2012–13 CEV Champions League

The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2012–13 season and the 54th edition. It ran from October 2012 till March 2013.

2012–13 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Finals champions	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Runners-up	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Finals MVP	Marcus Nilsson (NOV)

Zenit Kazan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in the Semifinals.

Lokomotiv Novosibirsk won the final 3–2 against Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo.[1]

Teams of the 2012–2013 competition

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Italy	3	Trentino Diatec Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2	Russia	3	Zenit Kazan Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Dynamo Moscow
3	Poland	3	PGE Skra Bełchatów Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle Resovia Rzeszów
4	Belgium	3	Euphony Asse-Lennik Noliko Maaseik Knack Roeselare
5	Turkey	2	Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul Arkas Izmir
6	France	2	Tours VB Arago de Sète
7	Germany	3	VfB Friedrichshafen Generali Unterhaching Berlin Recycling Volleys
8	Austria	1	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
9	Spain	1	CAI Teruel
10	Slovenia	1	ACH Volley Ljubljana
11	Serbia	1	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
12	Romania	2	C.S. Remat Zalău C.V.M. Tomis Constanța
13	Czech Republic	1	Jihostroj České Budějovice
14	Montenegro	1	Budvanska Rivijera Budva (W/C)
15	Bulgaria	1	Marek Union-Ivkoni (W/C)

League round

28 teams were drawn to 7 pools of 4 teams each.
The 1st + the best 5 ranked with the best score qualified for the Playoff 12
The organizer of the Final Four were determined after the end of the League Round and qualified directly for the Final Four.
The team of the organizer of the Final Four was replaced by the next 2nd ranked team with the best score.
The remaining second-placed teams as well 3 third ranked teams with the best score moved to the Challenge Round of the CEV Cup
The remaining 3rd placed and all 4th placed teams were eliminated.

• All times are local.

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Zenit Kazan	18	6	0	18	0	MAX	462	354	1.305
2	Knack Roeselare	9	3	3	11	12	0.917	574	421	1.363
3	VfB Friedrichshafen	5	2	4	9	16	0.563	512	558	0.918
4	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	4	1	5	7	17	0.412	478	537	0.890

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Oct	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Knack Roeselare	25–22	25–18	25–22			75–62	Report
24 Oct	20:25	Hypo Innsbruck	2–3	Friedrichshafen	25–19	25–16	20–25	23–25	9–15	102–100	Report
31 Oct	20:30	Friedrichshafen	0–3	Zenit Kazan	17–25	21–25	22–25			62–75	Report
31 Oct	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–0	Hypo Innsbruck	25–22	25–12	25–14			75–48	Report
14 Nov	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Hypo Innsbruck	25–10	25–16	34–32			84–58	Report
14 Nov	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	Friedrichshafen	26–24	22–25	25–20	25–23		98–92	Report
21 Nov	20:25	Hypo Innsbruck	0–3	Zenit Kazan	23–25	21–25	17–25			61–75	Report
21 Nov	20:30	Friedrichshafen	3–2	Knack Roeselare	15–25	20–25	25–18	25–22	16–14	101–104	Report
05 Dec	20:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Friedrichshafen	25–20	25–17	25–17			75–54	Report
05 Dec	20:25	Hypo Innsbruck	2–3	Knack Roeselare	23–25	25–17	25–18	21–25	11–15	105–100	Report
12 Dec	20:30	Friedrichshafen	2–3	Hypo Innsbruck	20–25	22–25	25–21	25–17	12–15	104–103	Report
12 Dec	20:30	Knack Roeselare	0–3	Zenit Kazan	17–25	14–25	26–28			57–78	Report

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	15	5	1	16	5	3.200	510	460	1.109
2	Berlin Recycling Volleys	11	4	2	14	10	1.400	550	520	1.058
3	Jihostroj České Budějovice	7	2	4	9	13	0.692	499	496	1.006
4	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	3	1	5	6	17	0.353	473	534	0.886

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Oct	18:00	Budvanska Budva	0–3	Novosibirsk	18–25	24–26	23–25			65–76	Report
25 Oct	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–0	České Budějovice	27–25	25–22	25–20			77–67	Report
30 Oct	18:00	České Budějovice	3–0	Budvanska Budva	27–25	25–18	25–22			77–65	Report
31 Oct	19:00	Novosibirsk	3–1	Berlin Recycling Volleys	26–24	25–19	27–29	25–22		103–94	Report
13 Nov	18:00	České Budějovice	0–3	Novosibirsk	21–25	17–25	18–25			56–75	Report
13 Nov	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–1	Budvanska Budva	25–16	20–25	25–19	25–13		95–73	Report
20 Nov	19:00	Novosibirsk	3–1	České Budějovice	25–19	23–25	29–27	25–20		102–91	Report
21 Nov	18:00	Budvanska Budva	2–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–23	23–25	25–18	20–25	13–15	106–106	Report
04 Dec	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–1	Novosibirsk	15–25	25–12	25–19	25–19		90–75	Report
05 Dec	18:00	Budvanska Budva	3–2	České Budějovice	25–21	22–25	25–23	13–25	15–7	100–101	Report
12 Dec	18:00	České Budějovice	3–1	Berlin Recycling Volleys	21–25	25–17	25–23	25–23		96–88	Report
12 Dec	19:00	Novosibirsk	3–0	Budvanska Budva	25–22	25–15	29–27			79–64	Report

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Trentino Diatec	18	6	0	18	2	9.000	490	411	1.192
2	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	12	4	2	13	7	1.857	477	421	1.133
3	Tours VB	6	2	4	7	12	0.583	414	431	0.961
4	Crvena Zvezda Beograd	0	0	6	1	18	0.056	453	375	1.208

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Oct	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Tours VB	26–24	25–19	25–16			76–59	Report
25 Oct	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Crvena Zvezda	25–18	25–17	25–20			75–55	Report
30 Oct	20:00	Crvena Zvezda	0–3	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	18–25	15–25	19–25			52–75	Report
01 Nov	19:00	Tours VB	0–3	Trentino Diatec	19–25	16–25	23–25			58–75	Report
13 Nov	20:00	Crvena Zvezda	0–3	Tours VB	21–25	13–25	18–25			52–75	Report
14 Nov	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–22	25–22	25–22			75–66	Report
21 Nov	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	1–3	Trentino Diatec	24–26	15–25	25–16	23–25		87–92	Report
22 Nov	20:30	Tours VB	3–0	Crvena Zvezda	25–18	25–15	25–22			75–55	Report
05 Dec	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Tours VB	25–23	25–21	25–16			75–60	Report
06 Dec	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Crvena Zvezda	25–23	25–19	25–14			75–56	Report
12 Dec	19:00	Tours VB	1–3	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–23	18–25	23–25	21–25		87–98	Report
12 Dec	20:00	Crvena Zvezda	1–3	Trentino Diatec	18–25	19–25	25–23	23–25		85–98	Report

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	15	5	1	16	3	5.333	461	363	1.270
2	ACH Volley Ljubljana	13	4	2	14	8	1.750	509	463	1.099
3	Generali Unterhaching	8	3	3	10	13	0.769	506	538	0.941
4	Euphony Asse-Lennik	0	0	6	2	18	0.111	380	492	0.772

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Oct	20:30	Volley Ljubljana	2–3	Unterhaching	25–19	22–25	23–25	25–19	15–17	110–105	Report
24 Oct	20:30	Asse-Lennik	0–3	Lube Macerata	17–25	22–25	22–25			61–75	Report
31 Oct	19:30	Unterhaching	3–1	Asse-Lennik	23–25	25–23	25–21	25–19		98–88	Report
01 Nov	18:00	Lube Macerata	3–0	Volley Ljubljana	26–24	25–13	25–15			76–52	Report
14 Nov	19:30	Unterhaching	0–3	Lube Macerata	20–25	24–26	19–25			63–76	Report
14 Nov	20:30	Volley Ljubljana	3–0	Asse-Lennik	25–19	25–15	25–15			75–49	Report
21 Nov	20:30	Lube Macerata	3–0	Unterhaching	25–23	25–15	25–20			75–58	Report
21 Nov	20:30	Asse-Lennik	0–3	Volley Ljubljana	14–25	19–25	17–25			50–75	Report
05 Dec	20:30	Asse-Lennik	1–3	Unterhaching	21–25	19–25	25–18	24–26		89–94	Report
05 Dec	20:30	Volley Ljubljana	3–1	Lube Macerata	25–23	25–13	22–25	25–23		97–84	Report
12 Dec	19:30	Unterhaching	1–3	Volley Ljubljana	28–30	20–25	25–17	26–28		99–100	Report
12 Dec	20:30	Lube Macerata	3–0	Asse-Lennik	25–13	25–10	25–20			75–43	Report

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	PGE Skra Bełchatów	18	6	0	18	3	6.000	521	420	1.240
2	Dynamo Moscow	12	4	2	14	8	1.750	519	495	1.048
3	C.V.M. Tomis Constanța	4	1	5	5	15	0.333	414	473	0.875
4	Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul	2	1	5	6	17	0.353	486	552	0.880

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Oct	19:00	Dynamo Moscow	3–0	Tomis Constanța	25–21	28–26	25–20			78–67	Report
24 Oct	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Fenerbahçe	25–21	25–14	27–25			77–60	Report
31 Oct	20:00	Fenerbahçe	1–3	Dynamo Moscow	18–25	23–25	25–23	21–25		87–98	Report
01 Nov	20:30	Tomis Constanța	0–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	20–25	19–25	20–25			59–75	Report
14 Nov	20:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Dynamo Moscow	25–21	25–16	19–25	25–18		94–80	Report
15 Nov	20:30	Tomis Constanța	3–0	Fenerbahçe	25–18	25–23	25–20			75–61	Report
21 Nov	20:00	Fenerbahçe	3–2	Tomis Constanța	25–18	24–26	25–23	20–25	15–8	109–100	Report
22 Nov	19:00	Dynamo Moscow	1–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	16–25	25–22	25–27	21–25		87–99	Report
05 Dec	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Tomis Constanța	25–23	25–21	25–11			75–55	Report
05 Dec	18:00	Dynamo Moscow	3–1	Fenerbahçe	24–26	25–23	27–25	25–16		101–90	Report
12 Dec	19:30	Fenerbahçe	1–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	28–26	17–25	17–25	17–25		79–101	Report
12 Dec	20:30	Tomis Constanța	0–3	Dynamo Moscow	18–25	22–25	18–25			58–75	Report

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Noliko Maaseik	17	6	0	18	3	6.000	525	441	1.190
2	Arkas Izmir	11	4	2	15	12	1.250	597	593	1.007
3	Marek Union-Ivkoni	5	1	5	8	16	0.500	516	564	0.915
4	CAI Teruel	3	1	5	7	17	0.412	526	566	0.929

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Oct	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–0	CAI Teruel	27–25	30–28	25–22			82–75	Report
24 Oct	19:00	Arkas Izmir	3–1	Marek Union-Ivkoni	25–13	25–19	16–25	25–23		91–80	Report
31 Oct	19:30	Marek Union-Ivkoni	0–3	Noliko Maaseik	15–25	23–25	19–25			57–75	Report
31 Oct	20:00	CAI Teruel	2–3	Arkas Izmir	25–19	23–25	19–25	25–21	11–15	103–105	Report
13 Nov	19:00	Arkas Izmir	1–3	Noliko Maaseik	25–22	16–25	25–27	17–25		83–99	Report
15 Nov	19:30	Marek Union-Ivkoni	3–1	CAI Teruel	26–28	25–23	25–20	25–19		101–90	Report
20 Nov	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–2	Arkas Izmir	21–25	25–23	25–18	26–28	15–13	112–107	Report
21 Nov	20:15	CAI Teruel	3–2	Marek Union-Ivkoni	26–28	25–23	20–25	25–19	15–12	111–107	Report
04 Dec	19:00	Arkas Izmir	3–1	CAI Teruel	25–19	21–25	25–20	25–23		96–87	Report
04 Dec	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–0	Marek Union-Ivkoni	25–15	25–14	32–30			82–59	Report
12 Dec	18:00	Marek Union-Ivkoni	2–3	Arkas Izmir	26–24	26–28	25–23	23–25	12–15	112–115	Report
12 Dec	20:15	CAI Teruel	0–3	Noliko Maaseik	16–25	22–25	22–25			60–75	Raport

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	18	6	0	18	2	9.000	504	414	1.217
2	Resovia Rzeszów	12	4	2	13	7	1.857	464	442	1.050
3	Arago de Sète	5	2	4	7	14	0.500	439	474	0.926
4	C.S. Remat Zalău	1	0	6	3	18	0.167	440	517	0.851

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Oct	20:30	Remat Zalău	0–3	Bre Cuneo	30–32	20–25	18–25			68–82	Report
25 Oct	19:00	Arago de Sète	1–3	Resovia Rzeszów	23–25	22–25	25–13	19–25		89–88	Report
31 Oct	20:30	Bre Cuneo	3–0	Arago de Sète	25–17	25–23	25–23			75–63	Report
31 Oct	20:30	Resovia Rzeszów	3–0	Remat Zalău	25–17	25–23	25–21			75–61	Report
14 Nov	18:00	Resovia Rzeszów	0–3	Bre Cuneo	18–25	23–25	20–25			61–75	Report
15 Nov	20:30	Arago de Sète	3–0	Remat Zalău	25–19	25–19	25–22			75–60	Report
20 Nov	20:30	Bre Cuneo	3–1	Resovia Rzeszów	25–19	14–25	25–16	29–27		93–87	Report
21 Nov	19:00	Remat Zalău	2–3	Arago de Sète	18–25	25–23	22–25	25–16	10–15	100–104	Report
04 Dec	19:00	Remat Zalău	0–3	Resovia Rzeszów	24–26	24–26	22–25			70–77	Report
06 Dec	20:30	Arago de Sète	0–3	Bre Cuneo	16–25	22–25	16–25			54–75	Report
12 Dec	18:00	Resovia Rzeszów	3–0	Arago de Sète	26–24	25–14	25–16			76–54	Report
12 Dec	20:30	Bre Cuneo	3–1	Remat Zalău	29–31	25–20	25–12	25–18		104–81	Report

Playoffs

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Zenit Kazan	–
B	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (F4 Hosts)	Berlin Recycling Volleys
C	Trentino Diatec	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
D	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	ACH Volley Ljubljana
E	PGE Skra Bełchatów	Dynamo Moscow
F	Noliko Maaseik	Arkas Izmir
G	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	Resovia Rzeszów

• All times are local.
• In case of a tie – 1 match won & 1 match lost and not depending on the final score of both matches – the teams play a Golden Set to determine which one qualified for the next round.

Playoff 12

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Berlin Recycling Volleys	0–2	Zenit Kazan	2–3	2–3
Dynamo Moscow	1–1^1	Trentino Diatec	3–2	0–3
Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	2–0	Noliko Maaseik	3–0	3–2
Arkas Izmir	1–1^2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	1–3	3–2
Resovia Rzeszów	0–2	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	0–3	1–3
ACH Volley Ljubljana	0–2	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	0–3	1–3

¹ Dynamo Moscow won the golden set 15–12.
² Arkas Izmir won the golden set 15–12.

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Jan	18:00	Moscow	3–2	Trentino	25–21	25–23	20–25	17–25	15–12	102–106	Report
15 Jan	18:00	Ljubljana	0–3	Cuneo	23–25	17–25	23–25			63–75	Report
15 Jan	19:00	Izmir	1–3	Bełchatów	22–25	25–23	20–25	13–25		80–98	Report
15 Jan	20:30	Rzeszów	0–3	Macerata	23–25	24–26	19–25			66–76	Report
16 Jan	19:30	Berlin	2–3	Kazan	25–27	25–23	25–17	16–25	16–18	107–110	Report
16 Jan	20:30	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Maaseik	25–16	29–27	27–25			81–68	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jan	19:00	Kazan	3–2	Berlin	25–15	21–25	28–30	25–13	16–14	115–97	Report
22 Jan	20:30	Maaseik	2–3	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–22	18–25	25–18	31–33	13–15	112–113	Report
22 Jan	20:30	Cuneo	3–1	Ljubljana	25–16	25–21	24–26	25–16		99–79	Report
23 Jan	18:00	Bełchatów	2–3	Izmir	14–25	25–21	22–25	25–17	18–20	104–108	Report
23 Jan	20:30	Trentino	3–0	Moscow	25–19	25–18	25–11			75–48	Report
23 Jan	20:30	Macerata	3–1	Rzeszów	25–23	25–18	23–25	25–18		98–84	Report

Playoff 6

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zenit Kazan	2–0	Dynamo Moscow	3–0	3–0
Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	2–0	Arkas Izmir	3–2	3–1
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	1–1^1	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	3–0	2–3

¹ Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo won the golden set 15–7.

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 Feb	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–2	Izmir	25–19	22–25	25–20	22–25	15–9	109–98	Report
06 Feb	19:00	Kazan	3–0	Moscow	25–19	25–22	25–18			75–59	Report
06 Feb	20:30	Macerata	3–0	Cuneo	25–17	25–17	25–22			75–56	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Feb	19:00	Izmir	1–3	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	23–25	21–25	25–21	19–25		88–96	Report
13 Feb	19:00	Moscow	0–3	Kazan	23–25	18–25	22–25			63–75	Report
13 Feb	20:30	Cuneo	3–2	Macerata	25–17	25–19	22–25	21–25	15–8	108–94	Report

Final four

• Organizer: Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
• Venue: Sports-Concerts Complex Viktora Blinova, Omsk, Russia
• All times are Omsk Time (UTC+07:00).
• In case that two teams from the same country qualify to the semifinals, they will have to play each other.

	Semifinals				Final
	16 March
	Zenit Kazan	2
					17 March
	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3
					Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3
	16 March
					Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	2
	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	3
	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	2
					3rd place match
					17 March
					Zenit Kazan	3
					Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Mar	16:30	Kazan	2–3	Novosibirsk	25–19	20–25	25–22	16–25	12–15	98–106	Report
16 Mar	19:30	Cuneo	3–2	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	24–26	25–20	25–20	23–25	15–10	112–101	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Mar	17:30	Kazan	3–1	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–22	22–25	25–20	25–17		97–84	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Mar	20:30	Cuneo	2–3	Novosibirsk	25–22	24–26	23–25	25–20	14–16	111–109	Report

Final standing

Rank Team Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Zenit Kazan 4 Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle

2012–13 Men's Club European Champions Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 1st title

Awards

• MVP: Marcus Nilsson (Novosibirsk)
• Best Scorer: Marcus Nilsson (Novosibirsk)
• Best Setter: Aleksandr Butko (Novosibirsk)
• Best Blocker: David Lee (Kazan)
• Best Server: Luiz Felipe Fonteles (Kędzierzyn-Koźle)
• Best Spiker: Antonin Rouzier (Kędzierzyn-Koźle)
• Best Receiver: Yury Berezhko (Kazan)
• Best Libero: Daniele De Pandis (Cuneo)

References

1. "Loko express rushes to its final destination by seizing gold after real drama". cev.lu. 2013-03-17. Archived from the original on 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2013-03-17.

External links

• Champions League