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 ( or ''CEV'') is the continental sports governing body, governing body for the sports of volleyball, indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and snow volleyball in Europe. Its headquarters is in Luxembourg City, ...

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 to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

. 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 Iliyanov Kaziyski () (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italy, Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games 2 ...

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Trentino Volley Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento. It has played in the Italian Volleyball League since 2000. They have 5 titles in the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship, tied with Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro as th ...

) *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 ...

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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 tim ...

) *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 Volley, Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of 2016 Summer Olympics, bronze medalist of 2012 Summer O ...

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) *Best blocker *:

Michał Winiarski Michał Jerzy Winiarski (born 28 September 1983) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. Winiarski was a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the Olympi ...

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) *Best receiver *: Plamen Konstantinov (

Iraklis Thessaloniki Gymnastikos Syllogos Thessalonikis "Iraklis" (), commonly referred to as Iraklis Thessaloniki, is a multi–sporting club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis was founded on 29 November 1908 and i ...

) *Best libero *:

Aleksey Verbov Aleksey Igorevich Verbov (, 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 currently coaching the men's Zenit Kazan team. With the ...

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) *Best setter *: Aleksandr Butko (

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External links

2008/09 European Champions League
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