In Vienna on Friday night, the preliminary groups of the Champions league will be drawn. The competition will begin on the second of December. This will be Macerata’s fifth participation in the main European competition. It already went to the Final Four three times and won the title in 2002. The venue for next season’s Final Four, which will take place on the 10 and 11 of April, still has to be decided.
Here are the names of the teams taking part:
Hypo Tirol INNSBRUCK (AUT)
Noliko MAASEIK (BEL)
Knack Randstad ROESELARE (BEL)
Jihostroj CESKE BUDEJOVICE (CZE)
PARIS Volley (FRA)
TOURS VB (FRA)
VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (GER)
Olympiacos PIRAEUS (GRE)
Panathinaikos ATHENS (GRE)
TRENTINO Volley (ITA)
Lube Banca Marche MACERATA (ITA)
Copra Nord Meccanica PIACENZA (ITA)
Budvanska Rivijera BUDVA (MNE)
PGE Skra BELCHATOW (POL)
Asseco Resovia RZESZOW (POL)
Zenit KAZAN (RUS)
Dinamo MOSCOW (RUS)
Radnicki KRAGUJEVAC (SRB)
CAI TERUEL (SPA)
Unicaja ALMERIA (SPA)
ISTANBUL B. Sehir Belediyesi (TUR)
PVC CSKA SOFIA (BUL)
JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel S.A. (POL)
ACH Volley BLED (SLO)