2008–09 CEV Champions League

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2008–09 CEV Champions League

| league = CEV Champions League

| sport = Volleyball

| logo =

| pixels =

| caption =

| duration = {{nowrap|4 November 2008 – 5 April 2009}}

| no_of_teams = 24

| attendance =

| finals = Finals

| finals_venue = {{flagicon|CZE}} Prague

| finals_champ = {{flagicon|ITA}} Trentino Volley

| finals_MVP = {{flagicon|BUL}} Matey Kaziyski

| seasonslistnames = CEV Champions League

| prevseason_link = 2007–08 CEV Champions League

| prevseason_year = 2007–08

| nextseason_link = 2009–10 CEV Champions League

| nextseason_year = 2009–10

}}

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

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!Rank!!Country !!Number of teams!!Teams

align="center"|1{{ITA}}align="center"|3Trentino Volley
Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza
align="center"|2{{RUS}}align="center"|3Dynamo Moscow
Zenit Kazan
Iskra Odintsovo
align="center"|3{{GRE}}align="center"|2Iraklis Thessaloniki
Panathinaikos Athens
align="center"|4{{POL}}align="center"|2PGE Skra Bełchatów
Domex Tytan AZS Częstochowa
align="center"|5{{ESP}}align="center"|1Pòrtol Palma Mallorca
align="center"|6{{FRA}}align="center"|2Paris Volley
Beauvais Oise
align="center"|7{{BEL}}align="center"|2Knack Randstad Roeselare
Noliko Maaseik
align="center"|8{{GER}}align="center"|1VfB Friedrichshafen
align="center"|9{{AUT}}align="center"|1Hotvolleys Vienna
align="center"|10{{CZE}}align="center"|1Jihostroj České Budějovice
align="center"|11{{NED}}align="center"|1Piet Zoomers/D Apeldoorn
align="center"|12{{TUR}}align="center"|1Fenerbahçe İstanbul
align="center"|13{{SLO}}align="center"|1ACH Volley Bled
align="center"|14{{SRB}}align="center"|1Crvena Zvezda Beograd
align="center"|21{{BUL}}align="center"|1CSKA Sofia
align="center"|25{{POR}}align="center"|1Vitória 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=

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| team1 = IRA | name_IRA = {{flagicon|GRE}} Iraklis Thessaloniki

| team2 = CZE | name_CZE = {{flagicon|POL}} Domex Tytan AZS Częstochowa

| team3 = FEN | name_FEN = {{flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe İstanbul

| team4 = SOF | name_SOF = {{flagicon|BUL}} CSKA Sofia

|bwin_IRA =6 |bloss_IRA =0 |sw_IRA =18 |sl_IRA =4 |spw_IRA =544 |spl_IRA =461

|bwin_CZE =3 |bloss_CZE =3 |sw_CZE =12 |sl_CZE =10 |spw_CZE =496 |spl_CZE =475

|bwin_FEN =3 |bloss_FEN =3 |sw_FEN =10 |sl_FEN =12 |spw_FEN =476 |spl_FEN =513

|bwin_SOF =0 |bloss_SOF =6 |sw_SOF =4 |sl_SOF =18 |spw_SOF =476 |spl_SOF =543

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=8th Finals

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A

|source=

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=Pool B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball

|res_col_header=Q

|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1

|update=complete

| team1 = DMO | name_DMO = {{flagicon|RUS}} Dynamo Moscow

| team2 = MAA | name_MAA = {{flagicon|BEL}} Noliko Maaseik

| team3 = VIT | name_VIT = {{flagicon|POR}} Vitória SC

| team4 = JČB | name_JČB = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jihostroj České Budějovice

|bwin_DMO =6 |bloss_DMO =0 |sw_DMO =18 |sl_DMO =5 |spw_DMO =550 |spl_DMO =470

|bwin_MAA =3 |bloss_MAA =3 |sw_MAA =11 |sl_MAA =10 |spw_MAA =478 |spl_MAA =450

|bwin_VIT =3 |bloss_VIT =3 |sw_VIT =11 |sl_VIT =11 |spw_VIT =492 |spl_VIT =506

|bwin_JČB =0 |bloss_JČB =6 |sw_JČB =4 |sl_JČB =18 |spw_JČB =441 |spl_JČB =535

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=8th Finals

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A

|source=

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=Pool C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball

|res_col_header=Q

|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1

|update=complete

| team1 = LUB | name_LUB = {{flagicon|ITA}} Lube Banca Marche Macerata

| team2 = ROE | name_ROE = {{flagicon|BEL}} Knack Randstad Roeselare

| team3 = POR | name_POR = {{flagicon|ESP}} Pòrtol Palma Mallorca

| team4 = CZB | name_CZB = {{flagicon|SER}} Crvena Zvezda Beograd

|bwin_LUB =5 |bloss_LUB =1 |sw_LUB =16 |sl_LUB =6 |spw_LUB =535 |spl_LUB =458

|bwin_ROE =4 |bloss_ROE =2 |sw_ROE =13 |sl_ROE =7 |spw_ROE =467 |spl_ROE =453

|bwin_POR =3 |bloss_POR =3 |sw_POR =9 |sl_POR =10 |spw_POR =427 |spl_POR =437

|bwin_CZB =0 |bloss_CZB =6 |sw_CZB =3 |sl_CZB =18 |spw_CZB =429 |spl_CZB =510

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=8th Finals

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A

|source=

}}

=Pool D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball

|res_col_header=Q

|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1

|update=complete

| team1 = PIA | name_PIA = {{flagicon|ITA}} Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza

| team2 = KAZ | name_KAZ = {{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit Kazan

| team3 = PAR | name_PAR = {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris Volley

| team4 = PZA | name_PZA = {{flagicon|NED}} Piet Zoomers/D Apeldoorn

|bwin_PIA =5 |bloss_PIA =1 |sw_PIA =17 |sl_PIA =9 |spw_PIA =619 |spl_PIA =548

|bwin_KAZ =4 |bloss_KAZ =2 |sw_KAZ =14 |sl_KAZ =9 |spw_KAZ =529 |spl_KAZ =503

|bwin_PAR =2 |bloss_PAR =4 |sw_PAR =10 |sl_PAR =13 |spw_PAR =523 |spl_PAR =545

|bwin_PZA =1 |bloss_PZA =5 |sw_PZA =7 |sl_PZA =17 |spw_PZA =484 |spl_PZA =559

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=8th Finals

|result1=A|result2=A

| col_B = #FAFAD2 | text_B = 2008–09 CEV Cup

| result3 = B|source=

}}

=Pool E=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball

|res_col_header=Q

|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1

|update=complete

| team1 = TRE | name_TRE = {{flagicon|ITA}} Trentino Volley

| team2 = ACH | name_ACH = {{flagicon|SVN}} ACH Volley Bled

| team3 = BEA | name_BEA = {{flagicon|FRA}} Beauvais Oise

| team4 = VIE | name_VIE = {{flagicon|AUT}} Hotvolleys Vienna

|bwin_TRE =6 |bloss_TRE =0 |sw_TRE =18 |sl_TRE =3 |spw_TRE =510 |spl_TRE =411

|bwin_ACH =3 |bloss_ACH =3 |sw_ACH =10 |sl_ACH =12 |spw_ACH =489 |spl_ACH =497

|bwin_BEA =2 |bloss_BEA =4 |sw_BEA =8 |sl_BEA =15 |spw_BEA =495 |spl_BEA =553

|bwin_VIE =1 |bloss_VIE =5 |sw_VIE =9 |sl_VIE =15 |spw_VIE =523 |spl_VIE =556

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=8th Finals

|result1=A|result2=A

|col_B=#FAFAD2|text_B= 2008–09 CEV Cup

|result3=B|result4=B

|source=

}}

=Pool F=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball

|res_col_header=Q

|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1

|update=complete

| team1 = ODI | name_ODI = {{flagicon|RUS}} Iskra Odintsovo

| team2 = FRI | name_FRI = {{flagicon|GER}} VfB Friedrichshafen

| team3 = BEL | name_BEL = {{flagicon|POL}} PGE Skra Bełchatów

| team4 = PAN | name_PAN = {{flagicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos Athens

|bwin_ODI =4 |bloss_ODI =2 |sw_ODI =13 |sl_ODI =9 |spw_ODI =493 |spl_ODI =494

|bwin_FRI =3 |bloss_FRI =3 |sw_FRI =13 |sl_FRI =10 |spw_FRI =533 |spl_FRI =503

|bwin_BEL =3 |bloss_BEL =3 |sw_BEL =9 |sl_BEL =10 |spw_BEL =424 |spl_BEL =436

|bwin_PAN =2 |bloss_PAN =4 |sw_PAN =9 |sl_PAN =15 |spw_PAN =536 |spl_PAN =553

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=8th Finals

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A

| col_B = #FAFAD2 | text_B = 2008–09 CEV Cup

| result4 = B|source=

}}

8th Finals

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Lube Banca Marche Macerata|ITA|5–3|Fenerbahçe İstanbul|TUR|3–0|2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|ACH Volley Bled|SLO|2–6|Zenit Kazan|RUS|2–3|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza|ITA|2–6|Domex Tytan AZS Częstochowa|POL|2–3|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Pòrtol Palma Mallorca|ESP|0–6|Trentino Volley|ITA|0–3|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dynamo Moscow|RUS|4–5|PGE Skra Bełchatów|POL|3–2|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Noliko Maaseik|BEL|1–6|Iskra Odintsovo|RUS|1–3|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Knack Randstad Roeselare|RUS|4–5|VfB Friedrichshafen|GER|1–3|3–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Vitória SC|POR|2–6|Iraklis Thessaloniki|GRE|0–3|2–3}}

{{end}}

=First leg=

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|11 Feb|20:30|Lube Banca Marche Macerata {{flagicon|ITA}}|3–0|{{flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe İstanbul|25–22|25–23|25–21|||75–66}}

{{Vb res 4|12 Feb|20:15|ACH Volley Bled {{flagicon|SLO}}|2–3|{{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit Kazan|28–30|33–31|25–19|13–25|10–15|109–120}}

{{Vb res 4|12 Feb|20:30|{{nowrap|Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza {{flagicon|ITA}}}}|2–3|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|POL}} Domex Tytan AZS Częstochowa}}|23–25|23–25|25–23|25–17|14–16|110–106}}

{{Vb res 4|10 Feb|20:30|Pòrtol Palma Mallorca {{flagicon|ESP}}|0–3|{{flagicon|ITA}} Trentino Volley|17–25|20–25|18–25|||75–63}}

{{Vb res 4|11 Feb|19:00|Dynamo Moscow {{flagicon|RUS}}|3–2|{{flagicon|POL}} PGE Skra Bełchatów|25–21|22–25|25–23|28–30|15–13|115–112}}

{{Vb res 4|10 Feb|20:30|Noliko Maaseik {{flagicon|BEL}}|1–3|{{flagicon|RUS}} Iskra Odintsovo|21–25|25–20|16–25|23–25||85–95}}

{{Vb res 4|11 Feb|20:30|Knack Randstad Roeselare {{flagicon|BEL}}|1–3|{{flagicon|GER}} VfB Friedrichshafen|27–25|20–25|15–25|21–25||83–100}}

{{Vb res 4|12 Feb|20:30|Vitória SC {{flagicon|POR}}|0–3|{{flagicon|GRE}} Iraklis Thessaloniki|23–25|23–25|19–25|||65–75}}

{{end}}

=Second leg=

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|18 Feb|19:00|Fenerbahçe İstanbul {{flagicon|TUR}}|3–2|{{flagicon|ITA}} Lube Banca Marche Macerata|19–25|27–29|25–16|25–23|15–13|111–106}}

{{Vb res 4|18 Feb|20:00|Zenit Kazan {{flagicon|RUS}}|3–0|{{flagicon|SLO}} ACH Volley Bled|25–18|25–20|25–19|||75–57}}

{{Vb res 4|18 Feb|20:30|{{nowrap|Domex Tytan AZS Częstochowa {{flagicon|POL}}}}|3–0|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ITA}} Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza}}|25–22|25–20|25–23|||75–65}}

{{Vb res 4|18 Feb|20:30|Trentino Volley {{flagicon|ITA}}|3–0|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pòrtol Palma Mallorca|25–13|25–14|25–19|||75–46}}

{{Vb res 4|18 Feb|18:00|PGE Skra Bełchatów {{flagicon|POL}}|3–1|{{flagicon|RUS}} Dynamo Moscow|18–25|25–21|25–21|25–19||93–86}}

{{Vb res 4|18 Feb|18:00|Iskra Odintsovo {{flagicon|RUS}}|3–0|{{flagicon|BEL}} Noliko Maaseik|25–16|25–21|25–21|||75–58}}

{{Vb res 4|18 Feb|20:00|VfB Friedrichshafen {{flagicon|GER}}|2–3|{{flagicon|BEL}} Knack Randstad Roeselare|25–16|22–25|25–22|22–25|11–15|105–103}}

{{Vb res 4|19 Feb|18:05|Iraklis Thessaloniki {{flagicon|GRE}}|3–2|{{flagicon|POR}} Vitória SC|25–13|21–25|23–25|25–19|15–9|109–91}}

{{end}}

4th Finals

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Lube Banca Marche Macerata|ITA|5–3|Zenit Kazan|RUS|3–0|2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Domex Tytan AZS Częstochowa|POL|1–6|Trentino Volley|ITA|1–3|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|PGE Skra Bełchatów|POL|3–5|Iskra Odintsovo|RUS|3–2|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|VfB Friedrichshafen|GER|0–6|Iraklis Thessaloniki|GRE|0–3|0–3}}

{{end}}

=First leg=

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|4 Mar|20:30|Lube Banca Marche Macerata {{flagicon|ITA}}|3–0|{{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit Kazan|26–24|25–18|25–20|||76–62}}

{{Vb res 4|4 Mar|18:30|{{nowrap|Domex Tytan AZS Częstochowa {{flagicon|POL}}}}|1–3|{{flagicon|ITA}} Trentino Volley|25–22|21–25|17–25|18–25||81–97}}

{{Vb res 4|3 Mar|18:00|PGE Skra Bełchatów {{flagicon|POL}}|3–2|{{flagicon|RUS}} Iskra Odintsovo|25–27|25–15|25–23|23–25|17–15|115–105}}

{{Vb res 4|4 Mar|20:00|VfB Friedrichshafen {{flagicon|GER}}|0–3|{{flagicon|GRE}} Iraklis Thessaloniki|21–25|25–27|18–25|||64–77}}

{{end}}

=Second leg=

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|11 Mar|19:00|Zenit Kazan {{flagicon|RUS}}|3–2|{{flagicon|ITA}} Lube Banca Marche Macerata|20–25|25–23|23–25|25–20|15–11|108–104}}

{{Vb res 4|11 Mar|20:30|Trentino Volley {{flagicon|ITA}}|3–0|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|POL}} Domex Tytan AZS Częstochowa}}|25–19|25–14|25–12|||75–45}}

{{Vb res 4|12 Mar|19:00|Iskra Odintsovo {{flagicon|RUS}}|3–0|{{flagicon|POL}} PGE Skra Bełchatów|25–20|25–18|25–16|||75–54}}

{{Vb res 4|11 Mar|19:15|Iraklis Thessaloniki {{flagicon|GRE}}|3–0|{{flagicon|GER}} VfB Friedrichshafen|25–18|25–20|28–26|||78–64}}

{{end}}

Final Four

{{Round4-with third

|RD1=Semifinals

|RD2=Final

|Consol=3rd place match

|team-width=240

|4 April|{{flagicon|RUS}} Iskra Odintsovo|1|{{flagicon|GRE}} Iraklis Thessaloniki|3

|4 April|{{flagicon|ITA}} Trentino Volley|3|{{flagicon|ITA}} Lube Banca Marche Macerata|0

|5 April|{{flagicon|GRE}} Iraklis Thessaloniki|1|{{flagicon|ITA}} Trentino Volley|3

|5 April|{{flagicon|RUS}} Iskra Odintsovo|3|{{flagicon|ITA}} Lube Banca Marche Macerata|2

}}

=Semifinals=

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|4 April|16:00|Iskra Odintsovo {{flagicon|RUS}}|1–3|{{flagicon|GRE}} Iraklis Thessaloniki|25–19|22–25|23–25|23–25||93–94}}

{{Vb res 4|4 April|19:00|Trentino Volley {{flagicon|ITA}}|3–0|{{flagicon|ITA}} Lube Banca Marche Macerata|25–21|25–19|25–23|||75–63}}

{{end}}

=3rd place match=

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|5 April|14:30|Iskra Odintsovo {{flagicon|RUS}}|3–2|{{flagicon|ITA}} Lube Banca Marche Macerata|25–23|25–23|28–30|21–25|17–15|116–116}}

{{end}}

=Final=

{{Vb res start 4}}

{{Vb res 4|5 April|17:30|Iraklis Thessaloniki {{flagicon|GRE}}|1–3|{{flagicon|ITA}} Trentino Volley|12–25|25–21|24–26|22–25||83–97}}

{{end}}

Final standings

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width=10px bgcolor=#CCFFCC|Qualified for the 2009 FIVB Club World Championship

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!width=40|Rank

!width=240|Team

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|{{Gold1}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Trentino Volley

{{Silver2}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} Iraklis Thessaloniki

{{Bronze3}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Iskra Odintsovo

4

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Lube Banca Marche Macerata

{{col-2}}

{{winners||2008–09 CEV Champions League winners|{{flagicon|ITA|size=40px}}
Trentino Volley|1st}}

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Awards

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