The 2012–13 CEV Champions League was the 54th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation.
Participating teams RankCountry Number of teamsTeams13Diatec Trentino Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Lube Banca Marche Macerata23Zenit Kazan Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Dynamo Moscow33PGE Skra Bełchatów ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Asseco Resovia43Euphony Asse-Lennik Noliko Maaseik Knack Roeselare52Fenerbahçe Grundig İstanbul Arkas İzmir62Tours VB Arago de Sète73VfB Friedrichshafen Generali Unterhaching Berlin Recycling Volleys81Hypo Tirol Innsbruck91CAI Teruel101ACH Volley Ljubljana111Crvena Zvezda Beograd122Remat Zalău Tomis Constanța131Jihostroj České Budějovice141Budvanska Rivijera Budva151Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa
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.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Playoffs GroupWinnersSecond placeA Zenit KazanB Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (F4 Hosts) Berlin Recycling VolleysC Diatec Trentino ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-KoźleD Lube Banca Marche Macerata ACH Volley LjubljanaE PGE Skra Bełchatów Dynamo MoscowF Noliko Maaseik Arkas İzmirG Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Asseco Resovia
Playoff 12
First leg
Second leg
Playoff 6
First leg
Second leg
Final Four Organizer: Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Place: Omsk All times are Omsk Time (UTC+07:00).
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 2013 FIVB Club World Championship
RankTeam Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Zenit Kazan4 ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Awards
Most valuable player Marcus Nilsson (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk) Best scorer Marcus Nilsson (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk) Best spiker Antonin Rouzier (ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle) Best server Luiz Felipe Fonteles (ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle) Best blocker David Lee (Zenit Kazan) Best receiver Yury Berezhko (Zenit Kazan) Best libero Daniele De Pandis (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo) Best setter Aleksandr Butko (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk)
External links 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League