Competition

Competition Format

COMPETITION FORMAT
General Information

The 2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League season will be played with 28 men's teams.

The League Round Drawing of Lots took place in Vienna as part of the European Volleyball Gala on Thursday 2nd July 2015.

The Playoffs Drawing of Lots will take place in Luxembourg on Thursday 28th January 2016.

Confirmed Competition Dates:

League Round
Leg 1: 04th +/- 1 day November 2015
Leg 2: 18th +/- 1 day November 2015
Leg 3: 02nd +/- 1 day December 2015
Leg 4: 16th +/- 1 day December 2015
Leg 5: 20th +/- 1 day January 2016
Leg 6: 26th January 2016

Playoff 12
Home: 17th +/- 1 day February 2016
Away: 02nd +/- 1 day March 2016

Playoff 6
Home: 16th +/- 1 day March 2016
Away: 23rd +/- 1 day March 2016

Final Four
16th - 17th April 2016

Official Competition #Hashtags:

Please use the following whenever talking about this competition on social media networks:
#Volleyball
#CEVChampionsLeagueM

Useful e-books:
To see the Official Regulations: CLICK HERE
To see the Official Communications: CLICK HERE
To see the CEV Organisation Guidelines for Club Competitions: CLICK HERE

If you have any questions please contact the CEV Volleyball Department (cups@cev.lu)

Latest News

11/05/2016 - Clubs
CL silver medallists TRENTINO Volley announce they have registered for 2017 CEV Volleyball Cup
2017 CEV Volleyball Cup - Men
Trento, Italy, May 11, 2016. TRENTINO Volley have announced they have registered to participate in the 2017 edition of the CEV Volleyball Cup. The Italian standout earned the ...

02/05/2016 - Volleyball
Rising star Simone Giannelli takes positives from 2016 season, even from losses
News from the clubs
Trento, Italy, May 2, 2016. Simone Giannelli is one of Volleyball’s rising stars. A couple of weeks ago the only 19-year-old setter showed once again glimpses of his class whe ...

21/04/2016 - Volleyball
Facts and figures of TRENTINO’s glorious CL campaign
2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League - Men
Trento, Italy, April 21, 2016. On Sunday Italy’s TRENTINO Diatec completed their seventh campaign in the CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League – Men by settling for the si ...

20/04/2016 - Volleyball
2016 European Cup season ends with second-best attendance figures of all time
News from the CEV
Luxembourg, April 20, 2016. As many as 754,934 fans attended matches of the 2016 European Cups. These figures account for the best result since the all-time record set at the ...

17/04/2016 - Match Report
Zenit KAZAN come from behind to win record fourth Champions League title!
2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League - Men
Krakow, Poland, April 17, 2016. Zenit KAZAN of Russia extended on Sunday night their rule in the CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League after coming from behind before clai ...

17/04/2016 - Match Report
Lube make up for semi-final disappointment to crown Final Four with bronze
2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League - Men
Krakow, Poland, April 17, 2016. After losing in three sets to arch-rivals TRENTINO Diatec in the semis, Italy’s Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA first dissipated the opportunity to clai ...

17/04/2016 - Volleyball
Volleyball is a family affair in Slovenia – The ‘Urnaut case’
2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League - Men
Krakow, Poland, April 17, 2016. Only a couple of days ago Tine Urnaut had shared his excitement (click here) for the Slovenian outside spiker was just about to make his first ...

17/04/2016 - Volleyball
Zenit and TRENTINO vie for fourth CL crown in final act of huge Volleyball party
2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League - Men
Krakow, Poland, April 17, 2016. It has been five years since that sunny Sunday in late March 2011 when TRENTINO Diatec and Zenit KAZAN played each other with Europe’s most cov ...

17/04/2016 - Volleyball
JTEKT Stings coach Kazushi Masunari overwhelmed by Champions League experience
2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League - Men
Krakow, Poland, April 16, 2016. Many Volleyball coaches, including some who are currently at the helm of a number of elite national teams, have travelled to Krakow to witness ...

17/04/2016 - Volleyball
Thomas Jaeschke soaking up Final Four experience on the way to Rio Olympics
2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League - Men
Krakow, Poland, April 16, 2016. A number of up-and-coming players are making in Krakow their first ever appearance in a Final Four tournament of the elite CEV Volleyball Champ ...

Competition Overview

Format

Main Phase - League Round

From 03/11/2015 to 26/01/2016

Playoffs Phase

From 16/02/2016 to 24/03/2016

Final Phase in KRAKOW (POL)

From 16/04/2016 to 17/04/2016

Final Standing

LiveScore

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Individual Awards

	MVP LEON VENERO Wilfredo Zenit KAZAN
	Best Setter GIANNELLI Simone TRENTINO Diatec
	Best Opposite MIKHAILOV Maxim Zenit KAZAN
	Best Middle Blocker HOLMES Russell Asseco Resovia RZESZÓW
	Best Middle Blocker SOLE' Sebastian TRENTINO Diatec
	Best Outside Spiker LEON VENERO Wilfredo Zenit KAZAN
	Best Outside Spiker URNAUT Tine TRENTINO Diatec
	Best Libero GREBENNIKOV Jénia Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA

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