Volleyball Champions League 2018/19 (men)

The 2018/19 season of the Volleyball Champions League began on October 8, 2018 and ended with the final on May 18, 2019 in Berlin's Max-Schmeling-Halle . The final won Lube Civitanova from Italy against the Russian club VK Zenit-Kazan .

mode

The first three rounds were played in the knockout system , starting with 16 teams in the first round. The two winners of the third round qualified for the group stage. There 20 teams played in five groups of four in the mode everyone against everyone . Each team competed at home and away against each of the three opponents. There were three points for a 3-0 or 3-1 win, two for a 3-2 win and one point for a 3-2 defeat. The five group winners and the three best runners-up reached the quarter-finals, which were played back and forth. This also applied to the semi-finals. The final was played in one game.

game schedule

The qualifying rounds

	First round 8-11 and 16./17. October 2018					Second round 23/24 and 30./31. October 2018					Third round November 7th and 13th, 2018					qualified
		OK Mladost Brčko	1 1
		Neftochimik 2010 Burgas	3 3
							Burgas	2 0
							Novi Sad	3 3
		HAOK Mladost Zagreb	2 1
		OK Vojvodina Novi Sad	3 3
												Novi Sad	0 0
												Chaumont	3 3
		Viking TIF mountains	0 0
		Chaumont volley ball 52	3 3
							Teruel	3 0
							Chaumont	2 3
		CV Teruel	3 0
		Lindemans Aalst	0 3
																	Chaumont
																	Frankfurt
		Abiant Lycurgus Groningen	1 3
		SK Posojilnica Aich / Dob	3 2
							Frankfurt	3 2
							Aich / Dob	0 3
		Shakhtsor Salihorsk	0 3
		United Volleys Frankfurt	3 2
												Frankfurt	3 3
												Thessaloniki	0 1
		Levoranta Sastamala	2 1
		Istanbul BBSK	3 3
							Thessaloniki	3 2
							Istanbul	2 3
		PRCK Kazincbarcika	2 0
		PAOK Thessaloniki	3 3

Decision Sets (Golden Set)
1 round	2nd round
Teruel - Aalst 15: 7	Thessaloniki - Istanbul 15:13

In the third round, the first legs were played in Chaumont and Thessaloniki.

Group stage

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences
1.	VK Zenit-Kazan	6th	18th	18: 4
2.	Halkbank Ankara	3	8th	10:13
3.	Crack Roeselare	2	6th	11:15
4th	United Volleys Frankfurt	1	4th	8:15

20th November	Ankara	Roeselare	3: 2
21st November	Kazan	Frankfurt	3-0
December 18th	Frankfurt	Ankara	3-0
20th of December	Roeselare	Kazan	1: 3
15. January	Frankfurt	Roeselare	2: 3
January 16	Ankara	Kazan	1: 3
January 29th	Kazan	Roeselare	3: 1
January 30th	Ankara	Frankfurt	3: 1
14th of February	Frankfurt	Kazan	1: 3
14th of February	Roeselare	Ankara	1: 3
27th of February	Kazan	Ankara	3-0
27th of February	Roeselare	Frankfurt	3: 1

Group B
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences
1.	Lube Civitanova	6th	17th	18: 3
2.	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3	10	12:10
3.	Pallavolo Modena	3	9	11:10
4th	VK ČEZ Karlovarsko	0	0	0:18

21st November	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Karlovarsko	3-0
22nd of November	Civitanova	Modena	3-0
19. December	Karlovarsko	Civitanova	0: 3
19. December	Modena	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3: 1
15. January	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Civitanova	0: 3
January 16	Modena	Karlovarsko	3-0
31 January	Civitanova	Karlovarsko	3: 1
31 January	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Modena	3: 1
13th February	Modena	Civitanova	1: 3
13th February	Karlovarsko	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	0: 3
27th of February	Civitanova	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3: 2
27th of February	Karlovarsko	Modena	0: 3

Group C
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences
1.	Zenit St. Petersburg	6th	15th	18: 6
2.	Chaumont volley ball 52	4th	13	16:10
3.	VfB Friedrichshafen	2	6th	8:14
4th	ACH Volley Ljubljana	0	2	6:18

20th November	St. Petersburg	Chaumont	3: 2
21st November	Friedrichshafen	Ljubljana	3-0
December 18th	Ljubljana	St. Petersburg	2: 3
December 18th	Chaumont	Friedrichshafen	3-0
15. January	Chaumont	Ljubljana	3: 1
January 16	Friedrichshafen	St. Petersburg	0: 3
January 30th	Friedrichshafen	Chaumont	2: 3
31 January	St. Petersburg	Ljubljana	3-0
13th February	Chaumont	St. Petersburg	2: 3
14th of February	Ljubljana	Friedrichshafen	2: 3
27th of February	St. Petersburg	Friedrichshafen	3-0
27th of February	Ljubljana	Chaumont	1: 3

Group D
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences
1.	Trefl Danzig	5	14th	16: 6
2.	Skra Bełchatów	3	11	13:10
3.	Greenyard Maaseik	2	6th	10:14
4th	Berlin Recycling Volleys	2	5	6:15

20th November	Bełchatów	Danzig	3: 1
22nd of November	Berlin	Maaseik	3: 1
December 18th	Maaseik	Bełchatów	3-0
19. December	Danzig	Berlin	3-0
January 16	Berlin	Bełchatów	0: 3
January 16	Danzig	Maaseik	3: 1
January 30th	Bełchatów	Maaseik	2: 3
January 30th	Berlin	Danzig	0: 3
13th February	Maaseik	Berlin	2: 3
14th of February	Danzig	Bełchatów	3: 2
27th of February	Bełchatów	Berlin	3-0
27th of February	Maaseik	Danzig	0: 3

Group E
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences
1.	Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia	6th	18th	18: 4
2.	VK Dynamo Moscow	4th	12	13: 6
3.	Tours volley ball	2	5	7:14
4th	Arkas Izmir	0	1	4:18

21st November	Perugia	Moscow	3-0
21st November	Izmir	Tours	0: 3
December 18th	Moscow	Izmir	3-0
19. December	Tours	Perugia	1: 3
15. January	Izmir	Perugia	1: 3
January 17th	Moscow	Tours	3-0
January 29th	Izmir	Moscow	0: 3
January 30th	Perugia	Tours	3-0
February 12th	Tours	Izmir	3: 2
13th February	Moscow	Perugia	1: 3
27th of February	Perugia	Izmir	3: 1
27th of February	Tours	Moscow	0: 3

KO round

	Quarter-finals 12-14 and 19.-21. March 2019					Semi-finals April 3rd and 10th, 2019					Final May 18, 2019
		Chaumont	2 0
		Perugia	3 3
							Perugia	2 1
							Kazan	3 3
		Danzig	2 3
		Kazan	3 2
												Kazan	1
												Civitanova	3
		Bełchatów	3 1
		St. Petersburg	1 3
							Bełchatów	0 0
							Lube	3 3
		Moscow	2 0
		Luba	3 3

Decision Sets (Golden Set)
Quarter finals
Kazan - Gdansk 15:12
St. Petersburg - Bełchatów 11:15

Web links

• Information of the CEV (English)
• Livestreams at Eurovolley.tv (English)