2015–16 CEV Champions League

2015–16 CEV Champions League
League	CEV Champions League
Sport	Volleyball
Finals
Champions	Zenit Kazan
Runners-up	Trentino Diatec
Finals MVP	Wilfredo León (KZN)

The 2015–16 CEV Champions League is the highest level of European club volleyball in the season and the 57th edition.

Participating teams

The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:^[1]

Rank	Country	Number of teams	Teams (rankings in 2014–15 national championships)
1	Russia	3	Zenit Kazan (1) Belogorie Belgorod (2) Dinamo Moscow (3)
2	Italy	3	Trentino Diatec (1) DHL Modena (2) Cucine Lube Civitanova (5)
3	Poland	2+1	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (1) Lotos Trefl Gdańsk (2) PGE Skra Bełchatów (3) ^(W/C)
4	Turkey	2+1	Arkas Izmir (1) Halkbank Ankara (2) Ziraat Bankası Ankara (3) ^(W/C)
5	Belgium	2+1	Knack Roeselare (1) Volley Asse-Lennik (2) Noliko Maaseik (3) ^(W/C)
6	France	2	Tours VB (1) Paris Volley (2)
7	Germany	2	VfB Friedrichshafen (1) Berlin Recycling Volleys (2)
8	Romania	1	Tomis Constanţa (1)
9	Greece	1	PAOK Thessaloniki (1)
10	Czech Republic	1	Dukla Liberec (1)
11	Austria	1	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (1)
12	Slovenia	1	ACH Volley Ljubljana (1)
13	Bulgaria	1	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa (1)
14	Switzerland	1	#Dragons Lugano (1)
15	Montenegro	1	Budvanska Rivijera Budva (1)
16	Serbia	0+1	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad (3) ^(W/C)

W/C = Wild Card

Format

League round

28 teams have been drawn to 7 pools of 4 teams each.

In each pool, the competition is organised on the basis of a double round-robin system. Each team will thus play 6 matches: twice against each opponent.

In the League Round, the placing of the teams is determined by the number of matches won.

In case of a tie in the number of matches won by two or more teams, they will be ranked on the basis of the following criteria:

• match points;
• set quotient (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost);
• points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points lost);
• results of head-to-head matches between the teams in question.

Match points are awarded as follows:

• 3 points for a 3:0 or 3:1 victory;
• 2 points for a 3:2 victory;
• 1 point for a 2:3 defeat;
• 0 points for a 1:3 or 0:3 defeat.

12 teams will qualify for the Playoff 12:

• the winner of each pool, and
• 5 second-ranked teams with the best score.

After the end of the League Round, the organizer of the Final Four will be determined. That team will qualify directly for the Final Four. It will be replaced in Playoff 12 by the next best second-ranked team.

The remaining second-ranked team as well 3 third-ranked teams with the best score will move to the Challenge Round of the CEV Cup.

The remaining third-ranked and all fourth-ranked teams will be eliminated.

Playoffs

The playoffs will consist of two rounds: Playoff 12 and Playoff 6. Each round is played in two legs.

If the teams are tied after two legs, a "Golden Set" is played. The winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).

At each leg, points are awarded to the teams in the same manner as in the Group Round (3 for 3:0 or 3:1, 2 for 3:2 etc.). So, if team A defeat team B in the first leg 3:0 and lose in the second leg 1:3, team A does not advance to the next round (as it would have been expected on the basis of analogy with football competitions), but the two teams are tied with 3 points each, and a Golden Set is played.

The three teams that win in Playoff 6 round advance to the Final Four along with the organizer of the Final Four.

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Vienna, Austria on 2 July 2015. The 28 participated teams of the competition were divided by 4 pots based on the latest European Cups Ranking List and their National Rankings. Exception, the teams which received wild cards had to be in the 4th pot.^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Belogorie Belgorod	Dinamo Moscow	Trentino Diatec	Zenit Kazan
Arkas Izmir	Paris Volley	Tours VB	Halkbank Ankara
Berlin Recycling Volleys	VfB Friedrichshafen	PAOK Thessaloniki	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	Noliko Maaseik	Budvanska Rivijera Budva

Pool E	Pool F	Pool G
Cucine Lube Civitanova	DHL Modena	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Knack Roeselare	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	Euphony Asse-Lennik
Dukla Liberec	ACH Volley Ljubljana	Tomis Constanţa
PGE Skra Bełchatów	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	#Dragons Lugano

League round

	Qualified for the Playoff round
	Qualified for the 2015–16 Men's CEV Cup

• All times are local.

Pool A

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Belogorie Belgorod	5	1	15	15	4	3.750	395	373	1.059
2	Arkas Izmir	4	2	12	14	9	1.556	516	408	1.265
3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3	3	9	12	11	1.091	502	492	1.020
4	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	0	6	0	1	18	0.056	333	473	0.704

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	18:00	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	0–3	Belogorie Belgorod	15–25	15–25	17–25			47–75	Report
4 Nov	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	2–3	Arkas Izmir	27–25	18–25	22–25	25–13	12–15	104–103	Report
17 Nov	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–18	25–17	26–24			76–59	Report
17 Nov	19:00	Arkas Izmir	3–1	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	25–17	21–25	25–22	25–18		96–82	Report
2 Dec*	19:00	Arkas Izmir	3–0	Belogorie Belgorod	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
2 Dec	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3–0	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	25–18	25–20	25–17			75–55	Report
16 Dec	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Arkas Izmir	25–20	25–18	25–23			75–61	Report
16 Dec	18:30	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	0–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	14–25	19–25	25–27			58–77	Report
20 Jan	18:30	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	0–3	Arkas Izmir	15–25	19–25	16–25			50–75	Report
20 Jan	19:30	Berlin Recycling Volleys	1–3	Belogorie Belgorod	23–25	25–17	25–27	17–25		90–94	Report
26 Jan	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	3–0	Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa	25–11	25–16	25–14			75–41	Report
26 Jan	19:00	Arkas Izmir	2–3	Berlin Recycling Volleys	25–8	24–26	19–25	25–23	13–15	106–97	Report

• * The match considered as a forfeit by Belogorie Belgorod. The team did not participate the match due to conflict between Russia and Turkey.

Pool B

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	5	1	15	15	6	2.500	503	389	1.293
2	Dinamo Moscow	3	3	10	11	9	1.222	404	445	0.908
3	VfB Friedrichshafen	2	4	6	8	12	0.667	441	465	0.948
4	Paris Volley	2	4	5	7	14	0.500	460	509	0.904

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Nov	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–16	25–20	25–16			75–52	Report
4 Nov	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–0	Paris Volley	25–16	25–17	25–16			75–49	Report
18 Nov	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	1–3	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	20–25	25–18	15–25	23–25		83–93	Report
1 Dec	20:30	Paris Volley	3–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–23	25–16	25–22			75–61	Report
2 Dec**	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–0	Dinamo Moscow	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
8 Dec*	20:00	Paris Volley	3–2	Dinamo Moscow	29–27	15–25	27–29	30–28	15–12	116–121	Report
16 Dec	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	Paris Volley	26–24	27–25	25–19			78–68	Report
17 Dec	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	3–0	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	25–21	25–22	25–22			75–65	Report
20 Jan	19:00	Dinamo Moscow	3–0	Paris Volley	25–15	25–23	26–24			76–62	Report
21 Jan	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–1	VfB Friedrichshafen	25–23	22–25	25–21	25–23		97–92	Report
26 Jan	20:00	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–0	Dinamo Moscow	25–22	25–22	25–13			75–57	Report
26 Jan	20:30	Paris Volley	1–3	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	25–21	23–25	21–25	21–25		90–98	Report

• * The match was rescheduled due to Paris attacks.
• ** The match considered as a forfeit by Dinamo Moscow. The team did not participate the match due to conflict between Russia and Turkey.

Pool C

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Trentino Diatec	5	1	16	17	4	4.250	502	415	1.210
2	Tours VB	5	1	14	15	8	1.875	528	479	1.102
3	PAOK Thessaloniki	1	5	3	6	16	0.375	474	537	0.883
4	Noliko Maaseik	1	5	3	5	15	0.333	422	495	0.853

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	20:30	Tours VB	3–1	PAOK Thessaloniki	25–20	21–25	25–17	25–16		96–78	Report
5 Nov	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58	Report
18 Nov	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	1–3	Trentino Diatec	22–25	25–18	21–25	13–25		81–93	Report
18 Nov	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	1–3	Tours VB	19–25	22–25	25–23	21–25		87–98	Report
1 Dec	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	3–0	PAOK Thessaloniki	37–35	25–22	25–19			87–76	Report
2 Dec	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Tours VB	25–10	25–20	26–24			76–54	Report
16 Dec	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	3–1	Noliko Maaseik	25–21	21–25	25–21	25–19		96–86	Report
16 Dec	20:30	Tours VB	3–2	Trentino Diatec	18–25	25–21	27–25	22–25	15–10	107–106	Report
19 Jan	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	PAOK Thessaloniki	25–18	25–20	27–25			77–63	Report
20 Jan	20:30	Tours VB	3–0	Noliko Maaseik	25–22	25–15	25–15			75–52	Report
26 Jan	19:00	PAOK Thessaloniki	1–3	Tours VB	18–25	21–25	25–23	16–25		80–98	Report
26 Jan	20:30	Noliko Maaseik	0–3	Trentino Diatec	21–25	10–25	21–25			52–75	Report

Pool D

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Zenit Kazan	6	0	18	18	1	18.000	486	376	1.293
2	Halkbank Ankara	4	2	11	13	9	1.444	503	482	1.044
3	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	2	4	6	9	14	0.643	516	537	0.961
4	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	0	6	1	2	18	0.111	375	485	0.773

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Nov	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	0–3	Halkbank Ankara	20–25	20–25	26–28			66–78	Report
5 Nov	20:25	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	0–3	Zenit Kazan	17–25	22–25	38–40			77–90	Report
18 Nov	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	25–20	25–15	25–19			75–54	Report
18 Nov	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	3–2	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	23–25	25–21	30–32	25–21	15–12	118–111	Report
2 Dec	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Halkbank Ankara	25–23	25–14	25–16			75–53	Report
3 Dec	20:25	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	3–0	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	25–21	25–19	25–21			75–61	Report
16 Dec	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	1–3	Zenit Kazan	25–21	21–25	23–25	14–25		83–96	Report
17 Dec	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	2–3	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	25–19	22–25	25–23	20–25	5–15	97–107	Report
21 Jan	18:00	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	0–3	Zenit Kazan	17–25	16–25	17–25			50–75	Report
21 Jan	20:25	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	1–3	Halkbank Ankara	22–25	25–21	21–25	19–25		87–96	Report
26 Jan	19:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	25–16	25–22	25–21			75–59	Report
26 Jan	19:00	Halkbank Ankara	3–0	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	25–15	25–16	25–16			75–47	Report

Pool E

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	5	1	15	16	5	3.200	512	459	1.115
2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	4	2	12	13	7	1.857	480	431	1.114
3	Knack Roeselare	3	3	9	11	12	0.917	516	521	0.990
4	Dukla Liberec	0	6	0	2	18	0.111	399	496	0.804

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Knack Roeselare	25–18	25–18	24–26	25–17		99–79	Report
5 Nov	18:00	Dukla Liberec	0–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	16–25	22–25	19–25			57–75	Report
17 Nov	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	Dukla Liberec	22–25	25–17	25–22	25–22		97–86	Report
18 Nov	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	28–30	25–18	21–25	20–25		94–98	Report
1 Dec	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Knack Roeselare	25–23	27–25	25–18			77–66	Report
3 Dec	18:00	Dukla Liberec	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	18–25	24–26	15–25			57–76	Report
15 Dec	20:30	Knack Roeselare	1–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	19–25	15–25	25–21	14–25		73–96	Report
16 Dec	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Dukla Liberec	25–20	25–23	25–20			75–63	Report
20 Jan	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–16	33–31	25–16			83–63	Report
21 Jan	18:00	Dukla Liberec	1–3	Knack Roeselare	20–25	18–25	25–23	19–25		82–98	Report
26 Jan	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Dukla Liberec	25–18	25–17	25–19			75–54	Report
26 Jan	20:30	Knack Roeselare	3–1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	28–30	25–19	25–15	25–17		103–81	Report

Pool F

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	DHL Modena	5	1	16	17	3	5.667	493	386	1.277
2	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	5	1	14	15	6	2.500	484	433	1.118
3	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	1	5	3	5	15	0.333	404	481	0.840
4	ACH Volley Ljubljana	1	5	3	3	16	0.188	387	468	0.827

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Nov	18:00	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	3–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	25–18	25–16	25–19			75–53	Report
5 Nov	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	0–3	DHL Modena	25–27	17–25	17–25			59–77	Report
18 Nov	20:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–22	25–21	25–19			75–62	Report
19 Nov	20:30	DHL Modena	3–0	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	25–16	30–28	25–12			80–56	Report
3 Dec	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	0–3	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	18–25	17–25	14–25			49–75	Report
3 Dec	20:30	DHL Modena	3–0	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	25–6	25–14	27–25			77–45	Report
16 Dec	20:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	0–3	DHL Modena	21–25	22–25	14–25			57–75	Report
17 Dec	18:00	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–19	25–17	25–23			75–59	Report
21 Jan	18:00	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	3–2	DHL Modena	25–22	21–25	26–24	22–25	15–13	109–109	Report
21 Jan	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubljana	3–1	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	19–25	25–21	29–27	25–18		98–91	Report
26 Jan	20:00	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	1–3	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	20–25	21–25	25–19	17–25		83–94	Report
26 Jan	20:30	DHL Modena	3–0	ACH Volley Ljubljana	25–20	25–23	25–17			75–60	Report

Pool G

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	6	0	18	18	1	18.000	472	298	1.584
2	Euphony Asse-Lennik	4	2	10	13	10	1.300	505	437	1.156
3	#Dragons Lugano	2	4	7	8	12	0.667	427	457	0.934
4	Tomis Constanţa	0	6	1	2	18	0.111	276	488	0.566

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	18:00	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	3–0	#Dragons Lugano	25–16	25–17	25–19			75–52	Report
5 Nov	20:30	Euphony Asse-Lennik	3–2	Tomis Constanţa	28–26	23–25	25–13	21–25	15–10	112–99	Report
17 Nov	18:00	Tomis Constanţa	0–3	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	20–25	19–25	21–25			60–75	Report
19 Nov	19:30	#Dragons Lugano	2–3	Euphony Asse-Lennik	28–26	24–26	25–23	22–25	8–15	107–115	Report
2 Dec	18:00	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	3–0	Euphony Asse-Lennik	25–16	25–18	25–18			75–52	Report
3 Dec	19:30	#Dragons Lugano	3–0	Tomis Constanţa	26–24	25–23	25–22			76–69	Report
17 Dec	18:00	Tomis Constanţa	0–3	#Dragons Lugano	18–25	8–25	22–25			48–75	Report
17 Dec	20:30	Euphony Asse-Lennik	1–3	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	25–21	13–25	24–26	14–25		76–97	Report
20 Jan*	20:30	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	3–0	Tomis Constanţa	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
21 Jan	20:30	Euphony Asse-Lennik	3–0	#Dragons Lugano	25–17	25–22	25–20			75–59	Report
26 Jan*	18:00	Tomis Constanţa	0–3	Euphony Asse-Lennik	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
26 Jan	19:30	#Dragons Lugano	0–3	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	23–25	17–25	18–25			58–75	Report

• * Tomis Constanţa withdrew from the tournament after leg 4 due to financial problem. The last 2 matches considered as forfeits.

Ranking of second and third placed teams

The first 7 teams are 2nd placed teams. The other teams are 3rd placed teams.

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	5	1	14	15	6	2.500	484	433	1.118
2	Tours VB	5	1	14	15	8	1.875	528	479	1.102
3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	4	2	12	13	7	1.857	480	431	1.114
4	Arkas Izmir	4	2	12	14	9	1.556	516	408	1.265
5	Halkbank Ankara	4	2	11	13	9	1.444	503	482	1.044
6	Euphony Asse-Lennik	4	2	10	13	10	1.300	505	437	1.156
7	Dinamo Moscow	3	3	10	11	9	1.222	404	445	0.908
8	Berlin Recycling Volleys	3	3	9	12	11	1.091	502	492	1.020
9	Knack Roeselare	3	3	9	11	12	0.917	516	521	0.990
10	#Dragons Lugano	2	4	7	8	12	0.667	427	457	0.934
11	VfB Friedrichshafen	2	4	6	8	12	0.667	441	465	0.948
12	Hypo Tirol Innsbruck	2	4	6	9	14	0.643	516	537	0.961
13	PAOK Thessaloniki	1	5	3	6	16	0.375	474	537	0.883
14	Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad	1	5	3	5	15	0.333	404	481	0.840

Playoffs

Pool	Winners	Runners-up
A	Belogorie Belgorod	Arkas Izmir
B	Ziraat Bankası Ankara
C	Trentino Diatec	Tours VB
D	Zenit Kazan	Halkbank Ankara
E	Cucine Lube Civitanova	PGE Skra Bełchatów
F	DHL Modena	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
G	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (F4 Hosts)	Euphony Asse-Lennik (Lucky Loser)

• All times are local.

Playoff 12

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PGE Skra Bełchatów	4–2	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–1	2–3
Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	0–6	Zenit Kazan	1–3	0–3
Tours VB	2–4	Belogorie Belgorod	0–3	3–2
Euphony Asse-Lennik	1–5	Trentino Diatec	2–3	0–3
Arkas Izmir	0–6	Cucine Lube Civitanova	0–3	1–3
Halkbank Ankara	4–2	DHL Modena	3–0	2–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Feb	19:00	Arkas Izmir	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	20–25	21–25	19–25			60–75	Report
16 Feb	20:00	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	1–3	Zenit Kazan	19–25	25–22	17–25	15–25		76–97	Report
17 Feb	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–0	DHL Modena	25–20	25–21	25–13			75–54	Report
17 Feb	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	25–19	25–27	25–20	27–25		102–91	Report
17 Feb	20:30	Euphony Asse-Lennik	2–3	Trentino Diatec	25–23	17–25	22–25	25–21	13–15	102–109	Report
17 Feb	20:30	Tours VB	0–3	Belogorie Belgorod	19–25	16–25	23–25			58–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Mar	18:00	Belogorie Belgorod	2–3	Tours VB	23–25	25–22	25–20	17–25	13–15	103–107	Report
2 Mar	19:00	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	3–2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	20–25	13–25	28–26	28–26	15–10	104–112	Report
2 Mar	20:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk	25–19	25–16	25–22			75–57	Report
2 Mar	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Arkas Izmir	25–14	23–25	25–18	32–30		105–87	Report
3 Mar	20:30	DHL Modena	3–2	Halkbank Ankara	22–25	25–20	25–21	17–25	15–9	104–100	Report
3 Mar	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Euphony Asse-Lennik	25–18	25–23	25–19			75–60	Report

Playoff 6

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PGE Skra Bełchatów	2–4	Zenit Kazan	3–2	0–3
Belogorie Belgorod	1–5	Trentino Diatec	0–3	2–3
Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–3^1	Halkbank Ankara	3–2	2–3

¹ Cucine Lube Civitanova won the golden set 17–15.

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Mar	19:30	Zenit Kazan	2–3	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–23	25–21	23–25	25–27	16–18	114–114	Report
17 Mar	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–2	Halkbank Ankara	21–25	21–25	25–17	25–18	15–11	107–96	Report
17 Mar	20:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Belogorie Belgorod	25–20	25–17	28–26			78–63	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Mar	19:00	Belogorie Belgorod	2–3	Trentino Diatec	17–25	25–21	23–25	25–22	14–16	104–109	Report
23 Mar	17:30	Halkbank Ankara	3–2	Cucine Lube Civitanova	27–29	26–24	25–22	20–25	15–13	113–113	Report
24 Mar	18:00	PGE Skra Bełchatów	0–3	Zenit Kazan	19–25	23–25	19–25			61–75	Report

Final four

• Organizer: Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
• Venue: Kraków, Poland
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• In case that two teams from the same country qualify to the semifinals, they will have to play each other.

	Semifinals				Final
	16 April
	Zenit Kazan	3
	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	1
					17 April
					Zenit Kazan	3
					Trentino Diatec	2
					3rd place match
	16 April			17 April
	Trentino Diatec	3		Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	2
	Cucine Lube Civitanova	0			Cucine Lube Civitanova	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Apr	16:30	Zenit Kazan	3–1	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	22–25	26–24	25–18	25–21		98–88	Report
16 Apr	19:30	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Cucine Lube Civitanova	25–19	25–20	25–18			75–57	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Apr	14:45	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów	2–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	20–25	27–25	25–22	22–25	10–15	104–112	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Apr	18:00	Zenit Kazan	3–2	Trentino Diatec	23–25	22–25	25–17	27–25	15–13	112–105	Report

Final standing

Rank Team Zenit Kazan Trentino Diatec Cucine Lube Civitanova 4 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Qualified for the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

2015–16 Men's Club European Champions Zenit Kazan 4th title 14–man Roster for Final Four Anderson, Kuleshov, Butko, Demakov, Salparov, León, Ashchev, Poletaev, Kobzar, Gutsalyuk, Spiridonov, Verbov, Babichev, Mikhaylov Head Coach Alekno

Awards

Most Valuable Player Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan) Best Setter Simone Giannelli (Trentino Diatec) Best Outside Spikers Tine Urnaut (Trentino Diatec) Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan)

Best Middle Blockers Sebastian Sole (Trentino Diatec) Russell Holmes (Asseco Resovia Rzeszów) Best Opposite Spiker Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan) Best Libero Jenia Grebennikov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

References

1. "28 men’s, 24 women’s teams will be starring in 2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League". 1 June 2015.
2. "Drawing of lots". 2 July 2015.

External links

• Official website