2015–16 CEV Champions League

2015–16 CEV Champions League
2015–16 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	4 November 2015 – 17 April 2016
Number of teams	28
Finals
Venue	Kraków
Champions	Zenit Kazan
Finals MVP	Wilfredo León
CEV Champions League seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 CEV Champions League was the 57th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.^[1]

Participating teams edit

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Russia	3	Zenit Kazan Belogorie Belgorod Dynamo Moscow
2	Italy	3	Diatec Trentino DHL Modena Cucine Lube Civitanova
3	Poland	3	Asseco Resovia Lotos Trefl Gdańsk PGE Skra Bełchatów
4	Turkey	3	Arkas İzmir Halkbank Ankara Ziraat Bankası Ankara
5	Belgium	3	Knack Roeselare Volley Asse-Lennik Noliko Maaseik
6	France	2	Tours VB Paris Volley
7	Germany	2	VfB Friedrichshafen Berlin Recycling Volleys
8	Romania	1	Tomis Constanța
9	Greece	1	PAOK Thessaloniki
10	Czech Republic	1	Dukla Liberec
11	Austria	1	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
12	Slovenia	1	ACH Volley Ljubljana
13	Bulgaria	1	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa
14	Switzerland	1	#Dragons Lugano
15	Montenegro	1	Budvanska Rivijera Budva
16	Serbia	1	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad

Format edit

League round edit

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 (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost);
points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points lost);
results of head-to-head matches between the teams in question.

Match points are awarded as follows:

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.

12 teams will qualify for the Playoff 12:

the winner of each pool, and
5 second-ranked teams with the best score.

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.

Playoffs edit

The playoffs will consist of two rounds: Playoff 12 and Playoff 6. Each round is played in two legs.

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 (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).

At each leg, points are awarded to the teams in the same manner as in the Group Round (3 for 3:0 or 3:1, 2 for 3:2 etc.). 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 (as it would have been expected on the basis of analogy with football competitions), 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.

Pools composition edit

The drawing of lots was held in Vienna, Austria on 2 July 2015. The 28 participated teams of the competition were divided by 4 pots based on the latest European Cups Ranking List and their National Rankings. Exception, the teams which received wild cards had to be in the 4th pot.^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Belogorie Belgorod	Dynamo Moscow	Diatec Trentino	Zenit Kazan
Arkas İzmir	Paris Volley	Tours VB	Halkbank Ankara
Berlin Recycling Volleys	VfB Friedrichshafen	PAOK Thessaloniki	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	Noliko Maaseik	Budvanska Rivijera Budva

Pool E	Pool F	Pool G
Cucine Lube Civitanova	DHL Modena	Asseco Resovia
Knack Roeselare	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	Volley Asse-Lennik
Dukla Liberec	ACH Volley Ljubljana	Tomis Constanța
PGE Skra Bełchatów	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	#Dragons Lugano

League round edit

All times are local.

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belogorie Belgorod	6	5	1	15	15	4	3.750	395	373	1.059	Playoffs
2	Arkas İzmir	6	4	2	12	14	9	1.556	516	408	1.265	Playoffs
3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	6	3	3	9	12	11	1.091	502	492	1.020	2015–16 CEV Cup
4	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	6	0	6	0	1	18	0.056	333	473	0.704

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	18:00	Marek Union-Ivkoni	0–3	Belogorie Belgorod	15–25	15–25	17–25			47–75	Report
4 Nov	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	2–3	Arkas İzmir	27–25	18–25	22–25	25–13	12–15	104–103	Report
17 Nov	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–18	25–17	26–24			76–59	Report
17 Nov	19:00	Arkas İzmir	3–1	Marek Union-Ivkoni	25–17	21–25	25–22	25–18		96–82	Report
2 Dec	19:00	Arkas İzmir	3–0	Belogorie Belgorod	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
2 Dec	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–0	Marek Union-Ivkoni	25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55	Report
16 Dec	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Arkas İzmir	25–20	25–18	25–23			75–61	Report
16 Dec	18:30	Marek Union-Ivkoni	0–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	14–25	19–25	25–27			58–77	Report
20 Jan	18:30	Marek Union-Ivkoni	0–3	Arkas İzmir	15–25	19–25	16–25			50–75	Report
20 Jan	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	1–3	Belogorie Belgorod	23–25	25–17	25–27	17–25		90–94	Report
26 Jan	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Marek Union-Ivkoni	25–11	25–16	25–14			75–41	Report
26 Jan	19:00	Arkas İzmir	2–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–8	24–26	19–25	25–23	13–15	106–97	Report

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	6	5	1	15	15	6	2.500	503	389	1.293	Playoffs
2	Dynamo Moscow	6	3	3	10	11	9	1.222	404	445	0.908	2015–16 CEV Cup
3	VfB Friedrichshafen	6	2	4	6	8	12	0.667	441	465	0.948
4	Paris Volley	6	2	4	5	7	14	0.500	460	509	0.904

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Nov	19:00	Dynamo Moscow	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–16	25–20	25–16			75–52	Report
4 Nov	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–0	Paris Volley	25–16	25–17	25–16			75–49	Report
18 Nov	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	1–3	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	20–25	25–18	15–25	23–25		83–93	Report
1 Dec	20:30	Paris Volley	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–23	25–16	25–22			75–61	Report
2 Dec	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–0	Dynamo Moscow	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
8 Dec	20:00	Paris Volley	3–2	Dynamo Moscow	29–27	15–25	27–29	30–28	15–12	116–121	Report
16 Dec	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	Paris Volley	26–24	27–25	25–19			78–68	Report
17 Dec	19:00	Dynamo Moscow	3–0	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	25–21	25–22	25–22			75–65	Report
20 Jan	19:00	Dynamo Moscow	3–0	Paris Volley	25–15	25–23	26–24			76–62	Report
21 Jan	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–1	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–23	22–25	25–21	25–23		97–92	Report
26 Jan	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	Dynamo Moscow	25–22	25–22	25–13			75–57	Report
26 Jan	20:30	Paris Volley	1–3	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	25–21	23–25	21–25	21–25		90–98	Report

Pool C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Diatec Trentino	6	5	1	16	17	4	4.250	502	415	1.210	Playoffs
2	Tours VB	6	5	1	14	15	8	1.875	528	479	1.102	Playoffs
3	PAOK Thessaloniki	6	1	5	3	6	16	0.375	474	537	0.883
4	Noliko Maaseik	6	1	5	3	5	15	0.333	422	495	0.853

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	20:30	Tours VB	3–1	PAOK Thessaloniki	25–20	21–25	25–17	25–16		96–78	Report
5 Nov	20:30	Diatec Trentino	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58	Report
18 Nov	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	1–3	Diatec Trentino	22–25	25–18	21–25	13–25		81–93	Report
18 Nov	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	1–3	Tours VB	19–25	22–25	25–23	21–25		87–98	Report
1 Dec	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–0	PAOK Thessaloniki	37–35	25–22	25–19			87–76	Report
2 Dec	20:30	Diatec Trentino	3–0	Tours VB	25–10	25–20	26–24			76–54	Report
16 Dec	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	3–1	Noliko Maaseik	25–21	21–25	25–21	25–19		96–86	Report
16 Dec	20:30	Tours VB	3–2	Diatec Trentino	18–25	25–21	27–25	22–25	15–10	107–106	Report
19 Jan	20:30	Diatec Trentino	3–0	PAOK Thessaloniki	25–18	25–20	27–25			77–63	Report
20 Jan	20:30	Tours VB	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	25–22	25–15	25–15			75–52	Report
26 Jan	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	1–3	Tours VB	18–25	21–25	25–23	16–25		80–98	Report
26 Jan	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	0–3	Diatec Trentino	21–25	10–25	21–25			52–75	Report

Pool D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Zenit Kazan	6	6	0	18	18	1	18.000	486	376	1.293	Playoffs
2	Halkbank Ankara	6	4	2	11	13	9	1.444	503	482	1.044	Playoffs
3	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	6	2	4	6	9	14	0.643	516	537	0.961
4	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	6	0	6	1	2	18	0.111	375	485	0.773

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Nov	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	0–3	Halkbank Ankara	20–25	20–25	26–28			66–78	Report
5 Nov	20:25	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	0–3	Zenit Kazan	17–25	22–25	38–40			77–90	Report
18 Nov	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	25–20	25–15	25–19			75–54	Report
18 Nov	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	3–2	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	23–25	25–21	30–32	25–21	15–12	118–111	Report
2 Dec	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Halkbank Ankara	25–23	25–14	25–16			75–53	Report
3 Dec	20:25	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	3–0	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	25–21	25–19	25–21			75–61	Report
16 Dec	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	1–3	Zenit Kazan	25–21	21–25	23–25	14–25		83–96	Report
17 Dec	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	2–3	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	25–19	22–25	25–23	20–25	5–15	97–107	Report
21 Jan	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	0–3	Zenit Kazan	17–25	16–25	17–25			50–75	Report
21 Jan	20:25	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	1–3	Halkbank Ankara	22–25	25–21	21–25	19–25		87–96	Report
26 Jan	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	25–16	25–22	25–21			75–59	Report
26 Jan	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	3–0	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	25–15	25–16	25–16			75–47	Report

Pool E edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	6	5	1	15	16	5	3.200	512	459	1.115	Playoffs
2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	6	4	2	12	13	7	1.857	480	431	1.114	Playoffs
3	Knack Roeselare	6	3	3	9	11	12	0.917	516	521	0.990	2015–16 CEV Cup
4	Dukla Liberec	6	0	6	0	2	18	0.111	399	496	0.804

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
4 Nov	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Knack Roeselare	25–18	25–18	24–26	25–17	99–79	Report
5 Nov	18:00	Dukla Liberec	0–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	16–25	22–25	19–25		57–75	Report
17 Nov	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	Dukla Liberec	22–25	25–17	25–22	25–22	97–86	Report
18 Nov	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	28–30	25–18	21–25	20–25	94–98	Report
1 Dec	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Knack Roeselare	25–23	27–25	25–18		77–66	Report
3 Dec	18:00	Dukla Liberec	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	18–25	24–26	15–25		57–76	Report
15 Dec	20:30	Knack Roeselare	1–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	19–25	15–25	25–21	14–25	73–96	Report
16 Dec	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Dukla Liberec	25–20	25–23	25–20		75–63	Report
20 Jan	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–16	33–31	25–16		83–63	Report
21 Jan	18:00	Dukla Liberec	1–3	Knack Roeselare	20–25	18–25	25–23	19–25	82–98	Report
26 Jan	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Dukla Liberec	25–18	25–17	25–19		75–54	Report
26 Jan	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	28–30	25–19	25–15	25–17	103–81	Report

Pool F edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	DHL Modena	6	5	1	16	17	3	5.667	493	386	1.277	Playoffs
2	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	6	5	1	14	15	6	2.500	484	433	1.118	Playoffs
3	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	6	1	5	3	5	15	0.333	404	481	0.840
4	ACH Volley Ljubljana	6	1	5	3	3	16	0.188	387	468	0.827

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Nov	18:00	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	3–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	25–18	25–16	25–19			75–53	Report
5 Nov	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	0–3	DHL Modena	25–27	17–25	17–25			59–77	Report
18 Nov	20:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–22	25–21	25–19			75–62	Report
19 Nov	20:30	DHL Modena	3–0	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	25–16	30–28	25–12			80–56	Report
3 Dec	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	0–3	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	18–25	17–25	14–25			49–75	Report
3 Dec	20:30	DHL Modena	3–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	25–6	25–14	27–25			77–45	Report
16 Dec	20:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	0–3	DHL Modena	21–25	22–25	14–25			57–75	Report
17 Dec	18:00	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–19	25–17	25–23			75–59	Report
21 Jan	18:00	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	3–2	DHL Modena	25–22	21–25	26–24	22–25	15–13	109–109	Report
21 Jan	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	3–1	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	19–25	25–21	29–27	25–18		98–91	Report
26 Jan	20:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	1–3	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	20–25	21–25	25–19	17–25		83–94	Report
26 Jan	20:30	DHL Modena	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–20	25–23	25–17			75–60	Report

Pool G edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Asseco Resovia	6	6	0	18	18	1	18.000	472	298	1.584	Qualified as hosts for the Final Four
2	Volley Asse-Lennik	6	4	2	10	13	10	1.300	505	437	1.156	Playoffs
3	#Dragons Lugano	6	2	4	7	8	12	0.667	427	457	0.934	2015–16 CEV Cup
4	Tomis Constanța	6	0	6	1	2	18	0.111	276	488	0.566

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	18:00	Asseco Resovia	3–0	#Dragons Lugano	25–16	25–17	25–19			75–52	Report
5 Nov	20:30	Volley Asse-Lennik	3–2	Tomis Constanța	28–26	23–25	25–13	21–25	15–10	112–99	Report
17 Nov	18:00	Tomis Constanța	0–3	Asseco Resovia	20–25	19–25	21–25			60–75	Report
19 Nov	19:30	#Dragons Lugano	2–3	Volley Asse-Lennik	28–26	24–26	25–23	22–25	8–15	107–115	Report
2 Dec	18:00	Asseco Resovia	3–0	Volley Asse-Lennik	25–16	25–18	25–18			75–52	Report
3 Dec	19:30	#Dragons Lugano	3–0	Tomis Constanța	26–24	25–23	25–22			76–69	Report
17 Dec	18:00	Tomis Constanța	0–3	#Dragons Lugano	18–25	8–25	22–25			48–75	Report
17 Dec	20:30	Volley Asse-Lennik	1–3	Asseco Resovia	25–21	13–25	24–26	14–25		76–97	Report
20 Jan	20:30	Asseco Resovia	3–0	Tomis Constanța	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
21 Jan	20:30	Volley Asse-Lennik	3–0	#Dragons Lugano	25–17	25–22	25–20			75–59	Report
26 Jan	18:00	Tomis Constanța	0–3	Volley Asse-Lennik	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
26 Jan	19:30	#Dragons Lugano	0–3	Asseco Resovia	23–25	17–25	18–25			58–75	Report

Second and third place ranking edit

The first 7 teams are 2nd placed teams. The other teams are 3rd placed teams.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	6	5	1	14	15	6	2.500	484	433	1.118	Playoffs
2	Tours VB	6	5	1	14	15	8	1.875	528	479	1.102
3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	6	4	2	12	13	7	1.857	480	431	1.114
4	Arkas İzmir	6	4	2	12	14	9	1.556	516	408	1.265
5	Halkbank Ankara	6	4	2	11	13	9	1.444	503	482	1.044
6	Volley Asse-Lennik	6	4	2	10	13	10	1.300	505	437	1.156
7	Dynamo Moscow	6	3	3	10	11	9	1.222	404	445	0.908	2015–16 CEV Cup
8	Berlin Recycling Volleys	6	3	3	9	12	11	1.091	502	492	1.020
9	Knack Roeselare	6	3	3	9	11	12	0.917	516	521	0.990
10	#Dragons Lugano	6	2	4	7	8	12	0.667	427	457	0.934
11	VfB Friedrichshafen	6	2	4	6	8	12	0.667	441	465	0.948
12	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	6	2	4	6	9	14	0.643	516	537	0.961
13	PAOK Thessaloniki	6	1	5	3	6	16	0.375	474	537	0.883
14	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	6	1	5	3	5	15	0.333	404	481	0.840

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs edit

Pool	Winners	Second place
A	Belogorie Belgorod	Arkas İzmir
B	Ziraat Bankası Ankara
C	Diatec Trentino	Tours VB
D	Zenit Kazan	Halkbank Ankara
E	Cucine Lube Civitanova	PGE Skra Bełchatów
F	DHL Modena	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
G	Asseco Resovia (F4 Hosts)	Volley Asse-Lennik

All times are local.

Playoff 12 edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PGE Skra Bełchatów	4–2	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–1	2–3
Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	0–6	Zenit Kazan	1–3	0–3
Tours VB	2–4	Belogorie Belgorod	0–3	3–2
Volley Asse-Lennik	1–5	Diatec Trentino	2–3	0–3
Arkas İzmir	0–6	Cucine Lube Civitanova	0–3	1–3
Halkbank Ankara	4–2	DHL Modena	3–0	2–3

First leg edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Feb	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	25–19	25–27	25–20	27–25		102–91	Report
16 Feb	20:00	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	1–3	Zenit Kazan	19–25	25–22	17–25	15–25		76–97	Report
17 Feb	20:30	Tours VB	0–3	Belogorie Belgorod	19–25	16–25	23–25			58–75	Report
17 Feb	20:30	Volley Asse-Lennik	2–3	Diatec Trentino	25–23	17–25	22–25	25–21	13–15	102–109	Report
16 Feb	19:00	Arkas İzmir	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	20–25	21–25	19–25			60–75	Report
17 Feb	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–0	DHL Modena	25–20	25–21	25–13			75–54	Report

Second leg edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Mar	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	20–25	13–25	28–26	28–26	15–10	104–112	Report
2 Mar	20:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	25–19	25–16	25–22			75–57	Report
2 Mar	18:00	Belogorie Belgorod	2–3	Tours VB	23–25	25–22	25–20	17–25	13–15	103–107	Report
3 Mar	20:30	Diatec Trentino	3–0	Volley Asse-Lennik	25–18	25–23	25–19			75–60	Report
2 Mar	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Arkas İzmir	25–14	23–25	25–18	32–30		105–87	Report
3 Mar	20:30	DHL Modena	3–2	Halkbank Ankara	22–25	25–20	25–21	17–25	15–9	104–100	Report

Playoff 6 edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Zenit Kazan	4–2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	2–3	3–0
Diatec Trentino	5–1	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	3–2
Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–3	Halkbank Ankara	3–2	2–3	17–15

First leg edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Mar	19:30	Zenit Kazan	2–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–23	25–21	23–25	25–27	16–18	114–114	Report
17 Mar	20:30	Diatec Trentino	3–0	Belogorie Belgorod	25–20	25–17	28–26			78–63	Report
17 Mar	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–2	Halkbank Ankara	21–25	21–25	25–17	25–18	15–11	107–96	Report

Second leg edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Mar	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	0–3	Zenit Kazan	19–25	23–25	19–25			61–75	Report
22 Mar	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	2–3	Diatec Trentino	17–25	25–21	23–25	25–22	14–16	104–109	Report
23 Mar	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–2	Cucine Lube Civitanova	27–29	26–24	25–22	20–25	15–13	113–113	Report
Golden set		Halkbank Ankara	15–17	Cucine Lube Civitanova

Final Four edit

Organizer: Asseco Resovia
Place: Kraków
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Semifinals		Final

16 April

Zenit Kazan	3
		17 April
Asseco Resovia	1
		Zenit Kazan	3
16 April
		Diatec Trentino	2
Diatec Trentino	3

Cucine Lube Civitanova	0
		3rd place match

		17 April

		Asseco Resovia	2

		Cucine Lube Civitanova	3

Semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Apr	16:30	Zenit Kazan	3–1	Asseco Resovia	22–25	26–24	25–18	25–21		98–88	Report
16 Apr	19:30	Diatec Trentino	3–0	Cucine Lube Civitanova	25–19	25–20	25–18			75–57	Report

3rd place match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Apr	14:45	Asseco Resovia	2–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	20–25	27–25	25–22	22–25	10–15	104–112	Report

Final edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Apr	18:00	Zenit Kazan	3–2	Diatec Trentino	23–25	22–25	25–17	27–25	15–13	112–105	Report

Final standings edit

	Qualified for the 2016 FIVB Club World Championship

Rank	Team
	Zenit Kazan
	Diatec Trentino
	Cucine Lube Civitanova
4	Asseco Resovia

2015–16 CEV Champions League winners
Zenit Kazan 4th title

Awards edit

Most valuable player
Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan)
Best setter
Simone Giannelli (Diatec Trentino)
Best outside spikers
Tine Urnaut (Diatec Trentino)

Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan)
Best middle blockers
Sebastián Solé (Diatec Trentino)

Russell Holmes (Asseco Resovia)
Best opposite spiker
Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan)
Best libero
Jenia Grebennikov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

References edit

^ "28 men's, 24 women's teams will be starring in 2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League". 1 June 2015.
^ "Drawing of lots". 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

External links edit

2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League

[1] "28 men's, 24 women's teams will be starring in 2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League". 1 June 2015.

[2] "Drawing of lots". 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[1]

[2]