The 2009–10 CEV Champions League was the 51st edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.
Participating teams RankCountry Number of teamsTeams13 Trentino BetClic Lube Banca Marche Macerata CoprAtlantide Piacenza22 Zenit Kazan Dynamo Moscow33 PGE Skra Bełchatów Asseco Resovia Jastrzębski Węgiel42 Olympiacos Piraeus Panathinaikos Athens52 Paris Volley Tours VB62 Noliko Maaseik Knack Randstad Roeselare72 CAI Teruel Unicaja Almería81 VfB Friedrichshafen91 Hypo Tirol Innsbruck101 İstanbul BBSK121 Jihostroj České Budějovice131 Radnički Kragujevac141 Budvanska Rivijera Budva151 ACH Volley Bled211 CSKA Sofia
League round 24 teams will be drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each. The 1st – 2nd ranked will qualify for the Playoffs 12. The organizer of the Final Four will be determined after the end of the League Round and qualifies directly for the Final Four. The team of the organizer of the Final Four will be replaced by the 3rd ranked team with the best score. The four next 3rd ranked teams move to CEV Cup. The remaining teams are eliminated.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
Playoffs
Playoffs 12
First leg
Second leg
Playoffs 6
First leg
Second leg
Final Four Organizer: PGE Skra Bełchatów Place: Łódź All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). The tournament was originally scheduled to be held on 10–11 April 2010, but was postponed because of the national mourning for President Lech Kaczyński and other Polish dignitaries who perished in the Smolensk air disaster.
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 2010 FIVB Club World Championship
RankTeam Trentino BetClic Dynamo Moscow PGE Skra Bełchatów4 ACH Volley Bled
Awards
Most valuable player Osmany Juantorena (Trentino BetClic) Best scorer Mariusz Wlazły (PGE Skra Bełchatów) Best spiker Dante Amaral (Dynamo Moscow) Best server Osmany Juantorena (Trentino BetClic) Best blocker Matevž Kamnik (ACH Volley Bled) Best receiver Daniel Lewis (ACH Volley Bled) Best libero Andrea Bari (Trentino BetClic) Best setter Łukasz Żygadło (Trentino BetClic)
External links 2009/10 European Champions League