CEV Women's Champions League

Women's CEV Champions League

Current season, competition or edition: 2018–19 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)	VakıfBank Istanbul (4th title)
Most titles	/ Dinamo Moscow (11 titles)
Official website	CEV 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]

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				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

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 Kasan	1	-	2013–14
	Volley Casalmaggiore	1	-	2015–16
25	AZS AWF Warsaw	-	2
	SC Dynamo Berlin	-	2
	Tatran Střešovice	-	2
	Telekom Baku	-	2
29	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
	Imoco Volley	-	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	15 (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)	13 (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)	9 (1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2017–18)	37
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)	5 (1999–00, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17)	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 –  Elena Godina (RUS)
• 2004–05 –  Lioubov 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 –  Ekaterina Gamova (RUS)
• 2014–15 –  Jordan Larson (USA)
• 2015–16 –  Francesca Piccinini (ITA)
• 2016–17 –  Zhu Ting (CHN)
• 2017–18 –  Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma (TUR)

References

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

External links

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