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

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 CE ...

. 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:

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*All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standings

Awards

*Most Valuable Player :

Matey Kaziyski Matey Kaziyski ( bg, Матей Казийски) (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games ...

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Trentino Volley Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...

) *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, and ...

( Iskra Odintsovo) *Best Spiker :

Martin Lébl Martin Lébl (born 12 April 1980, in Prague) is a volleyball player from the Czech Republic. Lébl competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a s ...

( Lube Banca Marche Macerata) *Best Server :

Emanuele Birarelli Emanuele Birarelli (born 8 February 1981) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of 2016 Summer Olympics, bronze medalist of 2012 Summer Olympics a ...

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) *Best Blocker :

Michał Winiarski Michał Jerzy Winiarski (born 28 September 1983) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 2004 to 2014. A participant in the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2014 Wo ...

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) *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 ...

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Iraklis Thessaloniki Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...

) *Best Libero :

Aleksey Verbov Aleksey Igorevich Verbov (russian: Алексей Игоревич Вербов, born 31 January 1982) is a retired Russian volleyball player, a former member of Russia men's national volleyball team and the Russian club Zenit Kazan. He is curr ...

( Iskra Odintsovo) *Best Setter :

Aleksandr Butko Aleksandr Anatolyevich Butko (russian: Александр Анатольевич Бутько; born 18 March 1986) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club Zenit Kazan, 2012 Olympic Games ...

( Iskra Odintsovo)

External links

2008/09 European Champions League
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