2004–05 CEV Champions League

The 2004–05 CEV Champions League was the 46th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.

2004–05 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	3 November 2004 – 27 March 2005
Number of teams	20
Finals
Venue	Thessaloniki
Champions	Tours VB
Finals MVP	Vladimir Nikolov

League round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iraklis Thessaloniki (H)	8	7	1	15	22	7	3.143	717	625	1.147	Final Four
2	Lokomotiv Belgorod	8	5	3	13	19	2	9.500	713	692	1.030	Playoffs
3	VfB Friedrichshafen	8	4	4	12	14	15	0.933	686	674	1.018
4	Noliko Maaseik	8	4	4	12	14	15	0.933	675	669	1.009
5	Płomień Sosnowiec	8	0	8	8	8	4	2.000	558	689	0.810

Source:
(H) Host
Notes:

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos Athens	8	6	2	14	21	13	1.615	790	755	1.046	Playoffs
2	Jastrzębski Węgiel	8	5	3	13	17	11	1.545	670	610	1.098
3	Hotvolleys Vienna	8	5	3	13	17	17	1.000	740	762	0.971
4	Levski Siconco Sofia	8	3	5	11	12	17	0.706	620	662	0.937
5	Vojvodina Novolin Novi Sad	8	1	7	9	12	21	0.571	743	765	0.971

Source:

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tours VB	8	7	1	15	22	7	3.143	695	619	1.123	Playoffs
2	Sisley Treviso	8	6	2	14	20	10	2.000	705	645	1.093
3	SCC Berlin	8	4	4	12	14	19	0.737	687	737	0.932
4	Unicaja Almería	8	3	5	11	13	16	0.813	667	677	0.985
5	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	8	0	8	8	7	24	0.292	655	731	0.896

Source:

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dynamo Moscow	8	7	1	15	22	7	3.143	699	618	1.131	Playoffs
2	Paris Volley	8	5	3	13	17	14	1.214	687	705	0.974
3	Copra Volley Piacenza	8	3	5	11	15	15	1.000	674	636	1.060
4	Knack Roeselare	8	3	5	11	11	15	0.733	696	740	0.941
5	Lokomotiv Kharkiv	8	2	6	10	8	20	0.400	607	664	0.914

Source:

Playoffs

Playoff 12

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Setpoints
Dynamo Moscow	3–5	Lokomotiv Belgorod	0–3	3–2
Hotvolleys Vienna	2–6	Sisley Treviso	1–3	1–3
Jastrzębski Węgiel	1–6	Noliko Maaseik	0–3	1–3
VfB Friedrichshafen	4–4	Panathinaikos Athens	3–1	1–3	193–185
Tours VB	5–4	Copra Volley Piacenza	3–1	2–3
SCC Berlin	3–6	Paris Volley	1–3	2–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Feb	19:00	Dynamo Moscow	0–3	Lokomotiv Belgorod	20–25	23–25	21–25			64–75
9 Feb	20:15	Hotvolleys Vienna	1–3	Sisley Treviso	16–25	25–23	17–25	20–25		78–98
9 Feb	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	0–3	Noliko Maaseik	21–25	21–25	19–25			61–75
9 Feb	20:15	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–1	Panathinaikos Athens	27–25	25–20	23–25	25–20		100–90
8 Feb	20:30	Tours VB	3–1	Copra Volley Piacenza	21–25	25–21	25–21	25–22		96–89
9 Feb	19:00	SCC Berlin	1–3	Paris Volley	25–22	21–25	22–25	22–25		90–97

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Feb	18:00	Lokomotiv Belgorod	2–3	Dynamo Moscow	25–16	25–15	21–25	24–26	11–15	106–97
15 Feb	20:30	Sisley Treviso	3–1	Hotvolleys Vienna	25–23	25–23	22–25	25–22		97–93
15 Feb	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–1	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–20	22–25	25–20	25–18		97–83
16 Feb	18:00	Panathinaikos Athens	3–1	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–22	20–25	25–23	25–23		95–93
16 Feb	20:30	Copra Volley Piacenza	3–2	Tours VB	31–29	25–27	25–21	18–25	15–9	114–111
16 Feb	20:30	Paris Volley	3–2	SCC Berlin	20–25	25–22	25–23	23–25	16–14	109–109

Playoff 6

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Setpoints
Lokomotiv Belgorod	6–2	Sisley Treviso	3–0	3–2
Noliko Maaseik	5–5	VfB Friedrichshafen	2–3	3–2	212–213
Tours VB	4–3	Paris Volley	1–3	3–0

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 Mar	18:00	Lokomotiv Belgorod	3–0	Sisley Treviso	25–20	25–11	25–17			75–48
2 Mar	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	2–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	23–25	18–25	25–21	25–22	10–15	101–108
1 Mar	20:30	Tours VB	1–3	Paris Volley	18–25	22–25	25–14	18–25		83–89

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Mar	20:30	Sisley Treviso	2–3	Lokomotiv Belgorod	25–23	25–27	25–20	22–25	10–15	107–110
8 Mar	20:15	VfB Friedrichshafen	2–3	Noliko Maaseik	25–23	20–25	22–25	25–23	13–15	105–111
9 Mar	19:00	Paris Volley	0–3	Tours VB	17–25	18–25	21–25			56–75

Final Four

• Organizer: Iraklis Thessaloniki
• Place: Thessaloniki
• All times on 26 March are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) and all times on 27 March are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	26 March
	VfB Friedrichshafen	0
					27 March
	Tours VB	3
					Tours VB	3
	26 March
					Iraklis Thessaloniki	1
	Iraklis Thessaloniki	3
	Lokomotiv Belgorod	2
					3rd place match
					27 March
					VfB Friedrichshafen	0
					Lokomotiv Belgorod	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Mar	16:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	0–3	Tours VB	18–25	21–25	19–25			58–75
26 Mar	20:15	Iraklis Thessaloniki	3–2	Lokomotiv Belgorod	22–25	25–23	18–25	25–19	15–13	105–105

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Mar	16:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	0–3	Lokomotiv Belgorod	19–25	18–25	22–25			59–75

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Mar	19:00	Tours VB	3–1	Iraklis Thessaloniki	21–25	31–29	25–17	25–23		102–94

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Tours VB
	Iraklis Thessaloniki
	Lokomotiv Belgorod
4	VfB Friedrichshafen

2004–05 CEV Champions League winners
Tours VB 1st title

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Vladimir Nikolov (Tours VB)

• Best scorer

  Clayton Stanley (Iraklis Thessaloniki)

• Best spiker

  Alejandro Spajić (Lokomotiv Belgorod)

• Best server

  Clayton Stanley (Iraklis Thessaloniki)

• Best blocker

  Alexandre Sloboda (Tours VB)

• Best receiver

  Theodoros Baev (Iraklis Thessaloniki)

• Best libero

  Hubert Henno (Tours VB)

• Best setter

  Lloy Ball (Iraklis Thessaloniki)

External links

• 2004/05 European Champions League