2011–12 CEV Champions League

The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2011–12 season and the 53rd edition. It ran from October 2011 till March 2012.

2011–12 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Finals champions	Zenit Kazan
Runners-up	PGE Skra Bełchatów
Finals MVP	Mariusz Wlazły (BCH)

Zenit Kazan won the title for the second time, defeating host of the final four PGE Skra Bełchatów 3–2 in the final.[1]

Teams of the 2011–2012 competition

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:[2]

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Italy	3	Trentino PlanetWin365 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2	Russia	2	Zenit Kazan Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
3	Greece	1	Iraklis Thessaloniki
4	Poland	2	PGE Skra Bełchatów Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
5	France	2	Tours VB Stade Poitevin Poitiers
6	Belgium	2	Euphony Asse-Lennik Noliko Maaseik
7	Turkey	2	Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul Arkas Izmir
8	Spain	1	CAI Teruel
9	Germany	2	VfB Friedrichshafen Generali Unterhaching (W/C)
10	Austria	1	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
11	Slovenia	1	ACH Volley Ljubljana
12	Serbia	1	Partizan Termoelektro Beograd
13	Czech Republic	1	Jihostroj České Budějovice
15	Montenegro	1	Budvanska Rivijera Budva (W/C)
16	Romania	1	Remat Zalău (W/C)
17	Bulgaria	1	CSKA Sofia (W/C)

• The drawing of lots for the main phase (group stage) of the competition was held on 1 July 2011, in Vienna.[3]

League round

24 teams were drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each.
The 1st – 2nd ranked qualified for the Playoffs 12.
The organizer of the Final Four were determined after the end of the League Round and qualified directly for the Final Four.
The team of the organizer of the Final Four was replaced by the 3rd ranked team with the best score.
The four next 3rd ranked teams moved to the CEV Cup. The remaining teams are eliminated.

• All times are local.

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Arkas Izmir	15	5	1	16	6	2.667	544	479	1.136
2	Noliko Maaseik	12	4	2	15	10	1.500	586	529	1.108
3	Iraklis Thessaloniki	8	3	3	10	12	0.833	469	510	0.920
4	CSKA Sofia	1	0	6	5	18	0.278	460	541	0.850

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Oct	19:00	Izmir	3–1	Sofia	20–25	25–21	25–11	25–13		95–70	Report
19 Oct	20:00	Thessaloniki	3–2	Maaseik	25–23	27–25	14–25	22–25	15–11	103–109	Report
25 Oct	19:00	Sofia	0–3	Thessaloniki	19–25	21–25	21–25			61–75	Report
25 Oct	20:30	Maaseik	3–1	Izmir	23–25	27–25	25–20	25–21		100–91	Report
13 Dec	20:30	Maaseik	3–1	Sofia	25–27	25–16	25–22	25–20		100–85	Report
14 Dec	20:00	Thessaloniki	0–3	Izmir	19–25	21–25	23–25			63–75	Report
21 Dec	19:00	Sofia	2–3	Maaseik	26–24	16–25	25–16	20–25	12–15	99–105	Report
21 Dec	19:00	Izmir	3–1	Thessaloniki	25–27	25–22	25–14	29–27		104–90	Report
11 Jan	19:00	Izmir	3–1	Maaseik	25–27	29–27	25–23	25–20		104–97	Report
11 Jan	20:00	Thessaloniki	3–1	Sofia	25–21	25–19	16–25	25–21		91–86	Report
18 Jan	19:00	Sofia	0–3	Izmir	17–25	23–25	19–25			59–75	Report
18 Jan	20:30	Maaseik	3–0	Thessaloniki	25–17	25–14	25–16			75–47	Report

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Zenit Kazan	15	5	1	17	5	3.400	502	447	1.123
2	VfB Friedrichshafen	14	5	1	15	8	1.875	567	531	1.068
3	Remat Zalău	4	1	5	6	15	0.400	447	496	0.901
4	Euphony Asse-Lennik	3	1	5	7	17	0.412	539	581	0.928

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Oct	20:30	Asse-Lennik	3–2	Zalău	23–25	25–18	23–25	25–20	15–13	111–101	Report
19 Oct	19:00	Kazan	3–0	Friedrichshafen	25–20	25–23	25–22			75–65	Report
25 Oct	16:30	Zalău	0–3	Kazan	22–25	16–25	22–25			60–75	Report
26 Oct	20:15	Friedrichshafen	3–1	Asse-Lennik	25–27	29–27	42–40	25–18		121–112	Report
14 Dec	18:00	Kazan	3–0	Asse-Lennik	25–21	25–21	25–18			75–60	Report
14 Dec	20:30	Friedrichshafen	3–0	Zalău	25–22	25–16	25–17			75–55	Report
20 Dec	20:30	Asse-Lennik	2–3	Kazan	21–25	25–19	12–25	25–22	14–16	97–107	Report
21 Dec	19:00	Zalău	1–3	Friedrichshafen	25–23	22–25	23–25	25–27		95–100	Report
10 Jan	20:30	Asse-Lennik	1–3	Friedrichshafen	30–32	23–25	25–20	21–25		99–102	Report
11 Jan	20:00	Kazan	3–0	Zalău	25–21	25–20	25–20			75–61	Report
18 Jan	19:00	Zalău	3–0	Asse-Lennik	25–20	25–20	25–20			75–60	Report
18 Jan	20:00	Friedrichshafen	3–2	Kazan	18–25	25–18	25–20	21–25	15–7	104–95	Report

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Trentino PlanetWin365	16	5	1	17	3	5.667	484	391	1.238
2	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	13	5	1	15	9	1.667	551	512	1.076
3	CAI Teruel	4	1	5	6	16	0.375	460	513	0.897
4	Partizan Termoelektro Beograd	3	1	5	7	17	0.412	477	556	0.858

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Oct	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–1	Beograd	25–20	25–18	21–25	25–16		96–79	Report
20 Oct	20:30	Trentino	3–0	Teruel	25–22	26–24	25–14			76–60	Report
25 Oct	18:00	Beograd	0–3	Trentino	18–25	14–25	19–25			51–75	Report
26 Oct	20:15	Teruel	1–3	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	22–25	16–25	28–26	24–26		90–102	Report
14 Dec	20:15	Trentino	2–3	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	23–25	17–25	25–23	26–24	17–19	108–116	Report
14 Dec	20:30	Teruel	3–1	Beograd	25–14	25–14	18–25	26–24		94–77	Report
20 Dec	18:00	Beograd	3–2	Teruel	25–18	25–27	25–23	17–25	15–12	107–105	Report
22 Dec	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	0–3	Trentino	20–25	21–25	9–25			50–75	Report
10 Jan	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Teruel	25–14	26–24	25–15			76–53	Report
11 Jan	20:30	Trentino	3–0	Beograd	25–16	25–20	25–20			75–56	Report
18 Jan	20:00	Beograd	2–3	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–23	18–25	25–20	23–25	16–18	107–111	Report
18 Jan	20:15	Teruel	0–3	Trentino	22–25	16–25	20–25			58–75	Report

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	12	4	2	12	7	1.714	453	420	1.079
2	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	11	4	2	12	11	1.091	507	514	0.986
3	Generali Unterhaching	9	3	3	13	12	1.083	562	540	1.041
4	Jihostroj České Budějovice	4	1	5	8	15	0.533	494	542	0.911

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Oct	18:00	České Budějovice	1–3	Poitiers	20–25	25–22	14–25	20–25		79–97	Report
19 Oct	20:00	Unterhaching	1–3	Cuneo	25–16	16–25	23–25	23–25		87–91	Report
26 Oct	20:30	Cuneo	0–3	České Budějovice	28–30	20–25	23–25			71–80	Report
27 Oct	20:00	Poitiers	3–1	Unterhaching	18–25	25–21	28–26	25–23		96–95	Report
13 Dec	18:00	České Budějovice	1–3	Unterhaching	25–18	21–25	20–25	20–25		86–93	Report
13 Dec	20:00	Poitiers	0–3	Cuneo	19–25	15–25	17–25			51–75	Report
21 Dec	20:00	Cuneo	3–0	Poitiers	25–18	28–26	25–18			78–62	Report
21 Dec	20:30	Unterhaching	3–2	České Budějovice	25–21	20–25	23–25	25–22	15–8	108–101	Report
11 Jan	18:00	Unterhaching	2–3	Poitiers	16–25	26–24	22–25	25–14	11–15	100–103	Report
11 Jan	20:00	České Budějovice	0–3	Cuneo	18–25	22–25	21–25			61–75	Report
18 Jan	20:00	Cuneo	0–3	Unterhaching	24–26	13–25	26–28			63–79	Report
18 Jan	20:30	Poitiers	3–1	České Budějovice	25–18	25–23	23–25	25–21		98–87	Report

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	14	5	1	16	6	2.667	532	461	1.154
2	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	13	4	2	15	9	1.667	576	558	1.032
3	Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul	8	3	3	9	12	0.750	471	476	0.989
4	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	1	0	6	5	18	0.278	461	545	0.846

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Oct	20:15	Innsbruck	1–3	Istanbul	22–25	15–25	25–21	16–25		78–96	Report
20 Oct	20:30	Macerata	3–1	Novosibirsk	19–25	25–21	25–21	25–22		94–89	Report
26 Oct	19:00	Novosibirsk	3–0	Innsbruck	25–19	25–19	25–20			75–58	Report
26 Oct	19:30	Istanbul	3–2	Macerata	25–22	28–26	25–27	25–27	15–13	118–115	Report
13 Dec	19:30	Istanbul	0–3	Novosibirsk	20–25	21–25	23–25			64–75	Report
15 Dec	20:15	Innsbruck	1–3	Macerata	25–18	15–25	23–25	20–25		83–93	Report
20 Dec	20:30	Macerata	3–1	Innsbruck	23–25	25–23	25–21	25–21		98–90	Report
21 Dec	19:00	Novosibirsk	3–0	Istanbul	25–17	25–18	25–15			75–50	Report
11 Jan	20:30	Macerata	3–0	Istanbul	25–21	25–21	28–26			78–68	Report
12 Jan	20:15	Innsbruck	2–3	Novosibirsk	15–25	25–22	25–21	19–25	13–15	97–108	Report
18 Jan	19:00	Novosibirsk	3–1	Macerata	25–21	32–30	28–30	25–17		110–98	Report
18 Jan	19:30	Istanbul	3–0	Innsbruck	25–17	25–23	25–15			75–55	Report

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Tours VB	15	5	1	16	5	3.200	511	433	1.180
2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	14	5	1	15	6	2.500	511	451	1.133
3	ACH Volley Ljubljana	6	2	4	9	14	0.643	499	527	0.947
4	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	1	0	6	3	18	0.167	398	508	0.783

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Oct	18:00	Budva	0–3	Bełchatów	21–25	17–25	22–25			60–75	Report
20 Oct	20:30	Tours	3–0	Ljubljana	25–17	25–19	25–21			75–57	Report
26 Oct	18:00	Bełchatów	3–1	Tours	25–22	25–21	19–25	25–22		94–90	Report
26 Oct	20:30	Ljubljana	3–2	Budva	20–25	23–25	25–18	25–10	15–12	108–90	Report
14 Dec	18:00	Bełchatów	3–2	Ljubljana	23–25	28–30	25–21	25–18	15–12	116–106	Report
15 Dec	18:00	Budva	0–3	Tours	19–25	14–25	20–25			53–75	Report
20 Dec	20:30	Ljubljana	0–3	Bełchatów	32–34	18–25	21–25			71–84	Report
21 Dec	20:30	Tours	3–1	Budva	25–22	25–18	22–25	25–18		97–83	Report
11 Jan	18:00	Budva	0–3	Ljubljana	26–28	17–25	21–25			64–78	Report
12 Jan	20:30	Tours	3–0	Bełchatów	25–22	25–21	26–24			76–67	Report
18 Jan	18:00	Bełchatów	3–0	Budva	25–16	25–15	25–17			75–48	Report
18 Jan	20:30	Ljubljana	1–3	Tours	13–25	25–23	21–25	20–25		79–98	Report

Playoffs

• All times are local.
• In case of a tie - 1 match won & 1 match lost and not depending on the final score of both matches - the teams played a Golden Set to determine which one qualified for the next round.

Playoff 12

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	0–2	Arkas Izmir	1–3	0–3
Generali Unterhaching	0–2	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	1–3	0–3
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	1–1^1	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	0–3	3–2
Noliko Maaseik	0–2	Trentino PlanetWin365	0–3	1–3
VfB Friedrichshafen	2–0	Tours VB	3–0	3–2
Stade Poitevin Poitiers	0–2	Zenit Kazan	2–3	0–3

¹ Lube Banca Marche Macerata won the golden set 16–14.

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jan	20:30	Maaseik	0–3	Trentino	18–25	22–25	18–25			58–75	Report
01 Feb	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	1–3	Izmir	25–27	25–23	16–25	23–25		89–100	Report
01 Feb	20:00	Friedrichshafen	3–0	Tours	29–27	25–18	25–21			79–66	Report
01 Feb	20:30	Unterhaching	1–3	Novosibirsk	19–25	25–20	16–25	23–25		83–95	Report
01 Feb	20:30	Macerata	0–3	Cuneo	20–25	24–26	22–25			66–76	Report
01 Feb	20:30	Poitiers	2–3	Kazan	20–25	25–23	25–22	23–25	12–15	105–110	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Feb	19:00	Novosibirsk	3–0	Unterhaching	25–19	25–19	25–16			75–54	Report
08 Feb	19:00	Kazan	3–0	Poitiers	25–12	25–23	25–19			75–54	Report
08 Feb	19:30	Izmir	3–0	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–23	25–16	25–18			75–57	Report
08 Feb	20:30	Cuneo	2–3	Macerata	22–25	25–20	25–21	24–26	14–16	110–108	Report
08 Feb	20:30	Trentino	3–1	Maaseik	25–20	17–25	25–17	25–21		92–83	Report
08 Feb	20:30	Tours	2–3	Friedrichshafen	20–25	25–20	25–15	25–27	14–16	109–103	Report

Playoff 6

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	1–1^1	Arkas Izmir	3–0	2–3
Lube Banca Marche Macerata	1–1^2	Trentino PlanetWin365	3–2	0–3
Zenit Kazan	2–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	3–0

¹ Arkas Izmir won the golden set 15–12.
² Trentino PlanetWin365 won the golden set 15–9.

First Leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Feb	19:00	Novosibirsk	3–0	Izmir	25–22	25–21	25–23			75–66	Report
22 Feb	17:00	Kazan	3–0	Friedrichshafen	25–17	25–21	25–18			75–56	Report
22 Feb	20:30	Macerata	3–2	Trentino	16–25	19–25	25–18	25–22	15–9	100–99	Report

Second Leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Feb	20:00	Friedrichshafen	0–3	Kazan	21–25	21–25	24–26			66–76	Report
01 Mar	19:00	Izmir	3–2	Novosibirsk	25–27	18–25	25–22	25–23	16–14	109–111	Report
01 Mar	20:30	Trentino	3–0	Macerata	25–18	25–22	25–21			75–61	Report

Final four

• Organizer: PGE Skra Bełchatów
• Venue: Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
• In case that two teams from the same country qualify to the semifinals, they will have to play each other.

	Semifinals				Final
	17 March
	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3
					18 March
	Arkas Izmir	0
					PGE Skra Bełchatów	2
	17 March
					Zenit Kazan	3
	Trentino PlanetWin365	1
	Zenit Kazan	3
					3rd place match
					18 March
					Arkas Izmir	0
					Trentino PlanetWin365	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Mar	14:37	Bełchatów	3–0	Izmir	25–23	25–21	28–26			78–70	Report
17 Mar	17:37	Trentino	1–3	Kazan	33–31	20–25	23–25	17–25		93–106	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Mar	14:37	Izmir	0–3	Trentino	20–25	19–25	19–25			58–75	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Mar	17:37	Bełchatów	2–3	Kazan	15–25	25–16	25–22	24–26	15–17	104–106	Report

Final standing

Rank Team Zenit Kazan PGE Skra Bełchatów Trentino PlanetWin365 4 Arkas Izmir

2011–12 Men's Club European Champions Zenit Kazan 2nd title

Awards

• MVP: Mariusz Wlazły (PGE Skra Bełchatów)
• Best Scorer: Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan)
• Best Spiker: Bartosz Kurek (PGE Skra Bełchatów)
• Best Blocker: Nikolay Apalikov (Zenit Kazan)
• Best Server: Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan)
• Best Setter: Valerio Vermiglio (Zenit Kazan)
• Best Receiver: Michał Winiarski (PGE Skra Bełchatów)
• Best Libero: Alexey Obmochaev (Zenit Kazan)

References

1. "Zenit KAZAN shatters PGE Skra dreams of home glory". cev.lu. 2012-03-18.
2. European Cups Ranking List 2010-2011 (Page 3)
3. "Drawing of lots and participating teams". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2011-06-11.

External links

• Champions League