The 2015–16 CEV Champions League was the 57th 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
Format
League round
28 teams have been drawn to 7 pools of 4 teams each.
In each pool, the competition is organised on the basis of a double
round-robin system. Each team will thus play 6 matches: twice against each opponent.
In the League Round, the placing of the teams is determined by the number of matches won.
In case of a tie in the number of matches won by two or more teams, they will be ranked on the basis of the following criteria:
*match points;
*set quotient (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost);
*points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points lost);
*results of head-to-head matches between the teams in question.
Match points are awarded as follows:
*3 points for a 3:0 or 3:1 victory;
*2 points for a 3:2 victory;
*1 point for a 2:3 defeat;
*0 points for a 1:3 or 0:3 defeat.
12 teams will qualify for the ''Playoff 12'':
*the winner of each pool, and
*5 second-ranked teams with the best score.
After the end of the League Round, the organizer of the ''Final Four'' will be determined. That team will qualify directly for the Final Four. It will be replaced in Playoff 12 by the next best second-ranked team.
The remaining second-ranked team as well 3 third-ranked teams with the best score will move to the Challenge Round of 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 to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...
.
The remaining third-ranked and all fourth-ranked teams will be eliminated.
Playoffs
The playoffs will consist of two rounds: Playoff 12 and Playoff 6. Each round is played in two legs.
If the teams are tied after two legs, a "Golden Set" is played. The winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).
At each leg, points are awarded to the teams in the same manner as in the Group Round (3 for 3:0 or 3:1, 2 for 3:2 etc.). So, if team A defeat team B in the first leg 3:0 and lose in the second leg 1:3, team A does not advance to the next round (as it would have been expected on the basis of analogy with football competitions), but the two teams are tied with 3 points each, and a Golden Set is played.
The three teams that win in Playoff 6 round advance to the Final Four along with the organizer of the Final Four.
Pools composition
The drawing of lots was held in
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
,
Austria
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on 2 July 2015. The 28 participated teams of the competition were divided by 4 pots based on the latest European Cups Ranking List and their National Rankings. Exception, the teams which received wild cards had to be in the 4th pot.
League round
*''All times are local.''
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Second and third place ranking
The first 7 teams are 2nd placed teams. The other teams are 3rd placed teams.
Playoffs
*All times are local.
Playoff 12
First leg
Second leg
Playoff 6
First leg
Second leg
Final Four
*Organizer:
Asseco Resovia
* Place:
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
*All times are
Central European Summer Time
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(
UTC+02:00).
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standings
Awards
*Most valuable player
*:
Wilfredo León
Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Polish PlusLiga club, Bogdanka LUK Lublin. Born in Cuba, he represents Poland at the international level. He was a member of ...
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Zenit Kazan
VC Zenit-Kazan (), until 2008 known as Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan (), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in the Super League (11-time champion).
Achievements International competitions
* CEV Champions Leag ...
)
*Best setter
*:
Simone Giannelli
Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Umbria Volley, Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cu ...
(
Diatec Trentino)
*Best outside spikers
*:
Tine Urnaut (
Diatec Trentino)
*:
Wilfredo León
Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Polish PlusLiga club, Bogdanka LUK Lublin. Born in Cuba, he represents Poland at the international level. He was a member of ...
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Zenit Kazan
VC Zenit-Kazan (), until 2008 known as Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan (), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in the Super League (11-time champion).
Achievements International competitions
* CEV Champions Leag ...
)
*Best middle blockers
*:
Sebastián Solé
Sebastián Solé (born 12 June 1991) is an Argentine volleyball player, a former member of the Argentina national team and a bronze medallist at the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020). At the professional club level, he plays for Sir Safety Perugia.
...
(
Diatec Trentino)
*:
Russell Holmes (
Asseco Resovia)
*Best opposite spiker
*:
Maxim Mikhaylov
Maxim Mikhaylovich Mikhaylov ( rus, Максим Михайлович Михайлов, , mɐˈksʲim mʲɪˈxaɪ̯ɫəf; born 19 March 1988) is a Russian professional volleyball player, a member of the Russia men's national volleyball team and ...
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Zenit Kazan
VC Zenit-Kazan (), until 2008 known as Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan (), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in the Super League (11-time champion).
Achievements International competitions
* CEV Champions Leag ...
)
*Best libero
*:
Jenia Grebennikov (
Cucine Lube Civitanova)
References
External links
2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League
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CEV Champions League
2015 in volleyball
2016 in volleyball