The 2008–09 CEV Champions League was the 50th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the

European Volleyball Confederation The European Volleyball Confederation (french: Confédération Européenne de Volleyball or ''CEV'') is the continental sports governing body, governing body for the sports of volleyball, indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, and snow volleyball ...

Participating teams

League round

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 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 ...

. The remaining 4th ranked teams are eliminated.

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

8th Finals

First leg

Second leg

4th Finals

First leg

Second leg

Final Four

* Place: Prague *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standings

Awards

*Most Valuable Player : Matey Kaziyski ( Trentino Volley) *Best Scorer :

Jochen Schöps Jochen Schöps (born 8 October 1983) is a German professional volleyball player, a former member of the Germany national team, a participant at the Olympic Games ( Beijing 2008, London 2012), bronze medallist at the 2014 World Championship, ...

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Iskra Odintsovo VC Iskra Odintsovo is a professional Volleyball team based in Odintsovo, Russia. Palmarès *Russian Volleyball Super League ::Runners-up (4) : 1994, 2003, 2008, 2009 ::Third place (5) : 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007 *CEV Champions League ::Runners- ...

) *Best Spiker : Martin Lébl (

Lube Banca Marche Macerata Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the Italian Volleyball League. It won the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five time ...

) *Best Server : Emanuele Birarelli ( Trentino Volley) *Best Blocker : Michał Winiarski ( Trentino Volley) *Best Receiver :

Plamen Konstantinov Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov ( bg, Пламен Георгиев Константинов) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and ...

( Iraklis Thessaloniki) *Best Libero : Aleksey Verbov (

) *Best Setter : Aleksandr Butko (

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External links

2008/09 European Champions League
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