2014–15 CEV Champions League


The 2014–15 CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the season and the 56th edition. It ran from November 2014 till March 2015.
Belogorie Belgorod were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Halkbank Ankara in the [|Playoff 12].

Participating teams

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:
RankCountryNumber of teamsTeams
13Cucine Lube Treia
Sir Safety Perugia
Copra Volley Piacenza
23PGE Skra Bełchatów
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Jastrzębski Węgiel
32+1Zenit Kazan
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Belogorie Belgorod
42Halkbank Ankara
Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul
52+1Knack Roeselare
Precura Antwerpen
Noliko Maaseik
62Berlin Recycling Volleys
VfB Friedrichshafen
72Tours VB
Paris Volley
81Olympiacos Piraeus
91+1Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
Posojilnica Aich/Dob
101Tomis Constanța
110
121ACH Volley Ljubljana
131CAI Teruel
141Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa
151Jihostroj České Budějovice
161Budvanska Rivijera Budva
170+1#Dragons Lugano

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 are awarded as follows:
12 teams will qualify for the Playoff 12:
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 remaining third-ranked and all fourth-ranked teams will be eliminated.

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Playoffs

The playoffs will consist of two rounds: Playoff 12 and Playoff 6. Each round is played in two legs. These will be played between 10 February and 12 March 2015.
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.
At each leg, points are awarded to the teams in the same manner as in the Group Round. 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, 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, Berlin Recycling Volleys. Italy’s Cucine Lube Treia replaced in the Playoffs 12 the organizer of the Final Four tournament as the lucky loser.
PoolWinnersRunners-up
A Tomis Constanța Copra Volley Piacenza
B Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Jastrzębski Węgiel
C Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Berlin Recycling Volleys
D Zenit Kazan VfB Friedrichshafen
E Belogorie Belgorod Cucine Lube Treia
F PGE Skra Bełchatów
G Sir Safety Perugia Halkbank Ankara

First leg

Second leg

Playoff 6

First leg

Second leg

Final four

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
Zenit Kazan
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Berlin Recycling Volleys
4 PGE Skra Bełchatów

2014–15 Men's Club European Champions

Zenit Kazan
3rd title

Awards