Men's CEV Champions League 2011–12

The CEV Champions League is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2011–12 season and the 53rd edition.

Teams of the 2011–2012 competition

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions^[1]:

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams
1	Italy	3	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Trentino PlanetWin365 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 1st July 2011, in Vienna.^[2]

League round

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

All times are local.

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iraklis Thessaloniki	5	2	0	6	2	3.000	178	170	1.047
2	Noliko Maaseik	4	1	1	5	4	1.250	209	194	1.077
3	Arkas Izmir	3	1	1	4	4	1.000	186	170	1.094
4	CSKA Sofia	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	131	170	0.771

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Oct	19:00	Arkas Izmir	3–1	CSKA Sofia	20–25	25–21	25–11	25–13		95–70	Report
19 Oct	20:00	Iraklis Thessaloniki	3–2	Noliko Maaseik	25–23	27–25	14–25	22–25	15–11	103–109	Report
25 Oct	19:00	CSKA Sofia	0–3	Iraklis Thessaloniki	19–25	21–25	21–25			61–75	Report
25 Oct	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–1	Arkas Izmir	23–25	27–25	25–20	25–21		100–91	Report
13 Dec	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	–	CSKA Sofia
14 Dec	20:00	Iraklis Thessaloniki	–	Arkas Izmir
21 Dec	19:00	CSKA Sofia	–	Noliko Maaseik
21 Dec	19:00	Arkas Izmir	–	Iraklis Thessaloniki
11 Jan	19:00	Arkas Izmir	–	Noliko Maaseik
11 Jan	20:00	Iraklis Thessaloniki	–	CSKA Sofia
18 Jan	19:00	CSKA Sofia	–	Arkas Izmir
18 Jan	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	–	Iraklis Thessaloniki

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Zenit Kazan	6	2	0	6	0	MAX	150	125	1.200
2	VfB Friedrichshafen	3	1	1	3	4	0.750	186	187	0.995
3	Euphony Asse-Lennik	2	1	1	4	5	0.800	223	222	1.005
4	Remat Zalău	1	0	2	2	6	0.333	161	186	0.866

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Oct	20:30	Asse-Lennik	3–2	Remat Zalău	23–25	25–18	23–25	25–20	15–13	111–101	Report
19 Oct	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–20	25–23	25–22			75–65	Report
25 Oct	16:30	Remat Zalău	0–3	Zenit Kazan	22–25	16–25	22–25			60–75	Report
26 Oct	20:15	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–1	Asse-Lennik	25–27	29–27	42–40	25–18		121–112	Report
14 Dec	18:00	Zenit Kazan	–	Asse-Lennik
14 Dec	20:30	VfB Friedrichshafen	–	Remat Zalău
20 Dec	20:30	Remat Zalău	–	VfB Friedrichshafen
21 Dec	19:00	Asse-Lennik	–	Zenit Kazan
10 Jan	20:30	Asse-Lennik	–	VfB Friedrichshafen
11 Jan	20:00	Zenit Kazan	–	Remat Zalău
18 Jan	19:00	Remat Zalău	–	Asse-Lennik
18 Jan	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	–	Zenit Kazan

Pool C

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Trentino PlanetWin365	6	2	0	6	0	MAX	151	111	1.360
2	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle	6	2	0	6	2	3.000	198	169	1.172
3	CAI Teruel	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	150	178	0.843
4	Partizan Termoelektro Beograd	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	130	171	0.760

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Oct	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–1	Partizan Beograd	25–20	25–18	21–25	25–16		96–79	Report
20 Oct	20:30	Trentino	3–0	CAI Teruel	25–22	26–24	25–14			76–60	Report
25 Oct	18:00	Partizan Beograd	0–3	Trentino	18–25	14–25	19–25			51–75	Report
26 Oct	20:15	CAI Teruel	1–3	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	22–25	16–25	28–26	24–26		90–102	Report
14 Dec	20:15	Trentino	–	Kędzierzyn-Koźle
14 Dec	20:30	CAI Teruel	–	Partizan Beograd
20 Dec	18:00	Partizan Beograd	–	CAI Teruel
22 Dec	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	–	Trentino
10 Jan	18:00	Kędzierzyn-Koźle	–	CAI Teruel
11 Jan	20:30	Trentino	–	Partizan Beograd
18 Jan	20:00	Partizan Beograd	–	Kędzierzyn-Koźle
18 Jan	20:15	CAI Teruel	–	Trentino

Pool D

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Stade Poitevin Poitiers	6	2	0	6	2	3.000	193	174	1.109
2	Jihostroj České Budějovice	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	159	168	0.946
3	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	3	1	1	3	4	0.750	162	167	0.970
4	Generali Unterhaching	0	0	2	2	6	0.333	182	187	0.973

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Oct	18:00	České Budějovice	1–3	Poitiers Volley	20–25	25–22	14–25	20–25		79–97	Report
19 Oct	20:00	TSV Unterhaching	1–3	Lannutti Cuneo	25–16	16–25	23–25	23–25		87–91	Report
26 Oct	20:30	Lannutti Cuneo	0–3	České Budějovice	28–30	20–25	23–25			71–80	Report
27 Oct	20:00	Poitiers Volley	3–1	TSV Unterhaching	18–25	25–21	28–26	25–23		96–95	Report
13 Dec	18:00	České Budějovice	–	TSV Unterhaching
13 Dec	20:00	Poitiers Volley	–	Lannutti Cuneo
21 Dec	20:00	Lannutti Cuneo	–	Poitiers Volley
21 Dec	20:30	TSV Unterhaching	–	České Budějovice
11 Jan	18:00	TSV Unterhaching	–	Poitiers Volley
11 Jan	20:00	České Budějovice	–	Lannutti Cuneo
18 Jan	20:00	Lannutti Cuneo	–	TSV Unterhaching
18 Jan	20:30	Poitiers Volley	–	České Budějovice

Pool E

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	5	2	0	6	3	2.000	214	193	1.109
2	Lube Banca Marche Macerata	4	1	1	5	4	1.250	209	207	1.010
3	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	164	152	1.079
4	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	136	171	0.795

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Oct	20:15	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	1–3	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	22–25	15–25	25–21	16–25		78–96	Report
20 Oct	20:30	Banca Macerata	3–1	Novosibirsk	19–25	25–21	25–21	25–22		94–89	Report
26 Oct	19:00	Novosibirsk	3–0	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	25–19	25–19	25–20			75–58	Report
26 Oct	19:30	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	3–2	Banca Macerata	25–22	28–26	25–27	25–27	15–13	118–115	Report
13 Dec	19:30	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	–	Novosibirsk
15 Dec	20:15	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	–	Banca Macerata
20 Dec	20:30	Banca Macerata	–	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
21 Dec	19:00	Novosibirsk	–	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
11 Jan	20:30	Banca Macerata	–	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
12 Jan	20:15	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	–	Novosibirsk
18 Jan	19:00	Novosibirsk	–	Banca Macerata
18 Jan	19:30	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	–	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck

Pool F

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	PGE Skra Bełchatów	6	2	0	6	1	6.000	169	150	1.127
2	Tours VB	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	165	151	1.093
3	ACH Volley Ljubljana	2	1	1	3	5	0.600	165	165	1.000
4	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	1	0	2	2	6	0.333	150	183	0.820

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Oct	18:00	Budvanska Budva	0–3	Skra Bełchatów	21–25	17–25	22–25			60–75	Report
20 Oct	20:30	Tours VB	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–17	25–19	25–21			75–57	Report
26 Oct	18:00	Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Tours VB	25–22	25–21	19–25	25–22		94–90	Report
26 Oct	20:30	ACH Volley Ljubljana	3–2	Budvanska Budva	20–25	23–25	25–18	25–10	15–12	108–90	Report
14 Dec	18:00	Skra Bełchatów	–	ACH Volley Ljubljana
15 Dec	18:00	Budvanska Budva	–	Tours VB
20 Dec	20:30	ACH Volley Ljubljana	–	Skra Bełchatów
21 Dec	20:30	Tours VB	–	Budvanska Budva
11 Jan	18:00	Budvanska Budva	–	ACH Volley Ljubljana
12 Jan	20:30	Tours VB	–	Skra Bełchatów
18 Jan	18:00	Skra Bełchatów	–	Budvanska Budva
18 Jan	20:30	ACH Volley Ljubljana	–	Tours VB

References

1. ^ European Cups Ranking List 2010-2011 (Page 3)
2. ^ Drawing of lots and participating teams

External links

• Champions League