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The Women's CEV Champions League, formerly known as CEV Champions Cup (from 1960 to 2000), is the top official competition for women's
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clubs of
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and takes place every year. It is organized by the
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(CEV) and was created in 1960 as . On 13 November 2000, it was officially presented in
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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
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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 from the playoffs and qualifying directly to the final four). The teams paired for the playoffs play a
double-elimination A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimin ...
until three teams remain, these three teams join the final four host to play the semifinal, 3rd place match and final. The final four takes place between March and April.


History

* CEV Champions Cup (1960 to 2000) * CEV Champions League (2000 to present)


Finals

In the 1961–62 season, the finalists was qualified by a home-and-away format in group stage round. From the 1961–62 season, the knockout stage was played on the same format in the 1960–61 season. From the 1971–72 season, the final round was played on the round robin format.


Titles by club


Titles by country

For the purpose of keeping historical event accuracy, historical countries names are used in this table.


Most valuable player by edition

*2001–02 – *2002–03 – *2003–04 – * 2004–05 – * 2005–06 – * 2006–07 – * 2007–08 – * 2008–09 – * 2009–10 – *
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– * 2011–12 – * 2012–13 – * 2013–14 – * 2014–15 – * 2015–16 – * 2016–17 – * 2017–18 – * 2018–19 – * 2019–20 – Competition cancelled * 2020–21 – * 2021–22 – * 2022–23 – * 2023–24 – * 2024–25


All-time team records

Winners and finalists by city since 1960/1961 Various statistics since 1990/1991 (Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)


See also

* Men's **
CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tota ...
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CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed to CEV Challenge Cup. History * # ...
**
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 ...
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FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship The FIVB Men's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international men's club volleyball competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested ...
* Women's ** CEV Women's Champions League **
CEV Women's Challenge Cup The CEV Women's Challenge Cup, formerly (from 1980 to 2007) known as CEV Women's Cup is the third official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by the Confédération Européenne de Volle ...
** CEV Cup Women's **
FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international women's club volleyball competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe ...


References

* European Cups * CEV 40th Anniversary Book – European Cups *
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Citations


External links


Website of the CEV – Confederation Europeenne de Volleyball


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