Trento, 07 July 2025

Champions League: official list of registered teams for the 2026 edition

Thirty-one teams, representing twenty-one different countries, will be part of the draw for the 2026 edition of the CEV Champions League, set to take place on Tuesday, July 15 at noon in Luxembourg.
The list of registered clubs was officially released today by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). Among them is Trentino Volley, one of three Italian representatives, having earned their spot as reigning national champions.
The Gialloblù club is already guaranteed a place among the teams directly admitted to the group stage, which will begin on December 9 and will once again feature five Pools of four teams each. The final two participants will be determined through the qualifying rounds, scheduled to start on October 21 and end on November 27.
The Playoff format remains unchanged from the previous edition: only the winners of each Pool will advance directly to the quarterfinals, while all second-placed teams and the best third-placed team will progress to the Round of 16.
For Trentino Volley, the 2026 CEV Champions League will mark their 21st overall appearance in a European competition and their 14th participation in this tournament. In addition to having lifted the trophy four times (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2024), the club also boasts three runner-up finishes (2016, 2021, 2022), one third place (2012), and an outstanding overall record of 104 victories in 134 matches played.

Teams already qualified for the 2026 CEV Champions League group stage: Knack Roeselare and Volley Haasrode Leuven (Belgium), VK Lvi Praha (Czech Republic), Tours VB and Montpellier HSC VB (France), Berlin Recycling Volleys and SVG Lüneburg (Germany), Trentino Itas, Cucine Lube Civitanova, and Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia (Italy), Bogdanka LUK Lublin, Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie, PGE Projekt Warszawa, and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (Poland), Sporting CP Lisboa (Portugal), Ziraat Bankkart Ankara, Galatasaray Istanbul, and Halkbank Ankara (Turkey).

Teams taking part in the qualifying rounds: TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg (Austria), Azzerrail Baku (Azerbaijan), OK Napredak Odžak (Bosnia and Herzegovina), MOK Mursa Osijek (Croatia), Guaguas Las Palmas (Spain), Akaa Volley (Finland), Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece), MAV Foxconn Székesfehérvár (Hungary), VC Strumica Strumica (North Macedonia), Orion Stars Doetinchem (Netherlands), Dinamo București (Romania), ACH Volley Ljubljana (Slovenia), Radnički Kragujevac (Serbia).

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