2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League
The 2020–21 Women's CEV Champions League, CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2020–21 season and the 61st edition. Qualification A total of 20 teams participate in the main competition, with 17 teams being allocated direct vacancies on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions and 3 teams qualify from the qualification rounds. Format ;League round A Round-robin tournament, round-robin format (two single round-robin tournaments held in ‘bio-secure bubbles’ at two different venues in each pool) where the 20 participating teams are drawn into 5 pools of 4 teams each. The five pool winners and the best three second placed teams among all pools qualify for the . The standings is determined by the number of matches won. In case of a tie in the number of matches won by two or more teams, their ranking is based on the following criteria: *result points (points awarded for results: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 . On 13 November 2000, it was officially presented in Florence under a new format and renamed . Formula The competition has changed its format since the first fourteen teams took part at the inaugural edition in 1960–61. Through the 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 , 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 fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KPS Chemik Police
KPS Chemik Police is the professional women's volleyball department of Polish sports club based in Police and plays in the Tauron Liga. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * KS Chemik Police (1989–1993) * ARS Komfort Police (1993–1994) * KS Chemik Police (1994–....) * PSPS Chemik Police (....–2013) * KPS Chemik Police (2013–2014) * Chemik Police (2014–present) History Sports club created its women's volleyball department in 1989. Two years later, in 1991, the club made its debut in the League 1, the highest division in Poland. It was relegated at the end of the 1991–92 season, but in the following season it won the Polish Cup and promotion to the Liga 1 before (due to sponsorship) changing its name to in July 1993. In its second spell at League 1, the club had immediate success, winning the Polish Championships and the Polish Cup for two consecutive seasons (1993–94 and 1994–95). In that same period the club ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maritza Plovdiv
Maritza is a name of Spanish origin and may refer to: *Maritza Correia (born 1981), Puerto Rican swimmer *Maritza Olivares, Mexican actress *Maritza Rodríguez, Colombian actress *Maritza Salas (born 1975), Puerto Rican track and field athlete *Maritza Sayalero (born 1961), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder *Sari Maritza (1910–1987), English actress *Maritza Bossé-Pelchat, contestant on season 1 of ''Star Académie'' See also *Maritsa (other) *Maritsa Iztok Complex The Maritsa Iztok Complex generates coal power in Bulgaria. Maritsa Iztok 1 and 3 located entirely within Stara Zagora Province in south-central Bulgaria while Maritsa Iztok 2 is split with eastern neighboring Sliven Province. It consists of t ..., Bulgarian power complex *'' Countess Maritza'', English adaptation of Hungarian operetta ''Gräfin Mariza'' {{disambig, given name ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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VC Uralochka-NTMK
Uralochka-NTMK () is a Russian professional women's volleyball club based in Yekaterinburg and currently plays in the Super League, the top Russian league. It was established in 1966 and is the most successful club in the USSR and Russian women's volleyball combined history with 25 national championship titles (11 Soviet and 14 Russian). Previous names * Uralochka Sverdlovsk (1966–1991) * Uralochka Yekaterinburg (1991–2001) * Uralochka-NTMK (2001–present) History Soviet years In 1966 the Transport Engineering Sverdlov plant (now Uraltransmash) decided to create a women's volleyball team to represent Sverdlovsk Oblast. It was named (an endearment form for Ural woman) and in December that same year it was allowed to compete at the national championship, Alexander Kilchevsky became the club's first coach. During its first years, the results were inconsistent with the team being relegated and promoted and in 1969, Nikolay Karpol was appointed head coach and it was only by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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AGIL Volley
AGIL Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Novara and currently playing in the Serie A1. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * AGIL Trecate (1984–1999) * AGIL Volley Trecate (1999–2001) * Asystel Novara (2001–2003) * AGIL Volley Trecate (2003–2012) * Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2012–present) History The club was founded in 1984 as and was based in Trecate. The club name is an acronym for Amicizia, Gioia, Impegno, Lealtà (friendship, joy, commitment, loyalty) and originally it started as a youth centre designed to help youngsters develop together through sport. The project grew over the years and investment was made to a build sports complex with a beach volleyball field and a multi-purpose sports facility for volleyball, futsal and basketball. After spending its first years competing in regional tournaments, in 1989 the club started moving through the Italian lower leagues. By the end of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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LP Viesti Salo
LP or lp may stand for: Businesses and organizations *LP, Limited partnership in corporate law or a Limited Partner in a venture capital fund In politics *Labour Party (other), in several countries *Liberal Party, in several countries *Libertarian Party (United States), or a member thereof * Liberty Party (other), in several countries Schools *Lycée professionnel, French vocational high schools *Lower Primary school, a subdivision of primary schools in certain places *Lorne Park Secondary School, a high school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Other businesses and organizations * LAN Perú, an airline based in Lima, Peru (IATA code LP) * Louisiana-Pacific, a manufacturer of building materials * lowercase people, an organization founded by rock band Switchfoot * Ladakh Police, police agency of Ladakh, India * Lonely Planet, travel publisher * Liberapay Science, technology, philosophy Computing and mathematics * lp (Unix), command for printing documents * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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VK UP Olomouc
VK, Vk or vk may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Visual kei, a movement among Japanese musicians * Voight-Kampff machine, in the science fiction film ''Blade Runner'' * ''de Volkskrant'', a Dutch daily newspaper * '' Vedanta Kesari'', an English-language monthly magazine in India Companies * VK (company), a Russian internet company ** VK (service), a Russian social network * VK Mobile, a Korean mobile phone manufacturer * Air Nigeria (former IATA code: VK), a 2004–2012 airline * Level Europe (former IATA code: VK), a 2017–2020 Austrian airline Science and technology * Akai VK, a portable helical scan EIA video VTR * Holden Commodore (VK), a 1984–1986 model of GM Holden's Commodore car * Vulkan, a 3D graphics and computing standard Other uses * VK (drink), an alcopop sold in the UK * ''Versuchskampffahrzeug'', a designation of some German tanks * Vertical kilometer, an uphill mountain running race * VK, the prefix of amateur radio call signs Amateur radio call sig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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VC Maritza Plovdiv
VC may refer to: Military decorations * Victoria Cross, a military decoration awarded by the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations ** Victoria Cross for Australia ** Victoria Cross (Canada) ** Victoria Cross for New Zealand * Victorious Cross, Idi Amin's self-bestowed military decoration Organisations * Ocean Airlines (IATA airline designator 2003-2008), Italian cargo airline * Voyageur Airways (IATA airline designator since 1968), Canadian charter airline * Visual Communications, an Asian-Pacific-American media arts organization in Los Angeles, California * Viet Cong, a political and military organization during the Vietnam War (1959–1975) Education * Vanier College, Canada * Vassar College, US * Velez College, Philippines * Virginia College, US * Ventura College, US Places * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO country code) * Sri Lanka (ICAO airport prefix code) * Watsonian vice-counties, subdivisions of Great Britain or Ireland * Ventura County, in Southern Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Schweriner SC
Schweriner SC, also known as SSC Schwerin, is a German professional sports club based in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is mostly known for its women's volleyball department which plays in the German Volleyball League having won it many times. Women's volleyball The team has won many titles including the National Championship and Cup of East Germany, the National Championship (Bundesliga) and Cup of Germany, the CEV Champions League and the CEV Cup Winners Cup (now called CEV Cup). Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * SC Traktor Schwerin (1957–1991) * Schweriner SC and SSC Schwerin (1991–2016) * SSC Palmberg Schwerin (2016–present) Honours National competitions * East German Championship: 7 :1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 * East German Cup: 4 :1981, 1982, 1988, 1990 * German Championship: 11 :1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 * German Cup: 5 :2001, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Volley-Ball Nantes
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since 1964 Summer Olympics, Tokyo 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced to the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. The adapted version of volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games is sitting volleyball. Basic play The Volleyball rules, complete set of rules is extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to three times to return the ball to the other si ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |