The decision was ratified by the CEV in recent days and is due to the resignation of Poitiers, which was excluded because of economic reasons from French Ligue A and will play in the league B1.
Men’s teams participating in the Champions League 2013: Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (Austria); Noliko Maaseik, Euphony Asse Lennik and Knack Roeselare (Belgium), Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa (Bulgaria); Tours Vb and Arago de Sète (France), Berlin Recycling Volleys, Vfb Friedrichshafen and Generali Unterhaching (Germany); Lube Banca Marche Macerata, Trentino Diatec and Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (Italy); Budvanska Rivijera Budva (Montenegro); Asseco Resovia Rzeszow, Pge Skra Belchatow and Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle (Poland); Jihostroj Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic);
Remat Zalau and Tomis Constanta (Romania), Zenit Kazan, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and Dinamo Moscow (Russia), Crvena Zvezda Beograd (Serbia); Ach Volley Ljubljana (Slovenia), Caja 3 Teruel (Spain); Fenerbahce Grundig Istanbul and Arkas Izmir (Turkey).