The

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tot ...

was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2011–12 season and the 53rd edition. It ran from 29 November 2011 until 26 March 2012. Fenerbahçe won the title for the first time, defeating

RC Cannes RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF. History was created as a sports club in 1922 and the volleyball department was introduced in 1942. Originally it had both men and women's teams until 19 ...

3–0 in the final.

Teams of the 2011–2012 competition

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions: * The drawing of lots for the main phase (group stage) of the competition was held on 1 July 2011, in Vienna.

League round

20 teams were drawn to 5 pools of 4 teams each.
The sixteen best teams qualified for the Round of 16.
The four other teams moved to the

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Knockout stage

Round of 16

¹Rabita Baku won the golden set 15–6.

First leg

Second leg

Quarterfinals

In case of a tie - 1 match won and 1 match lost and not depending on the final score of both matches - the teams have to play a golden set to determine which one qualifies for the next round. ¹Dinamo Kazan won the golden set 15–10 ²Villa Cortese won the golden set 15–11 ³RC Cannes won the golden set 18–16

First leg

Second leg

Final four

The final four will be held at Baku,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

Bracket

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standing

Awards

* MVP:

Kim Yeon-Koung Kim Yeon-Koung (, ; born 26 February 1988) is a South Korean professional volleyball player and a former member of the FIVB Athletes' Commission. She is an outside hitter and the former captain of the South Korean National Team. She announc ...

( Fenerbahçe) * Best Scorer:

( Fenerbahçe) * Best Setter:

Naz Aydemir Naz Aydemir Akyol (born 14 August 1990) is a Turkish volleyball player, widely regarded as one of the best setters in international volleyball. She plays as setter for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She has won a to ...

( Fenerbahçe) * Best Blocker: Maria Borisenko ( Dinamo Kazan) * Best Server: Makare Wilson (

Villa Cortese Villa Cortese ( Legnanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan. The administrative municipalities borders Legnano, San Giorgio su Legnano, Busto Garolfo an ...

) * Best Spiker:

Sarah Pavan Sarah Lindsey Pavan (born August 16, 1986) is a Canadian beach volleyball and former indoor volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. With Mel ...

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) * Best Receiver:

Jordan Larson Jordan Quinn Larson (born October 16, 1986) is an American volleyball player and a three-time Olympic medalist. Larson won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, the Rimini Volleyball Nations League, and the 2020 Tokyo Sum ...

( Dinamo Kazan) * Best Libero:

Paola Cardullo Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a volleyball player from Italy, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named ''Best Libero ...

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References

External links

Champions League
{{DEFAULTSORT:2011-12 CEV Women's Champions League CEV Women's Champions League

Women's 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 ...