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]
Current season, competition or edition: 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League | |
Formerly | CEV Champions Cup (1960–2000) |
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Sport | Volleyball |
Founded | 1960 |
Administrator | CEV |
No. of teams | 20 (Group stage) |
Country | CEV members |
Continent | Europe |
Most recent champion(s) | Igor Gorgonzola Novara (1st title) |
Most titles | / Dinamo Moscow (11 titles) |
Official website | Official website |
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 | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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.
Titles by club
Rank | Club | Titles | Runner-up | Champion Years |
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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 |
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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
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- "CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups". CEV. pp. 13 (last paragraph). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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- "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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