2022–23 CEV Champions League

The 2022–23 CEV Champions League was the 64th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.^[1]

2022–23 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	Qualifying round: 20 September – 27 October 2022 Main tournament: 8 November 2022 – 20 May 2023
Matches	78
Teams	29 (11 qual. + 18 main tourn.)
Total attendance	187,705
Average attendance	2,406
Finals
Venue	Turin
Champions	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Finals MVP	David Smith

Qualification

Main article: 2022–23 CEV Champions League qualification

Rank[2]	Country	Number of teams			Qualified teams
		Vac	Qual	Total
1	Italy	3	–	3	Cucine Lube Civitanova
					Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia
					Itas Trentino
3	Poland	3	–	3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
					Jastrzębski Węgiel
					Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie
4	Germany	3	–	3	Berlin Recycling Volleys
					VfB Friedrichshafen
					SWD Powervolleys Düren
5	Belgium	2	–	2	Knack Roeselare
					Decospan VT Menen
6	Turkey	2	–	2	Ziraat Bank Ankara
					Halkbank Ankara
7	France	2	–	2	Montpellier HSC VB
					Tours VB
8	Slovenia	1	–	1	ACH Volley Ljubljana
9	Czech Republic	1	–	1	ČEZ Karlovarsko
10	Serbia	1	–	1	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad
13	Portugal	–	1	1	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
16	Bulgaria	–	1	1	Hebar Pazardzhik

Pools composition

Drawing of Lots was held on 16 September 2022 in Brussels.^[3]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Jastrzębski Węgiel	Berlin Recycling Volleys	Cucine Lube Civitanova
VfB Friedrichshafen	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	Knack Roeselare
Montpellier HSC VB	Halkbank Ankara	Tours VB
Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	Hebar Pazardzhik	Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Pool D	Pool E
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia
Itas Trentino	SWD Powervolleys Düren
Decospan VT Menen	Ziraat Bank Ankara
ČEZ Karlovarsko	ACH Volley Ljubljana

League round

• The teams are split into 5 groups, each one featuring four teams.
• The top team in each pool automatically qualifies for the quarterfinals.
• All 2nd placed teams and the best 3rd placed team qualify for the playoffs.
• The remaining 3rd placed teams will compete in the quarterfinals of the 2022–23 CEV Cup.
• All times are local.

Pool standing procedure

Number of victories Points Set ratio Setpoint ratio H2H results

Result Winners Losers 3–0 3 points 0 points 3–1 3 points 0 points 3–2 2 points 1 point

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Jastrzębski Węgiel	6	6	0	18	18	2	9.000	505	433	1.166	Quarterfinals
2	VfB Friedrichshafen	6	4	2	10	13	11	1.182	552	533	1.036	Playoffs
3	Montpellier HSC VB	6	1	5	5	9	15	0.600	541	548	0.987	2022–23 CEV Cup
4	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	6	1	5	3	4	16	0.250	404	488	0.828

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	25–23	25–19	25–20			75–62	Report
10 Nov	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–2	Montpellier HSC VB	20–25	20–25	25–22	25–23	15–11	105–106	Report
16 Nov	18:00	Montpellier HSC VB	1–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–23	19–25	23–25	20–25		87–98	Report
16 Nov	20:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	0–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	20–25	17–25	17–25			54–75	Report
29 Nov	18:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	1–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	25–18	31–33	14–25	22–25		92–101	Report
30 Nov	18:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–1	Montpellier HSC VB	19–25	30–28	25–17	25–23		99–93	Report
13 Dec	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	Montpellier HSC VB	25–23	27–25	25–20			77–68	Report
13 Dec	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–1	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	20–25	25–17	25–16	25–23		95–81	Report
10 Jan	19:00	Montpellier HSC VB	2–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	26–28	25–22	23–25	25–23	13–15	112–113	Report
11 Jan	18:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	0–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	22–25	16–25	14–25			52–75	Report
25 Jan	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–22	26–24	28–26			79–72	Report
25 Jan	19:00	Montpellier HSC VB	3–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	25–19	25–21	25–16			75–56	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Halkbank Ankara	6	5	1	13	16	8	2.000	563	533	1.056	Quarterfinals
2	Berlin Recycling Volleys	6	4	2	11	13	9	1.444	524	499	1.050	Playoffs
3	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	6	3	3	10	12	11	1.091	543	521	1.042
4	Hebar Pazardzhik	6	0	6	2	5	18	0.278	470	547	0.859

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–2	Hebar Pazardzhik	23–25	23–25	25–17	28–26	15–12	114–105	Report
10 Nov	18:00	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	3–1	Halkbank Ankara	23–25	26–24	25–21	25–15		99–85	Report
16 Nov	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–1	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–21	25–19	22–25	25–23		97–88	Report
16 Nov	19:00	Hebar Pazardzhik	1–3	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	22–25	25–21	18–25	26–28		91–99	Report
30 Nov	18:00	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	1–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	21–25	25–20	27–29	25–27		98–101	Report
30 Nov	19:00	Hebar Pazardzhik	2–3	Halkbank Ankara	19–25	20–25	25–19	25–22	7–15	96–106	Report
13 Dec	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	0–3	Halkbank Ankara	16–25	33–35	22–25			71–85	Report
14 Dec	18:00	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	3–0	Hebar Pazardzhik	26–24	25–15	25–17			76–56	Report
11 Jan	20:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–2	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	21–25	25–23	23–25	25–23	19–17	113–113	Report
12 Jan	19:00	Hebar Pazardzhik	0–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	20–25	16–25	20–25			56–75	Report
25 Jan	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–0	Hebar Pazardzhik	25–22	27–25	25–19			77–66	Report
25 Jan	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–0	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	25–22	25–17	25–19			75–58	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	6	6	0	16	18	6	3.000	568	488	1.164	Quarterfinals
2	Tours VB	6	3	3	10	12	10	1.200	499	492	1.014	Playoffs
3	Knack Roeselare	6	3	3	8	12	13	0.923	560	562	0.996	2022–23 CEV Cup
4	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	6	0	6	2	5	18	0.278	465	550	0.845

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	19:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	23–25	21–25	25–19	25–22	15–13	109–104	Report
10 Nov	20:30	Knack Roeselare	0–3	Tours VB	22–25	19–25	20–25			61–75	Report
16 Nov	18:15	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	2–3	Knack Roeselare	25–23	24–26	23–25	25–22	9–15	106–111	Report
16 Nov	20:00	Tours VB	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	25–20	20–25	22–25	13–25		80–95	Report
29 Nov	20:00	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	1–3	Tours VB	30–28	21–25	19–25	21–25		91–103	Report
30 Nov	20:30	Knack Roeselare	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	19–25	25–21	23–25	27–29		94–100	Report
13 Dec	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–0	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	25–18	25–22	25–16			75–56	Report
14 Dec	19:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Tours VB	25–23	25–13	25–17			75–53	Report
10 Jan	20:00	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	18–25	19–25	18–25			55–75	Report
11 Jan	20:00	Tours VB	2–3	Knack Roeselare	23–25	26–24	23–25	30–28	9–15	111–117	Report
25 Jan	20:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–2	Knack Roeselare	25–23	26–28	23–25	25–17	15–9	114–102	Report
25 Jan	20:00	Tours VB	3–0	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	27–25	25–10	25–18			77–53	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Itas Trentino	6	6	0	17	18	4	4.500	511	416	1.228	Quarterfinals
2	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	6	4	2	12	15	9	1.667	556	499	1.114	Playoffs
3	ČEZ Karlovarsko	6	2	4	7	10	12	0.833	476	510	0.933	2022–23 CEV Cup
4	Decospan VT Menen	6	0	6	0	0	18	0.000	337	455	0.741

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	20:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–1	ČEZ Karlovarsko	25–22	25–21	24–26	26–24		100–93	Report
10 Nov	20:30	Itas Trentino	3–0	Decospan VT Menen	25–16	25–17	25–12			75–45	Report
16 Nov	18:00	ČEZ Karlovarsko	1–3	Itas Trentino	19–25	20–25	25–21	13–25		77–96	Report
16 Nov	20:30	Decospan VT Menen	0–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	17–25	22–25	21–25			60–75	Report
29 Nov	20:30	Itas Trentino	3–1	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–20	17–25	26–24	25–23		93–92	Report
30 Nov	18:00	ČEZ Karlovarsko	3–0	Decospan VT Menen	28–26	26–24	25–17			79–67	Report
14 Dec	20:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–0	Decospan VT Menen	25–16	25–17	25–21			75–54	Report
15 Dec	20:30	Itas Trentino	3–0	ČEZ Karlovarsko	25–17	25–15	25–17			75–49	Report
11 Jan	17:00	ČEZ Karlovarsko	2–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–23	21–25	18–25	25–23	13–15	102–111	Report
11 Jan	20:30	Decospan VT Menen	0–3	Itas Trentino	15–25	19–25	16–25			50–75	Report
25 Jan	20:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	2–3	Itas Trentino	25–17	25–15	18–25	23–25	12–15	103–97	Report
25 Jan	20:30	Decospan VT Menen	0–3	ČEZ Karlovarsko	24–26	20–25	17–25			61–76	Report

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	6	6	0	18	18	4	4.500	545	451	1.208	Quarterfinals
2	Ziraat Bank Ankara	6	3	3	7	12	13	0.923	544	552	0.986	Playoffs
3	ACH Volley Ljubljana	6	2	4	8	11	14	0.786	524	553	0.948	2022–23 CEV Cup
4	SWD Powervolleys Düren	6	1	5	3	6	16	0.375	471	528	0.892

Source: CEV

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	20:00	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–19	25–16	25–19			75–54	Report
9 Nov	20:00	SWD Powervolleys Düren	3–1	Ziraat Bank Ankara	25–23	25–18	21–25	25–16		96–82	Report
16 Nov	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	3–1	SWD Powervolleys Düren	25–20	25–22	21–25	25–13		96–80	Report
16 Nov	20:00	Ziraat Bank Ankara	1–3	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	26–24	22–25	20–25	23–25		91–99	Report
29 Nov	19:00	SWD Powervolleys Düren	0–3	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	17–25	23–25	21–25			61–75	Report
30 Nov	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	2–3	Ziraat Bank Ankara	17–25	25–20	25–23	23–25	12–15	102–108	Report
14 Dec	20:00	SWD Powervolleys Düren	1–3	ACH Volley Ljubljana	21–25	20–25	25–19	16–25		82–94	Report
15 Dec	20:00	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	3–1	Ziraat Bank Ankara	25–17	19–25	25–17	25–17		94–76	Report
11 Jan	17:30	Ziraat Bank Ankara	3–0	SWD Powervolleys Düren	27–25	25–21	25–13			77–59	Report
11 Jan	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	1–3	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	21–25	15–25	25–23	15–25		76–98	Report
25 Jan	20:00	Ziraat Bank Ankara	3–2	ACH Volley Ljubljana	23–25	25–23	22–25	25–21	15–8	110–102	Report
25 Jan	20:30	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	3–1	SWD Powervolleys Düren	28–30	26–24	25–20	25–19		104–93	Report

First place ranking

Pos	Pool	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	A	Jastrzębski Węgiel	6	6	0	18	18	2	9.000	505	433	1.166	Quarterfinals
2	E	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	6	6	0	18	18	4	4.500	545	451	1.208
3	D	Itas Trentino	6	6	0	17	18	4	4.500	511	416	1.228
4	C	Cucine Lube Civitanova	6	6	0	16	18	6	3.000	568	488	1.164
5	B	Halkbank Ankara	6	5	1	13	16	8	2.000	563	533	1.056

Source: CEV

Second place ranking

Pos	Pool	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	D	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	6	4	2	12	15	9	1.667	556	499	1.114	Playoffs
2	B	Berlin Recycling Volleys	6	4	2	11	13	9	1.444	524	499	1.050
3	A	VfB Friedrichshafen	6	4	2	10	13	11	1.182	552	533	1.036
4	C	Tours VB	6	3	3	10	12	10	1.200	499	492	1.014
5	E	Ziraat Bank Ankara	6	3	3	7	12	13	0.923	544	552	0.986

Source: CEV

Third place ranking

Pos	Pool	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	B	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	6	3	3	10	12	11	1.091	543	521	1.042	Playoffs
2	C	Knack Roeselare	6	3	3	8	12	13	0.923	560	562	0.996	2022–23 CEV Cup
3	E	ACH Volley Ljubljana	6	2	4	8	11	14	0.786	524	553	0.948
4	D	ČEZ Karlovarsko	6	2	4	7	10	12	0.833	476	510	0.933
5	A	Montpellier HSC VB	6	1	5	5	9	15	0.600	541	548	0.987

Source: CEV

Bracket

	Playoff 6						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Warta Zawiercie		0	3
	ZAKSA		3	2
							ZAKSA	3	2	15
							Itas Trentino	2	3	9
													ZAKSA		3	3
													Perugia		1	1
	Ziraat Bank Ankara			2
	BR Volleys			3
							BR Volleys		1	2
							Perugia		3	3
																			ZAKSA			3
																			Jastrzębski Węgiel			2
							Halkbank Ankara	3	1	15
							Lube	1	3	12
													Halkbank Ankara		1	3
													Jastrzębski Węgiel		3	2
	Tours VB		0	2
	Friedrichshafen		3	3
							Friedrichshafen		0	0
							Jastrzębski Węgiel		3	3

Playoff 6

• The winners of the ties qualify for the quarterfinals.
• Aggregate score is counted as follows: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 win, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss.
• In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg.
• All times are local.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	2–4	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	0–3	3–2
Ziraat Bank Ankara	1–2	Berlin Recycling Volleys	Cancelled[note 1]	2–3
Tours VB	1–5	VfB Friedrichshafen	0–3	2–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Feb	18:00	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	0–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	23–25	19–25	23–25			65–75	Report
8 Feb	20:00	Tours VB	0–3	VfB Friedrichshafen	23–25	21–25	21–25			65–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Feb	18:00	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	2–3	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie	28–26	21–25	25–23	19–25	11–15	104–114	Report
15 Feb	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–2	Ziraat Bank Ankara	24–26	25–21	25–20	18–25	15–9	107–101	Report
15 Feb	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–2	Tours VB	21–25	15–25	25–18	25–21	15–11	101–100	Report

Quarterfinals

• The winners of the ties qualify for the semifinals.
• Aggregate score is counted as follows: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 win, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss.
• In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg.
• All times are local.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–3	Itas Trentino	3–2	2–3	15–9
Berlin Recycling Volleys	1–5	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	1–3	2–3
Halkbank Ankara	3–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	1–3	15–12
VfB Friedrichshafen	0–6	Jastrzębski Węgiel	0–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Mar	20:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–2	Itas Trentino	25–22	22–25	22–25	25–21	15–10	109–103	Report
8 Mar	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	1–3	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	18–25	15–25	25–23	17–25		75–98	Report
7 Mar	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	3–1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	21–25	25–20	25–23	25–21		96–89	Report
9 Mar	19:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	0–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	17–25	16–25	13–25			46–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Mar	20:30	Itas Trentino	3–2	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	25–19	23–25	27–29	25–21	15–12	115–106	Report
Golden set		Itas Trentino	9–15	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
15 Mar	20:00	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	3–2	Berlin Recycling Volleys	24–26	25–21	22–25	25–17	15–13	111–102	Report
15 Mar	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Halkbank Ankara	31–29	25–20	23–25	25–20		104–94	Report
Golden set		Cucine Lube Civitanova	12–15	Halkbank Ankara
15 Mar	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–14	25–20	25–16			75–50	Report

Semifinals

• The winners of the ties qualify for the final.
• Aggregate score is counted as follows: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 win, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss.
• In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg.
• All times are local.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	6–0	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	3–1	3–1
Halkbank Ankara	2–4	Jastrzębski Węgiel	1–3	3–2

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Mar	20:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–1	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	25–18	24–26	25–19	25–22		99–85	Report
29 Mar	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	1–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	22–25	23–25	25–16	22–25		92–91	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Apr	20:30	Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia	1–3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	23–25	18–25	25–19	25–27		91–96	Report
5 Apr	20:30	Jastrzębski Węgiel	2–3	Halkbank Ankara	25–17	18–25	22–25	25–16	12–15	102–98	Report

Final

• Place: Turin^[5]
• Time: Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	20:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–2	Jastrzębski Węgiel	26–28	25–22	25–14	28–30	15–12	119–106	Report

Final standings

Qualified for the 2023 FIVB Club World Championship

Rank Team ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Jastrzębski Węgiel Semifinalists Halkbank Ankara Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia

2022–23 CEV Champions League winners  ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 3rd title

Notes

1. Due to the earthquakes, which occurred on the territory of Turkey and Syria, the first leg match between Ziraat Bank Ankara and Berlin Recycling Volleys has been cancelled. The second leg match held in Berlin determined the winner who moved on to the next stage of the competition.^[4]