The 2008–09 CEV Champions League was the 50th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.
Participating teams RankCountry Number of teamsTeams13 Trentino Volley Lube Banca Marche Macerata Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza23 Dynamo Moscow Zenit Kazan Iskra Odintsovo32 Iraklis Thessaloniki Panathinaikos Athens42 PGE Skra Bełchatów Domex Tytan AZS Częstochowa51 Pòrtol Palma Mallorca62 Paris Volley Beauvais Oise72 Knack Randstad Roeselare Noliko Maaseik81 VfB Friedrichshafen91 Hotvolleys Vienna101 Jihostroj České Budějovice111 Piet Zoomers/D Apeldoorn121 Fenerbahçe İstanbul131 ACH Volley Bled141 Crvena Zvezda Beograd211 CSKA Sofia251 Vitória SC
League round 24 teams will be drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each. The 1st – 2nd ranked and four with best score 3rd teams ranked will qualify for the Play-off 1/8 finals. The 2 remaining 3rd ranked teams and the two 4th ranked teams with the best score move to CEV Cup. The remaining 4th ranked teams are eliminated.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
8th Finals
First leg
Second leg
4th Finals
First leg
Second leg
Final Four Place: Prague All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 2009 FIVB Club World Championship
RankTeam Trentino Volley Iraklis Thessaloniki Iskra Odintsovo4 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Awards
Most valuable player Matey Kaziyski (Trentino Volley) Best scorer Jochen Schöps (Iskra Odintsovo) Best spiker Martin Lébl (Lube Banca Marche Macerata) Best server Emanuele Birarelli (Trentino Volley) Best blocker Michał Winiarski (Trentino Volley) Best receiver Plamen Konstantinov (Iraklis Thessaloniki) Best libero Aleksey Verbov (Iskra Odintsovo) Best setter Aleksandr Butko (Iskra Odintsovo)
External links 2008/09 European Champions League