2018–19 CEV Women's Champions League
The CEV Champions League is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2018–19 season and the 59th edition.
Qualification
A total of 20 teams participate in the main competition, with 18 teams being allocated direct vacancies on the basis of ranking list for European Cups Competitions and 2 teams qualify from the qualification rounds. Drawing of lots for the pools composition was held on 2 November 2018.Format
;League roundA round-robin format where the 20 participating teams are drawn into 5 pools of 4 teams each. The five pool winners and the best three second placed teams among all pools qualify for the.
The standings is determined by the number of matches won.
In case of a tie in the number of matches won by two or more teams, their ranking is based on the following criteria:
- result points ;
- set quotient ;
- points quotient ;
- results of head-to-head matches between the teams in question.
A knockout format where the 8 qualified teams are each draw into the quarter-finals with the round winners advancing to the next rounds. Matches in the quarter-finals and semifinals consists of two legs.
Result points are awarded for each leg. After two legs, the team with the most result points advances further in the tournament. In case teams are tied after two legs, a is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points.
;Grand finale
A single match between the winners of the semifinals in a neutral venue decides the tournament champion.
Pools composition
Drawing of lots was held on 2 November 2018, the 20 teams are divided in 4 pots of 5 teams each, with one team per pot being draw into each of the 5 pools.Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
Vakıfbank Istanbul Imoco Volley Conegliano Dinamo Moscow Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul Igor Gorgonzola Novara | Chemik Police Béziers VB Dinamo Kazan ŁKS Commercecon Łódź RC Cannes | CSM București SSC Palmberg Schwerin Minchanka Minsk Maritza Plovdiv Hämeenlinna | Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul Savino Del Bene Scandicci Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg Allianz MTV Stuttgart Budowlani Łódź |
;Draw
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | Pool E |
Vakıfbank Istanbul | Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul | Igor Gorgonzola Novara | Imoco Volley Conegliano | Dinamo Moscow |
Béziers VB | Dinamo Kazan | RC Cannes | ŁKS Commercecon Łódź | Chemik Police |
Maritza Plovdiv | Hämeenlinna | Minchanka Minsk | SSC Palmberg Schwerin | CSM București |
Allianz MTV Stuttgart | Budowlani Łódź | Savino Del Bene Scandicci | Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul |
League round
The league round started on 20 November 2018.Qualified for the [|Playoff round] |
- All times are local.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Playoff round
- Drawing of lots was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on 1 March 2019.
Quarter-finals