CEV Champions League 2013, list of teams
The CEV has communicated the list of teams that will take part in the Champions League 2013. The main news is the number of teams which will be 28 instead of the previous 24, for a total of 15 nations represented.
Just like last season, the Italian teams will be Macerata, the league winner, Trentino, the cup winner and Cuneo, as the playoff semi-finalist with the best regular season position.
Eight teams will be there thanks to a wild card: Knack Roeselare (Belgium), Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa (Bulgaria), VfB Friedrichshafen and Generali Unterhaching (Germany), Budvanska Rivijera Budva (Montenegro), Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (Poland), Tomis Constanta (Romania) and Dinamo Moscow (Russia). First ever participation for Berlin (German champion), Dupnitsa (Bulgarian champion) and Constanta (Romanian champion).
The draw of the group phase will take place on June 29 in Wien. There will be 7 groups of 4 teams.
Here is the full list of teams taking part:
Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (Austria)
Noliko Maaseik, Euphony Asse-Lennik and Knack Roeselare (Belgium)
Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa (Bulgaria)
Tours VB e Stade Poitevin Poitiers (France)
Berlin Recycling Volleys, VfB Friedrichshafen and Generali Unterhaching (Germany)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata, Trentino Diatec and Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (Italia)
Budvanska Rivijera Budva (Montenegro)
Asseco Resovia Rzeszow, PGE Skra Belchatow and Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (Poland)
Jihostroj Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic)
Remat Zalau e Tomis Constanta (Romania)
Zenit Kazan, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk e Dinamo Moscow (Russia)
Crvena Zvezda Beograd (Serbia)
ACH Volley Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Caja 3 Teruel (Spain)
Fenerbahce Grundig Istanbul and Arkas Izmir (Turkey)
Macerata, Modena and Trento into the Under 18 Final 16
Lube Banca Marche Macerata, Casa Modena and Itas Diatec Trentino are the latest three teams to qualify for the Under 18 national championship final 16 to take place in Trieste from June 7 to June 10. These last three will join Cuneo, Treviso and Vibo Valentia, which had already qualified in the second phase. 10 more teams still have to get their tickets for the finals. Last year, Cuneo became champions at the expense of Castellana Grotte.
