2020–21 CEV Champions League qualification

This article shows the qualification phase for the 2020–21 CEV Champions League. 18 teams will play in the qualification round. The two remaining teams will join the other 18 teams automatically qualified to the League round based on the European Cups' Ranking List.^[1] All 16 eliminated teams will compete in the 2020–21 CEV Cup.

Participating Teams

Drawing of Lots took place on 21 August 2020 in Luxembourg.^[2]

Rank^[3]	Country	Team(s)	Outcome (Qualified to)
1	Italy	Itas Trentino	CEV Champions League
2	Russia	Dynamo Moscow	CEV Cup
3	Poland	Jastrzębski Węgiel	CEV Champions League
6	Belgium	Greenyard Maaseik	CEV Cup
11	Serbia	OK Vojvodina Novi Sad	CEV Cup
12	Finland	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	CEV Cup
13	Netherlands	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	CEV Cup
14	Bulgaria	Neftochimik Burgas	CEV Cup
15	Austria	SK Zadruga Aich/Dob	CEV Cup
16	Belarus	Stroitel Minsk	CEV Cup
16	Belarus	Shakhtior Soligorsk	CEV Cup
18	Romania	CS Arcada Galați	CEV Cup
23	Switzerland	Lindaren Volley Amriswil	CEV Cup
26	Croatia	OK Ribola Kaštela	CEV Cup
26	Croatia	Mladost Zagreb	CEV Cup
28	Hungary	Fino Kaposvár	CEV Cup
31	Albania	Erzeni Shijakut	CEV Cup
34	England	IBB Polonia London	CEV Cup

First round

18 teams compete in the first round
No teams pre–seeded
The teams are split into 6 groups, each one featuring three teams
Winner of each pool advance to the second round

	Qualified for the Second round

All times are local.

Pool A

(H): Tournament host

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Mladost Zagreb has withdrawn from the competition due to the positive COVID-19 test results.^[4]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	16:00	Fino Kaposvár	3–0	Erzeni Shijakut	25–16	25–19	25–19			75–54	Report
24 Sep	18:00	Erzeni Shijakut	0–3	Fino Kaposvár	18–25	16–25	15–25			49–75	Report

Pool B

(H): Tournament host

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
–	–	OK Ribola Kaštela	0–3	CS Arcada Galați	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	3–0	OK Ribola Kaštela	25–10	25–22	25–17			75–49	Report
24 Sep	18:00	CS Arcada Galați	3–2	Ford Levoranta Sastamala	28–26	18–25	25–13	23–25	20–18	114–107	Report

OK Ribola Kaštela was not able to deliver COVID-19 test results before their first match of the tournament. As a result, the Romanian team CS Arcada Galați claimed a 3–0 forfeit victory.^[4]

Pool C

(H): Tournament host

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
22 Sep	20:30	Stroitel Minsk	0–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–27	24–26	14–25	63–78	Report
23 Sep	18:00	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	3–0	Stroitel Minsk	25–23	25–16	25–18	75–57	Report
24 Sep	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn	25–20	25–16	25–17	75–53	Report

Pool D

(H): Tournament host

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	20:15	Neftochimik Burgas	1–3	SK Zadruga Aich/Dob	22–25	19–25	25–16	20–25		86–91	Report
28 Sep	19:00	Dynamo Moscow	3–1	Neftochimik Burgas	25–21	32–30	21–25	25–22		103–98	Report
29 Sep	20:15	SK Zadruga Aich/Dob	1–3	Dynamo Moscow	23–25	17–25	25–17	22–25		87–92	Report
30 Sep	20:15	SK Zadruga Aich/Dob	2–3	Neftochimik Burgas	20–25	25–13	25–21	18–25	13–15	101–99	Report
1 Oct	19:00	Neftochimik Burgas	1–3	Dynamo Moscow	19–25	23–25	32–30	11–25		85–105	Report
2 Oct	19:00	Dynamo Moscow	3–0	SK Zadruga Aich/Dob	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55	Report

Pool E

(H): Tournament host

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	19:00	Shakhtior Soligorsk	2–3	Lindaren Volley Amriswil	22–25	18–25	25–13	25–16	8–15	98–94	Report
7 Oct	19:00	Greenyard Maaseik	2–3	Shakhtior Soligorsk	25–23	18–25	25–23	24–26	14–16	106–113	Report
8 Oct	19:00	Lindaren Volley Amriswil	3–1	Greenyard Maaseik	25–21	21–25	25–16	25–20		96–82	Report

Pool F

(H): Tournament host

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
29 Sep	20:30	IBB Polonia London	0–3	Itas Trentino	16–25	17–25	15–25		48–75	Report
30 Sep	20:30	OK Vojvodina Novi Sad	3–1	IBB Polonia London	21–25	25–21	25–23	25–18	96–87	Report
1 Oct	20:30	Itas Trentino	3–0	OK Vojvodina Novi Sad	25–19	25–20	25–18		75–57	Report

Second round

6 teams compete in the second round
The teams are split into 2 groups, each one featuring three teams
Winner of each pool advance to the League round

	Qualified for the League round

All times are local.

Pool G

(H): Tournament host

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Fino Kaposvár has withdrawn from the competition due to the positive COVID-19 test results. Consequently, two remaining teams present at the tournament claimed a 3–0 forfeit victory.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Nov	19:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	CS Arcada Galați	25–18	25–16	25–17			75–51	Report

Pool H

(H): Tournament host

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
27 Oct	19:00	Lindaren Volley Amriswil	0–3	Dynamo Moscow	20–25	21–25	18–25	59–75	Report
28 Oct	19:00	Dynamo Moscow	0–3	Itas Trentino	18–25	13–25	16–25	47–75	Report
29 Oct	19:00	Itas Trentino	3–0	Lindaren Volley Amriswil	25–19	25–22	25–18	75–59	Report

References

^ "CEV Champions League to feature 65 teams!". CEV. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "The CEV Champions League Volley Drawing of Lots sets up great clashes". CEV. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
^ "2020 CEV Champions League Volley 2021 – Men Ranking" (PDF). CEV. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Cancelled Matches in the CEV Champions League Volley 1st Round". CEV. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[1] "CEV Champions League to feature 65 teams!". CEV. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[2] "The CEV Champions League Volley Drawing of Lots sets up great clashes". CEV. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[3] "2020 CEV Champions League Volley 2021 – Men Ranking" (PDF). CEV. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[CM-4] "Cancelled Matches in the CEV Champions League Volley 1st Round". CEV. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

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