2008–09 CEV Champions League

The CEV Champions League is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2008–09 season.

Teams of the 2008–2009

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:^[1]

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Italy	3	Trentino Volley Lube Banca Marche Macerata Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza
2	Russia	3	Dynamo Moscow Zenit Kazan Iskra Odintsovo (w/c)
3	Greece	2	Iraklis Thessaloniki Panathinaikos
4	Poland	2	Skra Bełchatów AZS Częstochowa
5	Spain	1	Portol Palma Mallorca
6	France	2	Paris Volley Beauvais Oise
7	Belgium	2	Knack Randstad Roeselare Noliko Maaseik
8	Germany	1	VfB Friedrichshafen
9	Austria	1	aon hotVolleys Vienna
10	Czech Republic	1	Jihostroj České Budějovice
11	Netherlands	1	Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn
12	Turkey	1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
13	Slovenia	1	ACH Volley Bled
14	Serbia	1	OK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade
21	Bulgaria	1	CSKA Sofia (w/c)
25	Portugal	1	Vitória SC (w/c)

Main Phase

24 teams will be drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each. The 1st – 2nd ranked and four with best score 3rd teams ranked will qualify for the Play-off 1/8 finals. The 2 remaining 3rd ranked teams and the two 4th ranked teams with the best score move to CEV Cup. The remaining 4th ranked teams are eliminated.

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iraklis Thessaloniki	12	6	0	18	4	4.500	544	461	1.180
2	AZS Częstochowa	9	3	3	12	10	1.200	496	475	1.044
3	Fenerbahçe İstanbul	9	3	3	10	12	0.833	476	513	0.928
4	CSKA Sofia	6	0	6	4	18	0.222	476	543	0.877

November 5, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Iraklis Thessaloniki	3–0	CSKA Sofia	34:32	25:22	25:20
Fenerbahçe İstanbul	3–0	AZS Częstochowa	25:22	25:19	25:21

November 11–12, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
CSKA Sofia	1–3	Fenerbahçe İstanbul	23:25	23:25	25:23	21:25
AZS Częstochowa	2–3	Iraklis Thessaloniki	21:25	20:25	25:23	25:23	11:15

December 9–10, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
CSKA Sofia	1–3	AZS Częstochowa	23:25	16:25	25:20	20:25
Iraklis Thessaloniki	3–1	Fenerbahçe İstanbul	25:21	25:22	24:26	27:25

December 17, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
AZS Częstochowa	3–0	CSKA Sofia	25:13	25:20	25:16
Fenerbahçe İstanbul	0–3	Iraklis Thessaloniki	17:25	7:25	11:25

January 14, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Fenerbahçe İstanbul	3–2	CSKA Sofia	27:25	25:17	21:25	19:25	19:17
Iraklis Thessaloniki	3–1	AZS Częstochowa	25:22	18:25	25:17	25:23

January 21, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
AZS Częstochowa	3–0	Fenerbahçe İstanbul	25:21	25:23	25:19
CSKA Sofia	0–3	Iraklis Thessaloniki	24:26	18:25	27:29

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Dynamo Moscow	12	6	0	18	5	3.600	550	470	1.170
2	Noliko Maaseik	9	3	3	11	10	1.100	478	450	1.062
3	Vitória de Guimarães	9	3	3	11	11	1.000	492	506	0.972
4	Jihostroj České Budějovice	6	0	6	4	18	0.222	441	535	0.824

November 4–5, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Dynamo Moscow	3–1	Vitória de Guimarães	25:19	25:19	29:31	25:21
Jihostroj České Budějovice	1–3	Noliko Maaseik	14:25	23:25	27:25	24:26

November 12, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Noliko Maaseik	2–3	Dynamo Moscow	20:25	21:25	25:19	25:20	11:15
Vitória de Guimarães	3–2	Jihostroj České Budějovice	23:25	25:19	25:23	20:25	15:11

December 10–11, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Dynamo Moscow	3–0	Jihostroj České Budějovice	25:13	25:17	25:21
Vitória de Guimarães	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	25:23	28:26	25:19

December 17, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Noliko Maaseik	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	25:18	25:10	25:23
Jihostroj České Budějovice	1–3	Dynamo Moscow	25:22	19:25	22:25	18:25

January 13–14, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Dynamo Moscow	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	25:21	25:19	25:17
Jihostroj České Budějovice	0–3	Vitória de Guimarães	18:25	16:25	27:29

January 21, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Noliko Maaseik	3–0	Jihostroj České Budějovice	25:22	25:15	25:17
Vitória de Guimarães	1–3	Dynamo Moscow	22:25	19:25	25:20	20:25

Pool C

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	11	5	1	16	6	2.667	535	458	1.168
2	Knack Randstad Roeselare	10	4	2	13	7	1.857	467	453	1.031
3	Pòrtol Palma Mallorca	9	3	3	9	10	0.900	427	437	0.977
4	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	6	0	6	3	18	0.167	429	510	0.841

November 5, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Knack Randstad Roeselare	3–0	Pòrtol Palma Mallorca	25:20	28:26	29:27
Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	1–3	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	21:25	25:21	21:25	24:26

November 12–13, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–1	Knack Randstad Roeselare	25:15	25:17	20:25	25:20
Pòrtol Palma Mallorca	3–1	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	25:20	20:25	25:18	25:19

December 10–11, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Knack Randstad Roeselare	3–0	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	25:18	25:16	25:19
Pòrtol Palma Mallorca	0–3	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	16:25	16:25	16:25

December 16–17, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–0	Pòrtol Palma Mallorca	27:25	28:26	25:10
Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	0–3	Knack Randstad Roeselare	20:25	20:25	22:25

January 13–14, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	0–3	Pòrtol Palma Mallorca	20:25	22:25	17:25
Knack Randstad Roeselare	3–1	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	25:21	25:21	19:25	30:28

January 21, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3–1	Crvena Zvezda Belgrade	18:25	25:18	25:17	25:22
Pòrtol Palma Mallorca	3–0	Knack Randstad Roeselare	25:21	25:19	25:19

Pool D

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	11	5	1	17	9	1.889	619	548	1.130
2	Zenit Kazan	10	4	2	14	9	1.556	529	503	1.052
3	Paris Volley	8	2	4	10	13	0.769	523	545	0.960
4	Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn	7	1	5	7	17	0.412	484	559	0.866

November 4–6, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Paris Volley	1–3	Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	19:25	19:25	28:26	20:25
Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn	0–3	Zenit Kazan	18:25	18:25	21:25

November 11–12, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	3–1	Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn	18:25	25:17	25:17	25:16
Zenit Kazan	3–0	Paris Volley	25:23	25:23	25:21

December 10–11, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	3–1	Zenit Kazan	22:25	25:23	25:22	25:22
Paris Volley	3–0	Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn	25:20	26:24	25:13

December 18, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Zenit Kazan	3–2	Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	16:25	26:24	25:23	19:25	15:13
Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn	3–2	Paris Volley	25:18	25:16	22:25	23:25	23:21

January 13–15, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Paris Volley	3–1	Zenit Kazan	26:24	25:20	18:25	25:18
Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn	2–3	Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	25:23	25:23	22:25	14:25	13:15

January 21, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Zenit Kazan	3–1	Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn	25:13	25:19	24:26	25:20
Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	3–1	Paris Volley	26:28	25:19	25:19	31:29

Pool E

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Trentino Volley	12	6	0	18	3	6.000	510	411	1.241
2	ACH Volley Bled	9	3	3	10	12	0.833	489	497	0.984
3	Beauvais Oise	8	2	4	8	15	0.533	495	553	0.895
4	aon hotVolleys Vienna	7	1	5	9	15	0.600	523	556	0.941

November 4, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Trentino Volley	3–0	ACH Volley Bled	25:17	25:18	25:20
aon hotVolleys Vienna	2–3	Beauvais Oise	25:23	24:26	22:25	25:23	13:15

November 11–12, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Beauvais Oise	0–3	Trentino Volley	19:25	16:25	17:25
ACH Volley Bled	3–1	aon hotVolleys Vienna	25:18	25:22	18:25	25:12

December 10, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Trentino Volley	3–0	aon hotVolleys Vienna	25:18	25:17	25:17
ACH Volley Bled	3–1	Beauvais Oise	21:25	25:16	25:18	25:15

December 16–17, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Beauvais Oise	1–3	ACH Volley Bled	25:20	23:25	27:29	23:25
aon hotVolleys Vienna	2–3	Trentino Volley	29:31	23:25	25:18	25:23	9:15

January 14, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
aon hotVolleys Vienna	3–0	ACH Volley Bled	25:22	25:23	25:16
Trentino Volley	3–0	Beauvais Oise	25:20	25:17	25:19

January 21, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Beauvais Oise	3–1	aon hotVolleys Vienna	28:26	23:25	26:24	26:24
ACH Volley Bled	1–3	Trentino Volley	17:25	25:23	20:25	23:25

Pool F

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iskra Odintsovo	10	4	2	13	9	1.444	493	494	0.998
2	VfB Friedrichshafen	9	3	3	13	10	1.300	533	503	1.060
3	Skra Bełchatów	9	3	3	9	10	0.900	424	436	0.972
4	Panathinaikos Athens	8	2	4	9	15	0.600	536	553	0.969

November 4–5, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Iskra Odintsovo	3–0	Panathinaikos Athens	27:25	26:24	25:20
Skra Bełchatów	0–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	22:25	22:25	18:25

November 13, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Panathinaikos Athens	0–3	Skra Bełchatów	16:25	27:29	21:25
VfB Friedrichshafen	1–3	Iskra Odintsovo	23:25	16:25	25:19	21:25

December 10–11, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Iskra Odintsovo	25:22	25:22	25:17
VfB Friedrichshafen	2–3	Panathinaikos Athens	26:28	28:30	25:21	25:19	10:15

December 17–18, 2008

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Panathinaikos Athens	3–1	VfB Friedrichshafen	25:17	15:25	28:26	25:18
Iskra Odintsovo	3–0	Skra Bełchatów	25:14	25:22	25:20

January 13–14, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Iskra Odintsovo	1–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	25:23	19:25	15:25	22:25
Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Panathinaikos Athens	25:21	25:23	17:25	25:17

January 21, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Panathinaikos Athens	2–3	Iskra Odintsovo	25:17	28:30	25:17	20:25	13:15
VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	Skra Bełchatów	25:22	25:20	25:18

1 / 8 Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	5 – 3	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	3 – 0	2 – 3
ACH Volley Bled	2 – 6	Zenit Kazan	2 – 3	0 – 3
Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	2 – 6	AZS Częstochowa	2 – 3	0 – 3
Portol Palma Mallorca	0 – 6	Trentino Volley	0 – 3	0 – 3
Dynamo Moscow	4 – 5	Skra Bełchatów	3 – 2	1 – 3
Noliko Maaseik	1 – 6	Iskra Odintsovo	1 – 3	0 – 3
Knack Randstad Roeselare	4 – 5	VfB Friedrichshafen	1 – 3	3 – 2
Vitória SC	2 – 6	Iraklis Thessaloniki	0 – 3	2 – 3

First leg

February 11–12, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3 – 0	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	25:22	25:23	25:21
ACH Volley Bled	2 – 3	Zenit Kazan	28:30	33:31	25:19	13:25	10:15
Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	2 – 3	AZS Częstochowa	23:25	23:25	25:23	25:17	14:16
Portol Palma Mallorca	0 – 3	Trentino Volley	17:25	20:25	18:25
Dynamo Moscow	3 – 2	Skra Bełchatów	25:21	22:25	25:23	28:30	15:13
Noliko Maaseik	1 – 3	Iskra Odintsovo	21:25	25:20	16:25	23:25
Knack Randstad Roeselare	1 – 3	VfB Friedrichshafen	27:25	20:25	15:25	21:25
Vitória SC	0 – 3	Iraklis Thessaloniki	23:25	23:25	19:25

Second leg

February 18–19, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	3 – 2	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	19:25	27:29	25:16	25:23	15:13
Zenit Kazan	3 – 0	ACH Volley Bled	25:18	25:20	25:19
AZS Częstochowa	3 – 0	Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza	25:22	25:20	25:23
Trentino Volley	3 – 0	Portol Palma Mallorca	25:13	25:14	25:19
Skra Bełchatów	3 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	18:25	25:21	25:21	25:19
Iskra Odintsovo	3 – 0	Noliko Maaseik	25:16	25:21	25:21
VfB Friedrichshafen	2 – 3	Knack Randstad Roeselare	25:16	22:25	25:22	22:25	11:15
Iraklis Thessaloniki	3 – 2	Vitória SC	25:13	21:25	23:25	25:19	15:9

1 / 4 Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	5 – 3	Zenit Kazan	3 – 0	2 – 3
AZS Częstochowa	1 – 6	Trentino Volley	1 – 3	0 – 3
Skra Bełchatów	3 - 5	Iskra Odintsovo	3 – 2	0 - 3
VfB Friedrichshafen	0 – 6	Iraklis Thessaloniki	0 – 3	0 – 3

First leg

March 3–4, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	3 – 0	Zenit Kazan	26:24	25:18	25:20
AZS Częstochowa	1 – 3	Trentino Volley	25:22	21:25	17:25	18:25
Skra Bełchatów	3 – 2	Iskra Odintsovo	25:27	25:15	25:23	23:25	17:15
VfB Friedrichshafen	0 – 3	Iraklis Thessaloniki	21:25	25:27	18:25

Second leg

March 11–12, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Zenit Kazan	3 – 2	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	20:25	25:23	23:25	25:20	15:11
Trentino Volley	3 – 0	AZS Częstochowa	25:19	25:14	25:12
Iskra Odintsovo	3 - 0	Skra Bełchatów	25:20	25:18	25:16
Iraklis Thessaloniki	3 – 0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25:18	25:20	28:26

Final four

O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic, 4 & 5 April 2009

	Semi Finals				Final
	4 April
	Odintsovo	1
	Thessaloniki	3
					5 April
					Thessaloniki	1
					Trentino	3
					3rd place
	4 April			5 April
	Trentino	3		Odintsovo	3
	Macerata	0			Macerata	2

Semi-finals

April 4, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Iskra Odintsovo	1 - 3	Iraklis Thessaloniki	25:19	22:25	23:25	23:25
Trentino Volley	3 - 0	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	25:21	25:19	25:23

3rd Place

April 5, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Iskra Odintsovo	3 - 2	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	25:23	25:23	28:30	21:25	17:15

Final

April 5, 2009

	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
Iraklis Thessaloniki	1 - 3	Trentino Volley	12:25	25:21	24:26	22:25

Individual awards Final Four

Winners:^[2]

• MVP: Matey Kaziyski, , Trentino Volley
• Best Scorer: Jochen Schöps, , Iskra Odintsovo
• Best Spiker: Martin Lebl, , Lube Banca Marche Macerata
• Best Receiver: Plamen Konstantinov, , Iraklis Thessaloniki
• Best Server: Emanuele Birarelli, , Trentino Volley
• Best Blocker: Michal Winiarski, , Trentino Volley
• Best Setter: Aleksandr Butko, , Iskra Odintsovo
• Best Libero: Alexey Verbov, , Iskra Odintsovo

References

External links

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Men's CEV Champions League 2008–09 Winner   Trentino Volley Final Four   Iraklis Thessaloniki   Iskra Odintsovo   Lube Macerata Eliminated in 1/4 Finals   Zenit Kazan   AZS Częstochowa   Skra Bełchatów   VfB Friedrichshafen Eliminated in 1/8 Finals   Fenerbahçe Istanbul   ACH Volley Bled   Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza   Portol Palma Mallorca Dynamo Moscow   Noliko Maaseik   Knack Randstad Roeselare   Vitória SC Moved in CEV Cup   Paris Volley   Beauvais Oise   aon hotVolleys Vienna   Panathinaikos Athens Eliminated in group stage   CSKA Sofia   Jihostroj České Budějovice   Crvena Zvezda Belgrade   Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn Group stage Pool A   Iraklis Thessaloniki   AZS Częstochowa   Fenerbahçe İstanbul   CSKA Sofia Pool B   Dynamo Moscow   Noliko Maaseik   Vitória de Guimarães   Jihostroj České Budějovice Pool C   Lube Macerata   Knack Randstad Roeselare   Palma Volley   Crvena Zvezda Belgrade Pool D   Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza   Zenit Kazan   Paris Volley   Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn Pool E   Trentino Volley   ACH Volley Bled   Beauvais Oise   aon hotVolleys Vienna Pool F   Iskra Odintsovo   VfB Friedrichshafen   Skra Bełchatów   Panathinaikos Athens

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