CEV Women's Champions League

The Women's CEV Champions League, formerly known as CEV Champions Cup (from 1960 to 2000), is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) and was created in 1960 as CEV Champions Cup.[1][2] On 13 November 2000, it was officially presented in Florence under a new format and renamed CEV Champions League.[3]

See also: CEV Champions League

Women's CEV Champions League

Current season, competition or edition: 2019–20 CEV Women's Champions League
Formerly	CEV Champions Cup (1960–2000)
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1960 (as CEV Champions Cup)
Administrator	CEV
No. of teams	20 (group stage)
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Igor Gorgonzola Novara (1st title)
Most titles	/ Dinamo Moscow (11 titles)
Official website	CEV Champions League

Formula

The competition has changed its format since the first fourteen teams took part at the inaugural edition in 1960–61.[1] Through the Champions Cup era, as the number of participating teams has changed over time, the competition moved from an only knockout tournament to include a round-robin format between the final four competitors to determine the champion.

Since the competition became the Champions League, all participants are divided into groups, and a double round-robin takes place within each group. The best teams advance to the playoffs and one team is selected to be the host of the "Final four" (receiving a bye from the playoffs and qualifying directly to the final four). The teams paired for the playoffs play a double-elimination until three teams remain, these three teams join the final four host to play the semifinal, 3rd place match and final. The final four takes place between March and April.

History

• CEV Champions Cup (1960 to 2000)
• CEV Champions League (2000 to present)

Finals

#	Year			Final				Semi-finalists
				Champions	Score	Runners-up
1	1960–61			Dynamo Moscow	3–2 3–0	AZS AWF Warsaw		Dinamo Bucharest and Slavia Prague
				won 6–2 on aggregate

In the 1961–62 season, the finalists was qualified by a home-and-away format in group stage round.

#	Year			Final				Second places in group stage
				Champions	Score	Runners-up
2	1960–61			Burevestnik Odessa	3–1 3–0	Slavia Sofia		Dinamo Bucharest and Legia Warsaw
				won 6–1 on aggregate

From the 1961–62 season, the knockout stage was played on the same format in the 1960–61 season.

#	Year			Final				Semi-finalists
				Champions	Score	Runners-up
3	1962–63			Dynamo Moscow	3–1 3–2	AZS AWF Warsaw		Dynamo Prague and Slavia Sofia
				won 6–3 on aggregate
4	1963–64			Levski Sofia	3–0 1–3	Dynamo Berlin		Dynamo Moscow and AZS AWF Warsaw
				won 4–3 on aggregate
5	1964–65			Dynamo Moscow	3–0 3–0	Dynamo Berlin		Slavia Sofia and Dinamo Bucharest
				won 6–0 on aggregate
6	1965–66			CSKA Moscow	3–0 3–0	Dynamo Moscow		AZS AWF Warsaw and Slavia Sofia
				won 6–0 on aggregate
7	1966–67			CSKA Moscow	3–0 3–0	Dynamo Moscow		Dynamo Berlin and Slavia Sofia
				won 6–0 on aggregate
8	1967–68			Dynamo Moscow	3–0 3–2	CSKA Moscow		DHFK Leipzig and Dinamo Bucharest
				won 6–2 on aggregate
9	1968–69			CSKA Moscow	3–1 3–2	Dynamo Moscow		Akademik Sofia and Slavia Bratislava
				won 6–3 on aggregate
10	1969–70			Dynamo Moscow	3–1 3–0	NIM-SE Budapest		CSKA Moscow and Tatran Střešovice
				won 6–1 on aggregate
11	1970–71			Dynamo Moscow	3–0 3–0	Tatran Střešovice		Levski-Spartak Sofia and Wisła Kraków
				won 6–0 on aggregate

From the 1971–72 season, the final round was played on the round robin format.

#	Year	Final host		Champions	Runners-up		Third Place	Fourth Place
12	1971–72	La Louvière		Dynamo Moscow	Tatran Střešovice		Lokomotiv Moscow	Start Łódź
13	1972–73	Apeldoorn		NIM-SE Budapest	Slavia Bratislava		Start Łódź	Dynamo Berlin
14	1973–74	Warsaw		Dynamo Moscow	NIM-SE Budapest		Levski-Spartak Sofia	Start Łódź
15	1974–75	Catania		Dynamo Moscow	Levski-Spartak Sofia		NIM-SE Budapest	Dynamo Berlin
16	1975–76	Warsaw		Rudá Hvězda Praha	Levski-Spartak Sofia		Van Houten	Crvena zvezda Belgrad
17	1976–77	İzmir		Dynamo Moscow	NIM-SE Budapest		Traktor Schwerin	Levski-Spartak Sofia
18	1977–78	Rheine		Traktor Schwerin	NIM-SE Budapest		Start Łódź	Savoia Alzano
19	1979–80	İzmir		CSKA Sofia	NIM-SE Budapest		Dynamo Berlin	Slávia Bratysława
20	1977–78	Gottwaldov		Rudá Hvězda Praha	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul		NIM-SE Budapest	Dinamo Tirana
21	1980–81	Schaan		Uralochka Sverdlovsk	Levski-Spartak Sofia		Traktor Schwerin	Slávia UK Bratislava
22	1981–82	Ravenna		Uralochka Sverdlovsk	DVC Dokkum		SV Lohhof	Levski-Spartak Sofia
23	1982–83	Ankara		Uralochka Sverdlovsk	Vasas Izzo Budapest		Slávia UK Bratislava	SV Lohhof

Year		Final				3rd Place Game
		Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Fourth place
1960–61 Details		Dynamo Moscow		AZS AWF Warsaw		N / A
1961–62 Details		Burevestnik Odessa		Slavia Sofia
1962–63 Details		Dynamo Moscow		AZS AWF Warsaw
1963–64 Details		Levski Sofia		Dynamo Berlin
1964–65 Details		Dynamo Moscow		Dynamo Berlin
1965–66 Details		CSKA Moscow		Dynamo Moscow
1966–67 Details		CSKA Moscow		Dynamo Moscow
1967–68 Details		Dynamo Moscow		CSKA Moscow
1968–69 Details		Dynamo Moscow		CSKA Moscow
1969–70 Details		Dynamo Moscow		NIM-SE Budapest
1970–71 Details		Dynamo Moscow		Tatran Střešovice
1971–72 Details		Dynamo Moscow		Tatran Střešovice
1972–73 Details		NIM-SE Budapest		Dynamo Moscow
1973–74 Details		Dynamo Moscow		NIM-SE Budapest
1974–75 Details		Dynamo Moscow		Levski-Spartak Sofia
1975–76 Details		Rudá Hvězda Praha		Levski-Spartak Sofia		Van Houten	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
1976–77 Details		Dynamo Moscow		NIM-SE Budapest		Traktor Schwerin	Levski-Spartak Sofia
1977–78 Details		Traktor Schwerin		NIM-SE Budapest		Start Łódź	Savoia Alzano
1978–79 Details		CSKA Sofia		NIM-SE Budapest		Dynamo Berlin	Slavia Bratislava
1979–80 Details		Rudá Hvězda Praha		Eczacıbaşı Istanbul		NIM-SE Budapest	Dinamo Tirana
1980–81 Details		Uralochka Sverdlovsk		Levski-Spartak Sofia		Traktor Schwerin	Slavia Bratislava
1981–82 Details		Uralochka Sverdlovsk		DVC Dokkum		SV Lohhof	Levski-Spartak Sofia
1982–83 Details		Uralochka Sverdlovsk		Vasas Izzo Budapest		Slavia Bratislava	SV Lohhof
1983–84 Details		CSKA Sofia		Olimpia Teodora Ravenna		SV Lohhof	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
1984–85 Details		ADK Alma-Ata		Olimpia Teodora Ravenna		Tungsram SC Budapest	SV Lohhof
1985–86 Details		CSKA Moscow		Olimpia Teodora Ravenna		Dynamo Berlin	Czarni Słupsk
1986–87 Details		Uralochka Sverdlovsk		Olimpia Teodora Ravenna		Dynamo Berlin	CSKA Moscow
1987–88 Details		Olimpia Teodora Ravenna		Uralochka Sverdlovsk		Dynamo Berlin	CSKA Sofia
1988–89 Details		Uralochka Sverdlovsk		Olimpia Teodora Ravenna		Dynamo Berlin	CSKA Sofia
1989–90 Details		Uralochka Sverdlovsk		Olimpia Teodora Ravenna		Dinamo Tirana	RC de France Paris
1990–91 Details		Mladost Zagreb	3–0	Uralochka Sverdlovsk		Olimpia Teodora Ravenna	Avero Sneek
1991–92 Details		Olimpia Teodora Ravenna	3–2	Mladost Zagreb		Uralochka Ekaterinburg	CJD Feuerbach
1992–93 Details		Parmalat Matera	3–1	Olimpia Teodora Ravenna		Uralochka Ekaterinburg	Mladost Zagreb
1993–94 Details		Uralochka Ekaterinburg	3–2	Mladost Zagreb		Latte Rugiada Matera	SK UP Olomouc
1994–95 Details		Uralochka Ekaterinburg	3–0	CV Murcia		Iskra Lugansk	Parmalat Matera
1995–96 Details		Parmalat Matera	3–2	Uralochka Ekaterinburg		Iskra Lugansk	RC Cannes
1996–97 Details		Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–1	Uralochka Ekaterinburg		RC Cannes	Parmalat Matera
1997–98 Details		OK Dubrovnik	3–0	Vakıfbank Ankara		Foppapedretti Bergamo	VBC Riom
1998–99 Details		Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–0	Vakıfbank Ankara		RC Cannes	CV Tenerife
1999–00 Details		Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–1	Uralochka Ekaterinburg		Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	Nafta Piła
2000–01 Details		Volley Modena	3–0	Capo Sud Reggio Calabria		Uralochka Ekaterinburg	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
2001–02 Details		RC Cannes	3–1	Foppapedretti Bergamo		Tenerife Marichal	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
2002–03 Details		RC Cannes	3–1	Uralochka Ekaterinburg		Foppapedretti Bergamo	Volley Modena
2003–04 Details		Tenerife Marichal	3–2	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia		RC Cannes	Azerrail Baku
2004–05 Details		Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–0	Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara		Tenerife Marichal	RC Cannes
2005–06 Details		Pallavolo Sirio Perugia	3–1	RC Cannes		Foppapedretti Bergamo	Vakıfbank Güneş Istanbul
2006–07 Details		Foppapedretti Bergamo	3–2	Dinamo Moscow		Spar Tenerife Marichal	Voléro Zürich
2007–08 Details		Colussi Perugia	3–1	Zarechie Odintsovo		Asystel Novara	Grupo 2002 Murcia
2008–09 Details		Volley Bergamo	3–2	Dinamo Moscow		Colussi Sirio Perugia	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva Istanbul
2009–10 Details		Volley Bergamo	3–2	Fenerbahçe Acıbadem		RC Cannes	Asystel Novara
2010–11 Details		VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom Istanbul	3–0	Rabita Baku		Fenerbahçe Acıbadem	Scavolini Pesaro
2011–12 Details		Fenerbahçe Universal[4]	3–0	RC Cannes		Dinamo Kazan	MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese
2012–13 Details		Vakıfbank Istanbul[5]	3–0	Rabita Baku		Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio	Galatasaray Daikin
2013–14 Details		Dinamo Kazan	3–0	Vakıfbank Istanbul		Rabita Baku	Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul
2014–15 Details		Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul	3–0	Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio		Vakıfbank Istanbul	Chemik Police
2015–16 Details		Pomì Casalmaggiore	3–0	Vakıfbank Istanbul		Fenerbahçe Grundig	Dinamo Kazan
2016–17 Details		VakıfBank Istanbul	3–0	Imoco Volley Conegliano		Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul	Dinamo Moscow
2017–18 Details		VakıfBank Istanbul	3–0	CSM Volei Alba Blaj		Imoco Volley Conegliano	Galatasaray Daikin
2018–19 Details		Igor Gorgonzola Novara	3–1	Imoco Volley Conegliano		Vakıfbank Istanbul and Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul
2019–20 Details

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1	/ WVC Dynamo Moscow	11	5	1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77
2	/ Uralochka Ekaterinburg	8	6	1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95
3	Volley Bergamo	7	1	1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
4	Vakıfbank SK	4	4	2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18
5	CSKA Moscow	3	2	1965–66, 1966–67, 1985–86
6	Olimpia Teodora Ravenna	2	7	1987–88, 1991–92
7	RC Cannes	2	2	2001–02, 2002–03
8	Pallavolo Sirio Perugia	2	1	2005–06, 2007–08
9	Rudá Hvězda Praha	2	-	1975–76, 1979–80
	VC CSKA Sofia	2	-	1978–79, 1983–84
	Pallavolo Femminile Matera	2	-	1992–93, 1995–96
12	NIM-SE Budapest	1	5	1972–73
13	Levski Sofia	1	3	1963–64
14	/ HAOK Mladost	1	2	1990–91
15	Fenerbahçe	1	1	2011–12
	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	1	1	2014–15
17	Burevestnik Odessa	1	-	1961–62
	Traktor Schwerin	1	-	1977–78
	ADK Alma-Ata	1	-	1984–85
	OK Dubrovnik	1	-	1997–98
	Volley Modena	1	-	2000–01
	CV Tenerife	1	-	2003–04
	WVC Dynamo Kazan	1	-	2013–14
	Volley Casalmaggiore	1	-	2015–16
	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	1	-	2018–19
26	AZS AWF Warsaw	-	2
	SC Dynamo Berlin	-	2
	Tatran Střešovice	-	2
	Telekom Baku	-	2
	Imoco Volley	-	2
30	Slavia Sofia	-	1
	DVC Dokkum	-	1
	Vasas SC	-	1
	CV Murcia	-	1
	Virtus Reggio Calabria	-	1
	Asystel Volley	-	1
	VC Zarechie Odintsovo	-	1
	Futura Volley Busto Arsizio	-	1
	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	-	1

Titles by country

For the purpose of keeping historical event accuracy, historical countries names are used in this table.

Rank	Country	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place	Total
1	Soviet Union	22 (1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90)	7 (1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1972–73, 1987–88, 1990–91)	-	29
2	Italy	16 (1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2018–19)	14 (1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19)	9 (1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2017–18)	39
3	Turkey	6 (2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18)	6 (1979–80, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16)	6 (1999–00, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19)	17
4	Russia	3 (1993–94, 1994–95, 2013–14)	7 (1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09)	4 (1991–92, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2011–12)	14
5	Bulgaria	3 (1963–64, 1978–79, 1983–84)	4 (1961–62, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81)	-	7
6	France	2 (2001–02, 2002–03)	2 (2005–06, 2011–12)	4 (1996–97, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2009–10)	8
7	Czechoslovakia	2 (1975–76, 1979–80)	2 (1970–71, 1971–72)	1 (1982–83)	5
8	Hungary	1 (1972–73)	6 (1969–70, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83)	2 (1979–80, 1984–85)	9
9	East Germany	1 (1977–78)	2 (1963–64, 1964–65)	7 (1976–77, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1997–88, 1988–89)	10
10	Croatia	1 (1997–98)	2 (1991–92, 1993–94)	-	3
11	Spain	1 (2003–04)	1 (1994–95)	3 (2001–02, 2004–05, 2006–07)	5
12	Yugoslavia	1 (1990–91)	-	-	1
13	Azerbaijan	-	2 (2010–11, 2012–13)	1 (2013–14)	3
	Poland	-	2 (1960–61, 1962–63)	1 (1977–78)	3
15	Netherlands	-	1 (1981–82)	1 (1975–76)	2
16	Romania	-	1 (2017–18)	-	1
17	Ukraine	-	-	2 (1994–95, 1995–96)	2
	West Germany	-	-	2 (1981–82, 1983–84)	2
19	Albania	-	-	1 (1989–90)	1

MVP by edition

• 2001–02 –  Victoria Ravva (FRA)
• 2002–03 –  Victoria Ravva (FRA)
• 2003–04 –  Yelena Godina (RUS)
• 2004–05 –  Lyubov Sokolova (RUS)
• 2005–06 –  Victoria Ravva (FRA)
• 2006–07 –  Angelina Grün (GER)
• 2007–08 –  Simona Gioli (ITA)
• 2008–09 –  Serena Ortolani (ITA)
• 2009–10 –  Francesca Piccinini (ITA)
• 2010–11 –  Małgorzata Glinka (POL)
• 2011–12 –  Kim Yeon-Koung (KOR)
• 2012–13 –  Jovana Brakočević (SRB)
• 2013–14 –  Yekaterina Gamova (RUS)
• 2014–15 –  Jordan Larson (USA)
• 2015–16 –  Francesca Piccinini (ITA)
• 2016–17 –  Zhu Ting (CHN)
• 2017–18 –  Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma (TUR)
• 2018–19 –  Paola Egonu (ITA)

References

• European Cups[6]
• CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups[7]
• L'Équipe[8]

1. "CEV European Volleyball History Book I (1947-1991)". CEV. pp. 115-116 (section 'Competitions'). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
2. "CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups". CEV. pp. 13 (last paragraph). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
3. "CEV European Volleyball History Book II (1992-2000)". CEV. pp. 510 (section 'Opening of the meeting by the President'). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
4. "CEV: Fenerbahce and a Korean star named Kim shine in Baku". Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
5. "CEV: Vakifbank ISTANBUL wins second Champions League title with perfect record". Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
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7. "CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups". CEV. pp. 49–65. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
8. "Palmarès Ligue des champions (F)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2017.

External links

• List of Champions League medal positions at The-sports.org
• CEV website