League round

Qualified for the Quarterfinals

• 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
5 Dec	18:00	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	2–3	Jihostroj České Budějovice	20–25	25–21	25–17	21–25	12–15	103–103	Report
12 Dec	18:00	Jihostroj České Budějovice	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	18–25	25–21	13–25	22–25		78–96	Report
12 Dec	20:30	Itas Diatec Trentino	3–2	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	21–25	23–25	25–18	25–17	16–14	110–99	Report
19 Dec	18:30	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	15–25	19–25	25–20	17–25		76–95	Report
19 Dec	20:30	Itas Diatec Trentino	3–0	Jihostroj České Budějovice	25–11	25–16	25–21			75–48	Report
26 Jan	18:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Itas Diatec Trentino	25–21	25–18	25–15			75–54	Report
28 Jan	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Jihostroj České Budějovice	25–21	25–19	21–25	25–19		96–84	Report
30 Jan	18:00	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	1–3	Itas Diatec Trentino	25–17	22–25	27–29	20–25		94–96	Report
13 Feb	17:00	Jihostroj České Budějovice	3–0	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	25–23	25–23	25–21			75–67	Report
13 Feb	20:30	Itas Diatec Trentino	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	26–24	29–31	17–25	22–25		94–105	Report
19 Feb	17:00	Jihostroj České Budějovice	2–3	Itas Diatec Trentino	25–21	25–22	15–25	22–25	11–15	98–108	Report
19 Feb	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	25–17	21–25	25–18	25–22		96–82	Report

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Dec	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–21	25–15	26–24			76–60	Report
4 Dec	19:00	Kuzbass Kemerovo	3–0	Fakel Novy Urengoy	26–24	25–21	25–18			76–63	Report
11 Dec	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	3–2	Kuzbass Kemerovo	25–23	25–16	25–27	23–25	19–17	117–108	Report
11 Dec	19:00	Fakel Novy Urengoy	3–0	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–22	25–18	25–17			75–57	Report
17 Dec	19:00	Fakel Novy Urengoy	3–1	ACH Volley Ljubljana	24–26	25–20	25–19	25–16		99–81	Report
18 Dec	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	1–3	Kuzbass Kemerovo	17–25	23–25	25–19	19–25		84–94	Report
28 Jan	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	2–3	Fakel Novy Urengoy	25–21	25–15	20–25	22–25	10–15	102–101	Report
29 Jan	19:00	Kuzbass Kemerovo	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–19	25–23	25–21			75–63	Report
12 Feb	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	2–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–22	25–19	16–25	22–25	12–15	100–106	Report
12 Feb	19:00	Fakel Novy Urengoy	3–0	Kuzbass Kemerovo	25–21	25–16	25–20			75–57	Report
19 Feb	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	2–3	Fakel Novy Urengoy	18–25	25–23	25–20	18–25	11–15	97–108	Report
19 Feb	19:00	Kuzbass Kemerovo	3–2	Berlin Recycling Volleys	22–25	25–19	25–14	20–25	15–8	107–91	Report

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Dec	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	2–3	Greenyard Maaseik	25–20	25–23	27–29	20–25	10–15	107–112	Report
11 Dec	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	Halkbank Ankara	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55	Report
11 Dec	20:30	Greenyard Maaseik	3–2	Zenit Kazan	20–25	18–25	25–23	25–22	20–18	108–113	Report
18 Dec	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	1–3	Zenit Kazan	26–24	23–25	20–25	22–25		91–99	Report
19 Dec	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	Greenyard Maaseik	25–17	25–20	25–21			75–58	Report
18 Jan	19:00	Zenit Kazan	2–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–18	16–25	25–20	22–25	14–16	102–104	Report
29 Jan	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	0–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	18–25	18–25	15–25			51–75	Report
29 Jan	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Greenyard Maaseik	25–14	25–10	25–22			75–46	Report
12 Feb	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–1	Zenit Kazan	25–18	30–28	19–25	25–23		99–94	Report
12 Feb	20:30	Greenyard Maaseik	3–1	Halkbank Ankara	25–22	34–36	25–21	25–18		109–97	Report
19 Feb	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–1	Halkbank Ankara	25–23	23–25	25–19	25–15		98–82	Report
19 Feb	20:30	Greenyard Maaseik	3–2	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–23	20–25	19–25	25–22	15–8	104–103	Report

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Dec	19:00	VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa	3–0	Tours VB	25–15	25–22	25–23			75–60	Report
4 Dec	20:30	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	3–1	SL Benfica Lisboa	25–18	24–26	25–15	25–19		99–78	Report
10 Dec	17:15	SL Benfica Lisboa	3–1	VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa	25–19	25–17	22–25	25–21		97–82	Report
11 Dec	20:00	Tours VB	0–3	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	30–32	19–25	18–25			67–82	Report
17 Dec	20:30	VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa	1–3	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	17–25	25–23	21–25	24–26		87–99	Report
19 Dec	20:00	SL Benfica Lisboa	1–3	Tours VB	20–25	25–20	22–25	18–25		85–95	Report
29 Jan	19:00	VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa	3–0	SL Benfica Lisboa	25–21	25–13	25–22			75–56	Report
29 Jan	20:30	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	3–0	Tours VB	25–21	25–15	25–21			75–57	Report
12 Feb	20:00	Tours VB	3–0	VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62	Report
13 Feb	20:00	SL Benfica Lisboa	1–3	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	24–26	21–25	25–22	17–25		87–98	Report
19 Feb	20:00	Tours VB	3–1	SL Benfica Lisboa	25–23	22–25	25–23	25–17		97–88	Report
19 Feb	20:30	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	3–1	VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa	25–17	25–27	25–17	25–19		100–80	Report

Pool E

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Dec	18:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	25–20	25–21	25–21			75–62	Report
4 Dec	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	0–3	Knack Roeselare	23–25	21–25	15–25			59–75	Report
10 Dec	18:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	0–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	20–25	21–25	20–25			61–75	Report
10 Dec	20:30	Knack Roeselare	0–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	17–25	19–25	21–25			57–75	Report
17 Dec	18:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	2–3	Knack Roeselare	21–25	20–25	25–22	25–22	12–15	103–109	Report
18 Dec	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	0–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	23–25	22–25	20–25			65–75	Report
28 Jan	18:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Knack Roeselare	25–19	25–18	25–20			75–57	Report
29 Jan	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–2	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	23–25	25–18	17–25	25–20	15–13	105–101	Report
11 Feb	18:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	0–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	11–25	22–25	18–25			51–75	Report
11 Feb	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	VfB Friedrichshafen	28–26	26–28	25–19	25–17		104–90	Report
19 Feb	18:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	Report
19 Feb	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	28–26	25–20	25–18			78–64	Report

Second place ranking

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Playoffs

• Drawing of Lots was held on 20 February 2020.
• All times are local.

Quarterfinals

Pot 1	Pot 2
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia Cucine Lube Civitanova Jastrzębski Węgiel	Fakel Novy Urengoy Kuzbass Kemerovo Knack Roeselare Itas Diatec Trentino

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Knack Roeselare	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	0–3	n/a
Itas Diatec Trentino	–	Jastrzębski Węgiel	–	–
Fakel Novy Urengoy	0–3	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	1–3	–
Kuzbass Kemerovo	4–2	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	2–3	3–1

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Mar	20:30	Knack Roeselare	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	29–31	14–25	16–25			59–81	Report
TBD	TBD	Itas Diatec Trentino	–	Jastrzębski Węgiel	–	–	–			0–0	Report
4 Mar	19:00	Fakel Novy Urengoy	1–3	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	23–25	21–25	25–22	21–25		90–97	Report
4 Mar	19:00	Kuzbass Kemerovo	2–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–22	24–26	25–17	26–28	14–16	114–109	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
TBD	TBD	Jastrzębski Węgiel	–	Itas Diatec Trentino	–	–	–			0–0	Report
TBD	TBD	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	–	Fakel Novy Urengoy	–	–	–			0–0	Report
11 Mar	18:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	1–3	Kuzbass Kemerovo	25–21	23–25	18–25	20–25		86–96	Report

• The matches between Itas Diatec Trentino and Jastrzębski Węgiel, Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia and Fakel Novy Urengoy have all been postponed due to escalation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Europe.
  
• The second match between Cucine Lube Civitanova and Knack Roeselare is not played according to the mutual agreement between the clubs due to the decision of their respective national authorities related to the (COVID-19). The team of Cucine Lube Civitanova is qualified to the Semifinals.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
QF2W	–	Cucine Lube Civitanova	–	–
Kuzbass Kemerovo	–	QF3W	–	–

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
		QF2W	–	Cucine Lube Civitanova	–	–	–			0–0
		Kuzbass Kemerovo	–	QF3W	–	–	–			0–0

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
		Cucine Lube Civitanova	–	QF2W	–	–	–			0–0
		QF3W	–	Kuzbass Kemerovo	–	–	–			0–0

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
		SF2W	–	SF1W	–	–	–			0–0

Attendance

League round

Pos	Team	Total	Highest	Lowest	Average
1	Berlin Recycling Volleys	13113	4583	4219	4371
2	Cucine Lube Civitanova	9833	3639	2599	3277
3	Kuzbass Kemerovo	9000	3000	3000	3000
4	VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa	8937	5500	1450	2979
5	Tours VB	8520	3050	2720	2840
6	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	8459	2850	2775	2819
7	Itas Diatec Trentino	8347	3073	2502	2782
8	Jastrzębski Węgiel	7724	3155	2269	2574
9	Zenit Kazan	7550	3200	2100	2516
10	Fakel Novy Urengoy	7400	2600	2300	2466
11	Jihostroj České Budějovice	7150	2500	2300	2383
12	ACH Volley Ljubljana	6931	2488	2100	2310
13	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	6000	3500	1000	2000
14	Greenyard Maaseik	5200	2000	1500	1733
15	Halkbank Ankara	5050	2100	1100	1683
16	Knack Roeselare	4750	1650	1500	1583
17	VfB Friedrichshafen	3642	1264	1181	1214
18	SL Benfica Lisboa	3429	1400	800	1143
19	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3400	1200	1100	1133
20	Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul	2368	1238	350	789
Total		136803	5500	350	2279

External links

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