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:Rank | Country | Number of teams | Teams |
1 | 3 | Cucine Lube Treia Sir Safety Perugia Copra Volley Piacenza | |
2 | 3 | PGE Skra Bełchatów Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Jastrzębski Węgiel | |
3 | 2+1 | Zenit Kazan Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Belogorie Belgorod | |
4 | 2 | Halkbank Ankara Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul | |
5 | 2+1 | Knack Roeselare Precura Antwerpen Noliko Maaseik | |
6 | 2 | Berlin Recycling Volleys VfB Friedrichshafen | |
7 | 2 | Tours VB Paris Volley | |
8 | 1 | Olympiacos Piraeus | |
9 | 1+1 | Hypo Tirol Innsbruck Posojilnica Aich/Dob | |
10 | 1 | Tomis Constanța | |
11 | 0 | – | |
12 | 1 | ACH Volley Ljubljana | |
13 | 1 | CAI Teruel | |
14 | 1 | Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa | |
15 | 1 | Jihostroj České Budějovice | |
16 | 1 | Budvanska Rivijera Budva | |
17 | 0+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;
- set quotient ;
- points quotient ;
- results of head-to-head matches between the teams in question.
- 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.
- the winner of each pool, and
- 5 second-ranked teams with the best score.
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.
- All times are local.
Pool A
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.
Pool | Winners | Runners-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 |
- All times are local.
Playoff 12
First leg
Second leg
Playoff 6
First leg
Second leg
Final four
- Organizer: Berlin Recycling Volleys
- Venue: Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
- All times on 28 March are Central European Time and all times on 29 March are Central European Summer Time.
- In case that two teams from the same country qualify to the semifinals, they will have to play each other.
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Rank | Team |
Zenit Kazan | |
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów | |
Berlin Recycling Volleys | |
4 | PGE Skra Bełchatów |
2014–15 Men's Club European Champions |
Zenit Kazan 3rd title |
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Best Setter
- Best Outside Spikers
- Best Middle Blockers
- Best Opposite Spiker
- Best Libero
- Fair Play Award