2022–23 CEV Women's Champions League

The 2022–23 CEV Women's Champions League was the 63rd edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.^[1]

2022–23 CEV Women's Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	Qualifying round: 18 October – 23 November 2022 Main tournament: 6 December 2022 – May 2023
Number of matches	79
Number of teams	25 (8 qual. + 17 main tourn.)
Total attendance	166,085
Average attendance	2,157
Finals
Venue	Pala Alpitour, Turin
Champions	Vakifbank Istanbul
Runners-up	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
Finals MVP	Paola Egonu

Teams

• TH: Champions League title holders
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd.: Final position in national leagues of the previous season
• Q : Qualified for League Round

Qualified teams for 2022–23 CEV Women's Champions League (by entry round)

League round
Imoco Volley Conegliano (1st)	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit (3rd)	Volley Mulhouse Alsace (2nd)	SC Prometey (1st)
Vero Volley Milano (2nd)	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police (1st)	Allianz MTV Stuttgart (1st)	Maritza Plovdiv (1st)
Igor Gorgonzola Novara (3rd)	DevelopRes Rzeszów (2nd)	SC Potsdam (2nd)
VakıfBank Istanbul (1st) TH	LKS Lodz (3rd)	CSM Volei Alba Blaj (1st)
Fenerbahçe Opet (2nd)	Volero Le Cannet (1st)	CSM Targoviste (2nd)
Qualifying rounds
VDK Gent (1st)	MOK Jedinstvo Brčko (1st)	Mladost Zagreb (1st)	CV Haris (1st) Q
Hämeenlinnan (3rd)	Vasas Óbuda Budapest (1st) Q	Calcit Kamnik (1st)	OK Crvena Zvezda (1st) Q

Pools composition

The Drawing of Lots was held on 16 September 2022 in Brussels.^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Imoco Volley	Vero Volley Milano	VakıfBank S.K.
KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	Volero Le Cannet	Igor Gorgonzola Novara
ASPTT Mulhouse	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	SC Potsdam
Vasas Budapest	SC Prometey	OK Crvena Zvezda

Pool D	Pool E
Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police
LKS Lodz	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
Allianz MTV Stuttgart	CSM Targoviste
CV Haris	VK Maritsa Plovdiv

League round

• 20 teams compete in the 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 A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Imoco Volley	6	6	0	18	18	2	9.000	488	367	1.330	Quarterfinals
2	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	6	4	2	11	13	9	1.444	482	444	1.086	Playoffs
3	ASPTT Mulhouse	6	2	4	6	6	14	0.429	401	478	0.839	2022–23 CEV Cup
4	Vasas Budapest	6	0	6	1	6	18	0.333	482	564	0.855

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	18:30	Imoco Volley	3–0	Vasas Budapest	25–15	25–16	25–19			75–50	Report
6 Dec	18:00	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	3–0	ASPTT Mulhouse	25–19	25–19	25–20			75–58	Report
21 Dec	18:00	ASPTT Mulhouse	0–3	Imoco Volley	22–25	14–25	18–25			54–75	Report
20 Dec	18:15	Vasas Budapest	2–3	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	25–20	28–26	20–25	20–25	9–15	102–111	Report
10 Jan	18:00	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	1–3	Imoco Volley	25–16	18–25	16–25	16–25		75–91	Report
11 Jan	18:15	Vasas Budapest	1–3	ASPTT Mulhouse	23–25	23–25	25–16	24–26		95–92	Report
17 Jan	18:00	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	3–1	Vasas Budapest	25–10	18–25	25–13	25–23		93–71	Report
18 Jan	20:30	Imoco Volley	3–0	ASPTT Mulhouse	25–15	25–19	25–20			75–54	Report
31 Jan	18:15	Vasas Budapest	1–3	Imoco Volley	17–25	25–22	21–25	18–25		81–97	Report
31 Jan	19:00	ASPTT Mulhouse	0–3	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	17–25	19–25	11–25			47–75	Report
8 Feb	20:30	Imoco Volley	3–0	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	25–20	25–17	25–16			75–53	Report
8 Feb	19:00	ASPTT Mulhouse	3–1	Vasas Budapest	25–18	25–23	21–25	25–17		96–83	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Vero Volley Milano	6	5	1	16	17	6	2.833	534	452	1.181	Quarterfinals
2	Volero Le Cannet	6	4	2	11	15	11	1.364	554	541	1.024	Playoffs
3	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	6	2	4	7	10	13	0.769	493	518	0.952	2022–23 CEV Cup
4	SC Prometey	6	1	5	2	5	17	0.294	443	513	0.864

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	20:00	Vero Volley Milano	3–0	SC Prometey	25–17	25–20	25–21			75–58	Report
7 Dec	20:00	Volero Le Cannet	3–2	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	25–23	18–25	23–25	25–21	15–7	106–101	Report
21 Dec	19:00	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	1–3	Vero Volley Milano	25–20	16–25	21–25	21–25		83–95	Report
20 Dec	18:00	SC Prometey	3–2	Volero Le Cannet	24–26	17–25	25–14	25–15	15–10	106–90	Report
10 Jan	18:00	SC Prometey	0–3	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	15–25	22–25	21–25			58–75	Report
12 Jan	20:00	Volero Le Cannet	3–2	Vero Volley Milano	23–25	25–20	14–25	25–15	15–6	102–91	Report
18 Jan	20:00	Volero Le Cannet	3–0	SC Prometey	25–15	25–22	25–22			75–59	Report
18 Jan	20:00	Vero Volley Milano	3–0	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	25–16	25–18	25–16			75–50	Report
31 Jan	18:00	SC Prometey	1–3	Vero Volley Milano	19–25	18–25	26–24	14–25		77–99	Report
1 Feb	19:00	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	1–3	Volero Le Cannet	15–25	20–25	25–22	25–27		85–99	Report
8 Feb	20:00	Vero Volley Milano	3–1	Volero Le Cannet	23–25	26–24	25–18	25–15		99–82	Report
8 Feb	19:00	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	3–1	SC Prometey	25–23	25–20	24–26	25–16		99–85	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	6	5	1	15	15	6	2.500	503	433	1.162	Quarterfinals
2	VakıfBank S.K.	6	4	2	13	15	7	2.143	522	462	1.130	Playoffs
3	SC Potsdam	6	3	3	7	12	14	0.857	563	581	0.969	2022–23 CEV Cup
4	OK Crvena Zvezda	6	0	6	1	3	18	0.167	396	508	0.780

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	17:00	VakıfBank S.K.	3–0	OK Crvena Zvezda	25–15	25–21	25–9			75–45	Report
6 Dec	20:00	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	3–1	SC Potsdam	25–15	25–17	24–26	25–19		99–77	Report
21 Dec	19:30	SC Potsdam	1–3	VakıfBank S.K.	22–25	33–35	25–20	21–25		101–105	Report
20 Dec	19:00	OK Crvena Zvezda	0–3	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	17–25	20–25	25–27			62–77	Report
10 Jan	20:00	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	0–3	VakıfBank S.K.	21–25	22–25	19–25			62–75	Report
12 Jan	20:00	OK Crvena Zvezda	2–3	SC Potsdam	25–21	21–25	17–25	25–23	9–15	97–109	Report
17 Jan	20:00	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	3–0	OK Crvena Zvezda	25–17	25–15	25–22			75–54	Report
19 Jan	19:00	VakıfBank S.K.	2–3	SC Potsdam	25–19	25–19	23–25	20–25	10–15	103–103	Report
31 Jan	19:00	OK Crvena Zvezda	0–3	VakıfBank S.K.	23–25	18–25	18–25			59–75	Report
31 Jan	19:30	SC Potsdam	1–3	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	21–25	17–25	25–23	13–25		76–98	Report
8 Feb	19:30	SC Potsdam	3–1	OK Crvena Zvezda	25–18	25–13	22–25	25–23		97–79	Report
15 Feb	19:30	VakıfBank S.K.	1–3	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	19–25	25–17	22–25	23–25		89–92	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	6	5	1	13	16	7	2.286	520	458	1.135	Quarterfinals
2	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	6	4	2	13	15	7	2.143	514	463	1.110	Playoffs
3	LKS Lodz	6	3	3	10	11	10	1.100	476	451	1.055
4	CV Haris	6	0	6	0	0	18	0.000	315	453	0.695

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Dec	18:30	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	3–0	CV Haris	25–17	27–25	25–14			77–56	Report
7 Dec	18:00	LKS Lodz	0–3	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	23–25	12–25	20–25			55–75	Report
21 Dec	19:00	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	3–2	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	25–22	25–23	18–25	22–25	15–10	105–105	Report
20 Dec	19:30	CV Haris	0–3	LKS Lodz	17–25	21–25	18–25			56–75	Report
11 Jan	18:00	LKS Lodz	3–1	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	25–21	22–25	25–16	25–19		97–81	Report
12 Jan	19:00	CV Haris	0–3	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	19–25	15–25	18–25			52–75	Report
18 Jan	17:30	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	3–1	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	25–20	22–25	25–18	25–16		97–79	Report
19 Jan	20:30	LKS Lodz	3–0	CV Haris	25–16	25–14	25–20			75–50	Report
1 Feb	19:00	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	3–2	LKS Lodz	32–30	18–25	25–15	19–25	17–15	111–110	Report
2 Feb	18:00	CV Haris	0–3	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	18–25	20–25	24–26			62–76	Report
8 Feb	19:00	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	3–0	CV Haris	25–8	25–16	25–15			75–39	Report
15 Feb	15:00	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	3–0	LKS Lodz	25–22	25–16	28–26			78–64	Report

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	6	6	0	18	18	2	9.000	497	365	1.362	Quarterfinals
2	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	6	4	2	10	14	10	1.400	538	503	1.070	Playoffs
3	CSM Targoviste	6	2	4	8	10	12	0.833	469	471	0.996	2022–23 CEV Cup
4	VK Maritsa Plovdiv	6	0	6	0	0	18	0.000	286	451	0.634

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	20:30	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	3–0	VK Maritsa Plovdiv	25–18	25–23	25–11			75–52	Report
7 Dec	19:00	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	3–0	CSM Targoviste	25–18	25–14	25–22			75–54	Report
21 Dec	18:00	CSM Targoviste	2–3	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	17–25	19–25	26–24	26–24	16–18	104–116	Report
20 Dec	18:00	VK Maritsa Plovdiv	0–3	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	20–25	11–25	19–25			50–75	Report
11 Jan	19:00	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	3–1	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	21–25	25–14	25–20	25–17		96–76	Report
11 Jan	18:00	VK Maritsa Plovdiv	0–3	CSM Targoviste	14–25	15–25	19–25			48–75	Report
18 Jan	18:00	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	3–2	CSM Targoviste	29–27	25–20	23–25	13–25	15–4	105–101	Report
18 Jan	20:00	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	3–0	VK Maritsa Plovdiv	25–14	25–16	25–5			75–35	Report
1 Feb	18:30	VK Maritsa Plovdiv	0–3	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	20–25	9–25	20–25			49–75	Report
2 Feb	18:00	CSM Targoviste	0–3	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	22–25	14–25	23–25			59–75	Report
8 Feb	18:00	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	1–3	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	28–26	18–25	23–25	22–25		91–101	Report
8 Feb	18:00	CSM Targoviste	3–0	VK Maritsa Plovdiv	25–18	25–10	26–24			76–52	Report

First place ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	6	6	0	18	18	2	9.000	497	365	1.362	Quarterfinals
2	Imoco Volley	6	6	0	18	18	2	9.000	488	367	1.330
3	Vero Volley Milano	6	5	1	16	17	6	2.833	534	452	1.181
4	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	6	5	1	15	15	6	2.500	503	433	1.162
5	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	6	5	1	13	16	7	2.286	520	458	1.135

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second place ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	VakıfBank S.K.	6	4	2	13	15	7	2.143	522	462	1.130	Playoffs
2	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	6	4	2	13	15	7	2.143	514	463	1.110
3	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	6	4	2	11	13	9	1.444	482	444	1.086
4	Volero Le Cannet	6	4	2	11	15	11	1.364	554	541	1.024
5	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	6	4	2	10	14	10	1.400	538	503	1.070

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Third place ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	LKS Lodz	6	3	3	10	11	10	1.100	476	451	1.055	Playoffs
2	SC Potsdam	6	3	3	7	12	14	0.857	563	581	0.969	2022–23 CEV Cup
3	CSM Targoviste	6	2	4	8	10	12	0.833	469	471	0.996
4	CSM Volei Alba Blaj	6	2	4	7	10	13	0.769	493	518	0.952
5	ASPTT Mulhouse	6	2	4	6	6	14	0.429	401	478	0.839

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff 6

• The winners of the ties qualify for the quarterfinals.
• 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
LKS Lodz	0–6	VakıfBank S.K.	0–3	0–3
Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	1–5	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	2–3	1–3
Volero Le Cannet	3–3	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	3–0	0–3	13–15

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Feb	20:00	LKS Lodz	0–3	VakıfBank S.K.	22–25	12–25	24–26			58–76	Report
21 Feb	18:00	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	2–3	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	14–25	29–27	23–25	25–22	10–15	101–114	Report
23 Feb	20:00	Volero Le Cannet	3–0	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	25–15	29–27	25–22			79–64	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Mar	20:00	VakıfBank S.K.	3–0	LKS Lodz	25–23	28–26	25–23			78–72	Report
2 Mar	18:30	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	3–1	Grupa Azoty Chemik Police	25–23	25–19	21–25	25–18		96–85	Report
2 Mar	20:00	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	3–0	Volero Le Cannet	25–15	29–27	26–24			80–66	Report
Golden set		KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	15–13	Volero Le Cannet

Quarterfinals

• The winners of the ties qualify for the semifinals.
• 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
VakıfBank S.K.	5–1	Vero Volley Milano	3–0	3–2
Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	4–2	Imoco Volley	3–0	2–3
Allianz MTV Stuttgart	0–6	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	1–3	0–3
KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	1–5	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	1–3	2–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Mar	19:30	VakıfBank S.K.	3–0	Vero Volley Milano	25–18	25–19	25–17			75–54	Report
16 Mar	19:00	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	3–0	Imoco Volley	25–19	25–17	25–19			75–55	Report
14 Mar	19:00	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	1–3	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	25–21	16–25	21–25	23–25		85–96	Report
14 Mar	18:00	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	1–3	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	19–25	25–22	16–25	26–28		86–100	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Mar	20:00	Vero Volley Milano	2–3	VakıfBank S.K.	25–18	22–25	25–22	21–25	11–15	104–105	Report
23 Mar	20:30	Imoco Volley	3–2	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	23–25	15–25	25–23	25–20	15–13	103–106	Report
22 Mar	20:00	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	3–0	Allianz MTV Stuttgart	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58	Report
23 Mar	19:00	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	3–2	KS DevelopRes Rzeszów	20–25	25–19	24–26	25–21	15–8	109–99	Report

Semifinals

• The winners of the ties qualify for the final.
• 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
VakıfBank S.K.	3–3	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	0–3	3–0	15–12
Igor Gorgonzola Novara	2–4	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	3–2	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Apr	18:30	VakıfBank S.K.	0–3	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	10–25	23–25	20–25			53–75	Report
5 Apr	19:00	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	3–2	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	25–23	25–19	20–25	17–25	16–14	103–106	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Apr	19:00	Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	0–3	VakıfBank S.K.	22–25	14–25	22–25			58–75	Report
Golden set		Fenerbahçe Opet Istanbul	12–15	VakıfBank S.K.
12 Apr	19:00	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	3–0	Igor Gorgonzola Novara	25–22	25–12	25–21			75–55	Report

Final

• Place: Pala Alpitour, Turin^[3]
• Time:16:30

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 May	16:30	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	1–3	VakıfBank S.K.	25–27	17–25	25–23	17–25		84–100	Report

References

1. "All-time record set as 216 clubs sign up to contest European Cups 2023". CEV. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
2. "Drawing of Lots Sets Up Exciting CEV Champions League Volley 2023 Season". CEV. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
3. "Turin to host Champions League Super Finals 2023!". CEV. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

External links

• CEV Champions League Volley