CEV_Women's_Champions_League

CEV Women's Champions League

CEV Women's Champions League

Top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe


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]

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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

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

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

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

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Titles by club

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Titles by country

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

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Most valuable player by edition

All-time team records

Winners and finalists by city since 1960/1961

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Various statistics since 1990/1991

Number of appearances
1 Cannes RC 23
2 Eczacibasi Istanbul 21
3 Vakifbank Istanbul 21
4 Uralochka NTMK Ekaterinbur. 19
5 WVC Dynamo Moscow 16
6 Volley Bergamo 13
7 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 12
8 HAOK Mladost Zagreb 12
9 Tenerife 12
10 VB Niederösterreich Sokol/. 12
Number of matches
1 Cannes RC 198
2 Vakifbank Istanbul 193
3 Eczacibasi Istanbul 186
4 Uralochka NTMK Ekaterinbur. 149
5 Volley Bergamo 138
6 WVC Dynamo Moscow 131
7 Tenerife 107
8 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 98
9 Azerrail Baku 90
10 Voléro Zürich 88
Wins
1 Vakifbank Istanbul 141
2 Cannes RC 127
3 Eczacibasi Istanbul 121
4 Volley Bergamo 112
5 Uralochka NTMK Ekaterinbur. 95
6 WVC Dynamo Moscow 85
7 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 72
8 Tenerife 58
9 Dinamo Kazan 50
10 Voléro Zürich 48
Number of wins in games played
1 Volley Modena 85%
2 Palac Bydgoszcz 83%
3 Sirio Perugia 81%
4 Volley Bergamo 81%
5 Olimpia Teodora Ravenna 80%
6 Pieralisi Jesi 80%
7 Reggio Calabria 80%
8 Imoco Volley Conegliano 78%
9 IG Novara Trecate 76%
10 Casalmaggiore 75%

(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)

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See also


References

Citations

  1. "CEV European Volleyball History Book I (1947-1991)". CEV. pp. 115–116 (section 'Competitions'). Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. "CEV 40th Anniversary Book – European Cups". CEV. pp. 13 (last paragraph). Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. "CEV European Volleyball History Book II (1992-2000)". CEV. pp. 510 (section 'Opening of the meeting by the President'). Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. 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. "European Cups" (PDF). CEV. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. "CEV 40th Anniversary Book – European Cups". CEV. pp. 49–65. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  7. "Palmarès Ligue des champions (F)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2017.

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