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2012–13 CEV Champions League

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League
  
CEV Champions League

Finals champions
  
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk

Sport
  
Volleyball

Finals MVP
  
Marcus Nilsson (NOV)

Runners-up
  
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo

The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2012–13 season and the 54th edition. It ran from October 2012 till March 2013.

Contents

Zenit Kazan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in the Semifinals.

Lokomotiv Novosibirsk won the final 3–2 against Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo.

Teams of the 2012–2013 competition

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

League round

28 teams were drawn to 7 pools of 4 teams each.
The 1st + the best 5 ranked with the best score qualified for the Playoff 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 next 2nd ranked team with the best score.
The remaining second-placed teams as well 3 third ranked teams with the best score moved to the Challenge Round of the CEV Cup
The remaining 3rd placed and all 4th placed teams were 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 play a Golden Set to determine which one qualified for the next round.

    • Playoff 12

    1 Dynamo Moscow won the golden set 15–12.
    2 Arkas Izmir won the golden set 15–12.

    Playoff 6

    1 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo won the golden set 15–7.

    Final four

  • Organizer: Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
  • Venue: Sports-Concerts Complex Viktora Blinova, Omsk, Russia
  • All times are Omsk Time (UTC+07:00).
  • In case that two teams from the same country qualify to the semifinals, they will have to play each other.

    • Awards

  • MVP: Marcus Nilsson (Novosibirsk)
  • Best Scorer: Marcus Nilsson (Novosibirsk)
  • Best Setter: Aleksandr Butko (Novosibirsk)
  • Best Blocker: David Lee (Kazan)
  • Best Server: Luiz Felipe Fonteles (Kędzierzyn-Koźle)
  • Best Spiker: Antonin Rouzier (Kędzierzyn-Koźle)
  • Best Receiver: Yury Berezhko (Kazan)
  • Best Libero: Daniele De Pandis (Cuneo)

    • References

    2012–13 CEV Champions League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA