Mens Champions League
There are two pools for which it can be said that they are the pools of death: Pool A and Pool E! The defending champions Zenit Kazan are in Pool D with Berlin Recycling Volleys (Germany), Spacer’s Toulouse VB (France) and Jastrzębski Węgiel (Poland)…
Pool A: Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA), Knack Roeselare (BEL), Sir Safety Conad Perugia (ITA), Fenerbahçe İstanbul (TUR)
Pool B: Halkbank Ankara (TUR), PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE), VfB Friedrichshafen (GER), Ford Store Levoranta Sastamala (FIN)
Pool C: Chaumont VB 52 Haute Marne (FRA), Dinamo Moscow (RUS), PGE Skra Bełchatów (POL), Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS)
Pool D: Zenit Kazan (RUS), Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER), Spacer’s Toulouse VB (FRA), Jastrzębski Węgiel (POL)
Pool E: ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (POL), Diatec Trentino (ITA), Arkas Spor İzmir (TUR), Noliko Maaseik (BEL).
According to the rules of the competition, the top two sides from each pool plus the two third-placed teams with the best result will advance to the Playoffs 12, which is the first knockout stage. The exact date of the beginning of the pool stage is yet to be determined but will set off in early December, as CEV published on their website.
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