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2011–12 CEV Champions League

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League
  
CEV Champions League

Finals champions
  
Zenit Kazan

Finals MVP
  
Mariusz Wlazły (BCH)

Sport
  
Volleyball

Runners-up
  
PGE Skra Bełchatów

The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2011–12 season and the 53rd edition. It ran from October 2011 till March 2012.

Contents

Zenit Kazan won the title for the second time, defeating host of the final four PGE Skra Bełchatów 3–2 in the final.

Teams of the 2011–2012 competition

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:

  • The drawing of lots for the main phase (group stage) of the competition was held on 1 July 2011, in Vienna.

    • League round

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

  • All times are local.

    • Playoffs

  • All times are local.
  • In case of a tie - 1 match won & 1 match lost and not depending on the final score of both matches - the teams played a Golden Set to determine which one qualified for the next round.

    • Playoff 12

    1 Lube Banca Marche Macerata won the golden set 16–14.

    Playoff 6

    1 Arkas Izmir won the golden set 15–12.
    2 Trentino PlanetWin365 won the golden set 15–9.

    Final four

  • Organizer: PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • Venue: Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
  • All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
  • In case that two teams from the same country qualify to the semifinals, they will have to play each other.

    • Awards

  • MVP: Mariusz Wlazły (PGE Skra Bełchatów)
  • Best Scorer: Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan)
  • Best Spiker: Bartosz Kurek (PGE Skra Bełchatów)
  • Best Blocker: Nikolay Apalikov (Zenit Kazan)
  • Best Server: Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan)
  • Best Setter: Valerio Vermiglio (Zenit Kazan)
  • Best Receiver: Michał Winiarski (PGE Skra Bełchatów)
  • Best Libero: Alexey Obmochaev (Zenit Kazan)

    • References

    2011–12 CEV Champions League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA