The Women's CEV Champions League, formerly known as CEV Champions Cup (from 1960 to 2000), is the top official competition for women's

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and takes place every year. It is organized by the

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(CEV) and was created in 1960 as . On 13 November 2000, it was officially presented in

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under a new format and renamed .

Formula

The competition has changed its format since the first fourteen teams took part at the inaugural edition in 1960–61. Through the era, as the number of participating teams has changed over time, the competition moved from an only

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to include a round-robin format between the final four competitors to determine the champion. Since the competition became the , all participants are divided into groups, and a double round-robin takes place within each group. The best teams advance to the playoffs and one team is selected to be the host of the "Final four" (receiving a bye from the playoffs and qualifying directly to the final four). The teams paired for the playoffs play a

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until three teams remain, these three teams join the final four host to play the semifinal, 3rd place match and final. The final four takes place between March and April.

History

* CEV Champions Cup (1960 to 2000) * CEV Champions League (2000 to present)

Finals

In the 1961–62 season, the finalists was qualified by a home-and-away format in group stage round. From the 1961–62 season, the knockout stage was played on the same format in the 1960–61 season. From the 1971–72 season, the final round was played on the round robin format.

Titles by club

Titles by country

For the purpose of keeping historical event accuracy, historical countries names are used in this table.

MVP by edition

*2001–02 – *2002–03 – *2003–04 – *2004–05 – *2005–06 – * 2006–07 – * 2007–08 – * 2008–09 – * 2009–10 – *

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– * 2011–12 – * 2012–13 – * 2013–14 – * 2014–15 – * 2015–16 – * 2016–17 – * 2017–18 – * 2018–19 – * 2019–20 – Competition cancelled *

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All-time team records

Winners and finalists by city since 1960/1961 Various statistics since 1990/1991 (Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)

References

* European Cups * CEV 40th Anniversary Book - European Cups *

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Citations

External links

Website of the CEV – Confederation Europeenne de Volleyball

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