This year the Champions League begins with two preliminary rounds. Perugia did not play in the first but will need to overcome the second to be among the 20 teams divided in five groups of the group phase. Playoffs 12, playoffs 6 and then final four will follow (April 29-30).
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON TV
All the games in streaming on www.laola1.tv
Fox International Channels Italy, will broadcast all the games of the Italians.
ITALIANS TAKING PART
Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia (3rd Round)
Cucine Lube Civitanova (Pool B)
Azimut Modena (Pool D)
Perugia bopunced back in the league with a convincing win over Monza last Sunday after a week that saw coach Kovac go, substituted by Lorenzo Bernardi. The latter had spent the last six years abroad. Wit hits new coach, the group will travel to Switzerland to take on Volley Amriswill, who brushed aside KV Besa Peja (Kosovo) with two 3-0 wins. If Perugia goes through, it will be inserted in Pool E with Halkbank Ankara, Knack Roeselare and the winner of Gentofte versus Belogorie Belgorod.
The league game between Perugia and Latina, of round 11 of the SuperLega, was therefore postponed to Wednesday 23 November at 8.30 (live on Lega Volley Channel).
3rd Round draw
Gentofte Volley (DEN) – Belogorie Belgorod (RUS)
Volley Amriswil (SUI) – Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia (ITA)
Crvena Zvezda Beograd (SRB) – Arkas Izmir (TUR)
Paok Thessaloniki (GRE) – PGE Skra Belchatow (POL)
Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (AUT) – VfB Friedrichshafen (GER)
Abiant Lycurgus Groningen (NED) – Noliko Maaseik (BEL)
ACH Volley Ljubljana (SLO) – Arago de Sete (FRA)
Tiikerit Kokkola (FIN) – Dukla Liberec (CZE).
Fixtures
CEV Champions League – Third round (preliminary round)
Wednesday 16 November at 7pm
Volley Amriswil (SUI) – Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia (ITA) Live on Fox Sports Plus HD
CEV Champions League – Ritorno 3rd Round
Sunday 20 November at 7.30pm
Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia (ITA) – Volley Amriswil (SUI) Live on Fox Sports Plus HD
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PAST WINNERS
1960 CSKA Moscow (URSS)
1960/61 Rapid Bucarest (ROM)
1961/62 CSKA Moscow (URSS)
1962/63 Rapid Bucarest (ROM)
1963/64 SC Leipzig (GDR)
1964/65 Rapid Bucarest (ROM)
1965/66 Dinamo Bucarest (ROM)
1966/67 Dinamo Bucarest (ROM)
1967/68 Spartak Brno (CEC)
1968/69 CSKA Sofia (BUL)
1969/70 Burevestnik Alma Ata (URSS)
1970/71 Burevestnik Alma Ata (URSS)
1971/72 Zetor Zbroyovka Brno (CEC)
1972/73 CSKA Moscow (URSS)
1973/74 CSKA Moscow (URSS)
1974/75 CSKA Moscow (URSS)
1975/76 Dukla Liberec (CEC)
1976/77 CSKA Moscow (URSS)
1977/78 Plomien Milowice (POL)
1978/79 Stella Rossa Bratislava (CEC)
1979/80 Klippan CUS Torino
1980/81 Dinamo Bucarest (ROM)
1981/82 CSKA Moscow (URSS)
1982/83 CSKA Moscow (URSS)
1983/84 Santal Parma
1984/85 Santal Parma
1985/86 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1986/87 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1987/88 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1988/89 CSKA Mosca (URSS)
1989/90 Philips Modena
1990/91 CSKA Moscow (C.S.I.)
1991/92 Il Messaggero Ravenna
1992/93 Il Messaggero Ravenna
1993/94 Edilcuoghi Ravenna
1994/95 Sisley Treviso
1995/96 Las Daytona Modena
1996/97 Las Daytona Modena
1997/98 Casa Modena Unibon
1998/99 Sisley Treviso
1999/00 Sisley Treviso
2000/01 Paris Volley (FRA)
2001/02 Lube Macerata
2002/03 Lokomotiv Belgorod (RUS)
2003/04 Lokomotiv Belgorod (RUS)
2004/05 Tours (FRA)
2005/06 Sisley Treviso
2006/07 VfB Friedrichshafen (GER)
2007/08 Dinamo Kazan (RUS)
2008/09 Trentino Volley
2009/10 Trentino BetClic
2010/11 Trentino BetClic
2011/12 Zenit Kazan (RUS)
2012/13 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS)
2013/14 Belogorie Belgorod (RUS)
2014/15 Zenit Kazan (RUS)
2015/16 Zenit Kazan (RUS)