CEV Champions League

CEV Champions League
Current season, competition or edition:; 2020–21 CEV Champions League
	File:CEV Champions League logo.svg Euroleague Volleyball
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1959
No. of teams	28 (group stage)
Country	CEV members
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Cucine Lube Civitanova (2nd title)
Most titles	CSKA Moscow (13 titles)
Official website	Website

The CEV Champions League, or CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.

Formula (2018–19 to present)

League round

20 teams take part in the League round where they are split in to 5 groups. After each match the following points are assigned:

Winner 3:0 or 3:1 3 points
Winner 3:2 2 points
Loser 2:3 1 point
Loser 1:3 or 0:3 0 points

Each pool will be contested in a six-leg double round-robin home-and-away format. In each gender, the five pool winners and the three best-ranked pool runners-up will advance to the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

4 pairs are formed and two matches are held between teams in pair. Four winners qualify to the semifinals.

Semifinals

2 pairs are formed and two matches are held between teams in pair. Two winners qualify to the final. Final is held in May.

History

CEV European Champions Cup (1959–60 to 1999–2000)
CEV Champions League (2000–01 to present)

Title holders

1959–60: CSKA Moscow
1960–61: Rapid București
1961–62: CSKA Moscow
1962–63: Rapid București
1963–64: Leipzig
1964–65: Rapid București
1965–66: Dinamo București
1966–67: Dinamo București
1967–68: Spartak ZJŠ Brno
1968–69: CSKA Sofia
1969–70: Burevestnik Alma-Ata
1970–71: Burevestnik Alma-Ata
1971–72: Zetor Zbrojovka Brno
1972–73: CSKA Moscow
1973–74: CSKA Moscow
1974–75: CSKA Moscow
1975–76: Dukla Liberec
1976–77: CSKA Moscow
1977–78: Płomień Milowice
1978–79: Červená hvězda Bratislava
1979–80: Klippan Torino
1980–81: Dinamo București
1981–82: CSKA Moscow

1982–83: CSKA Moscow
1983–84: Santal Parma
1984–85: Santal Parma
1985–86: CSKA Moscow
1986–87: CSKA Moscow
1987–88: CSKA Moscow
1988–89: CSKA Moscow
1989–90: Philips Modena
1990–91: CSKA Moscow
1991–92: il Messaggero Ravenna
1992–93: Edilcuoghi Ravenna
1993–94: Edilcuoghi Ravenna
1994–95: Sisley Treviso
1995–96: Las Daytona Modena
1996–97: Las Valtur Modena
1997–98: Casa Modena Unibon
1998–99: Sisley Treviso
1999–00: Sisley Treviso
2000–01: Paris Volley
2001–02: Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2002–03: Lokomotiv Belgorod
2003–04: Lokomotiv Belgorod
2004–05: Tours

2005–06: Sisley Treviso
2006–07: VfB Friedrichshafen
2007–08: Dynamo-Tattransgaz Kazan
2008–09: Trentino Volley
2009–10: BetClic Trentino
2010–11: BetClic Trentino
2011–12: Zenit-Kazan
2012–13: Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
2013–14: Belogorie
2014–15: Zenit-Kazan
2015–16: Zenit-Kazan
2016–17: Zenit-Kazan
2017–18: Zenit-Kazan
2018–19: Cucine Lube Civitanova
2019–20: No title awarded
2020–21:

CEV European Champions Cup

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
Year	Final			3rd Place Game
1959–60 Details	CSKA Moscow	3–0, 1–3	Rapid București	AZS-AWF Warszawa and Levski Sofia
1960–61 Details	Rapid București	3–0, 3–2	CSKA Moscow	Dukla Kolín and Minyor Pernik
1961–62 Details	CSKA Moscow	2–3, 3–1	Rapid București	N / A
1962–63 Details	Rapid București	3–1, 3–0	CSKA Moscow	CSKA Sofia and Legia Warszawa
1963–64 Details	Leipzig	3–1, 3–1	Mladost	Dukla Kolín and Minyor Pernik
1964–65 Details	Rapid București	1–3, 3–1, 3–2	Minyor Pernik	Leipzig and Slavia Praha
1965–66 Details	Dinamo București	3–1, 3–2	Rapid București	Dukla Kolín and CSKA Moscow
1966–67 Details	Dinamo București	3–0, 1–3, 3–1	Rapid București	Leipzig and Rudá Hvězda Praha
1967–68 Details	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	1–3, 3–0, 3–2	Dinamo București	Legia Warszawa and Steaua București
1968–69 Details	CSKA Sofia	3–0, 3–2	Steaua București	Leipzig and Zbrojovka Zetor Brno
1969–70 Details	Burevestnik Alma-Ata	3–0, 3–1	Zetor Zbrojovka Brno	Csepel and Mladost
1970–71 Details	Burevestnik Alma-Ata	2–3, 3–1, 3–2	Zetor Zbrojovka Brno	CSKA Sofia and Leipzig
1971–72 Details	Zetor Zbrojovka Brno	Group Stage	AMVJ Amstelveen	Ruini Firenze	Dinamo Tirana
1972–73 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Resovia Rzeszów	Rudá Hvězda Prague	Zetor Zbrojovka Brno
1973–74 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Dinamo București	Leipzig	Star Lift
1974–75 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Zbrojovka Brno	Leipzig	Slavia Sofia
1975–76 Details	Dukla Liberec	Group Stage	Slavia Sofia	Spartak Subotica	Resovia Rzeszów
1976–77 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Dinamo București	CSKA Sofia	Vardar
1977–78 Details	Płomień Milowice	Group Stage	Star Lift	Aero Odolena Voda	Büyükdere Boronkay
1978–79 Details	Červená hvězda Bratislava	Group Stage	Steaua București	Płomień Milowice	Pieksämäen Namika
1979–80 Details	Klippan Torino	Group Stage	Červená hvězda Bratislava	Eczacıbaşı	Pieksämäen Namika
1980–81 Details	Dinamo București	Group Stage	CSKA Moscow	Gwardia Wrocław	Pieksämäen Namika
1981–82 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Robe di Kappa Torino	Dinamo București	Olympiacos
1982–83 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Cannes	Santal Parma	Pòrtol
1983–84 Details	Santal Parma	Group Stage	Mladost	Dukla Liberec	Cannes
1984–85 Details	Santal Parma	Group Stage	Mladost	CSKA Sofia	Rudá hvězda Praha
1985–86 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Santal Parma	Martinus	Rudá hvězda Praha
1986–87 Details	CSKA Moscow	Group Stage	Panini Modena	Martinus	CSKA Sofia
1987–88 Details	CSKA Moscow	3–0	Panini Modena	Martinus	CSKA Sofia
1988–89 Details	CSKA Moscow	3–1	Panini Modena	N / A
1989–90 Details	Philips Modena	3–2	Fréjus	Pòrtol	CSKA Sofia
1990–91 Details	CSKA Moscow	3–1	Maxicono Parma	Philips Modena	Cannes
1991–92 Details	il Messaggero Ravenna	3–0	Olympiacos	CSKA Moscow	Cannes
1992–93 Details	Edilcuoghi Ravenna	3–0	Maxicono Parma	Olympiacos	Maes Pils Zellik
1993–94 Details	Edilcuoghi Ravenna	3–0	Maxicono Parma	Zellik Maes pils	Olympiacos
1994–95 Details	Sisley Treviso	3–0	Edilcuoghi Ravenna	Olympiacos	Zellik Maes pils
1995–96 Details	Las Daytona Modena	3–1	Dachau	Vojvodina	Sisley Treviso
1996–97 Details	Las Valtur Modena	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	Mladost	Sisley Treviso
1997–98 Details	Casa Modena Unibon	3–0	Unicaja	Paris Volley	Mladost
1998–99 Details	Sisley Treviso	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	VfB Friedrichshafen	Lokomotiv Belgorod
1999–00 Details	Sisley Treviso	3–1	VfB Friedrichshafen	Noliko Maaseik	e.on HotVolleys Vienna

CEV Champions League

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
Year	Final			3rd Place Game
2000–01 Details	Paris Volley	3–2	Sisley Treviso	Ford B.Gesu Roma	Olympiacos
2001–02 Details	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–1	Olympiacos	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Mostostal-Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2002–03 Details	Lokomotiv Belgorod	3–0	Kerakoll Modena	Mostostal-Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Paris Volley
2003–04 Details	Lokomotiv Belgorod	3–0	Iskra Odintsovo	Tours	Iraklis Thessaloniki
2004–05 Details	Tours	3–1	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Lokomotiv Belgorod	VfB Friedrichshafen
2005–06 Details	Sisley Treviso	3–1	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Lokomotiv Belgorod	Dynamo Moscow
2006–07 Details	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–1	Tours	Dynamo Moscow	Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2007–08 Details	Dynamo-Tattransgaz Kazan	3–2	Copra Piacenza	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Sisley Treviso
2008–09 Details	Trentino Volley	3–1	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Iskra Odintsovo	Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2009–10 Details	BetClic Trentino	3–0	Dynamo Moscow	PGE Skra Bełchatów	ACH
2010–11 Details	BetClic Trentino	3–1	Zenit-Kazan	Dynamo Moscow	Jastrzębski Węgiel
2011–12 Details	Zenit-Kazan	3–2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	PlanetWin365 Trentino	Arkas
2012–13 Details	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3–2	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	Zenit-Kazan	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2013–14 Details	Belogorie	3–1	Halkbank Ankara	Jastrzębski Węgiel	Zenit-Kazan
2014–15 Details	Zenit-Kazan	3–0	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	Recycling Volleys Berlin	PGE Skra Bełchatów
2015–16 Details	Zenit-Kazan	3–2	Trentino Diatec	Lube Cucine Civitanova	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
2016–17 Details	Zenit-Kazan	3–0	SIR Sicoma Colussi Perugia	Lube Cucine Civitanova	Recycling Volleys Berlin
2017–18 Details	Zenit-Kazan	3–2	Lube Cucine Civitanova	SIR Sicoma Colussi Perugia	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2018–19 Details	Lube Cucine Civitanova	3–1	Zenit-Kazan	SIR Sicoma Colussi Perugia and PGE Skra Bełchatów
2019–20 Details	—	—	—	—
2020–21 Details

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion years
1.	CSKA Moscow	13	3	1959–60, 1961–62, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91
2.	Zenit-Kazan	6	2	2007–08, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
3.	Modena Volley	4	4	1989–90, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
4.	Volley Treviso	4	1	1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2005–06
5.	Rapid București	3	4	1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65
6.	Dinamo București	3	3	1965–66, 1966–67, 1980–81
7.	Porto Ravenna	3	1	1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
8.	Trentino Volley	3	1	2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
9.	Belgorod	3		2002–03, 2003–04, 2013–14
10.	Pallavolo Parma	2	4	1983–84, 1984–85
11.	Brno	2	2	1967–68, 1971–72
12.	Volley Lube	2	1	2001–02, 2018–19
13.	Burevestnik Alma-Ata	2		1969–70, 1970–71
14.	Leipzig	1	1	1963–64
15.	Červená hvězda Bratislava	1	1	1978–79
16.	CUS Torino Pallavolo	1	1	1979–80
17.	Tours	1	1	2004–05
18.	VfB Friedrichshafen	1	1	2006–07
19.	CSKA Sofia	1		1968–69
20.	Dukla Liberec	1		1975–76
21.	Płomień Milowice	1		1977–78
22.	Paris Volley	1		2000–01
23.	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	1		2012–13
24.	Mladost		3
25.	Iraklis Thessaloniki		3
26.	Steaua București		2
27.	Noliko Maaseik		2
28.	Olympiacos		2
29.	Resovia Rzeszów		2
30.	Minyor Pernik		1
31.	AMVJ Amstelveen		1
32.	Slavia Sofia		1
33.	VISADE Voorburg		1
34.	Cannes		1
35.	AMSL Fréjus		1
36.	Dachau		1
37.	Almeria		1
38.	Iskra Odintsovo		1
39.	Pallavolo Piacenza		1
40.	Dynamo Moscow		1
41.	Skra Bełchatów		1
42.	Piemonte Volley		1
43.	Halkbank Ankara		1
44.	Perugia Volley		1

Titles by country

Rank	Country	Won	Runner-up	Total
1	Italy	19	16	35
2	Soviet Union	15	3	18
3	Russia	10	4	14
4	Romania	6	9	15
5	Czechoslovakia	4	4	8
6	France	2	3	5
7	Poland	1	3	4
8	Bulgaria	1	2	3
8	Germany	1	2	3
10	East Germany	1	–	1
11	Greece	–	5	5
12	Yugoslavia	–	3	3
13	Belgium	–	2	2
13	Netherlands	–	2	2
15	Spain	–	1	1
15	Turkey	–	1	1

MVP by edition

External links

v t e European Champions Cup and Champions League seasons
European Champions Cup (1959–2000)	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
Champions League (2000–present)	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Qualification	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e European Volleyball Confederation competitions
For national teams	European championships Men's Women's Small Countries Division European leagues Men's Women's
For youth national teams	European championships Men's U22 Men's U20 Men's U18 Men's U17 Women's U22 Women's U20 Women's U18 Women's U17 Small Countries Division
For men's club	Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
For women's club	Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
Beach volleyball	CEV European Beach Volleyball Championship
CEV men's club competition winners CEV women's club competition winners